In addition to a 1,500-cow dairy operation, Hemdale Farms has two other focuses — or silos — a greenhouse and vegetable operation, and their own shop where maintenance and repairs
Elle Purrier St. Pierre, a Vermont native and one of the best mid-distance runners in the United States, was keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Dairy Summit.
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KEEP IT PROFESSIONAL: Breakups happen, even in business. The key is to keep everything professional, even if you’re dealing with a family member who wants to leave the business. Have a solid buy-sell agreement in place, and separate business from personal issues.
There’s nothing pleasant about a breakup or divorce, but sometimes they happen. The same goes for breakups in farm business partnerships. They’re aren’t pleasant, but sometimes they happen.
You can’t plan for everything five or 10 years down the road, but there are things you can do to soften the blow of a partner who wants to leave the business, or the sudden death of a farm partner.
Farmers attending the recent 2021 virtual Pennsylvania Dairy Summit heard from dairy checkoff leaders on âWhat has Dairy Checkoff Done for You Lately?â
National dairy checkoff group Dairy Management Inc. and regional checkoff American Dairy Association North East presented four sessions highlighting the farmer-directed checkoffâs priorities.
âDairy farmersâ core checkoff goals are to build sales and trust in dairy, and we explained how their investment is leveraged on the local and national levels to meet those goals,â said ADA North East CEO Rick Naczi.
Naczi joined DMI President Barb OâBrien and other national leaders in an interactive session on the progress of dairy checkoff since it was established by farmers in 1983. Since then, per capita dairy consumption has grown by 80 pounds per person to 683 pounds.