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Tag: NC Farm Bureau

Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Mental Health

Hurricane Dorian thrashes farmer’s tobacco crop

by Greg Barnes September 6, 2019September 9, 2019

By Greg Barnes Shortly after sunrise today, Brunswick County farmer Jody Clemmons left his house to survey the damage Hurricane Dorian caused to his tobacco and soybean crops in fields near the coast. What he found was expected, and heartbreaking, for a farmer who has now endured three hurricanes in four growing seasons. Dorian brought […]

A field of corn that's leaning over with pines trees behind it.
Posted inFeatured

For one Brunswick County farmer, it feels like hurricanes “have become the new norm”

by Greg Barnes September 5, 2019April 13, 2021
Posted inHealth Insurance

Lawmakers move forward on small business health plan bill

by Rose Hoban August 9, 2019August 14, 2019
A collapsed barn with trees behind it and a yellow lab to the left of the photo
Posted inRural Health

As mental health needs rise among farmers, experts are reaching out

by Taylor Knopf February 27, 2019March 3, 2022
shows an auditorium with a capacity crowd filling the seats
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Proposed changes in hog farm permit rankle farmers, leave environmentalists calling for more

by Greg Barnes February 21, 2019February 20, 2019
Older white man wearing shorts and a baseball cap holds a beer and looks at a building in ruins.
Posted inMental Health

Mental Health Concerns as Florence Ruins Farms, Crops, Harvests

by Taylor Knopf November 13, 2018September 6, 2022

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