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Extension Announces 2025 Internship Program
Imagine a career in which you can make a positive difference in the community every day… Imagine a career where you …

Engaging Students in School Garden Design
With spring just around the corner, it’s a great time to plan and think about your school garden design. …
Farm Succession School Comes to Eastern NC
KINSTON, N.C. — Eastern North Carolina farmers and farm families are invited to participate in the NC Farm Succession …
IRS Now Accepting All Business Tax Returns
At 9:00 a.m. on January 15, the IRS began accepting all business tax returns for the 2024 tax year. …

Bona Fide Farm: Court Limits Exemption in Stream Protection Buffer Zone
The North Carolina Court of Appeals in December upheld a Cabarrus County Zoning Board’s revocation of a building permit …

Poultry Science Summer Immersion Applications Open Now
Join us for PSSI What: 5-day residential summer camp at NC State’s Prestage Dept. of Poultry Science. Who: High school youth …

Secure Your Farm’s Future: Eastern NC Farm Succession School
Eastern North Carolina farmers and farm families are invited to participate in the NC Farm Succession School, a full-day …

Fostering Connections Through Local Food
Buying local foods is an excellent way to engage with your community, forge new connections, and encourage healthy eating …

Solar Impact: Community Meeting Scheduled for Person County January 23, more scheduled
In my annual land use regulation update to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Conference last week in Greensboro, I …
Conference: Brown Presents Latest on BOI Requirements, Helene Tax Rules
Nicholas Brown, an editor for Farm Law & Tax, recently gave a presentation at the 2025 N.C. Cooperative Extension State …
Scams: Fraudulent Schemes that LLC Owners Should Know About
Starting a new business can be scary enough, and the last thing that any new business owner wants is …

2024 in Review: Top Tax Articles This Year
In my first semester as an assistant extension professor at NC State University, I have been blessed with many …
BOI Injunction Returns, A Timeline of Events
It’s been a wild month for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) but as of today, the injunction against the …
FinCEN & BOI: Does My Inactive Company Have to File a BOI Report?
December 26, 2024 UPDATE: On December 26rd, a merits panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the ruling …
Reversed: Federal Appellate Court Reinstates BOI Requirements
December 26, 2024 UPDATE: On December 26rd, a merits panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the ruling …
Helene Tax Strategies: Brown Presents Tax Rules Related to Disaster Relief
Nicholas Brown, an editor for Farm Law & Tax, recently gave a webinar to extension agents associated with Virginia Tech. …
Bonus Depreciation: Scheduled Decrease from 60% to 40%
The Special Depreciation Allowance, commonly known as ‘bonus depreciation,’ will continue to sunset from 2024 to 2025, going from …

Monarch Butterfly Proposed for Listing Under the US Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced on December 10 that they are proposing to list the monarch butterfly …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
- Department of Entomology at the Vernon James Research and Extension Center
- Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
- NC Agricultural Chemicals Manual
- NCDA&CS Soils Lab
- Starting your own food business
- Vernon James Research and Extension Center
Annoucements
Extension Topics
- Ag BioTech
- Executive Farm Management Program
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
- Farm Law for Producers and Landowners
- Hemp
- Horticulture
- NC FarmLink
- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- NC Pesticide Safety Education
- Official Variety Testing
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Agricultural and Human Sciences
- Agriculture and Resource Economics Extension
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop and Soil Sciences
Partnerships and Organizations
Recent Publications related to Agriculture & Food
Preliminary Evaluation of NC Strawberry Cultivars For Susceptibility to Neopestalotiopsis Leaf and Fruit Rot
NC State conducted a strawberry Neopestalotiopsis (Neo-P) trial at the Horticultural Crops Research Station in …

Precision Agriculture Technology: How to Become a Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Pilot
This publication discusses flying unmanned aerial vehicles (drones, model aircraft) for commercial purposes. You'll learn …
Abbreviated Guide to Creating a Livestock Food Safety Plan Under the Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF) Rule
This guide outlines steps that a facility producing livestock food could follow when developing its …

A Step-by-Step Approach to Pruning Carlos Muscadine Grapevines
This review presents the key steps involved in pruning a mature Carlos vine for maximum …

Anthracnose of Pepper
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of anthracnose of pepper.

Growing Asparagus in a Home Garden
Asparagus has been considered a garden delicacy since Roman times. Any home gardener can grow …
Mini-Gardening
Lack of yard space is no excuse for not growing a vegetable garden. Regardless of …
Bean Sprouts and Other Vegetable Seed Sprouts
Sprouts from mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) have been used for food since ancient times. These …