U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center (USDFRC)
![Image of the west side of the USDFRC building.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508153204im_/http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/36553000/px-based_v3.2/about-us/locations_images/dfrc_bldg.jpg)
![Image of the USDFRC logo.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508153204im_/http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/36553000/px-based_v3.2/about-us/locations_images/usdfrc_logo.gif)
- 1925 Linden Drive West (on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus)
- Madison, WI 53706
- Main Office:
- (608) 890-0050
- Center Director:
- Neal P. Martin
- Information Specialist:
- Lori Bocher
- (608) 890-0079
- lori.bocher@ars.usda.gov
- (608) 890-0079
USDFRC Farm
![Aerial image of the USDFRC Farm.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508153204im_/http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/36553000/px-based_v3.2/about-us/locations_images/farm_aerial.jpg)
![Image of the sign at the entrance to the USDFRC Farm showing UW and ARS-USDA affliations.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508153204im_/http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/36553000/px-based_v3.2/about-us/locations_images/farm_sign_angled.jpg)
- S8822 State Hwy 78
- Prairie du Sac, WI 53578
- Local:
- (608) 643-2438
- Federal:
- (608) 264-5138/9
- Farm Manager:
- Richard P. Walgenbach
- (608) 890-0074 [USDFRC office]
- richard.walgenbach@ars.usda.gov
- (608) 890-0074 [USDFRC office]
- Herd Manager:
- Jim Meronek
- jmeronek@wisc.edu
Institute for Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management (IEIDM)
![Artist's conceptual drawing of the south IEIDM facility recently opened in Marshfield, WI.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508153204im_/http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/36553000/px-based_v3.2/about-us/locations_images/mars_south.jpg)
![Image of the IEIDM logo.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508153204im_/http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/36553000/images/ieidm_logo.gif)
- 2615 East 29th Street
- Marshfield, WI 54449
- Superintendent:
- Thomas R. Drendel
- (715) 387-2523 ext. 107
- tdrendel@wisc.edu
- (715) 387-2523 ext. 107
- Research Agronomist/Dairy Scientist:
- Wayne Coblentz
- (715) 387-2054
- wayne.coblentz@ars.usda.gov
- (715) 387-2054
- Research Soil Scientist:
- Bill Jokela
- (715) 387-2052
- bill.jokela@ars.usda.gov
- (715) 387-2052