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  • Mississippi River could leave farmland stranded

    Nov 15, 2016 11:00 am by Debra Levey LarsonResearch
    roads being buried by sand in Alexander County, Illinois

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    • roads being buried by sand in Alexander County, Illinois

    Seasonal flooding events along the Mississippi in 1993, 2011, and 2016 have left farmland underwater, threatening the agricultural future in the area.