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Presentations From the 2019 NC Muscadine Annual Meeting
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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
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New Growers Grape Meeting in Asheville, NC
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IMPORTANT: Deadline Dec. 10 for Additional Hurricane Relief in NC
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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
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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 …
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Dear Muscadine Grape Community, Last week on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, we had our first education and Extension team-building effort …
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Dear Grape Community, Last week on Monday, August 6, 2018, we had our first education and Extension team-building effort at Surry …
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