The letter was routine but not well-timed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mailed letters to farmers along the Missouri River this spring, asking them to consider selling land to the corps that would be used to restore fish and wildlife habitat. Some letters went out June 6, about two weeks after the corps began releasing huge amounts of water from upstream dams, which has caused widespread flooding along the Missouri. With floodwaters covering many acres of farmland, the corps’ letter was ill-timed and insensitive, said Bruce Biermann, owner of a Mound City, Mo., farm and an official of the Missouri Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. “They just opened up another can of worms,” Biermann said. U.S. Rep Sam Graves, R-Mo., called the letter a “slap in the face” of people who are dealing with flooded property...more
Nice. Offer to buy the land under threat of flooding...or buy it at an even lower price after flooding.
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