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SANBORNâIt took a second try, but 18-year-old Paige Dagel is proud to have been selected as a youth voice for Iowaâs pork industry.
On Jan. 28, Dagel was named one of two Youth Ambassadors by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. She joins the 2021 Iowa Pork Youth Leadership Team, which promotes the efforts of pork producers across the state.
For Dagel, that includes her parents, Paul and Stacey, who run a wean-to-finish operation on their farm northeast of Sanborn.
âI have always been infatuated with pigs,â Dagel said. âI recall going into the barns as a young girl with my dad.â
A Panorama High School student was recently selected for a high honor.
On Tuesday night, senior Reagan Gibson was selected as one of three Premier Pork Youth Ambassadors for the Iowa Pork Producers Association’s Youth Leadership Team. The selection was made during the organization’s Master Pork Producers’ recognition banquet in Des Moines.
Paige Dagel of Sanborn was the other ambassador and Riverside’s Leah Marek was crowned as the 2021 Iowa Pork Queen.
Gibson and her fellow winners receive a $4,000 scholarship, plaque and sash and will assist with state pork promotional and educational activities throughout 2021.
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