Mildred Berkebile with son Galen and his family manage
Jerry-Mill Farms near Somerset with a herd of 80 Holsteins
on about 400 acres.
The Berkebiles grow hay, corn, and oats on the farm, in
cluding feed for the milking herd.
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r\ir original plan was to install our previous tie stall barn. The cows ’
scrapers. But after 10 minutes in foot health has been a lot better, and the
a slatted barn in Somerset County, we cows stay much cleaner. Our milk
changed our minds. Some people stay production is up and the somatic cell
away from slats because of the initial count has gone down. I give at least
cost, but that extra cost is made up for in some of the credit to the slats because
the first couple years. with less moisture on the floor, there is
The one thing I like the most about less bacteria
slats is that there is no expense. / don’t
have any scrapers or drive units to
maintain. I don’t have to run scrapers
every day or haul manure like we did in
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When it comes to who does the work to keep the farm
grounds neat and pretty, Galen’s wife Brenda said, “We all
do.” That includes children Dorsey, 12, and Chelsey, 8.
Jerry-Mill Farms was named by combining the name of Mil
dred’s late husband, Jerry, and her own.
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