Press Releases

Beginning July 1, the North Carolina Forest Service is accepting tree seedling orders

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Century Farm Program is looking for farms that have been in continuous family ownership for 100 years or more to join the nearly 2,000 farms in the program.

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Twenty-six North Carolina students have been named recipients of 2021 N.C. State Fair Youth Livestock Scholarships, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced.

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 and social media sites.

The N.C. Pesticide Board recently approved the following settlement agreements for cases in Beaufort, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Nash, Pitt, Sampson, Union and Yadkin counties.

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The N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission will hold a public meeting to review and approve research pilot program applications.

 

Effective at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, the N.C.

N.C. Forest Service personnel responded to an increase in fire activity Friday across eastern North Carolina due to fire weather. Temperature, relative humidity and wind all presented conditions conducive to wildfire.