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Spotlight

Meet our faculty: Miel Hostens
Academic focus: Data-driven dairy management Research summary: I have worked over 15 years in the dairy industry in research, education and extension. My lab focuses on developing data-driven agriculture and integrated precision dairy farming...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Dairy
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Spotlight

Academic focus: Applied systems ecology Research summary: I seek to understand how arthropod communities are affected by the interacting drivers of climate and land-use change. I’m an applied ecologist, with interests in agricultural entomology...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • Agriculture
A woman with long brown hair, wearing a freedom of expression year shirt with four multicolored quotation mark, scoops ice cream into a mans cup.

News

A team of mostly first-year students created Brewing CommuniTea, an Earl Grey tea ice cream with caramel swirls and buttery shortbread pieces inspired by Cornell’s theme year.

  • Dairy
  • Food Science
Barn and high tunnel with abundant flowers

News

For the past almost-30 years, a small group of undergraduates has worked together to run Dilmun Hill Student Farm. With support from the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES), Dilmun’s student managers choose which...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Agriculture
  • Food
Partners cut the ribbon on a new facility

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Cornell researchers and administrators joined industry and government partners to celebrate the opening of new animal respiration stalls in the Department of Animal Science.
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
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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

Workshop

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This farm tour, presented by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY and Cornell Cooperative Extension, will be offered on two dates at two locations: 1 to 3 PM | March 27, 2024 Stein Farms 8343 Gully Rd LeRoy, NY 1 to 3 PM | March 28, 2024 Fessenden Dairy 1049...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy

Webinar

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Two webinars on dairy greenhouse gas (GHG), sponsored by Northeast Dairy Producers Association, Cornell Cooperative Extension, PRO-DAIRY, and NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets were offered in March 2024. Quantifying nutrient balances and...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy