DEA Certified Labs for Testing Your Hemp
1/14/2020 – The new federal hemp rules require hemp testing to be conducted by DEA registered laboratories only. Growers …
Commercial Horticulture, Nursery & Turf
Apply Now for Free Milkweed Plants for Habitat Restoration!
Monarch Watch has a program where they are giving out free milkweed plants to folks interested in doing large-scale …
Caterpillar Tunnel Workshop Friday, March 13
Join us on Friday, March 13, 2020, from 1–4 p.m. at the Sandhills AGInnovation Center, 1298 Crawford Road, for …
NC Peach Growers' Society 2020 Annual Meeting Brochure
NC Peach Growers’ Society 2020 Annual Meeting January 28, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. N.C. Cooperative Extension, Moore County …
How (And How Not) to Ship Hemp
12/19/2019 – If you have a reason to ship hemp or hemp products, please read this post! I run …
Save the Date for Our 2020 Spring Ag Fest!
Spring Ag Fest Celebrating Chatham County Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Saturday, March 28, 2020 10 a.m.–4 p.m. This is a FREE Event! Chatham …
Our Organic Tomato Project Makes the News!
11/25/2019 – The new funding for the multi-state Tomato Organic Management Initiative (TOMI) research and extension project was announced …
NEW Online Hop Production Course for the Eastern US
11/8/2019 – As the southernmost member of the Great Lakes Hops Working Group, I am excited to announce the …
Summer 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 …
Grape Pest Survey - 4th Week of September
This article is our last post for this grape season. Harvest is complete at all of our locations. We …
NC State & UT Horticulture collaborate with Ashe County Extension on 2019 Pumpkin Variety Trials
Collaborators on the 2019 Pumpkin Cuiltigen Variety Trials include NC State University Horticultural Science Vegetable Extension and Post Harvest …
Fall Festival at Huckleberry Trail Farm!
The Fall Festival Season at Huckleberry Trail Farm has begun! There are so many awesome activities awaiting visitors to the …
Are You Prepared for Wildfire
This week the Drought Monitor map indicates that large portions of North Carolina are drying out. Even after a …
Final Pollinator Garden Tours of 2019!
The month of October presents two opportunities to learn about creating pollinator habitat! Chatham County Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos will …
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 …
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 …
Caneberry Nursery List
The North American Raspberry and Blackberry Association has just published the annual nursery list for 2019-2020. This includes types …
Grape Pest Survey - 1st Week of September
Harvest keeps going in a full swing, and about half of our locations are completely harvested with the rest …
Grape Pest Survey- 4th Week of August
Two of our locations have completed harvest, and we have concluded our monitoring efforts. We will continue to visit …
Two Pollinator Garden Tours in September!
The month of September presents two opportunities to learn about creating pollinator habitat! Chatham County Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos will …
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- NC Fresh Produce Safety
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