Duane Hertzler

Duane represents the Dairy Industry on the board and has served on National GLC since November of 2005.  Duane and his wife June live on a 600 acre Dairy Farm in Loysville, Pennsylvania.  They started farming in 1970 in partnership with Duane’s father.  In 1978 Duane and June moved to their own farm.  They have four children and now enjoy eight grandchildren.  In 1994 they changed to a grass based dairy and in 1998 their son Neil returned to farm with them.. They formed a partnership in 2002 with their son Neil and his wife Kilah.  In 2009 Neil and Kilah moved to the main dairy and started with management and transition to the next generation.

Duane and June moved to an adjoining farm where heifers are raised.  Moo-Echo Farms is located in Central Pennsylvania in Perry County.  They have 300 milking cows and have approximately 300 young replacement heifers.  There dairy farm is organic and is managed by rotational grazing on 400 acres and 300 additional acres of forage grown to feed a TMR thru out the year.

Duane and June were named Mid Atlantic Master Farmers in the year 2000.   Duane currently serves on the Pennsylvania Animal Health and Diagnostic Commission (Chair of Dairy Commission). Also serves on the Pa. GLC board!  Past board member of Pa. Beef Council, Pa. Forage and Grass Board, York Farm Credit and Ag Choice Farm Credit, and also Perry County Farmland Preservation Board.  Also serves as mentor and on profit team for Dairy for Excellence.

Moo-Echo Farms believes that “If we take care of our animals, they will take care of us”!!  Managed Intensive Grazing is the backbone for taking care of their herd!  We have been very active in promoting this philosophy of grazing cattle on grasslands and our passion for farming to have a sustainable future for our family!