Mary Kate MacKenzie

Farm Business Management Specialist, PRO-DAIRY

About

Mary Kate is a Farm Business Management Specialist with the PRO-DAIRY business management team. Mary Kate completed her M.S. in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University in 2017. She now works with dairy producers to improve record-keeping systems, analyze farm financial performance, and plan for the future. She brings a passion for helping farm families improve their management skills in order to achieve their business and personal goals.

Mary Kate and her husband operate Sweet Grass Meats, a grazing farm and retail meat business in Naples, NY.

Contact Information

B21 Morrison Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ithaca, NY 14853

mkw87 [at] cornell.edu

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Mary Kate in the news

Report

October 25, 2023

New Dairy Farm Business Summary reports available

PRO-DAIRY business management specialists Mary Kate MacKenzie and Jason Karszes shared these reports in the September 2024 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators...

Cornell Cooperative Extension
PRO-DAIRY
Animal Science

Report

October 25, 2023

Comparing NY dairy farm characteristics, costs, and performance in 2022

This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY business management specialists Mary Kate MacKenzie and Jason Karszes was shared in the October 2023 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice...

Cornell Cooperative Extension
PRO-DAIRY
Animal Science