COVID-19 Resources for Fruit and Vegetable Producers
Below please find a list of resources for fresh produce growers dealing with COVID-19. These resources are categorized for …
Commercial Horticulture, Nursery & Turf
COVID-19 Daily Farmers Updates 3/21/2020
COVID-19 Daily Farmers Update Prepared by Mark Hoffmann (Small Fruits Extension Specialist) and Xiaonan Shi (MS Student, Department of Horticulture) 3/21/2020: As …
2020 Tomato and Pepper Fungicide Spray Guides for North Carolina
Fungicide spray guides for tomato and pepper have been updated for 2020! These guides are intended for commercial growers as …
Modified Plant Disease and Insect Clinic Operations
UPDATE: In order to comply with the latest NC State University policy, the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic will now …
Come Work With Us in the NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program!
3/5/2020 – Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you like working with plants? Are you interested in agricultural research? …
MHCREC Is on Social Media
Did you know that the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center is now on Facebook and Twitter? To see …
MHCREC Director Honored With 2020 Distinguished Service Award
The Research Center Administrators Society (RCAS) has bestowed its 2020 Distinguished Service Awards to research center directors in Arkansas …
Meet the WNC Woodland Stewards
2/27/2020 – The Association for Temperate Agroforestry has a nice article in their latest newsletter about our Woodland Stewards …
We Are Harvesting Lots of Black Perigord Truffles at NCSU!
1/31/2020 – Skepticism was high in 2010 when we planted our first filbert orchard with young trees inoculated with …
2019 Melon Cultigen Studies are Published
Orange flesh and specialty melon cultigen evaluation studies were conducted at the Central Crops Research Station in Clayton, NC …
2019 Greenhouse Vegetable Production Agent Training
On January 22 & 23, Extension Specialists conducted a two day agent training focused on production of greenhouse vegetables …
How (And How Not) to Ship Hemp
12/19/2019 – If you have a reason to ship hemp or hemp products, please read this post! I run …
Plant Disease and Insect Clinic Holiday Schedule
North Carolina State University, including the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic, will be closed the week of December 23–27, …
Our Organic Tomato Project Makes the News!
11/25/2019 – The new funding for the multi-state Tomato Organic Management Initiative (TOMI) research and extension project was announced …
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours for the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
The NC State University Plant Disease and Insect Clinic will be closing for the Thanksgiving holiday starting at 1:30 …
NEW Online Hop Production Course for the Eastern US
11/8/2019 – As the southernmost member of the Great Lakes Hops Working Group, I am excited to announce the …
Grape Pest Survey - 4th Week of September
This article is our last post for this grape season. Harvest is complete at all of our locations. We …
NC State & UT Horticulture collaborate with Ashe County Extension on 2019 Pumpkin Variety Trials
Collaborators on the 2019 Pumpkin Cuiltigen Variety Trials include NC State University Horticultural Science Vegetable Extension and Post Harvest …
Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of September
Our only remaining active locations is our muscadine site in Rowan County. Again, grape berry moth were caught at the …
Grape Pest Survey - 2nd Week of September
As harvest continues and we get close to the end of the season, we are finishing the insect scouting …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
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- Blueberries
- Composting
- Cut Flowers
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
- Gardening in North Carolina (Urban Horticulture)
- Growing Small Farms: Sustainable Agriculture in North Carolina
- Horticulture
- Muscadine Grapes
- NC Fresh Produce Safety
- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- New Crops and Organics
- Peaches
- Strawberries
- Turffiles - Lawn Care Information for North Carolina
- Vegetable Production - Tomatoes, Cabbage, Peppers
- Weed Management in Nurseries, Landscapes, & Christmas Trees
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Fruit Crops
- Landscaping
- NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
National eXtension Resources
- All About Blueberries Community (eXtension)
- Apples Community of Practice (eXtension.org)
- eOrganic (eXtension
- Grapes (eXtension)
- Plant Breeding and Genomics
Partnerships and Organizations
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
- JC Raulston Arboretum
- The Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
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