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PO Box 5518 Ithaca, NY 14852-5518 (607)272-2011| Bob Kennedy (General Information) District 1 Sales Manager 46 Jack Corner Rd. Warren, CT 06754 (888)297-9424 EXT 210 | Millard Flint (University of Vermont) Area Sales Manager RD 1 Box 1755 Vergennes, VT 05491 (888)297-9424 EXT 214 |
| Jonathan Mohr Univ. Of Maine & New Hampshire) Area Sales Manager/DHR 25 Shipyard Rd. South Bristol, ME 04568 (888)297-9424 Ext 212 | Robert Schulerud (Universities of RI, MA & CT) Area Sales Manager/DHR 188 Running Creek Rd. Valatie, NY 12184 (888)297-9424 EXT 213 |
BREED ASSOCIATIONS
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Holstein Foundation Intern Program
| Margaret Bober Human Resources Holstein Assocation 1 Holstein Place Brattleboro, VT 05302-0808 |
Holstein Foundation Internship Application
INSTITUTES
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Miner Institute
SUMMER EXPERIENCE IN FARM MANAGEMENT
William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute consists of 8,600 acres of land, mostly
densely wooded areas with limited accessibility. The 500 acres of cropland and improved
pasture includes 130 acres of corn and 150 acres of alfalfa. A modern dairy facility houses
150 Holstein and Jersey cows in an automated free stall barn. There is also a herd of
Morgan horses.
Work experience for farm management students on the Institute dairy farm include
milking, herd management chores, and a variety of field work activities such as tillage,
planting, and harvest. The students fit and show a string of cattle at the local county fair.
They also have the opportunity to work Miner Institute's Morgan horses. The Summer
Experience in Farm Management introduces students to the modern farm as a business
which has as its objective the conversion of plants into milk and meat.
Weekly meetings update the students about farm activities; dairy, crops and equine
together. Extended sessions on relevant topics such as nutrition, reproduction, mastitis
management, animal health and field crops will be held throughout the summer.
Instructors include Miner Institute Faculty members Bob Allshouse, Katie Ballard, Wanda
Emerich, Karen Lassell, Charles Sniffen, and Everett Thomas, graduate students and
faculty members from several universities. The small class size makes it possible to at least
partially tailor the program to meet the needs and interests of each student. Students
interested in careers in veterinary medicine, farm management, vocational agriculture and
agricultural extension have found this program to be particularly useful.
All students will be asked to work long hours on occasion, but no more so than would
normally be expected on a diary farm. Students work approximately every other weekend.
Each student also becomes involved in an applied research project, working with a faculty
member to plan, organize, and analyze the project. At the end of the Summer Experience
oral and written reports are presented. In past years, research projects have dealt with
dairy replacement housing, forage quality and mycotoxins in silages, dairy records
analysis, reproductive physiology, and manure additive for odor control.
Completed applications and letters of recommendation should be sent to:
Wanda C. Emerich Dairy Outreach Coordinator Miner Institute P. O. Box 90 Chazy, NY 12921 (518)846-7121 EXT 117 E-Mail:
calerwa@splava.cc.platsburg.edu
This program is available to agriculture and life science students in their junior or senior
years of study. Students are encouraged to register for college credit either at their home
institution, SUNY Plattsburg or directly through Miner Institute. Students are responsible
for determining which option best suits their courses of study. These programs are
designed as 4-credit courses, although other arrangements may be made through the
student's parent institution.
Each student's wage for the 13 week semester is $2,500. The students live at Miner
Institute where housing and one meal each weekday are provided at a cost of $300 for the
summer session.
The program will begin on Tuesday, May 19 and end on Friday, August 14. Adjustments
can be made, however, for students whose classes have not ended by May 19. Applicants
should provide the following: Completed Summer Experience application, copy of college
transcript, two letters of recommendation, including one from college advisor, letter
outlining career goals and reasons for application. Please include any experience with field
crop or livestock production.
Financial Services
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ANIMAL HEALTH
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Pharmacia & Upjohn Animal Health offers internship sales positions to students having
practical knowledge of, and academic training in the field of agriculture. Sales interns are
temporarily employed to assist regular Pharmacia & Upjohn sales representatives and to
get firsthand job experience in selling animal health, veterinary and feed additive products.
What can the Pharmacia & Upjohn sales internship program mean to you? It is a chance
to put years of learning into practice. It is the opportunity to get on-the-job experience. It
is an opportunity to see firsthand if selling is the career you want to pursue.
Students will be selected on the basis of resume screening and personal interviews by
Pharmacia & Upjohn representatives.
