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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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31730
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Farmers are struggling to make an adequate income, yet prices paid by consumers continue to rise. Governor Robert Scott proposed an approach called a “New Strategy for Agriculture.” Scott recommends adopting the concept of stability and parity of income as long-term policy goals for modern agriculture, and then establish a national food and fiber board.
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11738
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Nationwide the Christmas trees are a $300 million industry. In North Carolina, 900,000 trees will be harvested in 1977 and bring about $10 million on the retail level. This article contains information on who grows Christmas trees, where they are grown, and how the business operates.
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31250
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With a fast-growing population, rising personal incomes, and increasing market demand, North Carolina and other parts of the southeast stand to benefit from closing the gap between production and consumption of pork and beef. There are billions of dollars in opportunities for southern farmers and meat processors to share in the business of putting steak, pork chops, and ham on the tables of millions of families.
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30112
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Planning for post-war agriculture depends on efficiency and skill in the aim of providing a reconversion of farms. In order to do this, it is argued that there is a need for full employment in industry which creates purchasing power, the redevelopment of the global agricultural market, and an expansion of research and education into agricultural science.
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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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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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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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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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30169
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North Carolina farms have produced a record $795,503,000 in products in 1950. North Carolina is ranked 13th in the country in the value of its agricultural receipts. Within this, tobacco is the king of cash crops for the state.
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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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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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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Winter-Spring 1994,
p24-34, il
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30716
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Along other states in the southern region, North Carolina is dealing with low per capita income for farmers. Changes to the agricultural income are due to changing population patterns, fewer farmers, fewer full-time farmers, and high cast costs. Although investments in larger farms are more, the small farms are dealing with lack of funds and interest from younger generations.
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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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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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