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Good years in river bottoms help make up for floods

Benjamin Herrold
Nov 16, 2018
Nov 16, 2018 Updated Nov 26, 2018

Danny Kuenzel Missouri flooding — Danny Kuenzel, who farms along the Missouri River in east central Missouri, says flooding and high water are part of farming along the river. He says the Great Flood of 1993 was the worst flood he's experienced.
Photo by Benjamin Herrold

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BERGER, Mo. — On a rainy fall day, Danny Kuenzel had been hauling corn to St. Louis. The latest rain had kept him out of the field.

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excavator reclaiming MO soil — After the flood of 1993 dumped lots of sand on some fields, yields have been lower, especially in dry years. East central Missouri farmer Danny Kuenzel and some of his friends have hired an excavator to dig up good soil and bring it back to the surface.
Photo by Benjamin Herrold

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