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Wisconsin cow named Supreme at WDE

Bob Meyer — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:34:15 +0000

A Wisconsin cow took top honors at World Dairy Expo 2009. Harvue Roy Frosty, a five-year-old Holstein cow from Rudolph, Wisconsin, was crowned Supreme Champion of World Dairy Expo 2009. Sired by Roylane Jordan-ET, she was exhibited by Mike and Julie Duckett, Jim and Nancy Junemann and Scott Armbrust. Currently classified EX-95, Frosty was bred by Dave and Debra Hardesty of Berryville, Virginia.

Reserve Supreme Champion of the show was legendary Brown Swiss, Old Mill E Snickerdoodle OCS, bred and exhibited by Allen Bassler, Jr. of Upperville, Virginia. This is the second year in a row that Snickerdoodle was Reserve Supreme, the sixth time she has topped the Central National Brown Swiss show. She was Supreme Champion in 2003.

Attendance was down a little this year as expected due to the dairy economy, 64,796 visited the show this year compared to just over 68,000 last year. There were 2,551 international guests from 91 countries this year, fewer people but representing more countries than last year.

There were 2,607 head of cattle shown by 912 exhibitors from 35 states and 7 Canadian provinces. Holsteins made up the largest group, 760 head followed by 482 Jerseys, 382 Brown Swiss, 336 Red & White Holsteins, 235 Ayrshires, 213 Milking Shorthorn and 199 Guernseys.

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For sale, youth judging and other results :

Total Numbers of Sale Lots:

(Ayrshire – 14; Brown Swiss – 33; Guernsey – 15; Holstein – 42; Jersey – 39)

Guernsey Classic International

Total Sales: $36,250 Lots: 15 Average: $2,417

Highest Lot: $4,400 Dairyman Mr America Dare-ET, purchased by John Fudge, Gamaliel, Kentucky, consigned by Hoard’s Dairyman Farm, Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin.

Top of the World Jersey Sale

Total Sales: $107,050 Lots: 39 Average: $2,745

Highest Lot: $6,100 for Rapid Bay Shyster Rachel, purchased by Mt. Elgin Dairy Farm of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, consigned by Rapid Bay Jerseys of Ormstown, Quebec, Canada.

World Ayrshire Event

Total Sales: $50,050 Lots: 14 Average: $3,575

Highest Lot: $14,000 for Bonnie Brae Aero, purchased by Herman Hoffman & Gene Hall Jr., Cushing, Oklahoma and consigned by P&A Ayrshires & Hall’s Ayrshsires, Dyersville, Iowa.

World Premier Select Milking Shorthorn Sale

Total Sales: $30,600 Lots: 10 Average: $3,060

Highest Lot: $10,100 for Innisfail Ru Princess 6084-EXP, purchased by Bill Bartlett, Salisbury, Massachusetts and consigned by John Stuart Rowe, Orland, California.

World Classic 2009 Holstein Sale

Total Sales: $832,200 Lots: 42 Average: $19,814

Highest Lot: $95,000 for first choice of two September 2009 Goldwyns or two September 2009 Sanchez daughters from EX-95 Harvue Roy Frosty, purchased by the Esteban Pasada Syndicate, Mexico, and consigned by Junemann, Duckett and Armbrust of Rudolph, Wisconsin.

World Premier Brown Swiss Sale

Total Sales: $134,100 Lots: 33 Average: $4,064

Highest Lot: $8,100 Brothers Three HP Whip It-ET, purchased by Lauren DeBruin, Lake Mills, Wisconsin and consigned by Brothers Three & Hillpoint Partners of Lake Mills, Wisconsin.

Kingsmill Farm II International Futurity

Overall Futurity Champion: Brothers Three Wisp (Brown Swiss)

Exhibited by Katie Gibson/Brothers Three, Eminence, Kentucky

Reserve Overall Futurity Champion: Arethusa Gold Valencia-ET (Holstein)

Exhibited by Arethusa Farm, Litchfield Connecticut

Ayrshire Futurity Winner: Stillmore BBBK Saffron

Exhibited by: Steve and Vicki Searles and Stillmore Cattle Co., Pine Island, Minnesota

