St. Joseph Post
Floodwaters have forced an ethanol plant in northwest Missouri to temporarily stop production.
The general manager of Golden Triangle Energy in Craig, Roger Hill, says the flooding around the plant is the worse he has ever seen. At present, the plant has ceased operations with only a skeleton crew on site.
Flooding from the Missouri River and its tributaries, especially the Tarkio River, is growing closer to the heart of Craig after some private levees failed in Atchison and Holt Counties, sending floodwater farther inland.
Hill says no rail traffic can get into or out of the plant. No shipments are being made.
A makeshift levee, fortified with sandbags, has been holding back floodwaters in Craig, for now.