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 …
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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
Gray Leaf Spot in Corn
This corn disease information note offers information on the symptoms and management of gray leaf …
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Corn Rusts: Common and Southern Rust
Common and southern corn rusts may affect corn in North Carolina. Management for each is …
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Gray Mold of Industrial Hemp
Gray mold of industrial hemp is common to most regions that produce this crop. It …
18 hours ago — Industrial Hemp Disease Information
Photosystem II – Triazine Herbicides
This factsheet describes the symptoms of a photosystem II (PS II) inhibitor herbicide injury.
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Lesion Nematode in Soybean
Lesion nematodes belonging to the genus Pratylenchus are plant-parasitic roundworms that may cause economic damage …
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Grain Pea Production in North Carolina
This publication discusses the findings of applied research conducted to answer production questions about growing …
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Shoot Inhibitors
This factsheet describes the symptoms of a shoot inhibitor herbicide injury.
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Cellulose Inhibitor, Dichlobenil
This factsheet describes the symptoms of a dichlobenil herbicide injury.
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