Brown Swiss Futurity Winner: Brothers Three Wisp

Exhibited by: Katie Gibson & Brothers Three, Eminence, Kentucky

Holstein Futurity Winner: Arethusa Gold Valencia-ET

Exhibited by Arethusa Farm, Litchfield Connecticut

Jersey Futurity Winner: Partee At Budjon Last Call

Exhibited by: Jordan and Whitney Ebert, Algoma, Wisconsin

Guernsey Futurity Winner: Four Winds Mentor Highlite

Exhibited by: Clark & Joy Vilter, Hartland, Wisconsin

Milking Shorthorn Futurity Winner: Cherrywood KClay Judea 5

Exhibited by: Jessica Achen, Sauk Centre, Minnesota

Red & White Futurity Winner: Ja-Knoll Redman Rally-Red

Exhibited by: Ryan Griffin, Thief River Falls, Minnesota

National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Results (Contest included 19 teams)

Overall Top 10 Teams Overall Top 10 Individuals

1. Virginia Tech 1. Sandra Kirchner, University of Wisconsin – River Falls

2. University of Wisconsin – River Falls 2. Paula Craun, Virginia Tech

3. University of Minnesota 3. Hannah Smith, Virginia Tech

4. Penn State University 4. Janelle Hartzell, Penn State University

5. Cornell University 5. Logan Horst, Penn State University

6. The Ohio State University 6. Aaron Palmer, Iowa State University

7. Iowa State University 7. Eric Bogardus, Cornell University

8. University of Wisconsin – Madison 8. Nisa Gallichio, Cal Poly State University

9. Oklahoma State University 9. Londa Johnson, University of Wisconsin – River Falls

10. Michigan State University 10. Neil Duncan, The Ohio State University

International Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Results (Contest included 17 teams)

Overall Top 10 Teams Overall Top 10 Individuals

1. Ohio State – Ag Tech Institute 1. Matt Henkes, Northeast Iowa Community College

2. Alfred State College 2. Sabrina Eick, Ohio State – Ag Tech Institute

3. Morrisville State College 3. Sara Crego, Morrisville State College

4. Modesto Junior College 4. Stephanie Spencer, Alfred State College

5. SUNY Cobleskill #1 5. Eric Westendor, Michigan State Ag Tech

6. University of Wisconsin – Madison Short Course 6. Jr George Costa, Modesto Junior College

7. Northeast Iowa Community College 7. Shawn Winner, Ohio State – Ag Tech Institute

8. Michigan State Ag Tech 8. (Tie) Brent Hostettler, Ohio State – Ag Tech Institute

9. Kaskaskia College – Blue 8. (Tie) Justin Langer, University of Wisconsin – Madison Short Course

10. SUNY Cobleskill #2 9. Jenn Shultz, Morrisville State College

National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Results (Contest included 26 teams)

Overall Top 10 Teams Overall Top 10 Individuals

1. Maryland 1. Karen Anderson, Minnesota

2. Michigan 2. Katie Arndt, Michigan

3. New York 3. Morgan Meisenheimer, Maryland

4. Ohio 4. Jared Smith, Ohio

5. Minnesota 5. Brett Hildebrandt, Wisconsin

6. Virginia 6. Chelsea Davis, Maryland

7. Iowa 7. Callie Alvis, Virginia

8. Illinois 8. Jordan Hanson, Iowa

9. Kentucky 9. Darin Buckenmeyer, New York

10. Pennsylvania 10. Casey Arlig, New York

The FFA results listed below are unofficial. Official results, when available, can be found at www.uwplatt.edu/org/ffa/wde.

