Priority Area: Growing farm business and community
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Dairy residue bio-conversion into designer (D)-lactic acid
Enzien joins Donohue’s research team exploring how residues from milk production can be used to create new materials. The team hypothesizes that residues left over after milk is produced into…
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Assessing and addressing barriers to dairy product exports by small and medium sized Wisconsin manufacturers
This project aims to investigate constraints of the export market for small- and medium-sized dairy product manufacturers in Wisconsin and strategies to overcome them. This project has four main objectives;…
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Estimating energy value and milk yield potential of whole-plant corn forage
Dairy cattle diets rely primarily on forages. Adequate forage management targeting maximum quality is essential for farm sustainability and profitability. Among these forages, the use of fermented crops, particularly corn…
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Predicting meat cuts and carcass traits of beef on dairy calves through 3D images of live animals
Crossbred (beef x dairy) animals have become an important source of income for dairy farmers due to the higher market price of crossbred calves. However, carcass traits and meat cuts…
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The EZ dairy enviro-money: A high level environmental and economic assessment tool for dairy farmers
This project will develop a high-level, user-friendly, scientifically sound, yet powerful whole-farm decision support tool, EZ Dairy Enviro-Money, to assess economic and environmental tradeoffs of dairy farming for strategic nutrient…
