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…
Sessions Will Focus On Dairy Supply Impacts, Emerging Technologies at the Farm Level and More Registration is now open for the 15th annual Dairy Financial and Risk Management Conference, titled “Future-Proofing Our Farms.” Designed to help attendees protect their risk, navigate the ever-changing dairy marketplace, and make financial decisions with the future in mind, the…
The Free Webinar Will Take Place on Friday, August 9 at 12 p.m. EST On Friday, August 9 from 12-1 p.m., the Center for Dairy Excellence will host a monthly “Protecting Your Profits” webinar titled “The Read on Feed Markets: A Market Update and Intro to Managing Feed Risk.” Kathleen Noble Wolfley and Bryce Windecker…
Originally published in Hoard’s Dairyman “I’m continuing to work on where I want to be five years from now.” Like many dairy farmers, Amy Brickner of Stover Farms in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania grew up feeding calves with her grandmother and left for college thinking she wouldn’t return to the farm. But after spending a few…
Brooks and Katie Long are both lifelong dairy farmers with big dreams for processing and selling their own dairy products. Owners of Deliteful Dairy at Long Delite Farm in Williamsport, Maryland, the Long family just celebrated five years in business last month. Brooks is the seventh generation at Long Delite Farm, and Katie grew up…
Isabella Johnson started working in the dairy industry in high school, leading her towards her decision to attend Delaware Valley University where she studies Dairy Science. As a rising senior, she has had opportunities to explore her interests within dairy farming. She spent a previous summer breeding cows throughout the Northeastern states. Looking towards graduation,…
Paige Abruzzese has been expanding her knowledge and experiences in the dairy industry during her summer internship at Musser Run Jerseys in McVeytown, Pennsylvania. As a rising senior at the University of Tennessee studying animal science, Paige has some initial experience with agriculture. She spent a summer helping with milking on a dairy farm and…
The Books Help PA Dairy Farms Comply with National FARM 5.0 Requirements With a new version (Version 5.0) of the National Dairy FARM Program recently released on July 1, the Center for Dairy Excellence has updated its Animal Care Protocol Record-Keeping Books to meet the new standards. With more than 4,000 books distributed to date, these…
Ag Professionals Are Invited to the 2024 Industry Breakfast on HPAI and Biosecurity Planning in the Animal Ag Industry Pennsylvania agriculture professionals, as well as dairy, beef, poultry, pork and small ruminant producers, are invited to the 2024 Animal Agriculture Industry Breakfast on HPAI and Why Biosecurity Is Essential. The industry breakfast will be held…
