For years, dairy educators and researchers have emphasized the importance of getting colostrum into newborn calves. “What’s changed in the last 15 years is that we’re finally seeing dairy producers making colostrum a priority,” says Dr. Jonathan Hess of Hess Vet Service West, based in Hagerman, Idaho. “People understand that if you feed good colostrum to calves, it can have a direct effect on reducing death loss.”

For our University Review section, we invited about 20 schools across the country to take part, and received responses from five of them. We've compiled information about each school's agricultural offerings.

A thriving agritourism venture has many elements. The logistics in physically moving people through a farm requires proper timing, safety measures and coordination around daily farm chores.Biosecurity needs to be a consideration, and those giving the tour need to be well-versed in dairy key messages. But our dairy tourism experts agreed on one characteristic essential to anyone opening up their farm: You have to like people.