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ARS Home Midwest Area Madison, Wisconsin U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center Cell Wall Biology and Utilization Research Research





- Panke-Buisse, Kevin
- Food Animal Production (101)
- Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems (215)

Research Project: **Location:
                            Cell Wall Biology and Utilization Research** Project Number: 5090-21000-071-007-R
                        
                        Project Type: Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement Start Date: Oct 1, 2020
                        
                        End Date: Oct 31, 2023 **Objective:**
                        
                        The objective of this research is to integrate data from research farms, consumers, and dairy industry stakeholders to complete a next-generation, open-source farm systems model: Ruminant Farm Systems model (RuFaS). This model will subsequently be applied and coupled to on-farm research to examine drivers of long-term sustainability and profitability of farm management systems. **Approach:**
                        
                        Primary literature meta-analysis will be used to develop the first iteration of the RuFaS Feed Storage and Crop/Soil components. On-farm research trials will be implemented to fill gaps in the model and evaluate model accuracy/precision. Findings will be demonstrated to stakeholder groups.


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