The Hub takes research on the road – Dairy Innovation Hub

This winter, the Dairy Innovation Hub has been busy sharing research outcomes with farmers, elected leaders, and members of the public.

In January, the Hub held its annual Research Poster Session at the Wisconsin State Capitol. A great audience of legislators, their staff, the public, and farmers engaged with 14 research posters and their presenters during the three-hour event. Both Hub-funded faculty and students were present from UW–Madison, UW–River Falls, and UW–Platteville.

The Hub then traveled to Wisconsin Dells for the Professional Dairy Producers Business Conference Mar. 13-14. In addition to a trade show presence, PDP invited the Hub to display over 30 research posters in the Nexus Innovation Lane area. This space was dedicated to inventors, creators, and idea-generators sharing their most novel work. In addition to posters, the PDP Preview Stage featured presentations on Hub-funded projects focused on water quality, cover crops, and methane emissions.

*Research posters around the rotunda. Photo by Jori Skalitzky/Dairy Innovation Hub*

(left) Matheus Reboucas Pupo, Hub-funded graduate student at UW, speaks to Rep. Terry Katsma.
(right) Danielle Stroinski, student at UW–River Falls, speaks to Rep. Jerry O’Connor.
Photos by Jori Skalitzky/Dairy Innovation Hub

*Research posters at the PDP Business Conference. Photo by Jori Skalitzky/Dairy Innovation Hub*

Andrew Hillman, Hub-funded graduate student at UW–Madison College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, discusses his work on environmental drivers and water quality at the 2024 Professional Dairy Producers Business Conference on March 13.

Tanner Judd, graduate student at UW–Madison College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, discusses his work on cover crops and manure at the 2024 Professional Dairy Producers Business Conference on March 13.

Guillermo Martinez Boggio, postdoc in animal and dairy sciences at UW–Madison College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, discusses his research on reducing enteric methane emissions at the 2024 Professional Dairy Producers Business Conference on March 14.