Welcome to the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Our department addresses the challenge of developing environmentally sustainable agricultural systems to produce food for a world population that is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050.  We provide expertise to mitigate the impact of climate change and to develop the potential of sustainable biofuel crops.  Our work on nutrient and carbon fluxes in ecosystems helps increase  nutrient use efficiency, improve soil health and solve greenhouse-gas issues.  We have three major program areas: Crop Science, Soil Science, and Environmental Information Systems. We promote productive and sustainable land use practices on regional, national, and international scales. Our main thematic areas focus on food production systems, sustainable agroecosystem management, and linkages between agriculture and environmental change. To learn more about the department's research themes, click here.

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Emerson and Bradfield Halls, home to CSS

Grad Student Spotlight

Whitman TA award 2013
Thea Whitman recipient of the 2013 CALS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award and Dan Buckley Director of Graduate Studies.


  • CSS Seminars
    Seminars will resume Fall Semester 2013
    August 2013
    12:20p - 1:10p
    135 Emerson Hall
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232 Emerson Hall
Phone: (607) 255-5459
Fax: (607) 255-2644

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Faculty Spotlight

Peter Woodbury
Senior Research Associate

Peter  Woodbury

My research activities involve modeling and analysis of agricultural and forest ecosystems, including the effects of management practices on sustainability. Selected projects are highlighted below. Work with a multi-disciplinary multi-institutional team to assess the sustainability of biofuel... Read Peter Woodbury 's full profile

Faculty list for Crop and Soil Sciences

 

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