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John Munson/Cornell University A Schuyler County-Cornell pilot project could help New York farmers diversify their crops with chickpeas and give regional food manufacturers a cost-effective, local source for the popular legume. Regional partnership takes a chance on New York chickpeas June 9, 2021 Carl Taber knelt down at the edge of a field on his 500-acre farm, took a wrench to his planting machine, and did something he had done only a few times before. He calibrated the equipment to plant chickpeas – a crop rarely grown in upstate New York. “I’m pretty excited about the p...

May 27, 2021 An anonymous gift of $1.5 million to support Cornell AgriTech research will improve grapevine health, quality, yields and profitability in New York state’s wine and grape industry through the creation of an endowed graduate student research fellowship program. The wine industry in New York state – from grape growing to bottle sales – generates $6.65 billion annually, according to the most recent report from the New York Wine and Grape Foundation. In total, 35,000  acres of New York farmland are used to grow grapes and that number will continue to climb as winemakers and vi...

Cornell scientists have worked with the University of California, Davis, to identify the DNA markers that determine grape flower sex. In the process, they also pinpointed the genetic origins of the perfect flower.