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Grants for Small Farmers Available

We would appreciate your help in reminding your farmer contacts that we support two programs for which they may qualify for individual cost-share assistance from $3,000 to $8,000. -Both the WNC AgOptions program and Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund are now...

The Humane Society strikes again

The Humane Society of the United States is planning an ad campaign on the side of city buses that implies North Carolina farm families intend to harm their animals to maximize profits, writes NCFB President Larry Wooten in this editorial. Wooten says HSUS seeks to...

Passage of a Five-Year Farm Bill

American Farm Bureau and 250 other agricultural organizations have written a letter to agriculture committee members and leadership in the U.S. House and Senate strongly encouraging passage of a five-year farm bill as soon as possible. American Farm Bureau

First Frost of 2014

The first frost will arrive for many in North Carolina in the next couple of days, and some mountain-area growers are worried for their crops. Hendersonville Times-News