Research is often taken for granted but it’s critical to the decisions farmers make, says Katie Roth, who farms with her husband, T.J. Roth, and their business partners John and LuAnn Shea at Banner Ridge Farms near Platteville, Wisconsin. That’s why support of the University of Wisconsin-Dairy Innovation Hub is important.

She spoke during the hub’s inaugural Dairy Summit along with Mitch Breunig of Mystic Valley Dairy near Sauk City, Wisconsin, and Amy Penterman of Double Dutch Dairy near Thorp, Wisconsin.

The hub is funded by the state of Wisconsin for research and development at UW-Madison, UW-Platteville and UW-River Falls. The Dairy Summit included research updates in the hub’s four priority areas...
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