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WFBF's Young Farmer Committee Appoints Leaders
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 12/15/2014

Three young agricultural leaders have been appointed to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau's Young Farmer and Agriculturist Committee. Jaclyn Pettis of Eau Claire County, Amanda Knoch of Marquette County and Carley Blado of Calumet County have been appointed to new leadership roles by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation's board of directors during the group's annual meeting last week in Wisconsin Dells.

Pettis is a dairy farmer from Osseo. She and her parents own a registered herd of Jersey dairy cattle. She works at the Menards Distribution Center in Eau Claire as an inventory controller. She is the secretary/treasurer of the Eau Claire County Farm Bureau and is a graduate of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau's Institute leadership class.

Knoch and her husband, Josh, farm in rural Westfield. In addition to farming, she is a farm insurance underwriter and Sunday school teacher. He is an emergency medical technician and fireman. Together, they are the Marquette County Farm Bureau's YFA chairs and also chair the county's Dairy Breakfast Committee.

And Blado of New Holstein is the president of the Calumet County Farm Bureau. He works as the lead herdsman at the 400-cow Park Farm Inc. in Kiel. He assists with field work and other farm operations. He owns 40 cows and 35 heifers on the farm.

The Young Farmer and Agriculturist Committee consists of nine couples or individuals from across the state. Their goal is to get more young farmers and agriculturists acquainted with and involved in Farm Bureau.

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