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New Members Appointed to WFBF's Promotion & Education Committee
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 10/27/2016

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau has appointed three members to serve on its Promotion and Education Committee. This week, the organization's board announced that Katie Roth, Lafayette County; Lynn Dickman, Waushara County; and Kay Gilbertson, Dunn County, will each serve a three-year term on the panel, beginning this December.

Roth grew up in Darlington on her family's 330-cow dairy farm. She and her husband operate Banner Ridge Farms, where she serves as the herdsperson in addition to serving as a program technician for the Farm Service Agency in Grant County. Katie has served a variety of roles in her county Farm Bureau, including Young Farmer and Agriculturist chair, secretary and Ag in the Classroom co-Chair. She has also graduated from Wisconsin Farm Bureau Leadership Institute and the American Farm Bureau Women's Communications Boot Camp.

Dickman is a research agronomist at Heartland Farms, Inc., a nearly 8,000-acre farm growing potatoes specifically for potato chips near Hancock. She finished her master's degree in horticulture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and also completed her bachelor's degree in dairy science. Lynn grew up on a dairy farm in Argyle and was active in 4-H and FFA. She is the Waushara County Farm Bureau YFA chair, president of the Tri-County FFA Alumni, a member of the Stevens Point Curling Club and City Band and a board member for Meals on Wheels. She was a member of Farm Bureau Institute Class VIII.

And Gilbertson lives in Elk Mound with her husband, Kevin and their three children. As a family, they are active in FFA, 4-H, church and school activities. Along with Farm Bureau they are members of the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin. Kay and Kevin manage Gilbertson Farms in partnership with Kevin's family, where they milk 475 cows and farm 1,900 acres. Kay is the general leader of Elk Meadow 4-H Club, Sunday School superintendent at her church and the Dunn County Ag in the Classroom coordinator. She is a graduate of UW-River Falls, where she earned her degree in animal science.

The Promotion and Education Committee replaced the state's women committee in 2015. It has nine leaders who represent the various Wisconsin Farm Bureau districts.


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