July 12, 2024. American Agriculturist Editor Chris Torres recently featured the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP)-funded dairy climatic heat stress abatement research conducted by Miner Institute. Chris spoke with Greg Palmer, Herdsman at Dimock Farms that hosted some of the research trials, and with Katie Ballard, Director of Research at Miner Institute, who has conducted a number of dairy animal climatic heat stress abatement research projects with NNYADP support.
Click here to read the American Agriculturist “Cows hot? Let the air flow” article that includes a graph from the NNYADP 2023 report showing the impact of cooling fans on average milk production from April through October.
Click here to read NNYADP heat stress abatement research reports: the latest report is at the top of the page; others are farther down on the page under a heading of Heat Stress Abatement on Dairy Farms