As part of the $5 million Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement program, Cornell University plans to bring an emerging livestock market, known as "stocker" beef cattle, to the Southern Tier.
Mike Hoffmann went to Vietnam for the first time in 47 years: On his first tour of duty, he was a 19-year-old U.S. Marine, and for the March 2016 trip, Hoffmann returned as an environmental scientist.
The Institute for Food Safety at Cornell, announced Dec. 15 with a $2 million state grant, establishes a comprehensive center that connects training and research to check foodborne illness.
Economist Harry Kaiser is the co-author of the new book 'Mathematical Programming for Agricultural, Environmental, and Resource Economics.' (Jan. 14, 2011)
For 35 years, the Northeast Regional Climate Center, housed in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been helping farmers and policymakers adapt to the weather.
On Dec. 10, the public can try soil painting as part of a soil celebration led by the Soil and Crop Sciences Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science on World Soil Day.
Funding from the Gates Foundation will allow the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative to scale up its work promoting a more nutrition-sensitive food system aimed at bolstering the diet of the rural poor.
Cornell researchers describe a genetic variation that has evolved in populations that have historically eaten vegetarian diets, such as in India, Africa and parts of East Asia.