The company added that about 30 farms in the state ― housing more than 6 million chickens ― remained unreachable because of flood waters. At least one livestock company has reported massive losses in the wake of Hurricane Florence . Poultry company Sanderson Farms says 1.7 million chickens have drowned on its contracted farms in NC and more than 6 million more can't be accounted for because farms are cut off by water; unclear if the birds have drowned, or are alive but feed can't reach them. pic.twitter.com/RWeTQfS2WmIn a statement, Joe Sanderson Jr., the company’s chairman, said no employees or contractors of Sanderson Farms had been seriously injured or killed in the storm. Sanderson Farms has not responded to HuffPost’s requests for comment.

Source: Huffington Post September 18, 2018 10:05 UTC