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From left, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, Graham Boyd, executive vice-president of the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina (TGANC); and Jonathan Renn, a Franklin County tobacco farmer and incoming TGANC president, check out an early 1900s Oliver grain drill that Troxler restored. The three are shown at the commissioner’s Browns Summit, N.C. farm. The 2020 crop was the smallest tobacco acreage planted in North Carolina in 150 years.
North Carolina tobacco is coming off one of the most challenging years it as ever seen, but there is hope on the horizon.
That’s one point both North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and Graham Boyd, executive vice-president of the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina, drove home in an interview with
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From left, Graham Boyd, executive vice-president of the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina (TGANC); Jonathan Renn, a Franklin County tobacco farmer and incoming TGANC president; and North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler check out the 1943 John Deere tractor the commissioner restored. The three were discussing tobacco issues at Troxler’s Browns Summit, N.C. farm. Troxler was elected to his fifth term as North Carolina agriculture commissioner with 2,901,849 votes, the most of any candidate on the ballot.
Of all the candidates on the Nov. 3 General Election ballot in North Carolina, none received more votes than Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler.
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COLUMBUS â A farm vision focused on animal welfare, regenerative land practices, and rural revival will be the focus of a keynote address by fourth-generation cattleman Will Harris at the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Associationâs (OEFFA) 42nd annual conference, Our Time: Essential Links in a Strong Food Chain.
In his Feb. 10 keynote address, presented by Turner Farm, âRegenerating Land with Livestock,â Harris will describe how the farmâs holistic, polyculture production system for 10 species of livestock, zero-waste model, and on-farm meat processing have made White Oak Pastures the largest private employer in the county, while regenerating the land.
âOur farm is creating more in terms of organic matter in the soil and microbial biodiversity than it is depleting,â Harris, who has been called a âcarbon cowboy,â told PR Newswire. âThis shows that it is possible for humans to positively contribute to the environment through our food