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Recede until july. too late, he says, for any planting. >> you don't get your food from the grocery store. i mean you get it from the grocery store, but we're out here working our tails off to grow it for you. and we're having a pretty tough time. >> reporter: he says most farmers wouldn't have it any other way. >> farming is a passion. it's what i love. we don't farm for money. it is what i love. i mean my dad does it, he did, it my grandpa did it, my great grandpa did it, right here on this land. fourth generation on this farm. and i take pride in that. and i just have a passion for agricult...

Flooding, jones says has diminished any hope of a viable crop for any farmers and many reeling already from president trump's trade war with china. >> we aren't going to make any money this year. >> located in old monroe, north of st. louis, jones says the tariffs had already cut into his bottom line. with china slashing its purchase of american soybeans. so farmers have been promised government assistance, he doesn't know how much he might receive, and the notion of a bageout wears on his pride. >> farmers don't want a bailout. we don't want government money. we just want a free market. most ...

China. >> we're not going to make any money this year. >> located in the small town of old monroe north of st. louis, jones says the tariffs had already cut into his bottom line. with china slashing its purchase of american soybeans. so farmers have been promised government assistance, he doesn't know how much he might receive, and the notion of a bailout wears on his pride. >> farmers don't want a bailout. we don't want government money. we just want a free market. most farmers are still supporting president trump, but i think it's wearing out. the flooding is obviously more difficult. the ta...

Working our tails off growing it for you. >> reporter: he said most farmers wouldn't have it any other way. >> farming is a passion. we don't farm for money. it's what i love. dad did it my grandfather did it right here on this land. fourth generation on this farm. i take pride in that. i just have a passion for agriculture. unfortunately. >> reporter: dan simon, cnn, old monroe, missouri. the month of may was one of the wettest months we've seen in the united states taking a toll on farmers and the land. >> that's right, on this world's oceans day. we have the oceans threatened by change an...

>> reporter: for now his immediate concern is trying to save the house built by his grandparents. these pumps and a homemade flood wall have mainly kept it dry. he says the water won't fully reseed until july. too late, he says, for any planting. >> you don't get your food from the grocery store, we're out here working our tails off to grow it for you and we're having a pretty tough time. >> reporter: yet he says most farmers wouldn't have it any other way. >> farming's a passion. it's what i love. we don't farm for money. it's what i love. my dad does it and did it. my grandpa did it. my grea...