2019 NC Agritunity Conference and Trade Show
Saturday, February 9, 2019 N.C. Cooperative Extension, Iredell County Center 444 Bristol Drive Statesville, NC 28687 Registration Opens: 8:30 a.m. Conference Hours 9 a.m. – …
Agriculture & Food
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Free Pesticide Disposal Event
U.S. Department of Agriculture and State Land-Grant Universities Cooperating North Carolina Cooperative Extension- 704-873-0507- Wednesday Oct. 31st, 2018 FREE PESTICIDE …
Certified Animal Waste Operators: Educational Credits Offered
Iredell County Extension will be offering up to 6 -Hours of Continuing Education Credits for Certified Waste Operators. Thursday, October …
Hurricane Preparation: Important Links for Families and Farms
Please click on the following Topics to learn more about Hurricane Preparations: FAMILIES and FARMERS: Prepare for Hurricane Florence With ReadyNC: …
Iredell County Fall Household and Pesticide Hazardous Waste Collection
Iredell County Solid Waste has scheduled a Hazardous Waste day for BOTH Pesticides and Household Hazardous Waste. The event …
Weather Preparations for NC Farmers
Please check out the following links on Storm Preparations for Dairy and other Farms. If you have any questions …
Hurricanes and Other Potential Natural Disasters, Are You Prepared?
Please take preparations for Hurricane Florence seriously! Visit the link below for Extension Factsheets on disaster preparedness. Time to prepare …
Dairy Revenue Protection Workshop
Come Get the “Scoop” on Dairy Revenue Protection Dairy Rev Protection Workshop 2018 flyer SPEAKER: John Newton, Chief Economist (American Farm …
Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed We have been getting a lot of local interest about this new weed. Please check out the links …
Milk Quality and Parlor Training Workshop
There will be a Milk Quality and Parlor Training Workshop at Piedmont Research Station’s Dairy Unit (8530 Sherrill’s Ford …
Eat Local!
Check out the new Eat Local Iredell webpage Now go out and eat …
Great quick reference for that snake you just found!!
We have been getting a lot of calls and stop-ins about snakes. It is that time of year, and …
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Extension Programs at NC State University
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- Vernon James Research and Extension Center
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- Executive Farm Management Program
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
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- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- NC Pesticide Safety Education
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- Official Variety Testing
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Iredell County Local Foods
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More Extension Programs at NC State University
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- Extension Soils Program
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- NC Climate Data
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- NC State Climate Office
- Organic Ag Info
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
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