THE DAY AND OF COURSE THE
LATEST NEWS BUT WEATHER AS
WELL.
JUST HEAD TO THE APP STORE AND
SEARCH WSPA.com 7 NEWS AND
WEATHER.
NOW ON 7, AGRICULTURE IS ONE
OF THE STATES LARGEST
INDUSTRIES BUT ALSO ONE OF THE
MOST VULNERABLE BEING AT THE
MERCY OF THE WEATHER LIKE WE
SAW TODAY AND OVER THE SUMMER
MONTHS SEVERAL COUNTIES
ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED EXTREME
DROUGHTS AND OF COURSE WE'VE
SEEN FLOODING.
GEORGIAREE GODFREY HAS MORE
DETAILS AND EFFORTS BY
LAWMAKERS TO HELP FARMERS WHEN
THE WEATHER TAKES A TURN FOR
THE WORST.
IN THE LAST DECADE SOUTH
CAROLINA HAS EXPERIENCED
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS HAVE HAD
MAJOR IMPACT ON THE
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY.
WHICH IS WHY SOUTH CAROLINA
LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING TO CREATE
A FUND TO HELP FARMERS IN NEED.
IT'S CALLED THE SOUTH CAROLINA
FARM AID FUND.
THE ACT CREATES AN ACCOUNT THAT
WOULD OFFER FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS WHO LOSE
MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF THEIR
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.
AS A RESULT OF A CATASTROPHIC
WEATHER EVENT.
THE FUNDING WOULD BE ISSUED IN
THE FORM OF A GRANT THAT CANNOT
EXCEED $100,000 OR 20 PERCENT
OF THE FARMERS LOG.
BUT FOR LAWMAKERS TO REPRESENT
THESE RURAL FARM AREAS THEY SAY
THE FUND IS NEEDED.
ESPECIALLY IN DORCHESTER
AREA HEADING TOWARDS CHARLESTON
VERY LOW LAND AREA BUT IN
BERKELEY COUNTY BORN DELAINE'S
SO WERE GOING TO RECEIVE OUR
PORTION OF FLOODING AND WHAT
HAVE YOU.
WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN
CORRECT THE PROPOSAL PASSED OUT
OF THE HOUSE EARLIER THIS WEEK
WITH A VOTE OF 99 34.
IN COLUMBIA, GEORGIAREE
GODFREY, 7 NEWS.
THE PROPOSAL IS ON ITS WAY
TO THE SENATE AND IN ORDER FOR
THE GRANTS TO KICK IN THE
GOVERNOR AND US DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE HAD TO DECLARE
THOSE AREAS OF DISASTER.
EYE DOCTOR BON SECOUR ST.
FRANCIS SAYS HE'S BECOME THE
