El Farm Hub colabora con instituciones académicas y educadores de la región para investigar y demostrar prácticas agrícolas que tienen como objetivo equilibrar la resiliencia ecológica y la viabilidad de las granjas.
This program serves as a platform for sharing information, innovation, and ideas toward a more resilient agriculture and food systems, one that supports production and ecological goals such as climate resilience, biodiversity, soil health and water quality
These projects intersect with the work being conducted by our Colaborativo de Investigación de Ecología del Agro-Paisaje.
Fostering collaboration with mission-aligned organizations plays an important role in the success of agronomic research at the Farm Hub. Click aquí to meet some of the researchers and scientists we work with from partner organizations including Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program and the Cornell Sustainable Cropping Systems Lab.
2025 On-Farm Research Projects
Our current on-farm research trials focus on small grain variety testing, vegetable crop management, y reduced tillage strategies, all within an organic cropping system.
Small Grains Variety Trials
Project Goal:
To identify small grains varieties adapted to the Hudson Valley in order to support farmers and cultivate interest in locally grown ingredients by farmers, millers, bakers, and community residents.
This long-standing project began in 2014 in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County y la Sorrells Lab at Cornell University. Learn more about the Small Grains project here y meet our researchers aquí!
2025 Trials:
- Winter grains (wheat, barley, rye) small plot variety trial
- Spring grains (wheat, barley, emmer) small plot variety trial
- Spring wheat and winter wheat large plot (1 acre) variety grow outs
Past Reports:
- Hudson Valley Small Grains Variety Research and Commercialization Trials Report (2019-2022)
- Hudson Valley Small Grains Project Preliminary Research Summary (2014-2018)
- Growing with the Grain (2019) short documentary
Vegetable Crop Management
Project Goal:
To increase resiliency of organic vegetable production through integrated pest and disease management, regionally adapted varieties, and greenhouse gas sequestration strategies. This research is conducted in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program. Meet our researchers aquí!
2025 Trials:
Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) Management
- Evaluating organic insecticide and mechanical (flaming, knock off and bury, plant sweeper) CPB control options for efficacy and ease of operation.
- Year 1 of study
Field Tomato Disease Management
- Fine tuning organic fungicide programs using the novel bio-fungicide ‘Oso’ (Polyoxin D zinc salt) while potentially lowering copper fungicide inputs
- Year 2 of study – see 2024 report
Garlic Anthracnose Management
- Identifying potential organic management strategies for garlic anthracnose, a fungal disease that is becoming more severe in the Hudson Valley. While there are effective conventional fungicides available, there has not been any applied research on organic management for this pathogen.
- Year 1 of study
Greenhouse Gas Flux Rates in Reduced Tillage Vegetable Production
- Measuring potential changes to soil carbon levels resulting from the addition of the persistent carbon amendment biochar over a three-year period. In addition to assessing impacts on soil carbon, the team will monitor greenhouse gas flux rates over the season, soil nutrient availability and uptake, soil temperature and moisture, and crop yield.
- Year 6 of study – See 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, y 2020 reports
High Tunnel Hyloom Tomato Variety Trial
- Evaluating pre-commercial tomato cultivars referred to as “hylooms” because they exhibit desirable traits of heirloom varieties (color, shape, etc.) while maintaining modern advantages of hybrid varieties such as disease resistance and storability. These cultivars, developed by Cornell vegetable breeder Greg Vogel, are specifically adapted to NY and being evaluated for susceptibility to yellow shoulder/white core, disease susceptibility, marketable yield and horticultural attributes such as easliness, fruit size, firmness, color flavor, crack resistance and high temperature fruit set.
- Year 1 of study
Mitigating ‘Tip Burn’ in Winter Spinach
Reduced Tillage
Project Goal:
To build on previous research with reduced tillage in organic grain crop production using cover crop-based organic no-till management. This project aims to test management strategies, identify solutions to challenges (such as weed management), and develop robust guidelines that facilitate sustained adoption of regenerative practices.
Research is conducted in partnership with the Laboratorio de Sistemas de Cultivo Sostenibles de Cornell. Meet our researchers aquí!
