Source: WILKES JOURNAL-PATRIOT, 8/19/20


On a North Carolina map with each county one of six shades of green to show levels of agricultural cash receipts in 2018, Wilkes is the only dark green county (at least $200 million, the highest) in the western quarter of the state. Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service Director John Cothren shared the map during a Wilkes Economic Development Corp. (EDC) board meeting Friday morning and said he likes the way Wilkes stands out in such graphics. Cothren is a member of the EDC board.

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