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Market Gardens For Small Farms in North Carolina

By: Gary Bullen, Derek Washburn, Amy Forster Small Farms in North Carolina

This guide provides an overview of market gardens for small and beginning farmers in North Carolina, with a focus on planning that can result in a profitable market garden enterprise. This publication is a starting reference point for anyone interested in market gardens.

Pastured Pork For Small Farms in North Carolina

By: Gary Bullen, Derek Washburn Small Farms in North Carolina

This guide provides an overview of pastured pork production for small and beginning farmers in North Carolina, emphasizing planning considerations for a profitable pork enterprise. This publication is a starting reference for anyone interested in pastured pork production.

Soybean Production and Marketing in North Carolina

By: Heidi Schweizer, Nick Piggott, Derek Washburn

This publication, chapter 2 of the North Carolina Soybean Production Guide, discusses the soybean market in the United States and managing price risk for North Carolina soybean farmers.

2024 Cotton Information

By: Keith L. Edmisten, Daisy Ahumada, Charles W. Cahoon, Guy D. Collins, Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Luke Gatiboni, Adrienne Gorny, Anders Huseth, Dominic Reisig, Rachel Atwell Vann, Derek Washburn, David H. Hardy

2024 Cotton Information is meant to help growers plan for the coming year and make management decisions based on the unique opportunities and challenges the year might bring.

North Carolina Soybean Production Guide

By: Katherine Drake Stowe, Rachel Vann, Carl Crozier, Gary Bullen, Jim Dunphy, Wesley Everman, Luke Gatiboni, Adrienne Gorny, David Hardy, Ryan Heiniger, Steph Kulesza, Deanna Osmond, Nick Piggott, Dominic Reisig, Gary Roberson, Heidi Schweizer, Lindsey Thiessen, Derek Washburn

This publication provides information to growers about soybean production in North Carolina. It discusses economic trends and forecasts, cultural practices, variety selection, planting decisions, nutrient management, diseases and pests, and other production practices.

2024 Peanut Information

By: David L. Jordan, Dustin Auman, Rick L. Brandenburg, Greg Buol, Ashley Collins, Jeff Dorfman, Jeffrey Dunne, Ethan Foote, Adrienne Gorny, LeAnn Lux, Dominic Reisig, Gary T. Roberson, Brian Royals, Barbara Shew, Derek Washburn

This guide for growers, updated annually, provides information on production and pest management practices applicable to growing peanuts in North Carolina.

Chapter 7: Crop Production Management - Peanuts

By: David Jordan, LeAnn Lux, Derek Washburn

This chapter of the North Carolina Organic Commodities Production Guide covers key management practices for organic peanut production.

US Flue-Cured Tobacco Situation and Outlook

By: Blake Brown, Derek Washburn, Matthew Vann

This publication, chapter 1 of the 2024 Flue-Cured Tobacco Information handbook, describes the current US tobacco market.

Sheep and Goat Production for Small Farms in North Carolina

By: Gary Bullen, Derek Washburn Small Farms in North Carolina

This guide provides an overview of sheep and goat production for small and beginning farmers in North Carolina, emphasizing planning considerations for a successful small ruminant enterprise. This publication is a starting reference for anyone interested in raising sheep and goats on small farms.

Situation and Outlook

By: Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Derek Washburn, Cassie Scanlan, Keith Edmisten, Wesley Everman, Guy Collins, Dominic Reisig

This publication, chapter 1 of the 2024 Cotton Information handbook, provides information about the situation and outlook of market conditions going into 2024.

Pastured Poultry For Small Farms in North Carolina

By: Gary Bullen, Derek Washburn Small Farms in North Carolina

This guide provides an overview of pastured poultry production for small and beginning farmers in North Carolina, with a focus on planning that can result in a profitable poultry enterprise. This publication is a starting reference for anyone interested in pastured poultry production.

Chapter 14: Organic Market Outlook and Budgets

By: Derek Washburn

This chapter of the North Carolina Organic Commodities Production Guide offers information on organic market outlooks and budgets.

Situation and Outlook

By: Jeff Dorfman, Derek Washburn, David L. Jordan

This publication, chapter 1 of the 2024 Peanut Information handbook, describes the current landscape of peanut production in North Carolina.