Gruezi! My name is Rachel Gilson and I am the 2017 Green County Fairest of the Fair. My parents are Robert and Cindy Gilson. I am a senior this year at the University of Wisconsin- Platteville, where I will graduate in December with a Major in Dairy Science and a Minor in Agribusiness. On campus, I am a very active member of the Pioneer Dairy Club and Pioneer NAMA (National Agri-Marketing Association).

I grew up on my family's 70-acre farm just west of New Glarus, where my dad, brother and I currently raise registered and grade Holstein calves and heifers, grow corn, soybeans and hay....