Private Story
When It Rains
After the Rain
In his 64 years of life, Stephen Diederich hasn’t seen his farm this wet for this long. Flooding along the Missouri River has lasted since March and is expected to continue through the winter. People who used to live near his land moved out as the river kept flooding.
Other circumstances add to his challenge as a farmer. He lives apart from his wife because she doesn’t want to live on the isolated farm, and sees her only twice a month. In between his efforts to revive his flooded farm along with his brother, Robert, Stephen checks on his mom with dementia and feeds her over an hour for each meal. Seeing his children unwilling to take over his land as farmers, he worries about what will happen to his land when he can’t farm anymore.
Self-initiated project in 2019
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