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Laurie Buckhout: “Agriculture is North Carolina's biggest industry.”

Featuring: Laurie Buckhout, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House North Carolina, District 1

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Morning Show - Laurie Buckhout

Published | Video Starts at 05:23

One of the things that I saw in looking during my research for you is that you are very committed to agriculture, especially in the area that you represent in North Carolina. Speak a little bit about that if you would please. Agriculture is North Carolina's biggest industry. I grew up on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley, a Hereford Angus farm in Waynesboro, Virginia. So small southern town, very much like the town we've ended up in in Edenton, N.C. were surrounded by cotton, soybean, peanut fields. (05:23–05:27)

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Asserts that agriculture is the largest industry in North Carolina.

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