2021 Orange County Agricultural Summit
Coronavirus won’t stop the Orange County Ag Summit. The 23rd annual event will be held virtually from February 8–10, 2021. …
Field Crops
Webinar: Shifting From Later to Earlier Maturing Soybean Varieties
As more growers shift to producing earlier maturing soybean varieties in NC and SC, there are important lessons we …
Do I Need to Add Sulfur When Top-Dressing Wheat?
After we’ve taken a tissue sample of our wheat crop and received the analysis we can determine if our …
How Does Soil Health Impact Yield?
In order to answer this question two or three years of research isn’t enough. This video discusses soil health …
Video: 5-Minute Field Day on Corn Side-Dressing
Is side-dressing your corn worth the work? Side-dressing equipment and technology is emerging to help farmers improve yield. But is …
How Much Nitrogen Should I Use at Top-Dressing?
Tissue testing is an easy way to know exactly how much nitrogen to put out at top-dress so that …
2020 NC Soybean Yield Contest Results Announced
The 2020 North Carolina Soybean Yield Contest winners have been announced in this press release by the NC Soybean Producers Association. Congratulations …
Cotton OVT Results (update 1/1/2021)
Below are PDF tables of 2020 cotton OVT results. The Plymouth location had more variation than we would like …
Preliminary Cotton OVT Results
We only had three locations for cotton OVT in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. We are only presenting the …
Orange County "Summary of Agricultural Resources" Guide Book
The Economic Development Department created a 48-page summary booklet identifying the agricultural themed resources (federal, state county, nonprofits) that …
Monthly Drought Projections
For more information and a map of the affected areas, please visit NOAA/NWS Climate Prediction Center’s U.S. Monthly Drought …
2021 Winter Cotton Meetings
Our cotton meetings will be held virtually this year using Zoom this year due to COVID-19 and restrictions set …
Post-Emergence Control of Italian Ryegrass
Before top-dressing we want to terminate any weeds that could compete with our wheat crop. In this short video, …
2020 Flue-Cured Tobacco OVT Results - Now Available!
December 15 As 2020 draws to a close, it’s now time to think ahead to the 2021 growing season. Start …
2020 Soybean OVT Data
The 2020 Soybean OVT data is now available on the new variety selection tool: Variety Selection Tool Additionally, we have created …
2020 Tobacco Variety Overview & Selection Webinar
December 11, 2020 The 2021 tobacco season is just around the bend! As we begin the transition, variety selection weighs …
Information on Terrestrial Flatworms and Hammerhead Worms
As if Asian giant hornets weren’t enough, this year also saw media attention on a lesser-known, but bizarre, group …
On-Farm Fiber Quality Results for 2020 (Collins & Edmisten)
Fiber Quality results for the 2020 North Carolina On-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program are now in. In addition to …
2020 Tobacco Situation & Outlook
December 4, 2020 The 2020 tobacco season ended with good demand and prices for farmers in North Carolina. Will that …
Yield Results for the 2020 NC On-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program (Collins & Edmisten)
As we all know, every year brings its share of challenges, and 2020 brought us plenty. The 2020 planting …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
- EPA Issues Review on Glyphosate
- Lawn and garden soil samples (form AD-15)
- Routine soil samples (form AD-1)
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- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NCSU/USDA Forage Program
- Small Farm Field Day June 14, 2018 8 AM-1PM
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Curing and Mechanization
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Managing Diseases
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Topping, Managing Suckers, and Using Ethephon
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