Sampson County farmers feeling Matthew's impact

Farmers in Sampson County continued to feel Hurricane Matthew's impact Saturday, one week after the storm wreaked havoc on North Carolina.
Posted 10/16/2016, 3:29:27 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:32 PM

WILL REOPEN.

>>> HOMEOWNERS STILL FEELING

THE IMPACT OF MATTHEW.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SAYS EASTERN COUNTIES MAKE UP

71% OF THE STATE'S TOTAL FARM

CASH RECEIPTS.

MANY CROPS WERE HARVESTED PRIOR

TO THE STORM BUT CROPS LIKE SOY

BEANS AND SWEET POTATOES WERE

STILL IN THE GROUND AND IN THE

EARLY STAGES OF HARVESTING. IN

CENTRE COUNTY COUNTLESS NUMBER

OF POTATOES ARE NO LONGER

PROFITABLE.

>> TOO MUCH RAIN IS A DISASTER

FOR SWEET POTATO OR FOR PEANUTS

OR ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE

GROUND LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, ROTTEN AND THEN LIKE

YOU SAY IF THEY GET TOO BIG

THEY WILL GROW AND YOU CAN'T

DO, THEY ARE SO WET AFTER THE

RAIN COMES.

YOU CAN'T DIG THEM AND THEN A

LOT OF PLACES THEY ONLY WANT A

PARTICULAR SIZE NOW.

>> DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AND CONSUMER SERVICES SET UP A

HOTLINE FOR FARMERS IMPACTED BY

HURRICANE MATTHEW.

THAT NUMBER CAN BE FOUND ON OUR

WEBSITE, JUST GO TO jshu.net.

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