Name: 農場から食卓まで (From the Farm to the Table)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T04:54:08.000Z
Duration: 27 min 32 s
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>> I'm Bruce McPheron, dean of Penn State's College

We all know that the food on our table starts

on a farm somewhere, but we tend to overlook a number

One aspect that's frequently overlooked is the importance

of research in ensuring we have a safe, healthy, nutritious

and affordable food supply that's produced

in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Here in the College of Agricultural Sciences,

our research -- both in the past and into the future --

We work from the field, to the barn, to the laboratory,

to the table, in order to ensure that we're producing the food

Dairy is a really critical part of Pennsylvania agriculture.

It accounts for nearly 50% of the farm gate value

Here at the dairy farms, I'd like to take you

through a description of some of the work that we're doing,

Pennsylvania's dairy industry is extremely diverse.

[Background work environment sounds] We see everything

from herds of a few cows to herds of thousands of cows.

We see everything from pasture-based systems

to operations where the cows are confined in comfortable barns.

of Pennsylvania's dairy herds is the need

for efficient production, leading to good cow health,

good cow comfort and environmental sustainability.

we have researchers who've spent years looking

at the nutritional components of dairy diets.

Two nutrients are particularly important in Pennsylvania:

These are important, because we're concerned not only

with the raw materials that it takes to turn feed into milk,

but also with aspects of the environmental quality

of our water and air, here in Pennsylvania.

One of the features that we have been studying is the importance

of Pennsylvania's rich forage production capacity --

the grasses and legumes that we can produce so well here

in Pennsylvania -- and adding those to dairy diets,

Our work on what we call precision feeding is designed

into the cow are used as efficiently as possible,

in making that -- the milk that we're harvesting from the cows.

Of course, the other product that we harvest

from the cows is the manure out the other end.

And by precision feeding, to put in just enough nutrients

on the front end, we can control, to a greater extent,

what's happening on the back end of the cow.

The work that we've done over the past couple of years here

on reducing the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus that is

in the feed has actually led to a two-thirds reduction

in the amount of phosphorus in the manure of the cows.

into the feeds reduces the production of ammonia

in the manure, which actually leads to better air quality.

where a lot of our dairy operations are found

side-by-side with residential communities.

of these facilities, but it's important to know that here

And we in these dairy barns actually employ 50

to 60 students each year in not only taking care of the animals,

but learning how we conduct research and the importance

of research for actual on-the-ground management.

That's in addition to all the many classes that come out

and use a facility like this is a learning --

We also educate, through our cooperative extension programs,

taking the knowledge that we've generated through research

so that they can put these new ideas into practice

>> We're here on some of Penn State College

The college actually operates a substantial amount of land base,

to support agricultural research in our education programs.

This is our bioenergy work that we're doing.

It's a huge interest nationally and internationally

in renewable sources of energy, and we've been working

for several years at helping devise the techniques

that Pennsylvania farmers will be using, to take advantage

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