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March 22, 2025, Aspiring/Beginning Farmers Meeting: Cultivating Your Dreams in Agriculture

Save the date to attend the Aspiring/Beginning Farmers Meeting: Cultivating Your Dreams in Agriculture, to be held February 17, 2025 at CCE Rensselaer County, 99 Troy Rd, East Greenbush, NY 12061. This meeting will run from 8:30am until 3:00pm. Lunch will be provided

This day-long workshop will help you gain insights on essential topics like land acquisition, crop selection, livestock production, financial planning, and navigating regulations.

Breakout sessions will cover topics such as livestock production, fruit and vegetable production, greenhouse and nursery production, farmland access, field crop production, and ideas on marketing what you wish to sell.

Don’t miss this chance to cultivate your dream of becoming a successful farmer! Watch this space for updates.

Source : cornell.edu

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Root Exudates, Soil Biology, and How Plants Recruit Microbes | Field Talk Friday

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Field Talk Friday | Dr. John Murphy | Root Exudates, Soil Biology, and How Plants Recruit Microbes

Most of us spend our time managing what we can see above ground—plant height, leaf color, stand counts, and yield potential. But the deeper you dig into agronomy, the more you realize that some of the most important processes driving crop performance are happening just millimeters below the surface.

In this episode of Field Talk Friday, Dr. John Murphy continues the soil biology series by diving into one of the most fascinating topics in modern agronomy: root exudates and the role they play in shaping the microbial world around plant roots.

Roots are not passive structures simply pulling nutrients out of the soil. They are active participants in the underground ecosystem. Plants constantly release compounds into the soil—sugars, amino acids, organic acids, and other molecules—that act as both energy sources and signals for soil microbes.