Organic Field Crop Farm Tour in NC is July 19
Media Contact: Chris Reberg-Horton, 919.515.7597 or chris_reberg-horton@ncsu.edu N.C. State University’s Organic Grain Project will lead a tour of Hickory Meadows Organics in Whitakers, an organic...
View ArticleOrganic wheat producers may soon have more options to control weeds
From Southern SARE North Carolina organic wheat producers who face challenges in controlling stubborn weeds, specifically Italian ryegrass, may soon be able to choose from varieties that suppress those...
View ArticleNC State’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course Receives Audubon International Certification
North Carolina State University’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course has passed strict sustainability standards and become a certified Audubon International Signature Golf Sanctuary and member of the...
View ArticleThe right habitat and food source key for beneficial insects
From Southern SARE News Entomologists with North Carolina State University have unlocked a few secrets in the life cycle of a tiny beneficial wasp that parasitizes stinkbug eggs. The findings increase...
View ArticleShould North Carolina farmers spray wheat for Hessian fly?
By Dominic Reisig, NC State Extension in Southeast Farm Press Historically, most North Carolina Hessian fly wheat problems occur in the eastern part of the state, but damage this year extends into the...
View ArticleNeonicotinoid regulations are a game changer for farmers
From Southeast Farm Press by Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech University; Dominic Reisig and Jack Bacheler (retired), North Carolina State University New regulations recently released by the Environmental...
View ArticleNC State University Leads Research into Kudzu Bug Host Preferences
For an exotic invasive insect pest, kudzu bug is fairly easy to control. Spray a pyrethroid, and it’s gone. The problem is that the pyrethroid also takes with it many beneficial insects that usually...
View ArticleNorth Carolina turfgrass field day in August
N.C. State University’s annual Turfgrass Field Day will be held in Raleigh at the Lake Wheeler Turfgrass Research Lab, Aug. 13, 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. One of the largest events of its kind in the country,...
View ArticleHydrilla invading Eno River in North Carolina
From the News & Observer by Kara Bettis The invasive aquatic plant hydrilla is moving down the Eno River at a rate of 1 mile per year and could begin to hamper boating and other recreational...
View ArticleNC State receives $12.4 million to improve sweet potatoes
by Mick Kulikowski North Carolina State University will receive $12.4 million over the next four years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve a crop that is an important food staple in...
View ArticleNCSU professor John Ambrose taught NC about bees
From the Raleigh News & Observer BY ELIZABETH SHESTAK For more than 20 years John Ambrose taught an introductory class on the honeybee and beekeeping at North Carolina State. Perhaps the course’s...
View ArticleCankerworm moths lay eggs now; larvae will eat leaves in spring
by Amitha A. Narayanan, a graduate student in NC State’s Technical Communication program. In NCSU News It is the time of the year when you might be thinking of snuggling up with hot chocolate and your...
View ArticleDanesha Seth Carley receives sustainability award from NC State University
Danesha Seth Carley is one of the 2015 recipients of the Green Brick Award, an award given for outstanding achievement in environmental sustainability on campus, in the community or globally. The...
View ArticleRecognizing sweet potato black rot and scurf
In North Carolina Plant Pathology By Lina Quesada-Ocampo Black rot of sweetpotato is caused by the seed and soil borne fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata. Root symptoms include large circular, brownish to...
View ArticleCucurbit downy mildew in FL, GA, and SC
By Lina Quesada-Ocampo Cucurbit downy mildew, caused by the oomycete Pseudoperonospora cubensis, is a yearly concern for North Carolina cucurbit growers. The disease affects cucurbit crops such as...
View ArticleGood soil health depends on cover crop mix
In Southeast Farm Press Matt Poore continues to stress the importance of cover crop mixes on grazing land to both improve soil health and increase livestock nutrition. During the Southeastern Soil...
View ArticlePollinator conference to take place in North Carolina
by Matt Shipman This autumn, researchers, educators, and industry experts from around the country will descend on a small town in rural North Carolina to discuss a question with repercussions for both...
View ArticleTree of Heaven, paulownia are two tree species that provide refuge for brown...
Since its discovery in the United States in 1996, the brown marmorated stink bug has been testing the patience of farmers and homeowners alike. From spring to fall it decimates crops such as tree...
View ArticleWhen neonicotinoids don’t control thrips, using more isn’t better
In Southeast Farm Press Tobacco thrips resistant to neonicotinoid class of insecticides are proving to be more of a problem for cotton producers in North Carolina and across the Southeast. During the...
View ArticleMore fire ants are coming, says NC State entomologist
In Coastal Review Online by Trista Talton The impossible-to-eradicate, imported red fire ant is going to expand farther and crop up in higher concentrations in North Carolina. This is primarily due to...
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