Field crop field day draws big crowd

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Photo above: Rebecca Stup (far right in hat with microphone), graduate student in the DiTommaso Lab, discusses her research on the benefits of planting pollinator-friendly strips in field margins. Nearly 200 farmers, educators, industry...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
field day attendees in background viewing flowery marginal planting

Meet the CoE: Joseph Ganley

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Joseph Ganley joined our CoE team in July as a business development specialist. As part of our business development team, Joe works with our member entrepreneurs and businesses to help them start and grow their enterprises here in New York. Joe...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
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Faces of Extension: Robert Batt

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Robert Batt began his Cooperative Extension journey began when he was just eight years old as a 4-H participant, sparking a lifelong passion for community development and leadership. From early experiences at county fairs to his current role as...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Robert Batt - Executive Director, Orleans CCE

Growing to love agriculture: Meet Marcos Velludo Junqueira Filho

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What inspired you to pursue agronomy? I am Brazilian, and I was raised on a third-generation farm in São Miguel do Iguaçu, Paraná, a small town near the tri-border area with Paraguay and Argentina. As a child, I developed a deep interest in...
  • Animal Science
  • Field Crops
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Adam Murray: Supporting New York's beef producers

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Rising global food demand has forced beef producers to face significant challenges. Climate adaptation, the increased cost of raising cattle to market and consumer misperception of agricultural practices are just some of the issues they must...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-LIVESTOCK
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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New LakeEffect winter barley offers flurry of benefits for NYS

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LakeEffect, the first winter malting barley released by the Cornell Small Grains Breeding Program, produces high yields, is disease resistant and has a good malting profile, researchers in the School of Integrative Plant Science said.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Field Crops
  • Food
  • Plants
Mark Sorrells, professor of plant breeding and genetics stands in a barley field

PRO-LIVESTOCK specialists hired

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The new PRO-LIVESTOCK team will develop and implement programs statewide and conduct applied research in collaboration with Cornell faculty and Cornell Cooperative Extension educators. PRO-LIVESTOCK mirrors Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY, a nationally...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • PRO-LIVESTOCK
  • Animal Science
  • Climate Change
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New PRO-LIVESTOCK team at Cornell

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The new PRO-LIVESTOCK team will develop and implement programs statewide and conduct applied research in collaboration with Cornell faculty and Cornell Cooperative Extension educators. PRO-LIVESTOCK mirrors Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY, a nationally...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • PRO-LIVESTOCK
  • Animal Science
  • Climate Change
arial view of livestock in field