Guest Blog: Avoiding the Expiration Date for American Dairy Farms

Guest blogger, Tony W. Rice is an Agribusiness Student at The Pennsylvania State University  “This milk expires in three days. Are you sure you don’t want me to get you a different gallon?” The cashier’s question caught me off-guard as I was progressing through the checkout line in the midst of my weekly shopping excursion….

Guest Blog: More than a Farmer: Environmentalist

Guest blogger, Rebecca Shaw is a dairy enthusiast and blogger at The Cow Chronicler™ Farmers wear many hats on the job, like animal care taker, business owner, economist and scientist, to name a few. In celebration of #EarthDay, I’d like to talk to you about a really important hat… and that’s being an environmentalist. Here’s the…

Guest Blog: How Our Dairy Dilemma Will Affect You

Guest blogger, Jessica Peters, is a 5th generation dairy farmer in northwest Pennsylvania. By now, most of the country knows that things aren’t great in the dairy industry. The mainstream media is reporting on dairy farms being shut off by milk processing plants, and depression and suicide rates are higher than ever among farmers. Between animal rights…

Guest Blog: Moos and Shakes

Guest blogger, Katrina Bliss, is the 2017-2018 Huntingdon County Dairy Princess We all have childhood dreams. Some of these include becoming superheroes, star athletes or doctors. Sometimes, we dream of owning a big house, a pony or being the tallest person in our class. My childhood dream, along with becoming a vet and someday owning…

Grab Some Dairy for National Ag Day

Today is National Ag Day and farmers and ranchers across the country are celebrating. Agriculture is a part of our daily lives, from the food we eat, to the clothes we wear and the products we use. Dairy farmers are no exception. The work done on dairy farms not only results in delicious milk, cheese,…

Guest Blog: More Than Just Happy Cows in California

Guest blogger, Rebecca Shaw is a dairy enthusiast and blogger at The Cow Chronicler™ I’ve been blessed with a career in marketing and event planning that allows me to travel to new places. My most recent adventure was to Tulare, California for the 51st World Ag Expo (WAE). WAE is the world’s largest annual agricultural…

Guest Blog: Once Upon a Time

Guest blogger, Casandra Blickley, is the 2017-2018 Pennsylvania State Alternate Dairy Princess Once upon a time. The opening phrase to so many great love stories. But, my own love story started in 2014 at a county fair dairy show! My once upon a time started at a cow show.

Guest Blog: Reflections from Farm Show

Guest blogger, Gretchen Little, is the 2017-2018 Pennsylvania State Alternate Dairy Princess The annual Pennsylvania Farm Show is the largest indoor agricultural event held in the country, and with over half a million visitors, I can’t think of a better place for the dairy industry to interact with the public.

It’s Milkshake Time!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year….milkshake time! The annual PA Farm Show is here, and along with it, our delicious milkshakes. We’re celebrating 65 years of serving shakes and over $840,000 raised for the Fill a Glass with Hope®️ campaign. That’s more than 7 million servings of milk. With your help, we can…

Dairy Industry Partners Kick-off 2018 Fill a Glass with Hope® Program

January 5, 2018 Dairy Industry Partners Kick-off 2018 Fill a Glass with Hope® Program & Announce New Calving Corner Exhibit at PA Farm Show HARRISBURG, Pa. – State dairy industry leaders from the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association, the Calving Corner, Feeding Pennsylvania, American Dairy Association North East, Center for Dairy Excellence, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and…