{"id":134,"date":"2016-05-19T19:14:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T19:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science-new\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:26:59","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-automated-posts ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">Horticultural Science news<\/h2>\n                                <a\n              href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/all\/\"\n              class=\"ncst-labeled-section__link\"\n                                          data-ua-cat=\"Featured Content Block\" data-ua-action=\"Label Link Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/all\/\"\n            >View More News<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        <a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/nc-state-to-host-industry-feedback-session-for-new-ag-formulations-program\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/nc-state-to-host-industry-feedback-session-for-new-ag-formulations-program\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" \n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-98488\" \n            alt=\"Aerial of tractor spraying fields at Lake Wheeler farms.\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/03\/aerial.farm_.1500x844.jpg\" \n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                          <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">NC&#160;State to Host Industry Feedback Session for New Ag Formulations Program<\/h3>\n              \n\n      \t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">Agricultural industry representatives are invited to a feedback session to shape a groundbreaking NC&#160;State University program to train workforce-ready formulations <span class=nowrap>professionals.&nbsp;<span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            \n            <use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n        <\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/support-nc-state-horticulture-and-its-plant-conservatory-on-the-day-of-giving-03-25-26\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/support-nc-state-horticulture-and-its-plant-conservatory-on-the-day-of-giving-03-25-26\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" \n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-98350\" \n            alt=\"The red hues of Begonia brevifolia \u2018Edinburgh\u2019, seen with the South African \u201cjade plant\u201d, Crassula ovata, draw plenty of attention in NC&#160;State University\u2019s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences\u2019 Teaching Greenhouses.\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/03\/red-plants-plant-conservatory.jpg\" \n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; 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