The Madison County Nickels for Know-How Referendum will be held on Thursday, November 17, 2022.
Elizabeth Ayers County Extension Director said a polling place has been established in the County.

The polling location is:
1.County Extension Office at:

Madison Extension 258 Carolina Lane Marshall NC 28753

Elizabeth Ayers explained that the referendum is being held to let users and producers of feed or fertilizer decide if they wish to continue the self-assessment program. This program has been in place since 1948, and the law requires that a new referendum be held every six years.
A 2/3 favorable vote will mean that growers are willing to continue to assess themselves to support agricultural research and education. The assessment is fifteen cents per hundred pounds on feed and fertilizer produced in North Carolina.

The funds, about $1.4 million annually, are collected by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and then allocated by the NC Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc.'s 148 volunteer Board of Directors to support agricultural research and extension projects at North Carolina State University benefitting agriculture in North Carolina.

For more information on the referendum, please call your County Extension Office at 828-649-2411.