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The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Standards Division has collected fines from stores in Forsyth, Hoke, New Hanover, Randolph, Sampson and Wake counties because of excessive price-scanner errors. 

The N.C. Board of Agriculture will hold a meeting Monday, Nov. 8, at 1:30 p.m. in the Martin Building at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.

The board will take up the following items:

County governments and nonprofit groups may now apply for funding assistance from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation projects. Applicants have until Friday, Dec.17, to apply.

North Carolina tobacco growers will vote Nov. 18 on whether to continue a self-assessment of 10 cents per 100 pounds of flue-cured and burley tobacco sold to support tobacco research and education. 

Peak-season soil testing fees are set to take effect Dec. 1 through March 31, 2022, pending final approval by the N.C. Board of Agriculture at its Nov. 19 meeting. Submitting soil samples to the N.C.

WHO/WHAT: The N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission will hold a public meeting to review and approve program applications. 
 
WHEN/WHERE:

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler led a ribbon-cutting today at the newest building on the grounds of the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh.

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler led a ribbon-cutting today at the newest building on the grounds of the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh.

Below is a summary of local interest stories that have recently been highlighted on the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ In the Field Blog.

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has extended its deadline to Dec.