Teen carries on family’s Shorthorn tradition

For Kaitlyn Broughton, 17, showing her family’s Shorthorn cattle is an important part of her summer. Growing up on the 500 acres of Broughton Cattle Company in Silver Springs, NY, Kaitlyn has handled the breed all her life under the guidance of her parents Christie VanValkenburg and Merritt Broughton. Kaitlyn brought a cow/calf pair, junior yearling