PhotoBlog - loeveland

Oct

2011

8:00pm, EDT

Jeff Beiermann / The Omaha World-Herald via AP

Corey Mcintosh harvests what's left of his uncle's corn field on the Missouri River bottom west of Loveland, Iowa. Corey's uncle, Lyle Mcintosh, said the field was 80 acres big before the Missouri River flood covered the field for 2.5 months. Afterwards, there was only 3.5 ares of standing corn left. The field produced 87 bushels per acre instead of a decent year's average of 200 bushels per acre.

Iowa corn farmers struggle to mend flood-scarred fields

By Rich Shulman

Forunately, the Missouri River bottom land represents a tiny portion of farmland in Iowa and Nebraska.

The Omaha World-Herald reports:

The once-raging Missouri River has calmed, but the flood fight continues for Nebraska and Iowa farmers who work the rich bottom ground along its banks.

In many places, the churning water left behind ravines, gullies and drifts of sand several feet deep.

Many affected farmers quickly finished their scanty harvests and turned their attention to mending their scarred land.