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Field Crops
2017 Craven County Corn Variety Trial Results
For the past years, Craven County, along with other counties within Eastern NC has participated in a multi-county corn …
Protective Measures of Beehives During Hurricanes
With track of hurricane Florence poised to make a significant impact on North Carolina, there are some important considerations …
Managing the Corn Earworm Pest in Soybean
The corn earworm is one of the more devastating insect pest to soybean production within Eastern NC. Typically, a …
NCSU on-Line Peanut Presentations
Everyone has a busy schedule! Often, we simply can’t make time to fit in all the necessary meetings. Fortunately, …
Why Is My Corn Still Yellow?
Frequently, Eastern North Carolina receives one or more thunderstorms that results in two or more inches of rainfall during …
2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard Respirator Requirements
Revisions to the EPA’s Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) requires training, medical clearance and fit testing prior to use …
Training Materials for Worker Protection Updates
EPA’s Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide exposure and potential injury for …
Scouting and Managing Stink Bugs in Seedling Corn
Article written by Dominic Reisig and Arun Babu: Stink bugs can injure corn during the seedling stage, leading to tillering, …
New Fact Sheet on Spined Stilt Bugs - an Important Predator in Tobacco
Graduate student Pete Nelson has been busy studying the biology of spined stilt bugs in tobacco in order to …
Free Disposal of Unwanted Pesticides
Free disposal of unwanted or damaged pesticides will be available at the NC State Extension, Craven County office (300 …
Potential Profit for Various Prices and Yields for Commonly Grown Commodities in Eastern NC
For the past three years, agricultural producers within Eastern North Carolina have been negatively impacted by weather. Excessive rainfall …
Revised Worker Protection Standards
Effective January 2, 2017, several changes were made to the Worker Protection Standards that will impact any agricultural producer …
Dealing With Weeds After Hurricane Matthew
Here in Carteret County we did not receive as much rain from Hurricane Matthew as they received further inland, …
NCDA&CS Offers Organic Certification Cost-Share Assistance
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) is offering organic growers the opportunity to …
Beneficial Insects in Tobacco
Last week while scouting my plots at Kinston and Rocky Mount, I spotted two predatory insects: big-eyed bugs and …
Asking About Organic Aphid Management in Tobacco
I have recently received a few question about organic aphid management in tobacco, specifically about efficacy of different foliar …
What to Watch For: Soil Insects in Organic Tobacco
Organic tobacco acreage has increased throughout the southeast for 2015, and along with this increase has come more questions …
Not Too Late to Plant Field Corn
Typically, NCSU data shows that early planted corn has the highest probability to reach maximum yield while corn planted …
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- Evaluating Potential Profit or Loss for 2016 Commodity Production
- Sorghum Herbicides Mar 2012
- Sorghum Rotations Mar 2012
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Recent Publications related to Field Crops
Irrigation Management Strategies to Improve Water and Energy-Use Efficiencies
This publication discusses irrigation decisions that affect water and energy efficiencies.
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Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Production
This factsheet describes how to process mature sweet sorghum into ethanol and how this process …
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Sweet Sorghum Production to Support Energy and Industrial Products
This publication offers an overview of the cultivation, harvest, and marketing opportunities of sweet sorghum …
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Creating a Crop Maze With GPS
This publication explains how to create a crop maze with GPS (global positioning system).
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Proper Postharvest Cooling and Handling Methods
This publication provides information on cooling basics, common produce cooling methods and other steps for …
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Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Sweet Corn
This factsheet acquaints growers, shippers and processors with energy-efficient cooling and handling methods useful in …
Peanut Growth and Development and Peanut Industry Terminology
This publication, chapter 10 of the 2019 Peanut Information handbook, offers information on peanut growth …
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Nonfoliar Yield Enhancement Products in North Carolina Soybeans
This publication discusses trends identified in how nonfoliar yield enhancement products affected soybean yield over …
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