Town Square: Wine and poultry power Rose Hill
Rose Hill tops the charts in pork and poultry production, sweet muscadine wine, and large cooking utensils.
Fast facts of the N.C. wine industry
North Carolina’s wine industry has been growing in production, value and popularity.
Picture this: Dutch immigrants grow a giant greenhouse empire
Over the last half-century, a Charlotte area family business has planted its stake as one of the largest suppliers of flora to big-box retail giants.
Tariffs hit tobacco growers hard
Chinese purchasing of N.C. leaf has evaporated, sending growers’ hopes up in smoke.
Retiring ag-industry promoter also leaving a $1 billion side gig
The longtime spokesman for North Carolina’s farming interests also oversees an insurance enterprise with a vast statewide reach.
Opinion: Hemp fever creates high hopes among farmers
Hemp fever has some N.C. farmers feeling better about the latest growth industry.
Hillsborough incubator dishes advice for food entrepreneurs
A Hillsborough business incubator, Piedmont Food & Agricultural Processing Center, aids success-hungry food entrepreneurs.
Research NC: Exhemplary innovation
ECU plans for the future of industrial hemp manufacturing.