Dairy Systems


In response to global commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the United States dairy industry has set a goal of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050.
This goal will require extensive research into GHG mitigation in animal agriculture. AgNext is uniquely equipped to conduct this research with our expert team specializing in dairy research.

AgNext Dairy Systems Publications:

"On-Farm Methane Mitigation and Animal Health Assessment of a Commercially Available Tannin Supplement in Organic Dairy Heifers"

Ashley Schilling-Hazlett, Edward J. Raynor, Logan Thompson, Juan Velez, Sara Place, and Kim Stackhouse-Lawson. Animals, December 2023.

"Strategies to reduce antimicrobials in livestock and aquaculture, and their impact under field conditions: a structured scoping literature review"

João Sucena Afonso, Mahmoud El Tholth, K Marie Mcintyre, Luís Pedro Carmo, Lucy Coyne, Diego Manriquez, Didier Raboisson, Guillaume Lhermie, Jonathan Rushton. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, January 2024.

"Associations of automated body condition scores at dry-off and through early lactation with milk yield of Holstein cows"

Pablo Pinedo, Diego Manriquez, Joaquín Azocar, Albert De Vries. Journal of Animal Science, November 2023

"Patterns of milking unit kick-off as a proxy for habituation to milking in primiparous cows"

Danielle Kness, Temple Grandin, Juan Velez, Jimena Godoy, Diego Manriquez, Frank Garry, and Pablo Pinedo. JDS Communications, September 2023

"Indian dairy cooperative development: A combination of scaling up and scaling out producing a center-periphery structure"

Marie Dervillé, Diego Manriquez, Bruno Dorin, Claire Aubron, Didier Raboisson. World Development, June 2023

“Factors associated with the time and magnitude of the nadir body condition score in early lactation and its subsequent effects on fertility of Holstein cows”

Constanza Hernandez-Gotelli, Diego Manriquez,  Joaquin Azocar, Albert De Vries, Pablo J Pinedo. Journal of Animal Science, April 2023

"Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Assessing Social Acceptance of Strategies to Reduce Antimicrobial Use in the French Dairy Industry"

Diego Manriquez, Maiara Costa, Ahmed Ferchiou, Didier Raboisson, Guillaume Lhermie. Antibiotics, December 2022

"Symposium review: Defining a pathway to climate neutrality for US dairy cattle production"

Sara Place, Conor McCabe, Frank Mitloehner. Journal of Dairy Science, August 2022

Meet Our Dairy Systems Team:

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Sara Place, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Feedlot Systems

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Diego Manriquez-Alvarez​, Ph.D.

Dairy Systems Specialist

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Pedro Carvalho​, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Feedlot Specialist

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Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, Ph.D.

Director of AgNext

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EJ Raynor, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

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Ashley Schilling-Hazlett, M.S.

Graduate Student