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May 20  Virginia’s Eastern Shore Hosts Small Grain Field Day  
May 17  Wisconsin Congressman Looks to Reform Crop Insurance Through Farm Bill with AFFIRM Act  
May 16  Teaching Kids about Agriculture Goes One Step Further  
May 15  Farm Bill Under the Microscope  
May 13  Projected Corn Yields Clipped by Late Planting  
May 10  NC’s Kannapolis Research Center Receives Endowment  
May 9  Still Not Too Late to Plant Corn in the Carolinas  
May 8  SC Ag Council’s Quarterly Meeting Coming Up with New Format  
May 6  Virginia Mom Named Southeast Regional Winner of America’s Farmers Mom  
May 3  NCDA’s Market News Service Offers New Report  
May 2  End in Sight for Odd Southeastern Weather Pattern?  
May 1  Carolina Winter Wheat’s Struggles Not Over  
Apr 29  Emerging Corn Looks Poor, But Weather is Everything  
Apr 25  Super Broccoli Being Developed at Kannapolis  
Apr 24  Planning for Summer Delivery on Center Pivots   
Apr 19  Boll Weevil Eradication Effort Began in North Carolina  
Apr 18  Management Plan Crucial when fighting Resistant Weeds  
Apr 15  Yellow Wheat Fields in the Carolinas Attributed to Several Problems  
Apr 12  Enough Grain Sorghum Seed Available for Any Carolina Grower  
Apr 11  Early Harvest of Cool-season Crops Opens Up Double Cropping Possiblities  
Apr 10  2013 NC Apple Crop in Good Shape Thus Far  
Apr 8  Crops to Double – Crop with Wheat are Changing  
Apr 5  Corn Planting Finally Underway in Eastern North Carolina  
Apr 4  Weather Southeastern Farmers Can Look Forward to This Growing Season  
Apr 3  Midwestern Drought Continues---Higher Commodity Prices Could, Too  
Apr 1  Plant Supplier Sends Virus-infected Strawberry Plants to NC Growers  
Mar 29  First Planting Intentions Report of the Season Released   
Mar 28  Cattlemen’s Bootcamp to be held at Clemson University  
Mar 27  DuPont Pioneer Researching Corn & Soybean Hybrids for the Mid-Atlantic  
Mar 25  Southeastern Wheat Crop Far From Disaster  
Mar 22  All NC Producers Will Pay for Massive Crop Insurance Fraud   
Mar 21  Cooler Weather Slowing Wheat Development  
Mar 20  Corn Planters Remain Parked Waiting on the Weather  
Mar 18  NC Peanut Growers to Vote Assessment in Referendum  
Mar 15  PNC Bank Getting Out and Meeting Farmers  
Mar 14  CALS Ag Leadership Development Program Changes Focus  
Mar 13  New YouTube Series Promotes Animal Wellness on Modern Farms  
Mar 11  Carolinas in Holding Pattern to Plant Corn  
Mar 8  NC State Weed Scientist Says Liberty Herbicide Effective when Applied Properly  
Mar 7  Commissioner’s Cup Bar-B-Que Coming to SC State Farmers’ Market  
Mar 6  Timely Applilcation of LibertyLink Herbicides Increases Efficacy  
Mar 4  North Carolina Biotech Center Continues to Grow and Create Jobs  
Mar 1  North Carolina’s Biotech Industry Competes Head-to-Head with Larger States  
Feb 28  NC Biotech Center Creates All Level of Jobs   
Feb 27  North Carolina’s Biotech Center Generating More Jobs Than Ever  
Feb 25  DuPont Pioneer Offering Soybean Seed Selections for the Southeast  
Feb 22  Cotton Producer Discusses Impacts of Weed Resistance  
Feb 21  FDA Discusses New Food Safety Modernization Act with Producers  
Feb 20  Weed Resistance Can Spread Very Quickly  
Feb 18  Clemson Seminars Teach Producers to be More Profitable  
Feb 15  State of Union Address Disappointment Regarding Key Ag Issues  
Feb 14  Southeast Wildlife Exposition Underway Friday   
Feb 13  Carolinas in Decent Shape regarding Precipitation Going into Spring  
Feb 11  Southern Piedmont Grain Sorghum Meeting Scheduled  
Feb 8  Bayer CropScience Discuses Integrated Weed Managment  
Feb 7  ALS Resistant Broadleaf Weeds Appearing in the Southeast  
Feb 6  Bayer CropScience Promotes Stewardship of Herbicides  
Feb 4  Corn Could See Biggest Bear Market in History in 2013  
Feb 1  NC Ag Commissioner Troxler Optimistic about 2013  
Jan 31  Agriculture will Continue to Do More with Less  
Jan 30  Tobacco Farm Life Museum Beneficiary of Commissioner’s Breakfast  
Jan 28  SC Cotton Meeting this Week  
Jan 25  Bayer Seed Supply Plentiful for 2013 Crop Selection  
Jan 23  Bayer CropScience Confident Supply of LibertyLink Good for 2013 Crop Year  
Jan 21  2012 NC Soybean Yields Best Ever  
Jan 18  Halifax Farmer Discusses Weed Resistance Control Options  
Jan 16  Weed Resistance Impacts Grower's Decisions  
Jan 14  2013 Will See Fewer Cotton Acres  
Jan 11  NC State Extension Weed Specialist Advises on Combating Resistant Weeds Now and in the Future  
Jan 10  Bayer CropScience Offers Preventative Measures to Avoid Herbicide Resistant Weeds  
Jan 9  Chinese in Control of US Cotton Market  
Jan 7  NCSU College of Ag and Life Sciences Listening Sessions Underway Today  
Jan 4  Bayer CropScience Working Against Weed Resistance  
Jan 2  Resistant Weeds Affect Growers' Bottom Line  
Dec 31  Carolina Ag Commissioners See Alternative Crops Change Ag in their States  
Dec 28  Pee Dee REC Working on Commercial Biomass Production  
