Widespread historic flooding across Midwest can’t be
dismissed by Washington, DC, lawmakers as a “seasonal thing” or a one-off
event. It will have dramatic negative
impact across the agriculture supply chain, from forcing some producers out of
business to keeping other farmers from spring planting, to drastically cutting
the cattle supply to springboarding feed prices higher, and generally setting
up an ugly spring and summer, 2019.
Heavy winter snows beginning spring melt compounded by a
freak and historic “bomb cyclone” last week that combined blizzards and
torrential rains and subsequent flooding have caused billions of dollars in damage
to grain and livestock operations, transportation infrastructure and river
movement across 10 states. Experts say
the disaster is on track to be worse than historic flooding in 2011 and isn’t
over yet.
Continue reading DC Must Step Up on Flood Disaster Aid Now at Brownfield Ag News.
