Author: Dave Caldwell

Jan 4, 2013

Walden receives Order of Long Leaf Pine award

Dr. Mike Walden, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of agricultural and resource economics and N.C. Cooperative Extension economist, is a recipient of North Carolina's Order of the Long Leaf Pine award. 

Jan 4, 2013

YOU DECIDE: Will North Carolina jobs jump in 2013?

There are reasons to be optimistic about the jobs picture in North Carolina. Mike Walden discusses. 

Jan 2, 2013

Lommel accepted to Food Systems Leadership Institute

Dr. Steven Lommel, associate director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service and North Carolina State University assistant vice chancellor for research, has been accepted to the two-year Food Systems Leadership Institute program. 

Dec 7, 2012

YOU DECIDE: Can we make sense of deficits, debts and all that?

The nation is focused on the fiscal cliff and efforts to tame the federal government's financial affairs. Mike Walden explains the major elements of the conversation. 

Nov 30, 2012

Student gives top presentation

Jennifer A. Kimball, a doctoral student in the turfgrass breeding and genetics program, gave a first place presentation during the joint annual meeting of the Agronomy Society of America, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America in late October in Cincinnati. 

Nov 30, 2012

Jon Brandt, Agricultural and Resource Economics head, dies unexpectedly

Dr. Jon Brandt, head of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, died unexpectedly at his home Monday, Nov. 26. He was 65. 

Nov 27, 2012

White House Christmas tree is from Ashe County

While Rusty and Beau Estes certainly deserve all the credit for producing a Fraser fir suitable to grace the White House at Christmas, a bit of North Carolina Cooperative Extension traveled with the tree to the nation’s capital. 

Nov 26, 2012

YOU DECIDE: Should 'tax expenditures' be part of a budget deal?

Can something called “tax expenditures” be the silver bullet to avoid a fiscal cliff and put the federal government on a better financial footing? Mike Walden explains. 

Nov 12, 2012

Two CALS faculty honored as entrepreneurs, innovators

Two College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty members, Dr. John Cavanagh and Dr. Josip Simunovic, were among N.C. State University faculty members honored by the university Office of Technology Transfer for innovation and entrepreneurship for 2012. 

Nov 9, 2012

YOU DECIDE: Where do we go from here?

Our newly elected political leaders face two big questions. What is the condition of the economy? And what can government do to improve the economy? Mike Walden discusses.