UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm Highlighted at Nov. 4 Event

Come learn about the exciting research taking place at the University of New Hampshire Organic Dairy Research Farm. The NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture will host a Research Field Day Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, from 9 a.m. to noon at the farm on Lee Hook Road in Lee.

The event is free and open to the public.

Attendees will learn about a host of experiment station-funded research projects at the farm including:

• The Role of CCN1 in Building the Blood Vessel Network in the Ovarian Follicle
• UNH Organic Dairy Farm Agroecosystem Study: A Closed System, Energy Independent Organic Dairy Farm for Northeastern United States
• Preliminary Results of Using Annual Forage Crops as Alternative Sources of Dairy Forage
• Controls of Nitrogen Delivery from Agricultural Watersheds to Coastal Zones
• Understanding Water Quality Impacts of Farm Practices in Groundwater and Stream Water
• Diversity Assessment of Native Bees
• Climate, Carbon, and Land Use Interactions in a Mixed Agricultural, Residential, and Forested Landscape
• Silvopasture as a Management System for Forest Products and Livestock

The UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm consists of 300 acres of which roughly 120 are in woodlands, 140 in crops or forage production, and 40 in pastures.

The farm is managed as an integrated agro-ecosystem that includes all biological, physical, and human-related components. As such it offers a platform for research and education across many disciplines. Research priorities are relevant to both organic and conventional farm operations. The organic dairy operation represents the first of its kind at a land-grant university.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For directions to the farm, visit colsa.unh.edu/aes/odrf.

The NH Agricultural Experiment Station is committed to accommodating those with special needs. If you need special services, please call the NHAES Communications Office in advance so that we can accommodate you. The phone number is 603-862-1452. For TTY calls only, 1-800-RELAY-NH.

Founded in 1887, the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture is UNH’s original research center and an elemental component of New Hampshire’s land-grant university heritage and mission. We steward federal and state funding, including support from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to provide unbiased and objective research concerning diverse aspects of sustainable agriculture and foods, aquaculture, forest management, and related wildlife, natural resources and rural community topics. We maintain theWoodman and Kingman agronomy and horticultural farms, the Macfarlane Greenhouses, the Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center, and the Organic Dairy Research Farm. Additional properties also provide forage, forests and woodlands in direct support to research, teaching, and outreach.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state’s flagship public institution, enrolling 13,000 undergraduate and 2,500 graduate students.