agriculture

North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has requested $250 million from the General Assembly to provide disaster assistance to farmers…

North Carolina farmers whose crops and livestock were affected by Hurricane Florence can now apply for assistance. While the General Assembly has yet to…

Eastern North Carolina has been experiencing unusual weather this winter – Christmas Day marked record breaking warm temperatures. A couple of weeks…

Agriculture is the number one industry in North Carolina, contributing $78 billion dollars to the State’s economy. Much of the food produced in our state…

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture is encouraging farmers to have their corn tested for aflatoxin to prevent contamination of feeds and food.…

Halifax County’s Caledonia Correctional Institution continues to produce thousands of pounds of crops as the years go by. Lee Jenkins has more on the…

Taking advantage of summer, men are planting, growing, harvesting and canning crops at Caledonia Correctional Institution in Halifax County. This week on…

Even though tobacco remains the number one cash crop in North Carolina, there's been a significant decrease in the amount of farmers growing tobacco in…

An excessively wet and rainy June has damaged some crops in Eastern North Carolina. Lee Jenkins has more on the extent of the damage and what effect it…

We highlight a partnership between local farmers and the military aimed at buying locally grown food and producing energy from local biofuel crops.…