Looking for a Dairy Herd Manager? Employ an Apprentice on Your Farm

Are you looking for a dairy herd manager and having trouble finding motivated employees?

Pennsylvania dairy producers who are looking for an employee to serve in a herd management role are encouraged to apply for the Center for Dairy Excellence’s Dairy Herd Manager Apprenticeship Program. There are several high school graduates with an interest in herd management waiting to be placed with an employer dairy farm through the Apprenticeship Program. If you apply to be an employer farm, we’ll pair you with a high school graduate who is eager and ready to work full-time at the farm level in the area of herd management alongside a current employee to develop the skills they need in herd health, reproduction, calf care, data analysis, and more.

This program is registered through the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and requires apprentices to master various competencies over 18 months of employment on a dairy farm. Applications for employer farms are accepted on a rolling basis.