8 min read Ag News Local News Farm Service Agency Seeking Nominations for Farmers and Ranchers to Serve on Local County Committees 07/03/2024 WASHINGTON, June 17, 2024 – Nominations are now being accepted for farmers and ranchers to...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News NC Cooperative Extension Hosts Fruit Tree Management Workshop 06/28/2024 A staff report Bladen County, NC – The North Carolina Cooperative Extension is inviting...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News USDA Reminds Producers to File Crop Acreage Reports 06/11/2024 Contributed WASHINGTON – Agricultural producers should make an appointment with their local Farm Service...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News Bladen County Health and Human Services Agency Reports First Human Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Reported in the U.S.: CDC Issues Health Advisory 04/16/2024 Staff report The Bladen County Health and Human Services Agency’s recent press release confirmed...Read More
2 min read Ag News Agricultural Producers Have Until March 15 to Enroll in USDA’s Key Commodity Safety Net Programs for the 2024 Crop Year 03/06/2024 Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or...Read More
4 min read Ag News Local News News FSA County Committee Elections Open This Week 11/07/2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin mailing ballots this week...Read More
5 min read Ag News USDA to Provide More Than $3 Billion to Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2022 Natural Disasters 10/30/2023 Contributed WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2023 – The U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) will...Read More
7 min read Ag News NCDHHS, ECU and NC State Receive Funding for Agriculture Workers Digital Equity Initiative 09/29/2023 PRESS RELEASE RALEIGH, NC— The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office...Read More
1 min read Ag News Statement from Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler on waiving of motor vehicle regulations to help farmers 09/22/2023 Contributed RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has officially recommended to Gov. Roy Cooper...Read More
2 min read Ag News Education Lifestyles Local News Farm Revival 2023: A Fundraiser Benefiting Working Lands Trust and Bladen County FFA 09/20/2023 Contributed Elizabethtown, NC — Working Lands Trust, a leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to protecting...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Waivers Sought For Agricultural Transportation Ahead of Idalia 08/29/2023 Contributed RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has officially recommended to Gov. Roy Cooper...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Egg-cellent Egg Contest Registration Open 08/03/2023 Attention Bladen County 4-A members with a flock of chickens that are currently laying...Read More
2 min read Ag News News N.C. Forest Service Tree Seedlings On Sale 07/05/2023 Contributed RALEIGH – The N.C. Forest Service has begun accepting orders for its annual...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News USDA Reminds Producers to File Crop Acreage Reports 06/28/2023 Contributed Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after spring...Read More
4 min read Ag News News FSA Accepting Nominations for Farmers and Ranchers to Serve on Local County Committees 06/15/2023 Contributed WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting nominations for...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News News USDA Extends Application Deadline for Revenue Loss Programs to July 14 05/30/2023 Contributed WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline for...Read More
2 min read Ag News News Inaugural NC Friends of Farmland Award Presented 05/23/2023 Contributed RALEIGH – The Farmland Preservation Division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Economic Impact of NC Agriculture, Agribusiness Reaches Record $103.2 Billion 05/20/2023 RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced Friday that for the first time the...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News USDA Reminds Producers of Application Deadlines for Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program 04/29/2023 Contributed U.S. Department of Agriculture Bladen County Farm Service Agency County Executive Director Chris...Read More
4 min read Ag News Local News News Myth-Busting FSA’s New Revenue-Based Disaster and Pandemic Assistance Programs 04/28/2023 Contributed In January, USDA’s Farm Service Agency announced two new revenue-based programs designed to...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Application Period Open For Resource Conservation Workshop 03/23/2023 Rising high school juniors and senior can spend a week in the field learning...Read More
5 min read Ag News News Regionals Optimize Strawberry Fertility With Plant Tissue Testing 03/15/2023 By Kristin Hicks, NCDA&CS Agronomic Services Division RALEIGH – In order to optimize growth,...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News News Regionals Agricultural Producers Have Until March 15 to Enroll in USDA’s Key Commodity Safety Net Programs 03/10/2023 Contributed Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC)...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News News Regionals USDA Announces General Conservation Reserve Program Signups for 2023 03/10/2023 Contributed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can apply...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Bladen Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisors Meeting March 22 03/08/2023 The Bladen Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will meet Wednesday, March...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News News Regionals Rolling Out Revenue Based Disaster and Pandemic Assistance Programs 03/06/2023 Contributed Agricultural producers can apply for two new programs for revenue losses from 2020...Read More
