Attendees of the Aurora Farm Field Day networking prior to the program.

Two attendees of the Aurora Farm Field Day

The roots of cover crops help boost soil health

All in a day's work. Photo: Roxanne Lynn

Brady Rogers, a CCE intern, discusses the use of drones to collect indicators of plant health at the Aurora Farm Field Day

John Hanchar speaks with Small Grains Management Field Day attendees

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The New York State IPM Program develops sustainable ways to manage pests and helps people to use methods that minimize environmental, health, and economic risks. They help you deal with pests—with the weeds, insects, and plant diseases that infest your crops, and the mites, ticks, flies, and lice that plague your livestock.

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Brewers Association Selects 2020 Research Grant Recipients

Jan 23, 2020

Kudos to Mark Sorrells, professor of plant breeding and genetics and head of the Cornell Small Grains Project, who received a 2020 Brewers Association research grant for his work on the impact of storage on malting quality and seed dormancy in barley.

Cornell, Nature Conservancy to study key climate projects

Jan 17, 2020

A new collaboration between the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) this year will fund three studies that could have significant ramifications in the face of intensifying climate change.

New York Phosphorus Index 2.0

Jan 14, 2020

After more than 15 years of field use, version 1 of the New York Phosphorus Index (NY-PI) has been updated. The new version (NY-PI 2.0) incorporates new science and does a better job of addressing P loss risk while still giving farm managers options for recycling manure nutrients.

Cornell University Soil and Crop Sciences Professor Matthew Ryan will present no-till practices for organic field crop production at the February 11 NYCO meeting in Waterloo, NY

Feb. 11 New York Certified Organic: Reduced Till, Weed Control in Organic Field Crops, Mycotoxin Danger to Humans and Livestock

Jan 13, 2020

Cornell University Soil and Crop Sciences Professor Matthew Ryan will present no-till practices for organic field crop production at the February 11 NYCO meeting in Waterloo, NY

Organic crop practices affect long-term soil health

Dec 24, 2019

Prior organic farming practices and plantings can have lasting outcomes for future soil health, weeds and crop yields, according to Cornell research published Nov. 13 in the journal Agricultural Systems.

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