Overview
During 2019, a team of UTIA Extension specialists and researchers began a collaboration to study and evaluate small-scale dairy processing equipment and to complete a dairy sustainability project. The collaborative effort was started with six original goals and deliverables:
- Conduct Various Farm Visits to review on-farm dairy processing equipment
- Develop List of Small-scale Dairy Processing Equipment
- Develop On-farm Dairy Processing Scenarios
- Develop Feasibility Assessment of On-farm Dairy Processing Scenarios
- Develop a Review of Current Dairy Systems in Tennessee
- Conduct Overall Market Assessment of On-Farm Dairy Processing Scenarios
Accomplishments, Deliverables and Resources
- A Review of Small-scale Dairy Processing Equipment
- By Mark Morgan and Rob Holland
- December 2019
- Questionnaire for On-Farm Dairy Processing Visits
- By Liz Eckelkamp
- June 2020
- Virtual Value-Added Dairy Workshop
- By Liz Eckelkamp, Mark Morgan and David Hughes
- December 17, 2020 – 8:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m. EST
- Flyer and Agenda
- Summary of Three Small-scale Dairy Processing Equipment Scenarios
- Mark Morgan and Rob Holland
- February 2020
- (developed for internal project use only. Not published for distribution. Contact authors for details)
- The Potential Impact of Value-added Dairy Processing
- By Liz Eckelkamp, Arup Sen, David Bilderback and Susan Schex
- November 2021
- Tennessee Consumers’ Views About Farmstead Milk (W 1058)
- Caitlin S. Zaring, Kim Jensen, Alicia Rihn, David Hughes and Mark Morgan
- Effects of Inattention and Repeat Purchases: A Choice-Based Conjoint Study of Consumer Preferences for Farmstead Milk Attributes
- Kim Jensen, Dayton Lambert, Alicia Rihn, Liz Eckelkamp, Caitlin S. Zaring, Mark Morgan and David Hughes
- Time Required for Cheese Making
- Mark Morgan and Rob Holland
- Cost Considerations for Cheese Making
- David Hughes
- Time Required for Ice Cream Making
- Mark Morgan and Rob Holland
- Consumer Preferences for Attributes of Farmstead Milk
- Kimberly Jensen, Dayton Lambert, Alicia Rihn, Elizabeth Eckelkamp, Caitlin Zaring and Billie Ray
- Selected Paper for 2022 SAEA
- New Orleans, LA, Feb. 12-15, 2022
- How Far is Local? Tennessee Consumer Perceptions About Travel Distance for Milk and Dairy Products
- Kimberly Jensen, Karen DeLong, Sreedhar Upendram, Liz Eckelkamp and Samuel Gerloff
- Selected Paper for 2022 SAEA
- New Orleans, LA, Feb. 12-15, 2022
- Direct-to-Consumer Dairying: Exploring Tennessee’s Value-Added Ventures (W 1233)
- Caitlin Zaring and Liz Eckelkamp
- On-Farm Pasteurized Milk Production Analysis Tool
- To Be Completed:
- Feasibility Assessment of On-Farm Ice Cream – David Hughes
- Feasibility Assessment of On-Farm Fluid Milk Processing and Bottling – David Hughes
- Online Decision Tool for On-farm Fluid Milk Bottling (36x scenarios/options) from Thesis – Liz Eckelkamp
Additional Resources
Team Leaders
This project is supported in part by the Small Scale Dairy Processing and Dairy Sustainability Project with funding from the UT Institute of Agriculture, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and the Center for Profitable Agriculture