Flooded Farm Concerns

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Flooded Farm Concerns

By Dawn Crawley

 

The cattle pens on the Klebsch farm used to hold about 200 head of cattle. That was before all the water from the James River came rushing through. The flooding is causing big problems for farmers in Spink County.

Jim Klebsch is a farmer near Redfield who has been watching his land go underwater for the last week.

"They just need to get the water level under control somehow. If they are going to start increasing the flow from North Dakota and keep this the way it's going to be a terrible situation."

It's already bad right now. Today Jim moved 200 cattle uphill and to feedlots to get the herd on dry land. He has lost the use of one of his barn's that is full of water and cropland is flooded. The nonstop water reminds Jim of 1997.

"But it was early enough in the year that year that we still got all of our crop planted. The water went away and we planted the whole farm so we didn't have a huge loss. But this is late enough in the year that you don't know what you could lose anymore."

The wait to see how long the water will stay is causing some worry.

 

The Corp of Engineers, County Commissioners, and Emergency Management officials are scheduled to meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss how fast water should be released from North Dakota.

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