Project Type: Faculty fellowship (UW-RF, UW-P)
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Leveraging automated milking systems to employ targeted saturated fatty acid supplementation strategies to early lactation dairy cows
Dairy cows often experience a negative energy balance during the transition to lactation period, where dietary energy intake is outpaced by the demands of lactation. This early lactation energy deficit…
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Opening windows for research, teaching, and demonstrations through rumen cannulation
The reticulorumen is the most important part of the ruminant digestive tract in dairy cows, responsible for 70-80% of digestion processes. Rumen cannulation, or the surgical process of placing a…
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Design of a microgrid for the future dairy plant at UW-Platteville
A typical dairy plant uses large amounts of energy and manufacturers regularly seek out opportunities to reduce production costs without negatively affecting the yield or quality of their finished products.…
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Evaluation of biochar incorporation into manure systems for improving air quality and odor management
Manure from dairy facilities impacts water quality, greenhouse gas emissions and odor. Agriculture contributes 50 percent of global emissions of methane and 80 percent of nitrous oxide. Additionally, community complaints…
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Wood templated high efficiency and low-cost ceramic membranes for dairy wastewater treatment
Wastewater generated from the dairy industry contains high levels of chemical oxygen demand, biological oxygen demand, total suspended solids, turbidity etc. Direct disposal of such wastewater significantly influences the environment.…
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Decision making using DAIRI (Data Automation Interface and Real-time Interaction): A platform for connecting farmers to their data
The dairy community is undergoing rapid growth and change in data management and analytics. With sensing becoming increasingly accessible and inexpensive, dairies are finding new ways to optimize feed, milk…
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Performing a risk assessment for the dairy farm
Proposal Summary: Smart technologies are increasingly being adopted on dairy farms to streamline the process of herd management. A variety of cybersecurity threats and attacks targeting the dairy sector have…
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Preliminary comparison of HolSim cattle vs. Angus x Holstein cattle
UW–River Falls and the Holstein Association USA are working to provide dairy and beef farmers with research into dairy-beef feedlot performance and carcass composition that provide premiums. This information will…
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Updating manure values in SNAPplus for better nutrient management planning
SnapPlus is a nutrient management planning software that allows farmers, planners, and others to estimate soil and nutrient runoff losses on a field-by-field basis and is a key tool to…
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Evaluation of two caustic paste brands when disbudding calves
In the US, more than 94 percent of dairy calves require disbudding, a process that removes their horn tissue. Caustic paste is increasing in popularity; however, no research has been…
