The N.C. Cooperative Extension – Alexander County Center are still taking orders and will until sold out. We are limited on items so if you would like to order it's not too late but contact our office as soon as possible.
Plants will be available for pickup on March 14, 2024. There are some new items this year as well as some we have offered previous years. As always, should you have any questions please contact the center at 828-632-4451 or email Cari Rosenbalm, Horticulture Agent, at cari_mitchell@ncsu.edu.
Go to the following link to see what we have available and how to order:
The March Edition is now available. For more information on March and April's garden tasks and what to be on the look out for click the link below. This months newsletter also includes upcoming events along with several horticulture educational topics. If you find this newsletter helpful and you would like to receive it each month contact Cari Rosenbalm at cari_mitchell@ncsu.eduto be added to the mailing
list.
Alexander County 4-H just celebrated 4-H'ers accomplishments in 2023. In the newsletter link below see who received awards. Also, we have programming ramping up in the schools with the 2nd graders getting ready to begin Embryology. You can follow along with them, see how in the newsletter link.
Would you like to attend a 4-H meeting, also in the March newsletter you will find when and where they meet and what they did in February.
Click on the link below for more information and to view the full newsletter:
The Alexander County Cattlemen's Association met in March. The educational meeting topic was the Asian Longhorn Tick and the new disease transmitted by the tick to cattle. Theileria orientalis Ikeda has been identified in cattle in VA, WV, TN, NC, PA, KY, and KS.
Clinical signs are similar to anaplasmosis and include anemia, fever, and lethargy. There is no treatment for this disease. This disease can cause death but in most cases causes slow growth, bulls to be sterile, and late term abortions. The disease can be spread by the tick and using the same needle from an infected animal to non-infected animal. The best course of
prevention is to prevent ticks from adhering to your cattle. The most susceptible areas for the tick to attach to cattle are in the ears, around the tail area, under the vulva, and around the udder. Permethrin works to control the ticks. See the links below for more control recommendations and the effects of Theileria orientalis Ikeda in cattle.
If you are interested in joining the Alexander County Cattlemen’s Association, the next meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 2nd at 7:00 pm at the Alexander County Cooperative Extension Center. We do ask that you reserve your seat in advance.
NC State University and N.C. A&T State University work in tandem, along with federal, state and local
governments, to form a strategic partnership called N.C. Cooperative Extension.
