Dairy Metabolism Group Team
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Joseph Fehn
Joseph grew up in southeast Nebraska and has spent the last 5 years working on commercial dairies across the central plains. He completed his bachelor’s in animal science from Kansas State in the fall of 2020. Currently, Joseph is attending Michigan State University completing his master's working under Dr. Barry Bradford.
Kirby Krogstad
Kirby Krogstad is working toward a PhD in the Bradford lab. His research interest is in investigating nutritional strategies to improve cow health and resilience. Kirby also helps coach the dairy judging team. Previously, he attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for his MS and South Dakota State University for my BS. His wife Sydney and him are doing their best to get the “Pure Michigan” experience. They love camping, tasting wine, and reading. Their favorite hobby is taking their dog (Oliver) on long walks around the trails at their apartment.
Lynn Olthof
Lynn Olthof is from Ferrysburg, MI and found her passion for the dairy industry while growing up on her grandparent’s dairy farm and participating in 4H and FFA. She came to Michigan State in 2017 and completed the IAT Dairy Management program before transferring into the Agribusiness Management bachelor’s degree program at MSU. Throughout her time at MSU, she was a member of the MSU Dairy Club, the MSU Dairy Judging Team, and was on the 2021 National Champion Dairy Challenge Team. Lynn is now the Vita Plus Dairy Nutrition and Management Fellowship student within our lab where her research focuses on modeling the most profitable ways for Michigan dairy farms to grow in order to capitalize on economies of scale while being more sustainable within the industry.
Turner Swartz
Turner was born and raised on a dairy farm in central Pennsylvania. He attended Penn State (We are!) for his BS degree in Animal Sciences. Turner worked as a herdsperson for 5 years after graduation. He then decided to come back to academia to pursue a PhD at Virginia Tech (Let’s go Hokies!) in the Mastitis and Mammary Immunology lab. Turner is now working as a postdoctoral researcher examining the intersection of mammary immunity, nutrition, and metabolism.
