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versify of New York Cobleskill.
Kevin returned to the family
farm to keep the equipment of
which they have an abundance
running smoothly.
Son Todd is studying engi
neering at Virginia Tech and
continues to help on the farm.
Margery describes her duties
as assistant herd manager, ac
countant, field chopper, and
“Hannah sitter” (Hannah is their
only granddaughter and is the
child of daughter Melanie and
her husband John).
Milton said that he feeds the
cows, oversees the operation, and
is phasing out.
In addition to the five family
members working full-time on
the farm, employees include five
full-time Mexicans, a nephew,
and a part-time retiree. The farm
Alfred University, College Explore Merger
ALFRED, N.Y. Alfred Uni
versity and Alfred State College
will soon begin to explore the
possibility of an eventual merger
of two institutions of higher edu
cation, Alfred University Presi
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workers.
“They’re good workers, but
eventually they always return to
their own country,” Milton said.
Each employee is scheduled
with VA days off weekly. “Except
family we don’t get as much
time off,” Melanie said.
She and her husband live eight
miles away on her husband’s
family farm, which is a corn and
soybean operation. She works
every day at Myerwood Farms
but generally has off Saturday
evening and Sunday morning.
“We’re flexible enough so if
one needs off, we can plan our
schedule around it,” Melanie
said.
Myerwood Farms also hauls
silage and does custom filling for
other farms.
“We try to expand five percent
a year,” Margery said of the
farm’s plan.
Alfred State College President
William D. Rezak recently an
nounced.
The State University of New
York (SUNY) has given its ap
proval to these explorations of a
“reconnection.” Alfred State Col
lege started in 1908 as the state
school of agriculture at Alfred
University, but became a sepa
rate entity when SUNY was
formed about 50 years ago.
“Because of the visionary lead
ership of Bill Rezak and Charley
Edmondson, we are able to con
sider this exciting possibility of a
public-private partnership that
would benefit the entire region,
and the state as a whole,” said
Richard Miller, vice chancellor
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“We have no trouble with zon
ing,” Milton said of their ongoing
expansion. “New Jersey wants to
keep their fanners, so they do ev
erything to help farmers.
“Fanning is a good life, but it’s
lots of work getting it done,” Mil
ton said. “We might expand to
500 (milking cows) after that, we
go to Arizona.”
Melanie said the farm’s suc
cess is the result of lots of work,
high management, and attention
to details.
Myerwood Farms will be on
tour during the National Hol
stein Convention.
For the National Holstein
Convention, Milton is chairman
of the tours, Margery is in charge
of registrations, and Melanie
heads the Junior Holstein activi
ties.
For more information, call the
farm at (856) 769-2398.
and chief operating officer for
SUNY.
The two presidents envision
the potential for developing a
major regional university, serving
the educational and economic de
velopment needs of Western New
York in ways not previously pos
sible.
“We feel obligated to explore
this possibility because of its po
tential for yielding a comprehen
sive private university with more
than 5,000 students and an annu
al budget in excess of $BO mil
lion,” said Edmondson. “Com
bined, we would be the largest
employer in Allegany County
with more than 1,000 employees.