Clark County will host the 67th Alice in Dairyland Finals
Monday, May 13th, 2013 -- 10:32 AM
Clark County will host the 67th Alice in Dairyland Finals May 15-17, 2014. The announcement was made on Friday evening by Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)Secretary Ben Brancel.Brancel said the Alice in Dairyland Finals will generate a lot of excitement in the region and provide an opportunity to highlight the positive impact of Clark County?s farms and agribusinesses. He said as the host, Clark County will make a key first impression on our next Alice in Dairyland.
Alice in Dairyland is a public relations professional who works one year as a DATCP employee speaking at community events, interviewing with statewide media and educating students in classrooms about the state's $59 billion agricultural industry.
Clark County last hosted the Alice in Dairyland Finals in 2001. Chuck Rueth is with Clark County?s Alice in Dairyland Steering Committee Chair and he said Clark County and the planning committee are very excited for to be hosting Alice in 2014. Rueth said that they have some great agri-business tours lined up to showcase what the county has to offer, and they are creating plans to try to get the whole county to participate in this event.
The Alice in Dairyland Finals includes a two day briefing in March and the three day Finals in May. The three days include interviews, agribusiness tours, an impromptu question and answer session and selection finale program. On the last evening, the Alice in Dairyland is selected from the group of finalists.
In Clark County, agriculture provides 46% of the county?s workforce. Clark County agriculture generates $1.5 billion of the county?s total business sales. Clark County is the top Wisconsin producer of forage, oats for grain and corn silage. The county also leads the state in the number of milk cows and number of dairy farms.
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