Drove Pasture Farm
Owner/Operator Drove Pasture Farm, Mercer, PA
- Manage all financial, operational, environmental and marketing aspects of 300 acre crop and beef farm.
- Crops produced: hay silage, corn silage, baled hay, baled straw, ear corn, shelled corn, oats, wheat, spelt, rye.
- Cattle: Angus/Hereford brood cows with calves, Piedmontese breeding bull, Holstein steers.
- Machinery and Equipment maintained: tractors, trucks, tillage implements, hay implements, wagons, combine, skid steer, spreaders, mowers, sprayers, elevators, etc.
- Involved in agricultural education and awareness through hosting student and adult groups, including international graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
- Practice and lecture on sustainable agriculture.
- Educate children and youth about safer farming practices at Penn State Cooperative Extension Farm Safety Days.