The seven breed champions paraded under the spotlight in the coliseum for crowd watching to see who would be named Supreme Champion of the 2019 World Dairy Expo. A Supreme Junior Champion was also awarded to honor the best heifer of the breed shows.
Cash, banners, an embroidered sash, a director’s chair, and a supreme blanket were awarded to the Supreme Champion.
Taking the Supreme Champion Cow honors was the Brown Swiss – a repeat Supreme Champion winner from last year, Cutting Edge T Delilah. She is owned by Ken Main and Kenny Jo Manion, Copake, N.Y.
The Ayrshire, De La Plaine Bingo Stinger, was the Reserve Supreme Champion Cow for Blue Spruce Farm of Bridport, Vt.
The Red and White was the Supreme Champion Heifer, Milksource Thunder-Red-ET. That was the second Supreme Champion Heifer honor of the day for Molly Olstad and Tristan Ostrom, as they won the Supreme Champion of the Junior Shows at World Dairy Expo just minutes before the open show selection.
The Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer was the Holstein, Windcroft Drman Irreplaceable, owned by Westcoast Holsteins, Canada.
The other breed Grand Champions in contention were:
Jersey:
Bri-Lin Valson Spitz
Vierra Dairy Farms, Hilmar, Calif.
Milking Shorthorn:
Eichlers Md Blanche-ET
Peter Vail, Engelwood, Fla., and Hillpoint Partners, Cross Plains, Wis.
Guernsey:
Valley Gem Atlas Malt-ET
Valley Gem Farms, Wis.
Holstein:
Butz-Butler Gold Barbara
Ernest Kueffner, Boonsboro, Md.; Dr. Matt Iager, Boonsboro, Md.; Rodney Hetts, Fort Atkinson, Wis.; Renee Beilke, Sun Prairie, Wis.; and Dr. Scott Armbrust, Green Bay, Wis.
Red and White:
Highcroft Absolute Lily-Red
Glamourview-Iager/Walton of Maryland and Eaton Holsteins of New York
Other Junior Breed Champion Heifers:
Ayrshire:
Jomill Burdette Kalliope
Glamourview-Iager and Walton, Walkersville, Md.
Brown Swiss:
Knapp Jetway Wiggle
Matthew Pacheco, Kerman, Calif.
Guernsey:
Knapps Apie Time To Show-ETV
Glamourview-Iager and Walton, Walkersville, Md.
Jersey:
Schulte Bros Teq Glory-ET
Budjon Farms and Peter Vail, Lomira, Wis.
Milking Shorthorn:
Hard Core Md Justice Rozly-EXP
Mike Gregory, Harvard, Ill.
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