N.C. Forest Service (NCFS) Richmond County Ranger Brandon Van Buren has been named recipient of the 2025 State Forester’s Prescribed Burning Award. Van Buren began his NCFS career as an assistant county ranger in Anson County in 2014.
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Starting Aug.1, county governments and conservation nonprofit groups may apply for grant funding from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation projects.
“We are certainly tickled to be selected as a regional hub,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services – Plant Industry Division is encouraging farmers statewide to inspect their fields for the presence of tropical spiderwort
Eleven stores in eight counties were fined by the N.C.
NC Halal in Mount Olive is voluntarily recalling all whole lamb carcasses that were processed on June 25, 2025 due to inadequate processing records.
RALEIGH – The N.C. Board of Agriculture will hold a meeting Tuesday, July 8, at 1:30 p.m. at the Martin Building at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.
The N.C. Forest Service will begin accepting orders Tuesday, July 1, for its annual tree seedling sale. With an average annual production of 10 million seedlings, the NCFS Nursery Program produces enough native and genetically improved tree seedlings to plant roughly 18,700 acres of land.
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has confirmed an established presence of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in Caldwell County.