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Previous show summaries:
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Total Attendance: 65,015 (Last year's attendance was 65,400)
International Guests: 2,513 from 81 countries
Top five countries of international attendance: Canada (272); Mexico (267); Japan (226); Germany (194); Brazil (108)
Commercial Exhibitors:
681 companies representing 22 countries and 43 states
Commercial Booth Award Winners:
Pipping Concrete (small booth winner), ABS Global (intermediate booth winner), Alta Genetics (large booth winner)
Number of Dairy Breeds Exhibited: 7
Total Number of Dairy Cattle Lots: 2,212
Breakdown of Cattle Represented:
| Ayrshire | 221 | Brown Swiss | 396 |
| Guernsey | 222 | Holstein | 611 |
| Jersey | 330 | Milking Shorthorn | 198 |
| Red & White | 234 |
Total Number of Dairy Cattle Exhibitors: 825 exhibitors from 39 states
Total Numbers of Sale Lots: 149
(Guernsey - 24; Jersey - 29; Brown Swiss - 36; Ayrshire - 18; Holstein - 42)
Guernsey Classic International
Total Sales: $76,150 Average: $3,275 (on 22 live lots)
Highest Lot: $9,100 for Southern Justice Banger Samson, purchased by Select Sires Inc. of Plain City, Ohio
Consigned by: Southern Justice Syndicate, Magnolia, KY
Top of the World Jersey Sale
Total Sales: $83,100 Average: $3,613.04 (on 23 live lots)
Highest Lot: $7,100 for Ratliff Counciller Jami, purchased by Wade Kessenich of DeForest, Wisconsin
Consigned by: Ron & Christy Ratcliff, Garnett, KS
The World Premier Brown Swiss Showcase Sale
Total Sales: $174,400 Average: $5,266.67 (on 30 live lots)
Highest Lot: $22,000 for Old Mill Snicker Time, purchased by Jerome, Phyllis & Jason Luttropp, Berlin, WI
Consigned by: Ken Smith of Remington, Virginia
World Ayrshire Event
Total Sales: $75,750 Average: $4,878.57 (on 16 live lots)
Highest Lot: $11,200 for Covey-Farms Harmony Jordan, purchased by the Jordan Syndicate of Dyersville, Iowa
Consigned by: Stanley Covey, Rose, OK
World Classic 2005 Sale
Total Sales: $619,400 Average: $14,748
Highest Lot: $51,000 for Budjon-JK Champ Elianna-ET, purchased by Castleholm Farm of Mondovi, Wisconsin
Consigned by: Elegance Futures LLC, Lomira, WI
Supreme Champion of World Dairy Expo
- Supreme Champion Cow:
Lavender Ruby Redrose-Red (Red & White)
Exhibited by Rosedale Farm. Oxford, Wisconsin - Reserve Supreme Champion Cow:
Budjon Redmarker Desire (Holstein)
Exhibited by Budjon Farm, Lomira, Wisconsin and Jeremy Nitz of Eldorado, Wisconsin - Supreme Champion Cow of the Junior Show:
Smart Remake Enchantment (Jersey)
Exhibited by Craig A. Martin, Olivet, Michigan - Reserve Supreme Champion Cow of the Junior Show:
Joleanna White Rain-ET (Holstein)
Exhibited by Derek Johnson,Unadilla, New York
Central National Ayrshire Show Results
- Grand Champion Female:
Valevue BBK Minerva
Exhibited by Steve and Vicki Searles/Stillmore Cattle Co. of Pine Island, Minnesota - Reserve Grand Champion Female:
Val D’estrie Special K Lolly
Exhibited by Heather Morrell of Cochranton, Pennsylvania - Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Val D’estrie Special K Lolly
Exhibited by Heather Morrell of Cochranton, Pennsylvania - Reserve Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Family Af-Ayr Cornelius Daisy
Exhibited by Sarah Borchardt of Caledonia, Illinois - Premier Breeder:
Palmyra Farm of Hagerstown, Maryland - Premier Exhibitor:
Palmyra Farm of Hagerstown, Maryland - Premier Sire:
Blackaddar Bb Kellogg
Central National Brown Swiss Show Results
- Grand Champion Female:
Old Mill E Snickerdoodle
