USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces North Carolina beekeepers and Pasture, Rangeland and Forage (PRF) producers that the Rainfall Index program is available in North Carolina. November 15 is the final date for producers to apply for crop insurance. Rainfall …

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Rick Pitino told thousands of FFA members from across the country packed into Freedom Hall Wednesday that pressure and problems are good things. "We're all under pressure every day," said Pitino, whose University of Louisville men's basketball team won the …

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From the USDA, the Risk Management Sheets for the following commodities: APPLES BLUEBERRIES GRAPES PEACHES APICULTURE PASTURE

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announces the final date for North Carolina producers of apples, blueberries, grapes, and peaches to obtain crop insurance on next year’s crop is November 20, 2013. Current policyholders likewise have until November 20 to make …

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At the livestock auction held Tuesday in Mount Airy a total of 654 cattle and 26 goats were sold. Slaughter cows trended steady to 1.50 lower; bulls were 1.50 to 5.00 lower. The North Carolina broiler-fryer market was steady and …

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U.S. hog futures declined, falling closer in line with recent prices paid by packers in the negotiated markets, which hover below 90 cents a pound, and also facing pressure by profit-taking. December hogs fell 95 to 91.10 Hogs for April …

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A few North Carolina counties have been made eligible for disaster assistance due to early summer heavy rains. Earlier this week, President Obama signed an emergency declaration calling for federal aid to supplement state and local efforts in areas affected …

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For the second time in three years, a Carolina farm has won the Swisher Sweets Farmer of the Year Award at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia. South Carolina’s James Cooley’s Strawberry Hill Farm near Chesnee, in Spartanburg County …

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The chicken industry received some good news earlier this week regarding food safety. Tom Super, VP of Communications for the National Chicken Council based in Washington, DC explains: “According to USDA’s quarterly progress report on salmonella we found that the …

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Four times a year, the Federal Reserve updates us on what’s happening to our wealth. We just received the latest figures. Are we getting richer or poorer? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden responds. “Well, in aggregate, we’re getting richer, …

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