Cooper: State has more to do to help farmers
Story Date: 2/11/2019

 

Source: Steve Herring, GOLDSBORO  NEWS-ARGUS, 2/7/19



Scars from Hurricane Florence remain evident at Overman Farms. A large washout that resembles a dry creek bed cuts through a struggling wheat field. Other less evident scars include the farm’s hundreds of thousands of dollars in crop losses. Standing in that washout Tuesday afternoon, Lorenda Overman and Gov. Roy Cooper talked about the plight of farmers devastated by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and then just 20 months later by Hurricane Florence.

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