英语翻译ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishAgricultureReport.FarmersinpartsoftheAmericanMidwestfaceadifficultrecoveryaftertheworstfloodinginfifteenyears.Stormsthatfloodedriversanddrownedcropshavebeenblamedforatleasttwe
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ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishAgricultureReport.
FarmersinpartsoftheAmericanMidwestfaceadifficultrecoveryaftertheworstfloodinginfifteenyears.Stormsthatfloodedriversanddrownedcropshavebeenblamedforatleasttwenty-fourdeathssincelateMay.
ThefloodsdisplacedtensofthousandsofpeopleinseveralstatesacrossAmerica'sagriculturalheartland.Thereareconcernsthatcroplossescouldpushalready-highfoodpricesevenhigher.
Fertilelandsinsomestatescouldbemistakenforlakes.ThemightyMississippiRiverbrokethroughorflowedoverthetopsofdirtleveesinIowa,IllinoisandMissouri.
ThefloodshithardestinIowa,theleadingcornstateandalsothetopsoybeanproducerlastyear.Thirty-eightcentimetersofrainfellonsomecroplandoveratwo-weekperiod.GovernorChetCulverhasdeclaredmostcountiesasdisasterareas.Iowaofficialshavesaidthatcropdamageinthatstatecouldreachthreebilliondollars.
TheUnitedStatesDepartmentofAgricultureisexpectedtoannounceestimatesofcroplossesinthecomingdays.Thedepartmentisbeingurgedtoletfarmersplantcornonlandsetasideforconservation.
Somefarmersmayreplantcorn.Othersmayreplacecornwithsoybeans.Whatfarmersdonowdependspartlyontheextentofdamagetotheland.Floodwatersinsomeareasmaycontainindustrialwasteorotherharmfulsubstances.
Whattheweatherdoesduringtherestofthegrowingseasonwillalsobeimportant.
Raindelayshaveleftsoybeanplantingbehindthefive-yearaverageintwelveofeighteenmajorsoybean-producingstates.Othercropsincludingwheat,riceandoatshavealsosuffered.
InBurlington,Iowa,asmanyasfiftytrainsnormallypassthroughthecityeveryday,mostlycarryingcoalorpassengers.ButBurlingtonisquietnowuntilwaterisofftherailsandworkerscaninspectfordamage.CityManagerDougWordensaysBurlingtontookstepstopreventseverepropertydamageaftertherecordfloodsoffifteenyearsago.
WhiletheMidwestdealswithrecentflooding,thenation'stopagriculturalstate,California,facesincreasinglydryconditions.OnJunefourth,GovernorArnoldSchwarzeneggerdeclaredastatewidedrought,thefir