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How Much US Crop Acreage Lost to Floods?
Jun 23rd, 2008 by Administrator |

Reuters: Tracking the amount of US corn and soybeans lost to the worst flooding in 15 years for the US Midwest, one of the world’s key food production areas, will be a daunting task, crop specialists said on Friday. "The key word is uncertainty. We’re getting close to the end of time to replant crops, but that leaves a lot of unknowns," said Bob Nielsen, extension agronomist with Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. "How severe is the crop damage in those areas that …

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