US Flooding Pushes Corn Price Higher

The U.S. Agriculture Department says widespread flooding in the U.S. Midwestern states has destroyed thousands of acres of farm land. It has also sent the price of corn sharply higher -- to more than seven dollars a bushel - up from four dollars this time last year. Economists say consumers are likely to feel the impact of flooded corn fields on their already shrinking wallets. VOA's Mil Arcega reports.

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