Photos courtesy of Wisconsin OYF
OUTSTANDING FARMERS: Five couples competed for Wisconsin’s 2021 Outstanding Young Farmer Award. They are (front, from left) runners-up Joe and Ashley Dudkiewicz, Crivitz, and winners Jennifer and Shane Sauer, Waterloo. In back (from left) are Leslie and Scott Svacina, Deer Park, and Jenny and Michael Jenson, Elk Mound. Clint and Erin Hodorff, Eden, are not in the photo. Shane and Jennifer Sauer farm 650 acres and milk 150 cows.
Shane and Jennifer Sauer of Waterloo, Wis., were selected as the Wisconsin 2021 Outstanding Young Farmers during the 67th annual OYF awards weekend, held Jan. 22-23 in Neenah, Wis.
Shane Sauer is the third generation to run his family’s dairy farm at Waterloo.
The Waterloo dairy farmer recalls spending many hours watching and admiring his grandfather for the many skills he had operating the farm. Sauer also remembers helping with the milking at a very young age.
Sauer credits those early years on the farm for developing his work ethic and for teaching him that there will be good days and bad days but that it was the career and lifestyle he wanted.
When Shane was 15 he started receiving a percentage of the milk check for his contributions to keeping the farm going. During that time he began looking for ways to take over the business.
Congratulations to Shane and Jennifer Sauer from Waterloo for being the winners of the 2021 Outstanding Young Farmer Award. The couple runs Sauer Dair.
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Shane and Jennifer Sauer of Waterloo are among the five finalists for the 67th Wisconsin Outstanding Young Farmer (OYF) Award. The finalists for the 2021 distinction will participate in the OYF Awards Weekend Jan. 22-24 at the Best Western Premier Bridgewood Resort Hotel & Conference Center in Neenah.
The OYF candidates are sponsored to the state event by past OYF finalists, UW Extension County Ag Agents or other agricultural groups; sponsors can still contribute to the overall event or a specific candidate. Due to Covid-19 the event will not be open to the public.
The Sauers own a dairy farm with a total of 350 cows and milk 150 registered Holstein. Shane Sauer, 40, grew up working on the family farm and took part ownership at age 23. His wife, Jennifer, has also spent the majority of the coupleâs 12 years of marriage working on the farm full-time.