Corn farmers' hopes are dashed by the flood
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080625/capt.f9bbbbfe901c4d68b36800f4c834ffd3.midwest_flooding_farmers_iacn201.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=q6DyLt147pX5cIIVN7cJrQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Bill Talsma walks across one of his flood damaged corn fields, Saturday, June 21, 2008, near Colfax, Iowa. Flooding destroyed nearly a quarter of the crop Talsma and his brother were growing on 9,000 acres in central Iowa, and soaking rains damaged the rest. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding_farmers)AP - This year's corn crop was Bill Talsma's lottery ticket ? a potentially record-setting haul worth millions.</p><br clear="all"/>
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