Jun 6, 2019

Farming, flooding and failure in Mississippi

Flood waters covering farmland in the Mississippi Delta means thousands of acres of crops Victoria Darden

Oil demand might go down, so the the prices do, too. The Renault-Fiat Chrysler merger is no more. Farmers' fields remain unplanted in Mississippi.

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Mississippi farmers forced to leave thousands of acres unplanted this season

by Sasa Woodruff

Jun 6, 2019

Victoria Darden and her family have been forced to leave their soybean and corn fields unplanted because of flooding.

Flood waters covering farmland in the Mississippi Delta means thousands of acres of crops

Victoria Darden

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