Aug 4, 2023
David Suchoff is leading a five-year grant to study how fiber hemp can act as an alternative to tobacco while taking advantage of North Carolina's robust textile industry.
Aug 2, 2023
Alejandro Gutierrez-Li, the agricultural labor extension specialist, was awarded a SARE grant to study labor issues on cattle and dairy farms in the South.
Jul 19, 2023
NC State Extension released an online tracking tool called Beans Gone Wild to capture and share in-season soybean problems and recommendations across the state.
Graduate student Abby Pleasant is studying organic black oilseed sunflowers, which researchers believe could be a promising — and profitable — crop for North Carolina farmers.
Jul 13, 2023
Researchers reduce lignin levels and improve wood properties in poplar trees using the increasingly popular gene-editing system.
Jul 10, 2023
Findings from a new study could help researchers breed genetically improved Sitka spruce trees resistant to a nibbling insect.
Apr 27, 2023
12 NC State Extension agents were selected from a competitive pool to beta-test N.C. PSI technology in the field.
Apr 20, 2023
In a new Earth Day broadcast special, PBS NC examines natural solutions to carbon removal and carbon capture to mitigate North Carolina’s evolving climate impacts. The special feature N.C. PSI faculty, Alex Woodley.
In this episode of Farms, Food and You, we’ll dig deep into A.I. and other technology utilized in agricultural research with Jevon Smith, a research computing manager for the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative.
Apr 12, 2023
The patch can be applied to the leaves of plants to monitor crops for different pathogens – such as viral and fungal infections – and stresses such as drought or salinity.
