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New NC State Web Tool Delivers Precise Soybean Planting Recommendations
BeanPACK, a new soybean growers decision support tool designed to revolutionize on-farm recommendations, will be released Oct. 1, in time to inform statewide planting decisions for the 2025 growing season.…
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.
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…
N.C. PSI Advances AI for Agriculture
At NC State University, the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative is leading efforts aimed at helping producers put artificial intelligence to work for increased yields, efficiency and sustainability. Two new tools will…
Tour Brings Extension Agents to Ag Tech Startups
A recent training on emerging agricultural technology companies has sparked ideas for North Carolina Cooperative Extension agents who see value in learning about those companies as they work to support…
NC State a Partner on NSF-Funded “Ag Tech Corridor” Project
A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation is kickstarting an effort to create an agricultural technology corridor from central to eastern North Carolina, and NC State University plays a key role.
Strengthening Connections
Extension Agent Mikayla Berryhill helps ensure farmers have access to new technology and a hand in its development through the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s Extension Agent Network.
Organizations Forge Communications Collaboration To Help Soybean Farmers
Collaboration and coordination were key themes of a recent meeting that brought together Extension faculty members from land-grant universities across the United States with representatives of state and national soybean…
Climate Change and Agriculture
Greatly affected greatly by storms, droughts, floods, heat and cold, agriculture is vulnerable to climate change. In this episode of Farms, Food and You, experts discuss climate change’s effects on ag, ag’s effects on climate change, and how the industry can help address it.
Extension Educates Farmworkers on Vaccination
NC State Extension has trained some 600 farmworkers in North Carolina about vaccination, especially related to COVID-19, and new federal funding will enhance the effort.