Our 2015 AJSA summer youth activities intern, Dakota Thomas comes from Dodgeville, Wisconsin where she grew up on her family’s cow/calf and grain operation. In high school Thomas was actively involved in 4-H and FFA competitions as well as showing club calves and Simmentals that her family raised and sold on the local, state, and national level.
Dakota is a student at South Dakota State University (SDSU) where she is working on a degree in Agricultural Communications with minors in Advertising, Animal Science, and Marketing. At SDSU Dakota serves as president of the SDSU Block and Bridle Club, Exec Chair of the SDSU B&B/AGR Jackrabbit Memorial jackpot show, and handles photography for the SDSU Little International. Dakota was also a member of the 2014 SDSU Livestock Judging Team.