Dec 27  Mid-Atlantic Region Prime for Biomass Production  
Dec 26  Clinton, NC Ethanol Plant Progressing  
Dec 24  Biomass Research in its First Year  
Dec 21  Liberty Link Cotton  
Dec 20  Canola Contracts in South Carolina  
Dec 19  Bayer LibertyLink System Yields Comparable to Other Brands  
Dec 17  Carolinas Well Suited for Rapeseed Production  
Dec 14  Crailar Technology Making Long-Range Plans for South Carolina Plant  
Dec 13  SC Farmer’s First Flax Crop Does Well Enough to Do it Again  
Dec 12  Flax Soon to be Eligible for Crop Insurance in the Carolinas  
Dec 10  Universal Leaf’s George Scott Joins Illustrious Group of Tobacco Greats  
Dec 7  Good Inaugural Year for Grain Sorghum in the Carolinas  
Dec 6  Bayer CropScience Offers Suggestions on Maintaining On-farm Supply of Liberty Herbicide  
Dec 5  Bayer CropScience Liberty Supply  
Dec 3  Annual NC Tobacco Day Event Later this Week  
Nov 30  Bayer CropScience Liberty Link System offers Weed Control Solutions for NC Farmer  
Nov 29  Bayer CropScience LibertyLink System Fights Resistant Weeds  
Nov 28  Exports Increasing in Importance to Pork Industry  
Nov 26  Multiple Varieties Increases SC Soybean Farmer's Yield  
Nov 23  2013 Turkey Production Probably Remain the Same  
Nov 22  Turkey Still A Good Value  
Nov 21  NC Cotton Producer’s 2012 Yield Increases Exponentially from Last Year  
Nov 19  Two Carolinians Chosen as USFRA “Face of Agriculture” Finalist  
Nov 16  Big Sorghum Harvest for Pitt County, NC Producer  
Nov 15  Resolution of ‘Fiscal Cliff’ issues a 50/50 Proposition  
Nov 12  Carolina Sorghum Producers Entering National Sorghum Yield Contest  
Nov 9  Pioneer Hi-bred offers Tips for Growers Planting Wheat  
Nov 8  2012 Corn Crop a Challenge for Central NC Grower  
Nov 7  Non-Irrigated South Carolina Corn Crosses 130 bu/a  
Nov 5  Carolina Peanut Harvest Stumbles on Frost  
Nov 2  Incumbent Republican Candidate for NC Ag Commissioner on the Aging of American Farmers  
Nov 1  NC Ag Commissioner Candidate Walter Smith Talks on Bringing Young People into Production Agriculture   
Oct 31  NCFB Participates in Migrant Worker Reform Project  
Oct 26  NC Ag Commissioner talks Farm Bill in Candidate Forum  
Oct 25  NC Ag Commissioner Candidate Walter Smith on Farm Bill Legislation  
Oct 24  Winter Weather in the Carolinas Undecided  
Oct 22  South Carolina Harvest Advancing Nicely  
Oct 19  NC Ag Commissioner Troxler Looking at Ways to Insure Labor for Specialty Crops  
Oct 18  NC Ag Commissioner Candidate Walter Smith Sounds Off on Immigration Reform  
Oct 17  NC State Fair’s “Field of Dreams” for Children of all Ages  
Oct 15  Corn Prices Continue to be a Moving Target  
Oct 15  24th Annual NC Joint Commodity Conference to have New Features  
Oct 12  Research Will Move North Carolina into Agricultural Leadership  
Oct 8  Edisto REC’s Field Day Addresses Several Areas of Production  
Oct 4  Candidate for NC Ag Commissioner Walter Smith Speaks on Securing Funding for Ag   
Oct 3  Time to Harvest Grain Sorghum in the Carolinas  
Oct 1  Major NC Livestock Producers Book Brazilian Corn  
Sep 28  Several Avenues of Control Explored at Edisto’s Kudzu Bug Field Day   
Sep 27  NC Ag Biotech Summit set for October 10th  
Sep 26  Cotton More than Fluffy Fiber According to Cotton Inc. Research  
Sep 24  Virginia Corn Yields Variable across the State  
Sep 21  Carolina Cotton Producers Working without Temik   
Sep 20  Wheat Acres Predicted to Soar in the Carolinas  
Sep 19  Aflatoxin: A Growing Problem This Season?   
Sep 17  Carolina Cotton Benefits from Warrant  
Sep 14  Cotton Rotation with Peanuts Presented at 2012 Cotton Field Day  
Sep 12  2012’s Record Peanut Prices Won’t Repeat in 2013 in the Virginia-Carolinas Region  
Sep 10  Peanut Research in North Carolina to Yield High-Oleic Varieties  
Sep 7  Pioneer Corn Hybrids Perform Well in Eastern NC  
Sep 6  SC’s Edisto REC Host First of Two Field Days  
Sep 5  Resistant Weed Management Hot Topic at Field Days  
Sep 3  Lemons to Lemonade-Successful NC Food Company Born Out of Tragedy  
Aug 31  Horry County, SC Farmer Hopes Children Stay on Farm  
Aug 30  2012 Cotton Field Day Covers as many Topics as Possible  
Aug 29  NCDA’s Food Safety Forum Marks Changes in Nation’s Food Supply  
Aug 27  NC Ag Commissioner Not Pleased that NC Products Shipped out of Virginia  
Aug 24  NC Ag Commissioner Troxler Says the Way to Grow Overseas Sales is to Build Relationships  
Aug 23  SC’s Pee Dee Research & Education Center Hosts an All-Crops Field Day  
Aug 22  SC Producer Harvesting Average Corn Yields  
Aug 20  North Carolina’s Tobacco Crop in Much Better Condition than 2011  
Aug 17  NC Producers Plant Second Crop of Soybeans  
Aug 16  Pee Dee Research Station to Showcase Alternative Crops  
Aug 15  Vilsack Announces Help for Livestock Producers Feeling Affects of Midwestern Drought  
Aug 13  A Love of Art Evolves Into a North Carolina Sheep Farm  
Aug 10  NC State Extension; Harvest Corn Early to Avoid Weather Damage  
