( May 18, 2026, 3:14 PM EDT) -- WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina federal magistrate judge dismissed a tobacco farmer’s suit against his crop insurer after the farmer failed to respond to a show-cause order issued when the court lifted a stay after the U.S. Department of Agriculture denied the farmer’s request for a Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC) noncompliance determination....