Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story.
- “Navy again suspends work on Outlying Landing Field,” Charlotte Observer: For the second time in the past three years, the U.S. Navy has suspended its plans to try to place an Outlying Landing Field in northeastern North Carolina so jet pilots can practice aircraft carrier landings. …
- “Ag panel is surprise,” News & Observer: Cary and Durham don’t conjure images of rolling farm fields, yet two Democratic members of the state House from those cities, Rep. Paul Luebke in Durham and Rep. Jennifer Weiss in Cary, were appointed to the House Agriculture Committee on Thursday. …
- “Perdue lauds industry at NC’s 100th winery opening,” News & Observer: Gov. Beverly Perdue is celebrating North Carolina’s growing wine industry at the opening of the state’s 100th winery. …
- “Food makers devise own label plan,” Hendersonville Times-News: Starting in the next few months, the front of many food packages will prominently display important nutrition information, including calorie, fat and sugar content. The industrywide program was announced Monday by food makers and grocers. …
- “North Carolina forum to focus on economics, input costs,” Southeast Farm Press: Input costs, water resources and the effects of monetary policy on agriculture will be among the topics of discussion at the sixth annual North Carolina Ag Development Forum Thursday, Feb. 3, at the State Fairgrounds. …
- “Annual Southern Farm Show becoming agricultural magnet,” Garner News: As the largest agricultural exposition held in the Carolinas and Virginia each year, the Southern Farm Show has always attracted a big audience of farmers eager to see the latest tractors and equipment. What the show, scheduled for Feb. 2 – 4 at the NC State Fairgrounds, is also attracting are many of the groups and associations that cater to these farmers. …
- “Social media: The next agricultural frontier,” Southeast Farm Press: …Today most farmers use computers, the internet, cell phones, smart phones, perhaps even PDAs like tablets or notebooks. But when it comes to Social Media, many still lag behind. That may mean they are missing great opportunities to interact with and educate the public, not to mention promote their farms and their products. …