§ 106-583. Policy of State; cooperation of departments and agencies with Agricultural Extension Service. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 106‑583.  Policyof State; cooperation of departments and agencies with Agricultural ExtensionService.

It is declared to be the policy of the State of North Carolina topromote the efficient production and utilization of the products of the soil asessential to the health and welfare of our people and to promote a sound andprosperous agriculture and rural life as indispensable to the maintenance ofmaximum prosperity. For the attainment of these objectives the North CarolinaDepartment of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the School of Agriculture ofNorth Carolina College and each and every other department and agency of theState of North Carolina is hereby empowered to cooperate with the AgriculturalExtension Service and the committees authorized by this Article to provide:Development of new and improved methods of production, marketing, distribution,processing and utilization of plant and animal commodities at all stages fromthe original producer through to the ultimate consumer; development of present,new, and extended uses and markets for agricultural commodities and by‑productsas food or in commerce, manufacture or trade; introduction and breeding of newand useful agricultural crops, plants and animals, particularly those plantsand crops which may be adapted to utilization in chemical and manufacturingindustries; research, counsel and advice on new and more profitable uses of ourresources of agricultural manpower, soils, plants, animals and equipment thanthose to which they are now devoted; methods of conservation, development, anduse of land, forest, and water resources for agricultural purposes; guidance inthe design, development, and more efficient and satisfactory use of farmbuildings, farm homes, farm machinery, including the application ofelectricity, water and other forms of power; techniques relating to thediversification of farm enterprises, both as to the type of commoditiesproduced, and as to the types of operations performed, on the individual farm;and assistance in appraising opportunities for making fuller use of thenatural, human and community resources in the various counties of this State tothe end that the income and level of living of rural people be increased. (1959, c. 1177, s. 4; 1997‑261, s. 109; 1997‑443,s. 11A.118(a).)