Exhibited by Allen Bassler, Jr. of Upperville, Virginia - Reserve Grand Champion Female:
Richeys Starbuck Brandy
Exhibited by Mort Dairy & Topp-View Farm, Botkins, Ohio - Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
R & S Jetways Beatrice
Exhibited by Meredith Hayes of Murfreesboro, Tennessee - Reserve Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Voelkers Camelot Peony
Exhibited by Katie Voelker of Perryville, Missouri -
Premier Breeder:
Larry Kruse & Family of Earlville, IA
Premier Exhibitor:
Mary Lou Topp & Sons, Topp-View Farm of Botkins, Ohio - Premier Sire:
Forestlawn Simon Jetway
Central National Guernsey Show Results
- Grand Champion Female:
Four Winds Destiny Child
Exhibited by Clark & Joy Vilter of Hartland, Wisconsin - Reserve Grand Champion Female:
Spring River Royal Happy
Exhibited by John & Bonnie Ayars & Sons/Dr. Kenny Manion of Mechanicsburg, Ohio -
Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Sniders Perfect Brenden
Exhibited by Kendy Beth Gable of New Enterprise, Pennsylvania - Reserve Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Sniders Omni Aeroline
Exhibited by Chad Yoder of New Enterprise, Pennsylvania - Premier Breeder:
Four Winds Farm, Clark & Joy Vilter of Hartland, Wisconsin - Premier Exhibitor:
Four Winds Farm, Clark & Joy Vilter of Hartland, Wisconsin - Premier Sire:
Trotacres Loral Tiller
International Holstein Show Results
- Grand Champion Female:
Budjon Redmarker Desire
Exhibited by Budjon Farm, Lomira, Wisconsin and Jeremy Nitz of Eldorado, Wisconsin - Reserve Grand Champion Female:
Scientific Debutante Rae-ET
Exhibited by Matt and Mandy Nunes/Scientific Holstein, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin - Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Joleanna Whiterain-ET
Exhibited by Derek Johnson, Unadilla, New York - Reserve Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Lortie-Dale Jordan Sue
Exhibited by Austin Robinson of Fountain City, Indiana - Premier Breeder:
John & Thomas Cull & Joel Kietzman of Lomira, Wisconsin - Premier Exhibitor:
Rottinghaus Holsteins of Seneca, Kansas - Premier Sire:
Reagancrest Elton Durham
Central National Jersey Show Results
- Grand Champion Female:
Huronia Centurion Veronica 20 J
Exhibited by Arethusa Farm of Litchfield, Connecticut - Reserve Grand Champion Female:
Llolyn Jude Griffen-ET
Exhibited by Budjon Farms and Peter Vail of Lomira, Wisconsin - Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show: Smart Remake Enchantment
Exhibited by Craig A. Martin of Olivet, Michigan - Reserve Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
GCJ Jade Varsity
Exhibited by Hillary Horst of Bristow, Iowa - Premier Breeder:
Ron & Christy Ratliff of Garnett, Kansas - Premier Exhibitor:
Waverly Farms of Clear Brook, Virginia - Premier Sire:
Piedmont Nadine Furor
International Milking Shorthorn Show Results
- Grand Champion Female:
Mysha Lady Di
Exhibited by Katy Bue and Mysha Herd of St. Anthony, Iowa - Reserve Grand Champion Female:
Gold-Mine Poppy’s OT Kay
Exhibited by Dale and Deanna Bendig of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Dixon Dairy Do18
Exhibited by Bryce Dixon of Cosby, Missouri - Reserve Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Halpin’s Wild Ruth-EXP
Exhibited by Amy Halpin of Kempton, Illinois - Premier Breeder:
Halpin Farm, Kempton, Illinois - Premier Exhibitor:
Halpin Farm, Kempton, Illinois - Premier Sire:
Kuszmar Alfairs Othello
Grand International Red & White Show Results
- Grand Champion Female:
Lavender Ruby Redrose-Red
