Tuesday, August 9, 2016

3rd Featured Futurity Entry

Featured Futurity Exhibitor: Nicole Wright



Our next featured exhibitor is Nicole Wright showing Mar-Linda-K Baby Rae-Red-TW. Baby Rae is a EX- point HYLITE BARBWIRE-RED-ET daughter that traces back to Pinehurst Royal Rosa-ET.  Her dam is a VG-87 daughter by Advent who is a full sister to Castleholm Regina-Red EX-92 2E who was Nominated All-American Jr. 3 Yr. old in 2011. Nicole and her older sister Kayla, grew up in Jefferson County on their family farm-Mar-Linda-K Holsteins. The farm was established in 1989 when Nicole’s parents-Mark & Linda, took over the Klug-View Dairy Farm. Today, they operate a 300-acre farm and manage a herd of 90 homebred Registered Holsteins. They have earned many prestigious awards over the yeas such as: Progressive Breeder, production and quality milk awards, as well as winning the 2014 Wisconsin Holstein Futurity.


Nicole is a member of FFA, Jr. Holstein Association, Red & White Dairy Cattle Association and the Brown Swiss Association. She has won many awards in her various organizations including: Distinguished Junior Member, National Youth Achievement, Junior Progressive Breeder and Production awards. In 2014, Nicole was a National FFA finalist in Dairy Entrepreneurship Proficiency and a State Star Farmer in 2015. She is a recent graduate of UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course where she was a student ambassador. Currently, Nicole is employed at Statz Farm in Sun Prairie as a Parlor Manager and herdsperson. Nicole plans to continue to develop her herd of Registered Holsteins and Brown Swiss on her family’s farm. Please join us at the Futurity to watch Nicole and Mar-Linda-K Baby Rae-Red-TW grace the shavings. 

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