Don’t Wash That Chicken!
Participants at our recent Cooking for Crowds class were shocked when we told them that the best practice is …
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 …
New Pesticide Available for Use Against Spotted Wing Drosophila in Blackberries and Raspberries for 2019
Exirel Insecticide (FMC Corporation) has recently received an expanded federal label which includes use in caneberries against spotted wing …
Wheat Variety Disease Packages Posted
For those of you who grow organic wheat or are interested in starting, diseases pose the greatest risk to …
Extending the Beauty of Valentine Bouquets
A Few Easy Ways to Enjoy Your Cut Flowers Longer Be sure the vase is clean before adding water and …
Mississippi State Develops Smartphone App to Test Lumber
From Mississippi State University, Written by Alaina Dismukes STARKVILLE, Miss.—Determining the stiffest piece of lumber is now easier with a new …
Are You a Landowner Interested in Working With Beginning Meat Producers? We Need You!
NC Choices launches a new USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher grant focused on increasing the number of beginning farmers …
Beer and Beyond: A Conference for Southern Hop Growers
What else can you do with hops besides brew beer? For regional growers, the question is, what other markets …
How to Determine Female and Male Hemp Plants
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 …
Strawberry Gray Mold: An Animated Disease Cycle
Great video funded by Southern Region IPM Center: Strawberry Gray Mold: An Animated Disease Cycle. Learn more about gray mold …
Fresh, Beautiful, Locally Grown Flowers for Your Valentine
Locally grown flowers are: fresher and so last longer. prettier because they are harvested near full bloom. sustainable with a low carbon …
Bee Dispersal Ability May Influence Conservation Measures
Margarita López-Uribe at Penn State | 2/7/2019 | via Science Daily The abilities of various bee species to disperse influences …
Start Clean, Stay Clean With Soybeans
Logan Haake | 2/8/2019 | Ohio Farmer/Farm Progress Soybean weed-management for 2019 should be based around three principles: Start clean, …
Everything About Orchids - Free Online Class at Longwood Gardens Open Until 5/6/2019
Longwood Gardens, our partner in providing distance education courses, is offering a free, fully-online, self-paced class on Orchids. Whether …
Tobacco Float Water Analysis
Ready or not, tobacco greenhouse season is upon us!! Now is the time to have your greenhouse source water …
New York City Bans CBD Sales in Eateries
The New York City Health Department has banned eateries from selling food and drinks containing CBD. The New York …
Accomplishing Forest Stewardship With Hand-Applied Herbicides
Forest stewardship requires many tools, and hand-applied herbicides are on such option. These selectively control vegetation and can help …
A NEW Process for 4-H AIRE Program in 2019 – The Road Towards Digital
NC 4-H is excited to announce a new format for the State-Level 4-H AIRE Program in 2019. Starting in 2019, …
New Volunteer Leaders' Association Officers Elected
February 1-3, 2019, over 190 volunteers from over 50 counties gathered in Raleigh to attend 4-H Volunteer Leaders’ Conference …