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.
- “Deadline near for North Carolina farmland preservation funding,” Southeast Farm Press: Preserving farmland in the Southeast is likely to be a bigger challenge in the future and nowhere is it a bigger concern than in North Carolina…
- “Snow reaches 3 feet in Smokies,” Asheville Citizen-Times: Some of the high peaks in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and other spots along the North Carolina-Tennessee state line got about three feet of snow this week, the National Weather Service says. …
- “Price of lumber higher on storm’s devastation,” Charlotte Observer: The price of lumber rose 3.2 percent Wednesday as residents of the Northeast evaluated the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. Lumber for January delivery increased $10 to end at $331.20 per 1,000 board feet on expectations that demand will pick up because of the need to repair or rebuild houses and other structures. …
- “Audio: Carolina Crops See Little Damage from Sandy,” Southern Farm Network: It looks like Hurricane Sandy only dealt North & South Carolina agriculture a glancing blow, with no real lasting damage. …
- “Port project details presented,” Carteret County News-Times: The state’s proposed wood pellet export facility would only directly result in about two dozen new positions at the state port here, but hundreds of jobs – directly and indirectly – could be created in the region, in what officials say is an important, sustainable industry with growth potential. …
- “Skeptics ought to try these N.C. wines,” Charlotte Observer: North Carolina has made huge strides in wine over the last decade. Our state is now home to 115 wineries and ranks 10th nationally in the production of wine and grapes. Yet North Carolina wines don’t get the attention of many “serious” wine drinkers. …
- “DuPont gets funds for visitor’s education center,” Hendersonville Times-News: After more than a decade in the making, DuPont State Recreational Forest will finally get a visitor’s education center thanks to funds from a $2.24 million settlement from the Tennessee Valley Authority. …
- “Gardening trend? More people doing it,” Charlotte Observer: One of the biggest local trends in gardening this fall? More people are gardening.
- “Foundation Farm to help local farmers,” Rocky Mount Telegram: Goodwill Community Foundation is giving new meaning to the well-known phrase “you reap what you sow.” …