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UW-Madison to Hold Dedication for Dairy Cattle Center
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 02/20/2013
The public is invited to help welcome the cows back to campus as the University of Wisconsin-Madison dedicates its refurbished Dairy Cattle Center early next month. Doors at the facility at 1815 Linden Dr. will be open to the public on March 9 from 9:00-11:30 a.m., with a brief program scheduled for 9:30
a.m. During that time visitors can tour the building and visit with the people who take care of the dairy herd.
Speakers at the dedication program will include UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Dean Kate VandenBosch, dairy science department chair Kent Weigel and other representatives of Wisconsin's dairy industry.
"We're hoping people will stop by and see the barn," says Weigel. "We're pretty proud of what we have here."
The $3.5 million renovation project began in May 2012. Weigel lists improved animal care and comfort among key benefits of the upgrade. Improvements include 84 bigger and more comfortable stalls, water-chilled ventilation, a new public viewing area, more efficient manure-handling system and new silos.
The Dairy Cattle Center is used for teaching 15 dairy science and Farm and Industry Short Course classes, hands-on training of new food animal veterinarians, and research projects that require close monitoring by campus-based scientists. The campus facility is integrated with larger dairy facilities at the
university's Arlington and Marshfield Agricultural Research Stations.
In addition to the Dairy Cattle Center dedication, the Badger Dairy Club will host its 16th Badger Invitational Sale, a club fundraising event, beginning at noon in the nearby Stock Pavilion.
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