Rowan County Center | N.C. Cooperative Extension

2026 Rowan County Fair Dairy Goat Show

Published - July 15, 2026 Read

2026 Fair Registry Assistant Days

Published - July 14, 2026 Read

2024 Heaviest watermelon winners at the Rowan County Fair

2026 Heaviest Watermelon Weigh-In

Published - July 14, 2026 Read

Rowan County Fair

Poultry Mobile Processing Unit (MPU)

Small Ruminant Working Facility (SRWF)

News From Rowan County Center

Blueberry Pruning

Published - July 15, 2026

Why Are My Tomatoes Cracking?

Published - July 14, 2026

2026 Egg-cellent Egg Contest information for 4-H youth with laying birds. Registration due July 31, 2026.

Egg-Cellent Egg Contest for 4-H'ers

Published - July 9, 2026

Wood for You and Your Community Workshop

Published - July 1, 2026

From: Wilkes County Center

Rowan County 4-H Dairy Heifer Project

Published - June 10, 2026

NRCS Field Day at Wild East Farm

Published - March 12, 2026

From: NC FarmLink

Rowan County 4-H Presentations & Talent Show; Registration due April 10. Event April 24.

Rowan County 4-H Activity Day (Speaking Presentations & Talent Show)

Published - March 3, 2026

Master Muscadine Pruning Workshop

Published - February 6, 2026

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Upcoming Events

Aug 08

Rowan Master Gardener Propagation Workshop

Saturday | Aug 08 | 9:00 AM — 12:00 PM 2727 Old Concord Road, Salisbury, NC 28146

Aug 10

4-H Volunteer Reporting Form Due Monday | Aug 10 | All Day

Aug 10

Rowan County Beekeepers Association Meeting Monday | Aug 10 | 7:00 PM — 9:00 PM

Aug 11

Rowan County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers Association Meeting Tuesday | Aug 11 | 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM 1959 Jake Alexander Blvd W Suite 1400, Salisbury, NC 28147, USA

Sep 03

Rowan County Cattlemen's Association Meeting Thursday | Sep 03 | 6:30 PM — 8:30 PM

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News From NC State Extension

Invasive Yellow-legged Hornet Confirmed in North Carolina

Published - July 28, 2026

From: Growing Small Farms

WNC Regional Ginseng Update

Published - July 27, 2026

From: New Crops & Organics

Flier for Appalachian Forest Farmer Coalition and NC State University Extension Forest Farming Office Hours. Held on September 11 and November 13, 2026 from 12 to 1:30 PM EST. Q&A, resources, and conversation about forest farming. Held on Zoom.

Fall Forest Farming Office Hours

Published - July 27, 2026

From: New Crops & Organics

Flier: Forest farming office hours summer 2026. Join the Appalachian Forest Farmer Coalition and NC State University for this virtual Q&A session via Zoom. May 8, June 12, and Aug 7 from 12:1:30 pm EST. Register: https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/W86x

Summer Forest Farming Office Hours

Published - July 27, 2026

From: New Crops & Organics

Mix of native blooming plants for pollinators

Save the Date for Pollinator Habitat Workshop & Native Plant Sale

Published - July 26, 2026

From: Growing Small Farms

Light and Pheromone Trap Captures for Caterpillar Pests- July 22

Published - July 24, 2026

From: Soybeans

From left to right, chinch bug (small, winged insect) life stages, nymph through adult in increasing size.

Got Chinch Bugs? We Need Your Help!

Published - July 23, 2026

From: TurfFiles

Scatter plot showing the distribution of 4,955 SNPs across chromosomes 1 to 9, with genomic positions on the x-axis and chromosome numbers on the y-axis.

Center Update: Applying Genomic Selection Techniques to the NC State Turfgrass Breeding Program

Published - July 22, 2026

From: TurfFiles

Cucurbit downy mildew symptoms on cucumber (Photo, Gerald Holmes, Valent USA Corporation, Bugwood.org)

Cucumber Downy Mildew Confirmed in Lenoir County—First North Carolina Report of 2026

Published - July 22, 2026

From: Extension Plant Pathology

2026 Artistic Expression & Creative Writing Winners

Published - July 20, 2026

From: Equine Husbandry

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