Evans now director of CUAES agricultural operations

Glenn Evans ’03, MS ’07, PhD ’10, is the new director of agricultural operations at the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (CUAES). Glen, formerly a research support specialist in the Weed Science program in the Department of Horticulture, oversees the agricultural operations of CUAES, including six farms throughout the state, CALS plant growth facilities and Dilmun Hill, Cornell’s student organic farm.
 Glenn received his PhD in Horticulture from Cornell, and has experience in vegetable and flower production systems, sustainable farming practices, and facility and equipment maintenance and repair.

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• Cultivator tools – Evans demonstrates custom cultivator tools he developed at Cornell University’s Homer C. Thompson Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y.
• Applying vinegar with a banded, directed sprayer – Evans demonstrates a banded, directed sprayer he developed at Cornell University’s Homer C. Thompson Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y. The experiment tested coatings on the crop stems to minimize damage to the crop by the vinegar.
• Design, Construction and Evaluation of Two Inter-Row Cultivation Tools and Integration of Vinegar for Intra-Row Weed Control – Doctoral Dissertation Seminar, April 19, 2010