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Lizzy Turner: A hardworking Kentucky dairy farmer

Kentucky Dairy Farmer Lizzy Turner Works Hard and Dreams Big

Kentucky Dairy Farmer Lizzy Turner showing her cow at the Kentucky State Fair

Kentucky dairy farmer Lizzy Turner is an expert juggler, not balls or glass bottles, but she juggles her busy schedule like a pro. Raising dairy cattle keeps a girl busy, but add in school, softball, volleyball and other activities, and it’s hard to believe anyone can keep track of it all. But Lizzy does.

For Lizzy, it’s important to chase her dreams, and exhibiting dairy cattle tops her list of priorities. Unofficially, Lizzy has shown cattle since she was just a toddler but officially she joined 4-H and started competing when she was nine. Since then she’s shown her animals at county, state and national levels. 

Day On the Farm

Each day she gets up early to feed the heifers and calves, then she milks the cows and does her chores. Luckily, she doesn’t have to help with her family’s crops, but like any Kentucky dairy farmer she does have to feed her animals every day, 365 days, rain or shine. She knows the ins-and-outs of cow nutrition, how much to feed and how to take care of her livestock. 

Raising livestock has taught her a lot. 

“It makes you strong and shows you can handle responsibility like caring for your animals,” Lizzy said.

At the Fair

Lizzy Turner asleep on a makeshift bed next to her cowCompeting in the Kentucky State Fair isn’t just a few hours of work in the show ring, but a 24 hours experience living, sleeping and eating side-by-side with her cows in the barn.

“You get to see all your friends, meet new ones and stay in the barn. Most nights are sleepless and noisy, but I get to spend time making memories with my family,” said Lizzy. 

Interested in being part of the Kentucky State Fair this year, visit our compete page for more information. 

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