If you are lucky enough to find yourself sitting ringside during one of the World Dairy Expo dairy cattle shows, there’s an opportunity for you to place the animals right along with the official...
Judges not only evaluate cattle, they are communicators. You had success in judging contests as a youth. Now, you'd like to move onto the next level and judge dairy shows. What should you know? I spoke...
FFA teams traveled to Indianapolis, Ind., this week to compete in the National FFA Career Development Event (CDE) for Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Management. On Wednesday, each participant took a writ
To better highlight World Dairy Expo’s breed champions and speed up the selection of the week’s Supreme Champions, for the first time this year, the show is hosting two Supreme Champion ceremonies
Judge Keving Doeberenier of West Salem, Ohio, and his associate judge Adam Hodgins of Kincardine, Ontario, sorted through many impressive classes Wednesday and Thursday as they chose their Grand Champion
Stoney Point Joel Bailey, the winning Six-Year-Old and Older cow owned by Vierra Dairy Farms of Hilmar, Calif., hit the winning jackpot this year as she won Grand Champion of the International Jersey Show...
Judge Chris Lahmers of Marysville, Ohio, and his associate, Mike Maier of Stitzer, Wis., evaluated 262 animals in the International Milking Shorthorn Show this year, and Gin-Val Logic Lauretta-EXP was...
The International Junior Holstein show kicked off World Dairy Expo’s dairy cattle shows on Sunday, with Mandi Bue of Freedom, Wis., serving as the judge with associate John Erbsen of Lanark, Ill
The colored shavings of World Dairy Expo are pink this year, and youth showmanship contestants were the first ones to parade their animals across them when they competed on Saturday
Why do you feed supplemental fat to your herd? Perhaps you’re aiming to propel your milkfat higher to capture more revenue in your milk check, or you recognize the impact bypass fat can have on feed...
It is so important that we engage with policymakers to ensure animal agriculture’s voice is heard in discussions that could impact the way farmers and ranchers do what they do
