Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center
A Moo-ving Reunion
Things 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 Research Center, the 1,200-pound Holstein caught a hoof on a grate, lifted it, and fell 8 feet into the manure trench... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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08/30/16High Tech Holsteins
It’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 ... -
07/19/16Call of the Cows
It’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... -
11/24/15The Menu Makers
As New Englanders sit down to give thanks this week, their Thanksgiving tables may be filled with an abundant supply of delicious, locally grown... -
10/16/14Fairchild Dairy Marks 25 Years of Research
The Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center, a facility of the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) at the University of New Hampshire...
Recent Stories
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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 -
07/26/12 - A Diva in the Dairy“I’ve delivered calves in high heels,” says Rosie Cabral, a Ph.D. student at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) interested in improving neonatal calf immunity to positively... Read More -
03/08/12 - What a Farm Can Teach: The UNH Organic Dairy“Walk around the farm. Dream. Think about what you would do if this were your farm.” Read More