Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “FDA review of tobacco products grinds to a halt,” Charlotte Observer: Talk about a smoke break. Tobacco companies have [...]

December 14th, 2012 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: ag exports, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, Asheville Citizen Times, bo stone, Brevard, Cape Fear River, cattle, Charlotte Observer, chestnut, Durham, Durham Herald Sun, Faces in Farming and Ranching, farm bill, farmers markets, Fayetteville Observer, FDA, Fire on the Rock, ginseng, Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, Hendersonville Times News, Mountain Times, N.C. beef, N.C. beer, Oskar Blues, ports, Robeson County, rural, Southeast Farm Press, Southern Farm Network, tobacco, Tom Vilsack, Wilmington Harbor, WRAL | Category: News, News Roundup | Comments Off

Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “Frugal feast: How to stretch your Thanksgiving dollar,” News & Observer: Thanksgiving dinner is inching closer to 50 bucks [...]

November 16th, 2012 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: 2012 White House Christmas Tree, bankruptcy, Brevard, Chris Stancill, conservation, exports, Grandfather District, Hostess, N.C. beer, N.C. Christmas trees, N.C. State Ports, Nash County, Oskar Blues, Pitt County, Sanderson Farms, sorghum, Southern Farm Network, thanksgiving, wood pellet-handling | Category: News, News Roundup | Comments (1)