Many Hats, And A Tiara

When Cydney Stables ’25 sets her mind to something, she cuts a clear path to it with meticulously organized determination. She wears many hats: as an outstanding quadruple-major senior student completing her final graduation requirements including an independent research project, the president of Graceland’s highly active Ag Business Club, a golf team member, intern, floral artist—and official ambassador for the ag industry and dairy sector.

With five more weeks to go at Graceland before she dons that well-earned mortarboard (majors: Agricultural Business, Communications, Economics, Business Administration), she recently added a tiara to all those hats and the cap.

A Gaston, OR, native, Stables had already been serving as Dairy Princess Ambassador representing two Oregon counties, Yamhill and Polk. Now, her work was crowned with the state title Oregon Dairy Princess. A whole new role and responsibility that blends all components of her passion for the business and will take her to FFA state conventions, agricultural events, farm bureau meetings, trade fairs and workshops, speaking to and with farming communities, students, and industry experts and innovators.

As the 5^th generation of a dairy-farming family, particularly this aspect of technological innovation for precision agriculture drives her professional interest.

Even a prolific princess can’t do everything at once, and for this royal appointment, Stables was able to postpone her continuing graduate studies at Kansas State University for a semester. Next year, she will dive deeper into the field of Agricultural Economics, with a PhD in mind so she can keep doing at the highest level what she is already incredibly good at—taking on the hat as an educator, or extension and outreach leader.

You can view the Oregon Dairy Women’s press release on Cydney Stables’ coronation at Oregon-Dairy-Women-name-2025-2026-Oregon-Dairy-Princess-Ambassadors.pdf