ATLANTA (WALB)- Georgia farmers and producers left devastated by Hurricane Helene now have the opportunity to apply for aid provided by a multimillion-dollar block grant through the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

The agency said it will be accepting applications for the next six weeks.

The Hurricane Helene Block Grant Program offers $531 million dollars in agriculture relief.

The assistance is meant to help producers in a wide variety of commodities and operations, including losses in the following areas:

• Beef and dairy cattle
• Feed
• Poultry
• Infrastructure
• Blueberries
• Citrus
• Nursery
• Plasticulture
• Bare-ground practices
• Timber
• Pecans

The Georgia Department of Agriculture said farmers, producers and growers in the following counties may apply for the aid: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Glynn, Grady, Hancock, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, Marion, McDuffie, McIntosh, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery, Oglethorpe, Pierce, Pulaski, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Screven, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, and Worth.

Applications are being accepted now through midnight on April 27, 2026.

To find out eligibility requirements and documents needed to complete applications, please visit the Georgia Department of Agriculture website.

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