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28471
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Life-sciences companies are using the smallest organism to improve North Carolina’s largest industry, agriculture. The magazine and the N.C. Biotechnology Center assembled a panel of experts who discuss where research on the microbiome stands, how it is being implemented, and what the results will be. Research could make it easier to cultivate crops in harsher conditions, making it easier to feed the world.
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5802
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The greenhouse and nursery industry is expanding rapidly. Horticultural products, including annuals and shrubs, generated $400 million in 1996 and ranked fourth behind hogs, broilers, and tobacco in agribusiness. Nationally, the state ranks third.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 6, June 1998, p40-41, 43, il
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5810
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Employing twenty-one percent of the workforce and pumping $45 billion into the economy, agriculture is the state's number one business. Nationally the state ranks third in net farm income with hogs, broilers, tobacco, and horticulture the top farm commodities.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 6, June 1998, p42, il
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2668
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Drought and heavy rains in 1995 destroyed many crops statewide. However, diversification in crops and livestock, plus exports, enabled state farmers to achieve receipts of $5 billion.
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2123
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With a combination of traditional products, like tobacco, and new crops such as broccoli and farm-raised trout, state farmers netted a record $5 billion from $41 billion in gross sales. The state now ranks ninth among farm states.
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2242
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North Carolina exported $3.7 billion in agribusiness products in 1993, with 28% in agricultural crops, 26% in tobacco products, and nearly 20% in textile and apparel products. Other major exports included paper and allied products, lumber, and furniture.
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2461
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In 1959, tobacco made up 47 percent of the state's farm receipts, but by 1993, it had fallen to 19 percent. A drop in domestic smoking and stiff foreign competition were contributing factors.
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2559
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During 1994, agricultural exports contributed $2.3 billion to the state's $9 billion agribusiness and raised the state to tenth place nationally in farm exports.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 53 Issue 10, Oct 1995, p50-52, 54,56, 58, il
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2673
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Exports of the state's agricultural products will exceed $2 billion in 1995. In addition to being the nation's leading tobacco exporter, the state is also among the top ten states that export poultry, tree nuts, and peanuts.
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1706
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Agribusiness is North Carolina's biggest industry, accounting for one-third of the gross state product. The industry's ability to keep abreast of today's business practices and technology accounts for much of its success.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 52 Issue 7, July 1994, p48-58, il
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1734
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In the 20th-century North Carolina saw a meeting of agriculture and industry, which gave rise to a hybrid occupation called farmer/peddler. Industry created ways for farmers to peddle their products, thereby raising the farmers' standards of living.
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1018
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The agricultural economy in North Carolina and throughout the nation improved slightly in 1992; Moore offers a forecast for agricultural performance in 1993.
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31359
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An amendment has been proposed to establish the North Carolina Agricultural Financing Agency, which would issue revenue bonds to finance capital growth in agriculture. The measure would give farmers a tax-exempt financing source for improvements in production, processing, marketing and distribution of any farm products. More efficient and productive farms would ultimately translate into more economical food prices for the consumer.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 16 Issue 4, Apr 1984, p3
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31426
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North Carolina farmers have been severely damaged by the summer drought, with estimated losses in the state at more than $300 million. This also impacts consumers because the prices of products that use corn, soybeans and wheat are going to be higher in the months ahead. This has prompted calls by North Carolina congressmen for federal aid to ease the burden.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 15 Issue 10, Oct 1983, p26-27, il
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31428
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American farming and agribusiness are now in the doldrums because of government policies restricting exports. This has important implications to North Carolina phosphate and fertilizer industries, and consequentially, North Carolina farmers and agribusiness. This article discusses the policies and exports and trade.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 15 Issue 11, Nov 1983, p28-31, por