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. “Michelle Obama receives White House Christmas tree,” Los Angeles Times: The official White House Christmas tree arrived Friday morning [...]

November 30th, 2012 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: 2012 White House Christmas Tree, bumper crop, Charlotte Observer, drought, Farm-City, farmers market, Fayetteville Observer, GAP, Google, hog waste, Los Angeles Times, Louis Moore Bacon, n.c. agricultural development and farmland preservation trust fund, N.C. Christmas trees, News & Observer, Orton Plantation, Randolph Guide, Southern Farm Network, soybeans, tobacco, Wilmington Star-News | Category: News, News Roundup | Comments Off

The following are the top 10 headlines of 2011, as determined by our Public Affairs staff. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “S. Korea president signs laws enabling US trade deal,” USA Today (Nov. 29): South Korea’s president on Tuesday signed a slew of laws needed to implement the country’s [...]

December 30th, 2011 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: 2011 Year in Review, ag exports, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, agritourism, Bees, blueberry, China, hog waste, Horticultural Crops Research Station, Hurricane Irene, Mocksville, N.C. ports, N.C. State University, Siler City, South Korea, Southeast Farm Press, tornado, Townsends, trade, USA Today, WFMY, WRAL, WUNC, Yadkin County | 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. “Attendance tops 1 million at NC State Fair,” WTVD-TV: More than 1 million people visited the North Carolina State [...]

October 28th, 2011 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: 4-H, Asheville Citizen Times, attendance, biosecurity, broccoli, E. coli, hog waste, Jack Tapp, local produce, N.C. oysters, N.C. State Fair, Piedmont Food and Agriculture Processing Center, Sunburst Trout, The Caswell Messenger, Wake County, Waynesville, WRAL, WTVD, Yadkin County | 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. “Google invests in hog-waste power,” News & Observer: Internet search giant Google is among the investors in a Duke [...]

September 9th, 2011 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: aflatoxin, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, Asheville, Asheville Citizen Times, Bertie County, Best Dish in NC, corn, cotton, Google, hog waste, hunger, Hurricane Irene, Kornerstone Bistro, Marc's on Market, N.C. Board of Agriculture, N.C. Mountain State Fair, Port City Foodies, President Barack Obama, Salisbury Post, The Wall Street Journal, Tropical Storm Lee, wind damage, WNC Agricultural Center, Yadkin County | Category: News, News Roundup | Comments Off