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Scott Whitford

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Ask a Farmer: Advice for New Farmers

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Ask a Farmer: Shawn Pennix

Bo Stone

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How Does Inflation Affect a Family Farm?

Brent Herring

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Ask a Farmer: How Do You Prepare For Drought?

Watermelons grow at LizCo Farms in Rocky Mount.

Food

How to Pick the Best Watermelon

Faylene Whitaker

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Ask a Farmer: What Has Been the Biggest Change in Farming?

Lee Casey

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Ask a Farmer: How Do You Plan What to Plant?

Chris Conser

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Ask a Farmer: How does your farm use technology to be more sustainable?

Doug Patterson

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What Role Does the Farmer Play in Food Safety? 

We asked egg farmer Trey Braswell of Braswell Family Farms

Animals & Livestock

Ask a Farmer: How are eggs graded, and what do the grades mean?

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Ask a Farmer: How Do You Use Livestock Antibiotics?

Animals & Livestock

Ask a Farmer: Why Are Partnerships Important in Farming?

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North Carolina Field & Family Spring 2026
Flip through the pages of the Spring 2026 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, impress your guests with creative yet easy spring holiday recipes, learn how farmers face challenges planning the future of their farmland, meet some North Carolina beef producers raising the steaks, start your engines with eight reasons to visit Richmond County, get crabby with Sheri Castle’s Deviled Crab recipe and much more.

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