Congratulations to Jacob Pieper, White Hall, Md., for being selected the 2007 recipient of the Fred Stout Experience Award by US Jersey. Pieper will intern at Jersey Marketing Service this summer. Jacob sounds like an outstanding young man with a bright future ahead of him.
Jacob’s responsibilities will include preparation of sale catalogs and advertising, working with consignors to meet health test requirements and arrange trucking, and providing service to buyers. He will also work on the crews for the 50th National Heifer Sale, June 30 in Rock Rapids, Iowa, plus the Pride of the West Sale and Western Pot O’Gold Sale, both scheduled for June 15 in Tillamook, Ore.
Pieper is a junior at Virginia Tech, majoring in dairy science and agricultural economics. He is active in the Virginia Tech Dairy Club and Alpha Gamma Rho, and currently serves as treasurer for both organizations.
Jacob was raised on a Holstein and Guernsey dairy farm, where he works as assistant herd manager on weekends and during school breaks. During the summer of 2005, he was an intern in charge of the show herd for North Star Brown Swiss. He then started his own full-service fitting business and averages 25 clients a year. Pieper attended Mendenhall Auctioneering School in the summer of 2006 and is in the process of acquiring licensing.
The award was created in 2000 in memory of Fred J. Stout Jr., Mt. Carmel, Ill., a lifelong Jersey breeder and member of the Jersey Marketing Service staff from 1978 to 1997.