Cornell has the only comprehensive berry team in the Northeast, combining expertise in horticulture, entomology, plant pathology, agricultural economics, berry breeding and management for the benefit of New York state's $20 million berry industry.
International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received an award from USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture for its extensive international benefiting agriculture. (Oct. 11, 2012)
The directorship of Cornell's Uihlein Sugar Maple Research and Extension Field Station in Lake Placid, N.Y., has been endowed by Henry II and Mildred A. Uihlein. (Oct. 8, 2012)
Americans could dramatically cut down on their energy use by changing their eating habits and farming in more traditional ways, says a new Cornell study. (Aug. 11, 2008)
Aiming to correct imbalances, extension expert Emerson Hasbrouck testified before the U.S. Senate on federal rules that put New York's commercial fishermen at a disadvantage.
Researchers and extension educators are working to help promote regional wild fish and game species to locavores as healthy food options, by adding the data they've collected to nutritional databases and starting a Wild Harvest Table initiative.
The future of New York agriculture, aided by Cornell research and expertise, look bright according to farmers and food processors at the "NY Loves Food" event Oct. 14 in Geneva.
Dairy farmers could see a boost in milk production, thanks to a new alfalfa variety to be released by Cornell's world-class plant breeders. (March 27, 2012)
Sheldon Brown ’68 and financial institutions CoBank and Farm Credit East have made a give to establish an agricultural economics professorship in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.
Any way you slice it, brine it or age it, Cornell’s Food Science Dairy Extension Program faculty and professionals are helping New York cheesemakers and dairy producers provide safe, high-quality products.