1 min read Ag News Event Local News News Regionals Got to Be NC Festival Seeks Antique Tractors, Vendors 02/21/2023 Contributed RALEIGH – Space is still available for farm-equipment hobbyists and vendors wanting to...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News FFA West Bladen Agricultural Trip 02/15/2023 By Haylie Robinson On Thursday, February 2nd, West Bladen High School’s Future Farmers of...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News N.C. Boll Weevil Assessment Remains At 75 Cents Per Acre 02/10/2023 RALEIGH — The board of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North Carolina has...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News State Investigating Hog Waste Release In Bladen County 01/30/2023 The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources is investigating the...Read More
1 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News News Woody Ornamentals Pruning Class Set For Feb. 21 01/24/2023 The N.C. Cooperative Extension-Bladen County Center has scheduled a woody ornamentals pruning class Feb....Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Agronomic Services Division Labs Open Doors To Group Tours 01/23/2023 Contributed RALEIGH – Group tours of three of the most widely used N.C. Department...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Bladen Extension Service Offers Better Bladen Series 01/18/2023 From beekeeping, backyard chickens, healthy eating, and garden basics, NC Cooperative Extension – Bladen...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Grants Available For Agricultural Projects 01/17/2023 Contributed The North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission is accepting applications for the 2023...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Bladen Soil And Water Conservation District Meeting Jan. 24 01/09/2023 The Bladen Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors have meeting scheduled Tuesday,...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News Turnaround Times For Nematode Testing Expected To Be Long 12/02/2022 Contributed RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Nematode Assay Lab...Read More
3 min read Ag News Regionals Submit soil samples now to avoid busy lab time and peak-season fee 11/11/2022 RALEIGH – The busy season has begun for the N.C. Department of Agriculture and...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News News Farmers Seeking Soil Nutrient Management Advice Can Benefit From Soil Testing 11/02/2022 RALEIGH – Crop harvest is going extremely well across the state with good yields...Read More
3 min read Ag News Education Event Regionals Junior Livestock Sale of Champions sets record at $212,500 10/27/2022 Money goes to scholarships and winners RALEIGH – Junior winners in the N.C. State...Read More
1 min read Ag News Regionals Farmland preservation grants available through NCDA&CS 10/25/2022 RALEIGH – County governments and nonprofit groups may now apply for funding assistance from...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Motor Vehicle Regulations Waived To Help Farmers 09/29/2022 Contributed RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler released the following statement regarding Gov. Roy...Read More
4 min read Ag News Regionals USDA Announces Assistance for On-Farm Food Safety Expenses for Specialty Crop Growers 09/22/2022 New Program Part of Broader Effort to Transform Food System, Create Jobs HOLLIS, NEW...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News USDA Announces September 2022 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers 09/01/2022 WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News Ag Meeting in Bladen County 08/31/2022 By: Jair McElveen Becky Spearman, Bladen County Extension Director and Livestock Extension Agent at...Read More
2 min read Ag News USDA to Mail Additional Pre-Filled Applications to Producers Impacted by 2020, 2021 Disasters 08/27/2022 WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced another installment...Read More
4 min read Ag News Announcements Local News USDA To Mail Additional Pre-Filled Applications To Producers Impacted By 2020-21 Disasters 08/26/2022 Contributed WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced another installment (phase) in...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News Poultry Shows And Public Sales Suspended Due To High Path Avian Influenza 04/06/2022 RALEIGH – State Veterinarian Mike Martin announced Tuesday that all North Carolina poultry shows,...Read More
4 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Regionals You Decide: Will Agribusiness Be A Dynamic Future Industry? 03/25/2022 By Mike Walden One of the big questions about our economy is what industries...Read More
1 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest Giving Away Tree Seedlings in Celebration of Arbor Day 03/18/2022 ELIZABETHTOWN – In celebration of North Carolina’s Arbor Day on March 18, Turnbull Creek Educational...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News NCDA&CS extends strong recommendation to poultry owners to continue strict biosecurity measures due to threat of HPAI Recommendations include keeping birds enclosed/indoors if possible 03/14/2022 RALEIGH – State Veterinarian Dr. Mike Martin has extended his strong recommendation to poultry...Read More
