2019 WORLD DAIRY EXPO • ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER • MADISON, WISCONSIN, USA • WWW.WORLDDAIRYEXPO.COM • 95.7 FM
EXPO DAILY EDITION Sunday, September 29, 2019
Volunteers two by two
IN THIS ISSUE:
Home to Expo
page 4
New WDE Leadership
page 4
One-on-One: Adam Hunt
page 5
A day in the life of a DCS Exhibitor page 6
Word on the Street: WDE Staff Members pages 8-9
Today's Highlights: 10 a.m
Youth Fitting Contest at the Sale Pavilion
4:30 p.m.
International PostSecondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest - Practical at the Coliseum
6:30 p.m.
DeLaval Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Appreciation Picnic at the Sale Pavilion
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BY SHERRY NEWELL Staff Writer
It is no secret World Dairy Expo runs on the energy of volunteers. Some of them come in pairs – like John and Carol McKinley, and Bob and Marge Kaether. Both couples spend a good share of this week making sure visitors experience the best of what Expo has to offer. None of the four knew much about Expo until they became a part of it. In fact, Bob asked, “What’s Dairy Expo?” when a founding member of the World Dairy Expo Board of Directors approached and asked him to volunteer. A year later, the same man’s wife asked Marge to join the volunteer ranks. The couple is from Waunakee, Wis., and neither Bob nor Marge had dairy backgrounds. Carol, a retired bookkeeper, originally came from a Stoughton, Wis., dairy farm. She and her husband ended up at Expo not because of that, but because of asking an Expo staff member whether she needed more help after the death of a family member who assisted her. Now the McKinleys, who are both 82 and from Verona, Wis., have five years under their belt, while Bob and Marge Kaether have volunteered 10 and nine years, respectively. “It’s just a great experience,” said Marge, who volunteers in the Purple Cow Gift Shop. “Meeting the people is wonderful.” Carol, who also volunteers
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Carol McKinley helps a customer while volunteering at the Purple Cow Gift Shop during the 2017 World Dairy Expo. McKinley, 82, has been volunteering at World Dairy Expo with her husband, John, for the past five years. at the Purple Cow Gift Shop, is quick to point out that some days they are so busy in the booth they barely get a break, but that is one of the things she enjoys. “It’s satisfying to see what people buy and how much,”
Carol said. “I like seeing the shop do well.” In fact, Carol was there one cold and rainy day when a Chinese Expo guest bought $1,000 worth of sweatshirts for his chilled group. “We were sold out,” she
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said. “The next day we got more, and he bought $800 worth.” John has had his share of
While exceptional cattle and an extensive Trade Show are big parts of World Dairy Expo, another aspect of the elite dairy event is the opportunity for further education – another way to provide more tools for a dairy producer’s tool box. “There is an opportunity to hear from not only leading researchers, but industry professionals who are paving the way in terms of introducing cuttingedge, cost-effective ways to enhance dairy operations,” said Laura Herschleb, marketing
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World Dairy Expo attendees listen to one of the Expo Seminars offered at last year's event. The seminars are one of four educational opportunities this year. manager for World Dairy Expo. World Dairy Expo provides four educational opportunities to attendees during its five-day stretch: Expo Seminars, Virtual Farms Tours, Dairy For-
age Seminars and Knowledge Nook Sessions. The Expo Seminars showcase research and ideas from industry professionals and leading universities, the Virtual
Farm Tours showcase dairies of various sizes from across the country. Dairy Forage Seminars highlight seed and forage developments and howtos while the new Knowledge Nook Sessions feature technology, products or research introduced to the industry within the last year. World Dairy Expo’s Education Committee chooses the topics for each year’s Expo Seminar presentations. “We strive to put together a whole gamut of different topics that are of interest to the people who are going to be here,” said Paul Fricke, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and World Dairy Expo Education Committee member. “It’s a diverse audience that comes. We have an international audience, and one that has dairy farmers with different herd sizes from across Turn to TOOLBOX | Page 3