Galton, David Malcolm
Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow Professor
An animal science professor at Cornell University, Galton is serves as leader of the Cornell Dairy Fellows Program which is a dairy industry oriented undergraduate program. The program was formed in 1984 to provide undergraduates with an education that consists of a science and business curriculum, university exchange programs including studying abroad, internships in production agriculture, agricultural business and policy, industry conferences and seminars and case studies, including real farm analysis. The program is funded by the dairy industry. Along with teaching, Galton serves as Director of PRO-DAIRY, a statewide dairy industry extension program that addresses the educational and applied industry research needs of the dairy industry in New York. He works with several dairy industry organizations to improve the competitiveness and profitability of the State`s dairy industry. His research interest is focused on the area of dairy herd management. Current interest is dealing with the interaction of milking machine function and udder health.
research
research and scholarship focus
Dairy cattle management is the focus area with current emphasis on milking machine interaction with milking characteristics and udder health. In addition, herd management practices are evaluated for efficiency and profitability.
primary investigator of
- AEM OUTREACH - PRODAIRY | Research Grant
- ATTRACTING YOUTH TO DAIRY INDUSTRY CAREERS | Research Grant
- PRO-DAIRY | Research Grant
- PRO-DAIRY PROGRAM | Research Grant
research areas
- adult and extension education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- dairy science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- youth | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Cornell Dairy Fellows Program graduates agricultural professionals | 2007 Impact statement
- PRO-DAIRY: Educational program for the New York dairy industry | 2007 Impact statement
- PRO-DAIRY | 2006 Impact statement
- Cornell Dairy Fellows Program graduates agricultural professionals | 2006 Impact statement
- PRO-DAIRY | 2005 Impact statement
- Cornell Dairy Fellows | 2004 Impact statement
- PRO-DAIRY | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Animal Science (AN SC) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Animal Science | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center | extension program unit
teaching
teaching focus
The Cornell Dairy Fellows Program is designed for students who are interested in dairy industry related careers. Approximately 140 students participate in the Fellows Program each year. The program integrates extensive course work addressing disciplines in the dairy industry with particular interest on dairy cattle and business, industry and farm visits, in-depth farm analysis, seminars with industry leaders, industry conferences, college exchange prorgrams and summer internships in dairy related careers. These programs allow students to apply their knowledge, skills and mind-set in multiple real-life situations. Students are challenged to prepare and position themselves for successful careers including leadership roles in their communities and the agricultural industry.
teaches
- ANSC 2500 - Dairy Cattle Principles (TR 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 4510 - Dairy Herd Business Management (W 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 4580 - Advanced Spanish for Dairy Producers (TR 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 4960 - Internship in Animal Science (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 4970 - Individual Study in Animal Science (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 2510 - Applied Dairy Cattle Genetics (MW 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 3510 - Dairy Herd Management (MWF 11:15:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 4560 - Dairy Management Fellowship (F 01:25:PM-04:25:PM) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 4960 - Internship in Animal Science (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 4970 - Individual Study in Animal Science (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 2500 - Dairy Cattle Principles (TR 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2008 class
- ANSC 4510 - Dairy Herd Business Management (W 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2008 class
service
outreach focus
The Cornell PRO-DAIRY Program is designed to help farm families and other agricultural professionals to realize their values and to strive to achieve their professional and personal values. From dairy industry input, educational programs are developed and delivered that will (1) allow the New York dairy industry to remain economically viable in the future and (2) provide greater technical specialization with management education orientation.
Keywords: dairy cattle extension, dairy cattle management, dairy cattle milking management, dairy cattle teaching, extension and outreach in dairy cattle, undergraduate teaching in dairy cattle