Help Create Truffle Orchard Fertility Guidelines for NC Growers!
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Soil, Water & Air
Takings: 4th Circuit Affirms "Future Use" Valuation as Just Compensation
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed an appraiser’s accounting of future use in establishing the value of …
Register Now for Climate Webinar on April 26
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center will offer a Climate Webinar on April 26, 2021, from 7–9 p.m …
Register Now for April CCP Meeting About Dragonflies and Damselflies
The April Chatham Conservation Partnership (CCP) meeting will focus on Dragonflies and Damselflies. Please join us on April 15, 2021, from 9–11:15 …
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Why are NC State Extension and N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services talking about rapidly developing farmland? What …
Waterlogged Soil? Read This
I’ve received several calls from homeowners asking how our wet, waterlogged soils will affect lawns and, especially, newly seeded …
NC 4-H Camps' Spring 2021 Nature Adventures
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Produce Safety: North Carolina's Fresh Produce Safety Task Force
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Do I Need to Add Sulfur When Top-Dressing Wheat?
After we’ve taken a tissue sample of our wheat crop and received the analysis we can determine if our …
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Indoor Plant Care 101
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$5,000 Grants to 50 Farmers
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Farm Policy: AALA Panel Discusses Farming’s Future Under the 117th Congress and Biden Administration
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Anaerobic Digester Systems for NC Farms
N.C. Cooperative Extension, Dairy ASA – Ashley Robbins will be hosting a webinar on February 4, 2021, from noon–1:30 …
Winter Landscape Care: Q and A
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January CCP Meeting to Focus on Water Resource Planning
The first Chatham Conservation Partnership (CCP) meeting of 2021 will focus on Water Resource Planning. Please join us on January 21, 2021, …
Information on Terrestrial Flatworms and Hammerhead Worms
As if Asian giant hornets weren’t enough, this year also saw media attention on a lesser-known, but bizarre, group …
Spring 2021 Online Pesticide School Schedule Available
The Spring 2021 Online Pesticide Safety School Schedule is now available for registrants who are seeking initial licensing in …
An NC Soil Fertility Trial Started in 1966 and It is Still Active
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Farms, Food, and You: Vermicomposting
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