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Branching Out: Veterans Grow Their Fruit Tree Knowledge
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Veterans across New York State are gaining hands-on skills in fruit tree production through a unique learning cohort developed by the Cornell Small Farms Program’s Farm Ops project. Over the past two growing seasons, the program has helped dozens of veterans grow their confidence, technical abilities, and farming networks. Farm Ops project lead Nina Saeli…
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Field Days Bring Together Latino/a/x Farming Community
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The Cornell Small Farms Program’s Futuro en Ag project hosted a series of field days for Latino/a/x farmers. WNY Farm Field Day Highlights Apple Production, Soil Health, Leadership Sergio Rosario and Silvia Rios, co-owners of Rosario Brothers LLC, welcomed nearly 30 participants to an educational field day at their apple orchard in Albion, in western…
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Study Charts How Orchards Can Leverage Mechanical Thinning and Pruning without Spreading Fire Blight
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Apple fire blight is a devastating disease that causes an estimated $100 million of damage in U.S. orchards annually. Pruning an apple orchard comes with many rewards for commercial apple growers including optimal crop load, ripeness and sugar levels. Mechanical pruning and thinning is an effective alternative to long and laborious hand pruning, but commercial orchards have…
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Portable Imaging Tool Will Transform Gravevine Pruning
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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 which pose risks. When yields are too high, sugars are low in fruits, making them poor wine grapes; when too low, fruit sales don’t cover…
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