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Mar 18, 2024

Domesticating Duckweed, 300 Samples at a Time

What does it take to domesticate a plant? Ryan Sartor is creating unique systems for testing duckweed, an aquatic plant that grows on wastewater. 
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Mar 15, 2024

NC State a Partner on NSF-Funded ‘Ag Tech Corridor’ Project

A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation is kickstarting an effort to create an agricultural technology corridor from central to eastern North Carolina, and NC State University plays a key role. 
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Mar 13, 2024

Get Ready for Ag Awareness Week

Wolf Plaza will transform into a bustling farm for Ag Awareness Week March 18-22. 
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Mar 13, 2024

Simple Trick Could Improve Accuracy of Plant Genetics Research

A simple trick improves the accuracy of techniques that help us understand how external variables – such as temperature – affect gene activity in plants. 
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Mar 13, 2024

Planting the Future

With support from the Trolinder graduate student endowment, Weilong He hopes to use machine learning to help breeders more efficiently assess the health of plants and troubleshoot problems for farmers. 
Callie Lewis Bryan making Wolfpack sign on campus

Mar 12, 2024

Hardworking Heroine

Callie Lewis Bryan, the only student from her high school graduating class to come to NC State, made the most of college, even in the face of unexpected challenges. 
Packaged meat

Mar 11, 2024

From Farm to Freezer

MeatSuite.com, which helps match North Carolina consumers with farmers selling local and pasture-raised meat, has added more farms and features. 
NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences professor Dr. Mike Walden working in a recording studio.

Mar 8, 2024

You Decide: What Are the Key Challenges for North Carolina’s Future?

Economist Mike Walden outlines some of the challenges that lie ahead for North Carolina as a growing state grappling to define future needs. 
Woman standing at a farm field.

Mar 6, 2024

Strengthening Connections

Extension Agent Mikayla Berryhill helps ensure farmers have access to new technology and a hand in its development through the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative's Extension Agent Network. 
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Mar 5, 2024

Exploring the Emergence of Environmental Economics

Spencer Banzhaf, director of the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics Policy, looks at the intersection of economics and the environment in his new book, Pricing the Priceless.