Sales interns work closely with sales trainers, sales representatives, technical services veterinarians and department marketing people to provide greater exposure to the industry and organization, plus adequate supervision and feedback.
Training begins with a first week workshop at corporate headquarters in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Sales assistants are then assigned to specific sales representatives where they are involved in a broad-range of animal health marketing situations.
At the end of the internship, sales assistants make an oral presentation and a final written
report of their assignment.
FEED MILLS
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United Co-operative Farmers, Inc.
AGWAY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
We are looking for two interns for the summer of 2000. Locations would be Western
Massachusetts (Connecticut River Valley) and Central Massachusetts. Interns are assigned
to one of our experienced Sales Specialists and report directly to that individual. The
specialist assigns duties as they see fit, working around the Intern Outline. We do require
a special project that makes up about 25% of the internship hours. The subject is agreed
on in advance, and we do require one progress report and a final report.
Agricultural Products
Internship Outline
Crop Scouting - 20%
Determine Weed Pressure - Weed Identification
Feed Manufacturing - 10%
One Week at Regional Feed Mill
Learn All Processes and Basic Equipment
Computerized Batching System
Resource Person - Mill Manager and Plant Superintendent
Crop Center Operations - 10%
One Week at the Crop Center
General Operations of Fertilizers Blend Plant
Experience with Crop Application Equipment
Resource Person - Plant Manager
Sales -35%
On Farm Sales Calls
Herd and Crop Evaluations
Management Decisions
Ration Balancing - Brill Program
Diet Formulation and Presentation
Farm Visits On Your Own Specific Task
i.e. - Body Source Herd
Forage Samples
Forage Inventories
Resource Person - Sales Specialist
Special Project - 25%
Contact Person: Don Kinney, Sales Manager
10 Union Avenue, Suite C
Westfield, MA 01085-1296
Phone 413-568-0030
Fax 413-568-1634
Cargill's Internship Program
ANIMAL NUTRITION DIVISION
To expose the summer intern to the programs and technology that Cargill offers to their
customers. The summer intern will have a "Big Project" that they will work on as well as
learn as much about Cargill-Animal Nutrition Division as possible. The summer intern
will have a mentor to work closely with. All management and marketing meetings will be
an open door policy for the intern. Not only will the intern be exposed to the marketing
area that he or she is involved with, but they will also spend 2-3 days in Minneapolis,
Minnesota at Cargill's world Headquarters to interact with senior management about their
"Bib Projects" and to learn more about Cargill worldwide. At the end of the internship,
the intern will communicate the results or findings back to the customers as well as other
Cargill employees.
Cargill offers three types of internships to Sophomores and Juniors. They are:
United Co-operative Farmers, Inc.
United Co-operative Farmers has three divisions. The largest division is New England
Feeds, which involves the manufacture and distribution of bulk feeds throughout New
England. Ninety percent of our volume is dairy and poultry tonnage, produced at our mills
in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (where our main office is located), and Auburn, Maine. We
offer students the opportunity to work in every area of this division, including: fed mills
and feed order desk, feed formulation and pricing, purchasing department, accounts
receivable, accounts payable, and on the road with our sales staff and truck drivers.
Our second largest division is New England Wild Bird, which packages wild bird seed for
sale to numerous retail and wholesale customers. We can offer students experience in both
the manufacturing and sales operations of this division.
Finally, we have our retail division, Pet Supplies 'N' More, consisting of two stores.
Students are welcome to spend time with our store managers and staff, and learn the retail
trade.
As you can see, for a relatively small company we offer a tremendous number of learning
opportunities. We can structure an internship with as much concentration in each area as
the student desires, and the experience will be very "hands on".
| Alden Bowman, General Manager
3 Railroad Square Newport, VT 05855 |
Poulin Grain
20 Depot Street Swanton, VT |
It is the mission of Poulin Grain, Inc. to be the leaders in the feed and agricultural field by producing "Quality Focused" products and "Cutting edge" customer service at a fair price, while maintaining a profitable company that provides a safe and happy workplace designed to benefit all of the people that dedicate themselves to making Poulin Grain successful!
Maine Dairy Farm Working Scholarship
Maine Dairy Farm Working Scholarship
Maine dairymen have established a scholarship fund to provide a stimulus for young
people to work and gain practical experience on Maine dairy farms.
Stuart Farm is managed by partners John and Lorraine Merrill and Jim Holmes. John
and Lorraine's son and daughter-in-law, Nathan and Judy Merrill, also work on the farm,
as well as several part-time employees. John, Lorraine, Jim and Judy all attended UNH.
Nate is a Cornell alumnus. Our goal is a profitable farm that can sustain present and
future generations, and keep this land with its rich agricultural history in agriculture. Our
challenge is to accomplish this in an area of expanding population and shrinking land base.
