Lingering Damage: Hurricane Helene could impact rural communities for several years

Producers in the Southeast are still working to assess the damage left behind by Hurricane Helene.

Helene made landfall along the Gulf Coast as a category 4 storm, leaving a trail of destruction across farms in the Southeast. In Georgia, producers are preparing for devastation. The Cotton Commission expects yield losses anywhere from 35 percent to complete loss, but they say the damage goes beyond just the crops.

They warn it will impact rural communities for years to come.

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