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Volume 21, No. 16
A look back at the colored shavings
Wisconsin exhibitors earn banners By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
MADISON, Wis. – Dairy cattle enthusiasts around the globe ocked to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis., Oct. 1-5 to take part in the spectacle that is World Dairy Expo. Cutting Edge T Delilah EX-95, the winning aged cow, senior and grand champion Brown Swiss owned by Ken Main and Kenny Jo Manion of Copake, N.Y., captured her second supreme champion banner in as many years. The last time a Brown Swiss cow won back-to-back supreme champion banners was 30 years ago when Lyndale Convincer Elaine EX93-5E claimed the honor in 1988 and 1989. Following Delilah as the reserve supreme champion was De La Plaine Bingo Stinger EX-94, the winning senior and grand champion Ayrshire owned by Blue Spruce Farm of Bridwell, Vt. Stinger was the winner of the Ayrshire 5-year-old class. In the junior show, the top juniorowned Red and White cow, Mead-Manor Def Adeline-Red VG-89, was named the supreme champion after being named the intermediate and grand champion of the International Junior Red and White Show. Adeline is owned by Mike and Megan Moede, of Algoma, Wis., and was the winning junior-owned junior 3-year-old cow. The reserve supreme champion cow of the junior show went to the senior and grand champion of the International Junior Holstein Show Musthaven Goldwyn Jaelyn-P owned by M., M. & M. Price and C. Cunningham, of Lomira, Wis. Jaelyn was the winning 5-year-old. The supreme champion of the heifer show in both the open and junior divisions was the top heifer of the International Red and White Show, exhibited by Molly Olstad and Tristan Ostrom, of Stoughton, Wis. Milksource Thunder-Red-ET topped the fall calf class and was named the junior champion of both the open and junior divisions. Following Thunder as the reserve supreme champion of the heifer show in the open division was the winning Holstein summer yearling and junior champion Windcroft Drman Irreplaceable exhibited by Westcoast Holsteins, of Chilliwack, B.C., Canada. The reserve supreme champion of the heifer show in the youth division was the junior champion Ayrshire,
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October 12, 2019
Schultzes look to get better, not bigger
Sibling trio strives for continous improvement By Stacey Smart Staff Writer
FOX LAKE, Wis. – Before siblings Kari Gribble, Nick Schultz and Katy Schultz could come home to work on the family farm, they had to get some form of education and spend time working off the farm. Those were the stipulations their parents, KevSTACEY SMART/DAIRY STAR en and Cheryl Schultz, of Siblings – (from leŌ ) Kari Gribble, Nick Schultz and Katy Schultz – milk 400 cows and farm Fox Lake, Wis., set for 2,000 acres at Tri-Fecta Farms near Fox Lake, Wis. They began purchasing the farm from their Turn to SCHULTZ | Page 6 parents in 2002.
Secretary Perdue listens to industry’s concerns at WDE Farmers press for change in trade, market policies By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
MADISON, Wis. – All sectors of the dairy industry gathered Oct. 1 to voice their concerns and praises for the industry as United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue hosted a town hall meeting at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. The event, which kicked off Perdue’s visit to America’s Dairyland, shed light on national and foreign policies weighing heavily on the minds of dairy farmers across the country. “We are truly interested in your prosperity and livelihood,” Perdue said. “Even as an advocate and representative Turn to PERDUE | Page 7
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Dairy farmer Paul Adams states his concerns with the dairy industry to United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue during a town hall meeƟng Oct. 1 at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. Adams is an organic farmer from Eau Claire, Wis.