Faculty Experts
> Local Agricultural Conditions
North Carolina Cooperative Extension agents in all 100 North Carolina counties and on the Cherokee Incian Reservation can provide information on conditions in their counties. Click here of a list of Cooperative Extension county centers.t
> Agricultural and Resource Economics
Roger H. von Haefen, assistant professor
919-513-7348
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Environmental and resource economics, applied econometics, economic measurement.Annette Dunlap, Extension associate
919-515-5969
Value-added and alternative agriculture.
Frozen Crops, Dry Weather, Reduced Revenues: Helping Farmers Evaluate Alternatives (PDF)
> Animal Science
Matt Poore, interim Extension livestock coordinator, professor and Extension ruminant nutrition specialist
919-513-8290
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Livestock production; forages and byproducts in animal production systems; nutrition of beef, sheep and goatsBob Mowrey, professor and coordinator, Extension horse husbandry
919-515-7871
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Managing horses in drought conditionsMike Yoder, professor and coordinator, Extension horse husbandry
919-513-3509
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Managing horses in drought conditions
> Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Garry Grabow, assistant professor and Extension specialist
919-513-7348
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Turf irrigation and water management.
Rodney Huffman, associate professor
919-515-6740
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Turfgrass irrigation control methods comparison for water use and turf health.
Bill Hunt, assistant professor and Extension specialist
919- 515-6751
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Design, installation and/or monitoring of stormwater best management practices (BMPs), including bioretention, stormwater wetlands, innovative wet ponds, green roofs, permeable pavement, water harvesting/cistern systems and level spreaders.
Greg Jennings, professor and Extension specialist
919-515-6791
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Water quality, watershed management, stream restoration, hydrology, ecological engineering.
> Crop Science
Corn and Small Grains:
Ron Heiniger, professor and cropping systems specialist
252-793-4428
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Precision agriculture and remote sensing; corn and wheat cropping systems; development of energy crops.
Cotton:
Keith Edmisten, professor and Extension cotton specialist
919-515-4069
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Coordinates Crop Science Cotton Extension Program, which provides training and support to county faculty, private consultants and cotton producers.
Drought Management for Cotton Production (PDF)
Defoliation Ideas in Early September (Carolina Cotton Notes)
Defoliating Drought-Stressed Cotton (Carolina Cotton Notes)
Crust Busting (Carolina Cotton Notes)
Peanuts:
David Jordan, associate professor and Extension peanut specialist
919-515-4068
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Sub-surface drip irrigation systems for peanut and cotton.
Soybeans:
Jim Dunphy, professor and Extension soybean specialist
919-515-5813
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Soybean production; potential yield enhancements.
Soybeans as Forage for Grazing, Hay or Silage (PDF)
Turf Team:
Grady Miller, professor and turf specialist
919-515-5656
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Turfgrass water relations as related to drought stress; inorganic soil amendments for improved turfgrass establishment.
Charles Peacock, professor
919-515-7615
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Turfgrass nutrient management; environmental issues in turf management.
Tom Rufty, professor
919-515-3660
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Environmental plant biology, including plant and plant community interactions with the environment; and physiological and genetic factors controlling plant responses.
Fred Yelverton, professor and Extension specialist
919-515-5639
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Weed management systems in turfgrasses and forage crops; weed biology and ecology of turfgrass weeds; ecological and physiological effects of plant growth regulators on turfgrasses.
> Horticultural Science
Ted Bilderback, professor and nursery crops Extension specialist (on sabbatical)
919-515-1201 (PLEASE NOTE, AS OF FEBRUARY 2008, DR. BILDERBACK WAS ON SABBATICAL)
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Plant water relations and nutrition of container nursery stock as related to manipulation of container substrates and irrigation practices.
Managing Drought on Nursery Crops (PDF)
Lucy Bradley, assistant professor and Extension specialist
919-513-2001
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Urban horticulture.
Erv Evans, Extension associate and state Master Gardener coordinator
919-515-5378
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Provides leadership and management of the Master Gardener Program in concert with the overall Consumer Horticulture Program.
Barbara Fair, assistant professor and landscape Extension specialist
919-513-2804
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Soil and water issues in the landscape.
Anne Spafford, assistant professor
919-515-1190
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Landscape design and construction.
Dennis Werner, J.C. Raulston Distinguished Professor and director of the JC Raulston Arboretum
919-513-7006
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Breeding of peach, and herbaceous and woody ornamentals.
> Soil Science
Rich McLaughlin, associate professor
919-515-7306
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Water quality protection; protection of surface and ground water resources from nonpoint-source pollution.
