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Farmers inWestern Kentuckywill receive some relief after a grain elevator was damaged by a deadly tornado in December.
Governor Andy Beshear has announced that up to $ 3.25 million will help farmers continue to grow and process grain. Funding comes from the Team West Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund.
In the tornado on December 10th last year and in 11 devastated areas of western Kentucky,killed 81 people in the state. Thousands of people have found shelters with relatives and friends, or in emergency facilities, hotels, and state parks.
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Graves County Graves Support Program , He said, a potential loss of crop yield came into contact with Bescher.
A tornado destroyed a grain elevator in western Kentucky and is now Relief packages are being implemented to help $ 3.25 million farmers grow and process grain.
"This money not only reduces the stress on local farmers due to the loss of Mayfield's grain elevators, but also delivers the grain to facilities that can process and maintain the product. It also helpsthe supply chainis running. "
Mayfield Grain Co. stores more than 6.5 million bushels at full capacity, but as a result of the damage it suffered, the state-wide grain supply was backed up, Beshear said. The office said in a news release.
For more information on the program, see teamwkyrelieffundapp.ky.gov/grainassistance.
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