Help now available for farmers who lost crops to weather disasters in 2024
THE BILL DOES NOT INCLUDE
TERMINOLOGY FOR PLANT BASED
PRODUCTS RIGHT NOW, NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS ARE DEALING
WITH A DEVASTATING SEASON OF
LOST CROPS AND ARE APPLYING
FOR HELP. THIS IS WHAT SO MANY
ARE EXPERIENCING AS WE'VE SEEN
SO MUCH VIDEO LIKE THIS IN THE
AFTERMATH, ESPECIALLY OF A LEAN
AND DEBBIE STARTING TODAY,
THESE FARMERS CAN NOW APPLY FOR
A NEW PROGRAM ALLOCATING
300 MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP
THEM RECOVER. WRAL'S. HEIDI
KIRK SHOWS US HOW FAMILY
STATEWIDE COULD FUEL THESE
IMPACTS WITHOUT THE FUNDING.
I'M OUT HERE. JACKIE THOMPSON
HAS BEEN GROWING CROPS FOR MOST
OF HIS LIFE. WE READ ABOUT THE
1200 ACRES OF OPEN LAND.
HIS FARM SITS ON THE WAKE
FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE WHERE HE
GROWS EVERYTHING FROM TOBACCO
TO CANOLA. HE CALLS IT ONE OF
HIS TOP THIS YEAR YET AFTER
DROUGHT AND EXCESSIVE RAIN LED
TO CROP LOSS. LIKE MANY, HE'S
LOOKING AT LAWMAKERS FOR HELP.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME HELP OF
SOME SORT.
>> FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE GOVERNMENT, FOR
WHATEVER COMES FROM.
>> TO HELP ASSIST TO GET US
BACK I THINK BACK ON THE
GROUND, THE NORTH CAROLINA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVED MORE
THAN 300 MILLION DOLLARS IN
RELIEF FOR FARMERS IN ALL 100
COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
>> TODAY, APPLICATIONS OPENED
GIVING FARMERS ABOUT A MONTH
TO APPLY. NOW, MUCH OF THIS
FUNDING WILL GO TOWARD FARMS IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THAT
WERE DEEPLY IMPACTED BY
HURRICANE HELENE. BUT THE REST
OF THE FUNDING WILL COME TO
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA HELPING OUT PEOPLE
JUST LIKE THOMPSON WORDS,
RADICAL TURTLE COMMISSIONER
STEVE TROXLER SAYS WITHOUT THIS
RELIEF EVERYONE WILL FEEL THE
IMPACT. IF WE DON'T PUT FARMERS
BACK IN BUSINESS.
>> AND THE FIRST TIP LINE OVER
WHAT HALL AND ON TOP OF ALL OF
THERE ARE FARMERS ARE KNOWN TO
HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
IF THEY DON'T GET HELP AND THEY
DON'T THE LOW PROBABILITY,
WINDS WILL BE THE VOTE.
>> SO WE'RE GONNA LOSE THE
CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE THIS FOOD
FOR THE THOMPSON PLANS TO APPLY
FOR THE FUNDING. AND JUST 2
DAYS BEFORE HIS BIRTHDAY, IT'LL
BE THE BEST PRESENT HE COULD