What will Dairy Fellows do for you?
The program will introduce you to all aspects of the dairy industry from production to financial management and nutrition, and from agribusiness long-range planning to international milk markets. Through your experience as a Dairy Fellow, you gain an understanding of how to position yourself for careers in agriculture, particularly dairying.
After two years as a Dairy Fellow, you will be up to speed on dairy's latest innovations and trends. You will be trained to solve problems and will develop an ambitious work ethic.
Become a Dairy Fellow
The underlying qualification for applicants to the Cornell Dairy Fellows program is a sincere interest in careers in the dairy industry, whether that career is related to veterinary medicine, research, agribusiness, law, production agriculture or another aspect of the dairy industry. Sixty to seventy percent of Dairy Fellows students pursue careers in dairy production.
There is no absolute required sequence of courses for Fellows, although a variety of courses have been developed to meet the needs of preparing the students for industry. We have an advanced nutrition course, a course on whole farm nutrient management, herd health, Spanish and a decision making course. Also, we have been very fortunate that the Cornell undergraduate business program has developed into one of the top-ranked undergraduate business programs in the country.
"Cornell animal science students are very fortunate because they can take their animal science courses and still take all the business courses they’d like."
Transfer Students
The Cornell dairy program accomodates transfer students, accepting up to 60 transfer credits. Transfer students can seamlessly transition into the program and benefit from the expanded opportunities offered at Cornell.