Press Releases

Got to Be NC Ag Star competition underway

The first semifinal audition for the NC Ag Star Talent Search, a vocal competition for singer/songwriters, will be held Friday, Sept. 16, at the N.C. Mountain State Fair in the Chevrolet Davis Event Center.

Two inducted in N.C. Mountain State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame

 

LHOF winners

Haywood County woman wins first two cooking contests at N.C. Mountain State Fair

Tomato Winners

COVID relief funds available to eligible seafood processors, dealers and processing vessels

Seafood processors, dealers and processing vessels who were financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible for relief funds through a new grant program administered by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 

Winners named in N.C. Specialty Food Association's award competition

The N.C. Specialty Foods Association recently announced winners in its 2022 awards competition, withAlley Twenty Six  of Chapel Hill named Grand Champion for its passion fruit syrup.

N.C. Mountain State Fair opening ceremony to be held Friday

WHAT:Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler will officially open the 2022 N.C. Mountain State Fair with a short ribbon cutting ceremony.
WHEN:Friday, Sept.

N.C. Mountain State Fair to hold safety press conference Thursday

WHAT:Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson, N.C.

Elm zigzag sawfly becomes newest invasive species in North Carolina

North Carolina’s newest invasive pest was recently found in Surry and Stokes counties by Elizabeth Edwards, the N.C. Forest Service’s Surry County assistant ranger. The detection was made just north of Pilot Mountain in the Westfield community.

Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee to meet Sept. 13

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The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund will hold an advisory committee meeting to review the trust fund budget and hear reports on easement closings, Cyc

N.C. Sentinel Landscape Committee to meet Sept. 7

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