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12/19/2025 – Check out our end of the year newsletter! Our team was very busy and impactful in 2025. …
Montgomery County Center will be closed tomorrow, Wed 12/24/2025 for the holiday. We have moved! Please see our new location above.
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12/19/2025 – Check out our end of the year newsletter! Our team was very busy and impactful in 2025. …

Results from our fiber hemp variety trials in 2023 and 2024 are now available. Follow the link …

The spring 2026 Pesticide Safety Schools are for those seeking initial licensing in one or more pesticide subcategories. To register for …

Spring Ag Fest Celebrating Chatham County Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Saturday, March 28, 2026 10 a.m.–3 p.m. This is a FREE Event! Chatham …

The Yellow-legged Hornet (YLH) is a predatory wasp that attacks honey bee colonies. It was found in Savannah GA in …

The NC Peach Growers’ Society Annual Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 27, 2026. This year the Peach Growers’ …

12/9/2025 – It has been a tough 15 months financially for our NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program. Delays and …

The PDIC will be closed during the following dates for the late 2025 – early 2026 holidays: Thanksgiving break: The …

The fungicide spray guides for tomato and pepper are intended for commercial growers and are suggested products or programs …

Every year in December some of our wonderful Chatham County Farmers’ Markets host special holiday craft markets. These markets …

11/10/2025 – Our latest newsletter is out and it is full of beautiful photos and stories of what our …

November is when the nights start to get cold, and we can now say the bees are in winter …
Earlier this year, Prof. Nicholas Brown, editor at Farm Law & Tax, had an article published in the Drake Journal …
On October 23, 2025, Prof. Nicholas Brown presented an end-of-year tax planning webinar for beef and dairy producers in …

10/24/2025 – This month we welcome Adam Ferrell and Harley Robinson, the Inaugural Henderson County Gleaton Farm Fund Interns! …

On September 19, 2025 the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension conducted a workshop on Landscaping for Pollinators and Other …

NC State Extension has released a new resource for blackberry growers — Blackberry Pruning: A Practical Guide by Gina Fernandez and Hannah …

Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden was created in late 2008 at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro to provide forage …

9/16/2025 – This morning I learned that not everyone knew about the WNC Regional Ginseng Workshop that is taking …

This is a guest post by Lewis Cauble. Lewis is the NCDA&CS Apiary Inspector for Western North Carolina, a …
This publication discusses the results of a study that evaluated hemp varieties to determine their …
At the national level, processing-tomato production remains concentrated in a few key regions. California continues …

Beekeeping is a very enjoyable and rewarding pastime that is relatively inexpensive to get started. …

This guide presents basic facts about seeds, including how they develop, how to store and …

Brown spot is a disease of increasing importance in flue cured tobacco production.This disease is …
Forest farming is an emerging agroforestry practice that fits well in the North Carolina landscape. …

This publication discusses the perspectives of locals in the North Carolina Triad with regard to …

Black root rot impacts a range of woody and herbaceous ornamental plant species primarily in …