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Designing the ReproPhone: New tech to help dairies stay productive
If you love an ice cream sundae in the summer or a latte while the snow flies, then you know how important it is for dairies to produce milk all year around. But to do that, they have to ensure that their cows become pregnant in a timely manner...
  • Dairy
  • Animal Science
  • PRO-DAIRY
Erik Smith, field crops specialist and team leader with Cornell Cooperative Extension's (CCE) Central New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program

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Faces of Extension : Erik Smith
From weather to weeds: How Erik Smith found his place in Extension Erik Smith, field crops specialist and team leader with Cornell Cooperative Extension's (CCE) Central New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program, didn't grow up on a farm...
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Cultivating Crops, Community: Undergrads Running Dilmun Hill Student Farm
While some students spent their summer in offices, the student managers at Dilmun Hill Student Farm worked full-time growing produce for the Ithaca community. The farm’s philosophy is to “learn by doing,” and that’s exactly what the students did...
  • Dilmun Hill Student Farm
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‘HyperBird’ spots grape diseases before they’re visible

The cutting-edge imaging platform observes microscopic traits in plants and can detect grape diseases that cost vineyard owners billions in annual losses globally.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section