Strawberry Season in North Carolina Has Begun
Dexter Hill, N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services | 3/31/2019 | Via Morning Ag Clips 2019 NC Strawberry Season …
Controlling English Ivy in Urban Landscapes
Joe Neal | 3/5/2019 | NC State Publications and Factsheets English ivy (Hedera helix) is a shade-tolerant, woody perennial vine. …
It's Ramps Season! Grow Them, Eat Them, Sell Them
Ramps (Allium tricoccum L.), also called wild leeks, are a native plant that are increasingly popular with wild food …
New Bamboo Publication Available
Are you considering establishing a commercial bamboo plantation? I am sure you have lots of questions about it, and …
Apple Trees Are Mysteriously Dying All Across America
Bryan Nelson | 3/28/2019 | Mother Nature Network Apple trees are an iconic national symbol in America, but the future …
Natural Plant Defense Genes Provide Clues to Safener Protection in Grain Sorghum
Dean Riechers & Lauren Quinn | 3/18/2019 | University of Illinois via USDA Fresh from the Field Weeds often emerge …
USDA Helps Protect Wetlands, Ag Lands, Grasslands
USDA NRCS | 3/27/2019 | via Morning AgClips USDA helps protect wetlands, ag lands, grasslands WASHINGTON — USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation …
Michigan Pollinator Project Surveys Planted Habitats
IPIPE | 3/27/2019 | March Newsletter Jacquelyn Albert, working with Dr. Rufus Isaacs and research technician Steve Van Timmerman at …
How Tree Diversity Regulates Invading Forest Pests
D’Lyn Ford at NC State University | 3/25/2019 | ScienceDaily A national-scale study of U.S. forests found strong relationships between …
Land Conservation Helps Local Economies Grow
Harvard University | 3/26/2019 | Morning AgClips via EurekaAlert! CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Land conservation modestly increases employment rates, a traditional …
Cover Crops That Take the Heat
USDA NRCS & Plant Materials Program | 3/22/2019 Plant Materials Centers (PMCs) in the Southeast are gathering data on different …
Blue Disease, Nematodes Aren’t the Only Threat in 2019
Bob Kemerait | 3/20/2019 | Southeast FarmPress Too many cotton stalks are left in the fields. Incessant rains that began …
New Vegetables and Herbs for Your Garden
Brian Barth | 3/25/2019 / Modern Farmer Branch out this year with varieties that will bring new flavors to your …
We Are Hiring! Help Us Grow Hemp, Hops, Broccoli, and More!
We have two to three temporary positions open in western North Carolina working on our western NC research stations …
Raising a Stink for BMSB Research
Kate Prengaman | 3/14/2019 | Good Fruit Grower Almost a decade after the first brown marmorated stink bug outbreak cost …
MHCREC's Dr. Tom Ranney Wins Scott Medal
Dr. Tom Ranney, nursery and landscape plant breeder at Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, recently received the …
APHIS Launches Site for Pests & Diseases
USDA APHIS | 3/17/2019| Via Morning AgClips The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is …
Diverse Bee Communities Best for Apple Orchards
Jan Suszkiw | 3/17/2019 | USDA ARS via Morning AgClips Diverse bee communities best for apple orchards WASHINGTON — Honey bees …
Dormant Copper Sprays and Sanitation for Disease Management
Kari A. Peter | 3/12/2019 | Penn State University Below is an excerpt from Kari A. Peter at Penn State …
Mowing for Monarchs
Michigan State University | 3/12/2019 | Via ScienceDaily You might think that mowing fields wouldn’t benefit monarch butterfly populations. New …