The UC Davis Dairy Teaching and Research Facility is located on the main campus at the University of California at Davis. The milking herd of 105 cows, excluding dry cows, are milked two times per day in a modern single herringbone parlor with automatic takeoffs, cow identification and production recording. In addition, the dairy has computerized rumination and activity monitoring used for estrus detection and detection of sick cows. The rolling herd average is well above 27,500 pounds of energy corrected milk per cow annually. Milk from the dairy is sold to Hilmar Cheese Company, Hilmar, CA.
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Phone: 530-752-1686