A multi-state, multi-disciplinary research and education program for the Midwest dairy industry has been launched by 10 Midwestern land-grant universities, headquartered in the University of Illinois Department of Animal Sciences. The new program is called the Midwest Dairy Consortium (MDC) and members will share graduate courses, graduate fellowships, and undergraduate internship programs to provide farm experience for students without that dairy experience.
Members include the colleges of agriculture at the U of I, Iowa State University, Michigan State University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Nebraska, North Dakota State University, The Ohio State University, Purdue University, South Dakota State University, and the University of Wisconsin. The first corporate partners are MSC Co. of Dundee, IL and Standard Nutrition of Omaha, NE.
“The mission of the MDC is to maximize use of scarce financial resources and create new support mechanisms to enhance student education and training, promote research directly relevant to the Midwest dairy industry, and deliver information to end-users more effectively,” said James Drackley, a U of I professor of animal sciences and the MDC’s director. “We also hope to establish funding mechanisms for new education and research programs with greater relevance and accountability to the dairy industry,” he said. “The overriding goal is to contribute to the improved economic viability of the Midwest dairy industry and the rural Midwest.”
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