August 12, 2009 | Story by: Hal Goodtree | Categories: Agriculture
Soybeans growing tall in Cary. Staff photo by Hal Goodtree
CaryCitizen is pleased to report that the soybean crop is looking good at farms across western Cary.
With all the subdivisions and mixed-use developments, it’s sometimes hard to imagine that Cary ever was a farm town. In fact, it still is.
A couple of dozen small farms still dot the town, mostly toward the west. Where cotton and tobacco used to grow, farmers cultivate strawberries, corn and more.
So it’s good to see the soybeans thriving at the crossroads of Carpenter-Upchurch and Louis Stephens Roads. Let’s hope agriculture continues be a part of our community.
Special thanks to the Johnston County Nursery Marketing Association and Tim Britton at NCSU for identifying the crop.
Matt Young
August 13, 2009 at 11:00 am
Great picture…not long ago, you could drive out of my neighborhood in Preston along Davis Drive and see nothing but farmland!
Vickie Maxwell
August 13, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Thanks for documenting this plot of land. It won’t be long before it’s nothing but a memory.
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