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Oct. 9, 2024

Stokes County Cattlemen's Meeting

The next Stokes County Cattlemen's meeting will be held on Thursday, October 17th at 6:30pm at a local Angus Farm in King. The exact meeting location is in Eventbrite and will be released once you register. The topic will be selecting genetics for your herd.  

There will be a soup and cracker supper available for $12 each. Please use the link below to sign up. Please bring your own chair. There are NOT restroom facilities at the farm. 

Hurricane Relief Efforts

Visit http://ncdisaster.com for up-to-date information on Disaster Information. There is a box there where livestock donations and/or needs can be inputted. 

Those with immediate needs can call the NCDA&CS Response Hotline: 1-866-645-9403

NC Farm Help Line is available for folks in our agricultural community to talk to someone who understands farm stress. Call or text the NC Farm Help Line at 844-325-3276 for support, available 24/7.

The N.C. Cattlemen’s Association is accepting donations that will be remitted to support recovery efforts through trusted organizations. If you would like to make a donation, please make your check payable to NC Cattlemen’s Association, 2228 N Main Street, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 and include in the memo - Hurricane Helene Response. Please note that NCCA will not be able to provide a charitable donation receipt.

The NC Baptists on Mission also has the capability to accept donations and coordinate volunteers to help those effected by Hurricane Helene. Donations can be accepted through their website Baptists on Mission - Donations

FFA Fencing Supply Drive

Future Farmers Helping Farmers - The aftermath of hurricane Helene has left many farmers with miles of wiped out fence lines. In efforts to help these farmers rebuild safe locations for their livestock. All Stokes County FFA Programs are collecting fencing supply donations. Please feel free to drop off supplies or monetary donations at one of the three high school agriculture departments, or Tractor Supply in Madison or Stuart, Virginia.  Supplies are being collected October 11 - November 1. There is a LARGE NEED for Barbed Wire! 

Items needed:

• T-posts

• Barbed wire

• Woven Wire

• Wood posts

• Poly wire

• Fence Clips

• Insulator cable

• Fencing crimps

• Temporary Fence Posts

• High tensile wire

• Spring gate handles

• Insulators

• Solar fence boxes

• Fencing tools

• Brace pins and pipe

• Ratchet tighteners

• Barbed fence staples

• Donuts

• In-strainer

Disaster Assistance for 2024 Livestock Forage Losses

Producers in Stokes, Surry and Forsyth Counties are eligible to apply for 2024 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) benefits on [small grain, native pasture, improved pasture, annual ryegrass, forage sorghum.]

LFP provides compensation if you suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or cash leased land or fire on federally managed land.

You must complete a CCC-853 and the required supporting documentation no later than December 31, 2024.  For additional information about LFP, including eligible livestock and fire criteria, contact the USDA Service Center or visit fsa.usda.gov.

NC AgVentures Farm Grant Program will offer a new round of grants Oct. 15th

What: NC AgVentures is an NC State Extension grant program that provides grants to North Carolina family farms, and community organizations such farmer associations and farm co-ops to develop new and innovative agricultural projects which will increase farm profits. This is a great opportunity for any producer who is thinking of diversifying, improving, or expanding their operation. This is a North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission Sponsored Project.

Submission is capped at 250 applications.
Maximum grant amount is $8,000

OPENS Oct. 15th, 2024. 

FINAL DEADLINE to apply is Dec. 13th at 6:00 p.m.

Grants are available to NC family farms and community organizations such as livestock associations, farmer co-ops or farmers markets.

For inspiration from projects that have been funded by this program in the past: https://agventures.ces.ncsu.edu/current-grant-projects/.

TO APPLY, Link to apply will be on this webpage begining Oct 15: https://agventures.ces.ncsu.edu/application-for-ag-ventures-grant/

MORE QUESTIONS? Information Workshops will be offered online.
The presentation will be the same at all three workshops. You may register for more than one workshop. Information Sessions: 

1. Wednesday Oct. 23rd at 4:30 p.m. 
2. Thursday Nov. 14th at 4:30 p.m.
3. Monday Dec. 2nd at 4:30 p.m.

Register for a Zoom session at https://agventures.ces.ncsu.edu/register-for-an-application-information-workshop/.

