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caden noonkester kicking a football during a football game

Sep 4, 2024

Fielding Success

Recent CALS grad Caden Noonkester’s unlikely rise as NC State’s starting punter is as surprising to him as it is to anyone.  
Picture of corn plant against the sky.

Aug 28, 2024

Diverse Crop Rotations Reduce Risk of Crop Loss Under Poor Growing Conditions

This post was written by Autumn Canady at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are responding to the increasingly uncertain climate. The warmer and more unpredictable weather has been a source of instability on U.S. farms. ARS agroecologists turned to history for a solution to… 
old black and white photo of people taking soil samples

Aug 16, 2024

On the Shoulders of Giants

The Department of Crop and Soil Sciences has a rich 100-year history of growing agricultural and environmental sciences, but it is firmly focused on the future. 
three men standing in a road

Aug 16, 2024

Digging In

A 20-year partnership has helped NC State soil science students get the lay of the land through hands-on experience. 
Group of people posing in front of a farm stand

Aug 7, 2024

Engaging Youth in Agriculture, Both Near and Far

Liz Driscoll, a youth development specialist with College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, recently traveled to Kenya with a team from CALS to explore partnerships to support agriculture in the east African nation. 
Portion of a solar panel against a blue sky with clouds.

Aug 7, 2024

Partnership Seeds Two Agricultural Sensor Projects

A new partnership among NC State University’s Institute for Connected Sensor Systems, N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative and Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science has provided seed funding for two interdisciplinary… 
Sarah Kirby and David Monks

Aug 2, 2024

Kirby, Monks Named Interim Co-Directors of NC State Extension

Sarah Kirby and David Monks will become the interim associate deans and directors of NC State Extension when Richard Bonanno departs at the end of August. 
Chancellor Woodson wearing red commencement regalia, standing at a podium with an image of the Belltower in the background, and waving to the crowd

Jul 19, 2024

Woodson’s Work Is His Legacy

Chancellor Randy Woodson has announced his intention to retire by June 30, 2025, kicking off an era of transition for a campus that has thrived under his leadership. Woodson is the third-longest-serving leader in university history. 
Dean Garey Fox visits the Horticultural Crops Research Station in Clinton.

Jul 16, 2024

Research Road Trip

Dean Garey Fox hit the road this summer not for vacation at the beach or the mountains, but rather to tour several of the 18 Research Stations NC State operates in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.  
NC State's Erin Rivers takes water samples at Utah Lake

Jul 15, 2024

Erin Rivers Joins CSSC as Water Quality Specialist

In North Carolina, water quality concerns come from nutrients and sediment from both agricultural and urban sources. Erin Rivers joins North Carolina State University’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences as an assistant professor and Extension water quality specialist to address both resource concerns.