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Farmers head to Raleigh <br />http://www,hendersonvillenews.com/news/news.asp?ID=1249 <br />pace, m <br />want to <br />pen <br />FREE <br />person <br />e-card . <br />March 13, 2001 <br />k Farmers head to Raleigh <br />+� ,.. <br />fFbr Rc�6ro By Jim Wooldridge <br />Times -News Staff Writer <br />March 12, 2001 <br />�M,�nafrt� �alpr�dd� ` Y <br />At least 12 members of the Henderson Count Farm Bureau will join <br />about 800 others in Raleigh on Tuesday for an all -day meeting with <br />the General Assembly. <br />a� lum"t <br />"We're 'not going to push an new issues," said count resident Larry <br />g g P Y Y P <br />The trend continued between 1992 and 1997, when the state lost an <br />additional 781,500 acres of farm and forest to bulldozers and paving <br />machines. <br />At the same time, the average age of Tar Heel farmers increased to <br />nearly 60 years. Young men and women are discouraged from <br />making agriculture a career, the bureau said, because of low profits, <br />1 of 2 3/13/20018:25 AM <br />