Hurricane Helene affected at least 48,000 acres of pecan trees, according to UGA.
The overall economic impact of Hurricane Helene on Georgia’s entire agriculture industry is estimated at $6.46 billion, according to UGA.
Hurricane Helene was also crippling for farmers in Georgia because it hit just six years after Hurricane Michael, Wells said.
‘Not… a single pecan’Moses said the damage from Hurricane Helene means she and her husband “will not harvest a single pecan” this season.
At the Moses pecan farm, Taylor Moses said she and her husband have had long, emotional conversations about whether to replant their pecan trees.
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