UNH Regional Organic Dairy Farm

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UNH Regional Organic Dairy Farm
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UNHs Regional Organic Dairy Farm

• Organic Dairy Research and Teaching
• Hands-on Student involvement
• Typical New England Size
• First Land Grant Organic dairy
• Education, not lobbying

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The Machinery
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Organic Dairy Goals

• Research and education
• Transition herd to Organic
• Pasture-based herd
• Collaborative Research
• New student opportunities
• Options for stakeholders
• Factual data
• New regional AES project

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Our First Delivery
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Where are we now?

• 250 acres certified organic
• First organic feed harvested
• 48 Holsteins in transition
• 20 person advisory committee
• 827K joint research grant (UM, UNH, ARS, MOMP)
• 250K commitments

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Some of the Players
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What do we need

• New Hoop barn
• New milking parlor
• New well and fencing
• To be student-ready
• Collaborations in research
• About 1 million
• Finish construction prior to calving/milking

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The interest is there
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Our Students
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Our Future
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Our Thanks

• Stonyfield Farm
• National Jersey Assoc.
• Regional Dairy Farmers donated animals
• Hubbard, LLC
• Individual gifts
• Grant efforts
• UNH faculty

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Into an Organic Dairy Sunset