'It depends': Full extent of flood's damage to crops still uncertain By LORI POTTER Hub Staff Writer Jul 12, 2019 Jul 12, 2019 Updated Dec 2, 2019 0 Water sits in a cornfield near Gibbon Tuesday. Lori Potter, Kearney Hub Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By LORI POTTER Hub Staff Writer LEXINGTON — It may be harvest time before the full extent of flood damage to south-central Nebraska crops is known.kAm%92E’D H9J &?:G6CD:EJ @7 }63C2D<2\{:?4@=? tIE6?D:@? t5F42E@C $2C29 $:G:ED’ >@DE 4@>>@? 2?DH6C E@ BF6DE:@?D 23@FE 7=@@5 67764ED @? 4@C? 2?5 D@J362?D :D[ “:E 56A6?5D]”k^AmkAm~?6 E9:?8 E96 4C@AA:?8 DJDE6>D DA64:2=:DE 32D65 :? s2HD@? r@F?EJ <?@HD 7@C 46CE2:? :D A=2?ED 5@?’E 5@ H6== :7 E96J DE2?5 :? H2E6C 2 =@?8 E:>6]k^AmkAm“%96 =@?86C 4@C? D:ED DF3>6C865 :? 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