Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center
Estrogen in Clover?
Researchers at UNH 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 New Hampshire 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
UNH 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 UNH 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 - WBUR: Cow burps drive global warming. Scientists think feeding them seaweed could help"Cattle is the second largest source of methane in the United States. The industry as a whole is very interested in results to mitigate methane." WBUR out of Boston recently... Read More -
08/23/21 - UNH Scientists Receive $650,000 Grant to Study Genetics of Costly Dairy Cattle DiseaseResearchers at the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire in collaboration with colleagues at Cornell University have received a four-... Read More -
06/22/20 - UNH 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 New Hampshire... Read More -
03/10/20 - A Moo-ving ReunionThings weren't looking particularly good for Ruby, a cow in the UNH 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 - UNH Welcomes Nearly 1,000 Fourth-Graders to Fairchild Dairy June 6-8University of New Hampshire 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 UNH Fairchild 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 UNH Fairchild Dairy Teaching... Read More -
04/19/16 - UNH CREAM Students Host 2016 Open House at Fairchild Dairy April 24University of New Hampshire students enrolled in the Cooperative Real Education in Agricultural Management (CREAM) course will host an open house at the UNH Thomas P. Fairchild... Read More