Exhibited by Mark Rueth, Rosedale, of Oxford, Wisconsin
- Reserve Grand Champion Female:
Red-Vision Dis Della-Red-ET
Exhibited by Kingsmill Farm II, LLC of Durham, North Carolina
- Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Tip-View Skyler-Red
Exhibited by Brock Binversie of Reedsville, Wisconsin
- Reserve Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Nehls-Valley Mt. Thunder-Red-ET
Exhibited by Brandon J. Nehls of Hustisford, Wisconsin
- Premier Breeder:
Elm Park Farms, Ltd. of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
- Premier Exhibitor:
Greenlea Farm, Richard Green, Middletown, Delaware
- Premier Sire:
STBVQ Rubens
International Junior Holstein Show
- Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Joleanna White Rain-ET
Exhibited by Derek Johnson of Unadilla, New York
- Reserve Grand Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Lortie-Dale Jordan Sue
Exhibited by Austin Robinson of Fountain City,Indiana
- Junior Champion Female of the Junior Show:
La-Foster Astro Allure-ET
Exhibited by Rocco Cunningham of Penngrove, California
- Reserve Junior Champion Female of the Junior Show:
Rock-N-Hill Lheros Molly
Exhibited by Lea McCullough of Juda, Wisconsin
Kingsmill Farm II International Futurity
- Overall Futurity Champion:
Avonlea Konnection Rory (Jersey)
Exhibited by Sheryl Deaver of Edgerton, Wisconsin
- Overall Reserve Futurity Champion:
Val D'estrie Special K Lolly (Ayrshire)
Exhibited by Heather Morrell at Cochranton, Pennsylvania
- Brown Swiss Futurity Class Winner:
Lah-Dale Burl Party
Exhibited by Brown Velvet Swiss, London, OH
- Guernsey Futurity Class Winner:
Spring River Royal Happy
Exhibited by John & Bonnie Ayars & Sons/Dr. Kenny Manion of Mechanicsburg, OH
- Milking Shorthorn Futurity Class Winner:
Mysha Lady Di
Exhibited by Katy Bue and Mysha Herd of St. Anthony, IA
- Red & White Futurity Class Winner:
Erbacres Rubens Libby-Red
Exhibited by Duckett/Nabholz, Rudolph, WI
- Holstein Futurity Class:
Sabofarm Durham Pamela
Exhibited by Niles & Elmo Wendorf of Ixonia, WI
Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Results (Contest included 23 teams)
| Overall Top 10 Teams | Overall Top 10 Individuals |
| 1. UW Madison | 1. Aaron Cornman, Viginia Tech |
| 2. Cornell University | 2. Dan Bauer, UW Madison |
| 3. University of Minnesota | 3. Kevin Caldwell, Penn State |
| 4. Pennsylvania State | 4. Molly Florent, UW Madison |
| 5. Ohio State University | 5. Sarah Mullen, Iowa State University |
| 6. Iowa State University | 6. Sarah Krall, Delaware Valley College |
| 7. Virginia Tech | 7. Lauren King, Cal Poly State University |
| 8. Cal Poly State University | 8. Cole Bettencourt, Cornell University |
| 9. UW River Falls | 9. Joel Krall, Penn State |
| 10. DelawareValley College | 10. Derek Johnson, Cornell University |
Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Results
(Contest included 21 teams)
| Overall Top 10 Teams | Overall Top 10 Individuals |
| 1. Northeast Iowa Community College (Red) | 1. Chris Smithgall, Morrisville State College |
| 2. Morrisville State College | 2. Kristy Pringle, Ohio State University Technical Institute |
| 3. Modesto Junior College | 3. Luke Brinkmeier, Northeast Iowa Community College Red |
| 4. SUNY Cobleskill #1 | 4. Mary Tenbrink, Michigan State |
| 5. Ohio State Technical Institute | 5. Shay Ott, UW Madison Farm and Industry Shortcourse |
| 6. Michigan State | 6. Brian Fiorini, Modesto Junior College |
| 7. SUNY Alfred | 7. Jodi Edsall, SUNY Cobleskill #1 |
