agriculture
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Introducing horses to spring pastures
WADESBORO — Spring pastures are right around the corner! Green pastures bring high nutrition and less hay feeding. However, several problems also tend to arise this time of year. Horses that have been on dry lots can colic due to sudden changes in their diet and gut microbiome. Another common…
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Extension office hosting a home-scale shiitake mushroom workshop
WADESBORO — Anson Extension is hosting a home-scale shiitake mushroom workshop at the Anson Farmers Market on Saturday, March 26.
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Wingate to add agriculture and food systems concentration to biology major
WINGATE — Wingate University is surrounded by some of the most fertile land in North Carolina. In fact, Union County is one of the top agricultural producers in the state, ranking fourth overall in the most recent USDA Census of Agriculture. In tandem with that, nearly 10 percent of Union…
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Extension hosting Winter Annual Field Day
POLKTON — The North Carolina Cooperative Extension will be hosting their Winter Annual Field Day on March 11 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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Cooperative Extension reflects on 2021 successes
WADESBORO — The Anson County Cooperative Extension shared their “Report to the People” with the commissioners in December.
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Out of this world: Anson students grow vegetables for NASA
WADESBORO — Anson High School students are growing plants for a research project with NASA which, when the students finish, will be sent to the International Space Station.
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Pandemic assistance available for livestock producers
ROCKINGHAM — Livestock and poultry producers can now apply for assistance for losses from insufficient access during the pandemic through the Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP).
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Union County holds pesticide collection day
WADESBORO — The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in partnership with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, is offering a Pesticide Collection Day for residents of Anson, Stanly and other surrounding areas.
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Students learn poetry, gardening at workshop
MORVEN — Several students were selected to participate in a special North Carolina Arts Council camp led by poet Phillip Shabazz and Emily Bolick.
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FFA selects Anson student to lead region
WADESBORO — One of Anson’s sophomore students was recently selected to represent the entire N.C. Southwest Region as the 2021-2022 Secretary for the state’s Future Farmers of America organization.
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Anson County joins Visit NC Farms mobile app
Anson County is one of the newest communities on the Visit NC Farms App, created by the NC Department of Agriculture.
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Anson High grows agriculture program
WADESBORO — After a high teacher turnover rate in the agriculture department at Anson High School, Dana Wood stepped up to revitalize the program at a national level.
