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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.
Who will be North Carolina’s next agriculture commissioner? Get to know the candidates looking for your vote with our voter guide. Democrat Sarah Taber, candidate for NC agriculture commissioner ...
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 ]
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.
On election day, Troxler won a fifth term as Agriculture Commissioner. He won 53.9% of the statewide vote, a slightly smaller percentage than he received in 2016, when he won 55.6%. Despite this, Troxler still won the largest percentage of the vote of statewide candidate in North Carolina in 2020.
Here’s the latest list of candidates in the 2024 elections who want to be North Carolina’s next governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general and serve in other statewide races.
Two candidates want to take on the role, which is responsible for overseeing and enforcing agricultural, food safety and environmental regulations.. Two candidates aim to oust NC’s longtime ...