2025 Trials:
- Organic spring wheat production can be challenging because of weed competition from winter annual weeds and variable weather in the spring that restricts timely soil tillage and planting. In this experiment, researchers will compare fall planted cover crops for organic no-till spring wheat production.
- Year 3 of study – see 2024 y 2023 report
- Interrow mowing is an effective alternative to interrow cultivation that is compatible with organic no-till planted row crops. Researchers will test the effects of interrow mowing on weed suppression and yield in organic no-till planted dry beans
- Year 3 of study – see 2024 y 2023 report
- Achieving success with no-till planting organic corn into rolled-crimped cover crops is somewhat challenging because of tradeoffs between weed management and nitrogen availability. Researchers will test different cover crops, as well as the use of starter fertilizer and interrow mowing in organic no-till planted corn.
- Year 1 of study
Past Research Trial Reports
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Contacto de Investigación Agronómica
Tayler Reinman, Agronomic Research Manager
[email protected]
Estación metereológica Rainwise
El Farm Hub participa en la Network for Environment and Weather Applications (Red de Aplicaciones del Ambiente y Clima). En 2017, instalamos la Estación Metereológica Rainwise en la propiedad del Farm Hub. De este modo, el Farm Hub contribuye a una red regional que ayuda a los agricultores a tomar decisiones informadas sobre los cultivos. Para ver las condiciones meteorológicas en tiempo real en la granja, ver aquí
Organizamos eventos para que los agricultores en el Farm Hub compartan los hallazgos de nuestros proyectos de investigación y demostración.
Pruebas de investigación anteriores en el Farm Hub
- El minador de hojas de Allium en el ajo: Una prueba que evalúa métodos de control y reducción del ataque de la plaga del minador de hojas de Allium en puerros, cebolletas y ajos.
- Hongo Fusarium en el ajo: Dos pruebas en el Farm Hub evaluaron métodos para controlar y reducir la infección por fusarium en el ajo.
- Manejo Orgánico de Enfermedades de Brassica: Estudio de eficacia de materiales biorracionales para el control de plagas en el manejo orgánico de enfermedades de Brassica.
- Prueba de biocontrol con nematodos contra el gusano de alambre: El Farm Hub Estudió el uso de nematodos benéficos para combatir las larvas de gusano de alambre en cultivos de camote.
- Prueba de biocontrol con nematodos contra el escarabajo de la papa: El Farm Hub está estudiando el uso de nematodos benéficos (Nematodos Entomopatógenos) para el control del gusano de alambre y el escarabajo de la papa de Colorado en las papas.
- NOVIC: Participación en la Prueba de Semillas Orgánicas de Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Collaborative, un programa nacional que busca aumentar las variedades de semillas orgánicas para los agricultores.
- Prueba de soya orgánica sin labranza: Examinó la eficacia del método de rodar y aplastar (roll and crimp) para el control de malezas, y cómo se puede incorporar con los cultivos de cobertura.
- Prueba de variedades de cultivos de raíz: Evaluación de treinta y una variedades de zanahorias, dieciocho variedades de betabel y siete variedades de zanahoria blanca en cuanto a rendimiento, apariencia, color, sabor y capacidad de almacenamiento.
- Eliminar la labranza de la rotación de cultivos orgánicos: Dos pruebas distintas en colaboración con Cornell University - Sustainable Cropping Systems Lab, estudian 1) métodos para el control de malezas en el establecimiento perenne de Kernza, y 2) Examinar los factores bióticos (plagas, crecimiento de cultivos de cobertura) y abióticos (humedad del suelo, nutrientes del suelo, temperatura) que afectan a los cultivos comerciales anuales plantados sin labranza en verano e invierno. Lea el informe final.
- Prueba de variedades de tomate: Como parte de un programa en curso de Cornell Cooperative Extension para el desarrollo de líneas de tomate con resistencia a tres enfermedades destructivas de las plantas: tizón tardío, tizón temprano y mancha foliar por septoria.
- Estudio de Variabilidad Espacial Carbono-Suelo Orgánico de toda la Granja: En colaboración con Woods End Laboratories, este esfuerzo de muestreo de suelo en toda la granja de 1,500 acres examinará las reservas de carbono en diferentes zonas de gestión y tipos de suelo.