Professor of Dairy Science and a Dairy Specialist for Virginia Cooperative Extension has developed is a computer-software program that helps farmers balance the nutritional value of the rations fed to dairy cattle. He has also developed educational programs leading more than 80 percent of Virginia's dairy producers to seek laboratory analysis of the rations they feed their cattle. The result has been a 21-percent increase in income over feed costs for many Virginia herds in the last 10 years.
Location:
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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Academic / scientific