People in Your Community…Knowledge at Your Doorstep
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
This is a pest which has taken over many homes in the area. Here are two links to fact sheets that will help you deal with this persistent insect:The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
They’re Baaack!
Jefferson County Is Part of a Larger System
Our office provides many local educational programs to area families, businesses, and communities. We support farmers, 4-H Youth Development, and family health. You can always contact our county office by phone or e-mail. We are also your link to other WVU Extension offices and West Virginia University colleges and offices.
WVU’s Jefferson County Extension office is part of the national land-grant university system. Each office has the same mission as its foundation: to help people put knowledge to work.
All universities engage in research and teaching, but the nation’s more than 100 land-grant colleges and universities, including WVU, have another critical mission: Extension. Extension means reaching out, and along with teaching and research land-grant institutions extend their resources, solving public needs with college or university resources through local programs. To meet and support the needs of local people and communities, county faculty and staff involve local residents in developing and leading specific programs and activities.
Buy Local and Learn More About Local Agriculture!
Soil Sample Submission Form
Use this form to submit a sample for testing at the WVU Soil Testing Lab in Morgantown. This form requires Adobe Acrobat Reader a free computer program, to be printed.The analysis for pH, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, and magnesium is free. The only cost is postage to mail the sample. A recommendation for lime, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium is provided. Results will be returned to you in two to three weeks.
To create a representative sample of the area of interest, take 10 to 20 individual samples, combine them in one container, mix them and let the soil dry. Then pull a subsample from the soil collected and fill a sandwich bag. Mail the sandwich bag and the completed form to the address on the form.