Aug 9  Respect the Rotation Event in Mt. Olive NC This Afternoon  
Aug 8  NC Sorghum Tour Shows Good & Bad of Crop  
Aug 5  North Carolina Women Talk Agricultural Issues  
Aug 3  Troxler Looking for 400 Bushel Corn in North Carolina  
Aug 2  Blackland Farm Managers Field Tour a Success  
Aug 1  Pioneer Updates Corn and Soy Producers at Kinston, NC Field Day  
Jul 30  Sorghum Field Day Scheduled for Sandhills Region  
Jul 27  Early Corn Harvest Could Lead to Third NC Crop  
Jul 25  South Carolina Cattlemen’s Association Reaching Out to New Members  
Jul 25  Pioneer to Host Open House at Kinston Research Facility  
Jul 23  Weed Resistance Major Concern for NC Cotton Producers  
Jul 20  SC Farmer Graduates ASA’s Young Leadership Program  
Jul 19  NCPC President Passionate About Pigs  
Jul 19  Corn Field Days Underway in North Carolina  
Jul 16  Plans Being Made for 2013 Carolina Wheat Crop   
Jul 13   SNAP Benefits Contentious in House Ag Committee Farm Bill   
Jul 12  E15 Is On The Market  
Jul 11  Mid-Season Tips For Cutting Quality Hay  
Jul 8  South Carolina Peach Industry Headed in Right Direction  
Jul 6  Sorghum Checkoff Offering Leadership Class-Carolina Producers Encouraged to Apply  
Jul 5  National Cotton Council Somewhat Pleased with Senate Farm Bill's Direction  
Jul 4  History of the Harvest Growing Nicely in NC State Capital  
Jul 2  Kudzu Bug Showing up in Carolina Soybean Fields Early this Year  
Jun 29  American Soybean Association to Congress: Continue Investing in Nation’s Future  
Jun 28  Irrigation Being Used on Carolina Corn Crop in Spite of Rain  
Jun 27  Carolina Wheat Harvest Wrapping Up  
Jun 25  Variable Rate Seeding the Future of Farming   
Jun 22  Variable Rate Nitrogen Application Saves Money & the Environment  
Jun 21  Vigilance Key to Profitable 2012 Cotton Crop  
Jun 20  NC’s Precision Ag Field Day a Success  
Jun 18  Tobacco Growers Cautiously Optimistic at US Tobacco Forum   
Jun 15  USDA Checks In With NC Rural Utility Companies  
Jun 14  Exciting Technology to be Demonstrated at Precision Ag Field Day  
Jun 13  Carolina Growers Seeing Few Problems in Tobacco  
Jun 11  Carolina Tobacco Crop Off to a Good Start  
Jun 8  Weekly Drought Monitor Significant Improvement in the Carolinas  
Jun 7  USDA Impressed with North Carolina’s Innovative Approach to Rural Communities  
Jun 6  South Carolina FFA State Convention This Weekend  
Jun 4  Some Corn Being Replanted in North Carolina  
Jun 1  Beryl’s Rain a Welcome Sight in the Carolinas  
May 31  US Tobacco Cooperative Redeeming Certificates of Interest  
May 30  Early Wheat Harvest Presents New Double-crop Opportunity  
May 28  NC's Farm to School Program a Win/Win  
May 25  Wet Weather Brought North Carolina Cotton Planting to a Halt  
May 24  Cotton Market is a Supply/Demand Thing  
May 23  Cotton Futures Causing Producers to Rethink Planting Intentions  
May 21  NC’s Animal Ag Coalition Works for State’s Animal Ag Industry  
May 18  Ag Secretary Vilsack Weighs in On 150 Years of USDA  
May 17  Coastal Plain Wheat Crop Saved by Mowing   
May 16  NC State Extension Wraps up Small Grain Field Days  
May 14  USDA Working with Farmers’ Markets for Easier Access to Fruits and Vegetables  
May 11  Planting Season Moving Haltingly Forward  
May 10   SC Ag Council’s Quarterly Meeting Next Week  
May 9  Second of Three NC Small Grains Field Days on Thursday  
May 4  First NC Small Grains Field Day This Tuesday in Rowland  
May 3  Person County Buffalo Farm Attracts Visitors  
May 2  Piedmont Farm Tour Farming First For Many  
Apr 30  NC Ag Commissioner Pleased with DOL Rule Suspension  
Apr 27  BSE Detection System Working  
Apr 26  Unique Event Cross-train’s Syngenta Personnel  
Apr 25  NC Farm Bureau Keeping Close Eye on Seasonal Farm Labor Shortage  
Apr 23  NC Grain Specialist: Still Too Early to Plant Grain Sorghum  
Apr 20  FTA Implementation Good News for Soybean Farmers and Agriculture  
Apr 19  Early-Planted Corn Looking Good in the Carolinas  
Apr 18  2012 Soy Crop Looks Promising in the Carolinas  
Apr 16  Commissioner’s Speaker Series Continues with Local, Sustainable Theme  
Apr 13  Virginia’s Beef Expo Coming Up  
Apr 12  SC Ag Council Spring Tour Scheduled  
Apr 11  Lack of Disposable Income Playing Roll in Cotton Futures  
Apr 9  NC State Student to Tour Southeast Asia Agriculture  
Apr 6  Union County Poultry Equipment Show Coming Up  
Apr 2  Planting Intentions Report Shows Largest Corn/Soybean Acres Ever  
Mar 30  Long Awaited FDA Ban on Select Antibiotics in Food Animals Not the Solution  
Mar 29  Poultry and Lumber Exports Issues of Discussion on Chinese Trade Mission  
Mar 28  Two Levels of Pork Processing the Way to Go Right Now to Keep Pork Going to Asia  
Mar 26  Senate Republicans Take Another Swipe at EPA Regulations on Water  
Mar 23  SC Ag Commissioner Pleased with Irrigation Boom  
Mar 22  NC Foods Showcased at Flavors of Carolina Show  
Mar 21  USDA Warns of Fraudulent Letters to Farmers  
Mar 21  Poultry House to Fish Farm…Who’da Thunk It?  
