US farmers scramble to harvest crops as Hurricane Florence looms

On Tuesday (September 11), a powerful hurricane Florence quietly approached the southeastern United States, North Carolina farmers harvested corn and tobacco, stored swine fodder, and the threat of a deadly flood was in the US It threatens millions of farms. WH Group Smithfield Foods plans to close two factories, including the world's largest pig slaughterhouse in North Carolina.

Reuters - On Tuesday, a powerful hurricane in Florence quietly approached the southeastern United States, North Carolina harvest harvested corn and tobacco in a hurry, stored swine fodder, millions of fatal flood threats Livestock threatened the farm. It is a country. Arranging On Tuesday, a powerful hurricane Florence quietly approached the southeastern United States, North Carolina farmers rushed to harvest the land. Read more »

On Tuesday (September 11), a powerful hurricane Florence quietly approached the southeastern United States, North Carolina farmers harvested corn and tobacco, stored swine fodder, and the threat of a deadly flood was in the US It threatens millions of farms. WH Group Smithfield Foods plans to close two factories, including the world's largest pig slaughterhouse in North Carolina.

With the onset of recovery, livestock loss due to the flood of Hurricane Florence is increasing. The North Carolina State Agricultural Consumer Services Authority (NCDA & CS) reported that state farmers lost 5,500 live pigs and 3.4 million poultry from the storm. NCDA & CS stated that the loss of agricultural crops at the press time is still unknown. "Our farmers are now continuing to supply food to continuous and strict logistics tasks, to reliably supply electricity on the farm (many people use wells) and to provide suitable animal husbandry, The commitment to take care of our animals in a difficult environment, "NCPC said in an update

Harvest Harvesting Farmers should review their harvest records to determine the average crop yield over the past 5 years. The NRCS 590 standard states that reasonable yield targets are used to develop fertilizer recommendations. It is difficult to explain these, but you should use 3-5 year average or county average yield. The yield of crops determines the amount of nutrients required for crop fertilization. The application rate should be as close as possible to the amount of nutrients, based on the anticipated absorption of the expected yield of the crop. Alternatively, farmers can use tissue analysis in the middle of the season to determine if crops require additional fertilization.

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