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Farmland Preservation grants available through N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Application deadline is December 13, 2019 RALEIGH – Starting …
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This Local Food Guide is designed to make consumers aware of the benefits of buying and eating local food …
Stockpiling Fescue for Winter Grazing
As fall slowly approaches there are many tasks to be done but one you should be considering is if …
NC LIVESTOCK BASICS 1O1 - New Series Starts Sept 19
N.C. Cooperative Extension of Rockingham & Guilford Counties is excited to offer LIVESTOCK BASICS 1O1 An educational series for anyone interested …
N.C. State Fair Youth Livestock Scholarship Information
All youth who have exhibited a livestock animal at the N.C. State Fair are eligible to apply for this …
Training in Forages for Producers and Land Managers (Afternoon Session), Feb. 13, 2019
A wet fall 2018 not only delayed, and in some cases completely prevented, timely fall-plantings of cool-season annual and …
Small Scale Poultry Seminar
Small Scale Poultry Grower Regional Seminar Producing Safe, Healthy Poultry Meat, Farm to Table Thursday, May 24, 2018 NC Cooperative Extension Franklin County …
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