Crop Losses In South Carolina May Exceed $300M

Following intense rain and flooding, South Carolina Department of Agriculture Commissioner Hugh E. Weathers toured the state by air Oct. 5 and 6, and said conservative early estimates are that direct crop losses from the flood may exceed $300 million. The storm has had a significant statewide effect, and it appears that low lying farmland adjacent to rivers systems and creeks was most severely impacted. Weathers said that "long-term, this disaster will cause an income loss for local farmers and the rural counties of South Carolina."