WISCONSIN DELLS – Nate Zimdars of Dane County was selected the winner of the 2023 Wisconsin Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Agriculturalist Discussion Meet during the organization’s 104th Annual Meeting and YFA Conference on December 3.
The Discussion Meet is a panel discussion in which Farm Bureau members between the ages of 18 and 35 are judged on their ability to express their ideas and opinions and reach a solution on current issues affecting agriculture.
Zimdars was most recently a farm broadcaster with the Mid-West Farm Report. As of Dec. 4, he will be a machine operator with Emmi Roth Cheese in Stoughton.
He grew up on a small hobby farm outside of Ripon raising sheep and poultry. He attended UW-Fond du Lac and UW-Madison majoring in political science and history. He is a former state FFA Officer and Wisconsin FFA Alumni President. Zimdars is a graduate of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Leadership Institute Class XII and is a former county Farm Bureau board member.
Zimdars will represent Wisconsin during the American Farm Bureau Annual Convention in January. He will receive $1,500 courtesy of GROWMARK, Inc. and is eligible to participate in the 2025 YFA Washington, D.C. Fly-In.
Along with awards from Farm Bureau, Rural Mutual Insurance and GROWMARK, Inc., the winner was presented with a chainsaw courtesy of Blain’s Farm and Fleet.
Other finalists included Issac Christenson of Polk-Burnett Farm Bureau, Paul Lippert of Wood County Farm Bureau and Brooke Trustem of Rock County Farm Bureau.
