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Agriculture, agribusiness exceeds $111.1B in economic impact - Agriculture - The Black Chronicle

(The Center Square) – Growing by nearly $8 billion, agriculture and agribusiness have an economic impact of $111.1 billion in North Carolina, the state agriculture commissioner says. The analysis is from Dr. Mike Walden, an N.C. State University economist who used data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service and other multipliers. […]

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