Order Anniversary Shirts by Oct. 6!
2019 is the 40 year anniversary of the Extension Master Gardener℠ program in North Carolina. To commemorate this milestone, …
Are You Prepared for Wildfire
This week the Drought Monitor map indicates that large portions of North Carolina are drying out. Even after a …
Non-Bt Hybrid Yield Trial Results and Why You Should Plant Non-Bt Corn as Resistance Insurance
All growers who plant Bt corn in North Carolina are required by law to plant non-Bt corn (refuge). Details …
2020 N.C. 4-H International Exchange - Outbound Opportunities
Are you interested in possibly experiencing other cultures from around the world? Did you know that the N.C. 4-H …
Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of September
Our only remaining active locations is our muscadine site in Rowan County. Again, grape berry moth were caught at the …
Rare Farm Transition Opportunity: Orange County 12 Ac Turnkey Operation + Farmhouse
Take a careful look at this operating vegetable farm & nursery on 12 acres with great infrastructure including 2 …
Native Plant Challenge: Calling All Cities to Plant Native
Patrick Fitzgerald | 9/10/2019 | National Wildlife Foundation When cities and communities consider what trees, shrubs and flowers to plant …
Federal Government Approves Release of Non-Native Weevil in California to Combat Invasive Thistle
AP | 9/18/2019 | Via Capital Public Radio Federal officials have approved turning loose a non-native insect to feed on …
Business Planning for Farmer Entrepreneurs Class Begins October 17
N.C. Cooperative Extension of Orange County and SCORE of Chapel Hill are offering a Business Planning class for current and …
Transplanting Traditions
Join us at the farm as we showcase these stories on October 12, 2019, from noon to 3 p.m. Come …
Grape Pest Survey - 2nd Week of September
As harvest continues and we get close to the end of the season, we are finishing the insect scouting …
Three Reasons to Control Winter Annual Weeds
Sonya Begemann | 9/17/2019 | Ag Web You’ll likely be seeing summer annual weeds from the combine, with a few …
Vineyards Facing an Insect Invasion May Turn to Aliens for Help
Dan Charles | 9/16/2019 | NPR Walking around a park near Allentown, Pa., I didn’t even notice the bugs at …
Dig Deeper With Us! "Love the Lawn"
Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteers of Orange County are pleased to continue it’s ‘Dig Deeper with Us!’ lecture series “Love …
2020 Perry & Doris Teeter Beef Leadership Institute
Want to enhance your Beef Knowledge? Learn Team Building Skills? Enhance your Public Speaking? Learn about College Opportunities? Make …
Palmer Amaranth's Secrets Reveal Troubling Potential
University of Illinois | 9/16/2019 | Via Morning AgClips Corn, soybean, and cotton farmers shudder at the thought of Palmer …
Southeastern U.S. 2019 Vegetable Crop Handbook
The Southeastern Vegetable Extension Workers Group is proud to offer you the 20th edition of the Vegetable Crop Handbook …
New USDA Scientific Research Program Promotes Sustainable Agricultural Practices
USDA | 9/12/2019 U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins announced today that the National Institute of Food …
Does Certified Organic Mean What We Think It Does?
Brian Barth | 9/16/2019 | Via Modern Farmer There’s something of a civil war brewing in the organic movement. On …
Caneberry Nursery List
The North American Raspberry and Blackberry Association has just published the annual nursery list for 2019-2020. This includes types …