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USDA Awards Avian-Flu-Fighting Challenge Grants to NC State Researchers

Two groups of top researchers at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine have won challenge grants from the US Department of Agriculture to complete projects aimed at combating the nation’s four-year-long outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. In North Carolina, where poultry is the No. 1 commodity, HPAI led to the loss of more… 

Excrement Enterprise

There’s an on-farm product that’s full of potential to those with a waste-not, want-not approach – animal and poultry feces. Mahmoud Sharara, director of NC State University’s Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center (APWMC), says this digestion by-product can be the key to creating bespoke self-sustaining farm systems, biofuels, offering  profit-savings and revenue-enhancing streams for farmers. 

New USDA Report Explores the Economics of Precision Agriculture in Dairy Farming

Zach Raff, assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics, discusses trends in precision dairy farming and how the technology is impacting the profitability of the dairy industry in a new report. 

Feeding Curiosity for Better Swine Nutrition

Research assistant Alexa Gormley, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in animal science, is investigating the impact of nutritional interventions on the intestinal health of newly weaned pigs in the hopes of improving the transition of young swine from milk to feed. 

Agrivoltaics: Making Marginal Land More Productive With Solar Panels and Sheep

An NC State University demonstration site shows how uneven terrain can be used for grazing sheep and generating electricity. 

Hands-on Experience Inspires Animal Science Major’s New Path

Undergraduate research and exposure to livestock animals through the Animal Science Club have given CALS student Olivia Hoffman a new perspective on her career trajectory.