Floods and Mudslides Washing Away Crops
Monday, September 26th, 2016 -- 8:01 AM
(AP) -Floods and mudslides are washing away promising-looking corn and soybean crops in western Wisconsin.Before the flood, farmers in the western part of Wisconsin were looking at a potentially record-setting harvest after a near-perfect growing season. But farmers hit by mudslides in the valleys "are basically in hell right now," says Vance Haugen, the agriculture agent for the UW-Extension in Crawford County.
Haugen says farmers whose fields are covered in water or mud may have to wait until the ground freezes before they can harvest whatever is left. Adam Hady, the ag agent for the UW Extension in Richland County, tells the Wisconsin State Journal corn stalks are weakening in some areas. Hady says that will lead to machinery breakdowns during harvest. Forecasts call for a dry week ahead.
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