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Organization profile
Organization profile
The West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC) performs research in the following areas: agronomy, soils and water quality; dairy production systems and pasture grazing management; environmental horticulture and display garden materials; irrigation water management; swine nutrition and alternative housing systems;and wind and biomass renewable energy systems.
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Swine
Medicine & Life Sciences
swine
Agriculture & Biology
sows
Agriculture & Biology
Lactation
Medicine & Life Sciences
Diet
Medicine & Life Sciences
distillers grains
Agriculture & Biology
Holstein
Agriculture & Biology
growth performance
Agriculture & Biology
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Profiles
Projects 2005 2022
Evaluating a tabletop system for growing local strawberries
Poppe, S. R., Anderson, N. O., Hoover, E. & Tepe, E. S.
11/4/19 → 4/30/22
Project: Research project
strawberries
Improving alfalfa-based livestock forage production systems using life cycle assessment
Tallaksen, J. E., Goplen, J. J. & Heins, B. J.
USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
9/1/19 → 8/31/20
Project: Research project
life cycle assessment
forage production
alfalfa
production technology
livestock
Agricultural Weed Control Using Autonomous Mowers- Phase 2
Buchanan, E. S., Chaplin, J., Isler, V. I. & Sattar, J.
LEGISLATIVE-CITIZEN COMMISSION ON MN RES
7/1/19 → 8/30/22
Project: Research project
mowers
weed control
Research Output 1986 2020
Effect of Holstein genotype on innate immune and metabolic responses of heifers to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration
Cousillas-Boam, G., Weber, W. J., Benjamin, A., Kahl, S., Heins, B. J., Elsasser, T. H., Kerr, D. E. & Crooker, B. A., Jan 2020, In : Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 70, 106374.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Innate Immunity
lipopolysaccharides
Lipopolysaccharides
heifers
Holstein
An ear tag to measure grazing behaviour of dairy cows at pasture
O'Brien, B., Werner, J., McDonagh, A., O'Leary, N., Pereira, G., Heins, B. & Shalloo, L., Jan 1 2019, Precision Livestock Farming 2019 - Papers Presented at the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, ECPLF 2019. O'Brien, B., Hennessy, D. & Shalloo, L. (eds.). Organising Committee of the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (ECPLF), Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, p. 907-912 6 p. (Precision Livestock Farming 2019 - Papers Presented at the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, ECPLF 2019).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
ear tags
dairy cows
pastures
grazing
cows
Effects of winter housing system on hygiene, udder health, frostbite, and rumination of dairy cows
Sjostrom, L. S., Heins, B. J., Endres, M. I., Moon, R. D. & Sorge, U. S., Nov 2019, In : Journal of Dairy Science. 102, 11, p. 10606-10615 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
frostbite
Frostbite
Animal Mammary Glands
rumination
Hygiene