WASHINGTON (WRDW/WAGT) – On Monday, Sens. Raphael Warnock and Rick Scott urged congressional leaders to approve an agriculture supplemental disaster package that meets the needs of farmers and ranchers in Georgia and Florida after two years of devastating natural disasters.
“Both of our states have been heavily impacted by natural disasters over the last two years, leaving farmers and ranchers with decimated crops and wrangled infrastructure. Most recently, Georgia’s cotton, pecan, and timber crops were flattened by Hurricane Helene, and Florida’s citrus and vegetable crops were devasted after Hurricane Milton,” wrote Warnock, D-Ga., and Scott, R-Fla.
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Georgia’s agriculture and forestry industries were left reeling in Helene’s wake, with about one-third of the state’s pecan and cotton crops destroyed, more than 100 poultry houses damaged or destroyed, and 1.5 million acres of timber damaged or destroyed…