WNC Junior Beef Spring Fling
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Greenhouse Diagnostics Workshop Set for March 1
Join us for an evening of hands-on education featuring researchers and industry professionals from around the region! The Foothills …
Commercial Poultry Grower Meetings
Please join us for the 2018 Commercial Poultry Grower Meetings. Register here for the meeting you wish to attend. 3 hours …
Poultry Science Summer Institute
The Poultry Science Summer Institute will be held June 24-28, 2018. The institute is a five-day, four-night conference and …
Advanced Livestock Judging Information
Advanced Livestock Judging Program …
2018 Onslow County Livestock Showdown
2018 Onslow Livestock …
2018 NC State Fair Youth Livestock Scholarship
2018 NC State Fair Livestock Scholarship …
North Carolina Livestock School & East Coast Extravaganza Livestock Show
March 3 – Livestock School and Hog Show March 4 – Market Goat, Market Lamb, Market Steer and Heifer Show Where: …
Foothills Ornamental Production Workshop
The 2018 Foothills Ornamental Production Workshop will be held at the Burke County Agriculture Center in Morganton, North Carolina. …
2018 Beekeeping School
Rick Harty, NCSBA Master Beekeeper will be teaching a class on beekeeping beginning on 2/1/18 and ending 3/22/18 from …
Periodical Cicada Hatch Expected in Western North Carolina in 2017
This is an article I wrote for the Spring 2017 edition of Nursery and Landscape Notes published by the North Carolina …
Apple Grafting Workshop
Yancey County Cooperative Extension will hold tree-grafting workshops on Thursday, March 2nd and Tuesday, March 7th, 2017. The same …
Apple Tree Pruning & Training Workshop
In recent years there have been a number of apple trees planted in this area; in order for these …
Don't Miss the Ornamental Production Workshop
The 2017 Foothills Ornamental Production Workshop will take place on Thursday, February 23 at the Burke County Extension Center in Morganton, …
2017 Master Gardeners Training Classes
April 5 – July 13, 2017 Wednesdays, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon Cost: $140.00 yancey.ces.ncsu.edu The Master Gardeners’ Training classes are scheduled to …
ToeCane Beekeepers' Association Meeting & Potluck Dinner
The Toe-Cane Beekeepers Association (TCBA) will hold its first meeting of 2017 on February 28th at 6:30 PM at …
Greenhouse Workshop Slated for January 31
The 2017 Foothills Greenhouse Production Workshop will take place on Tuesday, January 31 at Banner Greenhouses in Nebo, North Carolina. …
Cutting Production Webinar Announced for Greenhouse Growers
Optimizing Rooting of Vegetative Annuals: Maximizing Performance Through Lighting, Temperature, Irrigation and Fertility Dr. Roberto Lopez Michigan State University Thursday, November 3, …
Tax Relief for Drought-Stricken Farmers in 25 North Carolina Counties
With all of the rain and flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew, it may be easy to forget that the …
Pesticide Disposal Collection Day
The Yancey County Cooperative Extension Service, in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, will be holding a …
Register for Nursery Field Day on September 23
The 16th Annual Nursery Crop Field Day will be held on Friday, September 23 from 8 am to 3 …
Nursery Weed Field Day Slated for September 7
This event features on-site demonstrations and will focus on recent research from Dr. Joe Neal’s lab exploring the economics …
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