USDA Supports Specialty Crops Producers With Direct Payments for Losses Due to COVID-19
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COVID-19 Daily Farmers Updates 3/21/2020
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Join N.C. Cooperative Extension in Davie County and Craig Mauney, Area Specialized Agent, Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Production, for a …
Scholarships Still Available for 2019-20
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Garden News - May 2019
Vegetable Gardens If you haven’t already planted your vegetable garden, now is a great time to do it. The soil …
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What to Do After the Disaster - Resources Green Industries
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Registration for the Produce Safety Rule Growers Training in North Carolina
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Produce Safety Rule: What Are the Compliance Dates for Farms?
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Produce Safety Rule: How Is Produce Classified?
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Second Saturday: A Celebration of Food & Community, 9am-4pm, Raleigh, NC
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The Worst Thing You Could Do to Grapes in This Unseasonable Warm Winter Weather . . .
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Fire Ant Quarantine Expanded to Graham, Halifax and Macon Counties
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Hard to Think About Winter Weeds Now, But It Is Time
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