Youth council considers careers

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Josie Bailey helps Jake Gerke, an FFA member, carve a pumpkin for an October meeting activity. The pumpkins were donated to the Tomah Veteran Affairs to help spread the Halloween spirit. Bailey currently serves as the Tomah FFA President.

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Josie Bailey participates in the State Career Development Events in dairy handling. She placed fifth overall in the state.

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Josie Bailey shows her pig, MC Hammy, at the Monroe County Fair. After taking third in her respective class, she qualified for the Monroe County Livestock Auction.

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Josie Bailey competes in the discussion meet as part of the Leadership Development Events. She won sectionals and competed in June 2023 at the state competition to represent Section 3.

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Josie Bailey Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council

MADISON, Wis. – Agricultural careers were the area of focus March 21 for the Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council during its virtual session. Randy Romanski, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection secretary, welcomed members to the session. Emi McCarville, a council member from Mineral Point, Wisconsin, served as chair of the session.

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Josie Bailey of Tomah, Wisconsin, is currently a senior at Tomah Senior High School. She works on her family’s dairy farm, Bailey’s Cherry Valley near Tomah. She’s active in the Tomah FFA chapter, the Wisconsin Guernsey Association, the National Honor Society and Vernon County Dairy Youth, as well as high school sports such as cross country, gymnastics and track. She plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-River Falls to major in agricultural education.

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.