North America's Finest Cows selected as Champions at World Dairy Expo. Having the exhilarating task of placing the International Holstein Show was Michael Heath of Maryland with the help of Associate Judge...
World Classic Sale averages over 33,000! Despite a late start due to the large Holstein heifer show, the sale went off with a bang. The United States and Canadian National Anthems started the evening and...
Jason and Donna Myers, Horace Backus and David Selner Jason and Donna Myers, New Windsor, Md., have been selected by the Klussendorf Association as the fourth Robert "Whitey" McKown Master Breeder Award...
Show ring veterans dominate Milking Shorthorn show Mi-San Acre O Lust-ET was named Intermediate and Grand Champion of the International Milking Shorthorn Show. Lust was the winning Senior-3-Year-Old and...
All four Penn State team members earn All-American Honors. Dustin Gates, Rebecca Shaw, Ariel Taxdal, Isaac Haagen and coach Dale Olver The Penn State Dairy Cattle Judging team entered the National Collegiate...
When Hoard's Dairyman commissioned artist Bonnie Mohr, Glencoe, Minn., to create a new edition to its Foster Mothers of the Human Race paintings, the result was astounding
Optimism was in the air as three robotic milking dairy producers took the stage at a panel concluding today’s Tri-State Robotic Milking Seminar in Belmont, Wis. The meeting gave a background
Pete Heffering, one of the most visionary animal breeders the world has ever known, passed away on March 3, at the age of 80. Not only did Heffering win the coveted Klussendorf and Curtis Clark Awards...
By cutting the beginning or ending of a quote, whole speeches can be turned on their head. With video, it's even easier. David Letterman started a now-popular segment called Stupid Pet Tricks in 1982....
Twenty years ago, a room full of farmers talking about land prices wouldn't have surprised anyone. But what about a room full of investors? On November 15, we attended the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's...
As a dairy-judging contestant, if someone would tell you that you would only lose 5 points out of 500 on 10 contest classes, you would have to like your chances of winning the contest. Such was the case...
Given in memory of Merle Howard, the 1954 Klussendorf winner, the Howard award is given to World Dairy Expo's top junior exhibitor. Howard was a long-time World Dairy Expo volunteer, who served as herd...
Open Show Champions Larry & Jordan Landsgard, Gene Henderson with Christina, Emily & Stuart Rowe, Katie Bue with Lady, and judge Paul Trapp. The Grand Champion Milking Shorthorn was the 5 year old, Innisfail...
Modesto Junior College (MJC) took home the team overall title for the Post-Secondary Dairy Judging Contest. Rocco Cunningham of MJC was first place individual. The top awards in the Post-Secondary Dairy...
Cornell takes home collegiate judging honors after the tie with Virginia Tech is broken. Carissa Levash from UW-Madison top individual. The 91st annual Collegiate Judging contest in Madison, Wisconsin...
The National Dairy Shrine announces the winners of its scholarships for 2011. The scholarships will be presented at the Awards Banquet at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis., on October 6. For more...
In the dairy industry, we have our own version of the "Big 10" schools. These are the four-year universities charged with the task of generating some of the latest research and producing future industry...
National Dairy Shrine will name our very own Steven Larson the 2011 Guest of Honor. The Guest of Honor is the highest award from the National Dairy Shrine. This award goes to an individual who has had...
It may not seem like spring weather, but spring is here! That means it's time to clean, replace, and check on your equipment and facilities. David Bray at the University of Florida provided several items...
We are globally connected. The earthquake, tsunami, and pending nuclear crisis in Japan have reminded us of that. We first need to reflect and be thankful for our own families and loved ones as we watch...
