We've said it before, and we'll say it again — and we wish that more public figures would say it and say it louder: It makes no sense to treat agricultural interests located in floodplains the way you'd treat residential, commercial and/or industrial areas located in floodplains.
Yet, the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, if left unchecked, could have terrible effects on agriculture in our area. The measure would restrict the building of needed agriculture structures and dramatically increase the cost of flood insurance.
