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A Cornucopia of Research Supports New York’s Farms and Food Systems
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A diverse array of Cornell research, from plant breeding to soil health, helps support local and global harvests Across the world, harvest celebrations are one of the most common human traditions. Though they vary in mythology and performance, they are united in their celebration of plentiful harvests, and the health and peace that abundant food…
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Spanish-First Field Day Celebrates Latino Community Leadership, Spirit and Contribution to WNY Apple Industry
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Year to year, New York State harvests more than 1.2 billion pounds of apples, cares for more than 1.6 million apple trees, and farms more than 55,000 acres that provide fresh, nutritious apples to more than 68 million people around the country. A huge portion of this effort is due to the massive contribution of…
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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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Precision Apple Thinning with Computer-Based Plant Growth Models
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A new bloom thinning model, developed by Virginia Tech researchers, might offer New York apple growers more precision and increased yields. In eastern New York, there has recently been increasing interest in thinning apples earlier at bloom to improve return bloom in biennial varieties like Honeycrisp, and to begin the thinning process earlier in hard…
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New York is Ripe for Apple Harvest
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Apples will be bigger and better this harvest season, according to Cornell University experts. Largely in part to the weather working in favor for farmers this year, apple color, quality, and size should all be superlative this fall. “2019 should be an excellent year for apple quality,” Cornell University professor Susan Brown, an apple breeder…
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CCE Podcast Highlights Modernization in the Apple Industry
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What do Silicon Valley and farmers have in common? Apples. Recently, hosts of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) podcast Extension Out Loud were joined by Mario Miranda Sazo at this year’s annual Empire Farm Days to delve into digital agriculture within the apple industry. Sazo, a fruit extension specialist with CCE’s Lake Ontario Fruit Program, explained…
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Cornell Researchers Win Major Awards from Cider Industry
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Hard cider is a fast-growing segment in the U.S. fermented beverage industry, and New York’s position as a leader in craft beverage production and expertise is paving the way for cider producers to succeed. Hard cider is a fast-growing segment in the U.S. fermented beverage industry, and New York’s position as a leader in craft…
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Apple Scouting Time: Growers Make Good Use of Research Data
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Apple growers can put recent pest identification research to good use this spring as they scout their orchards for troublesome insects. The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program funded a collaboration by Cornell University faculty and laboratory personnel and Cornell Cooperative Extension educators to scout regional orchards, identify apple pests, and enter real-time data…
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For Disease-Resistant Apples, A Moment in the Sun
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Welcome to the Northeast SARE Spotlight! SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers grants to farmers, educators, universities and communities that are working to make agriculture more sustainable – economically, environmentally, and socially. Learn about whether a SARE grant would be a good fit for you. It was a winter morning in 2006,…
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