Source: NCDA&CS, 1/7/16

 Jan. 4 Registration opens for Annual Food Business Conference on April 5. Contact Annette Dunlap for more information Annette.Dunlap@ncagr.gov
Jan. 12-13 N.C. Blueberry Council Annual Open House and Trade Show,
Fayetteville
Jan. 14-15 N.C. Agritourism Networking Association annual conference,
Winston-Salem
Jan. 20 N.C. dairy producers to vote on assessment
Jan. 22 Regional Turfgrass Conference, Greensboro
Jan. 30 N.C. Sheep Producers Association annual meeting, Greensboro
Jan. 30 Regional Goat & Sheep Producer Training, Greensboro
Feb. 3-5 Southern Farm Show, Raleigh (includes the following events)
• The Tobacco Farm Life Museum will hold the 11th annual Breakfast with the Commissioner on
Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7:15 a.m. in the Hunt Horse Complex at the show.
• The North Carolina Pork Conference, presented by the North Carolina Pork Council, will be held
at 9 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 4, in the Martin Building.
• The North Carolina Soybean Producers Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the
Soybean Producers Forum set for Friday, Feb. 5, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Martin Building. A
highlight will be the 50th anniversary soy production panel “Know More, Grow More – Getting the
Most from Your Soy Crop in 2016”.
• The Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina will hold its annual meeting at 10 a.m.,
Friday, Feb. 5, in the Holshouser Building.

Feb. 5 Deadline to apply to Mid-Town Farmers Market
Raleigh (Market runs Saturdays April 16- Nov. 5)
Feb. 10-11 N.C. Tomato Growers Conference, Asheville
Feb. 12 Feast Down East, UNC-Wilmington
Feb. 12-13 N.C. Aquaculture Development Conference,
New Bern
Feb. 15 Registration deadline for Harris Teeter- farmer
meeting in Bolivia, NC on Feb. 26 tony.haywood@ncagr.gov
Feb. 25-26 N.C. State Beekeepers Association, New
Bern
Feb. 25-26 N.C. Cattlemen’s Association and N.C.
Dairymen’s Association, Hickory
March 2 The Flavors of Carolinas, Raleigh
March 22 The Flavors of Carolinas, Charlotte
GTBNC sweet potatoes are featured in Triangle Kroger stores.
April 5 5th Annual NCDA&CS Food Business Conference, Greensboro
April 25 NC Specialty Foods Association Spring Conference, Raleigh
May 20-22 Got to Be NC Festival, Raleigh