Aquaculture in the Amazon: lessons for food security and sustainability

Aquaculture expansion in the Amazon could improve nutrition and environmental outcomes, but it also poses risks, according to research in Nature Sustainability.

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CCSS offers new fund to support external grants and partnerships

PI-eligible faculty can request up to $115,000 in CCSS Grant Preparation Funds to support the preparation of major external funding proposals with a substantial proposal process.

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3 ways to protect honeybees – as keepers and community members

Marina Caillaud, a lecturer of entomology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the Cornell Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies offer three ways to protect and maintain bee populations.

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Breeding Insight Platform Team Receives 2024 USDA Secretary Honor Award

On January 10, 2025, The USDA honored Cornell University’s Breeding Insight through the  USDA Honor Awards program, celebrating their contributions to providing all Americans with safe, nutritious food.

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Spent brewers’ grain could be big business as chicken feed

The grain could provide a more affordable alternative for the poultry industry, where about three-quarters of costs are tied up in feed. 

Spotted lanternflies could cost NYS grape industry millions

Using data from two of New York's largest grape–producing regions, researchers found that losses could reach $1.5 million, $4 million and $8.8 million in the first, second and third years of infestation, respectively.

Students can attend hackathons on AI, health, animals and digital ag

Students can apply to take part in one of four hackathons this semester — two on campus and two in New York City.

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Contaminants found in commonly hunted waterfowl

The study found detectable levels of contaminants, including some that may increase cancer risk, in every bird sampled across four states and nine ecological regions.

Economist: Dairy industry could take a hit from tariffs

The dairy industry could lose billions of dollars if President Trump imposes tariffs on products from China, Canada and Mexico, and begins deporting undocumented immigrants, a dairy economist said at a conference at Cornell last week.