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PRIn 2016, the Mississippi River broke through a levee in Alexander County, Illinois, and wiped out 1,200 acres of Steve Williams’ farmland. He signed up for a federal program in 2019 to retire the damaged fields. But instead of help, he and his daughter Brandy Williams Renshaw spent years farming the unfarmable, because that’s what the system required to survive.
Listen to @the_farmers_daughter_il explain how she and her dad dealt with not just the devastation of their farmlands and a buyout process that dragged on for years, but also the loss of a legacy and generations of memories.
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