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Food News

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Field Note

2024 Undergraduate summer research poster session a smashing success
This year's animal science undergraduate summer research poster session featured interns from the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), PRO-DAIRY, Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and Cornell Initiative for Digital Agriculture (CIDA) as...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Field Crops
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News

Indigenous student brings fair-trade coffee to Ithaca while empowering her Mam parents and neighbors to command a better price for their beans.

  • Beverages
  • Field Crops
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News

Dairy cows are feeling the heat. With global temperatures rising at an alarming rate, the dairy industry is facing a $1.5 billion annual loss due to heat stress. Jingyue (Ellie) Duan, assistant professor of animal science, is leading the charge...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Genomics
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News

Catering to an aging population, Cornell food scientists have created a nutritious snack made from milk for those who have trouble swallowing. These puffs dissolve in your mouth instantly.

  • Food
  • Food Science
  • Health + Nutrition
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News

For the first time, New York state farmers can see prices and sales for meat and produce at farmers markets around the state, thanks to weekly price reports from a Dyson team.

  • Agriculture
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food
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Events

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Workshop

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Dairy Feeder School
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Offered in English & Spanish at each site Featuring stations with mostly hands-on activities and demonstrations Who should attend Currently feeding dairy cows and want to learn more about the how and why of feeding activities Interested in...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • CCE
  • Dairy
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Webinar

In this webinar Cornell Animal Science Professor Julio Giordano will discuss how data from precision livestock farming technologies can be used to learn about and improve the profitability of individual cows and herds. MyCow$, a novel tool to...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy

Webinar

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Join us for this Spanish-language webinar series, specifically designed for Spanish-speaking farm employees or middle managers of dairy farms. In this webinar series, learn the fundamentals, management practices and research of the most common...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • CCE
  • Dairy