Careful conservation and stewardship is a family tradition. We work with NRCS and FSA
to manage manure and control erosion and run-off. We use no pesticides or herbicides,
instead utilizing mechanical cultivation in corn and nurse crops in alfalfa seedings. We
also do not use BST. Our milk is marketed through the Agri-Mark/Cabot Cooperative,
and we also sell some breeding stock in domestic and export markets.
Welcome to Morrill Farm Dairy! We are a family owned dairy farm located along the
Merrimack River just seven miles north of Concord. Our farm was established by Rob's
grandfather in 1925.
We currently have seven hundred acres under production. Approximately half of the land
is under our ownership; the balance is rented land all within a ten mile radius of the home
farm. We have about four hundred acres in corn which will be harvested as silage and
high moisture ear corn. Another one hundred acres is planted to alfalfa and the balance is
mixed hay and pasture land. Our crops are harvested and stored in a bunker silo and Ag
Bags. With this land base we are able to supply feed for our own cattle and still sell several
tons of feed to other dairy farms throughout the state. In addition to these crops, we raise
five to seven acres of sweet corn and fall ornamentals for fresh market and wholesale
accounts.
Our milking herd is made up of 150 Holsteins, with a total of 300 animals. We have a
24,000 lb. + herd average on a 2x milking schedule. Our milking herd is housed in a
freestall barn and milked in a double four parlor. All other animals are housed in
additional facilities to accommodate their size and age. We have a 90% registered Holstein
herd including some high profile Red and White Holsteins. We have an active ET program
and strive to continuously improve our herd.
Here at Morrill Farm Dairy we put a large emphasis on cow comfort and care. Along the
same line, we run a very clean, well maintained facility and line of equipment. We are of
the belief of doing things right the first time. This results in a better economic condition for
the farm and a nicer workplace for everyone.
As we mentioned earlier we are a family farm. We have four children all actively involved
in 4-H and the Jr. Holstein Club. The children are at the farm daily helping with calf
chores, barn chores or field work. As a family, we maintain a Registered Holstein show
string. We have shown at local fairs, N.H. Holstein Show, The Big E, National Red and
White show and the Jr. Grand National in Louisville.
Due to our close proximity to Concord, NH, we are the hosts to many "Open Barns" and
school tours. Many of these events are coordinated through Granite State Dairy Promotion
with our goal being to promote good agricultural practices to the public.
As an intern you would be involved in all aspects of our operation. We feel we have an
excellent opportunity to offer an interested individual and we are open to your ideas to help
us improve our business. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
If you would like additional information about us and our operation please feel free to contact the following individuals:
| Riverside Veterinary Hospital
Brad Taylor, DVM 603-753-9834 |
UNH Coop Extension Service
John Porter, Dairy Specialist 603-225-5505 |
Sherman Farm is a diversified dairy and vegetable farm located in the Saco river valley
bordering Maine in East Conway, NH. This farm is a partnership including Al and Phyllis
Sherman, Kathy Hatch (a daughter) and Mark Pitman, a long time employee. The herd
consists of Holsteins with a few Jerseys left over from Kathy's 4-H projects. At the present
time we are milking around 110 with about 130 head of young stock. Herd average is
about 22,000 on Vermont DHI test. Facilities include a 25 year old double four
herringbone parlor with Boumatic computer equipment. Cows are housed in a four row
free stall barn with mattresses. Heifer facilities include a free stall heifer barn with pens
for graduated ages and a greenhouse for baby calves. Cows are fed TMR rations in two
milking groups and supplemented with computerized feeders.
Interested students would be asked to participate in the milking operation and routine
cattle care. Our best season for participation in the program would be the summer period
and the student would also be exposed to the cropping necessary for forage needs for the
cattle. Students would also be exposed to the routine vet visits and hoof trimming and all
other aspects that go with a commercial dairy farm.
In addition to the dairy the farm also has a retail vegetable operation that includes raising
of all vegetables that are grown in this climate. A recent addition to this venture is the
retailing of milk in glass bottles through the stand as well as in some local stores in our
area. If the student is interested they could participate in some of the aspects of retailing
milk.
Freund's Farm Inc. is a closely held family corporation. We want to run a profitable farm business that allows significant family time for owners and employees. We operate the farm with the following priorities:
Freund's Farm uses rotational grazing on 300 acres to seasonally feed the 235 milkers and
170 youngstock. We use both conventional and greenhouse housing in the winter. Our
double 10 rapid exit parallel milking parlor is housed in a hard greenhouse with 7 foot
roll-up sides, 5 foot ridge vent and motorized shade cloth. In addition to pastures we crop
170 acres of corn silage (which helps supplement pastures in the summer) and 40 acres of
grassland for haylage. There are no bulls used for breeding on Freund's Farm.
