Agricultural
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Melanie Catalan, left, Lindsay Ivey, Natasha Bryant, Thomas Barnes, Megan Gause and Zach White, all officers with the Lumberton FFA , pause during a canoe trip at Lumber River State Park. During ...
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Winners
The Lumberton FFA meat-judging team took first place at the state FFA Convention in Raleigh recently. Edgar Barnes, left, Marissa Taylor, Elizabeth Ronson and Megan Gause will represent North ...
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Talk of forestry
For the past several weeks, forestry professionals and Cooperative Extension agents from Robeson, Cumberland, Bladen and Sampson counties have been planning an educational meeting for forest owner...
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Libby Burney, volunteer leader of the St. Pauls 4-H Pony Club, instructs a 4-H member in how to prepare a skeleton of a horse for their educational booth at the county fair.| Contributed photo Plenty of time to get to the fair
Today is the big day. Today is opening day for the Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair. If you are reading this newspaper while it is hot off the press, you might still have time to get to the Robe...
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An award-winning fair is just minutes away
This past week, I took a few days of annual leave and my wife and I went to the mountains. One of the major reasons for planning a short vacation at this time of the year was so I could go to the ...
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A bounty of fruits and vegetables
As seasons change, so do the fruits and vegetables we enjoy. We realize we cannot buy fresh watermelons and cantaloupes at the farmers market during the fall, but we can buy pears and grapes. We ...
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Of grapes and wine
by Everett Davis
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It has not been too many years ago that it was unacceptable to drink wine and, even worse, to make wine. But today wine is an acceptable beverage and is actually recommended for its health benefits...
Agriculture Briefs for Sept. 3
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LUMBERTON — Lumberton FFA club officers Tara McPhatter and Natasha Bryant recently attended a leadership conference in Washington, D.C. The conference included workshops on leadership skills, comm...
Spider identification offered
by Everett Davis
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One of the services provided by Cooperative Extension is identifying various insects and providing recommendations for controlling or managing them. As can be expected during the spring and summer...
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