Mar 21  FARMER VETERAN COALITION: SUPPORTING AMERICA’S HEROES  
Mar 19  Peaches Seeing an Early Bloom  
Mar 16  Restoring Long-leaf Pine Forests  
Mar 15  Food 2040 – Analyzing Future Opportunities for US Ag  
Mar 14  Farmer's Briefing Offers Insight  
Mar 12   NCDA&CS to host Food Business Conference May 8  
Mar 12  Rain in the Carolinas a Welcome Sight  
Mar 9  Irrigated Corn Patch Like Having a Gold Mine  
Mar 5  Farmer Leaders Learn 2012 Farm Bill Not Likely  
Mar 2  Commodity Classic Wraps Up First Day  
Mar 1  Work Continues on to Prevent the Exclusion of Tobacco from the Trans-Pacific Partnership  
Feb 29  BOLD Study Boosts Beef’s Benefits  
Feb 27  Work to Avoid Resistance with Liberty System  
Feb 24  Combination of Products Generate Clean Fields for Planting  
Feb 23  Carolina Producers Resurrecting Irrigation Equipment  
Feb 22  Animal Care Review Panel to Review Undercover Videos  
Feb 17  Winter Drought Conditions Could Spell Problems for Summer  
Feb 16  Veterinarian Charged in Butterball Abuse Raid  
Feb 15  Southeast Grain & Feed Association’s Annual Convention Next Week  
Feb 13  Winter Wheat in the Carolinas in Good Shape  
Feb 10  Few Changes to the 2013 Joint Commodities Conference  
Feb 9  Before Growing Grain Sorghum, Have Selling Point Locked In  
Feb 8  NC Farmer Realizes Value of the Soybean Checkoff  
Feb 6  Grain Sorghum Seed Not Unlimited for 2012 in the Carolinas  
Feb 3  Troxler Looks Back at 2011 and Forward to 2012 and Beyond for NC Agriculture  
Feb 2  NC Senator Encourages Ag Community to Get Involved in Political Process  
Jan 31  Southern Farm Show Kicks Off Today  
Jan 26  Dean Johnny Wynn Retiring after more than 50 Years at NC State  
Jan 25  Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina Schedules Annual Meeting  
Jan 20  Plant Corn Early in 2012  
Jan 19  Southern Farm Show Featuring Meetings and Seminars  
Jan 18  Commodity Groups Should Band Together to Increase Business at NC Ports  
Jan 16  Local FFA Representatives Experience Agriculture in China  
Jan 13  Tall and Wooly Wheat in North Carolina  
Jan 12  Record Exhibitors at the 23rd Annual Joint Commodities Conference Trade Show  
Jan 11  A Few Format Changes to the 23rd Annual Joint Commodity Conference  
Jan 6  Coverage from the Beltwide Cotton Conference: Cotton Industry Satisfied with Super Committee Work  
Jan 5  2012 Designated as the International Year of Cooperatives  
Jan 2  NC’s Based Butterball Under Investigation for Animal Cruelty  
Dec 30  Total Eradication of Kudzu Bug in Southern Soybeans Challenge  
Dec 29  Affects on South Carolina Soybeans from Kudzu Bug  
Dec 28  Dupont Offering New Products for Fungus in Corn, Soy and Cereal Crops in the Southeast  
Dec 26  North Carolina Joint Grains Conference Coming Up  
Dec 23  Seed Inoculants Available for Soybeans and Peanuts in the Southeast  
Dec 22  New Bulk Fuel Regulations In Effect  
Dec 21  Labor Department's Desire to Move Quickly Creates Concerns   
Dec 19  23rd Annual Joint Grains Conference a Great Event for Cotton Growers  
Dec 16  Closing Out Historic Year in Weather in the Carolinas  
Dec 15  NC Small Grains Supporting Sorghum Initiative  
Dec 14  Deltapine’s Class of '12 New Varieties Determined  
Dec 12  Cotton Biggest Change in USDA’s Last Crop Reports for 2011  
Dec 9  Immigration Issues of Particular Concern to South Carolina Farm Bureau  
Dec 9  South Carolina Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Brings Issues to the Forefront  
Dec 7  Ag Secretary Stumps for Continuing Payroll Tax Reduction  
Dec 2  North Carolina Farms Continue to Diversify from Tobacco  
Dec 1  NC Tobacco Grower to See another Season after Irene  
Nov 30  NC Farmer Recounts Losses to Hurricane Irene  
Nov 28  A Degree of Certainty Could Turn Economy Around  
Nov 25  Signed Free Trade Agreements Not What they Could have Been  
Nov 24  Beginning a Look Back at the Agricultural Year that Was  
Nov 23  No Turkey Shortage This Year - NC Contributes 37 million Birds to the Feast  
Nov 21  Virginia’s Smithfield Foods Working Closely with Consumers  
Nov 18  Ag Secretary Vilsack Reports from Vietnam  
Nov 17  Ag Secretary Vilsack Pulls No Punches Regarding Immigration Reform  
Nov 16  Work on Ag Appropriations Conference Report Underway  
Nov 14  Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, part 2  
Nov 11  Agvocates Discuss Social Media as Tool for Farmers & Ranchers  
Nov 10  Protecting Wildlife Could Save Jobs and Lower Deficit  
Nov 9  Ag Secretary Vilsack Building Relationships in Asia  
Nov 7  Carolina Feed Industry Association’s Fall Conference This Week  
Nov 4  NC’s Soybean Harvest Progressing….slowly  
Nov 3  NC’s Tommy Porter Awarded National Honor  
Nov 2  Harvest Underway in Fits & Starts in the Carolinas  
Oct 31  10% of Cotton Yield Lost to Hurricane Irene   
Oct 28  Hessian Fly Problem Persists in Winter Wheat  
Oct 27  2012 Roundup Rewards Program for the South the Most Aggressive Yet   
Oct 26  Reforming "Factory Farms" a Food Day Principle  
Oct 24  Chinese Tobacco Buyers Attend Mock Tobacco Auction  
Oct 21  Log Tobacco Barn -- NC State Fair’s most Popular Exhibit  
Oct 20  Biofuels Center of NC at Cultivate a Career   
