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Peach 🍑 season is here and thanks to N.C. State’s 🐺 now-retired #peach breeder, there are varieties available specifically suited to North Carolina’s climate. Chilling hours, the number of total hours that a fruit tree must spend in temperatures below 40 degrees 🥶 during the dormant (winter) season, are a key factor in determining where certain peaches can grow. North Carolina peaches require approximately 1,000 or more chilling hours which is on the higher ⬆️ end of chilling requirements compared to South Carolina peaches that require 850 hours or less.

We wish you a very Happy Independence Day. 🍉 🧨 🎆 #fourthofjuly

🎶 “Shoo fly, don’t bother me…” 🎶 says the age-old tune. Cows 🐮 don’t have the luxury of “shooing” flies 🪰 and one cow can house up to 1,000 flies in a day. Just 200 flies can cause about 0.4 pint of blood lost each day. Beyond that, flies can spread a blood-transmitted disease called anaplasmosis which can cause severe anemia in cattle.

Washington Island, Wisconsin is a unique 7-mile island community that’s a 30-minute ferry ⛴️ ride from the northern tip of Door County, Wisconsin. The island that houses 700 year-round islanders (and 2,100 summer ☀️ islanders) primarily produces food for the local community with crops including #tomatoes, #peppers, #plums, among many others.

Did you know most #vegetables 🥕 🍅 are botanically classified as #fruits? There is much to dig into regarding the technical definition of a vegetable and if vegetables really are vegetables.

June is National Dairy Month, a time to spotlight the #dairy industry. Fun fact: The natural yellow color of butter comes mainly from the beta-carotene found in the grass cows 🐄 eat. Read on for more dairy knowledge. https://buff.ly/4e3osuN #NationalDairyMonth

Thanks to the N.C. State #peanut 🥜 breeding program, we can enjoy the classic roasted-in-shell “baseball game peanuts,” also called Virginia type peanuts. N.C. State is one of the only peanut breeding programs across the nation that focuses on Virginia peanuts.

To keep pace with the worldwide 🌎 #coffee consumption of 2 billion cups ☕ per day, synthetic options are being explored to sustain coffee drinkers for years to come. https://buff.ly/3WRDPQQ

While the #NorthernLights were a beautiful show for many viewers 👀, the geomagnetic storm that produced the Northern Lights disrupted navigational systems in certain tractors 🚜 and other #farming equipment. With some #farmers counting on the evening for planting 🌱, those with troubled GPS systems paused their plans for the night. https://buff.ly/3yj6aVL #plant24 #ag #agriculture

Pre-agriculture populations dating back 15,000 years ago were found to have eaten more plants 🌿 than experts once thought. Examinations of bones 🦴 and teeth from a group of seven Moroccan people helped researchers 🔎 learn that diets consisted of sweet acorns, pine nuts, pistachio, oats and legumes called pulses. https://buff.ly/3UA4iiN #ag #agriculture