The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service has launched a strategic visioning initiative to evaluate the organization’s business model and chart a course through choppy economic waters. NCCES has seen recurring budget cuts of $20 million since 2000, resulting in the loss of roughly 90 positions over the past four years.
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The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service has launched a strategic visioning initiative to evaluate the organization’s business model and chart a course through choppy economic waters. NCCES has seen recurring budget cuts of $20 million since 2000, resulting in the loss of roughly 90 positions over the past four years.
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Trying to grow grass? Tackling stubborn weeds? CALS has an app for that! North Carolina State University Lawn Care App is a free download on iTunes.
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Floriculture InfoSearch is a powerful, but focused search engine designed to bring you floriculture information from the scientific literature, trade and association magazines/websites, NC State University, and the American Floral Endowment Floriculture Archive (repository of literature dating back to the 1800s). Use this search engine for all of your floriculture questions. http://floricultureinfosearch.ces.ncsu.edu/
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Looking for answers to fruit, vegetable, weed or floriculture questions? The NC State University Department of Horticulture invites you to try their powerful, but focused search engines designed to provide answers from the scientific literature, trade and association magazines/websites and NC State University, and archive (repository of literature dating back to the 1800s). Use these search engines for all of your fruit, vegetable, weed and floriculture questions. Floriculture InfoSearch Fruit InfoSearch Vegetable InfoSearch Weed InfoSearch
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Spring is exciting for landscapers, gardeners, and farmers. Mother nature is waking up from her winter nap, giving us a display of blooming daffodils, pear trees, redbud trees, and dogwoods. Although less showy MORE »
Alabama sings about it in “Pass It On Down,” Richard Louv writes about it in “Last Child in the Woods,” and 4-H engages youth in nature to educate and develop environmental stewards. Richard MORE »
Interested in growing your own food? Come learn how to start a vegetable garden at home and enjoy fresh produce nearly all year long. We will discuss successful gardening techniques, focusing on soil MORE »
The Extension Center has received several phone calls about stink bugs being found inside the house. These creatures are becoming active again as the weather warms and they are moving from their wintering MORE »
Starting vegetable transplants at home offers many advantages. You can control the growth of seedlings, so you don’t end up with overgrown plants. You can also grow varieties that aren’t available locally. Most MORE »
The Extension Gardener newsletter is written by horticultural experts with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Each issue provides timely statewide information as well as regional information written specifically for the mountains of North MORE »
Introduction Recent tax legislation at both the federal and North Carolina levels may affect farmers and rural land owners. The discussion below provides a brief overview of these changes. Regarding some changes, especially MORE »
Making Sense (and Cents) out of Home Energy Efficiency Projects - The average U.S. household spends over $2,000 a year on energy. Whether you are considering making major energy efficient upgrades to your MORE » – from 
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