$800 million in USDA block grants to help producers most affected by two of last year’s monster storms.
Region’s recovery efforts from last fall’s devastating storm has been extra slow due in large part to political red tape.
Early damage calculations continue to add up for the state’s farmers in wake of the super storm.
Producers suffer an estimated $560 million loss close to harvest.
Local economists calculate catastrophic damage for the state’s producers, commodities.
Massive recovery process underway in wake of historic storm’s big blow by air, land, and sea.