Join Us for Our Chatham County Spring Ag Fest March 28!
Spring Ag Fest Celebrating Chatham County Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Saturday, March 28, 2020 10 a.m.–4 p.m. This is a FREE Event! Chatham …
Field Crops
From the Field - Agronomy Notes: Vol. 4, Num. 1
February 13, 2020 Greetings, and welcome to the first 2020 edition of From the Field – Agronomy Notes! This newsletter …
NC Soybean Variety Selection Tool Updated
The NC Soybean Variety Selection Tool developed by the NC Soybean Producers Association has now been updated with the …
Survey for Farmers About Internet Connectivity
From the North Carolina Department of Information Technology: The North Carolina Broadband Infrastructure Office, with the Friday Institute at NC State …
Think the Ground Is Dry? Wet? Not Sure?
The NC Drought Monitor website lets you see current and historical drought conditions. Also discussed are river levels and …
2019 Soybean Yield Contest Results Posted
The 2019 Soybean Yield Contest results are now available on the Soybean Extension Portal. The NC Soybean Yield Contest categories …
2020 Soybean Production Meeting Schedule
The NC State Extension Soybean Team and County Extension agents will cover a diversity of topics related to soybean …
2019 - NC's Warmest Year...so Far
It’s official. According to the blog posted by the North Carolina State University Climate Office, 2019 edged out 1990 …
Save Money and Slow Resistance by Skipping Insecticidal Seed Treatments in Soybean
Note this article only applies to insecticides, not fungicides or nematicides. The evidence is overwhelming. Neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments do …
2020 Cotton Production Meeting and Auxin Training Schedule (Collins, Edmisten, & Cahoon)
The 2020 meeting season is upon us. We currently have several cotton production meetings slated across the state from …
On-Farm Fiber Quality Results for 2019 (Collins & Edmisten)
Fiber Quality results for the 2019 NC On-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program are now in. In addition to yield, …
Preliminary Cotton OVT Results
The preliminary results 2019 cotton official variety test: Cotton 2019 Three Year Average Cotton-2019-Two-YEAR Cotton 2019 Across Locations Cotton 2019 Johnston County Cotton 2019 …
2019 NC OVT Soybean Results Available
Head over to the NC OVT Website to find the 2019 NC State Soybean Official Variety Testing Results. The NC Soybean Variety Selection …
Soybean Variety Performance in the NC Mountains
A research summary can be found at this link: NC State Extension Soybean Variety Performance in the Mountains …
2020 Tobacco Short Course
Applications are now available for the 2020 Tobacco Short Course! The Short Course will begin on the evening of Monday, …
Save the Date for Our 2020 Spring Ag Fest!
Spring Ag Fest Celebrating Chatham County Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Saturday, March 28, 2020 10 a.m.–4 p.m. This is a FREE Event! Chatham …
Detection of Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus (CLRDV) in North Carolina
Contributing Authors: Dominic Reisig, Guy Collins, and Lindsey Thiessen Detection of CLRDV in North Carolina In late August of 2019, Cotton …
Yield Results for the 2019 NC on-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program (Collins & Edmisten)
Although 2019 brought widespread and severe drought stress to many areas in NC during June and July, this year …
2020 Schedule: Auxin Herbicides-Best Management Practices
The schedule for the 2020 Auxin Herbicides-Best Management Practices training has been finalized. This training, presented by NC State …
2019 Tobacco Day
Tobacco Day will be held on Thursday, December 5 from 8 a.m. to noon at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Johnston …
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