Dairy One Cooperative Inc.

Visit Dairy One Cooperative Inc., Ithaca, New York, an information technology cooperative. Dairy One provides Dairy Herd Improvement records services and herd management software throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Dairy One forage laboratory is recognized as a leader, both nationally and internationally, for its fast, reliable analysis of feed and forages, as well as soil, water and manure analyses.

QMPS

Tour The Quality Milk Production Services Program (QMPS) lab of Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, which promotes milk quality by reducing mastitis levels in dairy herds. QMPS offers a variety of services, notably on-farm evaluations of management and equipment, and whole herd milk cultures. Based on the findings, the program's Extension veterinarians advise producers, veterinarians and milk inspectors regarding optimal practices for improving herd health and farm management.

Barbano's Lab

In Dr. David Barbano's lab at Cornell University you'll learn about:

• Improvement of analytical testing methods for measurement of fat, protein, lactose and solids content of milk and other dairy foods.
• Influence of mastitis and milk somatic cell count on dairy product quality and yield.
• Factors that influence manufacturing costs for cheese and whey products.
• Improvement of natural cheese quality, production efficiency and yield through process control.
• Utilization of low concentration factor casein concentrates from microfiltration for cheesemaking and milk serum protein concentrates from microfiltration in beverages.