Helene agricultural losses add up

Jim Turner Contributor – News Service Florida Hurricane Helene, a major storm that made landfall in late September in Taylor County, inflicted up to $162.2 million in agricultural losses in Florida. The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, or UF/IFAS, released a report estimating losses from Helene. Helene closely followed the path of Hurricane Debby, which made landfall in August in Taylor County. Combined, the two storms caused estimated agricultural losses of $134 million to $425 million, according to the report and an earlier UF/IFAS report about Debby. Helene resulted in an estimated $40.3 million to $162.2 million in losses, with the total expecte