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Articles
A Question of the Week
Even if choosing slow-release sources of Nitrogen and Potassium, fertilizer should be applied in the spring. In most New Hampshire soils, amendments c...
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A New Network Provides Support to Cope With the Pressures of Farming
With funding from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the New Hampshire Farm & Ranch Stress Assistance Network (N.H. FRSAN) is a coll...
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Beginning farming can be challenging. Extension is here to help.
UNH Cooperative Extension offers a course called New Farmer School, a program which made its debut in 2019. This course is designed for people who are...
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Gathering data now for winter analysis
With a lengthy end of summer to-do list, it’s easy to forget all those record keeping tasks you promised yourself you would do last winter. While many...
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She brings over a decade of evaluating food safety risks with food producers and growers around the U.S.
Wendy Johnecheck has joined UNH Cooperative Extension as a food safety state specialist and a professor in the Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, &...
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We are hearing reports of western bean cutworm activity in sweet corn this week. This species is relatively new to our region and can cause injury to ...
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The current risk for cucurbit downy mildew (CDM) in New England, including southern NH, is moderate according to the CDM IPM forecasting model: https:...
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Events
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September 28th, 2022
1:00pm - 3:00pm, Join the UNH Extension food safety team for a free, online, safe food handling workshop for school food service workers. This special class will focus on
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October 13th, 2022
4:00pm - 6:00pm, This is a free, online, safe food handling workshop for volunteers and managers in food pantries and within the NH Food Bank who only handle pre-packaged food and fresh produce and may handle frozen and refrigerated foods.
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October 15th, 2022
8:30am - 4:00pm, Join us Saturday, October 15, 2022 for this year's Women's Farm Equipment Field Day!
Resources
This assessment breaks down data from the nationally reported Agriculture Statistics to encourage further investigation and spark conversations that r...
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Participants who complete the training will understand how to identify ticks and protect themselves from being fed upon. Learners are introduced to co...
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This fact sheet provides an overview of the most common reasons to use cover crops at home and lays out the most successful options for gardeners in N...
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This document summarizes the Course Expectations for the 2022 New Farmer School
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Selling Homemade Food Products in New Hampshire- Five Part Fact Sheet Series
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The decision to purchase land can be one of the most important financial and personal decisions that you make in your lifetime. Whether you are purcha...
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