Flooding Hits Nebraska and Iowa’s Agriculture Industries

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Officials estimate Nebraska’s agricultural industries are losing about $1 million a day

“It’s a big hit to the entire state,” said Steve Wellman, director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. Agriculture accounts for 20% of the state’s gross domestic product, and livestock accounted for nearly 60% of its agriculture revenue, or $12.

5 billion, last year.
 

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Glad people are finally reporting on this

Looks like Berkshire Hathaway cash cow Reinsurance company lost on the Platte River never floods.

🙏🏻

Also like this in some parts of the u.k we should all stand together

This is an environmental tragedy.

realDonaldTrump

Move along..... No 'climate change' to see here.....

Sad, but they've needed flood control all my life, and that's a long time!

But they are rugged individualists, who will not accept welfare money from the blue states! Right?

NTVsSteveWhite wow, that's a crisis

Wonder if global warming has any thing to do with this😔😔

Gmomma5boys and yet Trump did nothing to help Nebraska today

Whoa, it flooded in Nebraska? All I hear about is Ethiopia, New Zealand, and Venezuela from the American media

Global warming

This will impact all aspects of Ag

When the farmers stop hiring illegals, then I'll care.

That will be good for next years crops. Bumper crops.

It’s almost like we, as a country, need to update our storm infrastructure in order to offset the negative externalities of climate surges that we don’t otherwise have mitigation plans for. Wild concept.

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