Hurricane Florence came ashore in North Carolina six weeks ago, but many stories of the damage have beeen eclipsed by the more recent impacts of Hurricane Michael, which came ashore on the Florida Panhandle just a few weeks ago. But for folks in the Carolinas affected by the flooding from…
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Growing Georgia posted a new story about the impacts of Hurricane Michael from the standpoint of several farmers in southwest Georgia. The impacts are going to be felt in many ways for years to come. You can read the story at http://georgia.growingamerica.com/features/2018/10/hurricane-michaels-destruction-land-crops-and-property.
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In case you were not able to attend the meeting for agricultural producers held in Tifton earlier this week, a video of the meeting and slides along with some links to disaster resources are now available on the UGA FARE blog. This contains information about UGA emergency resources, NRCS disaster…
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While the amount of damage to Alabama agriculture from Hurricane Michael is considerably less than damage to Georgia agriculture, it is still a staggering blow to producers in the southeast corner of that state. Damage was spread across all sectors of the farm economy, with losses to crops leading the…
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I’ve never been to Gulf Coast except for a brief trip to Destin FL, and another to St. George Island, so I have never experienced what visiting that part of the country was like before Hurricane Michael. Now, residents are struggling to determine what comes next. In Mexico Beach, where…
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The National Weather Service office in Peachtree City, GA has posted a summary of Hurricane Michael’s impacts on Georgia, including maps of wind speed, rainfall totals, photos, and maps of tornado paths associated with the storm. You can view it here.
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While Hurricane Michael has been in the news most recently, agricultural producers in southeastern North Carolina are still recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Florence’s heavy rainfall, which caused a lot of damage in that part of the Southeast. Farm Bureau’s Pork Business published a story recently describing some of…
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