Impact
Licensed to Drill: Educating the Professional Soil Scientist
For anyone interested in becoming a licensed soil scientist, NC State's soil science certificate provides the complete academic coursework.
Funding Future Leaders in Agriculture
North Carolina 4-H and North Carolina FFA each received a $45,000 gift from AG Carolina Farm Credit's Pull For Youth fundraiser to further their mission of developing future leaders.
Organic Accelerator: New Study Investigates Grazing Living Mulches for Soil Health
Organic demand is hot, but organic farms are declining in North Carolina. Ekrem Ozlu and four partner institutions embark on a four-year USDA NIFA project to evaluate cover crop mixes and animals grazing living mulches to jumpstart soil health in organic systems.
Forward Facing Into 2024
We are excited to share our 2023 Year in Review to show how our teaching, research and extension have and will continue to advance our mission of “Growing the Future."
Unearthing Soil Solutions for Arsenic Remediation
Arsenic naturally occurs in many North Carolina soils. Owen Duckworth’s lab collaborates with the University of North Carolina’s Superfund Research Program to understand the distribution and effects of naturally occurring arsenic in North Carolina.
NC State Extension Adds New Conservation Agronomy Specialist
Austin Menker joins NC State Extension in conservation agronomy as part of a Farmers for Soil Health cover crop initative.
USDA-ARS Releases Novel Flood-Tolerant Soybean Germplasm
Ben Fall and the USDA-ARS Soybean Nitrogen Fixation Research Unit has released the first maturity group (MG) VI flood-tolerant soybean line with commercially competitive yield and elevated seed oil.
A New Leaf in Tobacco Breeding
Tobacco is still a major North Carolina cash crop. Ramsey Lewis' modern Nicotiana research ranges from the agronomic improvement of commercial varieties to the genus’ broader use as a model plant.
National Extension Specialists Collaborate to Help Soybean Farmers
Extension soybean specialists from around the United States came to North Carolina in August to exchange ideas, evaluate research, and develop information to help growers optimize production of the important crop.
Could Biostimulants Save Doomed Cotton Seedlings?
Lori Unruh-Snyder discovered that cotton seed damage locations and patterns can accurately predict seedling performance. Now, they are testing ways growers could overcome these deficits.