A group of eastern Iowans traveled across the border this week to help out their neighbors impacted by flooding in Nebraska.

Jered and Shawn Camp run the Iowa Farm Sanctuary. They rescue injured and sick animals.

When they heard about the serious flood damage in Nebraska, they got in a car with their friends and went to go see it for themselves.

"I've lived in Iowa my whole life and seen a lot of flooding but this...it was like there must have been rapid water coming through," said Shawn Camp.

"There were animals that were just wandering the cornfields, wandering the roadways, in and out of dilapidated buildings," said Jered Camp. "A lot of buildings had collapsed."

They said they were in no way expecting it to be as bad as it was.

"It felt so good to be able to rescue one of the pigs," said Shawn. "We went in there thinking guns blazing we’re going to rescue all of these pigs but they were everywhere and the circumstances were that the mud was so deep we couldn’t physically carry all of the injured out of there."

"They had to make a choice: do I get my family out? Do I get my livestock out? Of course, they made the choice to get their families out," said ISU Extension Office Ag Specialist Ryan Drollette.

Drollette said farmers should at least see a bit of a benefit from this, even if consumers won't.

"On the meat side of things: local, regional where those impacts are yes if you were one that wasn't affected by the flooding," said Drollette.

With high waters still in the forecast, things could still change.

"We may see some higher prices locally but overall nationally you're not going to see too much of an impact," said Drollette. "But we're still waiting to get numbers in."

The Camps agree the change could be for the worse.

"Any progress that they've made could be washed away and so they're going to need all the help they can get out there," said Shawn Camp. "Animals and humans alike."

The group members said they wanted to help as many as they could but because of the conditions, they could only send one hog to the vet. They expect to return next week, though.

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asks anyone who knows of badly damaged areas there to contact them.