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Jennifer Howard

Hands working with cement in the dirt.

Dec 13, 2022

Building Our Community

2022 has been a year of expansion for our department. The growing demand for agricultural and environmental solutions is catapulting us forward. We’ve added 68 new hires this year, including four new faculty in key areas of emerging need. 

A beef cow with an ear tag

Dec 5, 2022

Groundtruthing Climate-Smart Grasslands

Extension faculty from North Carolina State University’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences have joined a network of 28 public and private partners to assist producers in implementing climate-smart grassland management strategies and to valuate the practices’ on-farm impact.  

Nov 21, 2022

Bonding Through Bingo with GSAs

NC State's crop and soil sciences graduate student association provides small group events for students seeking friendship, networking and connection. 

NC State weed science researchers present at a cotton field day

Nov 18, 2022

Weed Science Society of NC Grows Student Endowment

To perpetuate research progress, the Weed Science Society of North Carolina (WSSNC) recently doubled its student funding to develop the next generation of weed scientists. 

NC State researcher stands in a tobacco field

Nov 15, 2022

Ph.D. Student Maggie Short: Looping Back To Tobacco

Doctoral student Maggie Short is working with NC State Tobacco Extension Specialist Matthew Vann to develop nitrogen and potassium fertility recommendations for a tobacco crop new to NC - cigar wrapper leaves.  

Peanut cultivar breeding

Nov 7, 2022

Breeding Peanut 3.0

Building on years of NC State research, peanut breeder Jeff Dunne is using wild species genetics to breed disease-resistant varieties in a crop with an inherent fault. 

Weed science student stands in a NC State greenhouse

Oct 21, 2022

Jose de Sanctis Wins Farmer Problem Weed Competition

Crop science Ph.D. student Jose de Sanctis wins the real-world farmer problem event at the 2022 Southern Weed Science Society meeting. 

Two women discussing a plan for seedlings.

Oct 17, 2022

Schroeder-Moreno Appointed as CEFS Director

Professor Michelle Schroeder-Moreno has been appointed director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) after serving as interim director following Nancy Creamer's retirement. 

curtis Murphy and other Team USA members win the 2022 World Soil Judging

Sep 27, 2022

Wolfpack’s Curtis Murphy Helps USA Win World Soil Judging Competition

Crop and Soil Sciences’ recent alumnus Curtis Murphy helped Team USA win first place in the 2022 World Soil Judging Competition in Glasgow, Scotland this summer. 

Colden Bradshaw in front of weed research

Sep 16, 2022

First Laughinghouse Agronomy Scholarship Awarded

North Carolina State University is delighted to announce the first award of the full-tuition Connie and Durwood Laughinghouse Agronomy Scholarship to Duplin County, North Carolina, native Colden Bradshaw.