A traditional look at farm loans, delinquencies and bankruptcies suggests no real crisis in rural America, but people who work with stressed farmers say their workloads are getting a lot heavier because more farmers need help making ends meet.

St. Joseph, Missouri, farmer Roger Ideker finds 2,000-acre farm underwater in latest round of flooding -- while he still awaits payment for past floods.

Nebraska's director of agriculture said livestock producers have seen losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars from floods and blizzard, while state is likely to be rebuilding county roads for a considerable time.