To the Next Chapter
In May 2012, I was a graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Communication. Of course I thought I was going to land a job that promised the big bucks and an early retirement. But, as we all know, trying to make our own plans for our lives doesn't usually work and will almost ALWAYS backfire. And my expectations of the big bucks and easy life ended up not being quite what I expected. During the past 18 months of working at Homestead Dairy, LLC., in northern Indiana, I have learned so much. Learning how a 3,500-cow dairy works and how short your patience can get when trying to get 14-20 two-day old heifers on the bucket; the scars on my hands from their sharp teeth can help tell that story. Or the days trying to beat the rain to get the calves fed their milk and back in their hutches before it down poured rain. I also ran into the issue of language barriers working the the Mexican men. There were times where things were easy to understand and