NY fish and wildlife research unit: 60 years of conservation, collaboration

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New York’s fishing industry contributes $5 billion annually to the state economy and supports an array of other public goods, including food security, mental health, social connection and wildlife conservation. First established in 1864, the...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Nature
  • Natural Resources

4-H and FFA youth get down to business at Grow-NY

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Competing for a grand prize of $1,000, eight finalists took the stage to pitch food-system innovations at the Grow-NY Youth Competition November 13 in Canandaigua, New York. The event, held on the final day of Empire State Development’s Grow-NY...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
4-H member Nate de Jong on stage at Grow NY

Faces of Extension: Christy Hoepting

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Christy Hoepting, vegetable specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) Cornell Vegetable Program, discovered her calling in the rich, black soil of Ontario Canada's muck fields, where she saw firsthand how applied research could...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Field Crops
  • Vegetables
Christy Hoepting jumping in a field of onions, with onions in her hands

CCE’s Game of Logging helps communities step up storm response

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Violent storms can leave trees tangled in power lines, blocking roads and trails. Getting downed trees cleared quickly is crucial to helping New York state communities recover. Nowhere is this more important than in the Adirondacks, where...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
A researcher form the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation collects specimens for Oak Wilt assessment in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Central NY Teens Gain Skills and Experience at the NY State Fair Milk Bar

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Relevance The NYS Fair Workforce Milk Bar program provided valuable workforce training and employment opportunities for forty Central New York teens, offering them hands-on experience and insights into the agricultural sector's role in the state...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Workers at the State Farm Milk Bar

NYS Corn Pest Network: Staying Ahead to Help Farmers Prevent Damage

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Relevance The NYS Corn Pest Monitoring Network project conducted a thorough evaluation of stakeholder requirements utilizing an online survey, revealing that black cutworm and true armyworm were identified as particularly detrimental pests...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Blackcut Worm Damage

Resource Optimization in Controlled Environment Agriculture

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Relevance Hydroponics (soilless plant production) and aquaponics (production of fish and plants) are emerging sectors in New York State and across the U.S. which produce fresh, local produce and protein. Fish production produces large volumes of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Vegetable Grown in a Controlled Space

COMM Updates - 11/12/2025

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November 12, 2025 Awards Graduate student Rosie Nguyen placed first in the Student Paper Competition at the Global Fusion 2025 Conference, which celebrates outstanding scholarship in global media and international communication. Her winning...
person receiving award and shaking other person's hand

$5M grant will fund study of how solar panels can boost crops

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has awarded the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences $5 million to build solar arrays at university farms in Ithaca and the Hudson Valley.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Hudson Valley Lab
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Agrivoltaics
  • Energy
  • Solar
  • Plants
Solar panels