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160 years of Cornell potato breeding: local collaboration & national impact
Boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew – potatoes are the most-consumed vegetable in New York and the U.S., accounting for $100 billion of the U.S. economy. Although New York’s share of total potato production has decreased over time, with...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Field crop field day draws big crowd
Photo above: Rebecca Stup (far right in hat with microphone), graduate student in the DiTommaso Lab, discusses her research on the benefits of planting pollinator-friendly strips in field margins. Nearly 200 farmers, educators, industry...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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DiTommaso named associate dean, director of Cornell AES
Antonio DiTommaso has been named associate dean and director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. He succeeds Margaret Smith, who has served in Cornell AES leadership for 17 years.
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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A cornucopia of research supports New York’s farms and food systems
Across the world, harvest celebrations are one of the most common human traditions. Though they vary in mythology and performance, they are united in their celebration of plentiful harvests, and the health and peace that abundant food helps...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Agriculture
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CALS recognizes Joe DeVries for pioneering agricultural work in Africa

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Beneficial insects support agriculture, protect environments
There are an estimated 10 quintillion insects (that’s 10 plus 17 zeroes) on planet earth and, with the exception of our beloved pollinators, they get mostly bad press: Mosquitoes that spread malaria, and invasive pests that devastate forests...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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$4.2M grant funds Cornell AES work to better lives in NYS

Cornell AES administers annual federal funding that supports research to improve lives and livelihoods in New York state.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Climate Change
  • Ecosystems
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Field day showcases latest crop research
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...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Musgrave Research Farm
  • PRO-DAIRY
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Research farm managers McKay and Stachowski retire after 38, 32 years
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...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm
  • Musgrave Research Farm
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Projects to support NYS economy, farms, communities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $3.8 million in funding to the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station to support more than 50 projects across three colleges.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Grants fund Cornell AES work to improve lives in NYS
The 52 Cornell projects that have been funded with a total of $3.9 million, beginning Oct. 1, are administered through the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES). They include a project from Qi Wang, professor of...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Cornell donates 37 tons of produce to fight food insecurity
When new safety protocols forced Antonio DiTommaso, professor and chair of the Soil and Crop Sciences Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science, to downsize his field trials this spring, he was left with 1,800 surplus cabbage seedlings...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section

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Margaret Smith, new director and associate dean of Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station

Margaret Smith has been appointed as associate dean and director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES), effective August 1, 2020. Margaret came to Cornell in 1987 as a faculty member in Plant Breeding and...

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station

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Outstanding Alumni

Savneet Singh - Young Alumni Achievement Award ​Savneet Singh credits his father with pushing him to take risks while giving him the freedom to make mistakes, a boldness that has fueled his rapid ascent from investment banking analyst to...

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Cornell in 2065: ‘What I see happening’

In its special Spring 2015 issue, Ezra Magazine asked faculty members to imagine the world in 2065, when Cornell celebrates its bicentennial. Among those featured in that cover story are: Wendy Wolford, the Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor...