Floods caused by Hurricane Matthew have battered the agricultural sector in North Carolina, one of the nation’s top poultry and pork producing states, threatening substantial losses for producers and raising public-health concerns about the disposal of millions of drowned animals. Pat McCrory said at least 1.8 million chickens and 4,800 hogs died in the flooding, posing a challenge for both the state’s emergency management...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 15, 2016 18:00 UTC