Oct 19  NC State Fair’s Cultivate a Career Exhibit  
Oct 17  NC State Fair Still an Agricultural Fair  
Oct 14  Cotton and Peanut Harvest Underway  
Oct 13  Langdon Farms Notches Another National Award  
Oct 12  Carolina Peanut Crop Going for Big Bucks  
Oct 10  NC Lab Receives Governor’s Award for Excellence   
Oct 7  As Immigration Issues Linger in Congress, NMPF Works to Secure Good Policy for Dairy  
Oct 6  Edisto Researches Return on Investment in Irrigation  
Oct 5  China Expected to Continue Corn Imports  
Oct 3  Soybean Growers Crossing Fingers till Harvest  
Sep 30  Spotted Wing Drosophila First Responder Network Widening in Mid-Atlantic States  
Sep 30  Spotted Wing Drosophila Present in the Carolinas  
Sep 23  NC and Virginia Drought Monitor Looking Good for Now  
Sep 22  Pending Free Trade Deals One Step Closer  
Sep 21  Vilsack Defends Tough Choices Made by President in Deficit Reduction Plan  
Sep 19  "Nickels for Know How" Referendum Coming Up  
Sep 16  Corn Ethanol Taking the Rap for High Feed Prices  
Sep 15  NC Ag Commissioner Brings Issues Before Senate Committee  
Sep 14  Soybean Crop Benefited from Hurricane Irene  
Sep 12  Aquaculture Facilities Still Assessing Damage after Irene  
Sep 9  NC Ag Commissioner Frustrated over Perceived Lack of Cooperation from the Governor  
Sep 8  NC Board of Agriculture Holds Emergency Meeting  
Sep 7  Potential Ag Impacts from Irene Still Assessed  
Sep 5  USDA Forecasting Big Increases in Net Farm, Net Cash Income for Year  
Sep 2  To Plow or To Harvest Storm Damaged Tobacco  
Sep 1  Hyde County NC Doing Okay after Irene  
Aug 31  Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack Says NC Hurricane Damage Like None He's ever Seen  
Aug 29  USDA Offers Several Programs for Disaster Losses  
Aug 26  Rainfall from Hurricane Irene Tough to Predict  
Aug 25  Crop Damage Expected to be Minimal from Hurricane Irene  
Aug 24  Preparing for Hurricane Irene  
Aug 22  Concord, North Carolina Farm in the Running for National Award  
Aug 19  Recent Rains Translate into Marked Improvement on Weekly Drought Monitor  
Aug 18  Reducing MH Residue Research Presented at Pee Dee Field Day  
Aug 17  Townsends Crestwood Farms Growers Seek Solutions  
Aug 15  Townsends Crestwood Farms Grower Meeting Underway Tonight  
Aug 12  Biotech Corn in the Carolinas  
Aug 11  Feed Cost Research & Tips – Part I  
Aug 10  Downgrade of Nation’s Credit Trickles down to Farm Credit  
Aug 8  Cotton Crop Holding Its Own  
Aug 5  New Crop Insurance Product Available for Winter Wheat  
Aug 4  Pee Dee Research and Education Center Celebrates 100 Years  
Aug 3  Growing for Tech Crops was a Good Experience  
Aug 1  Spending Bill in House Could See Vote this week  
Jul 29  Virginia Tech Student a Winner at Weed Olympics  
Jul 28  NC Soybeans Holding On  
Jul 27  USB "See for Yourself" Tour Underway  
Jul 25  Farmers and Ranchers Begin to Raise Their Voice  
Jul 22  Technology Crops Offering Fall Rapeseed Contracts  
Jul 21  Self-Proclaimed Ag Nerd Strives to Help Farmers Utilize Technology  
Jul 20  Farm Foundation Releases Report on Food Price Factors  
Jul 18  American Farm Bureau Federation Questions USDA's Numbers  
Jul 15  NCDA&CS Recipient of First National Food Safety Award  
Jul 13  Challenging Year for Feed Grains   
Jul 12  SURE Application Deadline Fast Approaching  
Jul 11  Opportunities for Producers to Lock in Feed Costs  
Jul 8  Trucking Dispute with Mexico Resolved – NPPC Pleased  
Jul 7  EU - S. Korea FTA Big Blow to US Hog Producers  
Jul 6  NC Looking at Near Record Winter Wheat Yield  
Jul 4  Pork Producers Looking at Better, if Cautious, Times  
Jul 1  Kudzu Bug Arrives in North Carolina Soybean Fields  
Jul 1  Kudzu Bug on the March North through the Piedmont  
Jun 30  What Do Producers Think About the Checkoff   
Jun 29  USDA's Glauber Previews Acreage Report, Says Corn Stock Rebuilding Still a Ways Off  
Jun 27  Wild Blueberries Focus of Research at Kannapolis  
Jun 23  Communicating with Consumers, Animal Ag Sector Can Bust Myths  
Jun 22  E-Verify Is E-normous Problem for Agriculture  
Jun 20  Soybean Crop Progressing Nicely - Carolina's Kudzu bug update  
Jun 15  North Carolina’s Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders Underway  
Jun 13  Time for FSA County Committee Nominations  
Jun 10  Poultry Industry Facing Another Cost Increasing Production Problem  
Jun 9  Carolina Cotton Crop in Need of Moisture  
Jun 6  Fraud in USDA Programs Rampant  
Jun 3  With Extreme Heat, Weekly Drought Monitor Takes a Turn for the Worse  
Jun 2  House Appropriators Deny Funds for GIPSA Rule  
Jun 1  Ethanol Industry Ready for Reforms to Government Support  
May 27  NPPC Confident Latest Hurdle with FTAs Resolved  
May 26  Canola Field Day  
May 25  Proposed GIPSA Rule Won’t Be Withdrawn  
May 23  Ag Biotech Symposium Covers Wide Range of Topics  
May 19  Food Price Inflation and Political Unrest  
May 18  NASS to Make Changes to Crop Reports after Flooding  
May 16  Pending FTA with South Korea Could Open Doors to Other Countries  
May 13  NC State School of Veterinary Medicine Expands  
May 12  Small Grains Field Days Underway  
