Author: Dave Caldwell

Apr 7, 2011

Taking the bite out of late blight

North Carolina State University scientists will be heavily involved in a national effort to help farmers better manage a plant disease called late blight. 

Apr 5, 2011

NCSU entomologist receives regional IPM award

Dr. Hannah Burrack is honored with the Southern Region IPM Center's Friends of IPM Future Leader Award. 

Apr 4, 2011

N.C. 4-H to honor Dr. Jim Clark, Dr. Dalton Proctor at Lifetime Achievement Event

The annual 4-H Lifetime Achievement Awards Celebration in Concord, N.C. will honor the achievements of former 4-H members, families and supporters. 

Apr 1, 2011

YOU DECIDE: Is there a new reality for property values?

The post-recession decline in residential property values throughout North Carolina has implications for homeowners and county governments. Mike Walden discusses. 

Mar 18, 2011

YOU DECIDE: Is the economic recovery 'normal'?

The economic recession of 2007-09 was unusually harsh; it's been called The Great Recession. So what's the recovery like? Mike Walden discusses. 

Mar 15, 2011

Yelverton named 'Most Influential'

Dr. Fred Yelverton, professor of crop science and North Carolina Cooperative Extension specialist, has been named one of the 20 Most Influential People in the Green Industry for 2010. 

Mar 14, 2011

Wanda Clay is new Duplin Extension director

Wanda Clay, a long-time North Carolina Cooperative Extension agent in Duplin County, has been named to direct to Cooperative Extension program in the county. 

Mar 9, 2011

Aquaculture

With abundant cold-water resources in the west and a long coastline to the east, North Carolina is a natural for aquaculture, and aquaculture is, indeed, among the fastest growing segments… 

Mar 8, 2011

Company provides equipment at Lake Wheeler Road

The Kioti Tractor Division of South Korean equipment manufacturer Daedong-USA Inc. provides much-needed equipment at the Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory. 

Mar 4, 2011

Mapping the way to higher fish yields

Dr. Craig Sullivan, William Neal Reynolds Professor of biology, working with Dr. Ron Hodson, retired North Carolina Sea Grant director, has completed a genomic map of the striped bass, the first map for any non-salmonid marine species farmed in the United States.