Rylee Fuller grew up raising dairy-beef steers and participating in FFA, but she didn’t have much experience in the dairy industry. During her junior year of high school, her path led her to Laurel Grove Farm, a dairy operation in Perry County, Pennsylvania. The Comp family took Rylee under their wing and helped her realize…
Dairy Producers Who Are Looking for Herd Managers Can Apply for the Apprenticeship Program Pennsylvania dairy producers who are looking for an employee to serve in a herd management role are encouraged to apply for the Center for Dairy Excellence’s Dairy Herd Manager Apprenticeship Program. The program is registered through the Pennsylvania Department of Labor…
For Logan Keister, a high school senior at Milton Hershey School in Pennsylvania, his interest in agriculture started on his grandfather’s beef farm. Logan is unsure what the future looks like for his family’s business but he hopes to be part of it one day. He decided to complete the Center for Dairy Excellence’s Dairy…
Kristina Quinn grew up with family ties to poultry, swine and dairy farms, but when she started working at Zahncroft Dairy in Berks County, PA during her freshman year of high school, she discovered her love for working with cows. “There’s something about cows that just calms me down a bit. My cousin referred me…
