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crops and livestock leaving farmers with hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. as you stand here and you look at this flooding, what are the emotions that come to you? there s a lot of pain, and uncertainty. of your future. reporter: this on top of new tariffs which lowered prices on crops and livestock. implemented by a president many farmers here support. dustin sheldon is a fifth generation soy and corn farmer in purseville, iowa and hasn t been able to get to his 2,000 acre farm since sunday. how much of your land would you say is under water right now? 95%. what is the damage you re looking at. over a million dollars. over a million dollars lost. yeah. reporter: the nebraska department of agriculture estimates losses up to a billion dollars. here in iowa, preliminary damage is estimated at $150 million and according to their department of
this year. it came fast. and it hasn t stopped. the missouri river flooded to record levels across midwestern states taking with it homes, crops and livestock leaving farmers with hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. as you stand here and you look at the flooding, what are the emotions that come to you? there is a lot of pain and uncertainty of your future. reporter: this on top of new tariffs which have lowered prices on crops and livestock implemented by a president many farmers here support. dustin sheldon is a fifth generation soy and corn farmer in iowa. he hasn t biable to get to his 2,000 acre farm since sunday. how much of your land would you say is underwater right now? 95%. what is the damage that you are looking at? it s over a million dollars.