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Bollworm Flight Is On! Light Trap Data for NC Available Here

July 25, 2016

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Cost Share Available for Organic Certification

July 13, 2016

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Organic No-Till Corn Production: Cover Crops and Starter Fertilizer

June 1, 2016

Stink bug injury in corn
Poor Quality Corn Could Be From Seedling Insect Pests

May 25, 2016

Hessian fly eggs at Kinston, NC in plots with and without treated seed and with and without insecticide sprays every other week.
Disc or Spray Your Wheat Infested With Hessian Fly?

March 7, 2016

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Time to Submit Wheat Tissue Samples for Spring Nitrogen Needs

February 26, 2016

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North Carolina Agriculture and Forestry Adaptation Work Group Needs Your Help

February 14, 2016

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USDA to Gather New Data on Organic Agriculture Production

February 3, 2016

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New Research on Winter Peas for Forage, Grain, and as Cover Crop in NC

February 3, 2016

Sipha maydis adult. Photo from J. Sorensen, California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Be on the Lookout for a New Invasive Aphid of Wheat

January 8, 2016

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Importance of Managing Sugarcane Aphids in Grain Sorghum at Harvest

September 16, 2015

Billbug-injured plants per foot of row. Hyde Co. 2014.
Time to Think About Billbug Management in 2016 Corn

September 15, 2015

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Sap Beetle Management in Mature Corn

September 3, 2015

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Organic Wheat OVT Results - 2011-2015

August 3, 2015

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Current Soybean Insect Thesholds

July 17, 2015

Hole created by an unknown stalk borer.
Why We Plant So Much Bt Corn in North Carolina

April 7, 2015

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Bt Corn Traits: What Insects Are Controlled, Herbicide Tolerance, and Refuge Requirements

April 7, 2015

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Corn Entomology 2015 Presentation Now Available

January 12, 2015

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Soybean Entomology 2015 Presentation Now Available

January 12, 2015

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December 2, 2014

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Corn Bt Trait and Seed Treatment Efficacy

October 17, 2014

White sugarcane aphid. David Kerns, LSU.
Be on the Lookout for White Sugarcane Aphid in Sorghum

October 17, 2014

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NC Organic Cost Share Program

September 22, 2014

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Crimson Clover Cover Crop Seed - AU Robin

September 22, 2014

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New! 2011-2015 Organic Wheat OVT Results

September 4, 2014

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Organic OVT Results for Wheat 2011-2014

September 4, 2014

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Current Soybean Insect Thesholds- Note That Stink Bug Sweep Net Threshold Changed in 2013

August 20, 2014

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Soybean Leaf Yellowing and Curling Widespread; Cause Is Yet Unknown

August 20, 2014

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Soybean Aphid in North Carolina?

August 8, 2014

Yellow combine harvester cutting wheat in a field
Post-Harvest Handling of Organic Grain

June 6, 2014

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Kudzu Bug Expectations for 2014

May 22, 2014

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2011-2013 Organic Soybean OVT Results

March 20, 2014

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Malting Barley in NC

December 1, 2013

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Organic Corn Variety Trials

December 1, 2013

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2012-2013 Organic Wheat OVT Results

September 18, 2013

Canola
Organic Canola Production in NC

June 1, 2013

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2013 Soybean Varieties for Organic Production

March 1, 2013

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Stevia Production in NC

March 1, 2013

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Kudzu Bug (Megacopta Cribraria), a New Potentially Devastating Pest of Soybeans

December 1, 2012

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NCDA Organic Cost-Share Deadline

September 1, 2012

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