A Pennsylvania dairy farmer, who’s also a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan, is taking his love for the team to a new level. Kurtland Farms named their newborn calves after the Eagles offensive line, all to celebrate the team’s trip to the Super Bowl.
Jared Kurtz of Kurtland Farms says his love for the Eagles started decades ago. The farm is located only an hour west of Philadelphia, so naturally, the entire family are Eagles fans.
“I have memories back in the late 90s, the Eagles weren’t the best team at that point. Growing up, when I was about 10 or 12 years old, when they didn’t sell out games, they would black out the games on TV. I remember sitting by the radio listening to the games,” says Kurtz.
Kurtz’s grandfather started their family farm in 1920. Then, they milked 12 cows by hand. Today, the operation has grown, but the focus on family and their animals hasn’t changed.
Just over the past year, Kurtz and his wife started the transition to take over the family farm. With his parents still part of the operation, he’s accepting more of the reigns, and when the Eagles clinched the NFC Championship, he and his wife decided to have some fun on the farm.
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“Through some conversations with the Checkoff, we came up with this cool idea and talked to them about how they could kind of help execute it,” he says.
Kurtz says they average about a calf a day being born on the farm. So, with calves born over the past two weeks, the family decided to have some fun when choosing their names.
“The names that we primarily came up with were offensive linemen, but that was just kind of a coincidence,” says Kurtz. “The biggest one that we’re fans of, is Milkerson, which is named after Landon Dickerson.”
Dickerson is a fan favorite at their farm. The Philadelphia Eagles guard is a Fuel Up to Play 60 supporter and ambassador, which is a checkoff effort to encourage active kids to drink milk. Dickerson even participated in a photo shoot with Kurtland Farms this year.
“We actually went and did a photo shoot with him, our family did back in back in December,” he says. “That was great. He’s an awesome guy.”
As for the other calves, well, they’re named after the Eagles offensive line and a wide receiver.
“We had Cowce, named after Jason Kelce, Moolata, which was named after Jordan Mailata, Seamalmoo, which is named after Isaac Seumalo and then Pascow, which is named after Zach Pascal.
There’s no question who this dairy farmer will be rooting for this weekend, as Kurtz says their baby calves are already stealing the hearts of Eagles fans all around the Philadelphia area.
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