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Anyone who buys fertilizer and animal feed can vote Thursday, May 25, to continue or discontinue the "Nickels for Know-How" program that funds agricultural research through North Carolina State University.
Eight polling locations will be available at local agribusinesses and the Cooperative Extension office in Carthage, according to Craven Hudson, director of the Moore County Extension Service. If approved, the Nickels program will be effective for another six years. "Virtually every significant advancement in agriculture in the last 55 years has received Nickels funding at some point. Without Nickels, our College of Agriculture and Life Sciences would not be able to serve the citizens of North Carolina as well as we do," Hudson said. "It got its name from the three nickels or 15 cents per ton assessment." In addition, Nickels for Know-How provides support for fund raising efforts in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences that generate more than $30 million annually in private contributions. This represents a $75 return on every dollar invested. Among the entities supported by Nickels are the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service Foundation, the N.C. 4-H Development Fund, the N.C. Future Farmers of America Foundation, the N.C. Family and Consumer Sciences Foundation, the N.C. Dairy Foundation, the CALS Alumni and Friends Society and the JC Raulston Arboretum Board of Directors. Users of feed and fertilizer in North Carolina will vote on May 25 on whether to continue the 15-cent per ton assessment on fertilizer and animal feed produced in the state. Since 1951, the Nickels check-off has been voted on every six years and has passed in the 12 previous referenda by an average 90 percent favorable vote. Hudson said all users of feed and fertilizer are eligible to vote. He said the eight polling locations were established across the county to make voting as easy as possible. These polling places are: Carthage Farm Supply/ Southern States (US 15-501 N) in Carthage; Coastal Agribusiness Inc. at 1490 McNeill St., Carthage; Riddle Equipment on N.C. 27 East in Carthage; Green's Hardware and Supply at Robbins Crossroads; Cardinal Chemicals Inc. on N.C. 5, Aberdeen; Pinehurst Hardware at 300 N.C. 5, Pinehurst; Aberdeen Supply, 201 N. Sycamore St., Aberdeen; and the Cooperative Extension office in the Agriculture Center off Pinehurst Avenue in Carthage. |
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