2019 Alternative Crops and Organics Day (And Mountain Research Station Field Day)
Join us for our annual Alternative Crops and Organics Day in the morning and the Mountain Research Station Field …
Hops, Hemp, Truffles, and More-See What We Are Doing!
It’s field day season and we have four events planned to showcase our research this year! This is your …
Time for Tick Treatments
On Monday, the N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services posted a press release about the deaths of five …
The Story of Cucumbers in North Carolina | Homegrown
Cucumber production is an important part of North Carolina’s agriculture economy. The state ranks fifth in the nation for …
Grape Pest Survey - 4th Week of June
As the grapes grow, we again started to catch grape berry moth in one of our Northwest locations (Wilkes Co.), …
European Earwig: Pest, Beneficial or Both?
Dr. Robert Orpet | 6/25/2019 | Via Entomology Today The European earwig (Forficula auricularia) may be difficult to appreciate …
Watermelon Rootstock Resistant to Fusarium Wilt and Southern Root-Knot Nematodes
Sandra Avant USDA ARS | 6/26/2019 | Morning Ag Clips A new watermelon line, developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) …
Grape Pest Survey- 3rd Week of June
Glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) detections continue in both of our Northeast sites, in Perquimans and Currituck Co., and we captured our …
Cicada Killer Wasps
Cicada killer wasps are starting to emerge. This picture was taken on Friday in a landscaped area outside the …
CALS Dean Linton Visits NC Research Stations
Dr. Richard Linton, Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, visited MHCREC on June 13, 2019, as part …
Grape Pest Survey- 2nd Week of June
We are starting to catch the glassy winged sharpshooter, a vector of Pierce’s diseases(PD) in one of our northeast …
Connecting Herb and Specialty Crop Growers With Buyers
Are you looking for liner trays of false unicorn (star grub root)? Are you a North Carolina grower with …
Cucumber Downy Mildew Detected in North Carolina
Written by Lina Quesada-Ocampo and Kimberly D’Arcangelo Cucumber Downy Mildew (CDM) was confirmed on a cucumber sample from a production …
N.C. Agriculture: Feeding Families, Growing the Economy
As more people move to the urban centers of North Carolina, consumers lose previously close connections with where their …
Chasing Bees and Taking Pictures of Butterflies!
Dr. Danesha Seth Carley talks about her interests and research to promote pollinator habitats across the State of North …
How Pesticides Can Actually Increase Mosquito Numbers
Jake Buhler | 6/2/2019 | National Geographic Insecticides in at least one area are not only failing to control mosquitoes, …
Mandarin Boom Means Citrus Pest Management Must Evolve
Ed Ricciuti | 6/4/2019 | Entomology Today Since the 1990s, mandarin oranges have become what The New York Times headlined in 2016 as …
N.C. Blueberry Season Is Heating Up
Dexter Hill NCDA &CS | 6/9/2019 | Via MorningAgClips Record-high temperatures in North Carolina have proven to be a challenge for local blueberry …
Mushrooms, Herbs, Plants and More Available on Herb Connection
In the search for new crops that will potentially bring higher returns than many commodity crops, North Carolina farmers …
Grape Pest Survey - 1st Week of June
As the summer approaches, the three-cornered alfalfa hopper, Spissistilus festinus, captures are picking up in both sticky traps and …