Lifetime in show ring prepares Larson for statewide 4-H leadership

Adaline Larson keeps her lamb under control at the Day County Fair Sheep Show Aug. 7. Larson was selected as a 4-H State Ambassador for 2026–27. Reporter & Farmer | Connor Handrahan
Adaline Larson keeps her lamb under control at the Day County Fair Sheep Show Aug. 7. Larson was selected as a 4-H State Ambassador for 2026–27. Reporter & Farmer | Connor Handrahan

For Adaline Larson, leadership has grown out of the same place as much of her 4-H experience: the family farm.

Larson, a 16-yearold Langford Area High School student, lives outside Langford on the farm where her father and grandfather grew up. From an early age, she learned that raising livestock requires responsibility, patience and plenty of work. She was feeding bottle calves as soon as she coul…