Contact Randy D. Shaver, Professor

Randy D. Shaver
Professor
280 Animal Sciences Building
1675 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1284
Phone: (608) 263-3491
Fax: (608) 263-9412
rdshaver@wisc.edu

Biographical Information

Professor Randy Shaver was born and raised on a western Pennsylvania dairy farm. After completing a B.S. degree in Dairy Science at the Pennsylvania State University, Randy received an M.S. degree from the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Maryland. He then completed his doctorate degree in Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986 after conducting research at UW-Madison and U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center. Randy spent 1986-88 working in industry. Since then he has been on the faculty in the Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison with a 75% Extension and 25% Research appointment.

His extension and research programs focus on applied nutrition of lactating dairy cattle. Randy has authored or co-authored over 69 peer-review journal publications, 110 scientific abstracts, 92 popular-press articles in industry trade magazines, and 225 newsletter articles, extension handouts or bulletins, and internet publications. He has presented over 450 invited papers at industry conferences in 45 states. Additionally, he has been an invited speaker for dairy producer and feed industry audiences in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and nine provinces in Canada.