Exploring New Markets for Dairy FarmsCarney Nadeau FFA and Brock Dairy Farm
Students from Pat Wehner's classes worked with Lindsay Kozikowski and Ann Brock to develop a direct-to-consumer freezer beef market for dairy steers.
Students began by learning about the farm through classroom visits from the Brocks to get background in the dairy industry. In routing calves toward the beef market and monitoring the cost of feed, new marketing initiatives, and sales, students can determine whether this approach will function as a profitable supplement to farm revenue as milk prices are at historic lows. Summer interns learned about diet and routine care for the calves. |
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