McKay wins IPM award
Neither Rain nor Mud nor (Etc.) Earns IPM Award for Cornell Farm Manager by Mary Woodsen, NYSIPM program. Three days after Tropical Storm Lee blew through the Northeast in early September 2011, turning streams ...
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McKay wins IPM award
Plant Sciences Chili Cook-Off fundraiser March 1
Note change of venue: Whetzel Seminar Room, 404 Plant Science Bldg From Grant Thompson, MS/PhD Student, Graduate Field of Horticulture The Plant Sciences Chili Cook-Off will be held in the 2nd floor lobby of ...
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Congratulations Glenn, Robin and Russ.
From a Weed Science Society of America news release: Glenn J. Evans, Robin R. Bellinder and Russell R. Hahn won an Outstanding Paper Award from the Weed Science Society of America for their paper in Weed Technology: An Evaluation of ...
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Adapt-N chosen 2012 Top Product of the Year
Adapt-N — an online tool that helps precisely manage nitrogen inputs for grain, silage or sweet corn developed by a team in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences — was selected as the ...
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Free: New guide to urban farming in New York State
From Violet Stone, Cornell Small Farms Program (vws7@cornell.edu): Are you interested in or currently farming in a city? Do you wonder how to access land, how to reclaim a contaminated site, how to maximize ...
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New Cornell grape names harvested through naming challenge
Cornell Chronicle article by Kate Frazer, agricultural stations communications officer for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. After a novel naming challenge drew more than 1,000 suggestions from around the world, a ...
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Goffinet, Cornell Cooperative Extension recognized by New York Wine & Grape Foundation
From February 6 news release from the New York Wine & Grape Foundation: The New York Wine & Grape Foundation said a big “Thank You” to several individuals and businesses at its annual “Unity ...
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Winning grape names to be released Thursday
Last July, Cornell University asked the public to suggest names for two new grape cultivars known as NY95.0301.01 and NY76.0844.24. The contest drew over 1,000 entries from wine lovers on every continent, excepting Antarctica. ...
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New York vegetable sales break records in 2012
Stephen Reiners, Associate Professor, Horticulture, Cornell University, passes along his annual report on New York’s vegetable sales based on statistics from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. For the first time ...
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Two professors lead national climate report – Americans can expect more heat waves, heavy downpours, floods and droughts, sea level rise and ocean acidification, according to a draft national climate assessment ...
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