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Agriculture Building Physical Address:                          Main Mailing Address:                  
2 West Edenton Street                                                               1001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27601                                                                       Raleigh, NC 27699-1001
 

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The Ag Disaster Hotline is active during agricultural disasters such as hurricanes. This hotline is to connect farmers with resources that can assist with damage and other agricultural emergencies related to the storm. The toll-free number is 1-866-645-9403. 

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For questions call 919-707-3002
 

View inspection reports through our license search

  1. Chose Veterinary - Animal Welfare for License Group
  2. Choose License Type
  3. Enter facility name or choose county under the advanced search options
  4. Click details under the facility's name and then choose attachments 


View notices of violations, civil penalties and violations 
Submit an application for an animal shelter or boarding facility: 
File a complaint 


Animal Abuse and animal cruelty: The Animal Welfare Section only has authority over animals in a shelter, pet shop or boarding facility. Animal breeders are also not covered under the Animal Welface Act enforced by the Animal Welfare Section. For mistreatment or abuse of privately owned animals contact your local animal control department. If your county has no Animal Control contact the local law enforcement in your county. These entities would have jurisdiction in this type of abuse.


For questions call 919-707-3250
 

For questions about open burning laws and rules, or for questions about a burn in your area, please contact your county forest ranger.

To apply for a burn permit go to https://apps.ncagr.gov/burnpermits/

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Century Farm Program honors farms that have been in continuous family ownership for 100 years. 

View farms by county

Century Farm application

Bicentennial Farm Program

 Visit https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/veterinary/ncvdl

For questions call 919-733-3986

The N.C. Department of Revenue should be able to answer your tax questions. Their phone number is 1-877-252-3052.
To register for a farm tax number from the Dept. of Revenue. Go to this link - http://www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/impnotice062514_2.pdf  




 

Fuel Quality issues https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/standards/standards-fuel-quality-progra…; – contact the Fuel Quality Lab  984-236-4777

Dispenser issues – https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/standards/standards-weights-and-measures contact the Weights and Measures Program 984-236-4750

Information on the Got to Be NC Program -  https://gottobenc.com/

Become a member - https://gottobenc.com/members/member-sign-up/

For questions call 919-707-3100

Information on the Got to Be NC Festival - https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/ncstatefair/got-be-nc-festival

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) no longer offers registration services for hemp processors. This change is due to the fact that the State of North Carolina no longer possesses the regulatory authority to oversee or administer a regulatory system for the licensing or regulation of hemp producers and processors. As a result, individuals or entities seeking to engage in hemp processing must now refer to federal guidelines outside of the state Department of Agriculture’s authority.

Information on the program, including requirements and the application can be found at www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/hemp/information-producers.

More info: https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/plant-industry/hemp-nc

 

Starting a home-based food business - https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/food-drug-protection/food-program/food-…

For questions call 984-236-4820 or email homeprocessing@ncagr.gov

This is the NCDHHS Housing and Home Improvement Assistance in the Division of Aging and Adult Services. Their number is 919-855-3400.

Small animals (dogs and cats) - Please see the Division of Public Health for questions about rabies, interstate movement of dogs or cats or small animal health certificates.

 

Horses and Livestock - Visit the USDA website at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/animal_import/animal_imports_states.shtml for answers to questions on the requirements for health certificates for any of the 50 states. It is strongly recommended that you confirm those requirements by calling the individual state of destination. The phone numbers for each state may be obtained by selecting the state of destination web link.

 

Information https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/veterinary/poultry/NPIP

For questions call 919-707-3250

General information - https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/ncstatefair

For questions call 919-821-7400  or email ncstatefair@ncagr.gov.

On-grounds public safety assistance - 919-612-6767

General information - https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/licensing-and-certification

For questions or if additional assistance is required, please contact the NCDA&CS Pesticide Section at NCPesticideCredit@ncagr.gov or 984-236-4575.    

Use our license search to check credits:

  1. Select License Group from drop down menu

  2. Select License Type from drop down menu

  3. Search by name or license number

  4. View license details to check expiration date, recertification date and credit totals

Application - https://www.ncagr.gov/veterinary/lsscrapieapp/open

For questions call 919-707-3250

General information: https://www.ncagr.gov/Divisions/Agronomic-Services/soil-testing

For questions call 919-664-1603

This program is not managed through the NC Department of Agriculture. It is a USDA program that is administered locally through NCDHHS. Here is the link to the USDA site - https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program…
 

 More information-  https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/food-drug-protection/food-program/food/starting-food-business

Restaurants are inspected by county health inspection services.

For questions call  - 984-236-4820  

More information: https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/nc-forest-service

For questions contact: (919) 857-4801