Are you a plant killer? Watch this episode of "In the Garden with Bryce Lane" to learn to keep plants alive: [more] • • • Avoid foodborne illness this holiday season by following these Extension tips from #NCSU and Kansas State Univ: [more] • • • For much of NC, Thanksgiving is a great time to plant spring-flowering bulbs. See Extension at #NCSU tips: [more]
Raising animals -- poultry, hogs, horses, beef and dairy cattle, fish and more -- has become the most valuable segment of North Carolina agriculture. Today, animal agriculture accounts for about 60 percent of the state's total farm cash receipts. North Carolina Cooperative Extension helps growers use the latest research to improve profits and manage animal waste in environmentally sound ways.
Dealing with the Drought: Information from North Carolina Cooperative Extension specialists and agents designed to help agricultural producers and others deal with drought conditions in North Carolina has been compiled and is now available online. MORE
Your bull is usually gentle and friendly, but it is important to remember that bulls have bad days too. Bulls account for two percent of the cattle population, but they are responsible for more than half of farmworker fatalities and are considered the most dangerous of all domestic animals. Many deaths are the result of farmworkers being attacked, mauled, rammed, gored, trampled, or pinned against some surface. It is important to recognize your bull’s ... MORE
Robeson County is one of the most rural and agriculturally productive counties in the state of North Carolina. However, none of the 18 students enrolled in the Lumberton High School Animal Science II class have a farming background. These students attend school in the heart of this small town, far from the fields and barns that make up a large part of the county. According to Michelle Shooter, Cooperative Extension livestock agent ... MORE
NC Cooperative Extension is based at North Carolina's two land-grant institutions, NC State University and NC A&T State University, in all 100 counties and on the Cherokee Reservation.
