FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 2009
| CONTACT: | Brian Long, director N.C. State Fair Press Office (919) 839-4662 |
Mock tobacco auction is Friday at 2 p.m. at State Fair
Troxler, Hagan will speak at event
| WHO/WHAT: | Retired auctioneers, buyers and warehousemen will demonstrate the way tobacco used to be sold in North Carolina. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and Sen. Kay Hagan will make brief remarks. |
WHEN: |
Friday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m. |
| WHERE: | Exposition Center, State Fairgrounds. (The auction will take place at the livestock show ring in the back of the building, behind the horticultural and animal exhibits.) |
| OTHER INFO: | For more than 150 years, North Carolina farmers sold tobacco at auctions. Today, auctions have been replaced by direct contracts with tobacco companies. Duke Homestead is coordinating the event. |
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