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Agriculture & Food
NC State Extension connects farmers, agribusinesses and communities with vital research-based information and technology. Research at NC State targets society's grand challenges. Extension delivers this research directly into the hands of North Carolinians, helping them to translate knowledge into everyday solutions.
Time to Make Your Winter Feed Plan
What a difference a month makes! This time last month things were going along very well, but …
Controlled-Environment Farming Advancing With Improved Technologies
John Hart | 10/5/2018 | Southeast FarmPress Thanks to advances in LED (Light Emitting Diodes) lighting, producing crops indoors is …
Colorant Use on Turfgrasses - Green Grass All Year Round
Dr. Grady Miller at NC State University has developed a guide to using turf colorants. The publication offers strategies …
Management of the Guava Root Knot Nematode in Sweet Potatoes
Lina Quesada-Ocampo | NC State University | 10/12/2018 In recent years, some North Carolina sweet potato growers have found Meloidogyne …
Postharvest Quality Christmas Tree Workshop
Join us on October 2, 2018, for a Christmas Tree Postharvest Quality overview, that includes tree care and is …
Ashe County PSA Hurricane Florence
Ashe County PSA Hurricane Florence Spanish Translated Version Below (Version en Espanol abajo) Please DO NOT call 911 dispatch, the sheriff’s …
County of Ashe Hurricane Florence Press Release
Spanish Translated Version Below (Version en Espanol abajo) Ashe County and the Towns of Lansing, West Jefferson and Jefferson have …
Be Ready! Floods Prepárese! Inundación
Floods, Be Ready! Inundación, …
Ashe County Cattle Newsletter - September 2018
Ashe County Cattle Newsletter – September …
NC Beef Cattle Field Day
NC Beef Cattle Field …
October 2018 Cow / Calf Meetings
Upcoming Cow / Calf Meeting Available at 2 …
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 …
WPS Training, August 30, 2018
N.C. Cooperative Extension, Ashe County Center will offer Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Training on August 30, 2018, at the Agriculture Service …
Square Foot Gardening
A Square Foot Gardening class will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. …
Small Grain Silage Whistlestop Tour 2018
The Small Grains Silage Whistlestop Tour will be held on May 4, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. at Cranberry Farm …
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County Extension Programs
- 2017 Pesticide License Re-Certification Opportunities by Cooperative Extension and NCDA
- Bull Breeding Soundness Exam - March 25, 2017
Extension Programs at NC State University
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
- Ashe County Cattle Newsletter - January 2018
- Ashe County Sheep and Goat Newsletter - Fall 2016
- Ashe Livestock Newsletter - October 2016
- Garden Thymes Fall 2017 Newsletter
- Garden Thymes Spring 2017 Newsletter
- Garden Thymes Summer 2017 Newsletter
- Garden Thymes Winter 2018 Newsletter
Partnerships and Organizations
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NC State Climate Office
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
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