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 The following is a partial
list of area women that are involved in the agriculture industry,
most are originally from Logan County:
Susan Adams farms with husband John. The couple were recognized as
one of five families for the 2020 Master Farmer awards.
Joyce Aggertt, San Jose.
Sandy Bobell - Farming, Logan County Fair Assistant Superintendent
Swine.
Julie Cowan - Farmer, Fair goat scrambles.
Dara Entwistle - Cattle farmer, Logan County Fair various
involvements with livestock and scrambles.
Brook Furman - Farming, Logan County Fair Assistant Superintendent
Poultry.
Dawn Irwin - Central Illinois Ag.
Sharon (Klockenga) Jones - Part time crop farmer with father,
husband, daughter.
Sara Kleinschmidt - Farms with husband Kent in the Emden area and
they were named 2017 Master Farmers by Prairie Farmer Magazine.
Katherine Stoll Rehberg with the U of I.
Gail Sasse - Full time specialty farming - Gail's Pumpkin Patch.
Kerianne Short - Farmer, Logan County Fair Superintendent Dept U
Boer Goats.
Rachael (Jones) Welker - Crop farms with grandfather, father and
mother, Logan County Fair Office Manager, Logan County Farm Bureau
Young Leader member.
Elizabeth Stoll Wrage - now with Innovative Seed Solutions, LLC.
Ashley Zinser - Central Illinois Ag.
Recent Logan 4-H alumni:
Abby Coers – Marketing Director for Central Illinois Ag, Atlanta,
IL.
Michelle Paulus – Assistant Vice President, Crop Insurance/Farm
Credit IL - Sherman, IL office.
Lauren Burris – Outreach & Communication Specialist/Sangamon Co.
Farm Bureau.
Logan County 4-H Alumni involved in the Ag industry, maybe not
working in Logan County:
Emily Zelhart – Illinois Farm Bureau, Sr. Training & Development
Coordinator.
Jackie Jones – Illinois Farm Bureau, Associate Field Support
Director.
Betsy Burgener – Ag Teacher, Central A & M.
(The three mentioned above – Emily, Jackie, Betsy - are sisters)
Martha Green – Family farming/baling business in Atlanta IL area.
Not originally from Logan County – but involved in “Ag” in Logan
County:
Betsy Pech – Retired Ag Teacher from Hartsburg/Emden, beef cattle
producer.
Katie Bishop – Co-owner PrairiErth Farms (Atlanta, IL).
Ag scholarships are awarded each year to Logan County youth who plan
to pursue a career in agriculture. The Chamber of Commerce began the
program in 2000 and the Logan County Farm Bureau continues it.
The following is a list of women recipients in the past twenty
years:
2019
Four of the seven recipients in 2019 were women: Molly Schempp,
Sierra Smith, Madison Thomas and Maggie Anderson.
2018
Cierra Crowell, Lincoln - planned to study Equine Science with a
minor in Agronomy and Agribusiness at Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale.
2017
Skye Kretzinger, Mount Pulaski, now finishing an Associates in Art
with an Emphasis in Agriculture plans to transfer to Iowa State
University to pursue a degree in Agriculture and Society, then
attend law school with a goal of becoming an Agriculture Lobbyist.
Ashley Zinser of Hartsburg-Emden High planned to major in
Agriculture Business.
2016
Elizabeth Ford of Elkhart planned to attend the University of
Missouri to major in Ag Economics.
Kamryn Aylesworth of Mount Pulaski High School planned to attend
Black Hawk East, Galva to major in Equestrian Science, Horse Science
Technology & Vet Tech.
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Meg Lynn Meeker of Emden
planned to attend Heartland Community College, then University of
Illinois to major in Agriculture Education.
Michelle Paulus of Lincoln headed for University of Illinois at
Urbana Champaign to major in Agricultural and Consumer Economics and
Finance in Agribusiness.
Genevieve Maxine VanWye of Atlanta planned to attend Iowa State
University to major in Animal Science.
Prior Ag Scholarship women recipients:
2015
Chelsea Coers
Kaitlyn Frizzell
Meg Meeker
Michelle Paulus
2013
Morgan Kincheloe
Kaitlyn Nelson
Kartina Schreiner
2012
Chelsea Coers
Morgan Kincheloe
Hannah Allen
2011
Ellen Olson
Christina Stoll
2010
Samantha Lowman
Ellen Olson
Katrina Schriener
2009
Kelli Brooks
Jessica Lindgren
Samantha Lowman
2007
Britney Cowan
Elizabeth Brooks
Jessica Lindgren
Kelly Cross
2006
Abigail Sasse
2005
Casey Davis
Krista Ubbenga
2004
Krista Ubbenga
2003
Natalie Coers
Casey Davis
Abigail Sasse
2002
Elizabeth Schilling
2001
Jackie Bakken
Elizabeth Stoll
A big thank you to Logan County 4-H Office for their contribution of
alumni names.
There are many more women working in agriculture in Logan County and
from Logan County working elsewhere. If you would like to help us
fill in this list more completely we'd love to hear from you. Please
contact us at
ldneditor@lincoln dailynews.com
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