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. “Costly wildfire mostly contained,” Jacksonville Daily News: The 31,000-acre Holly Shelter wildfire has already cost more than $2 million [...]

July 8th, 2011 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: alamance county, Brian Haines, drought, Golden LEAF Foundation, Holly Shelter wildfire, hops, Jeff Sykes, local produce, Mills River, Miss Jenny's Pickles, Mountain Horticulture Crops Research and Extension Center, Mountain Xpress, N.C. Forest Service, Orange County, Pender County, South Korea, state budget, trade, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, United Nations, Wesley King, Wilmington | Category: News, News Roundup | Comments Off