Photos by Pfizer Animal Health

Clint Lewis, president of the U.S. Pfizer Animal Health division, didn’t go in for a typical work day at his New York City office. Putting on a pair of work boots and coveralls, Lewis went to work with Troy Ripp on the dairy he co-owns with brothers Gary and Chuck in Dane, Wisconsin — Ripp’s Dairy Valley LLC.

In the early morning, Lewis and his crew put their gloves on and went to work feeding bottles of colostrum to the younger calves.

As the executive replacement crew finished up the first feeding of the day, their work had only just begun. Six calves were ready to be weaned and moved into the group heifer pens located on the other side of the calf barn. Lewis and crew helped transport the calves into the next building where weaned heifers are kept in group housing.

And to prepare for new calves, the stalls needed to be cleaned, so members of the crew took apart the individual calf pens, cleared out the bedding and power-washed the panels clean – a far cry from work in the Big Apple. PD

 

 

Above: Clint Lewis, president of the U.S. Pfizer Animal Health division; Robbie Moody, marketing manager; and Don Sauder, vice president of the Pfizer Animal Health U.S. cattle organization, feed grain to weaned heifers.

Above: Lewis and Mike Layfield, group director of the Pfizer Animal Health U.S. dairy business, spread new bedding in the group heifer pens.

Above: Clint Lewis bottle-feeds a calf as the son of calf manager and co-owner of Ripp’s Dairy Valley LLC, Troy Ripp, looks on.