The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services announced that the first group of checks has been sent to farmers who applied for disaster assistance through the 2024 Ag Disaster Crop Loss Program, according to a news release. The first round of checks, announced by Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, was sent out to farmers in western North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene. The payments are part of a total of $478 million in ag disaster assistance crop loss funds appropriated by the N.C. General Assembly to help farmers statewide who suffered almost $5 billion in agriculture losses from Helene, a drought, Tropical Storm Debby, and Potential Cyclone 8. “Getting disaster relief out to our devastated ag community has been a priority for the department, and I appreciate farmers’ patience as we have worked through the process of verifying damage and losses and processing the over 8,500 applications we received,” Troxler said in the news release.
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