DAPP2

The Dairy Agriculture for People and the Planet (DAPP) 2 project is a U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service initiative that was originally envisioned as a trans-disciplinary group of researchers brought together to share data and insights across various branches of science including dairy science, soil science, microbiology, nutrition science, analytical chemistry, functional food development, and others. The goal of this trans-disciplinary group is to increase the impact of research by combining results from disparate areas to allow correlations and wider overall trends to become evident, leading to greater understanding of the impacts of dairy products on health (cow and human), human nutrition, the environment, and dairy product usefulness and quality.
DAPP2 is a feeding study comparing a primarily corn based diet to a primarily alfalfa based diet fed to a herd of 60 dairy cows, half Holsteins and half Jerseys.