Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
Agricultural Service
Why pick this one
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center conducts research across 397 acres, specializing in tomatoes, apples, ornamental crops, vegetables, and peaches.
Best for
- commercial apple growers seeking Southern Appalachian orchard information
- farmers researching tomato, vegetable, peach, or specialty crop production
- growers seeking medicinal herb, organic, or specialty crop extension resources
- nursery and ornamental crop research needs
- fruit and vegetable pest, disease, and integrated pest management information
- agricultural education events and grower conferences in western North Carolina
Look elsewhere if
- residential landscaping installation
- emergency crop or equipment repair
- general retail plant purchasing
- customers seeking a conventional private landscaping contractor
Specialties
- tomato research
- apple research
- ornamental landscape crop research
- vegetable research
- peach research
- medicinal herb and specialty crop extension
- commercial fruit and vegetable production extension
- nursery crop research and extension
- fruit and ornamental plant pathology
- fruit and vegetable entomology
What makes them different
- 397-acre research and extension center in Mills River
- Research and extension faculty from six academic departments
- Laboratory, greenhouse, and field studies serving western North Carolina agriculture
- Research programs include tomatoes, apples, ornamental landscape crops, vegetables, peaches, biofuel crops, corn, soybeans, and specialty crops
- N.C. Cooperative Extension district administrative offices are housed at the center
- Serves
- Mills River
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759
- Phone
- +18286843562
- Website
- https://mountainhort.ces.ncsu.edu/
Services
- agricultural research
- horticultural extension
- crop production education
- integrated pest management education
- grower events and conferences
- agricultural climate data reporting