From Cornell Chronicle article 2013-10-10: Crop growers, wine grape and other fruit growers, food processors and even concrete makers all benefit from water sensors for accurate, steady and numerous moisture readings. But current sensors ...
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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County will host a Greenhouse Education Day October 30 in Binghamton, N.Y. Among the speakers are Betsy Lamb, Cornell University IPM Program on Algae in Propagation Lines and Neil Mattson, Department ...
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Students across the University who want to explore the intersection between horticulture and art can now sign up for the new Botanical Arts focus option within the Minor in Horticulture. “A Minor in Horticulture ...
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If you missed Monday’s seminar, Predicting turfgrass performance, with Mical Woods, Asian Turfgrass Center, it’s now available online. Woods also posted slides and other information from his talk on his blog.
Ever wonder why some gardens and landscapes look dazzling year after year, while others decline? Or why a planting looks great at one location while the same plants looks skimpy and unattractive nearby? Careful ...
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Due to construction on The Commons, our Society for Horticulture Graduate Students booth will not be in its usual location at this weekend’s 31st Annual Downtown Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival. If you’re looking for ...
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If you missed Monday’s department seminar with Dan Kunkel, Associate Director, Food and International Programs, IR-4 Project Headquarters, Rutgers, N.J.,Global Free Trade of Agricultural Commodities: How free is it?, the video is available online.
Starting on Friday, customers at Cornell Orchards retail store will be able to buy SnapDragon™ apples, one of a pair of much-anticipated new varieties from the Cornell breeding program. SnapDragon™ is the offspring of Honeycrisp ...
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Fall harvest update: Corn & pumpkins – Steve Reiners, professor of horticulture and CALS’ resident pumpkin expert, is advising people to pick their pumpkins early, as New York growers have a large, early ...
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Ever think about making your own wine? Here’s some good news from Eric Shatt, farm manager at Cornell Orchards: “We have lots of wine grapes and juice at the Orchards that are perfect for ...
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