Grapes 101: Potassium

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Potassium - From the Soil to the Wine Potassium (K) is the most abundant cation in plant tissues, grapes, juices, and wines. Several factors affect K availability in the soil, K uptake by vines, concentration of K in the fruit, and ultimately...
  • Food Science
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Food
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Betting on the farm

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Since 2001, the Cornell Small Farms Program has been providing New York farmers with education and training programs that empower farmers through every stage of small farm business development.
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The social network

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Bird studies suggest how social bonds can help people recover from high-stress situations and have a long-term impact on their health.
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Shaking the tree: Taking hard cider to the next level

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With the enormous growth of the hard cider market in New York, our researchers offer crucial information the state's apple growers and cider producers need to keep innovating.
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Beverages
  • Plants
  • Applied Economics
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Taking the lab to the field

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"High-throughput phenotyping" refers to almost any approach that gathers and analyzes large amounts of physical data, resulting in a powerful new tool for plant breeders.
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The art of dirt

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Kirsten Kurtz, manager of Cornell’s Soil Health Testing Laboratory and graduate student in the field of natural resources, is on a mission to save and celebrate soil – by painting with it.

Alumni stories

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Inspiring alumni stories from relocating from New York City to Botswana to found an investment firm, to receiving the 2018 Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award.

From CALS to Pyeongchang

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Meet our alumni who showed off their athletic mastery at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.