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Published on February 9, 2021

PSI Profile: Ross Sozzani, Platform Director for Plant Improvement

The plant improvement platform director for the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative shares her vision: collaboration, innovative crop technologies and students ready for the workforce.

Four coronaviruses as viewed with an electron microscope

Published on February 8, 2021

Study Yields Recommendations to Prevent Outbreaks from Waterborne Coronaviruses

Airborne coronaviruses traced to wastewater have caused disease in the past. Researchers suggest ways to keep such outbreaks from happening again.

Published on February 1, 2021

Get to Know Molecular and Structural Biochemistry’s Josh Strable

Josh Strable joined the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in December 2020. He hopes to be a mentor and advocate for undergraduate students, especially first-generation college students like himself.

Published on February 15, 2021

Alternative Weed Control – We’ll Have An App For That

Cover crop use is wavering among farmers. Crop and Soil Sciences research Ramon Leon’s interdisciplinary 3D Weed Vision System aims to equip farmers with DIY imaging technology to reliably anticipate their cover crop’s performance and…

Published on February 2, 2021

Extraordinary Farmer, Extraordinary Eggs

Trey Braswell builds on long-held family values as he forges new paths for Braswell Family Farms. Find out more in this episode of Farms, Food and You.

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Meg Anderson Talks About Teamwork, Community and Being an Ambassador

Serving as an Ambassador for the Agricultural Business Management program kept Meg Anderson connected to her peers even when campus was closed.

Taking Farm Tech to the Next Tier

What will the next wave of agricultural technology hold? Two NC State faculty members with their fingers on the pulse of technological innovation for agriculture talk about their research today and what they think it’ll mean for farms of the future.

Bonanno’s Five-year Review Announcement

On March 16, Dr. Richard Bonanno will present on NC State Extension’s activities during his first five-year term and share a vision for its future as part of his five-year performance review.

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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Alternative Weed Control – We’ll Have An App For That

Extraordinary Farmer, Extraordinary Eggs

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Study Yields Recommendations to Prevent Outbreaks from Waterborne Coronaviruses

Get to Know Molecular and Structural Biochemistry’s Josh Strable

Alternative Weed Control – We’ll Have An App For That

Extraordinary Farmer, Extraordinary Eggs

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Bonanno’s Five-year Review Announcement

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