On Friday, June 22 Rock Valley Mayor Kevin Van Otterloo issued a State of Emergency calling for evacuations for parts of the city due to rising flood waters. Dairy producers and businesses handling food and grocery items in flood affected areas need to reduce the impact to their operations.
Several guidelines and fact sheets are available to help identify actions that need to be taken.
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/~/media/Files/about/emergency/flood/flood-dairyfood.ashx
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/dairyteam/drought-and-flood
http://www.prep4agthreats.org/Assets/Factsheets/Floods-and-Your-Livestock.pdf
https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/livestk/01815.pdf
http://www.prep4agthreats.org/All-Hazard-Preparedness/farm-emergency-preparedness-plan
http://www.welcometoiowa.org/emergency-services/flood-safety
For more information producers should contact their local Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office, in Sioux County that number is 712.737.4230.