Our 4th featured futurity exhibitor is Katherine Larson from Viroqua, WI. Katherine and her parents, Kevin and Julie, and her brother, Thomas, raise dairy heifers at their farm Lar-Lan Holsteins. This will be the first year that Katherine has exhibited at the WI Holstein Futurity. They own 200 acres of land. Katherine actively shows at her county fair, WI State Fair, district show, and the WI State Holstein Show. She has been a vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and reporter for the Vernon County Jr. Holstein Association. Katherine has had numerous accomplishments over the past few years, receiving a Farm Trip Award and she was a National YMR Award winner in 2012. She received 3rd place in the WI FFA Dairy Proficiency contest in 2014 and attended the National 4-H Dairy Conference in 2012. She is also apart of the dairy judging team and dairy bowl team. Katherine will be a freshman this fall at UW-Platteville and she will be majoring in Agribusiness. She hopes to work in the dairy industry after college and also plans to raise dairy heifers in the future. Be sure to look for Katherine and her bovine beauty at the Futurity show!
Futurity Fun Fact: The Futurity would not be possible without our generous sponsors. This year Katherine, along with rest of our exhibitors, will be competing for the top grand prizes. Our third place winner will receive $500 that is sponsored by Agropur. Agropur's mission is to "provide a wide range of quality dairy products reflecting current and future consumer's demands." The company is celebrating its 76th anniversary in 2014 and processes more than 3.4 billion liters of milk in 32 plants throughout North America. They have 3,500 member dairy farmers that they work with on a daily basis. Agropur generates more than $3.8 billion in sales and employs more than 6,500 people. To learn more about Agropur, visit their website (www.agropur.com).
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