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Farmers in the Carolinas rush to harvest crops

Farmers in the Carolinas have been rushing to harvest what crops they can before Hurricane Florence reaches land.

North Carolina Farm Bureau President Larry Wooten says farmers have been harvesting corn around the clock.

“I would say statewide probably a fourth of our corn is harvested but in the eastern North Carolina it could be as high as 50-60% because farmers have been harvesting around the clock,” he says.

He tells Brownfield tobacco is the state’s most vulnerable crop right now. North Carolina produces 50 percent of the nation’s tobacco crop.

“Any tobacco that is left in the field after 40-60 mph wind will certainly be non-salvageable,” he says.

He says about 25 percent of early variety soybeans have been harvested but it’s too early to harvest the rest of the crop.

Wooten says farmers in the Carolinas are resilient and will get through it.

Audio: Larry Wooten, North Carolina Farm Bureau 

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