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Jenn Thomas-Murphy

Extension Support Specialist
Section of Soil and Crop Sciences
237 Emerson Hall
Phone: (607) 255-2177
Email: jnt3 [at] cornell.edu

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New no-till guide for organic soybean production
Farmers interested in using the rolled cover crop organic no-till soybean system can now find techniques and tips in the new guide produced by the Sustainable Cropping Systems Lab at Cornell University. The guide is by Matt Ryan of Cornell...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
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Field Note

Preparing the next generation of beginning and aspiring farmers
What kind of education or experience has prepared you for running the Beginning Farmer Training Program? Like many new farmers, when I got started, I was a generation removed from farming. I didn’t grow up surrounded by agriculture, but I would...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops