Vos Receives 2023 Fred Stout Experience Award - Cowsmo

Vos Receives 2023 Fred Stout Experience Award

US Jersey anounced that Emma Vos of Maribel, Wis., has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Fred Stout Experience Award.

The fund supporting this award was created in 2000 in memory of Fred J. Stout Sr., Mt. Carmel, Ill., a lifelong Jersey breeder and member of the Jersey Marketing Service (JMS) staff from 1978 to 1997. Stout was instrumental in the growth of JMS marketing activities, and later added duties as a type evaluator and in customer field service for the American Jersey Cattle Association.

Stout believed that the best learning experiences happen in the everyday world. This award honors that conviction by providing financial support for two paid internships each year, one on-farm and the other with JMS. In 2023, only the JMS experience will be utilized.

Emma will work this summer with JMS. She will assist with the preparation, staging and wrap-up work for the company’s public auctions, online and private treaty sales, including the 66th National Heifer Sale, June 23 in La Crosse, Wis. She will also shadow an AJCA area representative and help with producing videos of the animals ahead of the sale and gain hands-on experience with the type traits appraisal program.

She is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in agricultural business management. Emma is a member of the university’s dairy club where she serves as secretary and sale chair for the Badger Invitational. She is also involved in Collegiate Farm Bureau and the Association of Women in Agriculture on campus.

Outside of school Emma is active on her family’s Jersey farm—Proud Heritage Jerseys. She also has worked as a herdsperson, gaining experience at a Holstein dairy.

Emma is an accomplished judge having been a member of the winning 4-H team at World Dairy Expo in 2021. She received All-American honors by placing in the top 25. She represented Wisconsin in the National Jersey Queen Contest and finishing in the top five.

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