In 1997 we installed a methane digestor and squeezer with grant assistance from the State of CT.
Located 17 miles southeast of Hartford, 20 miles west of Uconn in the picturesque town of
Hebron. The farm has free stalls with mattresses, a double 8 parabone parlor that was
remodeled in 1990, automatic takeoffs with meters. Access to records on Dairy Comp 305.
Cows are fed a TMR with purchased commodities. Herd average: 193 cows 23,700 M, 834
F, 764 P on 3X milking. Calves are raised in a 30 x 96 greenhouse.
Cropping program: 240 acres corn (65 used as HMEC)
90 acres alfalfa
30 acres grass
Student interns will have an opportunity for overall inclusion in most phases of a well run
dairy including but not limited to: milking, calf birthing, heifer raising, field work if
applicable, daily chores and an insight into the daily management responsibilities.
E-Mail:
102135.2067@compuserve.com
Smiling Hill Farm is a multifaceted dairy farm located in Southern Maine. The farm is a
500 acre oasis of woodlands and fields amidst the suburban/office/industrial sprawl of
Portland Maine. The farm is one mile west of the City of Portland and encompasses parts
of the municipalities of Scarborough, Gorham and Westbrook, Maine. Smiling Hill Farm
has been forced to adapt to changes in order to survive in what has become a non-rural
setting. While the location offers opportunities it also offers challenges in continuing to
operate an agricultural entity within a community which no longer posses an agricultural
heritage. The community also lacks the understanding and acceptance of agricultural
practices which are derived from that heritage and Smiling Hill Farm by virtue of its
location has become a defender, a spokesperson and an educator of the community
concerning agricultural affairs. Smiling Hill Farm is not unique in this situation as more
and more small farms are being pushed to extinction by the steady creep of suburbia.
While it is not necessary that every farm succumb to the inevitability of closure and
development, it is necessary that those farms that survive change and adapt to the new
circumstances. Smiling Hill Farm has attempted to serve as an example and a learning
model for other farms who currently face a similar dilemma.
The Knight family of Smiling Hill Farm settled in the Casco Bay area of Maine in the mid
1600's. The family has farmed and logged and this area since that time. Smiling Hill Farm
represents the last remaining active farm of the original holdings. The farm was a typical
New England farm dealing in a variety of crops, livestock, and products. In the post-Civil
War era the farm concentrated more on dairy, a specialty which continues to this day.
Smiling Hill Farm Dairy is comprised of a herd of registered Holstein cows. A modern
1983 tie stall barn houses 60 milking cows with young stock, heifers and dry cows bringing
the figure to over 100 head. The farm participates in an aggressive breeding and genetic
sales program including AI and embryo transfers. The milk is processed on site in an
adjacent dairy and sold on the farm. The dairy separates, pasteurizes, homogenizes and
bottles in glass. Products produced are skim, 1%, 2%, whole, half & half, light cream,
heavy cream, creamline, sweet cream butter, sour cream butter as well as flavored milks,
chocolate, coffee, eggnog and strawberry. The dairy also produces an ice cream mix for
churning on the farm. The hard ice cream operation consists of batch freezers and a retail
store to display and dip over 36 flavors. More than 150 flavors of ice cream are varied
seasonally throughout the year. The dairy includes a small lab for the testing of butterfat,
acidity, somatic cell counts, antibiotic residue and other related milk analyzes
Smiling Hill Farm raises alfalfa and other forages for hay and silage. The forages are
put-up in traditional square bales, round bales and wrapped silage bales. The farm also
grows a limited amount of truck-crops for resale, primarily pumpkins. The dairy herd is
intensively grazed throughout the summer months and pasture management and rotation
are critical. Smiling Hill Farm practices sustainable agricultural and uses no chemical
fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides on crops grown for consumption.
As an American Tree Farm, Smiling Hill Farm has always relied upon its woodland
holdings to supplement its farm income. For either pulp, firewood, or sawlogs the
woodlands have been extensively managed for selective cutting and maximum return. In
the early 1980's a sawmill and small retail operation was separated from the farm and
became Hillside Lumber Inc. which is farm owned and continues to operate as a subsidiary
on the farm property. The mill includes a laser guided carriage circular sawmill, resaw,
and planner. The output of the mill, over 3.5 million bdft per year, far exceeds the
capacity of the adjacent woodlot and primarily all sawlogs are transported to the mill from
off site. The mill produces dimensional lumber and boards from local softwoods and
hardwoods for the retail and wholesale market. Hillside Lumber includes a contractor
oriented retail lumberyard with a fleet of delivery vehicles and a millwork sales division.
