Turkey Show Tips From the Girls Who Know
The 2019 Youth Market Turkey Show is just around the corner and youth all over the state are preparing …
Agriculture & Food
Extension and research at NC State address timely issues impacting our state. Extension delivers trusted information directly into the hands of farmers and agribusinesses, helping them translate knowledge into solutions that grow our economy and communities.
Are You Prepared for Wildfire
This week the Drought Monitor map indicates that large portions of North Carolina are drying out. Even after a …
Farm Crisis Assistance for Farmers
The past few years have been especially hard on farmers, with drought, flooding, fires, tariffs and related market instability …
Gatesville Plow Day Announced
Gatesville Plow Day at Jubilant Fields March 16, 2019 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jubilant Fields, 701 Court St., Gatesville, NC 27938 For …
Guidance for Industry: Evaluating the Safety of Flood-Affected Food Crops for Human Consumption
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided guidance for situations under which farms may be affected by flooding …
Grain Bin Dangers
You can die in a grain bin in less than 60 seconds. Watch how quickly something can happen. See below …
Master Gardeners Announce Scholarship
The Chowan, Gates and Perquimans County Volunteer Master Gardeners are proud to announce The Katherine G. Shook Master Gardener …
Commercial Poultry Grower Meetings
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Industrial Hemp Meting
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Registration for the Produce Safety Rule Growers Training in North Carolina
This one-day training course on the Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) standardized curriculum is for produce growers. This course meets the regulatory requirements …
Produce Safety Rule: How Is Produce Classified?
Within the scope of FSMA’s Produce Safety Rule, produce is defined as any fruit or vegetable (including mixes of …
The Disaster Handbook
The University of Florida produced this manual which describes responses to many of the issues farming communities may encounter …
Food Safety With Flooded Food Crops & Marketing Assessments
We are receiving questions on how to assess and management crops that are still in the fields when the …
Dinner’s Ready!
The Make Ahead Freezer Meal Workshop Series with Helen Eure, Cooperative Extension Director If your family is always on the go between …
Update for Bollworm / Earworm Management in Soybean and Cotton
Reports have come in on spray failures in some limited spots of pyrethroids over soybeans and cotton for bollworm/earworm. …
Insecticide Spray Considerations for Worms in Cotton, Sorghum and Soybean
I have heard a lot of concern about worms (bollworm, fall armyworm, soybean looper, etc.) in our crops this …
Vegetable Chapter, Extension Gardener Handbook, Now Available on-Line
Vegetable Gardening, Chapter 16 of the Extension Gardener Handbook Now available for free on line Everything you need to know to grow vegetables …
How to Avoid a Stink Bug Disaster in Corn
Stink bug pressure is already heavy this year. A lot of seedling injury has been reported (see previous article). …
Planting Cotton Late
Please see the latest news from Dr. Keith Edmisten, Professor of Crop Science & Extension Cotton Specialist and Dr. …
Poor Quality Corn Could Be From Seedling Insect Pests
Over the past two weeks, there have been a flood of reports of seedling insect pests of corn. I’ve …
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