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County Extension Director
4-H Youth Development
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Gene Fox
Area Agent, Agriculture - Consumer Horticulturedefox2@ncsu.edu(252) 946-0111x28beaufort.ces.ncsu.eduFollow or Friend Me
Family and Consumer Sciences
Renee Harvey
Area Agent, Family and Consumer Sciencesrenee_harvey@ncsu.edu(252) 946-0111beaufort.ces.ncsu.eduFollow or Friend Me
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Area Specialized Agents
These agents specialize in specific areas of agriculture and natural resource management and serve many counties. While their knowledge and expertise is available to residents of Beaufort County, they may not be present in the Beaufort County Center. Please contact the Beaufort County Center for assistance and initial consultation.
Erin Eure
Area Specialized Agent, Agriculture - Commercial Fruits & VegetablesServes 35 CountiesBased in Gates Countyerin_eure@ncsu.edu(252) 357-1400
Provides educational opportunities and technical support to commercial fruit and vegetable growers, agents, and industry in northeastern NC. Counties covered include Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Rockingham, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington and Wilson.
Steve Gabel
Area Specialized Agent, Agriculture - AquacultureServes 22 CountiesBased in Chowan Countysteve_gabel@ncsu.edu(252) 482-6585x113
Responsible for aquaculture educational programs for the NC NE extension district.
Colby Lambert
Area Specialized Agent, ForestryServes 32 CountiesBased in Harnett Countycolby_lambert@ncsu.edu(910) 814-6041
Provides educational opportunities and technical support to forest landowners, agents, and forest industry. Counties covered include Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Wayne, and Wilson
Danny Lauderdale
Area Specialized Agent - Nursery and Greenhouse, Eastern RegionServes 44 CountiesBased in Wilson Countydanny_lauderdale@ncsu.edu(252) 237-0111
Provides programming to commercial ornamental nursery and greenhouse producers in Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson Counties.
Margaret Ross
Area Specialized Agent, Agriculture - PoultryServes 40 CountiesBased in Jones Countymargaret_ross@ncsu.edu(252) 670-8254
Working with commercial poultry producers to assist in writing nutrient management plans and conducting educational programming.
Scott Tilley
Area Specialized Agent, Agriculture - Field CropsServes 24 CountiesBased in Vernon G. James Research & Extension Centerscott_tilley@ncsu.edu(252) 793-5142x166
Responsibilities include providing research based information and educational programs in Beaufort County in the areas of Nutrition, Health and Wellness, Food Preservation, and Food Safety.