The deadline to enter items into the N.C. Mountain State Fair is fast approaching.
Press Releases
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced that farmers in 11 additional counties are eligible for the Western N.C. Agricultural Crop Loss Program for damages and losses due to flooding and excessive rain from Tropical Storm Fred and an April 2021 freeze and frost.
The following are winners in the State Farmers Market Watermelon Contest held July 28:
The N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund recently awarded more than $10 million to help communities across the state protect farmland and promote agricultural enterprises.
The State Farmers Market will host its popular Taste of Summer Event Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with guest vendors, live music, face painting and plenty of fresh farm and seafood products for purchase.
The N.C. Board of Agriculture will hold a meeting Monday, Aug. 1, at 1 p.m. in the training room of the Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center in Raleigh.
The board will take up the following items:
The N.C. Pesticide Board recently approved the following settlement agreements for cases in Alleghany, Guilford, Orange, Pender, Perquimans and Robeson counties. Settlements involved cases of pesticide drift damage and a worker protection violation. Settlements are listed by county below:
Giant watermelons, watermelon royalty and free slices of the summertime fruit – what’s not to love about Watermelon Day Thursday at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh.
Blue ribbons are waiting at this year’s N.C. Mountain State Fair. If you think your artwork, crafts, baked foods, landscaping, honey, livestock and more are ribbon-worthy then don’t miss this year’s deadlines to enter.