NC AgrAbility Partnership (NCAP) provides assessment, education and referral assistance to individuals farming with a disability or chronic condition so that they will be able to continue farming. More information about how NCAP can help you or someone you know can be found at www.ncagrability.com To help NCAP serve farmers, farmworkers and farm family members better, your help is needed. Please take five minutes to complete the survey found at https://ecu.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bOfFiC9SP1q8Yxn Questions? Contact Robin Tutor-Marcom at 252.744.1008
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NC AgrAbility Partnership (NCAP) provides assessment, education and referral assistance to individuals farming with a disability or chronic condition so that they will be able to continue farming. More information about how NCAP can help you or someone you know can be found at www.ncagrability.com To help NCAP serve farmers, farmworkers and farm family members better, your help is needed. Please take five minutes to complete the survey found at https://ecu.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bOfFiC9SP1q8Yxn Questions? Contact Robin Tutor-Marcom at 252.744.1008
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Check out the video, The Four Keys to High Yielding Wheat. The video was prepared by Randy Weisz, small grains specialist at NC State University.
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Our partners at the State Climate Office of North Carolina provide the most accurate climate information to the citizens of our state. Their website includes recent news from their Twitter feed, featured products, quick links, and a map of data from their ECONet weather stations. You can also view data from more than 1,000 Southeastern weather stations on their full CRONOS map or follow their blog.
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NC food processing and manufacturing initiative feasiblity study released The agricultural resources, industrial capacity and research innovation assets present in North Carolina create opportunities to catalyze development of value-added food processing and manufacturing businesses, according to a joint NC State-NCDA&CS economic feasibity study released Jan. 12. One page summary of the Initiative View the Full Report
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Extension's Gardening Portal at NC State University provides access to a wealth of information, events and resources for gardeners in North Carolina. Managed by the State Urban Horticulture Specialist and Cooperative Extension Horticulture Agents throughout the state, it is your doorway to guidance about successfully growing vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers and ornamentals in your landscape.
READ THE REST »Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States. Despite recent declines in the prevalence among preschool-age children, obesity among children is still high. For children and adolescents ages 2-19 years, the MORE »
The United States Department of Agriculture Disaster Resource Center offers information to help farmers prepare for disasters. From drought to Avian Influenza, and food safety to wildfire, the USDA Disaster Resource Center covers a MORE » – from 
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The health and well-being of the swine that producers care for on a daily basis is their number one on-farm priority. The spread of infectious diseases and viruses results in decreased production on MORE »
It’s not too late to make final preparations to protect yourself and your property from whatever Hurricane Hermine might bring, but you need to act now if you are near the path of MORE » – from NC Disaster Information Center
Do you try to be careful about the amount of salt in your diet? Are you pretty sure you’re eating about the right amount of salt (also known as sodium chloride) every day, MORE »
For those of you who are not familiar with cotton production, defoliation is a method of forcing the cotton plant to shield its foliage in order to have a timely harvestable crop. Overall, MORE »
On June I attended a state conference for Family and Consumer Science agents. Not only was this a great networking opportunity, but I also picked up a really great program to bring back MORE »
The 2016 CSSC show schedule and entry information is complete. Exhibitors who wish to enter to the swine circuit should download the guidelines and entry form, and mail in the entry form by MORE »
Do you own or manage a pond, storm water pond, or lake? Do you have problems with unwanted aquatic vegetation or water quality? Do you have the correct types, sizes, and numbers of MORE » – from Onslow County Center
I had several questions related to problems with maples last week. In the process I noticed damage from maple spider mite, hopper burn (potato leaf hopper), maple shoot borer, anthracnose, and canker diseases. MORE » – from Wilson County Center
March 6th through March 12th has been declared 2016 Severe Weather Awareness Week in North Carolina. Springtime in North Carolina often brings severe weather and now is the time to get prepared so MORE » – from NC Disaster Information Center
As North Carolina sees heavy amounts of rain across our state, the wet fields and possible flooding has the potential to cause significant agricultural losses. As an example, estimates for losses already exceed MORE » – from NC Disaster Information Center
With the heavy amounts of rain falling across North Carolina, flooding is likely. Flood watches are in effect all across our state which means that conditions are right for flooding to occur. Floods MORE » – from NC Disaster Information Center
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