Whether it’s clipping, leading, doing nightline, or something else, everybody has a way of helping out to make sure the cattle make it to the ring ready for the show. But, what if you could have any job this week at Expo? We went to the exhibitor barns to find out what some people wished they could be doing this week of Expo.

Click to hear the responses from a few of your friends in the barn: Darrin Gregory, Harvard, Ill.; Elizabeth Thyen, Grove City, Minn.; Matt Beyer, Columbus Ind.; Kelcie Degenfelder, Oakfield, N.Y.; Jordan London, Punxsutawney, Pa.; Bob Nagel, Punxsutawney, Pa.; Chris Lahmers, Merrysville, Ohio; Jeff Brown, Ohio; Caroline Arrowsmith, Pa.; Mitch Kappelman, Wis.; Jake Siemers, Wis.; Ben Kinnard, Wis.; David Hanson, Goodridge, Min.; Haely Leiding, Fountain, Minn.; Donavan Miguel, Hilmar, Calif.; Carol Regusci, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Jared Dickman, Lanark, Ill.; Mikayla Erf, Oakdale Minn.; Lane Wendorf, Ashippun, Wis.; Tristen Ostrom, Green Bay, Wis.; Jeannie Bishop, Watertown, Wis.


Christy Achen

Christy Achen was the 2018 Hoard's Dairyman summer editorial intern. She grew up on a dairy farm in southwest Kansas. Achen is currently a senior at Utah State University studying agricultural communications and journalism.

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