Grape Pest Survey- 1st Week of August
At our monitoring sites, grapes are ripe, and the first harvest at the Johnston Co. location started this week. …
Agriculture & Food
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West Nile Virus Found in NC Mosquito
Many of you may have seen the news about the New Hanover County Public Health office reported that a …
Register Now for NC State Industrial Hemp Field Day
NC State Industrial Hemp Field Day August 27, 2019 Piedmont Research Station 8350 Sherrills Ford Rd. Salisbury, NC 28147 Morning Tour: 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. …
Another NCSU Hemp Field Day Coming Up!
We had an amazing Hops and Hemp Twilight Tour on August 5 at the research station in Mills River. …
Grape Pest Survey- 5th Week of July
Glassy winged sharpshooter captures are very low or zero in locations with previous captures. This suggests we are between …
Grape Pest Survey- 4th Week of July
As we reach the end of July, more fields started to ripen for both muscadines and vinifera grapes, and …
First Report of Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Back in June, I wrote about how mosquito populations were likely to start increasing and we would likely see …
Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of July
Grapes are starting to ripen, including those at our location in Currituck Co. This week we continue to catch grape berry …
Spring 2019 Snapshots From Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden
Photos by Debbie Roos, N.C. Cooperative Extension of Chatham County In late 2008, I planted a demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham …
NC Farm School 2019, a Class to Remember
NC Farm School graduated its 19th class of successful agricultural entrepreneurs on June 4, 2019. NC Farm School has …
Beekeepers: Registration Now Open for BEES Academy!
Are you a beekeeper with a number of years of experience who wants to increase your understanding of bees …
Grape Pest Survey - 2nd Week of July
The grapes at our monitoring sites continue to grow and are getting close to full size. This week, we caught …
Our Hemp Projects in the News!
Our emerging CBD hemp industry, our graduate students, and our women growers getting some well-deserved attention in today’s article …
Grape Pest Survey - 1st Week of July
Presence of pests in our scouted vineyards remain very similar than last week. As in the past report, grape berry …
Hops, Hemp, Truffles, and More-See What We Are Doing!
It’s field day season and we have four events planned to showcase our research this year! This is your …
Time for Tick Treatments
On Monday, the N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services posted a press release about the deaths of five …
Two Pollinator Garden Tours in July!
The month of July presents two opportunities to learn about creating pollinator habitat! Chatham County Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos will …
Grape Pest Survey - 4th Week of June
As the grapes grow, we again started to catch grape berry moth in one of our Northwest locations (Wilkes Co.), …
Grape Pest Survey- 3rd Week of June
Glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) detections continue in both of our Northeast sites, in Perquimans and Currituck Co., and we captured our …
Cicada Killer Wasps
Cicada killer wasps are starting to emerge. This picture was taken on Friday in a landscaped area outside the …
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