Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center
Preventing Coccidiosis in Cattle
Station scientist Pete Erickson, professor of dairy management in the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, has found evidence that the compound sodium butyrate—a nutrient that people obtain by consuming beans, peas and other legumes, but that can also be added to animal feed—could be used... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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09/22/22Grass-Fed Organic Dairy Management May Be Key to Sector’s Resilience in New England
How is organic grass-fed management different? There is some overlap in the practices used in organic grass-fed (OGF) management and more... -
04/25/22WBUR: 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."... -
08/23/21UNH Scientists Receive $650,000 Grant to Study Genetics of Costly Dairy Cattle Disease
Researchers at the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire in collaboration with colleagues at Cornell... -
06/22/20UNH Dairies Receive 2019 Quality Milk Award from Dairy One
The Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center and the Organic Dairy Research Farm, both facilities of the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at...
Recent Stories
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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 -
11/24/15 - The Menu MakersAs New Englanders sit down to give thanks this week, their Thanksgiving tables may be filled with an abundant supply of delicious, locally grown foods thanks, in part, to... Read More -
10/16/14 - Fairchild Dairy Marks 25 Years of ResearchThe Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center, a facility of the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) at the University of New Hampshire College of Life Sciences and... Read More -
05/08/14 - For Cows and CREAM: Never a Day OffBrittany Kokoszka, a sophomore from Franklin, MA, meets a red-and-white milk cow in the herd at Saturday's open house for CREAM, a class of 25 UNH students who spend an academic... Read More -
01/10/13 - New York City Native is a Natural With AnimalsJackie Buckley was 18 years old before she saw her first cow. And yet now she spends most of her time at UNH with them, either in her job or pre-vet studies. Read More