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Spring tours of North Carolina Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden in Pittsboro start next week! The tours are led by …
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May 11, 2021 Codling Moth We have entered a period where the main focus of insect control throughout the region is …
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With the uncertainty of fruit loads and extended bloom period, many growers are just now applying a petal fall …
Bloodroot and Red Trillium Collection Study
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Help Create Truffle Orchard Fertility Guidelines for NC Growers!
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AWIS 14-Day Weather Discussion
AWIS 14-day Weather Discussion Dear all, Our region experienced a freeze/frost event from Wednesday to Friday. This event came with partly …
AWIS Weather Forecast: 14-Day Weather Discussion
AWIS Weather Forecast: 14-day Weather Discussion Dear all, Our region experienced a freeze/frost event from Wednesday to Friday. This event came …
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WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - April 20, 2021
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AWIS Weather Forecast: Frost Risk April 22-23
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AWIS Weather Forecast: Frost Alert Thursday / Friday, April 22-23
A wider frost- and freeze risk for North Carolina and Mid-Atlantic (Figure 1) combined with gusty winds, call for …
Vineyard Workshop, April 19
NC Winegrowers Association: Vineyard Workshop April 19, 2021, from 9:30 a.m. to noon AGENDA Travis Snodgrass/ N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer …
AWIS Weather Alert: Chance of Frost in App. Mountains
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