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From sod farms to crop farms, floodwaters affect them all.

Mindy Ward, Editor, Missouri Ruralist

June 12, 2019

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It was only fitting that storm clouds rolled in while traveling to eastern Missouri to grab photos of Mississippi River flooding. They dropped rain on this already moisture-laden area of the state.

Whether corn, soybean or sod farm, the Mississippi River in St. Charles County does not care. The river is taking over land and businesses.

Here are a few photos of the area before the torrential downpour started.

About the Author(s)

Mindy Ward

Editor, Missouri Ruralist

Mindy resides on a small farm just outside of Holstein, Mo, about 80 miles southwest of St. Louis.

After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural journalism, she worked briefly at a public relations firm in Kansas City. Her husband’s career led the couple north to Minnesota.

There, she reported on large-scale production of corn, soybeans, sugar beets, and dairy, as well as, biofuels for The Land. After 10 years, the couple returned to Missouri and she began covering agriculture in the Show-Me State.

“In all my 15 years of writing about agriculture, I have found some of the most progressive thinkers are farmers,” she says. “They are constantly searching for ways to do more with less, improve their land and leave their legacy to the next generation.”

Mindy and her husband, Stacy, together with their daughters, Elisa and Cassidy, operate Showtime Farms in southern Warren County. The family spends a great deal of time caring for and showing Dorset, Oxford and crossbred sheep.

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