ITHACA, N.Y. — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, visited Cornell Aug. 29 to champion agricultural conservation and climate-smart farming provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act and highlight related research and extension efforts in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The act’s nearly $360 billion investment in energy and […]

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — New potato varieties bred by the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program could enter the french fry market before long, said Isabel Vales, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife potato breeder in the Department of Horticultural Sciences in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. At a recent field day in the southern High Plains near Springlake, Vales […]

BOTTINEAU, N.D. — Not many individuals would think that the Horticulture Department at Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) would hold a fish fry every semester. On May 3rd, the horticulture practicum students were busy harvesting Tilapia. The Tilapia came from the aquaponics greenhouse that is located on campus. According to Keith Knudson, Department Chair and […]

HARRISONBURG, Va. — For some, a giant vat of hot cooking oil screams danger, but for others, it represents deep-fried turkey goodness. “It’s very tasty,” said Hobey Bauhan, president of the Virginia Poultry Federation. “When you fry a turkey, it seems to lock in the moisture, the meat’s very moist, and the outside is nice […]