Extreme heat impacts farms and rivers in Onslow County
Story Date: 7/22/2019

 

Source: Lisa Line, SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 7/19/19

Extreme heat and drought conditions continue to hurt farmers, many of which are still in recovery mode from Hurricane Florence. Willie Justice, the owner of Justice Farms, says he lost 80 to 90 percent of his crop to the drought. Only about 25 percent of the blueberries that did make it are good enough to pick.

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