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Shooting lasers at weeds? ⚡️🌱 It’s not sci-fi—it’s Cornell University science. Asst prof. Lynn Sosnoskie found that laser weeders work as well as herbicides, offering a high-tech, sustainable way to farm with fewer chemicals. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

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Preliminary electrical weeding interest data corn. Even though the in-row weeds remain, the crop still experiences less competition, overall.

Visitors to the yard

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Could those creepy crawlies underneath the soil actually be helping farmers battle weeds? One species of springtails decreased weed biomass by up to 23%, according to research by Virginia Tech’s Ashley Jernigan 🌱. These findings are certainly promising, but could also be due to many

The NEWSS weeds contest is next week at Rutgers (co hosted by Syngenta and Cornell) and Cornell AgriTech donated some fabulous swag!

Preliminary results from an SCRI Planning Grant to evaluate the interest of perennial crop growers in novel weed control technology are in: 45% of respondents are worried about herbicide resistance; 76% worried about current weed control practices and impacts on crop health.

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Time to ride

Definitely some ice cream weather today and Thursday with mostly sunny skies and increasing warmth. A Heat Advisory is in effect from 11AM to 8PM Thursday for the Niagara Frontier, Genesee Valley and northern Finger Lakes.

Scientists overwhelmingly recognize the value of sharing null results, but rarely publish them in the research literature go.nature.com/472poOC

We are describing the development of 7 red beet varieties using “old school” methods (I.e. emergence, leaf numbers, size estimates) and via image collection and analysis in partnership with Verdant Robotics. Now waiting on a NASA AVIRIS flyover for hyperspectral data.

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