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Ella Raatz poses with two of her show heifers from this past show season.

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Ella Raatz shows one of her heifers at the 2023 World Dairy Expo.

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Ella Raatz and her dairy-judging team win the Wisconsin FFA Career Development Event competition this past spring; they placed 10th at the national competition.

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Ella Raatz is president of her FFA chapter. She also served one year as vice-president and two years as secretary.

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Ella Raatz teaches 4th-graders about the dairy industry at her FFA chapter’s Ag Day.

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Ella Raatz Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Youth Agriculture Council held a session Jan. 16. The focus was the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection-Division of Agricultural Development.

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Ella Raatz of Colby, Wisconsin, is a senior at Colby High School. She’s serving as president of both her FFA chapter and her 4-H club/ She’s also involved in Future Business Leaders of America, the National Honor Society and the Junior Holstein Association. She owns a small herd of registered-Holstein, Jersey and Guernsey cattle that she shows with her brother at local, state and national levels.

Ashley Andre helps with youth perspectives; she’s the policy-initiatives adviser for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Visit datcp.wi.gov for more information.