{"id":37842,"date":"2017-12-29T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=37842"},"modified":"2017-12-18T15:25:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T20:25:21","slug":"dinniman-salutes-hershey-on-being-named-dairy-woman-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=37842","title":{"rendered":"Dinniman salutes Hershey on being named Dairy Woman of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6066\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6066\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9218-350x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marilyn Hershey is congratulated by state Sen. Andy Dinniman on being named Dairy Woman of the Year.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>State Senator Andy Dinniman recently recognized Marilyn Hershey on being named Dairy Woman of the Year at the 51<sup>st<\/sup> Annual World Dairy Exposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t think of a better person than Marilyn for this honor. From her diligent work ethic to her love of the land to her enterprising vision, she truly embodies the values, spirit, and heritage of dairy farming and the agricultural industry,\u201d Dinniman, who serves on the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, said.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dinniman presented Hershey with a special Senate Citation in recognition of the honor.<\/p>\n<p>Hershey and her husband, Duane, have been operating Ar-Joy Farms, an 800-cow, 550-acre farm in Cochranville for more than 30 years. The Hersheys farm and ship their milk to the Land O\u2019Lakes Cooperative.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Hershey, who grew up on a farm in Atglen, is a leading advocate for agriculture and the dairy farming industry. She writes a monthly column for Hoard\u2019s Dairyman, serves on the National Dairy and Research Promotion Board, and is Vice Chair of Dairy Management, Inc. Duane is also very active in the dairy industry and serves on the board of Land O\u2019Lakes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to promoting dairy products and dairy agriculture, Marilyn and Duane continue to incorporate innovative and sustainable technology into their farming operations. The most recent addition is a specialized methane digester \u2013 the first of its kind in use in the region \u2013 that converts waste into electrical power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a personal note, members of the Hershey family have been true friends of farming and supporters of local and statewide agriculture over the years. Beginning with Duane\u2019s father, my former legislative colleague and mentor, state Rep. Art Hershey, they have given invaluable time, energy, and leadership to keep farming strong in Pennsylvania,\u201d Dinniman added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Senator Andy Dinniman recently recognized Marilyn Hershey on being named Dairy Woman of the Year at the 51st Annual World Dairy Exposition. \u201cI couldn\u2019t think of a better person than Marilyn for this honor. From her diligent work ethic to her love of the land to her enterprising vision, she truly embodies the values, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10730,7426,10731],"class_list":["post-37842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dairy-woman-of-the-year","tag-featured","tag-marilyn-hershey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37843,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37842\/revisions\/37843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}