2017 is a Census of Agriculture year, the census is conducted every five years by USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service. The year, the census will include a question about farmers who are active-duty or military veterans.  USDA’s goal is to…

North Carolina’s State Veterinarian, Dr. Doug Meckes fills in for NC Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler this week talking about Eastern Equine Encephalomylytus, or triple E.  This is a mosquito-borne illness that affects the equine species.  While almost 100% fatal, the…

Greenhouse Grower magazine released its list of top 100 growers in America, and North Carolina was well represented says NC Ag Commissioner, Steve Troxler. Making the list ere Metrolina Greenhouses of Huntersville at Number 6, Van Wingerden International of Mills…

North Carolina’s Ag Commissioner, Steve Troxler says that sweet potato growers should be aware of an emerging root-knot nematode that has been identified in fields in eastern North Carolina. This nematode is knows as the pacara ear pod and has…

North Carolina’s Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler says this weekend’s Got to Be NC Festival will have some old favorites, like the Pig Jib BBQ Competition, and the antique tractor display, as well as some new things like the bulldozer sand…

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture recently received a $9.2 million REPI, or Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program grant to support conservation efforts by the Eastern North Carolina Sentinel Landscape Partnership. North Carolina’s Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler explains that…

While spring and summer are the busiest times of the year for a farmer, NC Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler encourages producers to find the time to be away from the farm to attend field days. Several field days are coming…

North Carolina’s Ag Commissioner, Steve Troxler is encouraging homeowners with warm season lawns; Bermuda, centipede, St. Augustine, Zoysia and the like, to have a soil test done by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Agronomics Division. A soil test will…

April is National Plant Pest Awareness Month, and North Carolina’s Ag Commissioner, Steve Troxler says the category includes noxious weeds, diseases and insects.  Currently, there are four pests under federal quarantine in North Carolina; witchweed, emerald ash borer, European gypsy…

North Carolina’s Ag Commissioner, Steve Troxler commented on Friday’s Planting Intentions Report in regards to North Carolina agriculture. The state’s producers said they were going to plant more cotton, soybeans, peanuts and have already planted more wheat this year than…