Equine Workshop
Join us on Monday, April 8, 2019, at 6 p.m. at the Thoroughbred Training Center (TTC). Registration Deadline is Monday, …
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.
Is Hemp the Same Thing as Marijuana?
There is confusion over the differences between marijuana, hemp, industrial hemp, and CBD hemp. What are they? What is …
Where Are We With Chlorpyrifos?
Brad Haire | 2/11/2019 | Southeast Farm Press Chlorpyrifos has been in limbo since last summer. For now, growers who …
NCDA&CS Food and Drug Information on CBD
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is sending out letters next week to manufacturers and retailers who …
New Pesticide Available for Use Against Spotted Wing Drosophila in Blackberries and Raspberries for 2019
Exirel Insecticide (FMC Corporation) has recently received an expanded federal label which includes use in caneberries against spotted wing …
Are You a Landowner Interested in Working With Beginning Meat Producers? We Need You!
NC Choices launches a new USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher grant focused on increasing the number of beginning farmers …
Blueberry Production Workshop
If you are interested in blueberry production, this workshop is for you. Come on out and gain knowledge and …
Field Crop Winter Newsletter
Below are links to Marsha’s Winter Newsletter and the results for the Corn Plot and the Soybean Variety Trial …
Annual ECA Soup Lunch
Join us Wednesday for a great lunch spread with different soups made by our Extension and Community Association members. …
ATTENTION! Agricultural Disaster Program
Farmers who experienced crop or livestock loss as a result of Hurricane Florence and/or Tropical Storm Michael may be …
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 FarmLink
- 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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