Tar River Livestock Competition
Tar River Livestock Competition East Carolina Ag & Education Center Address, 1175 Kingsboro Rd., Rocky Mount, NC Saturday, June 8, 2019, …
Foothills Livestock Judging Contest
Foothills Livestock Judging Contest Entry Form Tuesday, June 25, 2019 River Taw Farms 126 Cedar Lake Farm Rd. Cherryville, NC $10.00 entry per …
Catawba Valley Prospect Lamb & Goat Show
Catawba Valley Prospect Lamb & Goat Show Friday, June 21, 2019 Hickory American Legion Fairgrounds 5 p.m. 2019-Catawba Valley Rules and Regulations 2019-Catawba Entry …
Pollinator Garden Tour Thursday May 23!
Chatham County Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos will be giving a tour of N.C. Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden at Chatham …
Grape Pest Survey- 2nd and 3rd Week of May
As we approach the 3rd week of May, the plants continue to fill in, and some fields have started …
Farm Crisis Assistance for Farmers
The past few years have been especially hard on farmers, with drought, flooding, fires, tariffs and related market instability …
Poultry Pack 4-H Club Meeting in May
Any youth 5-18 interested in poultry are invited to join the new Poultry Pack 4-H Club hosted on NC …
Spotted-Wing Drosophila Active in North Carolina Blueberries
The first confirmed adult spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) in commercially grown blueberries for the 2019 growing season was captured early …
Upcoming Pollinator Workshops
Are you interested in implementing conservation practices such as establishing pollinator habitat on your land? We’re hosting two workshops this …
2017 Economic Contribution of the Forest Sector in North Carolina
In 2017, the forest sector in North Carolina—including forestry and logging operations, sawmills, furniture mills, and pulp and paper …
Announcing New Better Living Series for 2019!
2019 Better Living Series Starting this year Family and Consumer Science classes will be offered every month in alternating counties. …
Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of April Through 1st Week of May
We have establishing grape pest monitoring locations and completed our first weeks of pest counts at three of our …
Small Scale Egg Producers’ Meeting
North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a workshop for small-scale egg producers on May 23 in Greensboro, NC. Date: Thursday, …
Thrips Flight and TSWV Risk Update--May 7, 2019
Third generation thrips flights are now predicted to occur within 14 days at some of our locations, so growers …
Register Now for Cooperative Extension's Forestry Pest Management Workshop
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center will offer a Forestry Pest Management Workshop as part of its Enhancing Sustainability Series on Thursday, June …
2019 National Hurricane Preparedness Week
This week is National Hurricane Preparedness Week and now is the time to start getting ready. Hurricane season officially …
2019 Grape Insect Pest Survey
This spring, the Specialty Crop IPM Lab is scouting vineyards in throughout North Carolina in order to track the …
Quick Links to Extension Gardener Tools: Handbook, Plant Database, Online Classes, Newsletter
Handbook Plant Database Online Plant Identification Classes Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers Edibles, Bulbs, and Houseplants Annuals, Perennials, and …
Cottony Maple Leaf Scales Producing Eggs
Cottony Maple Leaf Scale is one of several cottony scales in the genus Pulvinaria. Cottony camellia scale and cottony maple scale are …
Southern Red Mites Active on Ornamentals
In North Carolina, the most important cool season mites are the spruce spider mite (Oligonychus ununguis) and southern red …