Poultry Pack 4-H Club Meeting
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N.C. State Fair Youth Livestock Scholarship Application Open
All youth who have exhibited a livestock animal at the N.C. State Fair are eligible to apply for this …
Poultry Pack 4-H Club First Meeting
Any youth 8-18 interested in poultry are invited to join the new Poultry Pack 4-H Club hosted on NC …
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Time to Make Your Winter Feed Plan
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Hay Donation Website
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Hay Alert Website
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Swine Well-Being During Flood Recovery
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Offers Landowner Assistance
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3rd HACCP Roundtable Meeting Announced
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APHIS Finalizes Conditions for Paying Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Indemnity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is issuing a final rule outlining the …
New Extension Faculty: Prafulla Regmi
The Prestage Department of Poultry Science welcomed Prafulla Regmi to the faculty on June 1. We asked Regmi a …
New Issue Paper on Free-Range Poultry Production
Dr. Ken Anderson, Extension faculty member at NC State, contributed to the most recent Issue Paper (No. 61) from …
Fired Up for 4-H: Poultry Outdoor Cookery Contest
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