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Dairy youth gained hands-on experience in milk quality and milk production recently at the Dairy Discovery Workshop hosted by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY. Held March 27-28 on the Cornell University Ithaca campus, this year’s program was themed...

Financial and environmental assistance planning grants are available through the Dairy Advancement Program (DAP). DAP is designed to enhance long-term viability of New York dairy farms while maintaining a commitment to environmental stewardship...

Cornell CALS PRO‑DAIRY is now accepting applications for the 2026–2027 Junior DAIRY LEADER (JDL) program, a yearlong leadership and career‑development experience designed for motivated 16‑ to 19‑year‑old students in 11th or 12th grade who are...

The new freezing method – 30 times faster than current protocols – could be used to improve assisted reproduction in humans or animals or to conserve biodiversity.

Cornell CALS PRO‑DAIRY has released a comprehensive Manure Gas Safety Technical Guide designed to help farmers, farm employees and agricultural service providers better understand and manage the atmospheric hazards associated with manure...

Cornell researchers developed a safer and more precise way to study how genes function in living tissues by refining a recently developed CRISPR-based genetic technique in fruit flies, enabling researchers to better study how genes contribute to...

The finding gives New York state another tool to locate and understand the behavior of the endangered Atlantic sturgeon, an iconic species decimated by overfishing.

A newly released case study by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems and project collaborators is showcasing the successful use of Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) for a large-scale dairy silage pad installation at Tiashoke Farms in...

Cheryl Bilinski didn’t just change careers; she swapped a corporate paycheck for a mission to overhaul what lands on a child's lunch tray. As an agricultural economic development specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) Harvest New...

On a drizzling and cloudy March 20 morning at Cornell University, most of campus looked scant. But on the first floor of Toni Morrison Hall, nearly 100 high school students dressed in suits and blazers flipped through notes and downed cups of...

Cornell researchers and Kenyan partners have developed a fertilizer made from human excreta. The product improves soil health and food production, while preventing pollution in informal settlements and the aquatic environment.

Harbes Farm on Long Island relies on a mutually beneficial collaboration with Cornell researchers, a partnership that has made the family’s three farms key destinations for Long Island agritourism.

Ursa Alta will supply material for multiple product streams, including textiles such as denim, animal bedding and wall insulation.

Renewable energy infrastructure is booming globally, driven by improved tech, rising oil prices and global energy instability. But large, utility-scale solar projects often raise community concerns about land-use changes. Researchers have...

From donating excess dining hall food to surveying their peers' leftovers, students reduce waste and make campus more sustainable.

CBFS scientists team up with Buffalo State to review the impact of the invasive quagga mussel on the native burrowing amphipod on both sides of the Atlantic. These amphipods are keystone species in North American and Eurasian freshwater...

J. Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, is a co-author of “Auditing AI,” which offers AI users from all walks of life an introduction into AI evaluation, which is key for developing trust in the technology.

With Oneida Lake changing through invasive species, resurgence of native species and climate change, it was time for an update of our Oneida Lake Profile. Last version was written in 2006. Since then, there is even more clear patterns of...