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Ag/NatR Internship:  Animal Science

 

Name:

Major:

Summer:

Leo C. M. Kenny

Animal Science, Dairy Emphasis

2003

 

 

Place of Employment:

Address:

City:

State/Province:

ZIP/Postal Code:

Company/Org. URL:

 

Vancrest Holstein Ltd.

1492 UMC Avenue

Glenlea

Manitoba

R0G 0S0

vancrest@escape.ca

 

Supervisor/Position:

Phone Number:

Ronald VanWalleghem/ Owner

(204) 482-1204

 

 

Job Title:

Head Herdsman

 

 

Job Responsibilities:

Milking, calf health management, equipement repair and maintenance, overseeing the weekend milker, keeping the farm while Ron was away on vacation, field work, forage evaluation, computer feeder calibration

 

 

Summarize Your
Experience:



 

 All summer I had to do the night milking at the farm. I was in charge of the calf management program and a lot of the field work involving the alfalfa. My most important jobs were overseeing the weekend milker and keep the farm while Ron was away on vacation.

 

What I liked most about
the job:

 

I learned the most from Ron was how to keep a dairy facility running smoothly. The part I like the most about my job was how to easy it was to work with all my co-workers. The other aspect that I enjoyed was how much experience I gained from Ron.

 

Challenges on the job:

 

 

The things I found most challenging at my job was how quickly I had to learn the haying techniques used at Vancrest. My other biggest challenge was setting up a calf management program for Ron.

 

 

 

 

 

Me Loading Hay.

 

 

 

 

Me checking up on the calves.