Pedro Calles
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Collapse ▲My name is Pedro Calles and I’m glad to be your new Extension Field Crop Agent for Robeson County. For more than a decade, I have collaborated with rural communities across Latin America gaining valuable experience to understand the needs and expectations of farmers. I grew up on a farm surrounded by an amazing rainforest landscape raising cows, horses, sheep, corn, and forages, guided by my parents and sharing my time with my two sisters. I always knew my life path would involve agriculture, so I enrolled in the Faculty of Agronomy at the Central University of Venezuela and graduated as an Agricultural Engineer in 2009, ranking among the top 10 in my class.
Just a few months later, I started my first job as a Livestock Extension Agent with the Venezuelan Association of Carora Cattle Breeders, who promotes the breeding of a local dairy cattle known for its aptitude to face high temperatures, poor forages, and tropical disease. I worked alongside ranchers, providing advice on crossbreeding techniques, suggesting best agricultural practices for pastures, and conducting meetings with local groups to discuss farm-management indicators to achieve efficiency and profitability of livestock operations.
After getting married and having a son, our family decided to move to Colombia and explore new opportunities where we landed – the region known as the “Colombian Coffee Axis” – by the end of 2021. In 2022, I assumed a position as Horticulture Extension Agent in a project supported by the Colombian government called “Productive Alliance”. My activities included working closely with small farmers to increase yields of their cocoa plantations through field days, demonstrations, and one-on-one consultations. I was able to develop cross-cultural competencies to integrate sustainable production techniques to protect natural resources, reduce erosion, and use of pesticides.
I look forward to the opportunity to meet our county farmers and stakeholders as I transition into my new role. Hopefully, I will be able to see many of you at one of the upcoming commodity meetings coming up in February. We will kick things off with a Cotton Production Meeting on February 11, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., at the O.P. Owens Agriculture Center, located at 455 Caton Road in Lumberton, focusing on pest management, agronomic recommendations, and variety selection.
The next event will be an informational session on growing sesame, a new alternative crop, on February 12, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Columbus County Center, located at 45 Government Complex Road in Whiteville, N.C.
We will then be offering a Corn Production meeting on February 25, from 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. back at the O.P. Owens Agriculture Center for area corn producers to learn more about the benefits of cover crops, weed management, and ways to find the economic optimum in corn production.
Finally, we will have the opportunity to turn our attention to peanut production on February 28, from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., at North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Bladen County Center, located at 450 Smith Circle, in Elizabethtown, N.C.
For more information, contact Pedro Calles, Field Crop Agent with North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Robeson County Center, at (910) 671-3276, by E-mail at pedro_calles@ncsu.edu.