Other activities include a live bee demonstration, milking demonstration and a representative will explain how pesticides affect our food supply. Admission is free. Program is aimed at older school children, but all interested parties are invited to attend. Farm animals and farm equipment will be on-site. Station employees will talk about crops, composting and other agricultural issues.
Admission is free.
Chicken and Cage Bird Show and Sale will be held May 16 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Granite Civic Park in Rowan County. The Tidewater Research Station will host a Small Grain Field Day Wednesday, May 20. A Small Fruit Field Day is being held at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station Thursday, May 21, for small fruit growers or other interested persons. 1p.m. Participants will learn about alternative methods to methyl bromide, new strawberry varieties and breeding, blueberry varieties that grow best in western North Carolina, plus new and interesting raspberry varieties. The Shadow Lane Farm Boer Goat Sale will be held May 23 at the Stanly County Fairgrounds.