Fact Sheets
Field Crops Production
Articles and Publications
- Alfalfa: Quality, Maturity, and Mean Stage of Development
Fick, Gary W., and Sharon C. Mueller. Alfalfa: Quality, maturity, and mean stage of development. Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, 1989.
Videos
Video Playlist
NYS IPM videos on YouTube
Learn more about the identification and management of insect pests and diseases of small grains in New York State.
Video Playlist
Soil Health Train-the-Trainer Workshop
Understanding soil health is critical to the production of any agricultural crop. Learn from the Cornell Soil Health experts in this 4-part video series.
Video Playlist
Northeast Cover Crops Council Meeting
The Northeast Cover Crops Council Meeting, held at Cornell in 2018, offers a eighteen videos detailing the use of cover crops to enhance agricultural production.
Instructional Video
How to take a Cornell Assessment for Soil Health Sample
There is a method for taking a proper soil sample for submission to the Cornell Soil Health Laboratory to ensure the best results. Learn how in this video.
Outreach Video
Innovative Assessment Helps Farmers in the Northeast Improve Soil Health
Improving soil health without understanding the soil's condition is not easy and traditional soil tests, though important management tools, don't provide information on the physical structure or microbial life living in the soil. That is why a multidisciplinary team at Cornell University created a soil assessment, which measures physical, chemical and biological indicators as well as pH and nutrient levels in the soil.