Central National FFA Dairy Products Contest

Overall Top 10 Teams Overall Top 10 Individuals

1. Plymouth 1. Jim Lewis, Brodhead

2. Kiel 2. Skylar Kraemer, Plymouth

3. Weston 3. Jenessa Freidhof, Colby

4. Winneconne 4. Coty Ladika, Weston

5. Brodhead 5. Ben Waldera, De Forest

6. Janesville Parker 6. Abby Lavake, Hustisford

7. Prairie Central 7. Samantha Devries, Plymouth

8. Hustisford 8. Jessica Cook, Kiel

9. Badger 9. Kellie Walters, Tri Star

10. De Forest 10. Naomi Knapp, Prairie Central

Central National FFA Dairy Cattle Judging Contest

Overall Top 10 Teams Overall Top 10 Individuals

1. Howards Grove 1. Garrett Madland, Wisconsin Dells

2. Oregon 2. Anna Blake, Berlin

3. Brillion 3. Trent Kilgus, Prairie Central

4. Sauk Prairie 4. Janelle Remington, Dodgeland

5. Valders 5. Paige Vossekuil, Laconia

6. Prairie Central 6. Will Solberg, Oregon

7. Lake Mills 7. Trent Styczynski, Bonduel

8. Weston 8. Johnny Connors, Weston

9. Waupun 9. Sean Perronne, Howards Grove

10. Janesville Craig 10. Emily Selner, Denmark

Central National FFA Dairy Showmanship Contest

High Individuals

1. Jake Hoesly, Brodhead

2. Candace Wetter, Fennimore

3. Morgan Swiechichowski, Pulaski

4. Genevieve Dryak, Blair-Taylor

5. Cory Bonde, Kiel

2009 World’s Forage Management Cup Contest

Overall Top 10 Teams Overall Top 10 Individuals

1. Prairie Central 1. Katie Schaffer, Prairie Central

2. Mount Horeb 2. Jon Sherry, Viroqua

3. Cassville 3. Jordan Fure, Cassville

4. Arcadia 4. Devon Handel, Mount Horeb

5. Viroqua 5. Brian Uphoff, Oregon

6. Sevastopol 6. Tim Hartman, Prairie Central

7. Big Foot 7. Robin Rotering, Arcadia

8. Amherst 8. Kody Miller, Dakota

9. Tri Point 9. Dylan Syvrud, Mount Horeb

10. Black Hawk 10. Abram Zehr, Prairie Central

World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl Winners

World’s Grand Champion Forage Producer: Southtown Dairy Farm, South New Berlin, New York

First Time Entrant: David Sensening, Platteville, Wisconsin

Dairy Hay: Karl & Barb Wogsland, Scandinavia, Wisconsin
Dairy Haylage: Cross Farms, LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Dairy Corn Silage (Standard): Mike McNamara, Emerald, Wisconsin

Dairy Corn Silage (BMR): Steiner Farms, Sterling, Ohio

Commercial Hay: Ervin Gara III, Torrington, Wyoming

Commercial Baleage: Daniel & Ruth Kamps, Darlington, Wisconsin

Herdsmanship Awards

Given to individuals and/or dairy farms who exhibit and demonstrate organization, cleanliness and cooperation with show management based on votes by their fellow exhibitors.

Overall Winner: Gil-Tex Holsteins, Turlock, California

Ayrshire: Moy-Ayr Farm, Whitewater, Wisconsin

Brown Swiss: Jo-Dee Swiss, Tillamook, Oregon

Guernsey: Prairie Cream Farm/Valley Gem (Lakey Family and Brandon Grewe), Trempeauleau and Cumberland, Wisconsin

Holstein: Windy Knoll View, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Jersey: River Valley Farm, Sauder Family, Tremont, Illinois

