Dakota Flooding Takes Toll on Century-Old Farmland

Farmland more than 100 years old is the latest victim of flooding caused by the Missouri and Souris rivers in North Dakota and South Dakota. Family farmers in the area have installed thousands of sandbags and are running multiple sump pumps to save their homes and land. “There are five sump pumps running,” said Jane Metzinger, whose family is preparing for the worst as their centurion farm becomes covered with water. “He’s picking up 100 years worth of stuff on a farm and getting it moved,” she said. Read more (AgWeek).