ALT Cornell CALS and funding partners cut the ribbon on the new cow methane measurement facility on campus. (L-R) Stacey Dimas, Chief of Staff, the Office of New York State Senator Webb, Elizabeth Wolters, Deputy Commissioner, New York State Agriculture and Markets, Guillermo Schroeder, R&D Director, Cargill, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS, Joe McFadden, associate professor of dairy cattle biology, Cornell CALS, Brendan Tydings, administrator, Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority, Dan Kingston, Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority, Daryl V. Nydam, professor, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and David Drinkwater Faculty Director, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Tom Overton, Chair of Cornell CALS Animal Science Department, and Jonathan Griffin, Senior Vice President, Balchem Corporation.

ALT Joe McFadden, associate professor of dairy cattle biology, Cornell CALS, and Guillermo Schroeder, R&D Director, Cargill discuss the new cow methane measurement facility.

ALT Cornell CALS partners celebrate the opening of the first-of-its kind cow methane measurement facility. L-R): Tonya Van Slyke, Executive Director, Northeast Dairy Producers Assocation, Kim Skellie, Ontario County State Director, New York Farm Bureau, Elizabeth Wolters, Deputy Commissioner, New York State Agriculture and Markets, Guillermo Schroeder, R&D Director, Cargill, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS, Joe McFadden, associate professor of dairy cattle biology, Cornell CALS, Julie Suarez, associate dean, Cornell’s Office of Land-Grant Affairs and Director of Translational Research Programs, and David Fisher, President, New York Farm Bureau

ALT Ananda Portela Fontoura, graduate student in the Department of Animal Science, leads a tour of the new cow methane measurement facility.