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As a first-generation global development major from Badakhshan, Afghanistan, Shabana Mahdis ’29 is interested in the ways agriculture connects with communities, sustainability, resources and development. She shares her summer experience working...
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An insect-driven disease that causes high mortality in white-tailed deer, and mimics the symptoms of foot and mouth disease in cattle, is still rare in New York state, but the warming climate may increase its future spread. In research published...
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As solar grazing expands across the country, new research helps sheep farmers increase profitability and sheds light on the how the number of sheep in solar array fields interacts with beneficial insects.
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A Cornell-led research project is developing robots that can perform labor-intensive orchard operations; it’s supported by a four-year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative.
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Growers routinely conduct their own on-farm experiments, testing different seeds and management strategies to improve yields and long-term sustainability. But most growers don’t have the time, resources or expertise that scientists have to fully...