[bert]

The short term loss will be more than offset by the longterm gain resulting from added fertility to their soil resulting from the silt deposited by the flood

[hope_dies_last]

The “Nile effect” is a good point, however also in the short-term will mean higher food prices, in an already hurting populous... self included.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“The short term loss will be more than offset by the longterm gain resulting from added fertility to their soil resulting from the silt deposited by the flood.”

And in the meantime?

[tiki]

Have you ever had a farm that flooded? It isn’t that simple.

[Da Bilge Troll]

added fertility to their soil

Your forgetting about contamination from the river water. I'd bet they will not be allowed to sell anything they grow for the forseeable future.

It's OK though because Missouri is a "red state". We gotta punish our enemies, right?

[LSAggie]

Well, it isn’t that simple. A flood of this magnitude doesn’t deposit an inch or two of silt on the farmland, it can leave behind feet of sand.

The 1993 Flood on the Missouri, flooded many acres of farmland, depositing up to 8 feet of sand in many locations. One in particular, Overton Bottoms, viewable from I-70, was flooded. When the flood waters receded there was 8 feet of sand left behind.

With no feasible way of removing that volume of sand, the owner took a buy out offer and the area is now a wildlife refuge. The entire bottoms is now out of the food production chain.

How many wildlife refuges do we need? How many acres of farmland are we willing to take out of production?

osagebowman posting on wife’s account.

[Sea Parrot]

This was not normal natural flooding of the land, the breaching released a 10-15 foot wall of water, creating a mini tsunami which swept away precious topsoil.

I would also sue the COE for their channelization of the Mississippi River, which resulted in the soil subsidence (compaction due to lack of otherwise natural moisture) of the farmers lands.

The blast at the Birds Point levee brought a wall of water up to 15 feet high that swiftly filled corn, soybean and wheat fields in southeast Missouri.

Link here

There was another levee section breach scheduled for today, but typical for government dirty work, delayed until tonight. Upsets the womenfolk, scares the horses and frightens the children to see such in broad daylight.