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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What are those bugs all over the house, the garden, the soybeans? If you are encountering kudzu bugs for the first time, Debbie Roos, Extension Agent for NC Cooperative Extension in Chatham County has created a great resource page with several photos to help you identify this new pest. (photo by Debbie Roos)
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Understanding soil is a basic skill needed by anyone interested in agriculture, environmental science, gardening, natural resource management, and water quality. Traditionally, to gain that skill, a person has had to pay college tuition and spend long hours in a classroom. Now, with the power of the internet at your fingertips, the NC Cooperative Extension Service is bringing a first class Introduction to Soil education to your office, dining room table, or local coffee shop. Learn more about this open online course at http://go.ncsu.edu/introduction-to-soil
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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/
READ THE REST »Today the USDA announced the formation of the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR) as authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. The new foundation will “leverage public and private resources to increase the scientific MORE » – from 
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There have been some recent changes in tax issues related to agriculture. Emails have been flying around with these updates. I pulled all of these links together below to have them in one spot MORE » – from Growing Small Farms
I get lots of gardening questions from visitors when I am working in my pollinator garden at Chatham Mills. Several people have asked me what is the white fluffy stuff they are seeing MORE » – from Growing Small Farms
Today I saw my first eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly of the year in my pollinator garden in Pittsboro, and it’s mid-July! Last week I saw my first black swallowtail. Earlier in the spring I MORE » – from Growing Small Farms
This post was written by NC State University Extension Plant Pathologist Dr. Lina Quesada. Tomato late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, was confirmed today (July 11, 2014) in a tomato sample from Henderson County, North Carolina MORE » – from Growing Small Farms
NC DOR prepared these FAQs regarding sales tax issues affecting agriculture. These FAQs cover nearly all of the topics, they came from NC DOR and are a helpful guidance. There have been many MORE »
August 12, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mountain Research Station in Waynesville Registration – $10, includes workshop and lunch A variety trial of melons, squash and cucumbers is being conducted in NY, MORE »
2014 Tomato Field Day is August 7, 2014Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Mills River, NCOptional Tour: 1:00 pm (Fruits, Ornamentals, Field Crops, Hops)Registration: 2:30 pmWelcome: 3:00 pmTours: 3:15 – 6:00 pmSupper: 6:00 pmLocation:Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center URL:http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/ncars/Contact:Jeff Chandler MORE »
NC State University has just broken ground with the nation’s first open enrollment online Introduction to Soil course and we want to make sure you knew about it.Understanding soil is a basic skill MORE »
NC Choices and WNC Agriventures present a one-day workshop for aspiring and practicing local and meat producers. Join us Wednesday July 23rd at the WNC Regional Livestock Center in Canton, NC for a day of presentations and butchery demonstrations MORE »
Friday, July 18th3:00 pm – 6:00 pmMountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center74 Research Drive, Mills River NC 28759$5 donation welcomedRaffle for a new hand lens! Come see the 12 varieties in our 4th MORE »
Everyone is welcome to participate in the events listed at Learn (learn.extension.org) as they match your interests. Please sign in with your Facebook, Twitter or Gmail account to Follow, and plan to attend. Additional sessions may MORE »
Southern Appalachian Family Farms will host Farm Tours in Cherokee and Clay County on June 27 and 28. The cost is $20.00 per carload for two days at all farms and is self MORE »
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