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Durham Agriculture and Horticulture
July 2024 Newsletter
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Farmworker Health and Safety Training (in English and Spanish!)
Roberto Rosales, NCCE Farmworker Health & Safety Educator & Juan Allen, ECU Health will provide training for farmworkers. Training benefits include: Meet EPA’s Worker Protection Standards & Good Agriculture Practices requirements. Receive a training log of workers for record-keeping and a Certificate of Completion from NCCE. Basic CPR/AED, Heat Stress, Green Tobacco Illness, & First Aid training
When: July 9, 8 - 10am (Spanish), 10:30am - 12:30pm (Spanish), 1 - 3pm (English)
Where: Granville County Convention & Expo Center (4185 US-15, Oxford, NC 27565)
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Small Farm Unit Field Day
Join the farm day and learn about our work with specialty vegetable crops, summer cover crops and soil building practices, high tunnel, IPM and beekeeping projects. We will have equipment demonstrations geared toward improving small farm’s efficiency. Lunch will be provided.
When: July 11, 1pm & July 12, 2pm
Where: 201 Stevens Mill Rd Goldsboro, NC 27530
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Landscape Color and Professional Field Day
Join N.C. State Cooperative Extension for the 2024 Landscape Color and Professional Field Day for a day filled with helpful information for green industry professionals. The subject matter is across the board, giving professionals a wide variety of interesting topics they'll find useful in their daily tasks.
When: July 11, 8:45am - 3pm
Where: JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh
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FY2025 Ag Economic Development Grant Program
The FY2025 Ag Economic Development Grant Program application period is fast approaching. Durham County schools and farmers are eligible to apply. Please mark your calendars to attend the Grant Training to learn more about the program:
When: July 16, 6pm
Where: Durham County Farm Bureau (1901 Hillandale Rd)
Your attendance is not required to apply.
Please register here to let us know you are coming. This will be offered in a hybrid format.
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Summer Fruit Tour at Buster Sykes Demonstration Orchard
Let orchard manager Mark Danieley fill you in on what it takes to keep your favorite fruits growing well. You'll learn which varieties do best in our soils and our local climate. There may even be a taste of what's ripe! Make sure to bring your fruit growing questions.
When: July 25, 9am
Where: 2430 Turner Road Mebane, NC 27302
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The NC Choices Carolina Meat Conference
Join a growing community committed to advancing market opportunities, customer access, and environmental benefits of pasture-based meats. The conference will bring together farmers, chefs, butchers, and industry thought leaders for two days of unparalleled networking, hands-on training, and technical business support.
When: July 30 - 31
Where: 287 Rivers St, Boone, NC 28608
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Northern Piedmont Grains Field Day
Join NC Cooperative Extension grain crop experts as they provide presentations to growers on multiple topics, including soybean growth habit, corn agronomic best management practices, alternative grain crops, corn herbicide management plans, soybean disease management, local and statewide grain variety data, and local research trials.
2 HOURS OF N, O, D, and X PESTICIDE CREDIT OFFERED (pending)
When: August 3, 8am - 1pm
Where: 2511 U.S. 158 Oxford, NC 27565
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Poultry Processing Training
Join Durham County Cooperative Extension and Bull City Farm to learn how to process poultry and to use a Mobile Poultry Processing Unit.
When: August 13, 10am - 3pm
Where: Bull City Farm
5315 Isham Chambers Road Rougemont, NC 27572
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NC Poultry Declared HPAI Free
North Carolina poultry was declared Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza free by the World Organization for Animal Health in April, allowing international exports to resume for the state.
Poultry producers, including backyard poultry owners, are still encouraged to practice strict biosecurity measures on their farm. We are only about three or four months away from the fall migration of wild birds, and that will bring another reservoir of HPAI to North Carolina. As always, keep contact between domestic poultry and wild birds to a minimum.
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Electronic Ear Tag Requirements for Cattle
In April, the United States and North Carolina Departments of Agriculture released new requirements for RFID/EID ear tags in cattle. Not all cattle are required to have tags.
What are These New Tags, and When are They Required?
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Electronic Identification (EID) tags provide information on where cattle originate from to assist veterinarians with traceability in the event of a disease outbreak.
These ear tags are required for sexually intact cattle (bulls, cows, and heifers) over eighteen months of age being sold outside of North Carolina, or crossing state lines, and all dairy cattle. Cattle used for shows, rodeos, and other events are also required to have a RFID/EID tag if they will be crossing state lines.
Where Do I Get These Tags?
In order to get 100 free tags and tagger, producers must have a Premise Identification Number (PIN). Get your PIN by completing the form linked below.
With that number in hand, contact North Carolina State Veterinarian, Michael Martin at: 919-707-3250 or michael.martin@ncagr.gov.
Tags can also be purchased through a number of different manufacturers.
If you have any questions about the new RFID/EID regulations, please contact Alex Kissinger at akissin@ncsu.edu or (919) 245-2051.
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Questions About Your Cattle?
From North Carolina Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) practices to questions about cattle reproduction, we're here to help. Contact Alex Kissinger (akissin@ncsu.edu or (919) 245-2051) with your questions, and keep an eye on this space to hear about upcoming trainings and opportunities.
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Health and Safety for Specialty Crops Mini-Grant Program
The NC Agromedicine Institute continues to have funds to reimburse specialty crop producers for health and safety improvements on their farms (please see attached). Currently maximum out of pocket expenditure for producers is $3500 with maximum reimbursement of 70% or $2450. Participants are eligible to receive free health and safety training of their choice.
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Interested in Transitioning to Organic?
Before crops can be certified organic, farmers must carefully manage their land without using prohibited inputs like synthetic pesticides for 36 months. During this transition period and during the first years after certification, farmers often face many technical and market challenges. The Organic Transition Initiative (OTI) is a $300 million multi-agency USDA effort to support this transition and build and strengthen organic markets.
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Visit NC Farms
The Visit NC Farms App is a statewide mobile marketing tool that connects consumers to local foods and farmers in
their community. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services designed the app to drive
traffic to local farms and local-food providers. The app promotes local agritourism, farmers’ markets, and other agriculture-related businesses.
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Have Questions? We're Here to Help!
From landscapes to livestock, and everything in between, we're excited to work with farmers and green industry professionals to help you find the right research-based solution for your needs. Have a specific question, or just want to know more about a topic? We'd love to hear from you!
Alex Kissinger - Livestock, Forage, and General Agriculture Area Extension Agent
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This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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