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Ag Chat: How Can You Get Your Pastures and Field Spring Ready?

Ag Chat from 4/1/26: How can you get your pastures and fields spring ready?From our Livestock Agent, Bailee SheffieldWith spring quickly approaching, it will soon be time to pull some of our animals…

Flyer titled "Fueling the Furnace: Meeting Winter Forage Demands" with livestock LCT table

Livestock: Winter Care

Feed at Sunset: The "heat of fermentation" peaks 4–6 hours after eating. Feeding in the evening ensures the animal's internal heater is cranked up during the coldest part of the night. Water is the…

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Livestock and Poultry Happenings for 2026

Exciting news! We are bringing our weekly "Ag Chat" from the Caswell Messenger (local newspaper) straight to your screen. Each week we’ll be sharing the news, achievements, and helpful resources from…

Helping Livestock, Poultry, and Pets Through the Heat!

Summer is coming for us quick and let's not forget it is officially summer now! How can we be ready for the summer temperatures and the stress from heat that comes with it? Let's start with when we…

NC Cooperative Extension – Cattle Production Workshop

To register visit go.ncsu.edu/may24reproductionNC COOPERATIVE EXTENSION CATTLE REPRODUCTION WORKSHOP MAY 23RD & 24TH, 2024 Topics for the day will include: Establishing a breeding season Estrus…

Poultry Processing Interest Form

Do you raise poultry for meat? Are you interested in starting to raise poultry for meat? Do you need a better way to process your birds?If any of these or something different applies to you, fill out…

Cows in a field as snow falls around them.

Battling Winter Weather With Out Livestock, Poultry & Pets

Although we haven't had any snow yet.... Our temperatures have been steady dropping, and reaching the single digits and lower. Our livestock, poultry and pets may need some extra care during these…

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Preparing Our Livestock for the Cold Winter Months

Getting Livestock ready for Winter Months & Knowing the Quality of Forages As winter is quickly approaching us, we want everyone to be prepared to care for their livestock. There are many things…

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Hurricane & Natural Disaster Preparedness for Livestock

As Hurricane Idalia left our area of North Carolina with little rain, there are more that are spinning up in the Atlantic. Hurricane Lee is slowly building in the Atlantic, getting stronger by the…

New Caswell Youth Livestock and Poultry Opportunities

Caswell County 4-H is excited to announce some new programs here in the county! This fall, we will be working to establish a poultry and/or livestock judging group. Judging for both poultry and…