Meetings and Workshops
Annual Meeting of the Tobacco Growers Assocation of North Carolina
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Ag Development Forum
The 21st Annual Ag Development Forum will feature Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler's annual State of Agriculture address, an economic outlook, and other issues facing North Carolina agriculture.
It all starts at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday in the Holshouser Building at the show. For more details, visit Ag Development Forum
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Free Pesticide Continuing Education
Farmers, landscapers and other holders of a NC Department of Agriculture pesticide application license will have the opportunity to gain two hours of continuing education credits at the show. These sessions will take place Wednesday There is no charge or pre-registration for these sessions. License holders should bring their pesticide Click HERE for details.NC Growers Association Annual Meeting
Breakfast with the Commissioner
Kickoff Breakfast
A Sampson County native, Powell is the eighth generation to raise his family on their Bicentennial Farm in Taylor's Bridge. His career began with an ag-tech company he launched while still a student at NC State. It has since taken him through Smithfield Foods and more than two decades in agricultural lending and finance with Farm Credit, Rabobank, First Bank & Trust, and now MetLife Investment Management. That path gives him a rare view of the whole value chain, from the farm gate to financial markets, technology, and the corporate boardroom, always centered on the people and communities that keep agriculture moving.
The breakfast is sponsored and organized by the Wake County Partners in Agriculture. It will take place at 7:15am on Wednesday morning, February 3 in the restaurant of the James B Hunt Horse Complex. Please contact Kimberly Webb at Kimberly.webb@wake.gov to register for the event.
North Carolina FFA State Career Development Events
The events, sponsored by Kubota and Chevrolet, are the culmination of practice and competition within each FFA chapter. And while there are bragging rights for the eventual winning drivers and schools, the real mission, according to FFA State Advisor and State Agricultural Education Leader, Josh Bledsoe, is teaching safety. Bledsoe notes that each event revolves around the safe operation of agricultural vehicles. "Safe operation of tractors and trucks in agriculture is a valuable skill," says Bledsoe. "There's nothing more important in agriculture, on the farm, or on the highway than safety.
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NC Crop Improvement Association to Meet at Show
The meeting, which is open to NCCIA members and others involved in seed production, will be . It will start with breakfast followed by the 8:30AM meeting. According to NCCIA Executive Director Dustin Auman, the program will include an update on NCCIA activities for the year, as well as talks by the NC Foundation Seed Producers and the NC Seedmen’s Association.
NCCIA is an organization of seed growers/seed conditioners that administers the Seed Certification Program throughout North Carolina for all crops. The purpose of the Association is to maintain and make available to the public, through certification, sources of high-quality seed and propagating material of varieties so grown and distributed as to ensure genetic identity, a high degree of genetic and mechanical purity, and a minimum of seed or plant-borne disease.
NCCIA is dedicated to assisting clients in the production, identification, distribution and promotion of certified classes of seed and other crop propagation materials. Seed certification aims to assure high seed quality and maintain varietal purity. NCCIA provides these certification services to seed growers to assure what they are selling is pure. Growers must meet land requirements, provide source of seed, and pass a field inspection. Once the field passes as certified, it qualifies for a blue certified seed tag.
During the meeting, the Foil McLaughlin Award, given annually by the NCCIA, will also be presented to an individual or organization that has had a significant impact on the North Carolina seed industry.
