China cuts back on major NC exports
In latest trade-war move, China slashes pork and soybean exports, directly impacting NC farmers.
Carrboro is defending its lawsuit against Duke Energy this week in North Carolina Business Court. The Orange County town seeks money from Duke related to the utility’s asserted impact on climate change.
A bill rolling back tax breaks for solar companies was approved by the House Agriculture and Environment Committee.
House committee approves a bill supporting agricultural manufacturing and another using excess tax revenue to fund grant programs for eligible farmers.
The Farm Act, SB 639, updates and reforms environmental safeguards, regulatory practices, and policies governing the state’s agricultural industry.
A report from the John Locke Foundation examines the labor shortage faced by farmers in North Carolina and ways to address it.
“Tariffs are a complicated process, and it is difficult to predict an outcome, so North Carolina’s ag industry is watching closely as discussions on trade take place.” — Steve Troxler, NC Ag commissioner
"These commonsense bills give business owners the tools they need, including greater access to capital and critical disaster aid, which will help them recover and grow."- US Sen. Thom Tillis
The North Carolina Supreme Court must decide whether three challenged conditions in state animal waste permits are state government rules. If so, those conditions would be thrown out because they didn’t go through the state’s rulemaking process.
The $25 million is part of a total of $340.6 million that the USDA will distribute to farmers and farming communities across the country that have been impacted by natural disasters.
A new report from the John Locke Foundation outlines obstacles and policy solutions to using natural gas to create a path to a zero-emissions future.
"I think that China will come to the negotiating table sooner rather than later, but the temporary reaction will be very tough and difficult and probably be a little bit depressing to our tobacco farmers." NC Rep. Jimmy Dixon