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Fibrowatt might choose Surry County for new power plant

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

The public can learn more about Fibrowatt USA, a company planning to build a renewable-energy power-generating plant in North Carolina, when the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service hosts a “community open house” from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Surry County Extension Service’s office, 210 N. Main in Dobson. It’s no secret that […]

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Tags: Agriculture · Businesses · Economic development · Utilities

Wayne Farms earns top food-service industry award

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Wayne Farms LLC, the fourth-largest vertically integrated poultry producer in the United States, has once again earned the Vendor Improvement Process (VIP) Cornerstone Award from Gordon Food Service, North America’s largest privately held food-service distributor. The award is the highest honor Gordon gives to its vendors. “The VIP Cornerstone Award is one of the most […]

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Drought eases in Surry County; other areas remain parched

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Three days of rain last week moved Surry County into the category of “moderate drought” (D1) on the weekly State Drought Monitor map posted Thursday by the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council. More than half of the state’s counties remain locked in the D3 (extreme drought) or D4 (exceptional) categories on the newest Drought […]

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Tags: Agriculture · Economic development · Utilities

It’s time! Viticulture students will sell their wine

September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Surry Community College’s Viticulture and Enology program has improved the quality and quantity of wine its students produce. Now it’s time to increase their wines’ distribution. The “Surry Cellars” wines were poured at wine festivals for the first time this year. The viticulture program this fall will market seven 2006 wines to retail outlets including […]

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Tags: Agriculture · Businesses · Education · Wines and vines

Surry among 85 N.C. counties in “disaster area’

September 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Gov. Mike Easley announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted his request to have 85 North Carolina counties, including Surry, designated as disaster areas due to the ongoing drought in North Carolina. Under USDA rules, 11 contiguous counties were also included in the disaster declaration. The declaration makes low-interest Emergency Disaster Loans available […]

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Celebrate agriculture in Surry County on Saturday

September 10th, 2007 · No Comments

“Celebrating Agriculture,” the second annual festival to honor agricultural producers in Surry County, will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, in Fisher River Park near Dobson. The event has been organized by the Surry County Center of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service. “Our goal is to bring recognition to these stewards of the land […]

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The Crumb Stash bakes all-natural products

August 10th, 2007 · No Comments

The Crumb Stash, a bakery near Shelton Vineyards off Snow Hill Church Circle southwest of Dobson, not only produces all-natural products, it does so with recipes that have stayed the same since the 1800s. “We use no preservatives, no chemicals. We use raw sugar. I have health problems, as a lot of people do, and […]

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It’s not all peachy

August 1st, 2007 · No Comments

As many peach lovers feared, and growers already knew, North Carolina’s peach trees couldn’t recover from the impact of last spring’s Easter weekend freeze. North Carolina peach production will be in the pits for 2007. (It was too hard to resist the pun, but this really is no laughing matter.) The National Agricultural Statistics Service […]

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Golden leaf loses some luster

August 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Several reports about tobacco production and prices appeared this week. Despite, or because of, the federal tobacco buyout, tobacco production remains big business in Surry County, but prices are falling while production rises. Richard Davis, writing today in Carolina-Virginia Farmer, says the 47th annual Summary of Agricultural Prices by the National Agricultural Statistics Service shows […]

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There’s green in that greenery

August 1st, 2007 · No Comments

The Winston-Salem Journal today reports the total 2006 wholesale value of all floriculture crops for North Carolina producers with $10,000 or more in annual sales is estimated at $202.5 million, up about 9.5 percent from 2005. North Carolina sales rank 6th in the country behind California, Florida, Michigan, Texas and New York. A total of […]

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Tags: Agriculture