In this episode, host Kimmi Devaney visits with Charlie Gardner and Emily Barge from the Center for Dairy Excellence in Pennsylvania about their new resources for new and beginning farmers. These resources can also be helpful for the next generation returning to the farm and producers that have been in the dairy business for several decades.
The guide can be accessed online at www.centerfordairyexcellence.org/getting-started or by calling the Center for Dairy Excellence at (717) 346-0849.
Here's a breakdown of the episode:
- What type of information is included in the guide? [~3:45]
- Is this also relevant to the next generation coming back to the farm or is it mostly targeted at people with no dairy farming background? [~4:53]
- How could this guide be useful to producers who have been dairy farming for years already? [~6:05]
- Who should be part of the advisory team? [~8:05]
- What feedback have you heard so far? [~13:10]
- Since the center is in Pennsylvania, will many of the resources be applicable to dairy producers in other states? [~14:40]
- How can new dairy producers in other states find similar resources if the ones provided don’t apply to their region? [~16:20]
- What are some tips for new producers to build relationships with current producers and others in the allied industry that can help them? [~17:40]
- How do you recommend future and new producers work through this material? Is there a particular order that works best? [~21:40]
- What are the most important things you’d like new producers to take away from reading this guide? [~22:45]
- What else would you like producers to know about this guide that we haven’t already covered? [~25:25]
- Rapid-fire questions [~27:50]
