Source:  Jodi Helmer, CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, 9/8/20


Brian Moore wasn’t sure how the coronavirus pandemic would affect Moore Farm Inc. He continued milking a herd of 130 dairy cattle and planted acres of corn, soy, wheat and barley on his land in Mount Ulla, hoping for the best. “The price for every commodity took a nosedive,” he says. Even though Moore was earning less for the food he produced, the dairy co-op and feed mill continued purchasing his milk and grains, and he had the capacity on his Rowan County farm to store some harvested grains on-site until prices return to pre-pandemic levels.

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