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Tax Deferment Through Wildlife Conservation Land Program

The Wildlife Conservation Land Program offers deferred taxes for landowners that manage property for protected wildlife species, priority wildlife habitat, or Wildlife Reserve Lands. The land must be…

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Agricultural Water Management During Tropical Storms

Rainfall from tropical storm systems frequently exceed the water holding capacity of soil. Thus, the water saturated soil is depleted of oxygen resulting in poor plant growth and nitrogen loss due to…

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Agricultural Newsletter Archive for Craven County

The links below will provide our field crops newsletter, Agricultural Updates, converted to a pdf format. Please realize that such conversions may result in formatting changes and long listing of web…

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Avian Influenza & Biosecurity

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has moved from poultry to cattle and, in at least one confirmed case, a human in Texas. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, the current…

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Getting Rid of Unwanted House Guest

Sooner or later we all are faced with some mammal, bird, insect, or reptile that has decided to reside within our house. Bats, mice, squirrels, raccoon, snakes and other critters may choose to live…

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Can Solar Energy Production Be Converted to Farmland?

Once farmland has been converted to solar energy production, many factors should be considered prior to converting the land back to agricultural use. This includes the cost of decommissioning,…

Poster showing free pesticide disposal on November 16, 2023 at Meherrin Ag, 458 NC Highway 58, Trenton, NC

Disposing of Unwanted Fertilizer and Pesticides

Options for disposing of unwanted or damaged fertilizer or pesticides are limited but with diligence, safe disposal is possible. Acceptable and legal options for disposal are below.DISPOSAL OF…