Farmers scramble to recover after severe weather wipes out US crops: 'Biggest total acreage losses we've ever had'

Farmers scramble to recover after severe weather wipes out US crops: 'Biggest total acreage losses we've ever had'

This spring, severe flooding destroyed thousands of acres of crops across Arkansas and other Southern states, forcing farmers to scramble to recover. What's happening? From April 2 to 6, heavy rains flooded over 260,000 acres of farmland in the Arkansas Delta, causing an estimated $79 million in damages, according to the University of Arkansas. Lonoke, Lawrence, Clay, and other counties lost roughly half their planted crops.  Lonoke County farme…