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The Livestock Revolution, Sustainable Development, Zoonotic Disease
Conference Audio and Video - Doyle Waybright
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Doyle Waybright Vice President, Mason Dixon Farms, Inc.
Audio of Mr. Waybright's lecture (MP3 format; 16 minutes) Video of Mr. Waybright's lecture (RealVideo format; 16 minutes) |
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Biography Doyle Waybright is co-owner of Mason Dixon Farms, a family-owned and -managed dairy farm at Gettysburg, PA. He is an eighth-generation dairy farmer on a farm originally purchased from William Penn's family in 1754. Mr. Waybright has managed the 2,300-cow dairy herd for the past 31 years. The farm also has ,2000 replacements, forages all raised on 2,850 acres. |
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Abstract Look, No Hands The future of dairy farming all across the world is fast changing with a greater emphasis on decreasing the hard physical work of milking and caring for cows. Mason Dixon Farms is milking 500 cows with 10 robots, improving labor efficiency aand providing a future for the 9th generation. |
