NC Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler

Non-native pest is significant threat to honeybees RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Plant Industry Division is asking North Carolina residents to be on the lookout for the early-stage nests of the Yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina). While this invasive hornet species has not been found in North Carolina, it has been collected […]

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has big plans for May 17-19 at the Got to Be NC Festival in Raleigh, and we hope you will plan to join us for food, music, tractors, agricultural exhibits, working dog demonstrations, tractor pulls, entertainment, rides and games. Admission and parking is free. Pay as you […]

Beginning May 1, $6.2 million in competitive grants will be available to small agribusinesses to purchase equipment and for infrastructure projects to strengthen the middle of the food supply chain. NCDA&CS has received funding for the program from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. The deadline for accepting applications is June 15.

At the beginning of the month the National Agricultural Statistics Service released the 2024 planting intentions for North Carolina with cotton, flue-cured tobacco and soybeans looking to pick up small increases in acreage. Corn, peanut and winter wheat plantings are projected down.

On Wednesday, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and the NC Dairy Producers Association rolled out a big marketing campaign and when I say big, I mean six-foot-nine 275 pounds of big. DJ Burns, the man in the middle of NC State’s NCAA basketball Final Four tournament run, is the new spokesman for their chocolate […]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in a dairy herd in North Carolina last week. This is today’s topic, I’m Mike Davis. It’s also been found in six other states, but officials are stressing that the milk supply is safe. North Carolina Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler said there’s a twofold precaution. “Number one for the […]

The recent detection of high path avian influenza in a dairy herd in North Carolina serves as a reminder that farms, especially poultry farms, must remain vigilant in their biosecurity efforts.

North Carolina farmers have been able to supply over $3.6 million worth of food products to schools across the state, which is a new record for the N.C. Farm to School program. Schools have increased their purchases of North Carolina products thanks to USDA funding through the Local Food for Schools Cooperative.  In addition to […]

Eighteen special Pesticide Disposal Collection Days are planned across the state to help farmers and homeowners properly dispose of unwanted pesticides. The special collection days are a partnership between the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program and the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service.

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is looking for farms that have been in continual family ownership for 100 years or more to apply to be part of the Century Farm Family program. This year on Oct. 21 we will hold the Century Farm Family Reunion at the State Fair in Raleigh.