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Friday June 17, 2011--Farm workers Charles Haydon, left, Joe Aycock, center, and Jessie Soto look over the damage caused to some farm land near O'Bryan's Ridge in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The erosion of the land was caused by rushing floodwater from when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway by breaching a levee in Mississippi County with explosives in May. The workers are employed by farmer Mark Dugan, not pictured, and the land the workers are standing on is farmed by Ed Marshall, whose land is next to Dugan's land.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com

Friday June 17, 2011--Farm workers Charles Haydon, left, Joe Aycock, center, and Jessie Soto look over the damage caused to some farm land near O'Bryan's Ridge in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The erosion of the land was caused by rushing floodwater from when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway by breaching a levee in Mississippi County with explosives in May. The workers are employed by farmer Mark Dugan, not pictured, and the land the workers are standing on is farmed by Ed Marshall, whose land is next to Dugan's land.

David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com