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Author: Alice Manning Touchette

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Feb 10, 2026

NC State to Host National Conference on AI in Agriculture

NC State University will host the 2026 AI in Agriculture Conference March 31 - April 2. This national conference brings together the brightest minds in academia, ag-tech, analytics, biotech, extension and the public sector to connect, collaborate and shape the future of AI-enabled agriculture. 
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Jan 29, 2026

Excrement Enterprise

There’s an on-farm product full of potential for those with a waste-not, want-not approach: animal and poultry feces. Mahmoud Sharara, director of NC State's Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center, says this digestion by-product can help create bespoke, self-sustaining farm systems and biofuels, offering profit-savings and revenue-enhancing streams for farmers. 
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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. 
Reggie Strickland

Sep 2, 2025

Leadership Starts at Home

Seventh-generation farmer and 2025 CALS Distinguished Alumni Award winner Reggie Strickland is quick to tell you his success as a farmer and a man is due to the people in his life who took an interest in him. 
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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. 
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Jun 3, 2025

Kelliher Named Roberts and Mikhail Distinguished Chair in Plant Genome Editing

Timothy Kelliher will join NC State University this July as the director of the Genome Editing Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Integrated with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ state-of-the-art Plant Sciences Initiative and its expertise in genome editing and CRISPR, the GEC is poised to revolutionize agriculture. 
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May 28, 2025

Royal Horticultural Society Honors Alumnus Tony Avent

NC State University alumnus Tony Avent, prolific horticulturist and plant conservationist, was recently honored with the Royal Horticultural Society’s prestigious Veitch Memorial Medal, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the science and practice of horticulture. 
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Mar 31, 2025

Food Animal Initiative Launches New Leadership

The Food Animal Initiative has named six leaders to head its five platforms aimed to further develop the future of the food animal industry. 
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Mar 6, 2025

Growing Interns

NC State University's JC Raulston Arboretum helps prepare the next generation of horticulturists through its internship program. 
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Sep 12, 2024

Find What You’re Called to Do

For Dallas Barnes, 2024 CALS Distinguished Alumni Award winner, finding his true calling in agriculture and leading with faith has laid a path for a successful, fulfilling life.