ONSLOW COUNTY, NC. -- Extreme heat and drought conditions continue to hurt farmers, many of which are still in recovery mode from Hurricane Florence.

• Willie Justice, the owner of Justice Farms, says he lost 80 to 90 percent of his crop to the drought.
• Only about 25 percent of the blueberries that did make it are good enough to pick.
• Extreme heat and lack of rain also impacted the water quality around Onslow County.

Willie Justice, the owner of Justice Farms, says he lost 80 to 90 percent of his crop to the drought, and only about 25 percent of the blueberries that did make it are good enough to pick.

So, he decided to close his agro-toursim farm for the summer

“We're not opening because the size of the berry, the bushes that were dying and the ones that had a few on there were so dry they did not have a good flavor,” says Justice.

Extreme heat and lack of rain also impacted the water quality around Onslow County.

Diana Rashash, the Area Specialized Agent WaterQuality and Waste Management at the Onslow Co-op Extension, says there have been several fish kills, or dead fish, reported throughout the county.

The latest, reported this week, had 200 dead fish in the Wilson Bay area of Jacksonville.

“I’ve been crossing my fingers a whole lot, hoping we weren't going to have fish kills, but with the lack of rain, the water has warned up even more, we've had low volumes of water,” says Rashash.

Rashash says if you notice more than 25 dead fish in an area, you should click here to report it to the state so they can further investigate the cause.