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Careers in Dairy Science
The Dairy Science department assists students with summer internship placement as well as for permanent job opportunities. The department maintains active contacts with the dairy industry and invites companies to the department to conduct onsite interviews with students. In 2007 15 interview sessions were conducted for Dairy Science students by companies that visited the department. These inteerviews resulted in many job offers. The Dairy Science major maintains 100% placement with excellent starting salaries. Current starting salaries are over $40,000 per year for students with a B.S. degree. The Dairy Science major offers numerous exciting job opportunities. A sampling of careers of alumni shows the wide range of career opportunities available in dairy science.
| Anderson-Erickson Dairy | Kemps | Saputo Cheese USA |
| Agri-King | Land O'Lakes | Schreiber Foods |
| Continental Custom Ingredients | Leprino Foods Company | Schwan's |
| Daisy Brand | Naturaly Iowa | Sunny Fresh Foods (Cargill Kitchen Solutions) |
| Davisco Foods Int'l, Inc. | North Star Processing | Valley Queen Cheese Factory |
| Ecolab | Roberts Dairy | Wells' Dairy, Inc |
| Hilmar Cheese Company | Rochester Cheese |
| Big Game Feeds | Land O' Lakes | Sunny Fresh Foods |
| City View Farms | Leprino Foods | Swiss Valley Farms |
| Dairi Lean | Paullina Farmer Coop | Tornberg Dairy |
| Davisco Foods Intl | Roberts Dairy | Transova Genetics |
| First District Association | Schreiber Foods | Valley Queen Cheese |
| Jackson Ice Cream | Select Sires | VoGrin Swiss Farms |
| Kemps | Schwan's | Wells Dairy |
Animal/Dairy Food Science Jobs
Internship listings at Dairy Shrine
South Dakota State University
/ Dairy Science Department
Dairy Microbiology Rm 109 / Phone: 605-688-4116
College
of Agricultural and Biological Sciences