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Dairy Horizonsby L.B. HANSEN
The Gopher Dairy
Club senior trip in January was a fun-filled 12 days to California,
including a ship cruise and lots of cows. Every year, seniors in
the student club take a trip to California in early January to learn
about dairying in that part of the country. This year's group included
Betty Berning, Sadie Frericks, Ryan Griffin, Michelle Guzik, Erin
Hammell, Troy Klassen, Bob Leuer, Emily Paul, Tara Sammon, Liz Schneicher,
Kelly Sheehan, Morgan Strusz, and Julie Thompson. Bill Hansen, assistant
scientist for the campus dairy herd, accompanied the seniors. The agenda was packed with lots of educational experiences: a calf ranch with 12,000 calves, a Jersey dairy, a dairy that is crossbreeding Holsteins and Jerseys with European breeds, numerous large Holstein dairies, Hilmar Cheese Factory, Hollywood, celebrity hunting, a ship cruise to Ensenada (Mexico), a winery and a brewery, Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, and a visit to Cal Poly. "In all, everything went extremely well, and we made many memories that will last a lifetime," reports Frericks. Profit from the club's Dairy Bar (north wall of the Cattle Barn at the Minnesota State Fair) covers the cost of this annual trip for seniors who have been active in the Gopher Dairy Club. |
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