Floods strip Midwest of valuable topsoil

July 27th, 2008 by admin

Jim Lankford stands in his field of corn crops that was damaged by the June flooding in Martinsville, Ind., on July 23. Now farmers and environmentalists are at odds over what to do with erosion-prone land — take their chances planting crops on marginal land in hopes of good yields and high grain prices, or plant trees, native grasses or ground cover that act as a natural flood buffer.

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