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Grain Silo

Grain Safety Week

From March 29th to April 2nd is Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week! Did you know that every year, hundreds of employees are injured or die from preventable hazards while working in grain storage and…

Picture of soybean research trials in Union County

Union County 2020 Field Crops Research Newsletter

In 2020, multiple research trials were performed in Union County. In soybeans, a foliar fertility and foliar fungicide trial was performed, and in corn a foliar fungicide study was performed. Please…

Grass in Pasture

Spring Management of Cool Season Pastures

Our cool season pastures are starting to green up as we begin to see warmer weather. How do we need to handle spring pastures to start off a good growing season? It can be so tempting to send our…

Standing water in wheat field

What's in the Field UC? - Purple Wheat

Have you seen purple wheat in your fields this year? Join Mikayla Graham Field Crops Agent in a wheat field in Southern Union County to learn about what could be causing these colors and some ways to…

2021 Tri-County Winter Production Meeting — Online via ZOOM, March 2, 2021, 6:00 PM

Tri-County Production Meeting

The Tri-County Winter Production (Union, Anson, and Stanly Counties) meeting will officially be VIRTUAL! The production meeting will be held on Zoom on March 2, 2021, at 6 p.m. We will have Dr.…

Purple Wheat in Field

Wheat - Why Is It Purple?

As you drive down the road, you may notice that the large fields planted in wheat are not green this year, but purple! While this may be pretty to look at – honestly its very photogenic – it is not…

Up Close Photo Of Wheat In a Field

Wheat Tissue Sampling

Happy New Year! With the New Year beginning, the dormancy stage of wheat will soon end, which means it is nearing time for tissue sampling. If you are tissue sampling wheat, to send to the North…