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…
The Program Reaches Thousands of Classrooms Across the U.S. Thanks to Partner Support With the school year coming to a close, Discover Dairy’s “Adopt a Cow” program continued to expand its reach this school year. Thanks to support from partners and donors, a total of 43,000+ classrooms participated and more than 1.7 million students across…
Purchase Tickets by May 1 to Receive a $10 Early-Bird Discount on Each Ticket To celebrate June Dairy Month and support dairy education programs, the Dairy Excellence Foundation is hosting its annual farm-to-fork celebration, “A Toast to Dairy,” on Thursday, June 12, 2025 from 6-9 p.m. at Melhorn Manor in Mount Joy, Pa. The event…
The Scholarships Allowed 42 Young Dairy Professionals to Network and Expand Their Skills A group of 42 young dairy professionals and two college educators recently received scholarships to attend the 2025 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit on February 5-6 in State College, Pa. The Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association, the Center for Dairy Excellence, and the Dairy Excellence Foundation…
The Discover Dairy Program Has a New “Curious Clover” Book Available With Free Activities With National Reading Month taking place in March and Read Across America Day quickly approaching on March 3, Discover Dairy has a new book available, titled Curious Clover, to help bring dairy farming to life for elementary and middle school students….
What does the future of the Pennsylvania dairy industry look like? For young professionals like Shara Allman, a full-time herd manager at S&A Kreider and Sons in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, she is living out her dreams at the farm level and working with cows on a daily basis. Many young herd managers like Shara get their start through…
Alex Coursen grew up on a 60-cow robotic dairy near State College, Pennsylvania. This summer, he decided to complete an on-farm internship at Hemdale Farms in Clifton Springs, New York. While he has experience working on a robotic dairy, Hemdale Farms was a push outside his comfort zone – the farm milks approximately 1,400 cows…
Lillian Corbett is graduating from Penn State University with a bachelor’s in animal science at the end of the summer. She had some ag exposure in high school and spent time in college doing research on the University’s dairy farm. While finishing her degree over the summer, she wanted to get direct, farm-level experience and…
The Interactive Lesson Series Can Be Incorporated Into Both In-Person and Virtual Instruction Discover Dairy’s “Adopt a Cow” program opened for enrollment for the 2024-25 school year on May 1. The free program, which impacted more than 1 million students worldwide last year, is a year-long, interactive learning opportunity that gives students an inside look…
These Internships Provide Students With On-Farm Learning Experiences This Summer Nine college students who are pursuing careers in dairy production recently began on-farm summer internships on progressive dairy farms in Pennsylvania and New York. The Dairy Excellence Foundation, the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association created the program more than 10…
