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Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center
Estrogen in Clover?
Researchers at Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø find drought increases phytoestrogen levels in red clover, impacting dairy cows’ health. Kura clover shows promise as a resilient forage alternative. Read More
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04/23/24For Dairy, Focusing on the Essentials
Discover how Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Agricultural Experiment Station's research using Agolin in organic dairy cow feed can boost milk production and reduce... -
04/11/23Researchers Examine Using Flowering Plants to Attract Hover Flies for Pest Control
Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø alumni and faculty from the NH Agricultural Experiment Station conducted research on insectary plants as habitats for hoverflies, a natural pest... -
04/03/23Swapping Classrooms for Cow Barns
In the student-led, two-semester CREAM course, students gain hands-on experience caring for dairy cows and managing and participating in everything... -
11/29/22Preventing Coccidiosis Using Sodium Butyrate
Station scientist Pete Erickson, professor of dairy management in the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, has found evidence that the...
Recent Stories
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09/22/22 - Grass-Fed Organic Dairy Management May Be Key to Sector’s Resilience in New EnglandHow is organic grass-fed management different? There is some overlap in the practices used in organic grass-fed (OGF) management and more traditional organic dairy... Read More -
04/25/22 -"Cattle is the second largest source of methane in the United States. The industry as a whole is very interested inÌýresults to mitigate methane." WBUR out of Boston recently...
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08/23/21 - Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Scientists Receive $650,000 Grant to Study Genetics of Costly Dairy Cattle DiseaseResearchers at the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø in collaboration with colleagues at Cornell University have received a four-... Read More -
06/22/20 - Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Dairies Receive 2019 Quality Milk Award from Dairy OneThe Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center and the Organic Dairy Research Farm, both facilities of the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø... Read More -
03/10/20 - A Moo-ving ReunionThings weren't looking particularly good for Ruby, a cow in the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø dairy herd, in December 2018. En route to being milked at the university’s Fairchild Dairy Teaching and... Read More -
02/10/20 - Residues from Brewery Industry Show Promise as Dairy Heifer FeedWet brewers grains, the abundant residues of the brewery industry, show promise as a potential cost-effective, high-nutrient feed replacement for dairy heifers, according to new... Read More -
05/30/17 - Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Welcomes Nearly 1,000 Fourth-Graders to Fairchild Dairy June 6-8University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø will welcome nearly 1,000 area school children to the Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center for the 30th School-To-Farm Days June 6 to 8, 2017.... Read More -
08/30/16 - High Tech HolsteinsIt’s the middle of the night, and doctoral student Kayla Aragona has just received a text message on her cell phone from a cow in labor at the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍøÌýFairchild Dairy Teaching and... Read More -
07/19/16 - Call of the CowsIt’s the middle of the night, and doctoral student Kayla Aragona has just received a text alert at home on her cell phone from a cow in labor at the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Fairchild Dairy Teaching... Read More -
04/19/16 - Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø CREAM Students Host 2016 Open House at Fairchild Dairy April 24University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø students enrolled in the Cooperative Real Education in Agricultural Management (CREAM) course will host an open house at the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Thomas P. Fairchild... Read More