An irrigation sprinkler system about 300 feet long lay overturned in a field, its steel pipes bent and welded joints broken. The mangled remains of a grain bin sat crumpled by a road. On a Friday in early December, Hopkins dragged burly limbs from the path of the tractor-like machine that picks his cotton crop six rows at a time.

The U.S. Senate has given the green light for a $21 billion dollar disaster relief fund which can help Georgia farmers recover from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene.