On The Farm: Tennessee Floods and Effects on TN Agriculture
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Chat with Melissa Burniston (@mburniston ) of the Tennessee Farm Bureau about flood impacts to agriculture in Tennessee.
Nick Weber (Nickel's Notes and @n_web) hosts On The Farm on Twitter (#onthefarm), conversations with people on the farm doing real agriculture work.
Questions and responses
- Melissa, thanks, for taking 20 min to talk about the flooding in the Volunteer State. Q1 Tell me what you do at TNFB
- So, it sounds pretty bad down there, for Nashville and farmers. What's the vibe? How are people holding up?
- Are the waters receding? When is the earliest they can replant and mend the fences for livestock?
- The scope of the flooding appears to be across the entire state? So, all types of ag have been affected, no?
- Do you have stats to give people an idea of the impact ag has on Tenn's economy? And impact this flood will have?
- So what is TN FB doing right now to help farmers?
- This is a once-in-a-generation (or more) flood. Guess it's hard for farmers to deal with this because there's no reference point
- What can people across the US and aggieland do to help you? What would you like to tell people that I haven't asked?
