Dairy Farming Courses and Certifications

Dairy Production and Management

5 ratings

Learn how dairy herds are managed: cattle genetics and selection indexes, forage and silage production, cow and calf nutrition, reproduction and estrus detection, health and milk quality.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 9 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Dairy Nutrition for Udder Success

37 ratings at Coursera

Learn to optimize dairy herd performance: forage and feed fundamentals, diet formulation, cow wellness, AI-assisted herd management, milk composition, and economics of milk quality.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 6 courses

Moving Beyond Basics: Dairy Nutrition and Diet Formulation

18 ratings at Coursera

Formulate balanced dairy cattle rations: feed essential nutrients, manage colostrum and liquid feeding for calves and heifers, and meet cows' needs through the transition period.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Fundamentals of Dairy Nutrition: Forages and Feed

12 ratings at Coursera

Identify common dairy feedstuffs and their chemical composition, explore forage growth and storage, compare cereal grains and oilseed meals, and evaluate feed processing byproducts in rations.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Dairy Nutrition & Health: Analyzing Cow Wellness

Analyze dairy cow health around calving: interpret blood biomarkers, prevent mastitis, lameness and ketosis, and apply systems biology and nutrigenomics to nutritional management.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Advancing Dairy Management with Artificial Intelligence

Apply AI to dairy farming: collect production, health and nutrition data, use supervised and unsupervised machine learning, and build predictive models and decision support systems.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Discovering Dairy: What's in Your Milk?

Explore lactation biology: mammary gland anatomy and development, milk production and secretion, milk's fats, proteins, lactose, vitamins and minerals, lactose intolerance, and mastitis prevention.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Dairy Economics: Maximizing Profits through Milk Quality

Diagnose and manage mastitis in dairy cows: mammary immune defense, somatic cell counts, the California Mastitis Test, on-farm culturing, and case- and herd-level treatment economics.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Mastitis control and milk quality

Welcome to the Bovine Mastitis MOOCs series! As you know mastitis is a very costly disease on dairies. It is a complex, multi-factorial health problem and, all around the world, a large number of scie

• edX
• 3 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The udder and its response to infection

Ideal for graduate students, dairy practitioners, educators, and individuals with a strong scientific background, this first of a series of 3 MOOCs provide comprehensive insights into bovine mastitis.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Mastitis epidemiology and diagnostic

Welcome to the Bovine Mastitis MOOCs series! As you know mastitis is a very costly disease on dairies. It is a complex, multi-factorial health problem and, all around the world, a large number of scie

• edX
• 4 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cattle Rearing and Bovine Disease Prevention and Control Techniques

Comprehensive cattle production training spanning breed selection, reproduction, feeding, farm management, welfare, and prevention of common bovine diseases.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

智能养牛与牛病防控技术

系统讲授智能养牛生产，从牛场建设、饲料加工与繁育到奶牛、肉牛饲养及牛病防控。

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Liaoning Agricultural College

牛生产

按实际生产流程系统学习牛场建设、饲养管理、繁殖与疾病防治的操作技能。

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Intelligent Cattle Raising Technology（智能养牛技术）

High quality cows, green breeding, grazing in nature, healthy life

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course