DEA Certified Labs for Testing Your Hemp
1/14/2020 – The new federal hemp rules require hemp testing to be conducted by DEA registered laboratories only. Growers …
Specialty Crops
Apply Now for Free Milkweed Plants for Habitat Restoration!
Monarch Watch has a program where they are giving out free milkweed plants to folks interested in doing large-scale …
NC State University Hops Breeding Update
Hop yields in the Southeast are very low compared to hop growing regions in northern states such as Washington, …
Cut Peony Webinar
Recently, the webinar “Current Management and Research on Cut Peonies” was hosted through NC State’s Department of Horticultural Science. …
How (And How Not) to Ship Hemp
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Save the Date for Our 2020 Spring Ag Fest!
Spring Ag Fest Celebrating Chatham County Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Saturday, March 28, 2020 10 a.m.–4 p.m. This is a FREE Event! Chatham …
Online Woodland Stewards Program
12/9/2019 – If you own wooded land and are interested in learning how best to manage it and make …
Our Organic Tomato Project Makes the News!
11/25/2019 – The new funding for the multi-state Tomato Organic Management Initiative (TOMI) research and extension project was announced …
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We recently participated in a Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium supported project led by Amanda McWhirt, University of Arkansas, …
NEW Online Hop Production Course for the Eastern US
11/8/2019 – As the southernmost member of the Great Lakes Hops Working Group, I am excited to announce the …
Summer 2019 Snapshots From Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden
Photos by Debbie Roos, N.C. Cooperative Extension of Chatham County In late 2008, I planted a demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham …
Grape Pest Survey - 4th Week of September
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Fall Festival at Huckleberry Trail Farm!
The Fall Festival Season at Huckleberry Trail Farm has begun! There are so many awesome activities awaiting visitors to the …
Final Pollinator Garden Tours of 2019!
The month of October presents two opportunities to learn about creating pollinator habitat! Chatham County Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos will …
Grafting and Its Effect on Watermelon Tissue Firmness and Incidence of Hollow Heart
Marlee A. Trandel is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Horticultural Sciences from North Carolina State University. She …
Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of September
Our only remaining active locations is our muscadine site in Rowan County. Again, grape berry moth were caught at the …
Grape Pest Survey - 2nd Week of September
As harvest continues and we get close to the end of the season, we are finishing the insect scouting …
WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - September 17, 2019
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the brown marmorated stink bug remains a threat to late …
Caneberry Nursery List
The North American Raspberry and Blackberry Association has just published the annual nursery list for 2019-2020. This includes types …
How to Grow Wild-Simulated Ginseng Workshop
How to Grow Wild-Simulated Ginseng When: October 8, 2019, from 2–4 p.m. Where: N.C. Cooperative Extension, Caldwell County Center Call 828-757-1290 or …
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