Agriculture remains North Carolina’s biggest industry – 80 billion dollars a year big.

In the accompanying video, NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson talks about the technology – much of it developed at NC State – that supports modern agriculture.

He also discusses the demands created by a global population projected to grow by 2-1/2 billion people over the next 30-40 years.

“We’re going to have increase agricultural productivity by 75 percent on less land. How are we going to do that? We’re going to have to use every tool we have available to us, and we’re going to have to use the highest level of technology to make sure we can remain productive,” Woodson says.

“And NC State is going to lead that effort.”