Flooding= No Bueno

The Mississippi River's flooding is not coming with cheers from the agriculture industry. The flooding is affecting trucking firms, shippers, and farmers/growers. Yes, we are in California so why should you care. But start caring NOW! 

Here's why you need to care. The floods have caused major closures and detours on the freeways and highways. This means fresh produce getting to us late. It will also drive the price up of that fresh produce. 

So what fresh produce will we maybe see less of? The two big crops from the area are corn and rice. Only 1% of the summer corn crops have been planted in Mississippi. Thanks to the flooding there will be late planting in all the affected states. The flooding has affected about 900, 000 acres of farmland! 

Sadly, everything will not return to normally after the water recedes. When farmland is affected by flooding, the nutrients and soil is destroyed. The flooding takes away the nutrients and the top soil that farmers need to grow successful crops. 

So when you go to buy some fresh corn in the up coming days, think about where it came from. It didn't have to come from Mississippi, but if it did I'm sure the price is going to be pretty high! 

P.S. For all you music junkies (like me), the music landmarks in Nashville and Memphis haven't been affected.