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Predicting Soil Health Across New York: New Data Tools for Smarter Land Use and Resilient Farming

Healthy soils are essential for agriculture, clean water, and climate adaptation, but they vary across landscapes and change over time. Until now, it’s been difficult to disentangle all the important factors (climate, inherent soil properties, and land use and management) that influence soil health. Cornell Soil Health researchers have developed new machine learning models by analyzing a large dataset of soil health results from across NYS.

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InsidePTI | Non-GMO & Organic Corn

Video: InsidePTI | Non-GMO & Organic Corn


Let’s talk organic! Is it worth implementing organic farming practices? Do the economics of an organic corn program make sense?

We know buyers are willing to pay a premium for organic produce. So over the past few years, we've been putting it to the test to run real numbers to see if it's really worth challenging the status quo of conventional farming practices.