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Granville Small Farms Week Schedule 2023

Small Farms Week 2023

North Carolina Agriculture and Technical University (NC A&T) celebrates the 37th Annual Small Farms Week Celebration from March 27th-31st, …

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Join Us for Movie Night

N.C. Cooperative Extension, Granville and Person County Centers will host a “movie night” on February 3rd in Granville County. …

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National Farm and Safety Week

AgriSafe Webinars Each day during National Farm Safety & Health Week, AgriSafe will host two FREE webinars related to the …

Get Moving

The Extension Office wants to encourage people, especially older people, to get moving. In fact, check out one of …

Cover photo for National Farmers Market Week

National Farmers Market Week

The N.C. Cooperative Extension joins markets across the country in celebrating National Farmers Market Week from August 7-13, 2022. …

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Biochar Production through Slow Pyrolysis of Animal Manure

Transporting livestock manure to nutrient deficient fields can often be cost prohibitive without manure processing. …

Sloped Screen Separator for Manure

Including sloped screens for solid-liquid manure separation can have positive impacts on manure management systems …

Screw Press Separation of Manure

Screw press separators can divide a single by-product stream into a solid and liquid stream …

Pelleting Animal Manures

This factsheet summarizes key technologies used to produce pellets from animal manures and the impact …

Anaerobic Digestion from Animal Manure

Manure is among the lowest methane yielding feedstocks in digesters, but it is widely used …

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Comparison of Commercially Available Novel-Endophyte Tall Fescue Forage Varieties

This publication compares novel-endophyte tall fescue forage varieties and includes renovation planning information on choosing …

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