Digital Dairy Management and Data Analytics
This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the course. Note that this schedule will be updated as the course progresses, with all changes documented here.
| Week | Date | Topic | Teachers | Prepare | Lecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/20 | Introductory Multiple Choice Questions and Inventory Management | Dr. Hostens and Sumit Sharma | - | 🖥️ |
| 1 | 1/22 | Syllabus Review and Introduction | Dr. Hostens | - | 🖥️ |
| 1 | 1/22 | (LAB) CURC Farm Tour & Presentation from CURC Manager | Dr. Hostens and Sumit Sharma | - | 🖥️ |
| 2 | 1/27 | Principles of Data Collection | Dr. Hostens | - | 🖥️ |
| 2 | 1/29 | Principles of Data Visualization | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 2 | 1/29 | (LAB) Effective visualization using Tableau | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 3 | 2/3 | Understanding Milk Production Data (1) | Meike van Leerdam | - | 🖥️ |
| 3 | 2/5 | Understanding Milk Production Data (2) | Meike van Leerdam | - | 🖥️ |
| 3 | 2/5 | (LAB) Analyze CURC Milk Production Records | Meike van Leerdam | - | 🖥️ |
| 4 | 2/10 | Cancelled | - | - | |
| 4 | 2/12 | Using Relationships and Joins Between Datasets | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 4 | 2/12 | (LAB) Analyze CURC Milk Production Records | - | - | |
| 5 | 2/17 | February break (no class) | - | - | |
| 5 | 2/19 | CURC Project status discussion | Dr. Hostens | - | - |
| 5 | 2/19 | (LAB) Analyze CURC Milk Production Records | Dr. Hostens | - | - |
| 6 | 2/24 | FAIR data principles for animal science | Dr. Hostens | - | 🖥️ |
| 6 | 2/26 | Inventory Management in Dairy Systems | Dr. Hostens | - | 🖥️ |
| 6 | 2/26 | (LAB) Inventory Calculations | Dr. Hostens | ||
| 7 | 3/3 | Inventory Management in Dairy Systems | Dr. Hostens | - | 🖥️ |
| 7 | 3/5 | No class | |||
| 7 | 3/5 | (LAB) No Lab | |||
| 8 | 3/10 | DISC Assessment & Team Dynamics | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 8 | 3/12 | Midterm Prep: CURC Data – Planning Phase I Presentation | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 8 | 3/12 | (LAB) (LAB) Midterm Presentation Prep: CURC Data Discussion | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 9 | 3/17 | Midterm Review: CURC Data – Addressing Phase I Questions (Meeting & Presentation with CURC Manager) | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 9 | 3/19 | No class | |||
| 9 | 3/19 | (LAB) No Lab (Dairy Fellows Program) | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 10 | 3/24 | Handling Uncertainty in Farm Data | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 10 | 3/26 | CURC Data Discussion – Phase II: Questions from Initial Meeting | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 10 | 3/26 | (LAB) CURC Data Discussion – Phase II: Addressing Raised Questions | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 10 | 3/31 | Spring Break (no class) | |||
| 10 | 4/2 | Spring Break (no class) | |||
| 11 | 4/7 | Discuss progress questions Matt | Sumit | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 11 | 4/9 | Discuss progress questions Matt | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 11 | 4/9 | Lab discussion beef vs dairy semen | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 12 | 4/14 | No class (Dairy Fellows Class) | |||
| 12 | 4/16 | Discuss progress questions Matt | Dr. Hostens or TA | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 12 | 4/16 | Journal club heifer weight | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 13 | 4/21 | Discuss the dairy business summary 2025 | Dr. Karszes | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 13 | 4/23 | Benchmark CDREC vs dairy business summary | Dr. Karszes | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 13 | 4/23 | Economical data deep dive and apply to questions Matt | Dr. Karszes | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 14 | 4/28 | Monitoring Transition succes through data | Kylie | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 14 | 4/30 | Practice Presentations (Internal Peer Review) | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 14 | 4/30 | (LAB) Finalize SWOT & Peer Feedback | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |
| 15 | 5/5 | Capstone Management Meeting & Course Wrap-Up | Dr. Hostens | 📖 | 🖥️ |