Internships

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PACE Ag Group is looking for interns who want to start their career in commercial dairy farm management, agribusiness, and regenerative farming.Interns will gain commercial dairy operation experience through completing the day-to-day tasks and working alongside managers and employees on our farms.

Position Requirements:

Previous experience working on an agricultural operation or attending college with the intent to work on a dairy operation.

Interns can apply for one of three positions:

Herdsperson Intern

Learn about and perform tasks related to animal treatments, fresh cow and maternity care, breeding checks, milking and cattle flow.

Calf Care/Maternity Care Intern

Learn about and perform tasks related to fresh cow health, maternity cow care, newborn calf care, calf treatment, and feeding milk.

Crop and Feed Barn Intern

Learn about and perform tasks related to crop production, forage chopping, and assist with feeding cattle and bunk management.

Our goal is to give interns an understanding of the daily operations and the daily challenges of dairy farming. Interns will have weekly follow-up meetings with managers to provide support and insight on what you learn and how it impacts our operations. Interns will work 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., 6 days per week, as our other employees do. Interns will have on-farm learning time with nutritionist, veterinarians, and repro specialists to gain knowledge in those respective fields.

Locations: Benton Group Dairies in western IN, United Dairies in central MN, and Lakin Group Dairy and Feedyard in western KS

Compensation: Paid internship and housing available

Internship time period: 10 weeks +

Deadline to apply: December 2, 2024