How Does Soil Health Impact Yield?
In order to answer this question two or three years of research isn’t enough. This video discusses soil health …
Field Crops
Video: 5-Minute Field Day on Corn Side-Dressing
Is side-dressing your corn worth the work? Side-dressing equipment and technology is emerging to help farmers improve yield. But is …
2020 NC Soybean Yield Contest Results Announced
The 2020 North Carolina Soybean Yield Contest winners have been announced in this press release by the NC Soybean Producers Association. Congratulations …
Critical Steps to Attend Agricultural NC Extension Zoom Meetings
N.C. Cooperative Extension is using Eventbrite as a means to register for educational activities. This enables easy registration, tracking, …
Hemp Meeting and Research Updates - January 21, 2021
Date: January 21, 2021 Time: 8 a.m.–noon Agents in Wilkes, Yadkin, Stokes, Surry, Forsyth, Davie, Craven, and Carteret Counties are partnering …
Hemp Connections Rule Changes on January 1
12/31/2020 – When the pilot hemp program was initiated in North Carolina in 2017, there were no established ways …
Cotton OVT Results (update 1/1/2021)
Below are PDF tables of 2020 cotton OVT results. The Plymouth location had more variation than we would like …
How to Survive Agricultural Virtual Trainings!
Due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, all N.C. Cooperative Extension agricultural meetings, pesticide recertification classes, most GAP recertification, and many …
Preliminary Cotton OVT Results
We only had three locations for cotton OVT in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. We are only presenting the …
Winter Agricultural Meetings Go Virtual: Suggestions and Guidelines for Zoo
During the winter months of 2021, NC State Extension events will be virtually by the Zoom platform. As such, …
2021 Winter Cotton Meetings
Our cotton meetings will be held virtually this year using Zoom this year due to COVID-19 and restrictions set …
Information on Terrestrial Flatworms and Hammerhead Worms
As if Asian giant hornets weren’t enough, this year also saw media attention on a lesser-known, but bizarre, group …
On-Farm Fiber Quality Results for 2020 (Collins & Edmisten)
Fiber Quality results for the 2020 North Carolina On-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program are now in. In addition to …
USDA NIFA Offers Grants for Hemp Supply Chains & Rural Development
12/10/2020 – The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), an agency within USDA, has announced a new round …
New NC State Hemp Articles Published
12/10/2020 – This week two new publications were released on hemp research and extension conducted at NC State University. …
Soils, Nutrient Management & Small Grains Update
Give your county a call or register online! Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by December 7, …
Yield Results for the 2020 NC On-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program (Collins & Edmisten)
As we all know, every year brings its share of challenges, and 2020 brought us plenty. The 2020 planting …
2020 Southeastern Corn Variety Trail Results
Each year N.C. Cooperative Extension agents in the Southeastern District coordinate with industry to plant corn varieties throughout the …
Harvesting Cool Season Vegetables
November is a great month to harvest crops such as cabbage collards, beets, rutabaga, broccoli and cauliflower. There isn’t much …
2021 Auxin Herbicides-Best Management Practices
As most have heard, the recently approved federal labels for dicamba-containing products labeled for over-the-top use to dicamba-tolerant cotton …
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Recent Publications related to Field Crops
2021 North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual
This manual, updated every year, covers pesticide use and safety information, chemical application equipment, fertilizer …
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Plant Growth Regulators
This publication explains plant growth regulators for a variety of crops.
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Chemical Weed Control
This publication covers chemical weed control and weed response to a variety of crops.
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Insect Control
This publication covers insect control in a variety of crops, as well as household pests.
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Fertilizer Use
This publication offers fertilizer suggestions for a variety of crops, including field, pasture and hay …
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