/tags/agriculture-issues/ Recent content in agriculture issues on Rootstalk Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us /past-issues/volume-vii-issue-2/clotfelter/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /past-issues/volume-vii-issue-2/clotfelter/ During the eight years that I lived in Coats, Kansas—from 1934 to 1942—the town existed to support the farms in the area, and the well-being of the farms was of crucial importance to everyone in town. The farmers, in turn, depended entirely upon wheat, for it was the only cash crop. Wheat was planted in the fall and sprouted and grew to a height of a few inches before winter, then died down during the winter months and began to grow again in spring. /past-issues/volume-vii-issue-2/kouchi/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /past-issues/volume-vii-issue-2/kouchi/ In March 2019, devastating floods hit the Missouri River floodplain and lasted for almost an entire year. Corey McIntosh and his wife, Tina Popson, who farm along the Missouri in western Iowa, were displaced by the flooding and had to leave their family farm to seek shelter. Mr. McIntosh’s great-grandparents purchased that land in the early 1940s, and the family has been farming it ever since. Since long before the ‘40s, flooding has been a part of the history of the Missouri, but in recent years flooding has become more frequent and stronger.