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Mar 19, 2025

Keeping Up the Pace: Six Generations of Family Farming

For sixth-generation farmer and Agricultural Institute student Josie Pace, agriculture is a family tradition. Pace's interest in agriculture led her to AGI, where she's pursuing an associate's degree in agribusiness management with plans to continue in the four-year agricultural science program. 
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Mar 11, 2025

AGI Celebrates 65 Years of Developing an Industry-Ready Workforce

More than 130 current students, alumni and friends recently gathered to celebrate the Agricultural Institute's 65th anniversary, honoring a legacy that has shaped the future of agriculture in North Carolina and beyond. 
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Feb 11, 2025

Alum Extends Roots to Support Agriculture

CALS alumnus Aaron Blackmon followed his family’s roots in agriculture and found his passion as a farmer and livestock Extension agent. 
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Feb 3, 2025

From Sea to Soil: Navy Veteran Pursues Horticulture

With the support of the Sycamore Stipend Fund for Veterans in the Agricultural Institute, Wes Fox is exploring a career in horticulture after retiring from military service. 
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Jul 23, 2024

Carving a Future in Agribusiness

Charlie McGhee’s classes on food animal and poultry processing and his work in agricultural lending have sharpened his knowledge of the practical and financial sides of farming. 
Benjamin Peeler handwaters the 18th green at Pinehurst No. 2

Jun 7, 2024

Birdie’s-Eye View

As an intern at the famed Pinehurst No. 2, Benjamin Peeler, a student with NC State’s Agricultural Institute, had a hands-on introduction to the work of getting a golf course ready to host the 2024 U.S. Open. 
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Feb 27, 2024

Grant Boosts Agricultural Institute’s Career Readiness Programs

Three years after receiving nearly $1 million in funding from the Golden Leaf Foundation, the Agricultural Institute has developed robust programming to prepare current and future students for the ever-evolving world of agricultural management and livestock processing. 
Craig Yencho and Mercy Kitavi work with sweet potato samples in a lab in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dec 12, 2023

A Patented Winner

The National Academy of Inventors named NC State University’s Craig Yencho a 2023 fellow for his contributions to improved sweetpotato and potato breeding and genetics, with an impact reaching from North Carolina to Sub-Saharan Africa. 
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Nov 22, 2023

Hands-On Experience Helps Shape Careers for Ag Institute Students

Students with NC State’s Agricultural Institute share how internships help them find new fields of study and future careers. 

Oct 18, 2023

Full Circle

Amanda Hadden, a 2023 graduate of the Agricultural Institute at NC State, tells the story of her educational journey in her own words.