Bright Future In Dairying
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Hill stands at about 21,000 pounds, with 3.6 milkfat
and 3.0 percent protein.
Tim and Alexa were chosen earlier this year as 2001
Outstanding Young Cooperators by the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative for their knowl
edge and dedication to the dairy business.
The Stoners said that nine couples competed for the
honor. Participants completed a four-page applica
tion, were interviewed by three judges, and took part
in roundtable discussions where they were called on to
speak their views on the dairy industry.
The judges grilled them for about 20 minutes with a
range of questions pertaining to the cooperative, their
own operation, and current dairy-related issues such
as foot and mouth disease, niche markets, and smaller
vs. larger dairy operations.
Alexa said that the competition was tough.
“It was a little exhausting,” she said. “There are a
lot of intelligent producers out there.”
It came as a surprise to be announced in March as
the winners.
“It was definitely a shock,” Alexa said.
Part of their role as outstanding young cooperators
includes attending monthly board meetings. It also in
cludes the opportunity to attend national conferences,
such as the National Institute on Cooperative Educa
tion in Atlanta this past July.
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The conference included 70 young couples from co
operatives across the country, rural educators, and
youth scholars.
Participants were divided into groups designed to
simulate working cooperatives. Tim and Alexa found
themselves in two different groups.
“I think in the long run my group beat out (Tim’s),”
Alexa said. “But everybody was a winner.”
The Stoners agreed it was an enlightening experi
ence which helped them understand the benefits and
challenges of running a successful cooperative.
“It’s not as cut and dry as you think,” Alexa said.
“It puts things in a whole different perspective.”
The couple will also travel to Orlando, Fla., in No
vember to attend a National Milk Producers Federa
tion conference.
Alexa said that her involvement at Hijos Hill gives
good incentive for her work promoting milk with the
ADA.
“Being a producer, I want to be sure the program
works because it affects our future,” she said.
Tim also serves as director of the Franklin County
Farm Bureau.
Recently married, the couple had first met in the
late 1980 s at Penn State, where Alexa was a dairy and
animal science major and Tim was studying ag sys
tems management. Alexa went on to graduate in 1991
and Tim in 1993.
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