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Farmers bear massive losses as Iowa floods erode fields
Eastern Iowa farmers face severe crop destruction with one third of a family corn crop washed away on Turkey River land. Vern Dietzenbach watches 16 acres of topsoil turned to rock and sand. Officials estimate about 3 billion dollars in lost corn and soybean potential, with further declines possible due to poor growing conditions and rising input costs.
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Fort Atkinson
Vern Dietzenbach
Turkey River
Winneshiek
Fayette
Clayton
Dietzenbach
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Craig Lang
Orian Love
Gazette
ORT Atkinson
Iowa
Mohammed Ali
Jim Brown
Jim
Dan
Turkey
Dietzenbachs
Bill Northey
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Gene Mohling
Iowa State University Extension Agronomist
Johnson
Washington
Northey