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Marvin Pritts, a horticulture professor and small fruit specialist at Cornell University, says a later winter combined with cooler weather in April produced a strawberry crop that is smaller than in years past, but that same cool weather set up the blueberry and raspberry crops for a remarkable season.

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Food & Agriculture

New York State

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Robert Gravani, food safety expert and professor emeritus of food science at Cornell University, says that there are several steps that people can take to make summer picnics safe.

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April’s cool weather has slowed down springtime’s emerging green turf grass on golf courses, athletic fields and back yards. Noted turf grass expert Frank Rossi, associate professor of horticulture at Cornell University, advises patience.

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Steve Reiners, professor of horticulture at the New York State Agriculture Experiment Station, says that an unusually cold spring put early NY crops such as peas, lettuce and broccoli behind schedule – but it’s too early to call the season a washout.

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Food & Agriculture

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Natalie Bazarova, associate professor of communication at Cornell University and director of the Social Media Lab, comments on the controversy surrounding Facebook's data policies.

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Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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About a century ago, there were about 6.5 million farms in the United States; by 2012, the most recent data available, that number stood at about 2 million – although the amount of productive farmland had declined only about 5 percent over the same period. But the numbers only tell part of a story, says Antonio DiTommaso, professor of soil and crop sciences at Cornell University.

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Food & Agriculture

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Charles Greene, professor of oceanography at Cornell University, comments on endangered North Atlantic right whales and the dangers they face in migrating further north.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Engineering

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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The recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 includes significant changes to a major agricultural insurance program for dairy farmers. The bill generates new guidelines for the Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers (MPP-Dairy) and, according to Cornell University agricultural economist Andrew Novakovic, highlights challenges for agriculture as Congress moves toward a new Farm Bill.

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Food & Agriculture

Law, Government & Public Policy

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In 2017, New York state maple producers made over 750,000 gallons of maple syrup, making New York the second largest maple producing state. With this year’s maple season underway, Stephen Childs, the Cornell Sugar Maple Program Director and a New York state maple specialist, says producers can look forward to a great 2018 season.

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Food & Agriculture

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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A series of storms sweeping across the U.S. this week has brought heavy snow and ice, flooding rain and strong winds, putting states across the U.S. under storm alerts. Jessica Spaccio, a climatologist with the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, says that while the storm system is impacting western and central U.S., the Northeast can expect mild weather, warmer temperatures and rain.

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Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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