Opinion? 9 Vote(s) |
Subject Article View all Polls |
![]() |
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack never attended meetings of the task force he co-chaired to help resolve the nation’s supply chain woes, according to a public records request from the Functional Government Institute.
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2023 @ 10:37 am
By: Daily Wire
Search Terms: daily wire agriculture secretary tom vilsack task force supply chain crisis meetings |
![]() |
Agricultural leaders in Missouri and Kansas are pressing their senators to greenlight legislation that could help them with the current labor shortage.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 11:12 pm
By: Daily Wire
Search Terms: daily wire agriculture senator legislation farm labor shortage |
![]() |
Farmers and ranchers located near the Oregon state line in Northern California have been informed by the government to stop diverting water from a region dedicated to protecting fish.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 3:47 pm
By: Daily Wire
Search Terms: daily wire farmers ranchers oregon california water agriculture |
![]() |
According to this article published in The Center Square, investments from China held $2 billion worth of American farmland in 2020, up tenfold in just a decade.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: john locke john locke foundation the center square agriculture |
![]() |
Agriculture remains North Carolina’s top industry. Researchers have pointed to a rapidly growing population, loss of farmland, climate shifts, and emerging crop diseases as some of the complex agricultural challenges that do not fit into particular academic or research silos.
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 @ 8:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
Search Terms: golden leaf agriculture farming plant sciences |
![]() |
Today marks National Agriculture Day, a time to celebrate America’s farmers, ranchers and growers as we recognize agriculture’s importance to our nation. Despite the importance of the agriculture community, Biden’s policies have left America’s farmers out to dry.
Published: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
Search Terms: alex nolley president joe biden national agriculture day farming |
![]() |
The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Saturday, February 19th, 2022 @ 8:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
Search Terms: carolina journal cj vids satirist author p.j. o'rourke corruption agriculture |
![]() |
Democrat Senate candidate Jeff Jackson is modeling his latest climate plan off of failed Commissioner of Agriculture candidate and far-left activist Jenna Wadsworth.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 12:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
Search Terms: democrat senate jeff jackson commissioner of agriculture far-left jenna wadsworth |
![]() |
The Golden LEAF Foundation Board recently adopted a long-term strategic plan to serve as a roadmap for the next few years.
Published: Saturday, July 24th, 2021 @ 5:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
Search Terms: golden leaf agriculture projects economic growth july 8 2021 |
![]() |
Department to Temporarily Amend Certain H-2A Requirements During COVID-19 National Emergency
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 @ 10:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
Search Terms: department of homeland security dhs usda farmers department of agriculture food supply chain april 15 2020 cvd19 |
![]() |
Postdoctoral scholar Janire Pascual-Gonzalez has her eyes on new ways to boost N.C. agriculture
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 10:06 am
By: ECU News Services
Search Terms: east carolina university ecu agriculture farming january 22 2020 |
![]() |
Senate Bill 315, the North Carolina Farm Bill of 2019, passed the Senate June 17 by a 31-14 vote. S.B. 315 officially authorizes and regulates statewide hemp farming, among other things.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 @ 12:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
Search Terms: senate farm bill hemp agriculture june 18 2019 |
![]() |
The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources voted Thursday, June 13, to send Senate Bill 568 to the Finance Committee amid protests from some committee members.
