News & Events

The 2020 hybrid grain corn trial results from the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section at Cornell are now available. It shows results from four locations divided into two maturity ranges.

A new web book, Crop Scouting Basics For Corn And Soybean, by the Crop Protection Network (CPN) has just been released and is available for farmers, students, and agriculture industry to learn more about scouting and integrated pest management (IPM). 

Anyone who is planning on buying dicamba tolerant seed and use one of the newer dicamba  products needs to attend a training on the use of these products.

Cornell Field Crops and the Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) at Cornell University is pleased to announce the availability of the 2021 Cornell Guide for Integrated Field Crop Management.

The Sustainable Cropping Systems Lab at Cornell is working to improve legume cover crops for organic farmers by participating in the national Cover Crop Breeding Network.

We are pleased to release the 2020 report for the NY and Vermont Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program.  New and leading corn silage hybrids are annually evaluated for yield, moisture at harvest, quality characteristics, milk/ton, and calculated milk yields across 3-4 locations in NY. You may find this year’s report on the Cornell Field Crop Variety Trials blog.

Enter for a chance to name Cornell CALS' new spring malting barley variety and win a growler of NYS beer, courtesy of the New York State Brewers Association. 

A Cornell-led team of experts will support organic agriculture by developing more sustainable practices that balance the tradeoffs between productivity, environmental impact and growers’ quality of life as a result of this grant.

Northeast Cover Crops Council’s First Virtual Conference
Mark your calendars to join your fellow cover crop enthusiasts for a day of interactive online presentations, posters, panels, and training sessions.

NOFA-NJ will be offering three workshops regarding the harvesting, handling, storage, and processing of grain crops. It's the final year of our NE SARE grant lead by Elizabeth Dyck, the coordinator of the Organic Growers' Research and Information-Sharing Network (OGRIN).  The training program will be a series of three intensive 75 minute online short courses with video field days/workshops that will largely be taught by farmers and NE Grain Experts and located on farms and/or at processing venues. Dates are 10/19, 10/26, and 11/2. Get more details and register at the NOFA-NJ website.

Last week temperatures ranged from near normal to 6 degrees below normal. Precipitation has ranged from a hundredth of an inch to 2 inches in isolated areas. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 10-110.

Last week temperatures ranged from near normal to 4 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from a hundredth of an inch to 2 inches in isolated areas. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 50-150.

Last week temperatures ranged from 6 degrees below normal to 4 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from less than a quarter of an inch to an isolated area of over 3 inches in isolated areas. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 40-140.

Last week temperatures ranged from near normal to 6 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from less than a quarter of an inch to an isolated area of over 3 inches in isolated areas. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 70-170.

During the 2018 and 2019 growing seasons the New York Farm Viability Institute funded a project led by Cornell PRO-DAIRY to better understand a number of field factors related to corn silage processing score. Joe Lawrence, Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY, and Allison Kerwin, Dairy Field Research Specialist and PhD Candidate, have developed a series of fact sheets on kernel processing based on this project.

Last week temperatures ranged from near normal to 6 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from a trace to over 4 inches in isolated areas. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 90-190.

Temperatures will creep back into the 80s and low 90s next week. The seven-day precipitation amounts will range from 0.10” to 1.25” inches. The 8-14 day outlook (August13-19) favors above-normal temperatures and slightly favors below-normal precipitation.

The publication contains a list of all the insecticide products registered for use in NYS and is organized by how the insecticieds can be used on or around cattle and by inseciticide class.

Last week temperatures ranged from 2 to 8 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from a hundredth of an inch to over 4 inches. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 110-210.

Last week temperatures ranged from 2 to 6 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from a hundredth of an inch to near 4 inches. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 110-210.