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What’s Ahead for the N.C. PSI in 2025

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Oct 30, 2025

Suchoff to Lead N.C. PSI’s Extension Outreach and Engagement Platform

David Suchoff will build ties to agriculture statewide to ensure that N.C. PSI delivers practical solutions for North Carolina growers. He succeeds Rachel Vann. 
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Sep 7, 2025

Seed2Grow Spotlight: Soteria Formulation’s Tahira Pirzada

NC State scientists came up with an ingenious way to use agricultural leftovers to boost crop performance in Africa. Their startup company, Soteria Formulations, is now taking the technology global, with CEO and NC State research scholar Tahira Pirzada leading the way. 
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Aug 5, 2025

Researchers Pursue Automated Staking for Ag Labor Savings

Amid agricultural labor shortages, a university horticultural scientist is working with the N.C. PSI's Makerspace to automate a labor-intensive process vital for tomato production. 
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Jul 16, 2025

Experts Propose N.C. Agtech Innovation Corridor

A new report calls for an agtech innovation corridor across 42 counties to broaden how farmers participate in and benefit from innovation. 
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Jun 11, 2025

New Digital Tools Refine Cover Crop Selection

Extension agricultural agents played a pivotal role in ensuring that online tools that help farmers make solid, site-specific decisions about cover crops are field-ready and easy to use. 
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May 20, 2025

Institute Cultivates Tomorrow’s Food and Ag Leaders

At the North Carolina Youth Institute, teens gain research and communications skills to last a lifetime as they grapple with global food, agriculture and sustainability problems. 
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May 17, 2025

Extension Agents Explore AI for Agriculture

Artificial intelligence promises to transform agriculture, and a recent workshop at NC State’s Plant Sciences Building aims to position agricultural agents as key links in ensuring that farmers benefit. 
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Mar 7, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: Morgan Menaker

For Morgan Menaker, being a North Carolina Cooperative Extension field crops agent in Union County means being a linchpin in ensuring that the nation’s research-and-extension system continues to deliver agricultural… 
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Feb 12, 2025

N.C. PSI Seeds Project to Improve Apple Production

An interdisciplinary North Carolina State University team has kicked off new research exploring whether imaging technologies paired with artificial intelligence might prove useful for apple farmers. Seed funding for the… 
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Jan 13, 2025

What’s Ahead for the N.C. PSI in 2025

As the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative enters its fourth year in the Plant Sciences Building, Executive Director Adrian Percy sees it growing beyond its startup phase into a stage…