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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for...
Many producers have experienced delays in receiving Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss...
The Bladen County Cooperative Extension Office is planning a Summer Salsa Social! The Social...
Producers on farms with base acres under the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price...
Lorraine Dillard, Director Ejecutivo Interino de la Agencia de Servicio Agrícola (Farm Service Agency...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting Executive Director for...
RALEIGH – Peach lovers across the state can expect to find plenty of peaches...
A farm safety workshop is planned for Thursday, July 20, from 3 until 5:30...
RALEIGH – Peach lovers across the state can expect to find plenty of peaches...
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation...
USDA Farm Service Agency sent this bulletin at 07/03/2017 09:16 AM EDT You are...
The election of responsible agricultural producers to FSA county committees is important to ALL...
WASHINGTON, July 3, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation...
RALEIGH – Officials with the N.C. Forest Service encourage people to celebrate Independence Day by viewing...
RALEIGH — The N.C. Forest Service Nursery Program will begin accepting orders for seedlings July...
There will be a Summer Blueberry Bash on Thursday, June 29, from 3 until...
RALEIGH – Organic growers in North Carolina can apply for partial reimbursement of the...
No office? No problem! Receive text message alerts from FSA while on-the-go, in the...
The Bladen County Extension Office (450 Smith Circle Dr.) will be having a Blueberry...
By: Sandra R. Cain Organic farmers focus their efforts on renewable resources and the...
Tualatin, Oregon), June 1, 2017 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Oregon Farm Service...
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that the...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that the...
RALEIGH – Despite a late March freeze that affected early varieties of blueberries grown...
RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler’s annual plea for farmers to prepare for hurricane...
On Saturday, May 27, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. there will be a...
In conjunction with Nancy Olsen, Assistant Extension Agent, Agriculture – Home Horticulture/Master Gardeners for...
Have you ever seen those cool concrete looking pots made of cement, peat moss...
The nomination period for local FSA County Committees will begin on June 15, 2017....
[slideshow_deploy id=’90106′] White Lake – On May 2, 2017, the lakeside picnic shelter at...
Sonny Perdue was sworn in as the 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by fellow...
Farm Fresh Friday is already gearing up once more. “Farm Fresh Fridays” is a...
Projects will protect farms, forests, plus training areas for Marines, Air Force RALEIGH –...
Elizabethtown, NC – A farming family from Bladen County has been approved by the...
The Industrial Hemp Commission will hold a public meeting via telephone conference call to...
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced...
Farm Fresh Friday is already gearing up. Vendors are at the Cape Fear Farmer’s...
We will be having an Herb Gardening Program at the main library in Elizabethtown...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has launched a new...
FSA’s Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) program provides low-interest financing to producers to build...
Producers on farms with base acres under the safety net programs established by the...
Bladen County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Chris Tatum announced that farmers and ranchers...
Warm temperatures and plenty of sunshine have begun to draw folks out to the...
WASHINGTON, March 16, 2017 – America’s farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity...
Events planned in May in Raleigh, Colfax, Charlotte RALEIGH – It has been about...
RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler today announced three new appointments at the N.C....
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Centers in Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson and Bladen Counties are having...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced the...
The Industrial Hemp Commission will host a public meeting on Monday, April 17, at...
The West Bladen High School Horticulture plant sale will begin on Monday, April 10,...
On Wednesday April 5th, 2017 several WBHS FFA members attended the Bladen County...
The North Carolina House of Representatives is set to discuss HB 467 known as...
WASHINGTON, DC– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation announced today that...
Industrial Hemp Commission to host public meeting Thursday, April 6, at 2 p.m. The...
Sure could use a little good news today. As of 7AM today, about...
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation...
The West Bladen FFA Chapter participated in the North Carolina FFA Poultry Evaluation Career...
The weekend forecast is looking bright, warm and sunny for the Planters Day weekend....
Rouzer Agriculture Subcommittee hosts hearing, “The Next Farm Bill: Livestock Producer Perspectives”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer held a public hearing...
RALEIGH — Spring is the best time to fertilize your shrubs as it promotes...
Hopefully, last night will be the last of freezing temps until next winter. Blueberry...
There will be a Backyard/Small Flock Poultry Meeting on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at...
The Spring issue of North Carolina Field and Family, a magazine published by the...
[slideshow_deploy id=’83955′] Exhausted farmers in Bladen County are bracing for more freezing temperatures following...
One a warm spring or summer day, it is not that unusual to find...
The weather will likely be the big story over the next several hours/days. Today,...
The West Bladen High School FFA students were involved in a regional competition...
With the weather getting warmer and the days growing longer, folks are beginning...
[slideshow_deploy id=’83280′] A Bladen County tobacco farmer, Scott Edwards of Bladenboro, participated with 45...
RALEIGH, NC – The North Carolina Horse Council announced plans for holding an equine...
[slideshow_deploy id=’82717′] Today is a special day! “Today you are you! That’s truer than...
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation...
RALEIGH – Applications are now being accepted for a pilot program to grow industrial...
RALEIGH – Dr. Beth Yongue has been named director of the Meat and Poultry...
The Bladen/Columbus Corn and Soybean Production Meeting will be held on Friday, February 24, 2017...
RALEIGH—February 22 is the date when corn growers will vote on continuation of the...
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Stanly County...
By Dr. Mike Walden North Carolina Cooperative Extension My paternal grandfather was a farmer...
RALEIGH – The N.C. Tomato Growers Association will conduct a statewide referendum in March...
RALEIGH –The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting grant applications for...
Bladen County Cooperative Extension will be having the Bladen/Columbus Corn and Soybean Production Meeting...
Bladen County Cooperative Extension will be having the Southeast Peanut Production Meeting on Friday,...
Bladen County Cooperative Extension, along with the NC Blueberry Council, will be having the...
Bladen County Cooperative Extension will be having the Bladen County Cotton Production Meeting and...
RALEIGH — Gardeners in North Carolina know that our Old North State soils are...
RALEIGH — The board of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North Carolina has...
RALEIGH – Landowners in 93 North Carolina counties whose timber lands were damaged by...
The North Carolina Muscadine Grape Association is set to hold their annual conference at...
The Bladen County Farm Service Agency committee elections are over, the ballots are counted...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val...
Economic outlook, State of Agriculture address on tap at 12th annual event RALEIGH –...
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today...
Bladen County Cooperative Extension is hosting a series of workshops for homeowners and farmers...
Subscribers Can Receive Important Program Reminders and Updates Elizabethtown, NC – January 6, 2017...
Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Lanon Baccam today announced that beginning January 9, 2017, the...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)...