2016 WORLD DAIRY EXPO • ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER • MADISON, WISCONSIN, USA • WWW.WORLDDAIRYEXPO.COM • 95.5 FM
Daily Edition FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016 FIRST SECTION
ATTENDANCE
Thursday’s total attendance 15,647 International attendees to date: 2,149 from 92 countries
IN TODAY’S ISSUE:
Dairy Cattle Show results pages 4-5
One-onOne with Ella Wright page 12
Moowell, Ltd returns page 1, 2nd section
TODAY’S SCHEDULE: CATTLE SHOWS & SALES 7:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. Noon
International Ayrshire Show Cows & Groups
International Red & White Show - Cows & Groups
International Holstein Show Heifers 2 p.m. World Ayrshire Event Sale
7 p.m. World Classic '16 Holstein Sale EXPO SEMINAR 11 a.m.
"Making Money with Genomic Testing on the Dairy Farm" in Exhibition Hall, Mendota 2 Sponsored by CRV USA 1 p.m. "Surviving Low Milk Prices" in Exhibition Hall, Mendota 2 Sponsored by Channel
VIRTUAL FARM TOUR Noon
Ocooch Dairy of Hillsboro, Wis., in Exhibition Hall, Mendota 1 Sponsored by Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc. 2 p.m. Forget-Me-Not Farms of Cimarron, Kan., in Exhibition Hall, Mendota 1 Sponsored by Kansas Department of Agriculture
OTHER EVENTS
5 p.m. International
Reception in the Exhibition Hall 8 p.m. Expo in the Evening in the Estrumate Sale Pavilion
GRILLED CHEESE
Bacon Cheddar made by Nasonville Dairy, Marshfield, Wis.
ICE CREAM FLAVORS
Pirates Bounty • Strawberry Cheesecake • Golden Caramel Expo-losion (Ice Cream Stand located in the Exhibition Hall lobby)
DAIRY ST R
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The excitement remains
Kayser shares her 50 years of Expo memories BY KRISTA KUZMA Staff writer
Although many aspects of World Dairy Expo have changed since its first year 50 years ago, there is at least one thing that has stayed the same. “The excitement for it every year. I look forward to it,” Barb Kayser said. Kayser would know. She has attended every World Dairy Expo since its inception in 1967. Every year, she has returned to Madison, Wis., KRISTA KUZMA and the colored shavings, Barb Kayser has attended every World Dairy Expo since its inception in 1967. While the recent first as a Dairy Cattle Ex- years have been spent volunteering for the International Red & White Show, Kayser’s earlier hibitor and then as a vol- years were consumed showing her family’s dairy cattle unteer for the International Red & White Show. ed farming together near When they heard about Kayser, who was in charge Both Kayser and her Milton, Wis. They attended World Dairy Expo starting, of her farm’s show string. it only made sense to load “The biggest show is World up the trailer and prepare Dairy Expo, and it is right their animals for another in our backyard.” Showring experience. From then on, every “At that time, I think it fall, Kayser made the trip to didn’t have the prestige it Madison. does now because it was “I just love the showing just starting. As the years part of it,” Kayser shared have gone on it has become about World Dairy Expo. quite the show … For me it In the earlier years, was another big show we Kayser said she was in the husband, Alvin, grew up many local, regional and wanted to take one of our minority as a woman taking showing dairy cattle, and state shows in Wisconsin good animals to and show continued the hobby after with their registered HolTurn to KAYSER | Page 2 people what we had,” said they were married and start- steins.
"But now it's quite the show. Each year, I think 'What's going to be better than this one?'"
A night out, Expo style
Expo in the Evening to debut this year BY BRITTANY OLSON Staff writer
Aspiring singers belting out songs in half of a silo, swirling skirts and cowboy hats spinning in perfect harmony across a dance floor. These are some of the memories that come to mind when longtime World Dairy Expo attendees are asked to recall the shows of years and decades that have come to pass. Since its humble beginnings in 1967, World Dairy Expo has grown by leaps and bounds into the premier international destination that it is today. From erecting a new Exhibition Hall on the Alliant Energy Center grounds, to constructing state-ofthe-art New Holland Pavilions for cattle exhibitors, and expanding space to welcome even more industry firms to show off the best they have to offer, the show we’ve come to know and love has come a very
WORLD DAIRY EXPO
World Dairy Expo attendees dance the night away at a social event held in the early '70s. Expo in the Evening will be a time for attendees to gather for a good time. The event will be held tonight beginning at 8 p.m. in the Sale Pavilion.
long way in nearly every aspect. Despite the multifaceted event that World Dairy Expo has become through
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