Agriculture

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...

Headlands are the areas bordering a field. Compared to the rest of the field, headlands are more exposed to wildlife, pests, disease, nutrient loss to weeds, and the elements. They are also at a higher risk for compaction because equipment...

With hundreds of thousands of acres of corn in New York, it's crucial to support farmers’ efforts to optimize crop production. Yield varies in crop fields for many reasons, including soil fertility and topography. In a recent study, Cornell CALS...

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.