2026 Aurora Farm Field Day

Mark your calendar: July 30

The annual Cornell Field Crop Research Field Day will be Thursday, July 30 at the Musgrave Research Farm, Aurora, N.Y. The program will features walking and hay wagon tours in the morning and afternoon.  DEC and CCA credits applied for.

Please register online by July 20 so we can plan for lunch.

Program line-up:

Subject to change.

Walking tour

Louis Longchamps and Farmers Datalab members: New Digital Tools for On-Farm Experimentation
Digital tools can improve the collaboration between farmers and scientists. While scientists need precide data, farmers have little time to digitize what they know about their fields. In this session, we will show a few tools that we use to lower the bar for productive collaboration.

Yun Yang: OpenET and how satellite data can help farmers
Satellite observations provide new opportunities to monitor crop water use across entire fields and farms. We will highlight how OpenET transforms satellite data into practical information that can help farmers and agricultural professionals monitor crop conditions, assess drought impacts, and better understand field-to-field variability across agricultural landscapes.

Vipan Kumar: Field Demonstration of Integrated Weed Management in Corn and Soybean Production
Recent spread of invasive weeds such as Palmer amaranth, waterhemp, Johnsongrass, and Italian ryegrass, along with confirmed herbicide resistance, poses a growing threat to corn and soybean production in New York and the Northeastern U.S. Growers are increasingly seeking effective integrated weed management (IWM) solutions to address these challenges. This field demonstration will highlight practical IWM strategies that combine cultural, chemical, and mechanical weed control tactics to improve weed management and support sustainable crop production.

Bosen Jin: PFAS in Agricultural Systems: Soil Health and Crop Uptake
PFAS are emerging contaminants of concern in agricultural systems because they can persist in soils, move through water, and be taken up by crops. This station will introduce how PFAS may enter agricultural soils, why soil health and crop uptake are important for understanding risk, and what research is needed to support practical management decisions for farmers.

Deborah Aller and NY CORE team: Rethinking Organics Management on Farms
Organic materials are an incredible source of carbon and nutrients that, when managed properly, can reduce input costs, build healthy soils, and improve crop yields on farms. A cornerstone of our work is providing hands-on technical assistance to farmers to improve organics handling at the farm level; reducing resources that are landfilled and producing beneficial materials for use back on fields. We will share some of the research and extension efforts ongoing at NYCORE.

Quirine Ketterings, Juan Carlos Ramos, and NMSP team: Working with Data to Rebuild A Manure Crediting System for New York
Manure is a great source of nutrients and when applied in the right rate, right timing and right method, it can boost yield not only in the year of application but for several years in a row. Join us to learn more about ongoing on-farm research and laboratory studies to expand manure crediting to include novel manure sources.