Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Fowl Work: Perdue Chicken Farmers Have Beef
Record #:
25585
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Abstract:
In 1982, Chicken sales grosses $422 million in North Carolina. But many of the state’s 2,200 growers reaped incomes that averaged less than the minimum wage. A the same time, state agricultural officials say the poultry industry is good for the state, which is now the nation’s fourth largest producer of broiler chickens.
Source:
Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 2 Issue 9, May 11-24 1984,
p1, 6-7, il
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