4 min read Ag News Ag News Local News News Regionals NCDA&CS Agronomic Services Staff Offer Timely Fertilizer Advice 03/05/2022 RALEIGH – Spring is a busy time on the farm with growers preparing equipment, working...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News March 1st marks the beginning of Prime Season at Turnbull 03/01/2022 RALEIGH – Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest (ESF) located in Elizabethtown, NC is shaking...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News Application Period For Phase II Of Swine And Dairy COVID Economic Assistance Program Opens Feb. 23 02/17/2022 Contributed RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will open the...Read More
4 min read Ag News Local News Regionals Agricultural Producers Have Until March 15 to Enroll in USDA’s Key Commodity Safety Net Programs 02/16/2022 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2022 – Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News N.C. Cotton Growers To Vote On Assessment March 31 02/16/2022 Contributed RALEIGH – North Carolina cotton growers will vote March 31 on whether to...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News Got to Be NC Festival Seeks Food And Commercial Vendors 02/16/2022 Contributed RALEIGH – Planning is underway for the 2022 Got to Be NC Festival...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News 2022 N.C. Boll Weevil Assessment Remains At 75 Cents Per Acre 02/12/2022 Contributed RALEIGH — The board of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North Carolina...Read More
2 min read Ag News Ag News Local News News Regionals North Carolina’s Forest Action Plan Ready for Implementation 02/04/2022 Contributed RALEIGH – North Carolina’s updated forest action plan has been approved by the USDA...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News Regionals High Path Avian Influenza now confirmed in wild birds at three sites in North Carolina 01/27/2022 Contributed RALEIGH – High Path Avian Influenza has now been confirmed in 53 hunter-harvested...Read More
3 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Regionals Hunters Warning-Wild Duck Tests Positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza 01/26/2022 RALEIGH, N.C.— Confirmation that a wild duck (Northern shoveler) harvested by a hunter in Hyde...Read More
2 min read Ag News Ag News Local News Regionals Troxler announces funding available to help reduce flooding in local communities 01/24/2022 Application window opens on Monday, Jan. 24 RALEIGH – A total of $38 million...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News News Updated: EPA agrees to probe NC permitting of hog operations near minority populations 01/24/2022 Aerial photo shows a hog-waste lagoon in Columbus County. Photo courtesy of Cape Fear...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Tobacco Trust Fund Grants Available For Agricultural Projects 01/14/2022 Contributed The North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission is accepting applications for the 2022...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News Quarantine Area For Imported Fire Ant Expanding 12/27/2021 Contributed RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is expanding a...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News Assistance Available For Swine And Dairy Producers That Had A Pandemic Loss 12/16/2021 Contributed RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has opened the...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News USDA Issues Final Pandemic Payments for Timber Harvesters and Haulers 12/03/2021 WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2021— The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin issuing final pandemic assistance payments...Read More
12 min read Ag News Local News Local farms host holiday and winter events 11/25/2021 RALEIGH – The holiday season offers great opportunities to explore agritourism activities on farms...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News USDA Reminds Bladen County Farmers and Ranchers to Vote in County 11/03/2021 Committee Election Ballots Mailed to Eligible Voters Elizabethtown, N.C., Nov. 3, 2021 — The...Read More
4 min read Ag News Local News USDA Provides $1.8 Billion to Offset Market Fluctuations 11/03/2021 Farmers Can Now Make Elections, Enroll in Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Farmland preservation grants available through NCDA&CS 11/02/2021 Contributed RALEIGH – County governments and nonprofit groups may now apply for funding assistance...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News Regionals Farmland preservation grants available through NCDA&CS 11/01/2021 New funding program available RALEIGH – County governments and nonprofit groups may now apply...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News N.C. tobacco growers to vote on research assessment Nov. 18 10/29/2021 RALEIGH — North Carolina tobacco growers will vote Nov. 18 on whether to continue...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News Pesticide Collection Day 10/27/2021 North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in cooperation with the North Carolina...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News Biden Administration Appoints Bob Etheridge to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in North Carolina 10/25/2021 WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2021— The Biden Administration recently appointed Bob Etheridge as the new...Read More
3 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Ag’em Up Field Day Recap 10/18/2021 Contributed by Jacob Barber This year Ag’em Up was a three-day event. The field...Read More
1 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Regionals Cape Fear Lock And Dam 1 Closed For Improvements To Fish Passage 10/12/2021 Riegelwood, NC — The US Army Corps of Engineers’ Cape Fear River Lock and Dam...Read More
