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Small farms workshop poster

Small Farm Agribusiness Workshop

April 27, 2023 – 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Bertie County Extension Center 104 Lancaster Ave, Windsor, NC Join us to attend …

Honeybees on Comb

March Honeybee Meeting

Join us on March 7th for our monthly honeybee meeting. Our guest speaker will be David from Sapony Creek …

Honey Bee Intro Class Part II

Honey Bee Intro Class Part ll

Join us on October 18th at 6 p.m. at the Hertford County Cooperative Extension office as we continue to …

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Wasps at Porch Lights

In recent weeks we’ve been getting a lot of messages regarding large wasps coming to porch lights. In all …

Chicken & Rabbit Show

2021 Chicken & Rabbit Show

Are you interested in raising chickens and/or rabbits? If so, you should participate in our 4-H Chicken & Rabbit …

Peanut Pod Blasting Clinic

North Carolina Cooperative Extension of Hertford County will be hosting Peanut Pod Blasting Clinics to aid in determining peanut maturity. The …

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Pasture Grazing Heights for Rotational Stocking

This publication provides information for making grazing management decisions using rotational stocking. It covers canopy …

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Raising Prices on Meat, a Pep Talk

This publication provides information to help farms make decisions about raising prices on meat products …

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Biochar Production through Slow Pyrolysis of Animal Manure

Transporting livestock manure to nutrient deficient fields can often be cost prohibitive without manure processing. …

Sloped Screen Separator for Manure

Including sloped screens for solid-liquid manure separation can have positive impacts on manure management systems …

Screw Press Separation of Manure

Screw press separators can divide a single by-product stream into a solid and liquid stream …

Pelleting Animal Manures

This factsheet summarizes key technologies used to produce pellets from animal manures and the impact …

Anaerobic Digestion from Animal Manure

Manure is among the lowest methane yielding feedstocks in digesters, but it is widely used …

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Comparison of Commercially Available Novel-Endophyte Tall Fescue Forage Varieties

This publication compares novel-endophyte tall fescue forage varieties and includes renovation planning information on choosing …

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