Biggs receives Golden Bull award and scholarship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Illinois native Molly Biggs was one of four recipients of the Golden Bull achievement award at the Banners in the Bluegrass Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

The awards were presented July 31 during the Junior National Hereford Expo in Louisville. Biggs, of Dixon, received a bronze bull sculpture and a $2,000 scholarship.

She will be a junior at Kansas State University and is studying agricultural communication and journalism and animal science.

Biggs hopes to be an advocate for the ag industry, increasing the transparency between producers and consumers. She hopes to serve on an agriculture council or as a future adviser.

The Hereford Youth Foundation of America and the National Hereford Women awarded $33,000 at this year’s expo and will award more than $200,000 in 2022 to deserving junior members to aid in their academic endeavors.