Wussow Wins 2020 National Jersey Youth Achievement Contest

Senior, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Agricultural Business

Colin grew up on Milk-n-More Farms and Harvesting LLC, owned and operated by his family in Cecil. He has been involved in Jersey youth activities for 15 years and now owns 47 Jerseys and six Holsteins. Wussow is a recipient of the V.L. Peterson Scholarship and participated in Jersey Youth Academy. He topped the 2009 National Jersey Youth Production Contest and placed second in 2019 Pot O’Gold Production Contest. He was a finalist for the National FFA Dairy Entrepreneurship Proficiency award in 2019 and received his National FFA Degree in 2020. He is a member of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Dairy Club, the Agriculture Business and Marketing Society, Alpha Gamma Rho-Alpha Psi fraternity and the university’s dairy judging team. He plans to return to the family farm upon graduation.

Josh grew up on Sunny Ridge Dairy and has been participating in Jersey youth activities for 14 years. His Registered Jersey herd is 24 cows and 24 heifers. Seals received the 2020 AJCA Directors’ Scholarship, attended Jersey Youth Academy, and placed in both the Pot O’Gold and National Jersey Youth Production Contests. He received his American FFA Degree in 2020. He belongs to the ag club, trap shooting club, and national society of leadership at Eastern Oregon University and Sandlake Grange. Seals plans to advance the genetics of the herd and eventually purchase his own farm.

Lydia manages Dutch Hollow Farm LLC with her extended family. She has been involved in Jersey youth activities for 19 years and owns 33 heifers and 38 cows. She was a member of Class VI of Jersey Youth Academy and has received both the Jack C. Nisbet Memorial Scholarship and the William A. Russell Memorial Scholarship. Lydia was active in multiple 4-H groups and a member of the SUNY-Cobleskill Dairy Cattle Club before she transferred to Cornell University this fall. Chittenden also played with the SUNY-Cobleskill women’s basketball team.

Kathryn and her family operate Tierney Farm Jerseys. She has been involved with Jersey cattle from a young age, with special skills in record-keeping, management, and genetics. She owns 21 heifers and 48 cows and has been involved with Jersey youth activities for 15 years. She attended Jersey Youth Academy and received both the Lineweaver Scholarship and the V.L. Peterson Scholarship. In college, Bosley was a member of the Gamma Delta chapter of Sigma Alpha, the SUNY Cobleskill Dairy Cattle Club, and the American British White Park Association. She is well-known in social media circles for her “Cow Nerd” platform, where she shares agricultural facts to educate the general public.

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Holtz owns and operates Holt-View farms with her parents, Jeff and Lisa Holtz, and has been raising and showing Jerseys her entire life. She has participated in Jersey youth activities for 10 years and currently owns 65 heifers and 70 cows. She also owns 20 Ayrshires and six Brown Swiss. She placed second in the 2020 National Jersey Youth Production Contest, was a member of Class VI of Jersey Youth Academy, and received the Cedarcrest Farms Scholarship. Holtz was involved in 4-H and FFA and recently served on the planning committee for the AJCA-NAJ Annual Meeting, hosted by Iowa in 2021. Holtz was crowned as the 2019-2022 Iowa Ayrshire Princess and the 2018-2019 Iowa Jersey Princess. Mary is a member of the Iowa State University Dairy Science Club. She plans to become a veterinarian.

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Hannah and her family operate Musser Run Jerseys. She is responsible for monitoring herd health. Among her favorite youth activities was showing. Diehl was a member of Class VI of Jersey Youth Academy and received the Anne E. Perchard Award. She was the 2020 Jersey Marketing Service Fred Stout Experience winner and completed a short internship with the AJCA communications department as well. She was involved in 4-H and is now an active member of the Penn State Dairy Science Club and the Collegiate Cattle Women’s Club. She also is a member of the dairy judging and reproductive research teams. After college, Diehl hopes to manage a herd and market local dairy products in a store of her own.