Apr 22, 2025 Agriculture Business

Top 7 Ways To Grow Tomatoes Faster (That Actually Work!)

Balanced Fertilization: Tomatoes need a lot of nutrients. Use a balanced, slow-release fertilizer at planting. For example, a 10-10-10 fertilizer. Avoid fertilizers with too much nitrogen early on. These can cause the plant to grow lots of leaves. But you want it to produce fruit. Later, use a fertilizer higher in phosphorus. This helps with… 

Apr 21, 2025 NBC News

Helene-hit farmers are still scrounging for recovery funds six months on

What farmers need is “quick money,” said Laura Lauffer, director of the EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems program at North Carolina State University. By the time Helene hit, her initiative had already set up a program offering $3,000 business grants for regional farmers. Afterward, it streamlined the application process to get money out faster. 

Apr 21, 2025 AOL

Helene-hit farmers are still scrounging for recovery funds six months on

What farmers need is “quick money,” said Laura Lauffer, director of the EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems program at North Carolina State University. By the time Helene hit, her initiative had already set up a program offering $3,000 business grants for regional farmers. Afterward, it streamlined the application process to get money out faster. “We want… 

Apr 21, 2025 The News & Observer

NC unemployment rate remains in holding pattern of 3.7% in March

“The April and May numbers will be critical and potentially ugly, unless trade deals are made quickly,” said Michael Walden, a retired economics professor at N.C. State University, Read more at: 

Apr 17, 2025 WRAL

2025 Atlantic hurricane season: NC State forecasters predict 12-15 named storms

North Carolina State University researchers on Tuesday released their forecast for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season. 

Apr 17, 2025 Men's Health

The FDA Is Recalling This Popular Supplement Over an Undeclared Allergen

“Soy is commonly found in multivitamins and nutrition supplements,” says Ellen Shumaker, a food safety expert and director of outreach for the Safe Plates program at North Carolina State University. 

Apr 17, 2025 Newsweek

Laughter As Goldendoodle Taken to Friend’s House—Then Realizes It’s Bedtime

Most dogs have two windows of “activity peaks” during the day, noted a study by researchers at North Carolina State University published in December 2020 in Scientific Reports. 

Apr 17, 2025 The Charlotte Observer

Carpenter bees vs. bumblebees: How to tell them apart in NC this spring

“They love habitats that are safe and secure,” Chris Hayes, an extension associate of structural pest management at NC State University who specializes educating the pest management industry on critter habits, told The Charlotte Observer. 

Apr 16, 2025 Good Housekeeping

People Are Painting Their Porch Ceilings This Color to Repel Bugs — Does It Actually Work?

To investigate this claim further, we tapped Dr. Michael Reiskind, Entomology Professor and Director of Graduate Programs at North Carolina State University, for his expert insights on the theory. 

Apr 16, 2025 WNCN

12-15 named storms predicted for 2025 Atlantic hurricane season by NC State researchers

During this year’s Atlantic hurricane season (June 1-Nov. 30), North Carolina State University researchers predict we will have a season that’s “in line with recent averages”. 

Apr 16, 2025 Coastal Review

Fishermen, scientists differ on whale mortality, wind energy

Because whales generate so much heat within their internal insulation system, once they die, “they start pretty much cooking from the inside,” said Craig Harms, director of the marine health program at North Carolina State University’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology. 

Apr 16, 2025 Spectrum News

‘The reaction of the stock market is predictable’: How tariffs can create a trend in the market and what this could mean for the future

Richard Warr, the associate dean for faculty research and professor of finance in the Poole College of Management at N.C. State University, says a large movement in the market is not out of the ordinary. 

Apr 16, 2025 Huffington Post

Is Your Online Grocery Order Food-Safe? Here’s What To Look Out For

For Ellen Shumaker, a food safety expert and director of outreach for the Safe Plates program at North Carolina State University, temperature control is one of the most significant risks that comes to mind with online grocery delivery. 

Apr 15, 2025 Tech Xplore

How blockchain could change the NFL draft

To learn more, we talked with the researchers: Brandon McConnell, an associate research professor in NC State University’s Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Lieutenant Colonel Mat Fukuzawa, an assistant professor of mathematical sciences at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. 

Apr 15, 2025 Yahoo! News

NC State political science professor Steven Greene discusses Trump’s tariffs, economic uncertainty

So, what does it all mean and where might it all lead? Recently, NC Newsline’s Rob Schofield got a chance to discuss these questions with an expert who’s been monitoring developments very closely – NC State University professor of political science, Dr. Steven Greene.