Spring 2019 Pesticide School Schedule Available
The Spring 2019 Pesticide Safety School Schedule is now available for registrants who are seeking initial licensing in one …
Farm Health & Safety
How to Protect Your Beehives From Mosquito Spraying Following a Hurricane
Keep up to date on which counties are scheduled to conduct mosquito abatement programs, who has been notified, and …
Disaster Aftermath: Damage Claims // Consecuencias De Un Desastre: Reclamos Por Daños
Dear Farming Community and Agents Several things are important in the aftermath of the storm farms. Earlier I have published …
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, …
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 …
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