Northey after flood tour: ‘Nothing will make these farmers whole’

Flooded farmers won’t know for a while whether they’ll get a crop in. Meanwhile, a top USDA official says there’s no government program to make them whole. “We have about 1,700 acres that’s underwater,” said Andy Spiegel, as rain started falling on his farm near Watson, in far northwest Missouri. “Right now it looks like …

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