Congratulations to Blake Renner, Fortuna, Calif., who has been named Area Representative for the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc.
Renner will provide on-farm service to Jersey owners located in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. He will also travel nationwide as an evaluator for the AJCA Linear Type Traits Appraisal program.
The recipient of the 2003 William A. Russell Memorial Scholarship, Renner graduated this past June from California Polytechnic State University with a B.S. degree in dairy science, with a minor in agribusiness.
He was an assistant herdsman at Renner Ranches, Inc., working in all departments of the operation with additional responsibility for sire selection and matings for the herd’s Jersey cattle.
As a member of the Cal Poly dairy cattle judging team, Blake earned high individual honors at the 2006 Western National spring contest and ranking in the top 10 for reasons at the NAILE contest in Louisville, Ky. He served as associate chair for the FFA state finals contest, and was an official judge for the finals held this past May.
For four summers (2003 to 2006) he was a counselor at the Barry Mendenhall Basketball Camps in Scotia, Calif., working on developing basketball skills with youth from the ages of five to 15.