Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program - NMSP

09/18/2026

🔎 Our precision ag team works hard to create yield zone maps using the data that collaborating farms share with us 🚜 In our recently published manual, you can learn how to view these maps in Ag Leader SMS, individually or in a big batch, view the maps alongside satellite imagery, and customize your settings ➡http://nmsp.cals.cornell.edu/publications/extension/YSZSMS2026.pdf

09/13/2026

🗓️ Save the date! Informed phosphorus (P) management is crucial. Join us on Friday, October 2nd, 12pm-1pm to learn about phosphorus management, various tools including the P-index 2.0 and ongoing research 🌱 Register for free to attend: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/hrOFgt-bQ62Fm19-DbGZug?ampDeviceId=379851dc-7bde-45c1-a406-84ad90841e9f&SessionId=1788265168670 #/registration

09/13/2026

Abigail White, Agricultural Sciences '29 and LaCandyce Lee, Agricultural Engineering '27, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, joined our team this summer ☀️ to assist with hands-on research and extension activities. LaCandyce was this year's Cornell CAST for the Farm of the Future intern placed with NMSP.

🌱 In our most recent article, they shared insights from their internship experiences. See what they learned and check out the highlights of their summer ➡

Abby White, Agricultural Sciences, Cornell CALS ‘29 and Candyce Lee, Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff ‘27, joined the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) as interns this summer. We sat down with Abby and Candyce to see what they learned and hear the highlights of ...

08/27/2026

Congratulations to NMSP master’s students Marcos Junqueira and Karolyn Auer for their accomplishments at this fall's graduate student field day! 🎉
🌱 Marcos won the 4-minute thesis competition 🏅 synthesizing all of his work on the soil test conversion program down into a few information-packed minutes.
🐄 Karolyn won the poster presentation competition 🏅 sharing her dairy sustainability work, specifically her investigation of above-ground on-farm biodiversity, with colleagues throughout the field day.
Congratulations! 🎊

08/25/2026

🗓️ Save the date! Join us for our next Lunch with NMSP webinar on Friday, September 4th 🎊 During this webinar, we will discuss a wide variety of soil testing topics, from soil sampling to analysis and the ongoing NY soil test conversion program 🌱 There will be ample time to ask questions and discuss the topics at hand. Register for free to attend: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/yIJMypGvRu-oF0vEPxz3VQ #/registration

08/25/2026

This year’s Animal Science Undergraduate Research Poster Session was a success! 🎉 Check out the highlights and see what the undergraduates had to say about their summer experiences in our most recent article ➡️

Each year, undergraduates from a wide variety of academic and professional backgrounds come together to share their research and summer internship experiences with colleagues, peers, farmers and more. Read on to learn about their summer experiences and see how this year’s poster session supported ...

07/27/2026

📢 Join us for the annual Animal Science Undergraduate Research Poster Session 🗓️ this Friday, July 31st from 10:30am-1pm in Stocking Hall Atrium! 🎉

🤝 Undergraduate summer researchers working in a variety of Cornell-based and partner programs are excited to share about their experiences this summer, working alongside farmers and seasoned researchers☀️From cattle and horse care to gray parrot calls, manure management, precision agriculture and more. Open to the public, all are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be provided. We’ll see you there! 🎊

https://cals.cornell.edu/events/animal-science-summer-research-poster-session

Flyer and list of presenters ⬇️

07/24/2026

Sarah Flanagan was a valued part of our team throughout her undergraduate career 🌱 During her time with us, she found her passion investigating soil health 🪏 She completed her thesis on her work with the Value of Manure project, focusing on the role of microbiology in supporting soil health.

We sat down with Sarah to learn about her next steps and what drove her decisions as an undergraduate. Read on ⬇

What sparked your interest in agriculture?In high school, we did an environmental science program and there was a section on agriculture. As a part of this, we all had to participate in the World Food Prize, where we picked a country experiencing food insecurity, wrote a paper about it and proposed....

07/08/2026

📅Coming up this Friday! Register for free to attend our upcoming webinar about potassium management. Link below ⬇️

📢 Register to attend our next Lunch with NMSP webinar on Friday, July 10th, 12pm-1pm EST! This webinar will cover potassium (K) management strategies, the role of K in crop management and more 🌱

There will be ample time for questions and discussion 🗓️ Register for free now: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/myAwLMgJTyy20JxFhGC_EQ #/registration

07/08/2026

🔎 A detailed manure crediting system that accounts for recent advances in manure-related technology is important🌱That’s why our team is conducting manure incubation studies, scaling down on-farm research🚜while keeping crucial variables (the soils and manure) the same 📈

This allows us to efficiently test a wide variety of manure sources 🐄 informing the manure crediting system and building a strong foundation for future on-farm research efforts. Read on ⬇️
https://cals.cornell.edu/news/2026/06/incubation-studies-enhance-farm-research-inform-manure-crediting

On-farm research is a valuable tool for New York farmers. It happens in real-time on farm fields that are actively being cropped, producing practical results that can be applied in future growing seasons. It fosters two-way learning among farmers, farm advisors and researchers, showing the potential...