North Carolina farmers lost almost $5 billion in 2024 from disasters.

A program created in March aims to provide relief with cash payments for lost crops.

Checks will continue to go out over the coming weeks.

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has begun sending out checks to Western North Carolina to farmers who applied in the first round of its 2024 Ag Disaster Crop Loss program.

Checks will continue to go out over the coming weeks to farmers in other regions, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced in an Aug. 27 news release.

“Getting disaster relief out to our devastated ag community has been a priority for the department, and I appreciate farmers’ patience as we have worked through the process of verifying damage and losses and processing t

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