May 10  Planting Progress Behind for Major Crops, But Starting to Pick Up  
May 9  Why the Break in Old Corn Crop  
May 6  Fight over Nash County Sanderson Farm Plant has New Player  
May 5  Southeast’s First Wind Farm Coming to Albemarle Sound  
May 4  Work Continues on Exporting US Agricultural Products  
May 2  EPA Taking another Tack to Shut Out Congress  
Apr 28  What a Long, Strange Weather Week It’s been…  
Apr 28  South Korea's FMD Problem Isn't Going Away, but China Has the Bigger Problem  
Apr 25  Every Farmers’ Market Has Its Own Personality  
Apr 22  Regulations Eased for Storm Clean-up  
Apr 21  Disaster Assistance Available for Farmers and Livestock Producers  
Apr 20  Ag Commissioner Tours Tornado Damage  
Apr 18  Federal Programs Available for Disaster Assistance  
Apr 18  Farm Fresh North Carolina  
Apr 15  Carolina Farm Stewards Farm Tour this Weekend  
Apr 14  Pork Producers Advised to Lock in Feed Needs  
Apr 13  Chuck Grassley Says Most Senators Want to Rein in EPA  
Apr 11  Potential Government Shut Down and USDA  
Apr 8  Time to Start Combating Resistant Weeds is Now  
Apr 7  Long Awaited Colombian FTA Finally Moving Forward  
Apr 6  Less than Great Report on Winter Wheat Conditions  
Apr 4  Demand for US Soy Keeps US Acreage High  
Apr 1  Planting Intentions for Cotton Not Expected  
Mar 31  Case IH Offers Several Harvesting Functions in One Machine  
Mar 30  Learning the Basics of Distributed Wind  
Mar 28  Burlington, North Carolina’s TS Designs Looks after a ‘Triple Bottom Line’  
Mar 28  North Carolina Company Producing garments from North Carolina Cotton  
Mar 24  Time to Plant Near, Ground Still Very Dry  
Mar 23  Ethanol Tax Credit Coming Under Fire  
Mar 21  Pork Producers Teaming Up to Make Donation to Quake Ravaged Japan  
Mar 17  Fallout from Japanese Quake will Surely Affect American Energy  
Mar 16  Peanuts Contracting for Big Bucks in the Carolinas  
Mar 14  EPA Administrator Called Upon to Answer for EPA Actions  
Mar 11  30th Annual Watermelon Convention Underway Today  
Mar 10  Port Facilities Could be Holding Back NC Ag Exports  
Mar 9  NC’s Trade Office in Beijing Open for Business  
Mar 7  American 4-H Partners with African Countries  
Mar 4  Weekly Drought Monitor Shows Little Movement  
Mar 3  Former Ag Secretary Speaks out on Trade Issues  
Mar 2  Antibiotic Use in Food Animals: an Issue that Refuses to Go Away  
Feb 25  Pork Checkoff To Unveil New Marketing Campaign  
Feb 24  A Record Year for Pork Producers  
Feb 23  NASS Survey Coming to a Mailbox Near You  
Feb 22  More Locally Grown Broccoli Coming to a Farm near You  
Feb 22  More Locally Grown Broccoli coming to a Farm near You - Part II  
Feb 21  Vilsack Asked to Answer for EPA Regulations  
Feb 18  New York Cotton Futures Hit $2 a Pound  
Feb 17  Food vs. Fuel Debate Coming Back to Life  
Feb 16  Spending Cuts to Agriculture Announced  
Feb 14  Protocols in Place to Protect US Swine Herd From Foreign Animal Diseases  
Feb 10  Agriculture Deputy Secretary Hails North Carolina’s 10% Campaign  
Feb 9  Bridge to Energy Independence: Natural Gas  
Feb 7  Kip Cullers Shares Secrets to Award-winning Soybean Production with North Carolina Growers  
Feb 4  Where the Cotton Industry's Been and Where It's Going  
Feb 3  Southern Farm Show Gets off to a Warm and Windy Start  
Feb 2  Traders Keeping an Eye on the Weather  
Jan 31  NC State Contributes to a New Strategy for Sow Longevity  
Jan 28  Budget Concerns Will Impact Farm Bill, But Vilsack Says Solid Safety Net a Must  
Jan 27  NC’s State Beef Checkoff’s First Anniversary, part 2  
Jan 26  NC’s State Beef Checkoff’s First Anniversary, part 1  
Jan 24  Renewable Fuels Development a Priority  
Jan 21  Agencies Have Six Months to Justify New Rules & Regulations  
Jan 20  Farmers Need to Brace for Impact - Petroleum Prices Certain to Rise  
Jan 19  Precious Time Being Wasted on Repeal of Health Care Reform Legislation  
Jan 17  Concerns About Winter Wheat Crop  
Jan 12  Vilsack Addresses AFBF Delegates in Atlanta  
Jan 10  Is $4.00 Gasoline a Part of Our Future?  
Jan 7  Changes in Congress will Impact Agriculture - Coverage from the Beltwide Cotton Conference  
Jan 6  Cotton Blend Rates Could Increase Due to High Prices  
Jan 6  Simple Supply Side Economics Certain to Show up in Cotton Textiles  
Jan 5  Wilson, NC not Anti-Agriculture, Just Wants More Information  
Jan 3  American Soy Flour Helping Build Afghanistan People   
Dec 31  Propane Feed Program a Success; Will Continue in 2011  
Dec 30  ‘Overreaching’ Administration to be addressed  
Dec 29  Fewer Weeds and Insects Could be the Bright Side to Cold Weather in the Carolinas  
Dec 27  The Carolinas Looking to Propane for Tobacco Curing  
Dec 24  U.S. and S. Korea Hammer Out a Revised Free Trade Agreement  
Dec 23  Pork Issues on The Radar for 2011  
Dec 22  2011 Will See Avicta Complete Registered for Soybeans in the South  
Dec 20  Plenty of Challenges Ahead for Ag Policymakers  
Dec 17  2012 Farm Bill Will Be Written in 2012  
Dec 16  Livestock Groups Hail USDA's Decision to do GIPSA Analysis  
Dec 15  Competition for Peanut Acres in the Southeast Already Underway  
Dec 13  La Nina Winter in the Southeast…’warm and dry’….really?  
