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Spring Ag Fest Celebrating Chatham County Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Saturday, March 28, 2020 10 a.m.–4 p.m. This is a FREE Event! Chatham …
Buying and Selling Hemp Seed in NC
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How and When to Request THC Testing in NC
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Hemp Extension Meetings and Hemp Connections
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We Are Harvesting Lots of Black Perigord Truffles at NCSU!
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Register Now for Blackberry & Blueberry Production Workshop
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Survey for Farmers About Internet Connectivity
From the North Carolina Department of Information Technology: The North Carolina Broadband Infrastructure Office, with the Friday Institute at NC State …
Respirator Fit Testing Day
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DEA Certified Labs for Testing Your Hemp
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2020 Piedmont Landscape and Green Industry Conference
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Chatham County Agriculture and Conference Center 1192 US 64 W Business, Pittsboro, NC 27312 AUDIENCE The Piedmont Green Industry …
Apply Now for Free Milkweed Plants for Habitat Restoration!
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Tree Identification in Winter
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How (And How Not) to Ship Hemp
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Save the Date for Our 2020 Spring Ag Fest!
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Our Organic Tomato Project Makes the News!
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NEW Online Hop Production Course for the Eastern US
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Summer 2019 Snapshots From Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden
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