Farm Resources for Cornell Researchers

Important Information for all Farms

• Cornell AES farm operations - essential information
• Fee and rate structure FY2025
• Land stewardship policy

Request Form for Research Projects or Class Visits

Researchers and educators: use this request form to initiate a research project or class visit at one of the research farms managed by Cornell AES. The farm's manager will then discuss this information with you. 

• Online request form for research projects and class visits at Cornell AES farms

Or you can download a Word document of the form:

• Campus Area Farms – researcher & educator checklist (doc)
• Cornell Orchards – researcher & educator checklist (doc)
• Bluegrass Lane – researcher & educator checklist (doc)
• Farm Services – researcher & educator checklist (doc)
• Musgrave Research Farm – researcher & educator checklist (doc)
• Thompson Research Farm – researcher & educator checklist (doc)
• Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center – researcher & educator checklist (doc)
• Willsboro Research Farm – researcher & educator checklist (doc)

Research Farm Reference Guides

This document is intended to provide essential information for faculty, staff and students conducting work at one of the farms managed by Cornell AES. It provides farm-specific information, safety and compliance requirements, emergency procedures, general cultural requirements and the general availability of labor.

• Campus Area Farms – reference guide
• Cornell Orchards – reference guide
• Bluegrass Lane – reference guide
• Farm Services – reference guide
• Musgrave Research Farm – reference guide
• Thompson Research Farm – reference guide
• Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center – reference guide
• Willsboro Research Farm – reference guide

Guidelines for Certified Organic Research

• Musgrave Research Farm – guidelines for organic research
• Thompson Research Farm and Guterman Greenhouses – guidelines for organic research

Weather Data and IPM Forecasts

Find up-to-date weather data and pest forecasts on the NEWA website from weather station at our following locations:

• Cornell Orchards (Ithaca)
• Cornell Orchards (Lansing)
• Bluegrass Lane (Ithaca)
• Musgrave Research Farm (Aurora)
• Thompson Research Farm (Freeville)
• LIHREC (Riverhead)
• Willsboro Research Farm (Willsboro)

Maps of Research Farms

Please do not share these detailed farm maps outside the Cornell community. Thank you.

• Bluegrass Lane – map
• Cornell Orchards, Ithaca – map
• Cornell Orchards, Lansing – map
• Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm – map
• Long Island Horticulture Research & Extension Center – map
• Musgrave Research Farm – map
• Willsboro Research Farm – map

Maps of Campus Area Farms (CAF)

• CAF – Caldwell Farm – map
• CAF – East Ithaca – map
• CAF – Ellis Farm – map
• CAF – Ellis Fields – map
• CAF – Helfer Farm – map
• CAF – Ketola Farm – map
• CAF – Lamkin Farm – map
• CAF – McGowan Farm – map
• CAF – Mt Pleasant Farm, West – map
• CAF – Pullyen and Tailby Farms – map
• CAF – Snyder Farm – map
• CAF – Tower Fields and Mineah Fields – map

Maps of Farm Services (FS)

• FS – Office, Shop, Compost Facility – map
• FS – Neimi and Warren Ponds Area – map