Swine Well-Being During Flood Recovery
Hurricane Florence in 2018 has resulted in record levels of flooding in much of North Carolina. Many swine producers …
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Offers Landowner Assistance
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering assistance to landowners having suffered damage to working lands and livestock …
Picking Up After the Storm on Pasture-Based Livestock Farms
(Download this article as a PDF) Managing storms is a part of any agricultural production system, and it is brought …
3rd HACCP Roundtable Meeting Announced
The Prestage Department of Poultry Science will host its 3rd HACCP Roundtable meeting on October 17, 2018. The goal of …
Biosecurity: Steps to Keeping Your Livestock Healthy
Biosecurity at the farm level refers to measures taken to prevent pests or diseases from entering your premises and …
APHIS Finalizes Conditions for Paying Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Indemnity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is issuing a final rule outlining the …
Get Ready for Fall
It seems as if the summertime has gone by pretty fast. Some of us have had adequate rain and …
Don't Put Away the Umbrella!
The National Weather Service (NWS) has updated their temperature and rainfall predictions for August. Now, they expect our pattern …
Biosecurity on Commercial Poultry Farms
Keeping disease out of your commercial poultry flock is very important. Biosecurity is the best way to greatly reduce …
Keeping Good Farm Records Can Improve Profitability
In order to be a successful farmer, it is important for farm managers to have in place a complete …
Keeping Good Farm Records Can Improve Profitability
In order to be a successful farmer, it is important for farm managers to have in place a complete …
2018 Carolina Swine Showmanship Circuit
Attention youth swine exhibitors! It’s time again to plan on participating in the 2018 Carolina Swine Showmanship Circuit! We …
Water and Shade for Cattle in Summer Heat
Since it has gotten very hot over the past weeks, and it will only get hotter, I thought this …
Have You Seen a Diamondback?
According to Jeff Hall, Conservation Biologist with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, sightings of Diamondback rattlesnakes are becoming much …
Completing Your Poultry Waste Plan
The poultry industry is growing again in North Carolina and poultry producers are needing waste plans completed. For producers …
Risk Management Basics: What Every Farmer Needs to Know
Risk has always been a part of agriculture, but farming in America has changed drastically over the past few …
Fly Control for Beef Cattle
While visiting some farms this spring to help work cattle, I have noticed that flies are out in high …
Steps to Reduce Heat Stress on Hogs
Summer temperatures are quickly approaching which poses the potential for heat stress in livestock; especially hogs as they do …
Backyard Chicken Do-It-Yourself Project
If you have ever considered getting chickens, but are worried about how much they may cost your family, there …
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Induced Molting as a Management Tool
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NC State Local Finished Beef Production Guidelines
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Annual Grasses Preserved as Silage: Fermentation Characteristics, Nutritive Value, and Quality
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8/22/18
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8/1/18 — Horse Feeding Management
Silages of Native Switchgrass and Gamagrass: Fermentation Characteristics, Nutritive Value, and Quality
This bulletin publishes the results of eight experiments that addressed aspects of nutritive value and …
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