Upcoming Events
Wed, Jun 6th, 2012, @8:00am - 05:00pm
Summer Farm & Industry Tour |
Sat, Jun 23rd, 2012, @9:00am - 12:00pm
Brunch on the Farm |
Fri, Jul 13th, 2012, @11:00am - 02:00pm
Ice Cream Social on the Circle |
Tue, Jul 31st, 2012, @8:00am - 05:00pm
Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange |
Tue, Aug 14th, 2012, @11:00am - 02:00pm
Dairy Farmer Ice Cream Social |
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Summer Farm & Industry Tour June 6-7 in SW Michigan
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Are you interested in Robotic dairying? Want to see a robotic grazing operation? How about a top managed large conventional dairy? Maybe you just want to get away for a couple of days of fun and fellowship. We have it all for you in the Summer 2012 Farm and Industry Tour on June 6-7 in Southwest Michigan!
The bus will depart from Lafayette on the morning of June 6, make another pick-up at Purdue North Central in Westville, and head to Michigan to our first stop at Riedstra Dairy, an eight-unit DeLaval robotic dairy. Next stop will be the Kellogg Biological Station, a grazing robotic operation. We will arrive at beautiful Bay Pointe Inn Lakefront Resort in time to check in and relax a bit before enjoying some fine dining with a choice of prime rib, walleye, or chicken with some local ice cream for the finishing touch! After dinner we have an educational meeting including a dairy producer panel who will share their robotic dairying experiences and answer questions. There will still be plenty of time left in the evening to visit with fellow tour guests, and/or you can enjoy live music on the patio.
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2012 Outstanding Young Dairy Producer
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MacKinnon Named 2012 Outstanding Young Dairy Producer
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Kelly MacKinnon, 2012 Outstanding Young Dairy Farmer,
Thorntown, Indiana pictured with husband Caleb and daughter
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Kelly MacKinnon, a dairy farmer from Boone County, is the 2012 Outstanding Young Dairy Producer! Kelly loves the dairy farming lifestyle that allows her to remain close to family, animals, and the land. She farms in Thorntown, IN with her parents, Charles & Margaret Carter. They milk approximately 120 cows, mostly Holsteins, with a couple of Brown Swiss thrown in for some color. Kelly most enjoys making the genetic decisions on the farm. She also manages the post-weaned heifer herd, supervises the hired labor, and milks daily.
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2012 Outstanding Dairy Producer of the Year
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Leontien Oostdijck-VandeLaar
and Four Leaf Clover Dairy is Indiana's 2012 Outstanding Dairy Producer!
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Leontien Oostdijck-VandeLaar and IPDP Pres. Troxel
Photo credit: Andy Hughes, Farmer's Exchange
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It was such a privilege to award the 2012 Outstanding Dairy Producer Award to Leontien VandeLaar and her Four Leaf Clover Dairy. Leontien is well-known to many in Indiana because of her tireless efforts to share her farm online with her farm webpage/blog Four Leaf Clover Tales as well as on Facebook and Twitter. In operation since November of 2007, Four Leaf Clover Dairy is Indiana's first direct-load dairy farm. There are no bulk tanks at this Geneva, Indiana, farm. Leontien participated in the Somatic Cell producer panel at the 2011 Livestock Forage & Grain dairy breakout session, and Four Leaf Clover Dairy was one of the featured host farms at the 2011 Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange. Many of you have toured this well-managed dairy farm. Four Leaf Clover focuses on Quality. That's quality for People, Animals and Milk. Congratulations, Leontien, on your well-deserved award!
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