Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 11/26/19

North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler has announced he will seek his fifth term of office. Troxler heads up the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the largest of any Council of State agency in terms of employment with a budget of $275 million annually. This year the budget swelled to over $600 million as the Department administered a legislatively-budgeted disaster relief program for farm families and delivered more than $80 million in Department of Agriculture and Department of Defense funds.

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