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Mapping Cotton Bacterial Blight Resistance

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Mike Walden, CALS ARE Extension

Aug 7, 2026

You Decide: How Will Social Security Be Fixed?

NC State Economist Mike Walden explores potential solutions for funding Social Security in the countdown to 2032, the year experts say changes will have to be made to prevent cuts in payments to U.S. retirees. 
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Aug 5, 2026

Upskilling Frontline Food Animal Workers 

With support from NC State's Food Animal Initiative and the National Pork Board, Eduardo Beltranena, assistant professor of animal science, has created a workshop geared toward professional development for Spanish-speaking workers in the swine industry, offering leadership training and improving retention in the field. 
NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences professor Dr. Mike Walden working in a recording studio.

Jul 24, 2026

You Decide: What are the Benefits and Costs of Immigration?

NC State economist Mike Walden breaks down a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas that sheds light on the economic impact of unauthorized immigration. 
Gina Fernandez stands amid blackberry plants growing under high tunnels at the Piedmont Research Station

Jul 22, 2026

Boosting Blackberries: NC State’s Gina Fernandez Launches Latest Botanical Offspring

A new flavor-packed NC State blackberry variety named Ervin is ready for North Carolina growers and an international debut after four years of rigorous testing. 
Mike Walden, CALS ARE Extension

Jul 10, 2026

You Decide: How Important Is Income Inequality?

NC State economist Mike Walden explores the factors that cause income inequality, ways to address it and what's on the horizon for wage gaps as the use of AI grows. 
a man inside a industrial shed looking at baskets of duckweed

Jul 8, 2026

Could Duckweed Solve One of Hog Farming’s Biggest Challenges?

CALS professor Ryan Sartor has an idea that could turn waste into worth by using domesticated duckweed grown in hog lagoons to prevent overflows and capture excess nutrients. 
Man standing in a farm field holds up red plastic pails full of fresh strawberries

Jun 30, 2026

NC State Fights an Emerging Strawberry Threat

N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative affiliates, NC State Extension specialists and other researchers are working on multiple fronts in the fight against a new disease taking a big bite out of North Carolina’s strawberry producers’ livelihoods. 
Mike Walden, CALS ARE Extension

Jun 26, 2026

You Decide: How Good Is the Job Market?

NC State economist Mike Walden examines North Carolina’s job market, which impacts both businesses and households. Will emerging technologies or other factors disrupt current trends? 
a close up image of three white, ribbed new world screwworm larvae

Jun 24, 2026

NC State Faculty Awarded USDA Funds to Help Bolster New World Screwworm Response

Three CALS faculty have received funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help combat the spread of the New World screwworm through projects that focus on enhanced sterile insect techniques and advanced forecasting and response strategies. 
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Jun 19, 2026

Mapping Cotton Bacterial Blight Resistance

A new study by NC State researchers explores the genetic makeup of cotton plants to identify the source of their resistance to cotton bacterial blight, which has reemerged as a threat to cotton production in the U.S.