Hilltop Dairy LLC Internship

1. Hilltop Dairy LLCInternship Frank Behling

2. Getting it started • Found out about internship through family member • Contacted Loren Greenfield • Met with Loren to work out details

3. Internship • Hilltop Dairy LLC • Markesan, Wisconsin • 1000 cow Dairy • Owned by Cal, Rich and Loren Greenfield • Reported to Loren the parlor manager

4. Learning Objectives • Write fresh cow treatment protocol • Analyze Management structure and style • Examine effectiveness of ai24 system

5. Choosing Learning objectives • They were dictated be the characteristics of the farm and the tasks I was to be undertaking • Managing post fresh cows and heifers • Newly installed ai24 system

6. Tasks • Daily tasks • Assist in the parlor when the fresh parlor came through parlor • Assist herdsman with post fresh cows and treatments

9. Tasks • Weekly tasks • Dry off every Monday • Assist with administration of rBST every other Thursday • Help with herd health check every Friday

10. What did I Learn • I learned a great deal about identifying and treating different ailments • I learned about managing cows in a freestall • The types of management decisions farmers need to make

12. Summary • I had a great experience working at Hilltop Dairy LLC • Learned about • Managing post fresh cows • Management decisions • That this is the sort of career that I want to pursue • Changes • Nothing

13. Key take away • Do an internship in the field you want to enter! • Is this what you want to do? • If so use it to gain knowledge of the field

14. Contact Info • hilltopdairy@gmail.com

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