Work progressing on repairing irrigation collapse

Irrigation collapse triggers uncertainty in western Nebraska

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Some western Nebraska farmers are facing devastating crop losses after a tunnel collapse in eastern Wyoming cut off their water supply. The Gering-Ft. Laramie-Goshen canal ordinarily carries water from the North Platte River to irrigate more than 100,000 acres in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska...

An irrigation canal that stretches from eastern Wyoming into western Nebraska collapsed last Wednesday. An estimated 104,000 acres of farmland rely on the Gering-Fort Laramie Irrigation Canal for water. Nearly half of those acres are in Scotts Bluff County.

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