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A group listens to two speakers in front of two whole hog carcasses being prepared for barbecuing

Jun 24, 2025

Hot Ticket: NC State BBQ Camp

With sessions on sauce tasting, dry rub preparation and Meat Science 101, NC State's BBQ Camp offers two days of hands-on "low and slow" cooking. 
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Jun 19, 2025

I Am CALS: Halle Skibo

Transfer student Halle Skibo’s journey to NC State is unconventional, but she’s embraced the challenge with gusto, seizing opportunities to get involved as an animal science major and find her place in the Pack. 
Bee on a purple flower

Jun 17, 2025

How Your Perennial Garden Can Shelter Bees

The hollow stems of perennials can provide native bees with winter housing or a nursery. Here's how to get your garden move-in ready. 
a woman works outside on a bee hotel

Jun 16, 2025

Fortifying the Future for Bees

With multiple projects focused on the behavior, health and environment of bees, researchers in the Department of Applied Ecology are dedicated to supporting the well-being of these important pollinators. 
NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences professor Dr. Mike Walden working in a recording studio.

Jun 13, 2025

You Decide: Will North Carolina Get an MLB Team?

NC State economist Mike Walden weighs the viability of North Carolina getting an MLB team and the potential economic impacts that would follow. 
a group of men standing on a dock work to load a large fish into a pickup truck

Jun 12, 2025

Big Rock Partnership Yields Big Data

For more than 20 years, the Big Rock has partnered with NC State University to ensure the prizewinning fish are processed and sent to labs around the United States for scientists to research the health of the fish and the waters in which they live. 
Cotton field

Jun 11, 2025

Study Develops Optimal Cover Crop Adoption Thresholds

New model can help farmers decide whether or not cover crops can be a worthwhile investment. 
a group of people post with trophies making wolfy ears with their hands

Jun 11, 2025

Pack Pullers Win International Tractor Competition for Second Straight Year

NC State’s Pack Pullers have once again claimed the top spot at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. 
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Jun 9, 2025

Scott To Lead Biological and Agricultural Engineering

The new head of NC State University's nationally ranked programs in biological and agricultural engineering is an administrator and engineering professor with expertise in water quality. 
people standing outside testing new agriculture tools on beds

Jun 9, 2025

New Digital Tools Refine Cover Crop Selection

Members of the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s Extension Agent Network help connect farmers with new agricultural technologies, such as the Cover Crop Selector, ensuring the emerging tools are field-ready.