My name is Victor Gomes. I currently serve as Assistant Professor & Extension Corn Agronomist at NC State Department of Crop and Soil Science. The Corn Agronomy Program focuses on providing statewide leadership for corn-related Extension programming and applied research.

I am currently based on campus but my research program is based off of the Vernon G. James Research Center in Plymouth.

Corn is an important crop in North Carolina covering over 900,000 acres and providing over 100 million bushels of corn for the livestock industry in the state. In 2026, the average corn yield in North Carolina was 121 bushels per acre but on the more productive soils corn yields of 250 bushels per acre or more are common.