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05/08/11

How’s flooding impact Memphis area ag?

This week I had a chance to write a couple of blog posts that didn’t go on my personal blog. They speak to the impact the flooding is having on agriculture specifically.

Today, social media friend & Memphis realtor Joe Spake posted something I wrote generally about the impact of flooding on ag in the Mid-South. I really appreciate Allen Helms taking time to chat with me. He and his wife Laura have long been friends as they were also Midtowners for a long time who loved cotton. And people in Midtown may be shocked to know just how many more of us there are!

Earlier in the week I visited with Bob Walker who you’ve seen several times too — I fondly think of him giving my niece Alicia her first harvest experience and I got to do something similar taking his girls out for their first convertible ride. Bob had a really tough year in 2010 with levees on his farm blowing due to flash flooding. He talked with me for the company blog about the on-farm recovery efforts he expected farmers in the Missouri Bootheel would face in the wake of the blown levees.

Finally, I’m impressed by a good friend who farms in Mississippi Patrick Swindoll who I met through some social media training I was doing with the Mississippi Farm Bureau. He and his wife Kim wrote a post on the lifetime high water of the Mississippi River and smaller rivers. Its posted to a new website called farmerbloggers.com which is a great resource on ag.

Today I hope to take my mom down to the river for mom’s day to see the water level. I hope to post photos that would include visit with 4 generations of a family we are very close to yesterday. I have lots more coming!

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  1. #memflood investigation part 2 « i Report Memphis says:
    May 8, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    […] are some pictures from the flooding between May 4th and May 6th. My new blog buddy JP has a great piece on how the flood waters are affecting Memphis area agriculture. There is also a god Storify post […]

  2. Watching the Great Flood of 2011 Crest – Another Word-filled Wednesday « a colorful adventure says:
    May 11, 2011 at 6:53 am

    […] How’s flooding impact Memphis area ag?   2011/05/08 […]

  3. Watching the Great Flood of 2011 Crest – Another Word-filled Wednesday « a colorful adventure says:
    May 11, 2011 at 6:53 am

    […] Today, social media friend & Memphis realtor Joe Spake posted something I wrote generally about the impact of flooding on ag in the Mid-South. I really appreciate Allen Helms taking time to chat with me. He and his wife Laura have long been friends as they were also Midtowners for a long time who loved cotton. And people in Midtown may be shocked to know just how many more of us there are!Read more of this post […]

  4. Flooding and agriculture – Can’t even imagine « says:
    May 20, 2011 at 7:02 am

    […] of Janice’s posts that really made me stop and go “Wow” was this one where she talked about how the flooding is affecting agriculture throughout the region. She has […]

  5. Watching the Great Flood of 2011 Crest – Another Word-filled Wednesday | a colorful adventure says:
    March 2, 2012 at 10:08 am

    […] How’s flooding impact Memphis area ag?   2011/05/08 […]

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