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There is confusion over the differences between marijuana, hemp, industrial hemp, and CBD hemp. What are they? What is …
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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 …
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What else can you do with hops besides brew beer? For regional growers, the question is, what other markets …
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I found male flowers last year in fields that were started with clones from female mother plants and with …
Great Article in the Feb. 10 2019 edition of the Lenoir News About NC FarmLink
Thank you Seth Nagy, County Director of the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Caldwell County Center, for submitting a great article to …
Field Crop Winter Newsletter
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ATTENTION! Agricultural Disaster Program
Farmers who experienced crop or livestock loss as a result of Hurricane Florence and/or Tropical Storm Michael may be …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
- Growing Small Farms: Sustainable Agriculture in North Carolina
- NC Agricultural Chemicals Manual
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NC Official Variety Tests
- NC Pest News
- NCSU/USDA Forage Program
Agent Newsletters
Custom Tools for Growers
Information Portals
- Corn
- Cotton
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
- Industrial Hemp
- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Official Variety Testing
- Organic Commodities
- Soybeans
- Tobacco Growers Information
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- Agriculture and Resource Economics Extension
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- Peanut Growers Information
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