Peace Corps Humility: Coverdell Fellow Erik Endacott, MPS ‘25

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How would bushwhacking the Rockies, wandering across Gambia, and working a Tesla assembly line shift your perception of global development? Meet Erik Endacott, this year’s Peace Corps Coverdell Fellow in the Global Development Master of...
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
  • Global Development
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COMM Updates - 11/27/2024

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Briefings, Conference Presentations, Symposia, Panels & Workshops Graduate student Luke Dye presented a paper at the National Communication Association annual conference entitled “How Do Servicemembers and Romantic Partners Talk about...
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$1.6M supports land-grant research for NY farms, forests, communities

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Fifty-four research projects addressing New York’s agriculture, environment and communities have collectively received $1.6 million from the USDA.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Entomology
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
  • Animals
  • Entomology
  • Pollinators
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Water
  • Landscape
  • Natural Resources
  • Crops
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2023 Production and financial benchmarks for New York organic dairies

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Methods PRO-DAIRY and Cornell Cooperative Extension farm business management educators work closely with dairy operators to complete the DFBS on an annual basis. Farms contribute detailed financial, production, and labor information. Farm...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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As US craft beer industry goes flat, NYS bubbles with optimism

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In 2023, craft beer production in the U.S. declined by 1%, which is the worst on record since the Brewers Association began tracking the industry in the late 1970s. New York fared better.

  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Applied Economics
  • Food
  • Beverages
  • Horticulture
Jamey Tielens, left, and Ben Brotman consult on a recent brewing day at Liquid State Brewing Company. Brotman says the state’s brewers organizations “keep brewers in touch with other breweries and build a sense of camaraderie.” Photo by Jason Koski.

Hitting the ground running: 40 years of Dairy Fellows

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The dairy industry is complex and far-reaching. From production to financial management to agribusiness long-range planning, dairy demands many skillsets to keep the industry humming. To prepare students for careers in this dynamic industry, the...
  • Dairy Fellows Program
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
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PRO-DAIRY welcomes new staff

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Farm Business Management team adds two new members Lainey Koval (pictured left) has been working part-time with PRO-DAIRY, starting during her senior year at Cornell, and is now on staff full-time. She will provide administrative support for the...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Young entrepreneurs shine at Grow-NY youth agribusiness competition

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Manfred Lim, a student from Jericho High School in Nassau County, New York, clinched first place and a $3,000 cash prize at the fourth annual Grow-NY Youth Competition, held Nov. 6 in Ithaca, New York. The 2024 Grow-NY Youth Competition, part of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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2024 New York and Vermont Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program

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In 2024, the corn silage hybrid evaluation program received 60 entries from 13 seed brands. Hybrid evaluation at multiple environments helps in decision making and expands the reach of this type of data to more farmers. Cornell, UVM, and seed...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Medicinal garden at Onondaga Nation School grows opportunity

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The garden - a collaboration between Onondaga Nation and Cornell Botanic Gardens - will enable Onondaga Nation School to incorporate more lessons from and about their own culture.

  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plants
Gracekelly Fulton '24, co-lead of the Sustainable Landscapes team, prepares to plant a wild plum tree outside Onondaga Nation School. Photo by Sreang Hok.