Craven County Center: Animal Agriculture

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Agriculture & Food: Animal Agriculture

Raising animals -- poultry, hogs, horses, beef and dairy cattle, fish and more -- has become the most valuable segment of North Carolina agriculture. Today, animal agriculture accounts for about 60 percent of the state's total farm cash receipts. North Carolina Cooperative Extension helps growers use the latest research to improve profits and manage animal waste in environmentally sound ways.

Dealing with the Drought: Information from North Carolina Cooperative Extension specialists and agents designed to help agricultural producers and others deal with drought conditions in North Carolina has been compiled and is now available online.
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EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE NEEDED!
Posted August 31st, 2007 in Agriculture & Food: Animal Agriculture

What is needed?Corn stalks, soybean stalks, excess pasture , surplus hay or abandoned soybean fields. Production of hay and winter forage is severely short due to the late spring freeze and extreme drought during the summer. Livestock producers are seeking to purchase round or square bales of corn or soybeans stalks after the harvest of the grain crop. In order to obtain a high quality feed, the stover should be harvested as soon after ... MORE

	Grazing & Fencing Field Day Posted March 23rd, 2006 in Agriculture & Food: Animal Agriculture
Nearly 50 livestock and horse producers made there way to a local farm in Trenton on March 13, where NC Cooperative Extension hosted a grazing and fencing feild day. The farm displayed a 3.5 acre field of rye planted October 21st and grazed the first time on December 21st by 5 horses. The project included a cost comparison between 5 horses maintained on a winter annual grass ... MORE