Source: Matthew Burns, WRAL, 10/9/18

 State agriculture officials pressed lawmakers Monday for financial assistance to North Carolina farmers reeling after Hurricane Florence, but some members of an oversight committee expressed reservations about handing money directly over to farmers.
Florence caused an estimated $1.1 billion in agricultural losses, which Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said was more than double the damage inflicted by Hurricane Matthew two years ago.

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