10/15/2018

HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has heard from Georgia farmers whose crops were wiped out by Hurricane Michael. Trump on Monday 10-16-18] visited a farm near Macon where fourth-generation farmer Kevin Rentz grows cotton and peanuts. Rentz said he lost 100 percent of his cotton crop. He says they’re still digging up peanuts but the problem is finding someplace to take them, given the power outages. Another farmer, Clay Pickle, said he went from his ‘best crop to no crop in six hours.’ Pickle says cotton was his best crop. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says damage to pecan groves in southwest Georgia will be felt for generations. Perdue says pecan trees typically bear nuts about seven years after planting but don’t become profitable for about a decade. Perdue called the situation ‘heartbreaking.'”

The Associated Press, “The Latest: Trump Hears From Georgia Farmers on Hurricane,” The New York Times online, October 15, 2018