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Most of us have heard the statistics about how livestock are bad for the climate and the environment: within agriculture, livestock production is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions; over-grazing can harm wildlife habitats and reduce...
  • Animal Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development

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The legacy of Jerrie Gavalchin will live on, due in part to a new memorial fund established this past summer in her honor. Gavalchin, associate professor of animal science, died May 3 in a bicycling accident near her home in Groton, NY. The...

  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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The team – dubbed the “Egg-Vengers” – has set up a system to collect hundreds of surplus eggs from the Cornell Poultry Farm and donate them to area food pantries each week. They also are hatching a plan to serve breakfast burritos to Cornell...
  • Animal Science
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
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The funding is intended to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture. The projects: Michelle Heck, a research molecular biologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service and adjunct associate professor...
  • Animal Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

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Adam Murray

Extension Associate/Beef Cattle Extension Specialist, PRO-LIVESTOCK

Animal Science

Adam Murray
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Jessica Waltemyer

Extension Associate/NYS Small Ruminant Extension Specialist, PRO-LIVESTOCK

Animal Science

Jessica Waltemyer