The Holstein Association USA is pleased to announce Olympic wrestler Rulon Gardner will give the keynote address at the National Junior Holstein Convention next week in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Gardner will appear June 24 at the awards banquet. His keynote address will focus on overcoming obstacles, including points on turning the negative into a positive, aiming high when you’re feeling low, and enlisting others.

There’s lots more going on at the convention, including the Distinguished Junior Member finals, the National Dairy Bowl Contest, Dairy Jeopardy, speech contest, National Junior Forum, and the Isle of Champions which will showcase the Junior Show Champions at State Shows from across the country.

The National Junior Holstein Convention will be held June 21-24