Union County's Boop Snags Supreme Champion with the Holstein at Premier National Junior Show
Maryland's lager Wins Supreme Champion Heifer with the Jersey
J&K Vue Goldwyn Glamour, the Grand Champion Holstein owned by Douglas Boop, of Millmont, Union County, was named Supreme Champion Cow on Monday, Sept. 15, at the 2014 All-American Dairy Show at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg.
Holsteins were evaluated by Judge Sean Johnson of Glenville, York County, prior to receiving the top honors.
Boop's family owns Heart & Soul Holsteins in Millmont, Union County. Boop previously won Supreme Champion Cow of the Premier National Junior Show in 2011.
Supreme Champion Heifer was the Grand Champion Jersey, Steeshanie Iatola Tinkerbell, owned by Madison Iager, Woodbine, Md. Molly Sloan, of Columbus, Wi., evaluated the Jerseys.
Iager, 15, also shows pigs, sheep, and goats wither her family's farm, Lady Longear's Ranch. She is currently the Maryland High School Rodeo Queen and plans to attend the University of Maryland to study agriculture.
Boop received the $2,000 Supreme Champion Cow award, sponsored by AgChoice and Mid Atlantic Farm Credit, and the John L. Morris Memorial Blanket, sponsored by the Center for Dairy Excellence.
Iager received the Samuel G. Yoder Crystal Star and $500 award, presented to the owner of the Supreme Champion Heifer. It was sponsored by the American, Junior American and Mid-Atlantic Milking Shorthorn societies and the American Milking Shorthorn Society Syndicate.
Breed Champions:
Heifers
Red and White Country Path Ab Hunter-Red, Katelyn Nolt, Canton, Bradford Co.
Holstein Savage-Leigh Alex Lacy-ET, Miranda Iager, Woodbine, Md.
Jersey Steeshanie Iatola Tinkerbell, Madison Iager, Woodbine, Md.
Guernsey Warwick Manor Alymo Pie, Karli Stoltzfus, East Earl, Lancaster Co.
Ayrshire Paragon-Acres TSB Kinetic, Adam Buckenmeyer, Alexander, N.Y.
Brown Swiss Cutting Edge T Delilah, Mikayla Fulper, Ancramdale, N.Y.
Milking Shorthorn Buckeye Knoll Pattycake-ET EXP, Hannah Rhoades, Greenville, Ohio
Cows
Red and white Pheasant-Echos Turvey-Red-ET, Kenny Stambaugh, Westminster, Md.
Holstein J&K Vue Goldwyn Glamour, Doug Boop, Millmont, Union County
Jersey Stephan Comerica Viola, Devin Prokop, Middleburgh, N.Y.
Guernsey Maple Bottom Pizza Pie, Selby Hawkins, Scottdale, Westmoreland Co.
Ayrshire Garnet-Lane Avenger Poinsettia, Cassandra Plummer, Galena, Md.
Brown Swiss Maple Sugar Martha, Chelsea Young, Tinmouth, Vt.
Milking Shorthorn Buckeye Knoll Phenomenal EXP, Sam Rhoades, Greenville, Ohio
The 2014 All-American Dairy Show features 22 shows in six days in addition to the nation's only all-dairy antiques show. Last year's event featured nearly 2,800 animals and more than 1,300 exhibitors from across the nation. The week caps off with the 58th Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Pageant on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Radisson Hotel Camp Hill. For more information, visit www.allamerican.state.pa.us.
9.16.2014