An Accurate 2020 Census Is Important for Farmers and Our Communities
Every 10 years, the census becomes an important topic in Rutherford County but the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us more …
Field Crops
Rutherford County Office Re-Open to the Public on a Limited Basis Beginning June 8th
The N.C. Cooperative Extension of Rutherford County office will reopen to the public on Monday, June 8, 2020. Clients …
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Signup Is Now Available
Beginning May 26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the Farm Service Agency (FSA), will be accepting applications …
Update for Livestock Producers
Download Commissioner Steve Troxler’s “Notice of Essential Food and Agricultural Employee” here: Notice for agriculture …
Foothills Region Producers' Cooperative Meeting
Where: Monday, January 20, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. (with dinner to follow) When: McDowell County Senior Center For more information and …
2020 NC Foothills Farm Tour Applications are live on Nov. 1, 2019
2020 NC Foothills Farm Tour Application for participating farms Are you a farm owner in Polk or Rutherford counties who …
Rutherford County High Tunnel Production Workshop
Join us for a High Tunnel Production Workshop at the N.C. Cooperative Extension of Rutherford County on August 28, …
Rutherford County Friends of Ag Breakfast
Join us monthly for our Friends of Ag Breakfast! Breakfast is held every second Wednesday at 7 a.m., January through …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
Custom Tools for Growers
Information Portals
- Corn
- Cotton
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
- Industrial Hemp
- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Official Variety Testing
- Organic Commodities
- Soybeans
- Tobacco Growers Information
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Agriculture and Resource Economics Extension
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- Peanut Growers Information
Partnerships and Organizations
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NCSU/USDA Forage Program
- North Carolina Small Grains Growers Association
Publications, Information, and News
- Georgia's Tobacco Grower's Guide
- Integrated Pest Management Blogs
- NC Agricultural Chemicals Manual
- NC Official Variety Tests
- NC Pest News
- Soybean Rust-USDA
- The Corn Grower's Guidebook-Purdue University
- Top Soybean Rust News-StopsoybeanRust.com
Rutherford County Family and Consumer Sciences Programs
Recent Publications related to Field Crops
2021 Flue-Cured Tobacco Guide
This guide for growers, updated annually, provides information on production and pest management practices applicable …
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Extension Personnel Working with Tobacco
This publication, part of the 2021 Flue-Cured Tobacco Information handbook, lists North Carolina extension personnel …
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Protecting People and the Environment When Using Pesticides
This publication, chapter 11 of the 2021 Flue-Cured Tobacco Information handbook, describes some measures that …
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Curing and Mechanization
This publication, chapter 10 of the 2021 Flue-Cured Tobacco Information handbook, offers information on the …
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Tobacco Insect Management
This publication, chapter 9 of the 2021 Flue-Cured Tobacco Information handbook, covers insect management in …
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Threshold Legal Issues Concerning Solar Development Opportunities
This factsheet covers several factors to consider when leasing farmland for solar farm purposes. Property …
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Managing Diseases
This publication, chapter 8 of the 2021 Flue-Cured Tobacco Information handbook, covers disease management in …
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Topping, Managing Suckers, and Using Ethephon
This publication, chapter 7 of the 2021 Flue-Cured Tobacco Information handbook, provides information on topping …
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