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NC Agricultural Analytics Platform Supports Data-Driven Farming

From helping improve crop yield and profitability to supporting farmers with best management practices, the N.C. Agricultural Analytics Platform is shaping the future of agriculture. 
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Researchers Are Out to Take a Bite Out of a Big Challenge for Christmas Tree Growers: Deer

N.C. PSI researchers pursue a new way to keep deer from eating growers’ profits. 
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Plant Sciences Building: Certified Sustainable

For the first time, NC State has certified an entire building as a Sustainable Lab, with the Plant Sciences Building earning the designation in November. 
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Paying Success Forward

A Greensboro couple’s gift to the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative serves as a tangible reminder of the good that comes from giving back and maintaining strong family ties. 
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Planting New Opportunities

A joint internship program between NC State Extension and N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative gave CALS student Nathaniel Rhein hands-on experience with interdisciplinary research. 
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Bridging the Art-and-Science Divide

While popular opinion tends to place art and science at opposing poles, artist Leah Sobsey is more inclined to focus on the ground they share in helping us understand our… 
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On the Backroads, Again

Researchers from five NC State colleges joined the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s 2025 Backroad Tour, learning more about Western North Carolina agriculture and considering ways their expertise can help solve farm problems. 
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Precision on Autopilot

New drone technology being tested by N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative faculty affiliate Frank Bai is poised to usher crop production into the future. 
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Students Win 2025-26 Funding from the N.C. PSI

With donor funding, the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative is supporting eight graduate students with research addressing a range of agricultural and environmental challenges. 
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