Aunt Nancy, Geoff, and Lori checking out a plot of grass. Aunt Nancy is dairy herd manager at the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center in Prairie du Sac. I am helping to develop and coordinate a Scientist for a Day event out at the farm in October. The purpose of the event is to get high school kids interested in agricultural research as over half the field will be retiring in the next five years and the need for home grown talent is massive.
Today I was out at the farm to work through some logistics for the event, but I also got a mini lesson from Geoff pasturing, an introduction to a cool Italian scientist (who has determined that if cow food sinks in water it's bad news), and a little history lesson on the former Badger Ammunitions Factory. Aside from being insufferably hot, it was quite enjoyable and productive.
Now I am at the lake and cool water, a good book, and some nibble fish are calling my name. ;)
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