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The new PRO-LIVESTOCK team will develop and implement programs statewide and conduct applied research in collaboration with Cornell faculty and Cornell Cooperative Extension educators. PRO-LIVESTOCK mirrors Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY, a nationally...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • PRO-LIVESTOCK
The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans

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Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of a roundworm used extensively in biological research, opening a new pathway for synthetic biologists to build and test genetic changes in a multicellular animal species.

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
people in blueberry planting with apple trees and campus in background

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Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Fruit and Soil Health Program Work Teams held a joint meeting July 11 to tour research orchards and facilities for updates on the latest science from Ithaca-based faculty and staff. The day started with a morning...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Cornell Orchards
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
Desert landscape

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Researchers found that human-caused climate change and air pollution have directly reduced precipitation in the Southwestern U.S., making drought inevitable.

  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate Change
2025 4H Cortland County Fair Participant Cow

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  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Shelves of fresh produce at a market

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In an increasingly complex food system, ensuring the safety of fruits and vegetables requires collaboration between grocery chains like Wegmans, Cornell and government agencies.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Produce Safety Alliance
  • Food Science
Young calf

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The Ruminant Farm Systems modeling tool is available for open-source collaboration, and is available, free of charge, to all U.S. dairy farmers through the National Dairy FARM Program.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
Hans Walter Peterson inspecting grapes in a vineyard

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Hans Walter-Peterson, team leader and viticulture extension specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) Finger Lakes Grape program, transformed a hobby interest in wine into a thriving career. Working in the Finger Lakes region of New...
  • Viticulture and Enology
Tashara Leak
Gene for enzyme in saliva associated with Type 2 diabetes

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Eventual proof of a clear association between genes that express a salivary enzyme and Type 2 diabetes could lead to genetically testing people at birth to predict their susceptibility.

  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Health + Nutrition
Julio Giordano, professor of animal science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, shows dairy industry leaders a collar that can track cows' food intake, at the Cornell University Ruminant Center on June 30.

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On June 30, dairy industry leaders from New York state toured the Cornell University Ruminant Center, a one-of-a-kind testbed for new technologies and strategies and a crucial resource for the state's dairy farmers.

  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
Jenny Weil Malatras

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  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
A woman pushes a device into the ground in a farm field.

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The effects of soil compaction on crop growth are often overlooked, especially compared to many other soil health indicators. In New York State, Kitty’ O Neil is determined to investigate its impacts on-farm. In recent years, scientists and...
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
  • Climate Change
Smallmouth bass swimming underwater

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The bass rapidly evolved to grow faster and invest more in early reproduction in response to efforts to eradicate them.

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Environment
  • Natural Resources
Cattle on a pasture

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Anyone who has walked through a barn or cattle pasture in the summer knows that flies are a nuisance and even a health hazard. Face flies can spread diseases like pink eye to cattle, and horn flies – biting flies that live on cows and take up to...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Dairy

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Thirteen faculty members in the College of Arts & Sciences were recently honored with endowed professorships approved by the Cornell Board of Trustees, continuing the College’s priority to recognize and support faculty excellence.

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
Robot analyses crops in a field

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The Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture has announced the recipients of its 2025 Research Innovation Fund faculty and student grants supporting new, cross-disciplinary projects designed to improve global food systems via digital innovation...

  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
Farmers attend demonstration of laser weeding machine.

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The study found that the laser weeders worked as well as common herbicides in test plots of East Coast peas, beets and spinach.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plants
Hands wearing gloves picks up a pile of wood debris off the ground

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Researchers project that burying the wood debris from managed forests could reduce global warming up to 0.76 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Climate Change
A bobcat sniffs a trail camera mounted by Cornell researchers, in collaboration with New York state.

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Snapshot NY aims to collect widespread data about animal populations throughout New York state - using thousands of trail cameras - and is engaging the public to aid the effort.

  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Animals
  • Nature