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Farm Aid, Missouri Style: NO MO FLOODING Concert Event
July 9, 2011
Pictured here from left to right are Joe Credit III, Joe Credit II., Scott Devouton and Amory Bottorff.
By Mary Pechar
Missouri’s farmers and rural communities are suffering and we can help! On July 16th, 2011 beginning at 1:00, Missouri farmers and rural Missourians are gathering to help our neighbors. Together we can aid farmers and rural communities who need our help while having a great time. NO MO FLOODING: FLOOD AID is a one day event featuring live music featuring: Lee’s Summit’s “Western Automatic,” “Adam Dean and Chrome,” “Bransen Ireland,” and headlining act will be ‘Candy Coburn.” A food buffet and food vendors will be available and many activities are planned including a bachelor auction, Bernie Bingo and more. Tickets are available online at www.MissouriFarmersCare.com and additional information is available by calling 573-821-6240
The event will be held at The Farm 28706 South State Rt. 7 in Garden City, Missouri which is a working farm owed by Bill and Emily Cook.
From North to South thousands upon thousands of acres of Missouri farmland is being destroyed by flood waters.
It began in southeast Missouri where the Army Corp of Engineers blew open the Birds Point levee to relieve flooding pressure on nearby Cairo, Illinois. Local officials there estimated the water may have caused $76 million in damages to roads, bridges and public infrastructure. But Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst was quoted as saying the catastrophic loss of hundreds of thousands of acres of Missouri farmland is costing Missouri farms anywhere from $150 million to $400 million. Lush green fields of productive agriculture turned into a contaminated wasteland.
To the North, the damage has really only just begun. The Missouri river is expected to rise as much as 10 feet above the the official flood stage in parts of Missouri and the Corps predicts the river will remain that high until at least August. In some areas, it is estimated it will take an entire generation of famers to reclaim their damaged ground.
According to Tom Dorn, University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension teacher stated, “It could be a long term situation, 10, 20 years.” Dorn can’t remember a flood with the capability of leaving fields soaked for such a long time. The Army Corp of Engineers says thousands of acres could be under water for months. Then the effort to reclaim the land from the trash, sand and other devastation begins.
Just this week, several news media reported on the efforts to save the Sugar Tree levee northeast of the Kansas City metro area. Residents filled massive 2,000 pound sandbags which the Missouri National Guard placed to reinforce the water logged levee. This levee protects 79,000 acres of farmland with an estimated $58 million in crops in addition to highways, railroad tracks and homes.
Come out, have a great time and help your heartland farmers.
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