McDowell County Agricultural Center
Agricultural Service
Why pick this one
NC Cooperative Extension- McDowell County Center provides livestock and field-crop technical assistance alongside local-food and forestry programs from its Marion office.
Best for
- livestock and poultry producers needing guidance on nutrition, health, pasture, forage, or regulatory compliance
- farmers seeking agricultural marketing or local-food network support
- landowners seeking forestry, farmland preservation, water-resource, or composting education
- families and youth seeking 4-H or youth livestock programming
- food producers needing food safety education
Specialties
- livestock and poultry production support
- pasture and forage production
- livestock nutrition and health management
- agricultural marketing and local food systems
- forestry management
- food safety and processing education
- water resources and composting education
Certifications
- N.C. Cooperative Extension
- NC State University Extension
What makes them different
- Provides science-based agricultural technical assistance for local livestock and poultry producers
- McDowell County staff include an Agriculture-Livestock & Field Crops Extension Agent
- Offers local food support covering production, marketing, and consumer access
- Provides county resources for voluntary farmland preservation, forestry, water resources, and composting
- Hosts agriculture-focused programming including grower-buyer meetups, cattlemen's meetings, and small ruminant webinars
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 188 AG Services Dr, Marion, NC 28752-5673
- Phone
- +18286528104
- Website
- https://mcdowell.ces.ncsu.edu/
Services
- agricultural education
- technical assistance for livestock and poultry producers
- farm planning and agribusiness support
- local food marketing support
- forestry and natural resource education
- food safety education
- 4-H youth development
- community gardening and composting education