{"id":1824,"date":"2017-03-19T21:28:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T01:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-dev-site\/people\/mscastil-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T07:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:36:24","slug":"mscastil","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/mscastil\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel Castillo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Castillo leads the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forages.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forages.wordpress.ncsu.edu&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1777116639686000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iGwwzgc8Nf5gTJG6QZ9ri\">Forage and Grassland Program\u00a0<\/a>at North Carolina State University. He also contributes to the discipline as a Technical Editor for Crop Science. His program maintains an active international presence, with work spanning tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions. Dr. Castillo is fluent in Spanish and English and has intermediate proficiency in Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p>His research focuses on enhancing ecosystem services in agricultural and pasture-based livestock systems, including agroforestry and silvopastures. The program emphasizes developing knowledge and technologies that promote efficient resource use and system resilience. Key areas include alternative nutrient sources (e.g., biosolids, poultry litter, swine effluent), forage and grazing management, use of legumes, integrated crop\u2013livestock systems, and the application of near-infrared spectroscopy as a decision-support tool.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Loja, Ecuador, Dr. Castillo&#8217;s training was in Plant and Animal Sciences at Zamorano University (B.S.), Agronomy at University of Florida (M.S. and Ph.D.) and business administration at North Carolina State University (MBA). Dr. Castillo joined the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at NC\u00a0State University in 2013 and was appointed Professor of Grassland Science in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M.B.A., North Carolina State University (2017)<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D., Agronomy, University of Florida (2013)<\/p>\n<p>M.S., Agronomy, University of Florida (2009)<\/p>\n<p>B.S., Plant and Animal Sciences, Zamorano University (2006)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/content.ces.ncsu.edu\/catalog\/author\/3471\/miguel-castillo\">Extension Publications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":39322,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"group":[522],"person_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1824","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","group-faculty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/1824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/person"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/1824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40841,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/1824\/revisions\/40841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/group?post=1824"},{"taxonomy":"person_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person_tag?post=1824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}