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You Decide: Should We Use Incentives to Attract Firms?

2022

Sep 23, 2022

You Decide: Is the Social Safety Net a Spring Board or a Cushion?

There are few public issues that create more debate than the social safety net. What is it and how does it affect North Carolina’s economy? 
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Sep 12, 2022

Gutierrez-Li on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act

An excerpt from a recent NBC News article in which Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist Alejandro Gutierrez-Li discusses the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. 
aerial image of tractor plowing a field

Sep 9, 2022

ABM Alumnus Navigates His Career With Precision

Justin O'Ferrell, precision agronomist for Nutrien Ag Solutions, reflects on his journey through the Ag Business Management program and to his current career. 
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Sep 8, 2022

Food costs up 10% in a year, but immigration reform might help, some experts say

The National Desk speaks to experts, including Assistant Professor Alejandro Gutierrez-Li, about the effects of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act on food costs. 
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Aug 29, 2022

NCSFMRA Members Tour Shenandoah Valley Agriculture

A field report on this year's North Carolina Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers summer tour, written by Assistant Extension Professor Andrew Branan. 
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Aug 26, 2022

Can You Trim Your Neighbor’s Tree? NC Law About Trees, Damage and Property

Lawyer and Extension Assistant Professor Andrew Branan speaks with the News and Observer to offer his expert opinion on property laws in North Carolina. 

Aug 26, 2022

You Decide: Will We Have the First Full Employment Recession?

Recessions have multiple factors that go into defining them, but what happens when some traditional metrics don’t measure up? Economist Mike Walden looks at the current numbers and what they mean for us. 
hills in western NC

Aug 23, 2022

Yuyuan Che Wins AAEA Graduate Student Paper Competition

An ARE postdoc research scholar is recognized for her paper assessing peer effects in conservation technology adoption. 
Truck roars past grain silos and wet fields in Pasquotank County.

Aug 15, 2022

No-Till Farming Study Shows Benefit to Midwestern Land Values

Analysis quantifies monetary land value benefits of environmentally friendly practice. 

Aug 12, 2022

You Decide: Should We Use Incentives to Attract Firms?

Incentives are often used in attracting businesses to states. What is entailed in these packages, and how do they work?