The mission of the CSUF Dairy Unit is to provide:

1) a quality educational program for students

2) a well managed facility capable of demonstrating management practices and technologies to the industry at large, and

3) a dairy environment conducive to conducting quality applied research.

Goals Accomplished 

Educational Goals

1. Fifteen students have been actively engaged in the day-to-day operations and management of the CSUF Dairy Unit.
2. Four of these students have undertaken leadership roles in directing management areas at the facility.
3. Four students from foreign countries have utilized the facility as part of their educational experience at CSUF.
4. Students have become an integral part of the Units' problem solving team.
5. Animal Science courses; 1, 11, 35, 36, 61, 81, 101, 146, 156, 161, 163, 165, 180, 181, and 194 utilize the facility and its cattle to enhance the hands-on learning experience.
6. Thirty students from many majors utilize the dairy cattle as part of their CSUF Dairy Club activities.

Demonstrational Goals

1. The CSUF Dairy was utilized to evaluate the use of fly-ash and a synthetic material in reducing the negative impact of mud in dairy cattle corrals.