Press Releases for Plant Industry

N.C. Plant Conservation Board to meet April 20

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N.C. Plant Conservation Scientific Committee to meet April 7 at the Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center

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2022 N.C. boll weevil assessment remains at 75 cents per acre

The board of the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation of North Carolina has set the 2022 boll weevil assessment at 75 cents per acre of cotton. The amount remains the same as in 2021.  

NCDA&CS schedules public meeting Feb. 10 in Henderson on proposed gypsy moth treatments

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking input from residents and other interested parties in Vance County concerning planned treatment activities for the non-native, highly destructive gypsy moth. 

NCDA&CS schedules public meeting Feb. 2 in Mount Airy on proposed gypsy moth treatments

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking input from residents and other interested parties in Surry County concerning planned treatment activities for the non-native, highly destructive gypsy moth. 

NCDA&CS schedules public meeting Feb. 8 in Duck on proposed gypsy moth treatments

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking input from residents and other interested parties in Currituck and Dare counties concerning planned treatment activities for the non-native, highly destructive gypsy moth. 

Quarantine area for imported fire ant expanding to include all of Granville County and portions of Caswell and Person counties

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is expanding a state quarantine for the imported fire ant (IFA) to include all of Granville and portions of Caswell and Person counties effective Jan. 1, 2022.

Troxler names Foote as new Plant Industry Director

 

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N.C. will wrap up hemp pilot program as federal regulatory program takes effect

North Carolina farmers interested in growing hemp in 2022 will begin getting their licenses from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as North Carolina wraps up its pilot program in conjunction with federal rules going into effect this year.

NCDA&CS to treat gypsy moth infestation June 14 in McDowell County

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is expected to start treatments for a gypsy moth infestation June 14 in a 1,330-acre block near Marion in McDowell County.