Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 11/30/16

It’s taken a while, but North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Programs Division feels that they can release some definitive numbers regarding livestock losses due to Hurricane Matthew almost two months ago.  Sharon Stewart, Director of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Programs:“There were 2,800 hogs that just didn’t make it through the flood waters, but that’s all we have reported by the North Carolina Pork Council. "

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