A sugarbush is located on the property and provides sap for an on-site sugar house with
modern stainless steel evaporator. 300-500 taps are put out on a yearly basis and the syrup
is produced and packaged for retail sale.
A petting farm known as "The Barnyard" is operated during the summer months to attract customers for the dairy, farm market and ice cream shop. The Barnyard includes animal and agricultural exhibits to educate and acquaint the public with farming. The over 300 animals include domesticated breeds from around the world such as llamas, alpacas, emus, various breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, and many other unique and rare breeds raised for food, fiber, or as a source of power. Smiling Hill Farm is a supporting member of the American Livestock Breed Conservancy (ALBC). Two teams of Percheron draft horses are used both for farming and recreation. The teams are used in farm chores as well as hauling and logging. When the farm is open to the public the two teams provide hay rides and sleigh rides.
In the Winter Smiling Hill Farm operates a Cross Country Ski Center with 30+ km of
trails. The trails are groomed with a Pisten-Bully snowcat with tiller and double
track-setter. The farm hosts recreational skiers as well as serving as a training facility for
local school ski teams. The farm also hosts ski races and events throughout the winter
season.
A full service mechanics shop is located on-site to repair and service equipment and
vehicles. The shop also designs and fabricates equipment for farm use. Modern farming
requires the use of many mechanized devices. These devices are often critical to the
operation of the farm and the preventive maintenance and timely repair of equipment
insures less downtime and a more productive farm.
The function of any modern farm requires an ability to comprehend and process the
records and information which the farmer is required to keep. Accounts payable, accounts
receivable, payroll, dairy and individual cow records, federal -state-local tax records,
agricultural census reports, as well as many other required and audited reports.
Insurance, product liability, capitalization, and return on investment are all important
aspects of insuring the financial viability of any business including a farm. A bookkeeping
department at the farm uses computers to accumulate and manage all the data necessary to
provide quick and accurate reports to help manage the assets of the farm. The value of this
information is critical in the operation of the farm.
An intern to Smiling Hill Farm could expect to observe and participate in any and all of the
above described activities of Smiling Hill Farm. From assisting in embryonic transfers to
pasteurizing milk to marketing farm products to cruising a woodlot to sitting in on a
meeting with the insurance agent to helping repair a forage chopper to escorting a USDA
inspector to aiding a veterinarian in tranquilizing Sika deer for inoculation to driving a
team of draft horses. There are a tremendous variety of experiences to be had at Smiling
Hill Farm.
The farm requires only that the intern be in good physical health, have an appetite for new
experiences, have the ability to take instruction, and be able to work well with others.
Opportunity to assist dairy manager in herd health, AI, cow comfort, feeding, calf raising,
herd records, crop management, and employee relations.
The miller family owns and operates Fairvue Farms in Woodstock, CT. They are presently
milking a herd of 488 Holstein cows, which average over 26,500 pounds of milk per cow per
year. Over the years, barns have been built, land has been purchased or rented, technology
adopted and their son, David, has become a partner. The farm currently raises 418 acres
of corn and 399 acres of grass and alfalfa. The Millers produce quality milk from locally
grown forages using the latest research technologies available.
With the changing demands and improvements in technology, the Millers are open-minded
and innovative in their own business. They seek advice and support from other dairy
farms and professionals in order to bring back ideas and views to their own successful
dairy farm. They want to be abreast on all the latest technology and have incorporated
their new state of the art milking center that way.
The Millers give much credit to their qualified employees. David says, "Our management
team is hired on the qualifications that they can do a better job than we can." What is
remarkable is that they have the desire to share their farm's success with the employees
who have devoted time and energy to the common vision.
DHIA
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Northeast DHIA
The mission of Northeast DHIA is to improve the dairy herd by providing high quality
dairy herd management information systems and laboratory services for the dairy
industry. This farmer owned cooperative employs technicians that come to farms to weigh
and sample milk or otherwise assist dairy owners to obtain accurate records to improve
herd management. Milk and forage testing are done in a modern laboratory located in
Ithaca, NY.
Students interested in internships may have an opportunity to work as on farm technicians. Interested students should contact:
Jim Garrity Region 41 Manager 162 Dodwells Rd. Cummington, MA 01026 1-800 344-2697
Dairy Promotion
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Granite State Dairy Promotion
SUMMER INTERN POSITION:
The position requires a basic understanding of today's dairy industry, initiative and ability to work independently; excellent communication skills both written and oral; ability to work with