Dec 10  Coldest December Temperatures on Record in Virginia and the Carolinas  
Dec 9  NC Union Workers Protest Potential Ban on Menthol Tobacco Products  
Dec 8  More Work Still to be Done on Korean FTA  
Dec 6  Varieties with SCN, SDS and Aphid Resistance   
Dec 3  Supporting US Animal Producers Remains Soybean Checkoff’s Top Priority  
Dec 2  After Passage, Senate’s Food Safety Bill back on Life Support  
Nov 29  USB & ASA Tentatively Agree to Begin Reconciliation Talks  
Nov 26  Food Safety Bill Creating Heartburn  
Nov 25  NC Grown Christmas Trees now Available  
Nov 24  Soybean Yields Variable across the Carolina’s  
Nov 22  National Ag Groups form Alliance  
Nov 18  Soybean Growers will Benefit from Pending Trade Deal with South Korea  
Nov 17  National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Risk Assessment Released  
Nov 15  Producer has Concerns with GIPSA’s Impact on Pricing and Contracting  
Nov 12  Vilsack Says Ag is Leading the Way  
Nov 11  New Study Finds GIPSA Bad For Farmers and Ranchers  
Nov 10  Without Contracts, Market Disruptions Could Really Hurt Pork Producers  
Nov 8  Who’s Going to Cry Uncle First on Corn Prices  
Nov 5  Big Changes Ahead for Agriculture in Congress  
Nov 4  Easing Trade Restrictions with Cuba May Have Gone Away with Dem’s  
Nov 3  The Carolina’s Looking Forward to Average Cotton Crop  
Nov 1  Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack Talks Biofuels to the Masses  
Oct 29  After Flooding, NC Crops Faring Pretty Well  
Oct 28  U.S. Beef Exports to Korea in Dollars Have Returned to near 2003 pre-BSE Levels  
Oct 25  Challenges Outlined for Lame Duck Session  
Oct 22  NC Soybeans Handled Flood Conditions Well  
Oct 21  Preparing for a Change of Season  
Oct 20  Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack Addresses Broadband Need in Carolinas  
Oct 18  NC Dairy Artisans Debuts at the 2010 NC State Fair  
Oct 15  "Seed Survivor" NCDA's Newest State Fair Exhibit  
Oct 14  Soaring Corn Prices Troublesome for Livestock Producers  
Oct 13  Study Highlights Hog Farming’s Impact on Local Communities  
Oct 11  Despite Reductions, Corn Growers Still Poised to Meet All Needs  
Oct 7  Attempt to Freeze EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules May Be Half-Hearted  
Oct 6  NC Sweet Potato Crop in Peril Due to Flooding  
Oct 4  Winter Wheat Acres expected to Soar  
Sep 30  Deadline to Make Changes to Tobacco Buy-out Coming Up  
Sep 29  The Carolinas See Not Only Rain, But Really Good Rain   
Sep 27  Honey Serious Business in North Carolina  
Sep 24  Pork Producers Still Seeing High Demand, but also Higher Input Costs  
Sep 23  EPA Accused of Letting Environmental Groups Lead Charge on Atrizine Ban  
Sep 22  CNBC Sponsored Obama Town Hall Omits Question from Kansas Farm Bureau President  
Sep 20  $60 Million Grant Available for Poultry Growers  
Sep 17  Proposed Moratorium on EPA Climate Change Rules Sidelined  
Sep 15  ASA Vice-President Prepares to Meet with International Soybean Buyers  
Sep 13  Be Smart and Pro-active when Considering Planting Winter Wheat   
Sep 9  More GOPs in Congress Next Year Could Mean Fewer 2012 Farm Bill Problems   
Sep 8   A Hawkish Market for Chicken  
Sep 3  Damage Control - Earl and the Crop Harvest  
Sep 2  Farmers - Ranchers - Tweeters!  
Sep 2  Agricultural exports report for 2010   
Sep 1  Locally Grown Food Now Found in Fine Dining  
Aug 30  NCBA & NPPC Say Market Competition is Alive and Well  
Aug 27  Carolina Soybean Crop Doing Alright   
Aug 26  Global Impact of Russian Drought  
Aug 25  NPPC Board Member Speaks Out Against Proposed GIPSA Changes  
Aug 20  Sanderson Farms Expanding into Kinston, NC pt 2  
Aug 19  Sanderson Farms Expanding into Kinston, NC pt 1  
Aug 18  GIPSA Proposal Has Impact on Livestock Marketing  
Aug 13  Cotton Analyst Happy With USDA Supply and Demand Report  
Aug 12  Pork Checkoff Makes Curriculum Available to Schools  
Aug 11  Hundreds Attend NC Commissioner’s 6th Annual Food Safety Forum  
Aug 6  Celebrating National Farmers’ Market week in Southern Pines  
Aug 4  Celebrating National Farmers’ Market Week in Chapel Hill  
Aug 2  Inner City Farmers' Markets Draw Faithful Shoppers  
Aug 2  NC Dry Conditions Worsen Ahead of Weekend Rains  
Jul 30  U.S. Soy Being Incorporated into Mexican School Lunch Program  
Jul 29  Pork Checkoff Has Resources for Workforce Training  
Jul 28  OIG Report Vindicates United Soybean Board  
Jul 26  ASA Leaders Push Pending Trade Deals on Capitol Hill  
Jul 23  ASA Presses Congress on pending FTAs  
Jul 22  Pork Producer Part of ADT Heading to Afghanistan  
Jul 22  Scrutiny of Ohio Ag/HSUS Deal Understood, But Groups Stand Behind Agreement  
Jul 21  Recognizing Resistance Issue, Many Attend Respect the Rotation Event  
Jul 19  USDA Addresses Graying of its Workforce  
Jul 19  Finally, Some Good News for Agriculture  
Jul 16  EPA Exhibiting Common Sense? Part 2   
Jul 15  EPA Exhibiting Common Sense?  
