Flood concerns in Red River Valley

Flood concerns in Red River Valley

Flood concerns are spilling into worry about planting

delays in the Red River Valley.

Jim Peterson with the North Dakota Wheat Commission says it’s not a question of IF there will be delays this spring, but how long.

“Obviously facing the reality that there’s still a lot of snow to move off fields, and I guess how quickly that moves. There’s certainly a lot of alerts for flooding close to the rivers and through some of the towns that perpetually face flooding.”

But he tells Brownfield it’s premature to contemplate prevent plant.

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