A persistent drought across the state could have lasting impacts on North Carolina crops. The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council reports 99 counties are in some level of drought. Last ...

North Carolina ranks second in the country for turkeys raised and first in the country for pounds of turkey produced.

COATS, N.C. (WNCN) — High temperatures and weeks of clear skies might have you wondering when it’s going to rain. But for North Carolina farmers, the impact goes even further. Honeycutt’s corn plants ...

The program is part of a disaster package approved by the North Carolina General Assembly. The package includes $311 million designated for relief for farmers. Jackie Thompson has been growing crops ...

The latest crop progress report from USDA, out Monday afternoon and covering the week through November 23, showed winter ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Deep cuts in funding for agricultural research in the United States threaten our food ...

IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — Despite some rain Thursday, a drought is creeping across the state, and corn growers in the Piedmont worry much of their crops won’t make it to harvest. Andy Gray, who operates ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- On Jackie Thompson's farm on the Wake-Franklin County line, things have changed a lot over the years. "Our area is being inundated by urbanization," Thompson says. But even as ...

Deep cuts in funding for agricultural research in the United States threaten our food supply and national security. Every American family will ultimately feel the effects of cuts to agricultural ...