NEW! FDA Recalls Now on Our Site
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for regulating animal food. Animal food recalls are announced by …
Animal Agriculture
Youth Beef Educational Workshop
What: Youth Beef Educational Workshop hosted by the NC Cattlemen’s Association (Learn about Beef Production, Processing, and Marketing) Date: July …
Understanding and Implementing Current Good Manufacturing Practices for Animal Food Producers: New Factsheet Series
New food safety regulations, especially the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA), require animal food and ingredient processing …
Recording of 2021 Swine Research Forum Available Now!
Don’t Miss Out on These Presentations With Vital Information For the Pork Industry It has been several years since we …
Livestock Judging & Skillathon Clinics
2021 NC 4-H State Livestock Clinics Held at the E Carroll Joyner Beef Education Unit, Raleigh June 22 – Skillathon Clinic …
Advanced Livestock Judging Program
2021 Advanced Livestock Judging Program June 29 (Buncombe County) July 6 (Rowan County) July 13 (Wilson County) Youth ages 14-18 only Limited to the …
PCAF Inspection Update: Resiliency Roadmap for FDA Inspectional Oversight
On May 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a new report: Resiliency Roadmap for FDA …
2021 Swine Research Forum Agenda
May 11, 2021 (9 a.m. EST), hosted by NC State Extension Swine Specialists. This forum is packed with the newest …
Catawba Valley Beef Expo and Lamb & Goat Shows
Catawba Valley Beef Expo and Lamb & Goat Shows June 18–19, 2021 2021Catawba Valley Lamb & Goat Rules 2021Catawba Valley Lamb & …
Weed ID Guide
See the University of Missouri Weed ID Guide, an excellent online tool for plant ID. It provides several options …
Feed Milling Extension and Anpro Campus Launch Feed Manufacturing Course
Feed Milling Extension is pleased to announce a new course, co-developed with a team at anpro campus, and featuring …
Eastern Carolina Showmanship Circuit 2021 Dates
Please see the information below regarding the dates for the 2021 Eastern Carolina Showmanship Circuit. …
Qualified Individual Training – Now in Spanish and Chinese
In early 2020, NC State Extension Feed Milling launched a new online training course for animal food safety: Qualified …
Weekly Wrap-Up: April 2
Feed milling outreach goes beyond the resources and stories we create from NC State Extension. We want to help you …
Plant Identification Support Information
Use the Center for Environmental Farming Systems website as another resource to help you identify some plants, and/or undesirable plants, a.k.a. …
Listen Up: New Pork Focused Podcast
Feedstuffs Precision Pork Feedstuffs Precision Pork is a weekly look at market trends and ways to bring more precision to …
Show Down in the Foothills
Show Cattle Clinic May 8, 2021 Caldwell County Fairgrounds, Lenoir, NC Instructor: Bob May, Mineral Point, WI, Purina Honor Chow Ambassador For more …
Women in Ag: NCDA&CS Spotlights Anita MacMullan
A recent post on the In the Field blog from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services …
Weekly Wrap-Up: March 19
Feed milling outreach goes beyond the resources and stories we create from NC State Extension. We want to help you …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
- Animal Waste Management
- Beef
- Dairy Extension
- Equine Husbandry
- Feed Milling
- Goats & Sheep
- Poultry Science Extension
- Swine
- Youth Livestock Program
More Extension Programs at NC State University
National eXtension Resources
- Animal Welfare
- Beef Cattle
- DAIReXNET (eXtension)
- eOrganic (eXtension
- Farm Energy (eXtension)
- Goats (eXtension)
- Hogs, Pigs and Pork
- Horses (eXtension)
- Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Community (eXtension.org)
- Sheep
- Small and Backyard Poultry (eXtension)
Partnerships and Organizations
Recent Publications related to Animal Agriculture
Biosecurity Guidelines for Pork Producers
It is economically and technically infeasible for producers to exclude all pathogens from their herds. …
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Waste Analysis
This factsheet clarifies the importance of waste analysis and describes the procedures for taking reliable …
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Reducing Drift and Odor with Wastewater Application
This publication addresses application techniques that affect drift and odor problems associated with wastewater application, …
2 days ago — SoilFacts
Getting Data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Using R
This publication provides information and guidance on using computer code to access the National Agricultural …
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North Carolina Dairy Stakeholder Survey Results
This publication addresses the needs of the changing dairy industry in North Carolina by reviewing …
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Personnel Current Good Manufacturing Practices for Animal Food Safety
The FDA considers Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) to be “Necessary to prevent animal food …
Overview of NC State Finished Beef Production Guidelines
This publication is an introduction to the three production protocol guidelines developed by North Carolina …
NC State Local Grass-Fed Beef Production Guidelines
This publication provides production protocol guidelines developed by North Carolina State University and Amazing Grazing …