Carolina's Flooding Silver Lining: Alabama Poultry

USA Today reports:

At least 1.7 million chickens have died in flooding from Hurricane Florence, according to a major poultry producer.

The chickens died at 60 farm buildings located at independent farms in North Carolina, Sanderson Farms announced Monday. The number of chickens killed by flooding might continue to rise, the company says.

Approximately six million more chickens were isolated by flood waters at 30 farms, the company said. If feed trucks remain unable to reach the affected farms, more chickens could die as a result of the flooding.

     Alabama is one of the top poultry producers in the country. The shortage caused by Florence in The Carolina's should increase the value of the broilers raised in Alabama.