Agriculture
Cooperative Extension offers Canning Classes
Learn hands-on the “ins and outs” of home food preservation during a series of afternoon classes held from 1:00-3:00pm at the Currituck County Center of NC Cooperative Extension.
Filing for Political Offices opens February 13
Currituck residents wishing to toss their hat into the political ring may do so beginning at 12 noon on Monday, February 13, 2012. The filing period for political offices will remain open until 12 noon on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. [Click to read more]
Pesticide Disposal Day Scheduled
The Currituck County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will be hosting a Pesticide Disposal Collection Day on Thursday, February 23, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Crop Production Services, 119 Central Lane, Shawboro, NC. This event is sponsored by the N. C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program. [...]
N.C. Cooperative Extension partners with 10% Campaign
Campaign goal is to promote local foods
Cameron Lowe with North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Currituck County will be extension’s local foods coordinator, supporting the 10% Campaign. The campaign is an effort to encourage North Carolina consumers to spend 10 percent of their food dollars on foods from local sources.
Through the campaign website – www.nc10percent.com [...]
Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstration Scheduled
The Currituck County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will be sponsoring a pruning demonstration workshop for fruit trees on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. This program will begin by meeting in the employee parking area at the Currituck County Extension Center in Barco, North Carolina before traveling to a local orchard for [...]
Bonsai Class Offered
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Currituck County Center, is sponsoring a Bonsai Class on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Cost is $50.00. The instructor will be Ronnie Baum, of the Virginia Bonsai Society. This class is for beginners and those already familiar with the art of Bonsai. A variety of plant material will be offered. All [...]
Registration Open for Currituck 4-H Day Camp
Currituck 4-H is now accepting registration for summer day camp. Call 232-2262 to receive a
registration form or print one at currituck.ces.ncsu.edu and click on Youth and 4-H on the left
side.
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Putting Small Acreage to Work
The Currituck Cooperative Extension will present information to help property owners utilize small acreage or small farms on Thursday, February 26, 2009.
“Putting Small Acreage to Work” is a series of programs designed to help potential small agriculture business owners make the right decisions when starting an agricultural enterprise or developing a niche market. Topics include [...]
Fire Ant Quarantine Area Expanded
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is expanding a state quarantine for the imported fire ant in a continuing effort to monitor and address this pest. With the expansion, the quarantine now includes portions or entire areas of 67 counties.
The quarantine expansion means residents and business owners in all of Camden, [...]
Go to Be NC Agriculture program wins national award
RALEIGH—The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Got to Be NC Agriculture market development program was recently awarded the 2008 NAAMO Award of Agricultural Marketing Excellence.
North American Agricultural Marketing Officials is an international organization of state and provincial government workers who provide both domestic and international marketing services to agricultural and food industries in [...]
Following soil-test recommendations can save money
RALEIGH – With skyrocketing fertilizer prices eating into farmers’ bottom line, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler encourages growers to use free soil testing to avoid unnecessary fertilizer expenses.
“Prices are expected to be more than double what they were last fall, so this is not the time to risk buying and applying more fertilizer than you need,” [...]
NCDA&CS takes steps to increase gas supply in N.C.
RALEIGH - Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced today that the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has taken steps to increase the availability of gasoline in the state.
The department is relaxing limits on vapor pressure in gasoline that are in place during warm-weather months. Less stringent limits are in place the rest of the [...]
N.C. muscadine season in full swing
RALEIGH — Muscadine grape lovers are enjoying the sweet taste of North Carolina’s official state fruit, with their arrival in grocery stores, farmers markets, roadside stands and pick your own farms. Early indications are 2008 will be a great muscadine season, with a good supply of grapes available.
Besides their delicious flavor, muscadines are one of [...]
N.C. wheat growers share secret to success
RALEIGH - North Carolina wheat growers faced a dilemma with regard to fertilizing their crop this past season. Even though favorable grain prices were being anticipated, drought and skyrocketing fertilizer costs made it seem economically risky to apply nitrogen at standard rates.
Savvy growers turned to an agronomic test known as plant tissue analysis to accurately [...]
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