This news item from 'Scopes is about: Farmers aren’t the only ones who get up with the chickens. Cornell veterinarians see a lot of sunrises as they head out along country roads to visit farms from Watkins Glen to Skaneateles—and quite a few sunsets as well. During these long hours, the staff of Cornell’s Quality Milk Production Services (QMPS), the Ambulatory and Production Medicine Clinic group, and extension veterinarians visit hobby farms, large-scale dairy operations, and everything in between to support New York farmers. Whether they are consulting on farms, conducting cutting-edge research or training the next generation of production veterinarians, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine has an outsized effect on animal-based agriculture in the state.