The Ultimate Marketing Roadmap for Your Meat Business - a Webinar March 5, 2018
Join us Monday, March 5th as NC Choices’ hosts The Ultimate Marketing Roadmap for your Meat Business webinar featuring marketing coach and …
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Agriculture & Food
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2017 NC Cooperative Extension - Franklin County Impacts Video
Take a look at the 2017 NC Cooperative Extension – Franklin County Impacts …
February 2018 NC 4-H Horse Program Newsletter
The February 2018 NC 4-H Horse Program Newsletter is now available. Please share this information with anyone that has an interest …
2018 Candace Norman Outstanding Service Award
Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 Candace Norman Outstanding Service Award. Two winners, a youth and adult, …
Lumber and Timber Prices Are Projected to Rise With Tariffs on Canadian Lumber
Following the expiration of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA 2006) in October 2015, the softwood lumber trade dispute …
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 …
Farmers' Market Vendor Meeting
To: Franklin County Farmers’ Market Vendors From: Charles F. Mitchell, Franklin County Director Pat Walker, Farmers Market Manager As you know, it …
February 21, 2018 - Landscape Professional Workshop
The Landscape Professional Workshop will provide professional landscapers with valuable information about techniques that will help them to more …
Women in Agriculture Lunch & Learn Monthly Meetings
Are you interested in joining a very diverse, dynamic group of farm women who meet monthly to discuss issues …
4th Annual Farmers "First on Scene" Training
Farmers in the region are encouraged to participate in a new program in NC for farm families, “First on …
Industrial Hemp in North Carolina
By: William Landis, Extension Agent, Agriculture – Small Farms Agent Louisburg, N.C. – There is a new frontier in agriculture, a …
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