Hundreds gathered along West Main Street in Faison last Saturday for the town’s annual Farmers’ Day Parade, a beloved tradition that honors Faison’s agricultural roots and unites the community. The parade celebrated the town’s agricultural heritage with vibrant displays, embodying the charm of small-town life. The festive atmosphere drew cheerful participants and excited children who eagerly […]
KENANSVILLE — Local farmer and owner of Master Blend Family Farms Ron Simmons was a presenter at the North Carolina Commodity Conference, recently held in Durham. “Being able to be a presenter at the Commodity Conference was a big deal to me because it had been in development for about a year,” said Simmons. His […]
MOUNT OLIVE – The deadline for the 2025 AgPrime Cost-Share Grant Opportunity, an initiative between the University of Mount Olive and the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, is Dec. 16 at 5 p.m. AgPrime offers an opportunity for farmers and agribusiness owners with innovative ideas to obtain grant funding for proposals of up to […]
KENANSVILLE — Fred Benton, 75, from Rose Hill, and Madelyn Sawyer, a 16-year-old from Pink Hill, recently brought home top awards in the youth and adult categories after competing in the NC State Fair’s Best of Show. Wanda Bell, NC Cooperative Extension Duplin County administrative assistant, told Duplin Journal that both artists represented the Duplin […]
CLINTON — Located on Faison Highway, only a stone’s throw from the town of Faison, the Horticultural Crops Research Station in Clinton serves as a platform for agricultural research to bring new crop opportunities and provide farmers with proven methods of growing such crops for greater yields and desirable qualities. Approximately 20 area farmers and […]
MOUNT OLIVE — Agricultural roots run deep for NC Farm Families executive director, Chad Herring. The third-generation pig farmer who raises newly-weaned pigs on his family farm in Mount Olive has been championing to educate people about the pig industry. “My uncle got nine feeder pigs in 1965 on a 4-H project and over the […]
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