[okie01]

Flood borne silt would be one of the best things for that farmland. Millenia of annual floods is why it is farmland.

If flooding is so beneficial, why would the farmers object? And why wouldn't Cairo want to be flooded?

[Fu-fu2]

The farmer I heard on the radio yesterday said it would take a really long time before the soil could be farmed again. And he said it was wrong that their farms and lives would be destroyed because of Illinois’ negligence.

[stars & stripes forever]

Flood borne silt would be one of the best things for that farmland. Millenia of annual floods is why it is farmland.

It is not black dirt that would inundate the area. The farm land would be filled with sand and debris... it would take decades to recoup from the damage, and some think the land would never be used for farming again.

The land has been farmed for generations.