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Yes, i have to say i do remember when mules pulled sleds through the tobacco fields.... even when we had tractors, mules were still used when it was too wet to put a tractor in the fields...they seemed so huge when i was small!
09/09/2010
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This is such an amazing picture!  it looks like it was taken out west, but actually i took the pic in Lowgap, NC.  The sky was a great backdrop - i had to stop the car and climb up a hill and lean over a barbed wire fence - but the horses were very curious so I had no problem keeping their atten...
06/17/2010
04/06/2010
Thursday night we had a great time being a sponsor of this yearly event.  It starts at 6pm and any farmer and family can come out to have a great meal, win a door prize and listen to some great entertainment. This year they served about 800 folks! The folks at Farm Bureau Insurance gave away some...
04/06/2010
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Number of farms in the U.S.: 2.20 million; up from 2.09 million in 2006 Total farmland acreage: 921.5 million acres; down from 925.8 million acres in 2006 Average farm size: 418 acres; down from 443 acres in 2006 Texas leads the nation in farm acreage, with 130.4 million acres   
02/03/2010
.... IT DEPENDS... don't you hate that answer? The latest info from Chris Goss, Chief Appraiser for Carolina Farm Credit says that while it appears to be a straight forward question, developing the answer isn't. Chris says that a recent study completed by the USDA states that farm values in North...
12/23/2009
Everyone has an opinion on this - but what do the experts say? The main cause is neglecting to pump out the tank every one to three years. This prevents the normal filtering of wastewater that enters the drain field and the whole system backs up. Two other causes are excessive water use over shor...
10/26/2009
Of course you don't want to add more expense to your closing cost total - but a survey is propably one of the most important things you can spend your money on - especially in the country!   the 33 acre property my buyer has under contract was part of a family farm. The son was given 5 acres to b...
10/10/2009
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