September - October 2009

Field Notes    Derek Day, County Extension Director

• FDA Regulation...A Reality
• Organic Foods in the News
• Weather Volunteers

Amazing Grazing     Kim Woods, Animal Science & Natural Resources Extension Agent

• State Fair Forage Contest
• Feeder Calf Sales
• October Cattlemen's Meeting
• NC Cattle Industry Assessment Referendum Vote
• Heard Animal Death Problems
• September Horsemen's Association Meeting
• Grazing Stockpiled Fescue
• New Program for Livestock Losses
• Forage Reminders
• Beef Management Calendar

Home Works    Bess Hester-Whitt, Family & Consumer Education Agent

• AWG
• Staying Sharp...
• Vegetable Consumption and Preparation
• Mythbusters - Theme for 2009 Food Safety Education Month
• Gestational Diabetes
• Children's Mental Health Development
• Eating Mindfully
• Credit Card Reform
• Phone Call Scams
• Take Control
• ECA Corner

We Are 4-H! Jennifer Grable, 4-H & Youth Development Extension Agent

• Agricultural Field Day
• Dog Day Out
• United Way and Hyco Cyclysm
• National 4-H Week Activities
• 4-H Football
• Keepin' It Rural
• Calendar of Events

Hortshorts   Carl Cantaluppi, Urban & Commercial Horticulture Extension Agent

• Putting Your Lawn Mower Away for the Winter
• Garden Mums
• Still Time to Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs
• Night Crawlers in the Lawn
• Control Broadleaf Weeds in Lawn Now
• Apply Nitrogen to Turf in November
• Harvesting, Cracking and Storing Black Walnuts