Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center
For 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 methane emissions, aiding climate efforts. Read More-
04/11/23
Researchers 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... -
04/03/23
Swapping 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... -
11/29/22
Preventing 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... -
09/22/22
Grass-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...
Recent Stories
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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
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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
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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
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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... Read More
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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