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Jun 11, 2026

Blacklands Farm Managers Tour

The 2026 Blackland Farm Managers Tour will be held on August 5 in Beaufort County along Peoples Road, located between Bath and Burbage Crossroads. This year’s event will be hosted… 

Jun 10, 2026

2026 Southwest Piedmont Grain Growers Corn & Soybean Field Day

Join us Saturday, August 8, 2026 from 9 AM – 1 PM at ASR Grain Company in Shelby, NC for the 2026 Southwest Piedmont Grain Growers Corn & Soybean Field… 

Jun 10, 2026

2026 Northeast Ag Expo Summer Field Day

Thursday | Jul 30 | 8:00 AM — 1:30 PM 169 N Gregory Rd, Shawboro, NC 27973, USA   More Information – https://currituck.ces.ncsu.edu/news/2026-northeast-ag-expo-summer-field-day/ 

Sep 13, 2023

USDA-ARS Breaks Ground on New Plant Improvement Facility on NC State University Campus

USDA-ARS breaks ground on a state-of-the-art plant improvement facility housing 30-40 experts from ARS and NC State who will conduct research on maize, soybean, wheat, cotton and peanuts. 

Jun 21, 2021

New Extension Podcast Puts Crop Expertise In Your Pocket

Crop Sense is Morgan’s new agricultural podcast that provides current, topical expertise on North Carolina field crops. “The information is similar to what’s covered in-depth at a winter meeting, but it comes out during the season and tackles topics that are top of mind for NC growers.” 

Apr 13, 2021

Ag Awareness Week Re-Sprouts in the Brickyard

Alpha Zeta, NC State’s agricultural honors fraternity, recently hosted Ag Awareness Week in the Brickyard for the first time since 2019. 

Apr 6, 2021

Can Soil Carbon Fast Forward The Transition To Organic Farming?

One of the biggest barriers to organic farming is the transition period lag in soil health metrics. A group of NC State researchers is investigating if soil carbon can fast forward the soil health benefits of organic farming. 

Mar 15, 2021

Sullivan Farm: Allies in Agricultural Gains

Jay and Jarman Sullivan tend over 800 acres of corn, wheat, and soybeans- just the two of them. They are able to manage at this scale because of an intense focus on farm efficiency and crop variety research. 

Oct 28, 2020

Alumni Spotlight: Archie Griffin Plans Farm of the Future

What keeps Archie Griffin up at night? More often than not, it’s a foreboding sense that he may one day lose the farm that his grandfather started building in the 1960s. 

Oct 19, 2020

Making Virtual Class Work

Thanks to wise planning and a hefty dose of creativity, Crop and Soil Sciences instructors are taking remote-learning students outside the classroom and even a bit further this year.