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Field Note

Sydney Jewell: Discovering how disease changes gene expression in cows
Sydney Jewell ’26 is a doctoral student in the Animal Science Department working in the lab of Heather Huson , associate professor of animal genetics. Sydney’s research focuses on epigenetics – the changes behavior and environment can cause to...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Genetics
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Field Note

This year, Ashley E. Randle ’11, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, led the effort to launch the first “Year of Youth in Agriculture” in Massachusetts, with the goal to engage youth in farming. The initiative...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
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Report

The 2024 business year was a higher earnings year on average across New York dairy farms that participated in the Dairy Farm Business Summary (DFBS), as noted in the 2024 DFBS Progress of the Dairy Farm Report. Strong milk prices and component...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Field Note

Haowen Hu ’26 is a doctoral student in the Animal Science Department working under the supervision of Kristan Reed, former Animal Science faculty member and the scientific director of the RuFaS project. His main research focuses on the Ruminant...
  • Animal Science
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Dairy
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News

Cornell University has been awarded a portion of a $2 million planning initiative from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish AI4Ag, a national testbed for artificial intelligence in agriculture.

  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Dairy