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Dec 8, 2025

Fall CALS Grads Look to the Future

Three soon-to-be graduates reflect on their time with CALS, what they've learned and what comes next. 
pigs in a pen

Dec 4, 2025

New Statistical Tools Sharpen the Search for Causal DNA Changes in Livestock

New statistical framework could help identify genes that influence important livestock traits. 
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Dec 4, 2025

Growing a New Branch on the Family (Christmas) Tree

Rachel Noble, a first-year agricultural business management major, is leveraging her experience on the family Christmas tree farm and in FFA toward a future career in agricultural law. 
Two men in hair nets working in a food test kitchen at NC Food Innovation Lab

Dec 1, 2025

Chris Patillo: Innovating Healthier Foods + Functional Beverages

NCFIL Food Scientist Chris Patillo will use his master’s in nutrition to bring healthier products to market. 
A corn earworm caterpillar on an ear of corn.

Dec 1, 2025

Crop Pests Can Develop ‘Fighter-Jet Wings’ After Eating Specific Mix of Corn

Consuming a blend of toxic Bt corn and non-toxic corn can give corn earworm moths longer, more narrow and more tapered wings that can send them long distances. 
Sheep graze near solar panels with crowd in background

Dec 1, 2025

Agrivoltaics: Making Marginal Land More Productive With Solar Panels and Sheep

An NC State University demonstration site shows how uneven terrain can be used for grazing sheep and generating electricity. 
Economist Mike Walden

Nov 28, 2025

You Decide: How to Cope With the Affordability Crisis?

NC State economist Mike Walden talks about the rising cost of living, from food to housing, what's driving the trend and how consumers can manage their budgets. 
two white feathered turkeys in fenced pens

Nov 26, 2025

National Thanksgiving Turkeys Come Home to Roost at NC State

Following a presidential pardon on Tuesday, National Thanksgiving Turkey Gobble and his wingman and turkey alternate Waddle returned to their home state of North Carolina for retirement at NC State. 
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Nov 25, 2025

Celebrating 60 Years of Biochemistry at NC State

For six decades, biochemistry faculty at NC State have guided research, education and workforce development with an eye toward advancing solutions in agriculture, medicine and beyond. 
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Nov 25, 2025

Loyal Like Lloyd

It started with a gift of $5 in 1955. Seventy years later, Lloyd Bostian '54, who majored in agricultural economics, still supports NC State.