Andrew gibbs

Agriculture Extension Agent for Hyde County, NC

Andrea Gibbs serves as the Agriculture Extension Agent for Hyde County, NC. A unique and important part of her job is monitoring and addressing saltwater intrusion, and she currently leads several projects focused on salinity tracking and local adaptation. She partners with local government, NC State Extension specialists, other universities, and producers to deliver practical, research-based guidance that she hopes will strengthen agricultural resilience across Eastern North Carolina.

The Saltwater Intrusion session on Thursday 1/15 at will include lighting talks from the following:

Dr. Mallory Choudoir - Evaluating the use of bio stimulants for cotton
production in salt-impacted soils

Dr. Guy Collins - Applied On-Farm Saltwater Intrusion Research
Efforts for Cotton

Dr. Luke Gatiboni - Gypsum & Salt Excluder Soybeans

Dr. Chad Poole - Field Testing a First Alert Salinity Notification System

Dr. Angela Post - Barley Genotype Tolerance to a Salinity Gradient

Dr. Matt Ricker - Techniques for Mapping Soil Salinity & Predicting Crop Yield"