Post by Logan on Jul 3, 2016 19:50:22 GMT -6
WEST COLUMBIA -- When extension agent Charles Davis visits farms, he gets one question over and over again – when will South Carolina farmers start getting aid for crops damaged in last year’s floods?
Finally, Davis and his fellow agents have the paperwork. The state on Friday began taking applications for $40 million in aid approved by lawmakers in May over Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto.
The aid supplements crop insurance. It only covers 20 percent of losses from October’s floods and subsequent months of waterlogged fields, and no farmer can get more than $100,000. But that extra money will be vital to farmers who have tapped out their credit with months to go before getting paid for this year’s crops.
“We lost a heck of a lot of money in a short period of time,” said Davis, the Clemson University extension agent for Calhoun and Richland counties.
Read more here: www.thestate.com/news/business/article87307327.html
Finally, Davis and his fellow agents have the paperwork. The state on Friday began taking applications for $40 million in aid approved by lawmakers in May over Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto.
The aid supplements crop insurance. It only covers 20 percent of losses from October’s floods and subsequent months of waterlogged fields, and no farmer can get more than $100,000. But that extra money will be vital to farmers who have tapped out their credit with months to go before getting paid for this year’s crops.
“We lost a heck of a lot of money in a short period of time,” said Davis, the Clemson University extension agent for Calhoun and Richland counties.
Read more here: www.thestate.com/news/business/article87307327.html