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Sep 2, 2010

Extension site helps with disaster prep, recovery

Hurricane Earl provides a reminder that N.C. Cooperative Extension has resources to help you prepare for and recover from natural disasters. For everything from how to care for fish in…

Sep 2, 2010

Time for a new 401K?

A popular way for workers to save for retirement is through 401K plans, but with the drop in the stock market during the recession many people lost a lot of money in their 401K, which prompting the joke that their 401K was now a 201K. Should there be changes to this retirement program? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden discusses debate surrounding this issue.

Sep 2, 2010

Esbenshade named Fellow, Odle is award winner at ASAS annual event

Dr. Ken Esbenshade, associate dean and director of Academic Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was among top honorees at the annual meeting of the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS), held in Denver, Colo., this past July. Esbenshade was named ASAS 2010 Fellow in the administrative category. At the same event, Dr. Jack Odle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry in the College, received the ASAS Animal Growth and Development Award.

Sep 1, 2010

Stockman and teacher Dr. Lemuel Goode honored as new CALS scholarship is created

“He went the extra mile in helping students receive their degrees.” That was a special recollection about Dr. Lemuel Goode shared by his son, Charles L. Goode, during ceremonies establishing the Lemuel “Lem” Goode and Lucy Goode Animal Science Scholarship Endowment in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Charles Goode, his mother, Lucy Goode, and sister, Dr. Candace Goode Vick, created the endowment to honor Lem Goode, a beloved faculty member in the CALS Department of Animal Science at N.C. State University.

Sep 1, 2010

Peanut field day takes place Sept. 9

N.C. State University scientists will present the latest research results related to peanuts during a field day set for Sept. 9 at the Peanut Belt Research Station in Lewiston-Woodville. Precision farming, economics, crop conditions, disease and pest management, and variety development are among the topics. More info: href="http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/news-center/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2010/09/Peanut_10.pdf">PDF

Sep 1, 2010

The new growth report

The quarterly report on the gross domestic product, or GDP -- the gold standard of reports taking the economy's pulse -- came out recently. N.C. State University economist Mike Walden explains the latest numbers.

Aug 31, 2010

Spending shifts

Electronic products such as cell phones, computers, and digital video disc players have become a part of most household purchases today. Have we seen these purchases change people's spending habits? N.C. Cooperative Extension economist Mike Walden explains the results of a recent analysis.

Aug 30, 2010

NC State University names first Murdock professor

Dr. Mary Ann Lila, Director of North Carolina State University’s Plants for Human Health Institute on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, has been named the first David H. Murdock Distinguished Professor.

Aug 30, 2010

Now’s the time to sign up for CALS study trip abroad

CALS' Agricultural Institute is offering an international agribusiness, law and culture tour that will take participants to England, France and Wales from March 5 to 13, 2011. It's open to CALS students, parents and alumni as well as faculty and staff. More information is available in a PDF that's available online.

Aug 30, 2010

Fears of deflation

Economists have been using the d-word -- deflation -- more frequently. Deflation means that prices are falling; what can be wrong about that? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden explains.