Milking Shorthorn: Easter Brook, Don Damrow and Family, Juneau, Wisconsin

Red & White: Stranshome, Owtonna, Minnesota

Mixed Group: Empty Pockets / Oat Hill, Atwater, Minnesota

Mixed Group: Alan Paulson, Juneau, Wisonsin

Mixed Group: Crescentmead, Ixonia, Wisconsin

Tuesday: Chad Ryan and Jason Danhoff & Associates, Wisconsin and Iowa

Wednesday: Arethusa and Kueffner Group, Connecticut and Maryland

Thursday: Gil-Tex Holsteins, Turlock, California

Friday: Elmvue, Johnstown, New York

Saturday: Blessings, Fort Wayne, Indiana

World Dairy Expo Showmanship Contest

Junior Division Intermediate Division Senior Division

1. Paige Hoesly, Brodhead, WI 1. Jacob Dueppengiesser, Perry, NY 1. Kyle Natzke, Fond du Lac, WI

2. Laura Frye, Logansport, IN 2. Tanner Jones, Woodstock, ON, CAN 2. John Paul Regusci, Modesto, CA

3. Elizabeth Regusci, Modesto, CA 3. Jared Dueppengiesser, Perry, NY 3. Nicole Ballweg, Dane, WI

4. Elise Regusci, Modesto, CA 4. Jordan Siemers, Newton, WI 4. Cassy Krull, Lake Mills, WI

5. Brandon Almeida, Hilmar, CA 5. Jessica Currie, Tully, NY 5. Seth Elsner, Fort Atkinson, WI

6. Kyle Barton, Ancramdale, NY 6. Tyler Endres, Lodi, WI 6. Jennifer Wakely, Rockford, IL

7. Brett Peth, Ripon, WI 7. Michael Davis, Riverdale, CA 7. Dana Johnson, Pelican Rapids, MN

8. Connor Erbsen, Lanark, IL 8. Ben Powers, Menomonie, WI 8. Ashley Dietz, Southington, OH

9. Bailey Larson, Alma Center, WI 9. Kara Vosters, Freedom, WI 9. Amelia Cooper, De Forest, WI

10. Rachel Bock, Malone, WI 10. Andrew Manke, Valders, WI 10. Sara Belder, Whately, MA

World Dairy Expo Quiz Bowl Contest

1. Minnesota 4-H: Anne Gathje, Joe Gathje and Alan Borka, Matt Frenchick and Lucas Salfer coached by Jim Salfer.

2. Illinois: Angie Boesche, Haley Lyons, Elizabeth Myelle and Colleen Ziller, coached by Dave Fischer.

3. Florida: Tom Massagee, Krystina Thompson, Fallon Curren and Donna Owens, coached by Mary Sowerby.

Klussendorf Award Winner: Charlie McEvoy, Marathon, New York

Klussendorf-MacKenzie Award Winner: Thomas “Moss” McCauley, Lowell, Michigan

Merle Howard Award Winner: Kyle Natzke, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

A.C. “Whitie” Thomson Award Winner: Rodney Bohnhoff, Plymouth, Wisconsin

Robert “Whitie” McKown Winner: James Burdette, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Wisconsin will be at the table

Bob Meyer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:31:07 +0000

One of the big news items at World Dairy Expo was actually something that happened in Washington. On Wednesday, it was announced that the $350 million Sanders Amendment to the Ag Appropriations bill will be included in the final bill. The plan allocates $60 million for the purchase of dairy products for federal food and nutrition programs and the remaining $290 million will be direct payments to producers. Wisconsin Ag Secretary Rod Nilsestuen says those payments will not be through the MILC program as some have predicted, but will instead be some sort of direct payment to producers.

While there is not a lot that a state government can do for dairy producers, the Agriculture Secretary in America’s Dairyland is doing whatever he can to push federal policy. Governor Jim Doyle has nominated Nilsestuen to be on that new dairy advisory committee being assembled by U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack. “When we produce over a quarter of the cheese in the United States and almost half of the specialty cheese in a $26 billion industry here, we have to be at the table.”

AUDIO: Secretary Nilsestuen talks about dairy policy

World Dairy Expo’s Dairy Woman of the Year

Bob Meyer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:27:36 +0000

Each year World Dairy Expo names a Dairy Woman of the Year. This year it is Daphne Holterman of Watertown, Wisconsin. She and her husband, Lloyd, run Rosy Lane Holsteins, an 800-cow purebred Holstein herd. The farm is very busy this week as a number of foreign visitors to World Dairy Expo are taking a side-trip to visit the Holterman farm.

Besides running one of the best dairy herds in the state, Daphne is extremely active in her community and beyond. She has been involved with the local chamber of commerce and the local hospital board. Both Daphne and Lloyd are members of the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, they are past national winners of the Jaycees Outstanding Young Farmer award and do their best to represent what today’s dairy farm family is all about.

AUDIO: Daphne Holterman talks about her involvement

International Dairy Person of the Year

Bob Meyer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:25:06 +0000

The World Dairy Expo International Dairy Person of the Year is Dr. Jan Philipsson with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He has behind the establishment of an international system for evaluating bulls. The challenge came from the fact that while the semen from bulls is available anywhere in the world, how those genetics respond will vary from country to country. So participating countries do genetic evaluations of how bulls perform in their country and then rank the bulls. About 150,000 bulls from six breeds are evaluated three times a year for production, for calving ease, for confirmation, workability, fertility and a number of other characteristics.

