The Double R Farm in South Carolina has produced abundant crops for four generations of Rabon family farmers here, and despite the double whammy of record rains during the October harvest last year and last month’s hurricane, they are determined …
South Carolina Department of Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers says crops in some areas of the state may have sustained as much damage from Hurricane Matthew as they did from last year’s historic flooding. The Herald-Journal reports Weathers provided an update …
Nearly 1,250 farmers in South Carolina will get more than $35 million in aid for their losses during last October’s massive floods. The Department of Agriculture said in a news release Thursday that 88 farmers will receive the maximum award …
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. …
Leaders of nonprofit groups in Horry County, South Carolina, say that, six months after historic rains inundated South Carolina, volunteers are needed to help repair hundreds of homes in the county. The Sun News reports many of those homes are …
South Carolina’s One SC relief fund is awarding $760,000 to 18 charities that are helping people recover from last October’s historic flooding. The awards announced Monday represent the second round of grants from the fund Gov. Nikki Haley launched in …
South Carolina and two counties hardest hit by last fall’s catastrophic flooding will share $157 million from the federal government, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Monday. HUD Secretary Julian Castro said the state will receive nearly …
South Carolinians who were originally refused help following last October’s historic floods will be getting about $10 million in aid. The State of Columbia reports that the money became available through a program in which Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster …
The state House’s budget leader says he wants to reassure South Carolina farmers devastated by October’s flooding disaster that the Legislature will help them out. Lawmakers must help farmers survive direct crop losses estimated at $376 million, said Ways and …
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Dec. 8 that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations located in South Carolina as a result of …
