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Provide Nesting Habitat for Native Bees Through Plant Stems in Your Garden

Published - February 21, 2025 Read
Solitary bee emerging from sandy burrow mound beside small yellow flower

Ground-Nesting Bees Should Be Appreciated, Not Feared!

Published - April 3, 2024 Read
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The Pittsboro Farmers' Market Is Moving Downtown!

Published - January 27, 2026 Read

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Farmers and Landowners Can Apply for Agroforestry Grants

Published - January 27, 2026

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2026 Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook Is Now Online

Published - January 15, 2026

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Plan for Fun at the 2026 Chatham County Spring Ag Fest!

Published - December 15, 2025

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Yellow-Legged Hornet on the Doorstep of NC

Published - December 11, 2025

From: Entomology
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Photos from Extension’s Pollinator Workshop & Native Plant Sale

Published - September 29, 2025

Green lynx female on spurred butterfly pea vine (Centrosema virginianum).
Late Summer 2025 Snapshots From Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden

Published - September 22, 2025

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Photos From the 2025 Chatham County Ag Fest

Published - April 15, 2025

Leafcutter bee foraging on dwarf wild indigo in the spring.
Spring Chores in the Pollinator Garden

Published - February 21, 2025

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Profile of peanut maturity based on pod mesocap color.
Jordan V-C News Spring Issue Peanut Notes No. 41 2026

Published - April 10, 2026

From: Peanut
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Cleaning and Sanitation for the Blueberry Industry

Published - April 10, 2026

From: NC Fresh Produce Safety
Description of categories for 2026 Southeast Farmstead Dairy Products Competition
Southeast Farmstead Dairy Products Competition Announced

Published - April 10, 2026

From: Dairy
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2026 Apple Disease Update: Petal Fall + Blossom Blight Infection Alert!

Published - April 9, 2026

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
Forest Drought Response Index Map shading various areas throughout the United States according to their drought level.
Managing Trees Under Drought Conditions

Published - April 9, 2026

From: Extension Forestry
Survey
Calling All Dairy Goat Producers!

Published - April 9, 2026

From: Dairy
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What Should I be doing in my Apiary this Month? April

Published - April 9, 2026

From: Pollinators
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From Mexico’s Oyamel Fir Forests to North Carolina: The Monarch Migration Worth Protecting

Published - April 9, 2026

From: Extension Forestry
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Want to support pollinators? Plant pollinator habitat!

Published - April 8, 2026

From: Pollinators
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Tobacco is now on Root Cause Reports

Published - April 8, 2026

From: Tobacco Growers Information
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