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According to a recent study, the size of a common ground-nesting bee — an important crop pollinator — has grown smaller in heavily farmed landscapes. The link between intensive agriculture and the size of Andrena nasonii bees has important...
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Farmers depend on insurance to cope with the enormous risk and cost it takes to coax crops from the ground. Unpredictable weather and rampaging pests all figure into the insurance rates farmers pay for economic protection, but there’s one...
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Climate-change-induced heat stress and disease pathogens migrating across borders threaten the world’s wheat supply and food security in conflict zones of Africa and the Middle East. To expand the scope of a global partnership to combat these...
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Elizabeth “Betsy” Bihn, PhD, has been appointed Executive Director of the Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University. Established in December 2015 with a $2 million state grant, the Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University is a...
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mating potential and even health status through scents found in urine. A new study of mice and their urine, published March 3 in PLOS Genetics, reveals how mixing and matching combinations and relative amounts of scent chemicals leads to each...
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Typhoon Yolanda barreled towards the Philippines with winds topping 195 MPH on November 8, 2013, killing more than 6,300 people and inflicting over $2 billion in damages. For a nation of more than 7,000 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, the...
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In six decades of research on Oneida Lake, the Cornell University Biological Field Station at Shackleton Point has studied all of its facets, characteristics and natural dimensions. Now a new book, “Oneida Lake: Long-term Dynamics of a Managed...
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Fuchs, associate professor in the Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe BiologySection of the School of Integrative Plant Science, studies the biology and ecology of viruses that directly impact the economic viability of New York grapes. He received...
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Cornell ornithologist Eduardo E. Iñigo-Elias has been recognized by a branch of the Cuban Academy of Science for his research on bird biology and conservation in the island nation. The Cuban Zoological Society honored Iñigo-Elias with the Juan...
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Cornell University and the New York State Department of Health have been selected to lead the nation’s newest Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence as part of a joint venture to strengthen foodborne illness surveillance and investigations...
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A Cornell study revealed the molecular mechanism of how antibiotics from human and farm animal waste become trapped in soils, findings with the potential to explain the behavior and consequences of antibiotics in the environment. The new study...
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Kathryn J. Boor, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will be honored as a new fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) during their annual meeting Feb. 13 in Washington, D.C...
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A Cornell-led international team of researchers has launched a set of open-access genomic resources that will greatly accelerate the ability of geneticists and breeders to link genes to important traits in rice. This publicly available research...
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A cluttered and chaotic kitchen can often cause out-of-control stressful feelings. It might also cause something else – increased snacking of indulgent treats. A new Cornell study explored how a noisy, disruptive and disorganized environment...
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Edward Mabaya, M.S. ’98, Ph.D. ’03, grew up on a small family farm in rural Zimbabwe. Now associate director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture & Development (CIIFAD) and a research associate at the Charles H. Dyson...
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Thomas Hirschl, an expert in social stratification and economic mobility, won the 2016 book award from the Society for Social Work and Research for his book “ Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes.” The award...
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“An invaluable resource.” “Wonderful to work with.” “Always positive.” Long Island farmers know a good thing when they see it — which is why Sandra Menasha, vegetable specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) in Suffolk County, has...
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Marianne Krasny, the director of Cornell University’s Civic Ecology Lab and a professor in the Department of Natural Resources, has been elected a foreign fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. Krasny, an international...
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Steven D. Tanksley, a molecular geneticist who pioneered concepts essential to modern plant breeding while a professor at Cornell University, has won the prestigious Japan Prize. The award recognizes his development of molecular genetic analysis...
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For beginning farmers the work of getting crops to grow is often the easy part. Understanding the financial aspects of running their own business is another trouble altogether. The business side of farming is complex and, for many first-time...
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