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Considerations: Post-Flooding Soil Management

Publish Date: November 18 2024
Publication Number: D246
Category: Animals & Livestock
Subjects: Beef Cattle, Soil
Keyword: Hurricane
Language: English
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Abstract

Hurricane Helene caused severe flooding in several counties in East Tennessee. Many farms and thousands of acres were affected, with some farms suffering extensive damage to property, barns, equipment, and livestock. Some fields lost significant amounts of topsoil or were covered in sand, clay sediments, woody debris, river rocks, or other debris washed in from upstream. This factsheet provides guidance to landowners on steps to restore fields and bring them back into production.