Frans Vokey

Dairy Specialist
3153765279
fjv2@cornell.edu
Community, Agriculture

Frans has resided in NY’s north country and worked with its dairy farms for almost 25 years. From 2000 to 2012 he was a dairy management educator with CCE Lewis County; Then he co-founded the consulting firm Dairy Health & Management Services LLC where he led the nutrition team and provided evidence-based production consulting to dairy farms across the US and Mexico. Now returning to CCE in mid-March, he is excited to join the regional team and to engage with the dairy farmers and industry partners of Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties. Contact Frans to discuss production and management practices that help improve farm profitability and long-term viability.

Frans earned degrees from Middlebury College (BA Physics) and Cornell University (MS Animal Science). He is a member of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists and the American Dairy Science Association.

Frans lives near Lowville, NY with his wife Melissa and sons Will and Luke.