Siler City

The Biden-Harris administration announced plans to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips and its factory in Marcy, New York.

Just 81,000 people live in rural Chatham County in North Carolina, where there are more than 1,000 farms. But life is changing.

One of the country's largest chicken producers is expanding its footprint in North Carolina. Delaware-based Mountaire Farms held a grand opening this week…