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Farm losses drive Iowa’s flood damage to $2 billion, Farm Bureau economists estimate

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Des Moines Register: The hit to Iowa’s economy from flooding will reach $2 billion as farmers struggle with damaged grain, massive cleanup, and impassable roads and bridges to fields and livestock. The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation says the losses to farmers along the flooded Missouri River — and potentially the Mississippi River this spring — will ripple throughout the economy, driving the state’s projected $1.6 billion in damage higher, to more than $2 billion.