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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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Quirine Ketterings, Olivia Godber, Agustin Olivo and the owners of Whey Street Dairy inspecting cover crops.

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Chobani grant supports future of sustainability in dairy
A $500,000 grant from Chobani to Quirine Ketterings, professor of nutrient management in the Department of Animal Science in Cornell CALS and director of the Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), will allow continued development of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
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Weed between the lines: Inter-row mowing for weed control in row crops
During the 2021 season, Annika Rowland, a graduate student in Matthew Ryan’s Sustainable Cropping Systems Lab at Cornell University, conducted preliminary research on the use and efficacy of an inter-row mower in organic soybeans at the Musgrave...
  • Musgrave Research Farm
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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