NC State Helps Homegrown Christmas Tree Farm
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Agriculture & Food
NC State Extension connects farmers, agribusinesses and communities with vital research-based information and technology. Research at NC State targets society's grand challenges. Extension delivers this research directly into the hands of North Carolinians, helping them to translate knowledge into everyday solutions.
Eligibility for NC Agriculture Disaster Assistance
Andrea Ashby | NCDA & CS | 12/5/2018 RALEIGH, N.C. – Farmers with damage and agricultural losses from Hurricane Florence …
ATTENTION! Agricultural Disaster Program
Farmers who experienced crop or livestock loss as a result of Hurricane Florence and/or Tropical Storm Michael may be …
NC Farm School : Keeping It in the Family
NC Farm School is a key resource for those who are seeking to keep land in farm production. For …
Pitting Good Mites Against Bad Mites
Steven Bradley | Southeast Farm Press | 11/18/2018 An entomologist at Clemson University’s Coastal Research and Education Center has been …
N.C. Hurricane Relief Fund Pasture Renovation & Cover Crop Seed Initiative
Michelle Lovejoy | NC Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation | Morning Ag Clips RALEIGH, N.C.–The North Carolina Farm Bureau …
Forage Management Strategies
Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. for a program entitled “Forage Management Strategies to Reduce …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
- Department of Entomology at the Vernon James Research and Extension Center
- Growing Small Farms: Sustainable Agriculture in North Carolina
- NC Agricultural Chemicals Manual
- NC Climate Data
- NC Pest News
- NCDA&CS Soil Testing Information
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Agent Newsletters
- Field Crops - Jan. 2018
- Field Crops - Spring '18
- Rucker's Ramblings - Feb. 2018
- Rucker's Ramblings - Jan. 2018
- Rucker's Ramblings - Spring '18
Farmland Preservation
- Davie County Farmland Protection Plan
- Davie County Voluntary Agricultural District Application
- Davie County Voluntary Agricultural District Ordinance
Information Portals
- Ag BioTech
- Executive Farm Management Program
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
- Horticulture
- Industrial Hemp
- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- NC Pesticide Safety Education
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- Official Variety Testing
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Agricultural and Human Sciences
- Agriculture and Resource Economics Extension
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Extension Soils Program
North Carolina 4-H Information
- Animal Science Extension
- Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
- Vernon James Research and Extension Center
- Youth
Partnerships and Organizations
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NC State Climate Office
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