Plastic Mulch Layer Demonstration
A Plastic Mulch Layer is now available for rent to residents of Franklin, Warren, Granville, and Vance counties through …
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2019 NC Farm School Has Arrived
NC Farm School business training has returned in 2019 to Eastern North Carolina and has a new location in …
Visit NC Farms Smartphone App Survey
Visit NC Farms mobile phone app supports farms through tourism. Is your farm included? Currently, this is a free marketing …
2018 Southern Regional 4-H Horse Show Results
The NC 4-H Horse Program was well represented across all divisions at the recent Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships …
Conservation Reserve Program Signup
WASHINGTON — Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce reminded producers today that the deadline to sign up for …
Plastic Mulch Layer
Plastic Mulch Layer The plastic mulch layer has arrived and is available to rent by producers in Franklin, Warren, Granville, …
NC Hemp Field Day
On Monday, August 6, 2018, NC State University will present an intensive Industrial Hemp Training event including in-depth information …
July 2018 NC 4-H Horse Program Newsletter
The July 2018 NC 4-H Horse Program Newsletter is now available. This issue features all the winners of the NC …
Learn More About Local Meat Davidson County Cooperative Extension | Fall 2018
Davidson County Cooperative Extension along with NC Choices presents a Fall Local Meat Series for consumers about how to handle and …
Forage Management Strategies to Reduce Fescue Toxicity Workshops
The Amazing Grazing Pasture-Based Livestock Education Program has four workshops planned which focus on forage management strategies to reduce …
2018 Corn Field Day
The 2018 Franklin County Cooperative Extension Corn Field Day will take place Thursday, August 2, 2018, at 6:00 p.m., …
August 8, 2018 Eastern NC Nursery Field Day
Registration is available now for the nursery grower field day at Castle Hayne on August 8: The field day will be located at the Horticultural Crops Research Station …
Native Bees in the Landscape
BY: Colby Griffin, Horticulture Extension Agent There are many important native pollinators within your home landscape. One you may not …
Visit NC Farms App Interest Meetings Scheduled
NEWS RELEASE July 16, 2018 Paul Westfall | (919) 603-1350/paul_westfall@ncsu.edu Visit NC Farms App Interest Meetings Oxford, NC – Farmers and Agritourism business …
Med Instead of Meds Class Series
Med Instead of Meds, a series of Informational/Cooking Classes, led by Dominque Simon, Family & Consumer Science Agent, will …
2018 Strawberry Festival Recipes
Here’s a link to some delicious recipes from the 2018 Franklin County Strawberry Festival Recipe Contest competition, that took …
2018 NC State University Tobacco Tour
Registration is now open for the 2018 NCSU Tobacco Tour, scheduled to take place Monday, July 23 – Tuesday, July …
Cucumber Downy Mildew on the Move- Confirmed in Wilson & Sampson Counties, NC
Cucurbit downy mildew was reported this week in commercial cucumber fields in Wilson and Sampson Counties. Symptoms were typical …
Small Scale Poultry Seminar
Small Scale Poultry Grower Regional Seminar Producing Safe, Healthy Poultry Meat, Farm to Table Thursday, May 24, 2018 NC Cooperative Extension Franklin County …
Aquaponics Short-Course
Aquaponics Short Course, March 7, New Bern Convention Center. Designed to provide entrepreneurs research based technical training in the fundamentals …
2018 North Carolina Aquaculture Development Conference
March 8-10, 2018 – North Carolina Aquaculture Development Conference New Bern, NC This conference is designed to bring together the general …
February 13, 2018 Eastern NC Nursery Conference Registration Available Now
This educational conference will focus on commercial ornamental nursery production. Pre-registration $25 if postmarked by Feb. 6, 2017 is …
Freshwater Flooding Performance of Container Grown Ornamentals
During the fall of 2016 following Hurricane Matthew, numerous nurseries in eastern NC experienced flooding of both container and …
Managing Storm and Disaster Damage in Landscapes and Nurseries
This excellent resource has been compiled by Anthony LeBude, Extension Nursery Specialist. It includes information about plant sensitivity to …
NC Green Industry Hurricane Matthew Recovery Resources
Thanks to the NC Nursery and Landscape Association for pulling this information together! NC Green Industry – Hurricane Matthew Recovery …
Maple Nursery IPM Update
I had several questions related to problems with maples last week. In the process I noticed damage from maple …
What Is Azalea Leafminer? Nursery Pest Alert!
May 18, 2016 While visiting eastern NC nurseries last week an insect called the azalea leafminer, Caloptilia azaleella, was mentioned. The …
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