Losses of Soybeans to Flooding It will be years before the damage done by the widespread floods in Nebraska, western Iowa and Missouri are overcome. Roads, railroads, levees and some dams were washed out along with many homes, businesses and thousands of acres of farmland. The cost will be several billion dollars. One of the short-term impacts has been the loss of millions of bushels of corn and soybeans that were stored in grain bins. Photos from the affected areas show hundreds or thousands of those bins burst open when the contents inside swelled after floodwaters leaked into them. By law, the grain damaged in this way cannot be sold or fed to livestock. It will likely be months before the total losses are determined, but they will not...