| 8. UW-Madison Farm & Industry Shortcourse | 8. Glen Meier, NE Iowa Community College Red |
| 9. University of Minnesota Crookston | 9. Kevin Spreng, Ohio State University Technical Institute |
| 10. Northeast Iowa Community College (Grey) | 10. Dennis Miguel, Modesto Junior College |
National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Results
(Contest included 29 teams)
| Overall Top 10 Teams | Overall Top 10 Individuals |
| 1. Wisconsin | 1. Aaron Horst, Pennsylvania |
| 2. Iowa | 2. Julia Hudyncia, New York |
| 3. Pennsylvania | 3. Parker Welch, Maryland |
| 4. New York | 4. Todd Wolf, Iowa |
| 5. Maryland | 5. Andrew Baird, Kentucky |
| 6. Kentucky | 6. Wade Kessenich, Wisconsin |
| 7. Ohio | 7. Daniel Walker, Wisconsin |
| 8. Illinois | 8. Kurt Wolf, Iowa |
| 9. Minnesota | 9. Cletus Fuhrmann, Texas |
| 10. Oregon | 10. Holly Wright, Maryland |
Central National FFA Dairy Products Contest
| Overall Top 10 Teams | Overall Top 10 Individuals |
| 1. Talawanda (OH) | 1. Kelly Howland, Talawanda |
| 2. Plymouth | 2. Mollie Overby, Plymouth |
| 3. Prairie Central | 3. Meagan Hamilton, Waunakee |
| 4. Kewaskum | 4. Lauren Holterman, Watertown |
| 5. River Ridge | 5. Jenny Honegger, Prairie Central |
| 6. Brodhead | 6. Cavanagh, Prairie Central |
| 7. Oconto Falls | 7. Clayton Stoffel, Kewaskum |
| 8. Belleville | 8. Charity Cook, Oconto Falls |
| 9. Laconia | 9. Lisa Ralph, Lancaster |
| 10. Big Foot | 10. Benjamin Thompson, Baraboo |
Central National FFA Dairy Cattle Contest
| Overall Top 10 Teams | Overall Top 10 Individuals |
| 1. Western Dubuque (IA) | 1. Jill Cowle, St. Croix Central |
| 2. Hilmar | 2. Ted Wolf, Western Dubuque |
| 3. River Ridge | 3. Lana Goessling, Whitewater |
| 4. Pulaski | 4. Cletus Fuhrmann, Muenster |
| 5. Muenster | 5. Wes Vomastic, Pulaski |
| 6. Belleville | 6. Kyle Peters, Maquoketa Valley |
| 7. Johnson Creek | 7. Paul Graybill, Dakota |
| 8. Dakota | 8. Mason Amundson, River Ridge |
| 9. Laconia | 9. Kayla Wright, Johnson Creek |
| 10. West Salem | 10. Danielle Brown, Dodgeville |
Central National FFA Dairy Showmanship Contest
High Individuals
- Pat Freiburger, Maquoketa Valley (IA)
- Jessica Langhoff, Dakota
- Trisha Stanek, River Ridge
- Tyler Boyer, Clintonville
- Sarah Gunnick, Laconi
2003 World's Forage Management Cup Contest
| Overall Top 10 Teams | Overall Top 10 Individuals |
| 1. River Ridge (WI) | 1. Ethan Koch, Cassville |
| 2. Lancaster | 2. Tracy Waldinger, Sauk Prairie |
| 3. Cassville | 3. Jamin Seippel, Lancaster |
| 4. Sauk Prairie | 4. Kyle Dallefeld, Western Dubuque |
| 5. Black Hawk | 5. Josh Vogt, River Ridge |
| 6. Amherst | 6. Michael Poradek, Oconto Falls |
| 7. Washington MS | 7. Brittany Iverson, Washington MS |
| 8. Western Dubuque | 8. Bobby Fishnick, Cassville |
| 9. Sparta | 9. Paul Mergen, River Ridge |
| 10. Oconto Falls | 10. Tommy Butts, Black Hawk |
World's Forage Analysis Superbowl Winners
- World’s Grand Champion Forage Producer: Jacob Kamps, Darlington, Wisconsin
- Champion First Time Entrant: West Vale-Vu Dairy, Nashville, Michigan
- Dairy Hay: Mike Buen, Waterloo, Wisconsin
- Dairy Haylage: Fanfare Farms, Monticello, Iowa
- Dairy Corn Silage Standard: Benthem Homestead Farm, McBain, Michigan
- Dairy Corn Silage (BMR): Sandcreek Dairy LLC, Hastings, Michigan
- Commercial Hay: Harlan Fegler, Casper, Wyoming
- Commercial Baleage: John H. Mast, Arcola, Illinois
Herdsmanship Awards
Given to individuals and/or dairy farms that exhibit and demonstrate organization, cleanliness and cooperation with show management based on votes by their fellow exhibitors.
