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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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New climate-controlled animal respiration stalls in CALS – the only ones currently operating in the U.S. – will allow researchers to measure, verify and monitor methane and other gas emissions from cows.

  • Animal Science
  • Climate Change
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Methane is one of the greenhouse gasses responsible for climate change, and it is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a driver of global warming. At the same time, 14.5% of methane emissions each year come from ruminants such as cows...
  • Animal Science
  • Climate Change
  • Dairy
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Cornell University’s Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) is helping farmers evaluate their nutrient use through the Cornell whole-farm nutrient mass balance (NMB) tool . This project, led by NMSP Research Associate Olivia Godber , is...
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
  • Crops

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