The Crop and Soil Sciences Class of 2018. May 15, 2018 | Staff Congratulations to our graduates! Share Filed Under Students Tags Crop And Soil Sciences, Graduation Other Top News More Than PB and Hay: The Value of Peanuts in North Carolina North Carolina is the fifth-largest peanut-producing state and specializes in the aesthetically fancy Virginia market type, which is mostly used in-shell or as cocktail snacking nuts after shelling. Improving Cotton Genetics Vasu Kuraparthy, a professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, is a leading expert in using genetics to increase cotton productivity. View the Archive