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Under the commissioner are a chief deputy commissioner responsible for administration and assistant commissioners responsible for consumer protection, agricultural services, Western North Carolina agriculture programs, and the North Carolina Forest Service. [8] The department is split into 20 divisions. [6]
Farm Bureau office in Pinckney, Michigan 1935 FDR remarks for the American Farm Bureau Federation on agriculture during the Great Depression. The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), more informally called the American Farm Bureau (AFB) or simply the Farm Bureau, is a United States–based 501(c)(5) tax-exempt agricultural organization and lobbying group. [1]
The company was later renamed to Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company in 1938. [8] With growth, came a need for the expansion of office space. In 1936, the company moved into the 246 Building at 246 N. High Street in Columbus. By 1943, Farm Bureau Mutual operated in 12 states and the District of Columbia. Even with the tripling of space in the ...
Thousands of farms and more than $600 million in crop production value sat in Helene’s path through North Carolina, according to an analysis from the American Farm Bureau.
A battle with a long history. To document the health of his chickens, Watts invited members of the animal rights group Compassion in World Farming to his farm in southeastern North Carolina in May ...
A Nash County sweet potato farm has been fined over $187,000 following the death of one of its workers last year, the N.C. Department of Labor reported Monday.
Henry Nelson Pope (1859-1956) was president of the Texas Farmers Union; in 1916, he testified before the United States Congress. National Farmers Union (officially Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America) is a national federation of state Farmers Union organizations in the United States.
In 1990, NCGA facilitated their first cohort of 400 visa holders, which more than doubled the previous year's number of guest workers in North Carolina. By 1990, they received approval for more than 10,000 workers. [3] In 2001, investigations of 24 NCGA members found workplace safety violations affecting 215 workers.