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Whittle Farms use gravity to its advantage

Written by PD Editor Karen Lee
When the Whittle family in Volga, Iowa, began contemplating a switch to sand bedding, they knew their manure-handling system would also need an overhaul to make it an optimal change. The end result incorporated sand settling lanes and weep cells, something they had never seen done before. Whittle Farms is a 500-cow family dairy farm. It is owned and operated by Tom and Cheryl Whittle and their children: Mike and his wife, Hollie; Deb and her husband, Lanny Deitchler; and Pat.
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Dairy Intern: Brian Medeiros

Senior, California Polytechnic State University
Intern with the California Milk Advisory Board
Based in Modesto, California

Background
Q. In what area are you pursuing a degree?
I am a double major in dairy science and agri-business management.

Q. What is your agricultural background?
I was born and raised in the California dairy industry and have even experienced dairying in a different country. From the day I came home from the hospital to where I stand today, I have been a dairy boy 100 percent of the way. From being the worker's son to the partner in the family business, my roots are deep in dairy.

Dairy Intern: Kimmi Devaney

072910_dairyintern_kimmi Senior, Washington State University
Communications Intern with the Southeast United Dairy Industry Association
Based in Atlanta, Georgia

Background
Q. In what area are you pursuing a degree?
I'm studying agricultural communications and animal science.

Q. What is your agricultural background?
My grandparents were dairy farmers and I grew up showing registered Holsteins and Guernseys in 4-H and open shows across Washington State.

Since coming to WSU in 2006, I have been very involved in all of the dairy programs, including Cooperative University Dairy Students, Dairy Challenge and served as Dairy Club president last year.

Written by PD Staff Writer Dario Martinez
During recent years, many universities in the Southwest started closing their dairy herds, a fact that sparked a definite need for a program focused on educating students interested in pursuing careers in advanced large-herd dairy management. The Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium (SGPDC), based out of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, and hosted by Clovis Community College in Clovis, New Mexico, was designed with that mission. The program has rapidly grown in student participation since its inception in the summer of 2008.
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Dairy Intern: Katelynn Robbins

dairyintern_katelynn Senior, Morrisville State College
Intern with the American Milking Shorthorn Society
Based in Beloit, Wisconsin

Background
Q. In what area are you pursuing a degree?
I have my associate's degree in dairy science, and I will be graduation with my bachelor's degree in agricultural business in the spring 2011.

Q. What is your agricultural background?
I have my own hobby herd of registered Milking Shorthorns, Red and Whites and Holsteins.

Dairy Intern: Resha Jacquier

Senior, Delaware Valley College
Marketing intern with Genex
Based in New England and New York

Background
Q. In what area are you pursuing a degree?
I'm studying large animal science.

Q. What is your agricultural background?
I was born on a small farm in Southwick, Massachusetts, where we have raised some beef, but mostly Spotted Draft Horses. My parents own an auction company so we travel around New England and New York, conducting farm dispersals. My grandparents own Laurelbrook Farm in East Canaan, Connecticut, and milk upward of 850 head of Holsteins.

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