Jake Zajkowski
@jzajkow
Food System Communicator. Ag Policy Wonk. Cornellian. 🇺🇸🇪🇺 Writer for @AGDAILYmedia @Cornell_Turf @FarmandDairy @AgriPulse @ocj_ohioagnet @GlobalFoodTeam
The steady rise of robotic milking systems continues into 2025. @CornellProDairy’s Lainey Koval breaks down the barriers, and the tech being adopted alongside RMS, topping capital expense plans for the year ahead. @AGDAILYMedia agdaily.com/insights/deale…
POV: 10 year old me before I enter a haunted corn maze during Halloween #nofear
Timely visit 🫣
What an incredible visit with US Sugar! Florida’s sugarcane farmers are producing something truly special. Proud to support their work and the sweet success of American ag. 🇺🇸
Back in the (home) office after a week on the road with @Cornell_Turf. From Long Island to the Southern Tier, I visited superintendents using biology-based practices to make NY turf more sustainable. Excited to share more soon from this @CornellIPM + @NYstateparks partnership.




I was told if they had cover cropped there wouldn’t be ponding.
Wright County, Iowa has reached full saturation.
“A CBP helicopter.. they’re landing in the middle of the farm.. is does appear that they were not planning to be here as long they have… so this helicopter made a run.. for some cases of water”
This 4th of July, revisit a summer classic with Cornell roots. This Extension Out Loud episode dives into the legacy of Dr. Robert Baker — the Cornell professor behind the iconic Cornell Chicken recipe. buff.ly/csSvmRJ
I’m an ag lender who works exclusively with farmers. Every summer I get the same phone call: “Hey, I’m out of room on my operating note. I need another $300,000 to finish out the year.” Here’s what’s really happening—and what it’s costing them 👇
My latest feature on US-EU agri-food policies for @LangsdeMelkweg magazine in the Netherlands. melkvanhetnoorden.nl/laatste-nieuws…
So glad to see Dr Chris Wolf, a colleague @CornellDyson @CornellCALS testifying before Congress Senate Aging Committee about farmer demographics, workforce and focusing on NYS dairy! @CornellinDC
This is going to hit a nerve.
$4 million for “legume systems research.”
As a college student at Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Abbey Werstler purchased her first two calves at the OSU ATI dairy facility's dispersal sale in 2021. Those calves would become the start of Lady A Jerseys. farmanddairy.com/news/first-gen…
Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes. Now, Vance is vice president, and President Trump’s administration is imposing deep cuts and new restrictions, upending the very restoration efforts that Vance once championed. buff.ly/aOQBCS7
In Northern Germany this week for a @ENAJ_tweets press trip around Hamburg! Day 1 has included seafood education, dairy farming near the Elbe River, and tomato greenhouses.




Here is what we confirmed: After Musk’s rise to power in the U.S. government, the State Department has repeatedly coaxed, lobbied and browbeat this tiny West African country into giving business to Musk’s satellite company Starlink. propublica.org/article/trump-…