UW-Madison's Jennifer Van Os has developed "Mooving Cows," an app that helps train farmers on better handling practices for their dairy herds. The app is scheduled to be released early next year.
The "Mooving" Cows app simulates a dairy farm and has eight levels of instruction that include moving cows safely from pen to milking parlor. The less stress put on the animal, the more milk it produces. The graphic on the upper left corner of the app shows cumulative stress levels of the cows.
Kari Dulmes and daughters, Myla, 3, and Teagan, 5, share an up-close look at a spring Jersey calf tended by Tish Burmeister during their visit Friday to the Wisconsin State Fair. The fair provides close encounters with farm animals raised throughout the state.
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Visitors to the Dairy Lane building at the Wisconsin State Fair pass a mural recognizing the state’s long dairy history. Wisconsin is home to just under 6,000 dairy farms and has lost more than 10,000 farms during the past 20 years.
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Dairy cattle from around the state are shown at the fair, but they also need to be milked. The 14-stall parlor can get crowded.
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Kelsey Hardy, 18, of Dodgeville, preps a Jersey for showing Friday at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis. Hardy doesn't live on a dairy farm, and neither do 19 of the 20 members of the Iowa County Youth Dairy Group who brought dairy cattle to the fair last week.
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An dairy cattle exhibitor at the Wisconsin State Fair walks his animal between buildings on Friday. The fair runs through Aug. 13.
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Fair exhibitors prepare to enter the show ring Friday. More than 1,100 dairy cattle and 500 beef cattle are among the animals being shown.
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A line of Holstein cows prepares to be judged Friday.
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Natalie Giddings, from left, McKenna Niemeier and Kelsey Hardy, all 18, share a moment Friday at the Wisconsin State Fair. The trio are members of the Iowa County Youth Dairy Group.
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Visitors to the Wisconsin State Fair crowd a walkway of the annual gathering in West Allis. The fair runs through Aug. 13.
UW-Madison's Jennifer Van Os has developed "Mooving Cows," an app that helps train farmers on better handling practices for their dairy herds. The app is scheduled to be released early next year.
The "Mooving" Cows app simulates a dairy farm and has eight levels of instruction that include moving cows safely from pen to milking parlor. The less stress put on the animal, the more milk it produces. The graphic on the upper left corner of the app shows cumulative stress levels of the cows.
