“Georgia farmers, ranchers, and foresters affected by Hurricane Helene will soon be eligible for more than $531 million in federal disaster relief, following months of advocacy by U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.
The funding, announced this week, will be distributed through Georgia’s Hurricane Helene Block Grant Program.
The relief aims to help agricultural producers in eligible counties whose operations suffered losses in timber, infrastructure, poultry, livestock, milk production, pecans, blueberries, citrus, nursery stock, and other areas as a result of the 2024 hurricane. The storm caused severe damage across South and East-Central Georgia, destroying about one-third of the state’s pecan and cotton crops, damaging or destroying over 100 poultry houses, and impacting 1.5 million acres of timber.”
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