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**Collaborations**
The U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:
                            Comprehensive Soil Health: Conservation & Remediation Practices for Urban Agriculture                        
                            International Grassland Congress and NIRS Consortium Conference                        
                            Ruminant Farm Systems (RuFaS) model: A Next-Generation, Whole-farm, Dairy Systems Model to Support Sustainable Productivity and Environmental Health                        
                            The Crop and Soil Module of the Ruminant Farm Systems (RuFaS) Model                        
                            Breeding Alfalfa for Intercropping with Intermediate Wheatgrass: Towards Perennial Grain-Forage Systems                        
                            Financial Health Workshop Series for BIPOC Farmers and Landowners                        
                            Supporting Soil Health Practices through Study of Labor Management on Midwest Diversified Farms                        
                            Expanding Regional Grainshed Asset Mapping and Resource Development                        
                            Advancing Hmong Farmers in Soil Health Practices through Outreach and Education                        
                            Targeted Depletion of Cattle Host Transcripts for High-resolution, Metatranscriptomics Analysis of Tissue-embedded Microbial Communities                        
                            Statistical Design and Methods                        
                            Evaluating, Educating, and Communicating the Value of Cover Crop in WI Crop Rotations, for Enhanced Productivity, Water, and Soil Quality Protection                        
                            Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating the Social, Economic, Policy, and Biophysical Drivers and Barriers to Greater Use of Soil Health Practices                        
                            Climate Resilient Intensification Strategies for Forage Production with Small Grains and Millets                        
                            Assembly and Annotation of Rumen Protist Genomes to Determine Their Metabolic Contribution and Environmental Presence                        
                            Using Metatranscriptomics to Investigate the Liver and Blood Microbiome in the Young Calf and Mid-lactation Cows with Feed-induced Acidosis                        
                            Standardization Set Rescan on Near-infrared Spectroscopy                        
                            Outreach and Promotion of Regenerative Grazing Practices to Support Soil Health and Economic Resilience                        
                            Oregon Alfalfa Nutrient Survey                        
                            Evaluating Genotype by Environment Interactions in Intermediate Wheatgrass for Forage and Grain Production in Dairy Forage Systems                        
                            Precision Interseeding of Cover Crops Using Autonomous Robotic Technology                        
                            Silvopasture Research and Demonstration at the US Dairy Forage Research Center                        
                            Evaluating Pasture Systems in the Upper Midwest                        
                            Kentucky Alfalfa Nutrient Survey: Understanding the Role of Soil Fertility                        
                            Integrating Genomic, Nutritional, and Microbial Strategies to Mitigate Enteric Methane Emissions From Dairy Cattle                        
                            Fostering Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Landscapes by Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems                        
                            Effects of Rotation Length on Animal Performance, Pasture Productivity, Weed Encroachment, and Delivery of Ecosystem Services of Grazing Systems                        
                            Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating the Social, Economic, Policy, and Biophysical Drivers and Barriers to Greater Use of Soil Health Practices                        
                            Strategic Integration of Perennials in Annual Crop Production Systems                        
                            Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Satellite Remote Sensing Data to Evaluate Forage Yield and Quality                        
                            Utility of Mechanical Processing to Decouple Alfalfa Yield from Digestibility                        
                            Evaluating Alfalfa Bred for Intercropping in a Corn Alfalfa Intercropping System                        
                            Forage and Fiber Utilization in Dairy Cow Diets                        
                            Measuring and Monitoring Environmental Variables that Impact Agroecosystem Resilience                        
                            Machinery Traffic Impacts on the Alfalfa-Corn Intercropping System                        
                            Assembly and Annotation of Rumen Protist Genomes to Determine their Metabolic Contribution and Environmental Presence                        
                            Quantifying Soil Resources and Carbon Stocks at the UW Marshfield Agricultural Research Station (MARS)                        
                            Evaluation the potential of the silvopastoral cattle production system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Peruvian tropics.                        
                            Measuring Field-scale Changes in Soil Ecosystem Services and Crop Production with the Integration of Conservation Practices in Dairy Forage Systems                        
                            Bringing Interseeding of Alfalfa into Corn to the Farm through On-Farm Research, Demonstration, and Outreach                        
                            Comparisons of Grass-Based and Alfalfa/Corn Silage Forage Systems for Dairy Cows in Central Wisconsin                        
                            Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Satellite Remote Sensing Data to Evaluate Forage Yield and Quality                        
                            Enhancing On-Farm Demonstration and Outreach Efforts for Alfalfa and Dual Purpose Cover Cropping Systems                        
                            Wisconsin Alfalfa Nutrient Survey                        
                            Diversifying Ecosystem Services in Dairy Forage Systems                        
                            Soil Health Collaborative: Nutrient and Pest Management Program Outreach                        
                            Researching and Developing Cover Cropping in Midwestern Agricultural Systems                        
                            Utilizing the University of Wisconsin Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee                        
                            Enabling Tools for Microbiome-based Trait Selection in Dairy Cows                        
                            Developing a Collaborative Epicenter for Automated Milking System Research                        
                            A Collaborative Environmental Microbiology Lab to Support Research Objectives of the USDA-ARS EIDMRU and USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center                        
                            Native American Soil Health Collaborative: Strengthening Soil Health Efforts among Indigenous Communities