Are You Ready to Make Hay While the Sun Shines?
Hay season is just around the corner. If you haven’t already, now is the time to pull out the …
Farm Health & Safety
Free Social Media Toolkit: Protecting Farmworkers From Pesticide Exposure
How can you encourage farmworkers and their families to use practices that minimize the risk of pesticide exposure? The …
Watch Out for These (Arthropod) Spring Home Invaders
Insects and other arthropods are feeling the warm weather and waking up for spring. Bees, social wasps, bugs, flies, …
How Do I Get a Pesticide License?
To get a pesticide license there are a few steps to take, but it’s all pretty straightforward. Below is …
Farm Transition Tactics
William Hamilton is a 15-year veteran dealing with farmland in North Carolina, specializing in a wide array of issues …
4 African Climate Activists Calling for Action
In our latest episode we speak to incredible Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, who is too often represented as …
Information on Terrestrial Flatworms and Hammerhead Worms
As if Asian giant hornets weren’t enough, this year also saw media attention on a lesser-known, but bizarre, group …
Spring 2021 Online Pesticide School Schedule Available
The Spring 2021 Online Pesticide Safety School Schedule is now available for registrants who are seeking initial licensing in …
Pesticide Recertification Opportunities 2020-2021
Agents in Wilkes, Surry, Stokes, Yadkin, and Forsyth Counties are partnering to deliver pesticide recertification opportunities for license holders …
Virtual Cattlemen's Meeting Schedule
You can register for these meetings through Eventbrite or you can watch via YouTube Live. Please visit our webpage …
Farms, Food, and You: Vermicomposting
NC State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has a new podcast series called Farms, Food, and You. …
Attend a Pesticide School
Pesticide Schools are hosted by the N.C. State Pesticide Safety Education Program with the help of the N.C. Cooperative …
Pesticide Recertification "V" Training, September 1 - ONLINE
N.C Cooperative Extension of Wilkes and Yadkin Counties are partnering with N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to …
Guidance on Face Coverings in Wilkes
We are sharing information from The State of North Carolina and Wilkes County Government on proper face covering. *They recommend …
Learn How NC FarmLink Can Help Farmers and Farm Workers Find Each Other!
Online Webinar, Thursday, April 8, 6 to 7.30 p.m. COVID-19 is placing new and unforeseen challenges on-farm labor – getting employees …
PPE Survey Request for Farmers
The USDA is currently collecting information on the ability to access Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) needed to safely and …
NCDA&CS Taking Preventive Measures to Help Farmers and Agribusinesses
Adapted from a press release written by Rich Bonnano. The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) is taking …
NC State Extension Launches Portal for COVID-19 Resources
Press release by Richard Campbell, NC State Extension. COVID-19 has disrupted our lives and routines, from how we work, play …
COVID-19-Please Read
As a preventive measure in order to ensure the health and wellbeing of the community, we encourage customers of …
Spring Ag Fest is CANCELED
The Chatham County Spring Ag Fest that was scheduled for March 28, 2020, at the Chatham County Agriculture & …
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More Extension Programs at NC State University
National eXtension Resources
Partnerships and Organizations
- National Ag Safety Database
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- National Pesticide Information Center Emergency Resources
- NC Agromedicine Institute
- NCDA&CS Structural Pest Control and Pesticide Division
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