California Dairy Technology Center (CDTC)
The University of California, Davis, College of the Sequoias, Tulare Joint Union School District, and
dairy producers have created the first joint effort to offer a continuum of academic and technical
education as well as applied research at the California Dairy Technology Center. Highly trained
students and a working research dairy will contribute directly to the expanding dairy industry
conomy in the United States.

What is the mission of the CDTC?
The CDTC mission is to provide teaching, rapid response research, technology transfer, public service,
and consumer education for the citizens of California. This 21st Century mission will be accomplished
through the construction and operation of a commercial dairy that will provide a state-of-the-art teaching
model and research facility. Guiding the mission is a daily focus on management of this dairy for animal
health, public health, environmental health, and financial well-being.

Key elements of the CDTC to meet immediate and future needs of our industry:

1. The basic principles that “Food Safety Begins On The Dairy”
2. Biosecurity training, research, technology transfer
3. State-of-the-art cogeneration of energy from dairy manure products
4. Proven Breakthrough Management techniques to bring HACCP to the farm (Dairy-BTM)
5. Continuing education for all stakeholders throughout the state – government, private industry,
   consumers, veterinarians, producers

In this setting: The teaching mission will be to provide job training, academic courses, and outreach
activities encouraging students to pursue higher education. The research component will answer industry
issues in applied research and provide technology transfer to the dairy industry and veterinary
practitioners. In public service, the dairy program will provide veterinary and nutrition services to
producers as well as consumer education on food safety, energy production, sanitation procedures,
research findings on health, food and nutritional values of dairy products, as well as other issues.

Educational innovation

• Unique learning environment prepares future employees to be job ready
• Award-winning faculty
• Challenging curriculum from high school to post-graduate level
• Industry-responsive career education
• University outreach stimulates interest in science careers and university study
• Sales of dairy products to support self-sufficient program

Support for a leading industry

• Applied research for rapid response to dairy industry issues – biosecurity, milk quality, disease prevention, energy cogeneration for electricity production
• Technology transfer
• Trained employees in dairy management, animal care, veterinary medicine
• Industry-responsive curriculum
• Veterinary Medicine Teaching & Research Center faculty expertise
• 1,000-cow herd size reflects typical modern dairy operation
• Research herd available for long-term studies
• Veterinary and nutritional support services
• Consumer Education Pavilion providing dairy industry and food safety education
• Ideal location in the heart of dairy country

Award-winning, experienced players

• College of the Sequoias voted Outstanding Vocational Program of 1995
• Tulare High School the only U.S. high school with on-site dairy program
• UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine ranked #1 in the U.S.
• California the #1 dairy producing state
• Tulare the #1 milk-producing county in the U.S.