Breakfast on the Farm
Come join us for Breakfast on the Farm! On Friday, November 2, 2018, enjoy a delicious, healthy breakfast and learn how …
Agriculture & Food
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Are You Hand Weeding Frequently Enough?
Want to reduce your labor costs for hand weeding container nurseries? The simple (but hard answer) is to hand …
Crop Report October 15 Peanut Notes No. 135 2018
The most recent summary of digging and harvesting in the V-C region can be found at the link below: V-C-Region-Crop-Report-October …
Time to Make Your Winter Feed Plan
What a difference a month makes! This time last month things were going along very well, but …
Frost Prediction Thursday Oct 18 Peanut Notes No. 134 2018
There is a frost warning for counties in SE Virginia for later this week. See the information in a …
Controlled-Environment Farming Advancing With Improved Technologies
John Hart | 10/5/2018 | Southeast FarmPress Thanks to advances in LED (Light Emitting Diodes) lighting, producing crops indoors is …
Colorant Use on Turfgrasses - Green Grass All Year Round
Dr. Grady Miller at NC State University has developed a guide to using turf colorants. The publication offers strategies …
Management of the Guava Root Knot Nematode in Sweet Potatoes
Lina Quesada-Ocampo | NC State University | 10/12/2018 In recent years, some North Carolina sweet potato growers have found Meloidogyne …
Impact of Guava Root Knot Nematode Internal Quarantine on Tobacco and Field Crops in NC
Lindsay Thiessen | NC State | 10/12/2018 Meloidogyne enterolobii Internal Quarantine from NCDA On Friday, October 5, 2018, the N.C. Department of …
A Quarter of North Carolina’s Cotton Crop Is Lost
John Hart | 10/2/2018 | Southeast FarmPress Southeastern North Carolina took a direct punch from Hurricane Florence, and that’s where …
Flexible Fertilizer Regs Could Reduce Pollution
PRINCETON, N.J. — As the global population continues to increase, so will food production. This means increased use of …
NC State University Offers Hemp Course
Emily Febles | 10/15/2018 RALEIGH, N.C.–North Carolina State University will offer its first industrial hemp course in May 2019. The …
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