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Chrissy Meyer brings her knowledge and years of calf-management experience to her job at Alta Genetics.

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Chrissy Meyer discusses the customized dairy-genetics plan for Melichar Broad Acres, located near Port Washington, Wisconsin. Meyer and her colleagues at Alta Genetics hosted the tour in 2016 at the Melichar farm and several other Wisconsin dairy farms. The tour was attended by more than 300 guests from about 30 countries.

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"Don’t ever be afraid to reach out to women in your career field for advice," says Chrissy Meyer to women working in the agriculture industry. Meyer is U.S. marketing manager and global-marketing editor for Alta Genetics, and president of the Association of Women in Agriculture Benefit Corporation.

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Lynn Grooms

This article is the first in a series of articles featuring the leaders of the Association of Women in Agriculture Benefit Corporation. The organization’s mission is to advance the education of women in agriculture. The organization also supports the student chapter of the Association of Women in Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin. Email lgrooms@madison.com to contact her.