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2019 @ 9:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
Search Terms: senate committee agriculture national and economic resources solar panels june 13 2019 |
![]() |
Senator Tillis recently applauded the USDA’s decision to select the Research Triangle as one of three finalists to become the new home of the ERS and NIFA.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 9:56 pm
By: Thom Tillis
Search Terms: senator thom tillis usda agriculture operations research triangle may 23 2019 |
![]() |
Have you driven around North Carolina recently? More people have decorated with outdoor lights, blowups and festive displays than we've seen in years
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 @ 9:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
Search Terms: christmas hurricane florence tariffs agriculture farming |
![]() |
Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the President for signing the 2018 Farm Bill into law
Published: Saturday, December 22nd, 2018 @ 1:30 am
By: Thom Tillis
Search Terms: farm bill agriculture hbcu thom tillis donald trump |
![]() |
Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) supported the passage of the bipartisan Farm Bill Conference Report, which includes several provisions secured by Senator Tillis
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:37 pm
By: Thom Tillis
Search Terms: farm bill thom tillis north carolina agriculture industry textile industry |
![]() |
Instead of going over the river and through the woods to grandma's house we traveled east this Thanksgiving
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2018 @ 1:54 pm
By: Tom Campbell
Search Terms: thanksgiving agriculture farming hurricane florence north carolina |
![]() |
It is hard to imagine what would be on tables this Thanksgiving if it were not for North Carolina farmers
Published: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 @ 1:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: thanksgiving north carolina farming turkeys agriculture |
![]() |
It has been a year since Beaufort County Community College initiated PackTrac, a pathway for agricultural students to N.C. State University
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2018 @ 2:19 am
By: Beaufort County Community College
Search Terms: beaufort county community college packtrac agriculture education bccc |
![]() |
A handful of lawsuits which threatened to upend North Carolina's November elections resolved quietly over the past few days
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 12:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: tariffs agriculture commissioner farming north carolina interview gerrymandering |
![]() |
We've had no shortage of goofiness at the General Assembly in the past few weeks. And we're not just talking about the recently convened short session, which seems to have little purpose other than trying to fix embarrassing mistakes in the election process the same General Assembly
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2018 @ 4:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: almonds coconut general assembly fda dairy soy farm bill milk agriculture |
![]() |
Driving through North Carolina's countryside this time of year is both good for the soul and a reminder of the importance agriculture plays in our state
Published: Monday, July 2nd, 2018 @ 11:20 pm
By: Tom Campbell
Search Terms: tariffs immigration north carolina agriculture tom campbell |
![]() |
Governor Cooper needs to sign the NC Farm Bill now. It is abundantly clear that the North Carolina farming community is under attack from out-of-state organizations who are using the tactic of repeated lawsuits against farmers to drive them out of business
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2018 @ 5:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
Search Terms: senate bill 711 farm act north carolina agriculture dan forest lt governor |
![]() |
Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is once again working to protect American children from unsafe, foreign foods that may not pass U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection or other quality standards
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 @ 10:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
Search Terms: chicken walter jones department of agriculture school lunches |
![]() |
As eastern North Carolina farmers continue to adjust to commercial challenges in the face of an aging population and overall decline in farmland, one East Carolina University professor is using the power of economics to aid the region
Published: Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 @ 6:31 am
By: ECU News Services
Search Terms: east carolina university farming agriculture economics |
![]() |
President Donald Trump's rock-hard stance against several international free trade deals is softening, and immigration reform might include guest worker provisions
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 @ 7:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: farm forum north carolina state fair nafta trade wars agriculture |
![]() |
Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement following President Donald Trump's speech at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 99th Annual Convention and the release of a new report by the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity outlining various recommendations
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 1:09 pm
By: Thom Tillis
Search Terms: thom tillis american farm bureau regulation agriculture |
![]() |
Federal environmental regulations are battering farmers, and public policy research analyst Darren Bakst believes there is a mechanism to address the plight
Published: Friday, December 1st, 2017 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: farm bill agriculture regulation environment farming waters of the united states rule wotus |
![]() |
Yesterday, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) making it easier for family farmers to reorganize debts when facing bankruptcy received final approval in Congress and is headed to the president's desk for signature
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 9:51 pm
By: Thom Tillis
Search Terms: thom tillis farmer bankruptcy debt farming agriculture |
![]() |
The first time Brooke Butler visited N.C. State University, her eyes opened up to a new part of North Carolina
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 11:45 pm
By: Beaufort County Community College
Search Terms: agriculture nc state packtrac north carolina |
![]() |
Ron Heiniger isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. He has spent years as a crop and soil scientist helping hard-pressed farmers to get maximum yield and quality from their crops
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: solar farms agriculture ron heiniger north carolina solar power |
![]() |
Governor Roy Cooper has vetoed House Bill 467 and signed into law Senate Bill 131.
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2017 @ 3:06 pm
By: Governor's Office
Search Terms: governor cooper house bill 467 senate bill 131 agriculture forestry air pollution |
![]() |
Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on the confirmation of Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary and the future of the next Farm Bill
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 11:04 am
By: Thom Tillis
Search Terms: thom tillis farm bill sonny perdue agriculture secretary |
![]() |
Today, the White House announced that Ray Starling, Chief of Staff for Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), will be leaving the Senator's office to serve as Special Assistant to the President for Agriculture, Trade, and Food Assistance
Published: Monday, February 27th, 2017 @ 7:08 pm
By: Thom Tillis
Search Terms: thom tillis ray starling agriculture trade food assistance north carolina |