Kentucky farmers bring convoy of supplies to Helene victims in North Carolina

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WVLT) – You might have noticed a convoy of trucks carrying farm supplies through East Tennessee Wednesday. It marked the latest effort from a group out of Kentucky hoping to help out farmers who were impacted by Hurricane Helene.

The project was prompted by a group of farmers out of Campbellsville, Kentucky.

Kyle Milby was one of the many making the trip from Kentucky to Spruce Pine, North Carolina. He and the rest of the convoy stopped briefly, along with their Tennessee Highway Patrol escort, in Dandridge.

“We’re just farmers helping farmers, so we’re just going to stick up for one another,” Milby said. “We feel like as farmers, we’re some of the most resilient people on the earth. We just want to reach out to help one another.”

The convoy included hay, livestock feed, fencing supplies, fuel and more. Milby said everything was given through their local FFA chapter and private donations.

“Farmers gave our hay, truckers gave their trucks and time and we just all pitched together for the cause,” he said. “We live in the greatest country there is. I am proud to be a part of this. It’s not me whose done this; all I’ve done is make a few phone calls. The Lord made all this happen and with the help of a lot of good friends and neighbors.”

The group brought supplies all the way to North Carolina Wednesday.

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