Rachel Vann

Dr. Rachel Vann provides leadership for the NC State Soybean Extension Program focused on providing soybean stakeholders across North Carolina with agronomic information that will aid in maximizing soybean yields. Rachel directs her extension efforts towards general soybean agronomic management. The focus of her research program includes appropriate soybean maturity group selection, ideal planting windows, rotational effects on soybean production, maximizing cover crop benefits to increase soybean yields, product evaluation, and grain pea production. She teaches the agricultural institute and undergraduate course on soybean production in the spring.