Source: Brian Murphy and David Raynor, NEWS & OBSERVER, 7/30/19


North Carolina farmers received more than $105.1 million in payments from the federal government to compensate for losses due to retaliatory tariffs imposed by China and other nations, according to a data analysis by The Associated Press. The vast majority of the money — nearly $100 million — went to soybean and cotton farmers in the state. But the federal government also made payments to farmers for wheat, dairy, corn, hogs and sorghum losses. Tobacco farmers, however, were not included.

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