Georgia’s pecan harvest was devastated by Hurricane Helene. Farmers are on the brink.
CNNCNN — Taylor Moses was awake all night when Hurricane Helene landed on her pecan farm in Georgia. When Hurricane Helene crossed into Georgia on September 26, however, the storm’s path destroyed about 36 million pounds of pecans, or one third of the state’s annual crop, according to UGA, decimating an agricultural industry that was already reeling after years of tariffs, increased labor and production costs and low consumer prices. Initial estimates show that about 70% of Georgia’s pecan trees aged 50 years and older were completely lost in the hurricane, according to Wells. Pecan trees are a long and arduous investment for farmers because it can take years before they begin producing nuts, Tyler Harper, Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture, told CNN. ‘Not… a single pecan’ Moses said the damage from Hurricane Helene means she and her husband “will not harvest a single pecan” this season.
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