AUDIO: Dr. Philipsson talks about his contribution to the dairy industry

World Dairy Expo’s Dairyman of the Year

Bob Meyer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:22:01 +0000

The 2009 World Dairy Expo Dairyman of the Year is David Hileman of Pennsylvania. He started farming with his parents right out of high school and then purchased the operation in 1974. “At the time we were milking about a hundred cows and farming 162 acres, over the years I grew it to 420 cows and 700 acres.” He says the success of Hilecrest Dairy Farms has been due to maximizing the use of his facilities, keeping good records and the adoption of technology. “Those that receive the greatest benefit of new technology are those that are first to use it.”

He has served as director and president of GENEX-CRI Cooperative, was president of the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania, has been on the small business and ag advisory committee for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and a number of community boards as well.

He sold the operation to a neighbor a couple of years ago and “In my current life” he is working with Penn State University and the Dairy Alliance, organizing and facilitating dairy discussion groups. They get five-or-so dairy producers in an area together over lunch to discuss what is going on in their operations, “To get that network in a community that we used to have years ago.” He says many of the participants are younger producers who have never been through times like these so it is really working well.

AUDIO: David Hileman talks about his farm and his work

“Milk is a fabulous product”

Bob Meyer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:18:14 +0000

If you want to talk about dairy products, obesity, heart health and nutrition…you want to talk to Patty Endres. She and her husband, Dave milk 700 Jersey cows just north of Madison at Lodi, Wisconsin. Patty serves on the Board of Directors of the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin; she is a dietician and a heart transplant recipient. “The biggest thing that we deal with in agriculture is we all work very hard to produce a safe, healthy, nutritious product for people. We are all held to high standards that we meet.”

The challenge is getting the word out to consumers. “It means getting out there and talking about it,” she says, “milk is a fabulous product.”

AUDIO: Patty Endres talks about dairy, nutrition and getting the message out

A lot of research goes into that silage corn

Bob Meyer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:13:32 +0000

With milk prices and feed costs what they are, dairy producers are looking for ways to grow better forages and then get the most out of those forages. Bill Seglar with Pioneer works with corn silage and finds people are finding “corn silage brings a lot to the table.” The company has been characterizing their corn silage hybrids for 15 years and then use that information to create the best dual-purpose hybrids.

AUDIO: Bill Seglar talks about Pioneer’s silage program

A good place to launch a name

Bob Meyer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:07:40 +0000

If you are launching a new name in the diary industry, what better place to do it than at World Dairy Expo? Keith Klanderman is with Nutri-Ad. The company provides nutritional additives for all animals including some old, familiar names. He says the new name reflects the company’s new focus on innovation and the future, enhancing the health of the animal while utilizing homegrown feedstuffs.

AUDIO: Keith Klanderman talks about innovation

Choosing additives with the best payback

Bob Meyer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:04:24 +0000

Most of the exhibitors at World Dairy Expo say the attitude of the producers attending the show has been good. Randy Greenfield with Vita Plus says they know what their customers are going through and they are doing their best to help them. “Producers have limited resources to spend on feed additives,” says Greenfield, “it’s determining which are the ones that are making them the most money.” He notes that it comes down to the best return on investment. Like many, he cautions against discontinuing any management practices which may influence reproductive health because that will come back to haunt a producer for years to come.

AUDIO: Randy Greenfield talks about the decision-making process

Can your dairy lender stay with you?

Bob Meyer — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:27:44 +0000

For years, Gary Sipiorski served as President of Citizens State Bank of Loyal and became well-known for his expertise in financing dairy operations. It was one year ago he accepted a position with Vita Plus and while he left the bank, he remains on its board of directors. He also serves on an agriculture and industry advisory board for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, that group meets this week and Sipiorski says he has three pages of recommendations for the board.

He notes that ag lenders want to work with producers, they do not want to own cows and farms but they are really caught between two federal groups. On one side they have the FDIC and other bank regulators telling them they have to tighten up their credit policy while on the other side, USDA and others are saying do what you can to help them get through. “That’s the dilemma that the bankers are in.” Sipiorski says the real challenge may be yet to come, while milk price futures indicate things are going to rebound, they are still below cost of production for many so the real test may come next February or March when producers need spring operating loans.

AUDIO: Gary Sipiorski talks about the dilemma facing ag lenders 7:57