Dr. Amanda Stone
Dr. Amanda Stone is an Associate Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist at Mississippi State University (50% research, 35% extension, and 15% teaching). She grew up in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and went to the University of Findlay in Ohio to earn her B.S. in Animal Sciences and Biology. She then completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of Kentucky. She is an author of 19 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, 2 book chapters, 60 peer-reviewed abstracts and conference papers, and 16 peer-reviewed Extension publications. She and her collaborators have received over $4 million in grant funding since 2016 with her research and extension work falling into two main areas: dairy cattle heat stress and human farm stress. She and her husband (Stephen) have two sons: 7-year-old (Lincoln) and 4-year-old (Sawyer).
Happy National Farmer’s Day! Although dairy farmers certainly deserve the day off, they will instead celebrate by caring for their land and animals…