Farming in North Carolina

North Carolina Agriculture Farm Crops
Annual Revenue
(past 5 years average)
Wheat: $104,766,462
Rice: $0
Grains: $52,898,048
Soybeans: $119,344,834
Sunflower Seed & Oil: $0
Peanuts: $15,906,045
Cotton: $203,579,686
Cotton Seed: $5,612,066
Tobacco: $383,948,103
Fruits & Juice: $15,973,536
Tree & Nuts: $538,503
Vegetables: $20,880,243
Livestock: $268,800,950
Hides & Skins: $11,892,018
Poultry: $238,366,144
Fats & Oils: $7,627,872
Dairy: $8,047,348
Feeds: $49,007,029
Seeds: $8,131,161
Other: $213,127,691
TOTAL: $1,728,447,738

North Carolina Agriculture - Google News

Who has the best cole slaw in Wilmington? Find out here - StarNewsOnline.com

Who has the best cole slaw in Wilmington? Find out here StarNewsOnline.com, NC - 5 hours ago Tommy Fleetwood, Marketing Specialist with the NC Department of Agriculture, says 45 percent of the 80000 acres of cabbage grown in North Carolina each year ... PORT CITY FOODIES: We have a cole slaw winner! StarNewsOnline.com all 2 news articles

Sweet potatoes enter biofuels arena - Southeast Farm Press

Sweet potatoes enter biofuels arena Southeast Farm Press - 12 hours ago It’s too early just yet to divine the future of the sweet potato, but a team of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researchers at North Carolina State ...

Making Public Roads Safer For Farmers, Other Drivers - Science Daily (press release)

Making Public Roads Safer For Farmers, Other Drivers Science Daily (press release) - 11 hours ago Now researchers from North Carolina State University have found a number of risk factors associated with traffic accidents involving farm vehicles, ...

Drought conditions linger in parts of NC - WRAL.com

Drought conditions linger in parts of NC WRAL.com, NC - Nov 13, 2008 The US Department of Agriculture has designated 59 North Carolina counties as disaster areas because of crop losses. Farmers in another 37 contiguous ... Lingering drought conditions prompt call for water conservation Asheville Citizen-Times all 25 news articles

Want to eat locally in 2009? Better plan now. - Greensboro News Record

Want to eat locally in 2009? Better plan now. Greensboro News Record, NC - 19 hours ago Hundreds of groups and businesses across North Carolina are promoting localism as a way to reclaim control over their food sources. ...

Ways to preserve farmland discussed - Stanly News & Press

Ways to preserve farmland discussed Stanly News & Press, NC - Nov 17, 2008 Despite agriculture is North Carolina’s No. 1 industry with 20.3 percent of the state’s income ($68 billion), there has been a major loss of farmland since ...

NC congressmen rumored to be part of Obama cabinet - North Carolina News Network

NC congressmen rumored to be part of Obama cabinet North Carolina News Network, nc - Nov 12, 2008 Etheridge dismisses the rumor but says the next Agriculture Secretary should have experience with row crops, such as tobacco. North Carolina Congressman ... Hunt not interested in Cabinet position FayObserver.com all 5 news articles

Soybean rust detected in Worcester cropland - Bethany Beach Wave

Soybean rust detected in Worcester cropland Bethany Beach Wave, DE - 17 hours ago There have also been findings in southwest Georgia, the Florida panhandle, eastern South Carolina and remote spots in North Carolina and Virginia. ...

Autumn-time, and the cotton is high - WRAL.com

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Autumn-time, and the cotton is high WRAL.com, NC - Nov 10, 2008 Fayetteville, NC — North Carolina is one of the nation's top cotton producers, and in the past year, the state has gone from one of the worst crops ever to ... Report: Cotton production to drop nearly a third The Associated Press all 77 news articles

59 NC Counties Declared Disaster Areas Due To Drought - WXii 12.com

WNCT

59 NC Counties Declared Disaster Areas Due To Drought WXii 12.com, NC - Nov 10, 2008 WINSTON-SALEM -- The US Department of Agriculture had designated 59 North Carolina counties as disaster areas due to crop losses associated by the drought ... Drought leads to agriculture disaster declaration Asheville Citizen-Times Local counties designated as disaster areas due to drought WECT-TV6 US designates 59 counties drought disaster areas News & Observer (registration) WNCT all 9 news articles