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The North Carolina commissioner of agriculture is the head of North Carolina's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services whose main goal is providing adequate agricultural supply for the state.
The commissioner chairs the North Carolina Board of Agriculture, which has statutory authority to adopt rules for the department. [17] The department is split into 20 divisions. [ 16 ] As of December 2022, the department has 1,753 employees retained under the terms of the State Human Resources Act. [ 18 ]
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The Commissioner of Agriculture serves as head of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. [6] The North Carolina Board of Agriculture, which the commissioner chairs, is a statutory agency with its members appointed by the Governor of North Carolina. It creates rules and policies for the department. [7]
Steve W. Troxler (born 1952) is an American farmer and politician who has served as the 16th Agriculture Commissioner of North Carolina since 2005. Because of a contested election due to lost ballots in the November 2004 statewide elections, he was not sworn in until February 8, 2005.
Stances on top issues: North Carolina has been ranked No. 1 in business, but not for workers -- and Winston hopes to change that. If elected, he plans to achieve this goal by creating safer work ...
Graham was born on April 7, 1921, to James Turner and Laura Blanche Allen Graham in Cleveland, North Carolina. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Graham was raised in Rowan County, North Carolina , on a 250-acre farm where the family raised cotton, cattle and grain.