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Grape Pest Survey- 2nd and 3rd Week of May
As we approach the 3rd week of May, the plants continue to fill in, and some fields have started …
Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of April Through 1st Week of May
We have establishing grape pest monitoring locations and completed our first weeks of pest counts at three of our …
2019 Grape Insect Pest Survey
This spring, the Specialty Crop IPM Lab is scouting vineyards in throughout North Carolina in order to track the …
Viticulture Workshop at Surry Community College, April 17
Pesticide Credits Available Wednesday, April 17, 2019 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Surry Community College, SBVE Building 630 South Main Street, Dobson, NC Pre-Registration Required …
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Dear Farming Community, Please see the attached email conversation. Dear Sir or Madam, my name is Mark Hoffmann, I am Assistant Professor …
Presentations From the 2019 NC Muscadine Annual Meeting
Dear Muscadine Community, Please find here the presentations from the 2019 Annual Muscadine Meeting, March 16, in Elizabethtown, NC. Disease Update …
NC Muscadine Grape Association Annual Meeting
March 16, 2019, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Bladen County Extension Office, 450 Smith Circle, Elizabethtown, NC 28337 Registration …
AGENT TRAINING: Muscadine Pruning: Workshop Jan 26 in LEE COUNTY
Dear Agents, There will be two AGENT MUSCADINE PRUNING WORKSHOPS in January, followed by two more muscadine pruning workshops in …
New Growers Grape Meeting in Asheville, NC
Dear grape community, Last week we did hold our New Growers Grape Meeting at Pleb Urban Winery in Asheville, NC. …
IMPORTANT: Deadline Dec. 10 for Additional Hurricane Relief in NC
Dear Farming Community and Dear Horticulture Agents, Attached is a press release from the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer …
Disaster Aftermath: Damage Claims // Consecuencias De Un Desastre: Reclamos Por Daños
Dear Farming Community and Agents Several things are important in the aftermath of the storm farms. Earlier I have published …
If You Need Help: HURRICANE AFTERMATH
Dear Farming Community, In the following, we have compiled some information for those of you who experienced damages to their …
Hurricane Florence Update for Grape Growers (9/12/18)
Dear Grape Community, Many have contacted me two days ago and asked me to give a new weather update on …
Hurricane Florence Warning for Grape Growers
Dear Grape Community, Many of you have asked me over the last few days what to do to prepare for …
Muscadine Eastern Extension Team Building and Education: Presentations From the Meeting
Dear Muscadine Grape Community, Last week on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, we had our first education and Extension team-building effort …
Vinifera Extension Team and Presentations From Meeting in Dobson, NC
Dear Grape Community, Last week on Monday, August 6, 2018, we had our first education and Extension team-building effort at Surry …
Update on Muscadine Extension Meeting: AUGUST 14, Lu Mil Vineyards
Dear colleagues and friends, I am very happy to announce the first our first Muscadine Extension Team Building effort for …
Update on First Bunch Grape Extension Meeting: Change of Address
Dear Friends, Due to the overwhelming interest in this meeting, we decided to move the location: We will hold the meeting …
AWIS Weather Update: Get Ready for Bud-Break
Dear all, When Dr. Cain Hickey, Eric Case and I were setting up a field trial at Brunshirt Vineyards in …