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July 13, 2017

solar panel

MEETING ...

Solar PV education meeting July 25

Learn about technology, construction, regulations, and economics of solar PV

July 13, 2017

pigs

SYMPOSIUM ...

Register for pig welfare symposium

Agenda set for November event

July 12, 2017

North Carolina farm

CENSUS ...

2017 Census of Agriculture

This is your opportunity to be heard

July 12, 2017

Student Garnett Bullock feeds the approximately 30,000 worms that live at the NC State Composting Learning Lab off Lake Wheeler Road in Raleigh. (Courtesy of NC State University)

SUSTAINABILITY ...

Worms eat leftovers at campus lab

Vermicomposting grows in popularity

July 12, 2017

Poole loves to teach, and it shows: in 2017 alone, he’s nabbed the CALS Outstanding Teaching Award, the University Outstanding Teaching Award and the Educator Award from the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture. (Courtesy of NC State University)

LIVESTOCK CAMP ...

Diving into (Dr.) Poole

Students get hands-on experience with model livestock

July 11, 2017

Stameyclinic15

LIVESTOCK CLINIC ...

2017 Gary Stamey Livestock Clinic

Learn more about 4-H Livestock projects from start to finish

July 11, 2017

peaches

PEACHES ...

Good offering of late-variety peaches

North Carolina growers produce more than two dozen varieties of peaches

July 11, 2017

HAPPY COWS ...

Happiness turns dairy cows into cash cows

Improvements aimed at making cows happier have paid off for farmers

July 10, 2017

Downy mildew on cucumber. (Courtesy of NC State University)

PLANT DISEASE ...

Cucumber downy mildew

Plant disease confirmed in Buncombe County

July 10, 2017

This year’s BBQ Camp — the second annual — was held June 2-3 in Raleigh. (Courtesy of NC State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences)

SEMINAR ...

NC State BBQ Camp

‘From Conception to Consumption’