Auxin Stewardship Training Dates for Coastal Plain Counties of NC
Label changes by the EPA and the State of North Carolina mandate that all individuals that wish to apply …
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NC Farm School Registration Deadline Approaching
Developing a business plan for an agricultural venture or agribusiness enterprise to include personal goals, marketing, cash flow models, …
2018 NC Disaster Assistance Deadline Approaching
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"Bee" Kind if You Spray for Mosquitoes
To follow up on David Tarpy’s post (Protective Measures of Beehives During Hurricanes), in the days and weeks following …
Ban on Chlorpyrifos Sales
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Funding Available for Farmers' Market Advertising
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Aquaponics Short-Course
Aquaponics Short Course, March 7, New Bern Convention Center Designed to provide entrepreneurs research based technical training in the fundamentals …
Join Us for 2019 NC Farm School Down East!
After a successful school in 2018 with students from eight counties, NC Farm School Down East is looking for …
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 …
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, …
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 …
It's Time to Scout (And Manage) Spider Mites in Strawberries
Warm early spring weather, coupled with a mild winter, has set the stage for early pest activity in some …
Revised Worker Protection Standards
Effective January 2, 2017, several changes were made to the Worker Protection Standards that will impact any agricultural producer …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Webinar Scheduled for January 25th - Register Now!
Members of the Sustainable SWD Project will present a webinar online on January 25th at 12-1 p.m. eastern time, highlighting …
Does Strawberry Clipper Reduce Strawberry Yield?
During 2016, our laboratory completed a three year project tracking the occurrence and impact of strawberry clipper weevil in annual, …
Balancing Beekeeping and Mosquito Abatement in North Carolina
Barely a day goes by when Zika virus is not in the news headlines. As of August 31st 2016, …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report August 26, 2016
This is the final spotted wing drosophila (SWD) monitoring report for 2016. Looking back over the course of the season, we …
Studying Strawberry Pollination
Our laboratory is excited to begin a new project aimed at answering several questions about pollination ecology in strawberries.These questions …
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report August 12, 2016
We presented our final blueberry monitoring data last week, so this week, we shift to presenting blackberry trap captures …
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