Farmers want more welfare.
Farmers in Fulton and Sharp Counties held a meeting on Saturday, April 26, to figure out how to get a disaster declaration from the federal government.
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Farmers in Fulton and Sharp Counties held a meeting on Saturday, April 26, to figure out how to get a disaster declaration from the federal government.
The agricultural community is trying to get help after the recent tornadoes and floods devastated the area.
Kenneth Wagoner is a farmer who lost everything to the tornado that hit Cave City on March 14. He attended the meeting.
“The tornado that hit Cave City came directly across my property, and it wiped out everything. There’s nothing, no houses, no sheds, no barns, nothing,” Wagoner said.
Fulton County Office of Emergency Management Director Jeremy Langston says farmers are pivotal to both areas.
“Mainly trying to get some push for federal assistance for the agricultural side of things, not just for our area but for the state in general,” Langston said. “We all live in a state here that’s largely based on agriculture and trying to make sure they get some of their needs heard and trying to get some assistance to them as well.”
Its been a few weeks since President Trump put a pause on high import taxes on most US trading partners, while increasing tariffs on China. American farmers worry all the back and forth is setting up what could be the worst farm crisis in almost half a century.