Want to try a new recipe for Thanksgiving? Watch Extension's Produce Lady for roasted butternut squash w/ fruit: [more] • • • Are you a plant killer? Watch this episode of "In the Garden with Bryce Lane" to learn to keep plants alive: [more] • • • Avoid foodborne illness this holiday season by following these Extension tips from #NCSU and Kansas State Univ: [more]
Raising animals -- poultry, hogs, horses, beef and dairy cattle, fish and more -- has become the most valuable segment of North Carolina agriculture. Today, animal agriculture accounts for about 60 percent of the state's total farm cash receipts. North Carolina Cooperative Extension helps growers use the latest research to improve profits and manage animal waste in environmentally sound ways.
Livestock Producers attending a forage management field day.
10am - 12pm Session 1 - 2 hours covering Swine Farming Best Mangement Practices Video and Understanding the Fine Print in Your Farm Permit; 12pm - 1pm Lunch Break (on your own); 1pm - 3pm Session 2 - 2 hours covering Fire Ant, Fly and Rodent Control on Livestock Farms and Safe Operation of Swine Waste Management Systems; 3pm - 5pm ... MORE
NC Cooperative Extension is based at North Carolina's two land-grant institutions, NC State University and NC A&T State University, in all 100 counties and on the Cherokee Reservation.