REMINDERS

Livestock Equipment Survey for AgVentures Grant

We are doing a survey to determine what kind of community grant our office should apply for. Complete the survey at https://go.ncsu.edu/farmeqsurvey

NC Farm School

Registration is open for the 2025 Northern Piedmont NC Farm School. Learn more at https://stokes.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/09/2025-northern-piedmont-nc-farm-school/. 

Johnsongrass: Friend or Foe

If it's in your pasture, it's probably a friend, and you may not have even seen it, because your livestock are probably consuming pretty quickly. If it's in your hayfield, it's probably a foe because it matures quicker than your other grasses. Learn more at https://stokes.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/09/johnsongrass-friend-or-foe-3/

Soil Sample Delivery

You can submit soil samples for no fee April through November to the NCDA&CS Agronomic laboratory. Kits are available for free in our office and at LTD Home and Garden (let us know if any where else keeps them in stock).  April will deliver soil samples to the laboratory in Raleigh on October 15, and November 26. Feel free to leave your samples at the office the day PRIOR to these dates for free deliver. We are NOT responsible for any lost samples and the lab will trash any samples that aren't completed properly! Learn more about how to take a soil sample, and how to complete your paperwork online (you still need to print a copy, but I guarantee they can read that and can't promise anything with your handwriting...) on our website. 

CANCELED - NC Angus Association Field Day - CANCELED

The NC Angus Association Fall Field Day scheduled for October 12 in Roseboro has been canceled. 

NC Cattle Assessment Referendum

The NC Cattlemen's Association has announced that the Assessment Referendum vote will take place on October 30 at NC Cooperative Extension offices. Cattle producers at least 18 years of age (as of 10/30/24) should vote in the county that they reside in. Absentee ballots will also be available after October 1. Visit https://stokes.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/08/nc-cattle-industry-assessment-referendum/ to learn more. 

Mobile Poultry Processing Training (MPU)

There will be an MPU training on Saturday, November 9 from 9:30-1:30 at the Stokes Extension Center. Learn more and register https://stokes.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/08/mobile-poultry-processing-training-fall-2024/.

Parasites and Deworming

We will be doing an internal parasite and fecal egg counting course for livestock producers November 5 and 19. You can also learn more at https://stokes.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/08/how-to-reduce-internal-parasites-in-livestock-when-to-deworm/.

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Calendar of Livestock Events

Oct. 1 Absentee Voting Opens, NC Cattle Referendum

Oct. 11 - Nov. 1 Fencing Donations accepted at all three High School Ag. Departments

Oct. 12 NC Angus Field Day, Roseboro, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Oct. 14 AgVentures grant information released; https://agventures.ces.ncsu.edu/grant-program/

Oct. 15 Last day to deliver soil samples to the Extension Office for October delivery

Oct. 15 Submit NC Farm School application for early consideration

Oct. 17 Stokes Cattlemen's, 6:30 p.m.; King

Oct. 17-27 NC State Fair, Raleigh

Oct. 23 NC AgVentures Grant Orientation, 4:30 p.m. via Zoom

Oct. 29-30 Cattle Artificial Insemination Course, Raleigh

Oct. 30 In-person Voting for NC Cattle Referendum, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Oct. 31 Final Day to complete the Livestock Eq. https://go.ncsu.edu/farmeqsurvey

Nov. 5, Reduce Parasites/When to Deworm Your Livestock, 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 Save the Date for a screening of Roots So Deep

Nov. 7 Save the Date for Goats 101 (Virtual)

Nov. 9 Mobile Poultry Processing Training, Danbury, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 9, District 4-H Horse Clinic at Piedmont Saddle Club in Colfax for youth and their parents -

Nov. 14 Feeder Calf Sale, Stanly County Livestock Market, Norwood

Nov. 14 NC AgVentures Grant Orientation, 4:30 p.m. via Zoom

Nov. 19 Fecal Egg Counting in Livestock, 6:30 p.m., Danbury

Nov. 25 Last Day to deliver soil samples for free delivery and free testing in 2024! 

Dec. 2 NC AgVentures Grant Orientation, 4:30 p.m. via Zoom

Dec. 13 FINAL deadline to submit NC AgVentures grants

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