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31659
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United States Senator Sam Ervin discusses the importance of North Carolina agriculture and identifies developments that threaten it. Ervin also highlights important business and trade elements that provide services to sustain farm operations, and the state’s flue cured tobacco market.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 6 Issue 3, Mar 1974, p6-7, il
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17760
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North Carolina has a varied foundation of soils to provide a varied foundation for agricultural practices in the state.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 5, Oct 2012, p140-142, 144-152, f Periodical Website
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27323
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To improve the sustainability of its farming methods, residents of Asheville are exploring the uses of aquaponics. The technique combines aquaculture which is fish farming and hydroponics which is growing plants in water. Aquaponics is a method which uses nutrient-rich water provided by fish and their waste to help grow plants which then recycle the clean water back to the fish. Aquaponics uses 90 percent less water than traditional soil farming and prevents the damaging of soil and waterways.
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17759
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E. B. Harris is invaluable when it comes to the sale of agricultural products in northeastern North Carolina. When it comes to the auctioning of cows, farm equipment, or corn in Warren County, no one knows it or does it better.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 5, Oct 2012, p120-126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, f Periodical Website
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