People

Megan Burley grew up on her family’s farm in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where they grew about 160 acres of fresh market produce for Seigworth Farm Market. As a senior in high school, she was managing some of the buying and selling of the product, as well as helping to manage staff and employees. She was set on one day partnering with her family, but little did she know this was not the plan in store for her.

Bells Udder Farm, owned by Tim and Karyn Bell and James and Marcy Bell, has a herd that averages 102 pounds of milk per cow per day with 3X milking and has a bulk tank somatic cell count (SCC) of 70,000.

For almost 25 years, young leaders of the dairy industry have gathered once a year to exchange ideas, receive training and network with fellow professionals through the Holstein Foundation’s Young Dairy Leaders Institute (YDLI).

When most people think of high-quality flavorful beef, meat derived from cull cows is not what first comes to mind. However, Jill Gould, owner of Butter Meat Co., a beef supply chain startup in western New York, is changing misconceptions and proving that the value of dairy cows doesn’t end even after retiring from the milking herd.

Krista is a wife, mother of five and first-generation dairy farmer in Washington. Together with her husband, they milk 200 cows.

Drumgoon Dairy in Norden, South Dakota, was established by Rodney Elliott; his wife, Dorothy; and their three children in 2006 after emigrating from Northern Ireland.