Berks County Dairy Princess Crowned

From Berks County Dairy Promotion Program

Pictured above, from left to right: Rebecca Berger, 2025 Berks County Alternate Dairy Princess; Brinley Hess, 2025 Berks County Dairy Princess; Jordie Kelchner, 2025 Berks County Lil’ Miss Dairy Princess; and Kayla Kehl and Lucy Kerr, both 2025 Berks County Alternate Dairy Princesses.

The 2025-2026 Berks County Dairy Princess Pageant was held on Saturday, May 3, at the Mohrsville Church of the Brethren. This year, the Berks County dairy industry will be well-represented with Brinley Hess as the Berks County Dairy Princess, Berks County Alternate Dairy Princesses Rebecca Berger, Kayla Kehl, and Lucy Kerr, and Berks County Lil’ Miss Jordie Kelchner.

Brinley is the daughter of Jason and Jennifer Hess. She has a younger sister, Kiley. Brinley milks cows and feeds calves at Shaynah Kee Farms. Brinley is currently a senior at Brandywine Heights High School and plans to attend Penn Foster Online, studying to be a veterinary technician. She is a member of the Kutztown FFA and was just awarded the Kutztown Rotary Student of the Month. Brinley is also interning at the Kutztown Animal Hospital.

Rebecca is the daughter of Glenn and Heidi Berger. She has an older sister, Sarah. She is employed at her uncle’s dairy farm in Oley. Rebecca is a 2024 graduate of Oley Valley High School and is currently studying food science at Penn State. In high school, Rebecca was a member of the Oley FFA, where she held the office of chaplain. She also received the PA FFA Keystone Degree and other FFA awards. She is also a member of the Eastern Berks 4-H Dairy Club, where she is currently serving as the vice president.

Kayla is the daughter of Stacey Moser and Ray Kehl. She has a younger sister, Kelsey. She graduated from Hamburg Area School District in 2024 and is currently working on the Adams Farm and the Westy Bar and Grill. Her plans are to attend the Reading School of Health Sciences for Medical Imaging. While in high school, Kayla was involved in the Agriculture Club, HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America), and NTHS (National Technical Honor Society), and she played field hockey.

Lucy is the daughter of William and Regina Kerr and has five siblings. She is currently a junior at Schuylkill Valley High School and is involved in FFA, National Honor Society, DECA Club, and is also a cheerleader. In the FFA program, she has received the Green Hand Award and is the club Secretary. She milks cows at Reu-Hel Farms.

Jordie is the 5-year-old daughter of Mitchell and Kate Kelchner. She has two sisters. Jordie enjoys being on her family’s farm and enjoys all of the animals. This fall, she will start kindergarten at Oley Valley Elementary School. Jordie enjoys riding the bike and scooter, baking, and fishing.

During the pageant, the girls presented their speeches to those in attendance. Both Lucy and Kayla spoke on the life cycle of a cow. Brinley spoke on how dairy farms provide a variety of jobs and a nutritional product. And Rebecca’s speech was on food safety.

Another portion of the pageant, all the girls had to answer an impromptu question, “What is the biggest obstacle facing dairy farmers today?” Brinley said the challenge is that younger generations are not taking over farms, and a lot are having to sell. Rebecca and Kayla both answered the question, talking about the rising costs in farming. Lucy responded with keeping things clean and maintaining the farm.

The Berks County Dairy Princess Promotion Committee would like to thank Charlotte Wallace, the 2024-2025 Berks County Dairy Princess and the Pennsylvania State Dairy Princess, Brinley Hess, the 2024-2025 Berks County Alternate Dairy Princess, and Katherine Rohrbach, the 2024-2025 Berks County Lil’ Miss Dairy Princess on a wonderful job of promoting and representing the Berks County dairy industry this past year. They spent countless hours at local events from stores to farms, parades, schools, and many other places in between talking to the public about the importance of dairy products in your diet as well as how important the dairy farms are here in Berks County.

Emcee for the pageant was Jennifer Grimes a former Berks County and Pennsylvania State Dairy Princess.

Contact Mikayla Orr at 484-388-0348 or mikayla2329@gmail.com to book the Dairy Princess to come to your events.

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