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Waterman Dairy Farm Tours

Introduction

History: The University's dairy farm located on the west end of the Columbus campus is used extensively for teaching and research. It is the home of about 140 Holstein (black and white cows; most popular dairy breed) and Jersey cows (brown cows; among the smallest in body size of the dairy breeds) and about the same number of growing female dairy animals (called heifers). Cows are milked two times per day. Under the leadership, of Ms. Micki Zartman, the farm has hosted thousands of school-age children over the last several years.

Overview of Program: The tours are primarily hosted by OSU students who are either members of the Agricultural Education Society or the Buckeye Dairy Club. For the 2007-2008 academic year, the following programs are being offered:

  • October 1 through November 16, 2007; tours are offered one day per week alternating between Tuesday and Wednesday each week, tours are offerered 9:00-11:00 am or 12:00-2:00 pm each week.Two groups will be permitted for each time period, with a maximum of 25 people per group.
  • March 5, 2008; Special program by invitation only, two groups.
  • May 22 and 23, 2008; Spring Dairy Extravanga, dairy tours offered all day.

Schedule of Tours1

Date
9:00-11:00 am
12:00-2:00 pm
Tour Guides
Tuesday, Oct 2

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Wednesday, Oct 10

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Tuesday, Oct 16

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Wednesday, Oct 24

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Tuesday, Oct 30

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Wednesday, Nov 7

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Tuesday, Nov 13

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1It is very important that: 1) you BE ON TIME for the tour and 2) a signed biosecurity form must accompany each individual on the tour (click here for forms).


Request a Tour

You can request a tour by completing the form below and clicking on "Send Info". If you have a problem submitting your request, you can copy the form below into the body of an email message, provide all of the information requested, and send the message to Reagan Bluel (bluel.1@osu.edu).

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