News From McDowell County Center

Cow with flies
Healthy Cattle, Happy Farmer: The Role of Fly Control

April 26, 2023

Composting Demo
Backyard Composting Basics

April 24, 2023

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4-H Livestock Club Meeting

April 12, 2023

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Free Pesticide Collection Day 2023

March 29, 2023

collage salad ingredients
Small Farms Week Annual Food Drive

March 26, 2023

A group of teenagers stand together.
McDowell Young Guns Compete at District Competition

March 24, 2023

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Lake James Clean Up 2023

March 24, 2023

Stainless steel pressure canner with lid and dial thermometer on gas stovetop
Time to Check Canning Equipment

March 23, 2023

Cow tounge
Are Minerals Really Worth It for Livestock?

March 21, 2023

quiche
It's Brunch Time!

March 20, 2023

Corn Field
2023 Corn Growers Association Referendum

March 3, 2023

Horse Jumping
2023 Kathy Norman Memorial Junior Horse Show

March 3, 2023

2023 Producer Pastureland Ecology Webinar Series

March 2, 2023

the locklears--small farmer of the year 2022
Small Farms Week 2023

March 2, 2023

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Free Forest Landowner Workshop

February 24, 2023

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Discover the 8 Secrets of Wellness

February 23, 2023

A group of children receiving awards.
4th Grade Ag Awareness Essay Winners

February 23, 2023

flooded ag field
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program--Deadline Feb 28

February 23, 2023

chicken salad
March Is National Nutrition Month

February 23, 2023

Seeds
Grand Opening of Seed Share at the Marion Library

February 23, 2023

Baby Chicks
Thinking of Buying Baby Chicks? Read This!

February 23, 2023

Four people in orange safety vests picking up roadside litter with grabbers
Marion East Clean Up Day

February 15, 2023

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4-H Busy Bees 4-H Club Looking for New Members!!!

February 8, 2023

WNC Pullet Project

February 1, 2023

heart healthy
Cooking for American Heart Month

January 26, 2023

Two hands forming a heart shape framing a blue lake and distant mountains
Women and Heart Disease

January 26, 2023

Two seeds in an open palm
Seed Share at the Marion Library

January 25, 2023

NC Cattlemen's Association
2023 NC Cattlemen’s Association Annual Conference

January 25, 2023

NC Choices "What Do All These Label Claims Really Mean?"
Label Misconceptions Consumers Face

January 25, 2023

Beekeeper
Interested in Beekeeping? Free Bee School Coming Up!

January 25, 2023

Old Fort Clean Up
Adopt-a-Road Volunteer Safety Training

January 24, 2023

Green four-leaf clover with H on each leaf above black-and-white farm animal silhouettes.
4-H Livestock Club Leader Needed

January 24, 2023

4-H clover icon
2023 4-H Enrollment

January 20, 2023

Old Fort Family clean up
Old Fort Clean Up Spring 2023

January 9, 2023

Glass jar with hinged lid holding a note that reads "Never Stop DREAMING."
2023 "Jar for Me"

December 29, 2022

Year of the Trail McDowell logo
Celebrate NC Year of the Trail All Year

December 29, 2022

JMG Praying Mantis mascot
First Meeting Set for Junior Master Gardeners

December 28, 2022

Rhondas compost bin
Home Composting for Families

December 28, 2022

soup
Winter Weather Brings Soup Season

December 28, 2022

Chickens
Tips to Protect Your Chicken Flock From Avian Influenza

December 28, 2022

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