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Growth Across Fields: Scientific Collaboration Tackles Farming Challenges

By Matt Hayes / July 9, 2025

New study shows how agriculture’s toughest challenges require coordinated breakthroughs in biology, chemistry, engineering and data science. From soft robots crawling through crops to bio-based fertilizers that protect waterways, the…

Bringing the Farm of the Future to Life

By jackieswift / July 9, 2025

CAST offers researchers and companies a place to test and demonstrate novel agricultural technologies in real-world farm settings. Research and development of new agricultural technology takes time. Prototypes of devices…

Solar Solutions: Agrivoltaics Offer Array of Options for Farmland Use

By Krisy Gashler / April 14, 2025

Not everyone is excited about New York’s rapid solar expansion. The buildout of solar energy infrastructure across the state has become an issue of grave concern for many farmers and…

Slow Moving Vehicle Safety Season

By Emma Wilson / April 14, 2025

In our agricultural communities, farmers are using roadways to move equipment between farms and fields. Spring is here, and although warmer weather eliminates the risk of snow and ice on…

From Space to Farm: Readying NASA Satellites to Help Growers

By Krishna Ramanujan / October 9, 2024

This summer the “Space for Ag Tour” by NASA leaders came to Cornell AgriTech to better understand the remote sensing needs of researchers, specialty crop growers and local stakeholders. An…

Improvising, Adapting, and Overcoming on the Farm: Adaptive Equipment Empowers Veteran Farmers

By Rich Mattingly / October 9, 2024

Physically disabled veterans are making significant strides in agriculture by utilizing innovative, adaptive equipment tailored to their unique needs. Farming traditionally demands physical strength, agility, and balance, posing substantial challenges…

Farmer-First Approach to Agrivoltaics Will Benefit NY Food, Energy Goals

By Krisy Gashler / October 9, 2024

The New Bremen dairy is one of a handful of New York farms that are pioneering agrivoltaics: co-location of solar energy production and agriculture on the same land. Solar developer…

A New York State Vision for a Profitable, Regenerative, Equitable, Healthy Food System Future by 2050

By Phoebe Schreiner / October 3, 2022

New York agricultural agencies and researchers release a State-wide Food System Vision for 2050. By The Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship (CADE) On July 28, 2022, the Center for Agricultural…

Portable Imaging Tool Will Transform Gravevine Pruning

By Talia Isaacson / March 10, 2020

Pruning vines is one of the most important tasks of a viticulturist. If done improperly, the vine can produce yields that are either too high or too low, both of…

Climate Change on the County Level

By Kelsie Raucher / October 31, 2018

If you haven’t already seen the impact of climate change in your area, you can now. A  new tool allows users to view change in climate by county, thanks to…

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