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Field Note

Unlocking yield potential: From field topography to fertility
With hundreds of thousands of acres of corn in New York, it's crucial to support farmers’ efforts to optimize crop production. Yield varies in crop fields for many reasons, including soil fertility and topography. In a recent study, Cornell CALS...
  • Animal Science
  • Soil
  • Agriculture
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News

Comm Updates - 10/15/26
October 15, 2026 Conferences Graduate student Amanda Vilchez, with Yael Silver and Professor Bruce Lewenstein, presented “Trust, Relational Learning, and Boundary-Work in Citizen Science across Knowledge Systems” at the PCST symposium Building...
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News

NSF awards $22.5M to continue plant-human communication projects

The Cornell-led multi-institutional Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems will continue work to transform agriculture by enabling direct two-way communication with crop plants’ internal processes.

  • Plants
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
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News

Sheep grazing in solar fields offers farmers economic, ecological gains

As solar grazing expands across the country, new research helps sheep farmers increase profitability and sheds light on the how the number of sheep in solar array fields interacts with beneficial insects.

  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Agriculture
  • Solar
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Field Note

Food, family at the heart of this snack food startup
Catch a flight at LaGuardia Airport and you’ll find Plantaizin' plantain chips among the many snack options for sale. Not only does each small bag pack a flavorful vegan and gluten-free bite, but it also tells the story of a family-run business...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech

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