Peter H. Robinson

Position Title

Cooperative Extension Specialist: Dairy Nutrition and Management

UC Campus Based

2203 Meyer Hall

Specialties: on-farm animal management systems; on-farm implementation of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of cows.

Education and Degree(s)

Ph.D., Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) 1979-1983.
M.Sc., University of Guelph (Guelph, Canada) 1974-1976.
B.Sc, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada) 1970-1974.

Research Interests & Expertise

Protein and amino acid nutrition of dairy cows.
Evaluation of methods to assess forage quality.
Management strategies to reduce the environmental impact of dairy cows.
Animal metabolic models as tools to understand animal biology.
Laboratory methods to predict energy values of feeds.
Silage quality - factors influencing production of high quality silages.
On-farm animal management systems.
On-farm implementation of practical strategies to reduce the environmental impact of dairy farming systems.
Evaluation of methods to quantify on-farm animal performance changes.
Use of electronic communication to increase producer/scientist interaction.
On-farm use of animal metabolic models to systemize known biological concepts.