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Webinar RECORDING: Assessing Freeze Damge in NC Grain Crops
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NC Landowners Trust Farm Operators With Conservation Practices
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From the Field - Agronomy Notes: Vol. 4, Num. 5
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Cotton Planting Conditions May 11, 2020
Keith Edmisten, Professor of Crop Science & Soil Sciences and Extension Cotton Specialist Guy Collins, Extension Associate Professor – Cotton Soil …
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Find a Farm, Find Farmland, Zoom Webinar, May 13, 7-8:30 p.m.
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We have had several questions in the past 24 hours about continuing to plant soybeans this week with cool …
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