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Apr 29, 2020 · Agriculture and Textiles Lesson Plan, State Archives of North Carolina. Additional Resources and Primary Sources: N.C. Department of Agriculture. North Carolina Century Farms: 100 Years of Continuous Agricultural Heritage. 1989.
- Agriculture
Agriculture has been a principal component of North...
- Famine to Prosperity
By Tim Saenger, North Carolina State University, 2013. Food,...
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- By The Numbers
- Fewer Farms, Greater Dedication
- Resiliency: Covid-19 and Beyond
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Services(USDA-NASS) started collecting data on the national dairy cow inventory in 1867 and milk production in 1924. Based on that data, milk cow inventory in North Carolina hit a record high in 1945 with 400,000 cows. As of 2019, that number has dropped to 44,000 — a record low ...
In 2013, North Carolina had about 250 Grade A commercial dairy operations that shipped fluid milk through cooperatives. Today there are about 140. Reid Smith, the owner of Red Acres Farm in Davidson County and president of the North Carolina Dairy Producers Association, believes this might have something to do with how people consume dairy these da...
According to Smith and Whitmire, 2017 and 2018 were tough years with milk prices, but 2020 was shaping up to be a turnaround year for dairy farmers. “We had gone through a period of time where we had some relatively low prices in 2017 and ’18. And 2019 was trending up, and it looked like we were going to have a good year here in 2020. But that’s th...
As Smith said, he takes great pride in knowing that dairy farmers like himself, the Jordans, Gibson and Sparks, are feeding families. It’s at the core of why they do what they do. And they want consumers to know that milk and dairy products can actually be nutritious snacks. An 8-ounce glass of 2% milk is only 122 calories and contains 8 grams of p...
Aug 18, 2017 · During the 1910s, tractors were not yet fixtures on North Carolina farms, and “horsepower” literally meant power provided by horses and mules. During the war, however, it was thought that tractors could make North Carolina farmers more efficient and productive.
Hard times hit North Carolina’s farmers before the Great Depression of the 1930s even began. In the 1920s, North Carolina was still very much a rural state. Half of its total population lived on working farms. Agriculture was its largest industry.
After 1900, in areas of North Carolina where farms were changing from row crops to livestock (primarily the Piedmont and western regions), some farmers with milk surpluses started regular dairy routes. These routes gave farmers ready cash each month rather than forcing them to wait for the annual row crop harvest.
Jan 6, 2022 · By the time rice and Sea Island cotton-growing assured the prosperity of South Carolina in the 1700s, North Carolina still remained an inconspicuous home for plain farmers who were neither rich ...
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Jul 22, 2022 · This UNC undergraduate thesis details conditions of North Carolina agriculture from 1915 to 1940, North Carolina's attempts to solve agricultural problems, and information about African Americans and agriculture. It also contains general information about North Carolina, education, and the Great Depression. Includes a bibliography.