Jul 14  House Subcommittee to Examine Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture Today  
Jul 12  Understanding Contract Arrangements  
Jul 9  Abnormally Dry Conditions Region Wide  
Jul 8  President Obama Says US on Right Export Track  
Jul 7  Humane Watch Retracts Approval of Ohio Livestock Deal with HSUS  
Jul 5  FDA Tackles Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals with Draft Guidance  
Jul 2  USDA Thinking Ahead to the Time When Bt Seed Patents Expire  
Jul 2  Easing of Cuban Trade Embargo One Step Closer  
Jun 30  Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack Discusses Latest USDA/DOJ Hearing  
Jun 28  Canada Goes to the Head of the Line in the Game of Free Trade   
Jun 25  FDA’s Regulations on Tobacco Products Being Phased In  
Jun 24  Iowa GOP Senator Grassley Discusses Illegal Immigration  
Jun 23  Grassley Wants to Know How EPA Delay Fits With President's Plans  
Jun 21  Mt. Olive Plot Tour Demonstrates Weed Control  
Jun 18  Immigration Reform & Agriculture pt 3  
Jun 17  Immigration Reform & Agriculture pt 2  
Jun 16  NC Ag Commissioner In Europe Promoting NC Tobacco   
Jun 11  Justice Learns From Farmers During Workshops  
Jun 10  NC Cattlemen’s Association Working to Educate Young People   
Jun 9  Senate to Vote on Murkowski Resolution This Week  
Jun 7  Secretary Vilsack Addresses Resignation of Japanese Prime Minister, NCBA Proposal  
Jun 3  CSP Deadline is Fast Approaching  
Jun 2  Cotton Planting Stalled Again  
May 31  EPA Settlement on Discharge Permits  
May 28  Humane Society of U.S. Strives to Establish Guidelines  
May 27  Producers Encouraged to Increase FMD Surveillance Part II  
May 26  USDA/DOJ Poultry Workshop Draws Many From Both Sides  
May 24  New DHS Security Measure Could Impact Ag Community   
May 21  3rd Annual Got to Be NC Festival Opens Today  
May 20  Tobacco Contracts Smaller, Not Fewer in 2010  
May 19  Concerns Over Congress Using Disaster Assistance as a Budget Balancing Tool Arise in Farm Bill Hearing  
May 17  A Mid-May Pork Barometer  
May 15  A Different Looking New Climate Bill  
May 13  The latest USDA WASDE Report Shows Record U.S. Corn Production.  
May 12  Chambliss Believes Senate Could Pass FTAs if President Sends Them to the Floor  
May 10  Sen. Saxby Chambliss Discusses Immigration Reform  
May 7  Pork Industry Leaving Dollars on Table Without Key Trade Deals  
May 6  Portions of Financial Reform Under Attack  
May 5  NPPC & NCBA Take Case to Cabinet Members  
May 3  Former Ag Secretary John Block Testifies on Cuban Trade Embargo  
Apr 30  Planning is the Key to Fighting Resistant Weeds pt 2  
Apr 29  Planning is the Key to Fighting Resistant Weeds pt 1  
Apr 28  Report Show Some Progress on Making Food Safer  
Apr 26  Former Ag Secretary John Block’s Weekly Commentary on Spring Planting  
Apr 23  2012 Farm Bill Gets Off to a Heated Debate  
Apr 22  Banking Reform Bills that affect Commodities Linked  
Apr 21  Resistant Palmer Pigweed Marches Into Southeastern Fields  
Apr 19  US Pork Exports On The Rise  
Apr 16  ASA Speaks Out Against Further Environmental Impact Studies  
Apr 14  Don't Be Fooled, HSUS Trying to Narrow, Control Consumer Choice  
Apr 12  HSUS Targets Egg Industry   
Apr 9  EPA Regulations Could Affect Soybean Farmers  
Apr 8  Web Soil Survey Explained  
Apr 8  What a Difference a Year Makes  
Apr 7  Cattlemen Hopeful for Vilsack Visit to Japan  
Apr 5  Vilsack to Talk Beef Trade in Japan This Week  
Apr 2  What Happened to the Economy and How to Recover  
Apr 1  Prospective Plantings Reports Yields Few Surprises  
Mar 31  Animal Ag Working Hard to Set The Record Straight  
Mar 30  Feral Hogs In NC  
Mar 29  Commodity Group Leaders Part of Unprecedented Meeting in DC  
Mar 26  Solutions for Wildlife Damaging Crops  
Mar 26  Grassland Reserve Program Explained  
Mar 25  Prospective Plantings Report Usually a Market Mover  
Mar 24  Health Care Reform Explained  
Mar 22  NPPC's Giordano Says Pork Going Back to China for Good This Time  
Mar 19  Customer Loyalty Programs Go the Extra Mile  
Mar 18  Vilsack and Kirk Discuss Success in Russia, Ongoing Efforts to Reopen Other Markets  
Mar 17  Customer Loyalty Cards Not Just for Discounts Anymore  
Mar 15  New Bill would Bring Big Benefits to US Ag  
Mar 12  DOJ & USDA Hold First Workshop  
Mar 11  Cotton Numbers Not What Was Hoped For  
Mar 11  USDA-NRCS Offering High Tunnel Initiative for Organic Production  
Mar 10  HSUS Testing Federal Waters with Minor California Legislators  
Mar 8  Strategic Plan Unveiled at Pork Forum  
Mar 8  Winter Wheat May Have a Chance  
Mar 5  Economist Wiesemeyer Speaks At Commodity Classic  
Mar 4  Pork Industry Forum Underway Today  
Mar 3  EPA Reg’s Could be in place by March 31st  
Feb 27  Pork Checkoff's Goal is to Get More Pork on More Plates More Often  
Feb 25  Dates Set For Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Reg's  
Feb 24  Sen. Grassley Has Some Choice Words for the Latest Health Care Reform Proposal  
Feb 22  Long-pending US Free Trade Agreements See Little Movement  
Feb 19  10-Year Economic Projections for Food & Ag Released  
Feb 9  Series of food marketing workshops in Morehead City  












 





 

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