{"id":7883,"date":"2026-05-02T12:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7883"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:35:55","slug":"sunk-farmers-may-finally-get-relief-for-flooded-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7883","title":{"rendered":"Sunk farmers may finally get relief for flooded lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At least 450 family farms in the Ohio River Valley that are under water after a dam renovation caused mass flooding may finally be getting a life preserver, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The $3 billion renovation of the Olmsted Locks and Dam on the Ohio River was completed in 2018 by the US Army Corps of Engineers, but an unintended consequence was the flooding of 70,000 acres of soybean farmland in Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri \u2014 turning some multi-generational farms into lakes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A jarring image shows a farm in near Cairo, Illinois, turned into an island due to the millions of gallons of water diverted by the Olmstead Lock and Dam. <span class=\"credit\">Obtained by NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Roughly 450 farmers filed lawsuits in 2018 and 2021 seeking damages for destroyed land and crops. But President Biden\u2019s Department of Justice contested the suits, delaying financial relief.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told The Post an executive order ending the DOJ\u2019s contestation of the claims and granting aid to the farmers is currently being considered in President Trump\u2019s West Wing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy farm, which has been in my family for nearly 70 years, has been absolutely rendered useless by the Olmsted Dam,\u201d one Kentucky farmer told The Post, asking for anonymity because he fears reprisals.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe are praying President Trump comes in and saves our farms so we can get repaid for our past crop losses and maybe relocate and keep farming on higher ground,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarmers have had Trump\u2019s back and we have faith he has ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Hundreds of family farms are going under after being flooded after the Olmstead Lock and Dam was completed in 2018. <span class=\"credit\">Obtained by NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The renovation of the 1929 dam, which is just 17 miles east of the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers on the border of Illinois and Kentucky, began in 1988 and was aimed at relieving a commercial shipping bottleneck on the Ohio River.<\/p>\n<p>The Army Corps of Engineers project took 20 years longer than anticipated and finished $2 billion over budget.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>The area around the Cairo Bridge, which connects Kentucky and Illinois over the Ohio River, completely flooded. <span class=\"credit\">Obtained by NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The US Army Corps of Engineers declined to comment on the lawsuit or the alleged miscalculations in the construction of the Olmsted Locks and Dam that resulted in flooding.<\/p>\n<p>A payout for the hundreds of litigant farmers could exceed $1 billion, which would be taken out of the Treasury Department\u2019s Judgment Fund, according to sources.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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