Dairy industry youth will have the opportunity to learn about potential careers during the Dairy Career Night at the All-American Dairy Show held in Harrisburg, Pa. on September 16th. The panel session is open to all those who have an interest, and is free with pre-registration.
Panel participants will include:
Jay Montgomery, USAco-manufacturing engineer for the Edys Ice Cream division of Nestle and a partner in Calkins Creamery, a new cheese-making venture of his wife’s family dairy farm in Wayne County. Montgomery has worked in the food processing industry for eight years and, prior to joining Nestle, worked for Boeing.
Suzanne Deemester, senior sales representative for Elanco Animal Health in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. A 1985 Penn State graduate, Deemester has worked in dairy promotion and for Holstein World, Ralston Products and, most recently, Elanco Animal Health Canada before returning to the United States.
Dr. Corey Meyers, a partner at Mid-Maryland Dairy Veterinarians, a seven-veterinarian practice specializing in dairy cattle production medicine and management in Hagerstown, Md., serving Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Meyers was raised on a dairy farm in Franklin County and works with more than 60 herds ranging in size from 20-1,500 cows. And
Andy Laudenklos, a 24-year-old dairyman selected from a pool of 16 applicants to lease the Capital Dairy in Harrisburg where he milks 70 cows. The state Department of Agriculture renovated the facility last year to provide a young dairy producer like Laudenklos with the opportunity to build equity in their dairy business before owning their own facilities. Before coming to Harrisburg, Laudenklos worked on dairies in California, Wisconsin, Maryland and Pennsylvania.