Author: Nancy McGill
Major Program: Dairy
DAIReXNET is a national, widely collaborative dairy extension effort. With a leadership team spread across several states we source articles, develop and produce educational videos, and collectively contribute to a valuable, nationally-promoted online database of extension materials. When distributing information by electronic means, it can sometimes be difficult to gauge the direct impact those materials have on the audience. As such, DAIReXNET's primary measures are in use- how many t
Author: Donna Amaral-Phillips
DAIReXNET is a national extension-driven dairy web resource that provides science-based, peer-reviewed materials and educational opportunities for dairy producers, allied industry partners, extension educators, dairy undergraduates, and consumers. This project illustrates what is possible when extension and research faculty, local extension educators, and allied industry professionals work together on a national basis to provide educational opportunities to our end users. When distrib
Many college undergraduate students in animal sciences and related agricultural fields do not come from a large animal or farming background. As such, they are inherently less familiar with how concepts discussed in foundation and management classes actually are applied on farm. The course and regional competition for “Dairy Challenge” helps undergraduate students bridge this gap and develop skills needed to prioritize recommendations based on a farmer’s goals. These skil
Author: Matthew Futrell
Pasture WalkOn March 27th twenty five dairymen met with University of Kentucky specialist Ray Smith and Donna Phillips to have a pasture walk. Why out walking pastures you might ask. Pasture walks provide an opportunity for producers to see the newest and latest forage varieties that are being tested by the University on actual farms and in production.The pasture walk held on the John Stoltzfus farm in Trenton, KY provided a unique opportunity for organic dairy farmers to e
Author: Joseph Taraba
Argentine dairy producers have utilized the dry lot dairy production concept for most of the dairies both large and small. They generally do not accept free stall confinement barns as a strategy to overcome the environmental and cow welfare impacts that develop from the climate where the dry lots are located. The wet season results in mud lots, with mud caked cows and low milk quality while the dry season solar radiation increases heat stress which impacts milk production and cow reproductive fa
