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Agriculture & Food
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Healthy Holiday Cookie Recipe: Med Meringues
Looking for a new Christmas Cookie Recipe? Meringue cookies are usually just egg whites, flavoring, and sugar. What if we …
Video: How to Test Your Garden Soil
Ever wonder “what’s the best way to fertilize my garden?” It starts with testing your soil. Watch as Extension …
Don't Miss Your Holiday Marketing Window
Sure, it’s only Halloween, and the last pumpkins are still being harvested here in North Carolina. But that doesn’t …
Recipe for Winter Veggies: Butternut Squash Lasagna
When the fresh corn and tomato season seems ever so far in the future, it’s time to experiment with …
Focus on the Right Social Networks for Your Farm or Agri-Business
Social media is about connecting with your customer base. That means understanding not only who they are, and what …
Farm Taxation Workshop and Dinner
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Time for Pasture Work
September is the time to make your pasture the best it can be. That can mean renovation for poor …
Don’t Miss the 18th Annual Nursery Field Day!
The Nursery Field Day features the latest ornamental plant production research from around the region. This year’s program includes …
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County Extension Programs
- Agriculture in Polk County
- County Agribusiness Values
- County Farmland Preservation Program
- Growing Small Farms: Sustainable Agriculture in North Carolina
- NCDA Soil Test Notes
- Polk County Ag Center - Mill Spring
Extension Programs at NC State University
- Animal Science Extension
- Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
- Vernon James Research and Extension Center
General
Information Portals
- Ag BioTech
- Executive Farm Management Program
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
- Horticulture
- Industrial Hemp
- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- NC Pesticide Safety Education
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- Official Variety Testing
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Agricultural and Human Sciences
- Agriculture and Resource Economics Extension
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Extension Soils Program
Newsletters
Partnerships and Organizations
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
- NC Climate Data
- NC Department of Agriculture
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NC State Climate Office
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
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