Dairy Units
Emmons Blaine Dairy Cattle Center
ADDRESS
W6723 Badger Lane
Arlington, Wisconsin 53911
BACKGROUND
The Emmons Blaine Arlington Dairy Research Center is located in Arlington, Wisconsin in conjunction with the Arlington Agricultural Research center. This state of the art sand bedded freestall dairy facility was built in 2008, and houses 430 milking cows, 100 dry cows and over 50 calves. The facility allows for completion of pen based nutrition work, mammary and reproductive physiology research, calf growth studies, transition cow management projects and individual animal intakes.
For facility or tour information, please call (608) 846-5219. All tours must be pre-arranged. No walk in tours will be accommodated. Visitors are welcome to observe milking from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM every day of the year.
Marshfield Agricultural Research Station
ADDRESS
208356 Drake Ave N
Stratford, Wisconsin 54484
BACKGROUND
The Marshfield Agricultural Research Station was started just over 100 years ago by early professors and scientists who had made a promise to start something great that would benefit all area farmers. Today, the Marshfield Ag Research station operates 1,250 acres of land and provides support networks for University of Wisconsin faculty research, the UW-Integrated Dairy, the Institute for Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management and the UW Soil and Forage Analysis Laboratory. The research done here benefits local producers, while having a global reach, making the research done here available to all those in search of improving their production and land management.
For more information and to schedule a tour, please call 715-387-2523.