The N.C. Pesticide Board recently approved the following settlement agreements related to cases in Johnston, Lenior and New Hanover counties. Each instance involved application of restricted-use pesticides without a valid license.
Settlements are listed by county below:
As we head into cooler weather, fall is the best time to amend your lawns, especially fescue lawns and landscape areas, with lime and fertilizer and to start fall vegetable gardens.
County governments and conservation nonprofit groups may apply for grant funding from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation projects. Applicants have until Dec. 18 to apply.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was awarded $6.3 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to place conservation easements on farms in the Upper Neuse River Basin.
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Standards Division has collected fines from eight stores in eight counties because of excessive price-scanner errors.
| WHO/WHAT: | The N.C. The N.C. Specialty Foods Association recently announced winners of its 2023 Best in Taste product competition during the final virtual Summer of Learning event. The N.C. Structural Pest Control Committee recently approved settlement agreements for cases in Edgecombe, Gaston, Guilford, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Polk and Richmond counties at its meeting in Raleigh. Following are the agreements: Haywood County native Kyle Miller has moved into the top leadership position at the Mountain Research Station in Waynesville – something he considers not just a blessing but a gift that he feels led to share. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has officially recommended to Gov. Roy Cooper that agricultural transportation waivers be implemented for the movement of livestock and agricultural products, paving the way for farmers to work ahead of the impending approach of Hurricane Idalia. |