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NC Commissioner Troxler: It’s Fair Season!

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A nighttime scene of a fair with lights and rides against a dusky sky.

Agricultural fairs are fun AND educational, showcasing the state’s $111 billion agriculture and agribusiness industry and celebrating everything that makes North Carolina unique. The registration period is open for the N.C. State Fair and the N.C. Mountain State Fair to sign up for competitions and advance tickets to both are on sale now. Mark your … Read more

45 years and counting: Hickory farmer finds the fun in showing dairy cows at the N.C. State Fair

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When Major Bond reflects on the decades he and his family have been showing livestock at the N.C. State Fair, one story sticks out. It should have been like any typical show. And it was – until one of his heifers went into labor. She wasn’t due to calve for a few weeks, Bond recalled, … Read more