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Pesticide Training X Credits February 2026

Lincoln County Cooperative Extension is hosting two pesticide training opportunities in the month of February. The first is on Thursday February 19, from 8:30-10:30 am for 2 hours of X credits. The…

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Southwest Piedmont Winter Grains Meeting

You are invited to our Southwest Piedmont Winter Grains meeting in Shelby, NC on December 11, 2025, from 4 to 8pm. The meeting will be at the Cleveland County Cooperative Extension Office, in the…

LC Pesticide Course Schedule 2025

Pesticide Classes Available 2025

Trevor Reese, the Horticulture Agent for Lincoln County Cooperative Extension, is offering pesticide classes if you are in need of additional credits. Please call (704) 736-8461 to register with the…

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Lanternflies Have Arrived in NC! Not Good News!!

My mother told me that if you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything. Therefore, I’m just going to write this article, and you will have to read it on your own. There is nothing good to…

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They Got Me!

I am claiming victim status, and this article is my vengeance. Yellowjackets have staked a claim in my front landscape bed, and are real meanies! They hurt my feelings, my arm, my stomach, and my…

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2021 Pesticide Class Schedule

Pesticide classes forming now! Must call to register! If we haven't received any preregistration calls for a class, that class will be canceled.CALL 704-736-8461 TO REGISTER!Pesticide Hazards/First…

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Respirator Fit Testing

EPA guidelines require pesticide applicators to complete annual respiratory protection training and undergo an annual respirator fit test if they use any pesticide in which the label requires the use…

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Controlling Fire Ants - VIDEO!

Now is the time to get out there and make smart, strategic fire ant treatments!This link will take you to a 40 minute presentation that was live on October 24, 2017. The recording is now on-line by…