Overall Winner: Arethusa Farm/Kueffner Holstein & Jerseys; Litchfield, Connecticut and Boonsboro, Maryland
Other Winners: P&A Ayrshire Farm, Tom & Sara Kruse, Dyersville, Iowa (Ayrshire); Blessing Farm, Steve Blessing & Family, Fort Wayne, Indiana (Brown Swiss); Gurn-Z Meadow Farm, William and Kathi Orchard & Family, Eagle, Wisconsin (Guernsey); Ratliff Jerseys, Ron and Christy Ratliff, Garnett, Kansas (Jersey); Arethusa Farm, Litchfield Connecticut (Holstein); Easter Brook, Don Damrow, Juneau, Wisconsin (Milking Shorthorn); Greenlea, Richard Green, Middletown, Delaware (Red & White); Land of Living/New View Swiss, Mechanicsburg, Ohio (Mixed Herd); Palmyra Farm and Snider Homestead Farm, Hagerstown, Maryland and New Enterprise, Pennsylvania.
World Dairy Expo Showmanship Contest
| Junior Division | Intermediate Division | Senior Division |
| 1. Lars Sivesind, Waukon, IA | 1. Kyle Natzke, Fond du Lac, WI | 1. Stephanie Aves, Poplar Grove, IL |
| 2. Desiree Moat, Cuba City, WI | 2. Kelly Lee, Johnson Creek, WI | 2. Shane Reynolds, Castle Creek, NY |
| 3. Taylor Leach, Linwood, KS | 3. Lindsey Rucks, Okeechobee, FL | 3. Maureen Lee, Johnson Creek, WI |
| 4. Christopher Voegeli, Monticello, WI | 4. Ashley Dietz, Southington, OH | 4. JR Boyke, Fond du Lac, WI |
| 5. Crystal Siemers-Peterman, Cleveland, WI | 5. Jennifer Wakeley, Rockford, IL | 5. Andrea Nielson, Valley Falls, NY |
| 6. Claire Van Dyk, New Richmond, WI | 6. Daykota Moat, Cuba City, WI | 6. Ashley Sears, South Deerfield, MA |
| 7. Shelby Gredanis, Delavan, WI | 7. John Regusci, Modesto, CA | 7. Heather Petersheim, Barron, WI |
| 8. Kelsey Ristau-Tienter, Fountain, MN | 8. Amanda Mohr, Glencoe, MN | 8. Julie Buddenburg, Decorah, IA |
| 9. Sean Perrone, Sheboygan Falls, WI | 9. Theresa Bock, Malone, WI | 9. Sean Locke, Hilmar, CA |
| 10. Brooke Senn, Fox Lake, WI | 10. Erin Condon, Oshkosh, WI | 10. Andy Hagenow, Reedsville, WI |
Klussendorf Award Winner: Bertram Stewart, Hornby, Ontario, Canada
Klussendorf-MacKenzie Award Winner: Eddie Bue, Alma Center, Wisconsin
A.C. "Whitie" Thomson Award Winner: Tim and Barb Natzke, Crestbrooke, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
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