2 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News National Farmers Day is October 12th 10/12/2021 By Cara Beth Lewis Farmers Day is celebrated annually on the 12th day of...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News Deadline extended for poultry and livestock, plasticulture and forestry producers to apply for 2018-2019 hurricane disaster relief program 09/20/2021 $79.6 million program focuses on losses suffered from Hurricanes Florence, Michael, Dorian RALEIGH –...Read More
1 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Bladen County Youth Eligible for 4-H Egg-Cellent Egg Contest 09/01/2021 Got Kids or Grandkids? Got Laying Hens and Eggs? 4-H has a contest for...Read More
4 min read Ag News Local News Regionals USDA Updates Pandemic Assistance for Livestock, Poultry Contract Producers and Specialty Crop Growers 08/27/2021 WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2021—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is updating the Coronavirus Food...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News Regionals USDA Accepting Applications to Help Cover Costs for Organic Certification 08/18/2021 WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2021 – Organic producers and handlers can now apply for U.S....Read More
4 min read Ag News Awards Business Health Lifestyles Regionals Pure Farmland™ Awards $125,000 To Local Gardens And Farms 08/17/2021 Bolton’s The Healing Green Space is one of the award winners. SMITHFIELD, Va., Aug. 16,...Read More
7 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News News Regionals Regional interest news roundup from NCDA&CS 08/13/2021 Contributed RALEIGH – Below is a summary of local interest stories that have recently...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Regionals Storm readiness, response and recovery workshops available for municipalities in eastern North Carolina 07/31/2021 Contributed RALEIGH – The N.C. Forest Service, the N.C. Urban Forest Council and N.C....Read More
4 min read Ag News Ag News Local News News Regionals Biden Administration to Invest $67 Million to Help Heirs Resolve Land Ownership and Succession Issues 07/29/2021 Contributed RALEIGH, NC, July 29, 2021– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing...Read More
1 min read Ag News Ag News Local News News Politics Regionals Rouzer Statement on Extension of the WHIP+ Disaster Assistance Program 07/28/2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) released the following statement after the House Agriculture Committee,...Read More
4 min read Ag News News Regionals USDA Announces Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers 07/20/2021 Contributed WASHINGTON, July 20, 2021— The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing up...Read More
4 min read Ag News Local News News USDA to Provide Pandemic Assistance To Livestock Producers For Animal Losses 07/14/2021 Contributed WASHINGTON — Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due...Read More
1 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Dan Ward of Clarkton, N.C. is the 2021 Peanut Efficiency Award winner for the Upper Southeast 07/12/2021 Southeast Farm Press announced Dan Ward of Clarkton, N.C. is the 2021 Peanut Efficiency...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News Bladen County Teacher Olivia Herring Earns ‘Going Local’ Grant 07/01/2021 Bladen County Board President Albert Beatty and Going Local grant winner Olivia Herring Contributed...Read More
2 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Regionals Application period opens July 1 for $79.6 million hurricane disaster relief program for poultry and livestock, plasticulture and forestry producers 06/29/2021 Program focuses on losses suffered from Hurricanes Florence, Michael and Dorian RALEIGH – The...Read More
3 min read Ag News Lifestyles Farm Service Agency Now Accepting Nominations for County Committee Members 06/22/2021 RALEIGH, NC, June 22, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service...Read More
2 min read Ag News Local News News AgriBusiness Bootcamp – Next week at BCC 06/19/2021 The Small Business Center of Bladen Community College will offer a no-cost seminar lunch-and-learn...Read More
3 min read Ag News Lifestyles News Century Farm Program seeks 100-year-old or older farms; reunion at the State Fair is being planned 06/18/2021 Contributed RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Century Farm Program is looking...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News USDA to Begin Payments for Producers Impacted by 2018 and 2019 06/16/2021 Natural Disasters Producers to Receive Assistance through the Quality Loss Adjustment Program and Additional...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News USDA Announces Dates for Conservation Reserve Program General and Grasslands Signups 06/15/2021 RALEIGH, NC, June 14, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set...Read More
3 min read Ag News Local News Regionals USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production RALEIGH, NC 05/28/2021 May 27, 2021 –The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of...Read More
2 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Regionals With weather conditions raising fire risk, residents urged to postpone outdoor burning 05/22/2021 RALEIGH – N.C. Forest Service officials urge the public to postpone any outdoor burning...Read More
1 min read Ag News Lifestyles Local News Bladen County Master Gardeners’ Plant Sale – Extended 05/11/2021 Contributed by the Bladen County Cooperative Extension If you missed the Bladen County Master...Read More
1 min read Ag News Local News News USDA Announces Listening Session on Impacts of COVID-19 on New Farmers 05/05/2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a virtual listening session...Read More