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Published on January 5, 2021

Measuring Agricultural Trade Costs: Findings and Recommendations

NC State’s Heidi Schweizer and University of Nebraska’s John Beghin offer suggestions for reducing the financial burdens associated with international trade.

Published on January 5, 2021

One-on-One With N.C. Agricultural Research Service Director Steve Lommel

When it comes to NC State University’s impact on agriculture, NCARS’ discoveries lead to the way. Director Steve Lommel provides an update.

Published on January 7, 2021

Vaccine Q&A: Do I Need One Dose or Two?

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines has been slower than many people were hoping for. And that has led to various suggestions on ways that governments should modify the plan for getting people vaccinated. The…

Young men digging and filling a wheelbarrow

Published on December 22, 2020

Giving Back: Kamal Bell and Sankofa Farms

Kamal Bell isn’t your stereotypical North Carolina farmer, and his Orange County farm isn’t your everyday farm. There, he’s not just farming, he’s also teaching — and doing both in ways aimed at raising the…

NC State's Memorial Belltower with the sun peeking through the trees

Published on December 28, 2020

2020 Reflections, 2021 Hopes

NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Richard Linton provides reflections from 2020 and hopes for 2021.

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Learn more about NC agriculture on the Farms, Food and You podcast.

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Danesha Seth Carley to Lead IPM Center at NC State

Seth Carley will serve as director of the NSF Center for Integrated Pest Management at NC State.

You Decide: What’s the Future of Retailing?

Seeing the growth of e-commerce this past decade, what could the industry look like in the coming one?

Shedding Light on the Secret Reproductive Lives of Honey Bees

Research at NC State and the University of British Columbia shows that there are trade-offs between sperm viability and the expression of a protein involved in the insect’s immune response.

Sorted peanuts fall onto a conveyor belt in a Hampton Farms packing facility in Severn.

Coming Out of the Shell: North Carolina Peanuts

If you come across cocktail or in-shell peanut products pretty much anywhere in the U.S., they likely were grown in North Carolina.

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