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Food News

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Field Note

Daniela Carranza MPS ’23: Advancing Dairy Business Management, Extension
The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) program offered by Cornell CALS is a one-year Master's degree program that offers a variety of disciplines, including animal science. Daniela Gonzalez Carranza, MPS ‘23, is currently enrolled in the MPS...
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
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News

  • Animal Science
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Food Science
Corrine Brown with beef cow

Field Note

Corrine Brown ’23 spent four semesters with Cornell CALS’ Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), collaborating on their dairy sustainability project. The Agricultural Sciences graduate now heads to Newtrient as a sustainability analyst, where...
  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
Dave Walczak, operations manager of Eden Valley Growers co-op in Eden, New York, checks on Brussels sprouts growing on 2,000 acres of co-op members’ farmland.

News

Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement has been named a key partner in establishing a Regional Food Business Center to help farmers and food businesses access new markets and available federal, state and local resources.

  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Development
Fred Lee working on his farm

News

Fred Lee was on the verge of losing the Long Island farm he had inherited from his family. A call to New York FarmNet, and its free, confidential consultants, helped change his life and his business.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
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Events

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Exhibit

Art of Agriculture
Join Sigma Alpha, professional agricultural sorority, on the Arts Quad to learn more about agriculture! Experience student groups, research labs, and agricultural outreach organizations representing a wide array of opportunities and careers in...
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
  • Animals
A tractor digging a trench for tile drainage (photo credit to Cayuga Co Soil and Water Conservation District)

Workshop

Tile drainage - why do farmers utilize this practice and what benefits does it provide? Researchers will share information related to tile drainage on farms in the Northeast as well as help give context to the larger topic of water, soil and...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • CCE
  • Dairy
dairy manure storage

Workshop

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To pull or not to pull? That is (one of) the questions dairy farm personnel have while working in the maternity area on a farm. This workshop will teach best calving management practices to minimize stillbirth rates and improve calf and cow...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • CCE
  • Dairy