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Covid Testing & Vaccines for Farmers and Farmworkers
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Cover Tender Summer Crops
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Videos from the WNC Hemp Grower Meeting
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Plant Sale to Benefit Master Gardener Volunteer Scholarship Program
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Paper Published on Phosphorus Nutrition of Greenhouse Grown Hemp
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Nutritional Guides for Greenhouse Hemp
2/16/2021 – Dr. Brian Whipker and his team in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State have published …
Keep an Eye on Mg Levels for Hemp Production
2/13/2021 – A team of researchers in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University, led by undergraduate …
New Hemp Nitrogen and Potassium Info!
1/25/2021 – Dr. David Suchoff and graduate student Maggie Short have just published a research summary of the nitrogen …
WNC Hemp Growers Meeting-Feb. 17, 2021
1/25/2021 – The Western North Carolina Hemp Growers meeting will be held via Zoom on February 17, 2021, starting …
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
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How to Survive Agricultural Virtual Trainings!
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Blueberry Scouting Guide for Smartphones
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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 …
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