Evink, Tyler Lee2014-10-102014-10-102014-08https://hdl.handle.net/11299/166753University of Minnesota Master of science thesis. August 2014. Major: Animal sciences. Advisor: Dr. Marcia I. Endres 1 computer file (PDF); x, 125 pages.Current trends in the dairy industry are for fewer, larger farms. This trend has more recently been continuing in the Midwest United States. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to describe and characterize common management practices, economics, and animal welfare on large dairy operations in the Midwest.enAnimal sciencesThesis or Dissertation