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A new manual will provide guidelines for New York state growers of hemp – a crop with the potential to revitalize economies while revolutionizing industries from fiber to pharmaceuticals.

More than 140 farmers, educators, consultants and researchers viewed the latest Cornell grain and forage crop research at 2023 Musgrave Research Farm Field Day in Aurora, N.Y., August 3. “As leaders in agriculture research, it’s really important...

City life favors species that display characteristics know as “urban trait syndrome,” including being adaptable and not too fussy about what they eat.

 Plant biologist Laura Gunn has been awarded a Department of Energy Early Career Award to study ancient enzymes for potential use in modern photosynthesis.

Steve Grodsky, assistant professor of natural resources, and a multidisciplinary team of researchers, soon will learn how solar panels placed on top of water bodies can affect the biology of aquatic systems.

Research by J. Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication in CALS, found that Reddit community members who fact-checked suspect stories led to those stories being dropped in the website’s rankings.

For 50 years, Rod Zeltmann has been preparing fields, fixing equipment, helping researchers and supporting the agricultural community through his work as a field assistant at the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center (LIHREC)...

Noblehurst Farms , a seventh-generation, multi-family dairy farm co-owned by Rob Noble ’79, is helping shift the dairy industry toward greenhouse gas neutrality through an on-farm research partnership with Cornell CALS’ Nutrient Management Spear...

Cornell researchers have successfully transferred key regions of a highly efficient red algae into a tobacco plant to dramatically improve plant productivity and increase carbon sequestration.

Researchers are hoping a fly no larger than a grain of rice and a predatory beetle may work together to combat an invasive pest that is devastating hemlocks in Fall Creek and throughout eastern North America.

Plant geneticists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes the “weeping” architecture – branches growing downwards – in apple trees, a finding that could improve orchard fruit production.

A Cornell-led study provides the strongest evidence yet that omega-3 fatty acids, which are abundant in fish and fish oil supplements, may be important for lung health.

Two long-time research farm managers — with a combined 70 years of dedication to Cornell — retired this year, after careers spent facilitating research that has strengthened New York’s food system and agricultural industry. Steve McKay, former...

A Cornell study that revealed commercial eastern common bumblebee hives pose a threat to their wild counterparts has led one major pollination company to quickly adapt the bumblebee hive boxes they ship to growers.

Just north of some of the most challenged neighborhoods in Rochester, a small farm is flourishing – and providing more than just food.

The Lab of Ornithology’s visitor center will close for 10 months beginning Aug. 1 for a multimillion-dollar redesign that will add new hands-on exhibits and visitor offerings.

In a new book, landscape architect Martin Hogue investigates the history and evolution of recreational camping through the lens of its most important and familiar components.

The annual 4-H Career Explorations Conference – where 4-H members attend courses designed by various Cornell units and experience living on a college campus – welcomed nearly 250 young people from across New York state to Cornell June 27-29.