2024 WORLD DAIRY EXPO
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ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER
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MADISON, WISCONSIN, USA
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WWW.WORLDDAIRYEXPO.COM
EXPO Daily Edition
Friday, October 4, 2024
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IN THIS ISSUE International Red & White Show Results page 5
Star Studded: Mark Rueth page 8
Herdsmanship Zone Winners pages 14 & 15
International Junior Guernsey Show Results page 18
International Junior Red & White Show Results page 19
FLAVORS OF THE DAY Grilled Cheese
Wisconsin repeats as International Guernsey Show Champion BY DANIELLE NAUMAN AND SHERRY NEWELL Staff Writers
MADISON, Wis. — It came down to one. For judge Lynn Harbaugh and his associate, Herby Lutz, that one cow in the International Guernsey Show was Springhill Kojack Uno-ETV. Uno, the winning Aged Cow was named Senior and Grand Champion for the partnership of Melander, Robthom and Smith-Crest of Watertown. Following Uno as Reserve Grand Champion was the Intermediate Champion, Prairie Gem JD Lincoln-ETV, the winning Senior Two-YearOld, exhibited by Glamourview Farms of Walkersville, Maryland. Honorable Mention Grand Champion honors went to the Reserve Senior Champion, Knapps Digligle Qualitys Queenie, the winning Five-Year-Old, owned by Lauren Nelson and Richard Giddings of Brandon, Vermont. The Honorable Mention Senior Champion honors
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Springhill Kojack Uno-ETV is named Senior and Grand Champion of the Interna onal Guernsey Show a er winning the Aged Cow Class Oct. 3 at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. Uno is owned by Melander, Robthom and Smith-Crest. Prairie Gem JD Lincoln-ETV, the winning Senior Two-Year-Old, is named Intermediate and Reserve Grand Champion. Lincoln is owned by Glamourview Farms. Knapps Digligle Qualitys Queenie, the winning Five-Year-Old, is named Reserve Senior and Honorable Men on Grand Champion.
went to Heritage Brook LB Trillium-ET, the winning Four-Year-Old, exhibited by Emmett Vannoy, B. and J. Potter and C. and A. Nicley of Eminence, Kentucky. Judges Harbaugh and Lutz selected Knapps Apie Tesla-ETV, the winning Senior Three-Year-Old, as their Reserve Intermediate Champion. Tesla is owned by the partnership of Emmett Van-
noy, Tre Wright and Katie Oesterritter of Emmince, Kentucky. Springhill Jazzys June-ETV, the second-place Senior Three-Year-Old, was tapped as the Honorable Mention Intermediate Champion. Gold N Pines JD Butterbraid-ETV, the winning Spring Yearling, got the nod for Junior Champion. Butterbraid is owned by the partnership of Suzanne Benoit, Michael Ma-
ier and Jesse and Kylie Muse of Stitzer. Judges Harbaugh and Lutz made Four Winds VG Channelcharisma-ETV, the winning Fall Calf, exhibited by Valley Gem and Four Winds Farm of Cumberland, the Reserve Junior Champion. Turn to INTERNATIONAL GUERNSEY SHOW | Page 3
Maple Bacon from Shullsburg Creamery UW-Madison Cheese Stand next to the Arena Building
Ice Cream
Jumping Jersey Cow Lemon Cheesecake Pirate's Bounty GEA Ice Cream Stand located in the Exhibition Hall
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Ge ng the glamour shot Jordan strives to capture the best on the boards BY DANIELLE NAUMAN Staff Writer
BRODHEAD, Wis. — Dairy cattle photography was not something that was on Lea Jordan’s radar as a college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “I had no idea I would end up being a photographer,” Jordan said. “I had never done any photography, and to this day I have yet to take any sort of class. I wanted to be a herdsman, and work with cows every day.” Seventeen years later, however, she said she cannot imagine doing anything else. Jordan and her husband, Steven, and their three children — Cheyanna, Jaxson and Wyatt — reside in Brodhead, where they are involved in her family’s RockN-Hill Holsteins farm nearby in Juda.
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Lea Jordan gives direc on to her crew while preparing to picture a cow Oct. 3 at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. Jordan has been taking professional dairy ca le photos since 2007. Jordan has been professionally photographing dairy cattle as an associate photographer with Cybil Fisher Photography since she graduated from college in 2007. To date, she
has taken over 27,000 photos. “It was a matter of good timing,” Jordan said. “I had done an internship with ABS and spent time doing young sire daughter photos — we had to
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break them and clip them and then worked with Cybil doing the photos. She needed some show crew help, so I helped there.” Near the end of that summer, Jordan said Fisher offered her a job just before the beginning of Jordan’s senior year of college. Fisher gave her a choice — start immediately or wait to finish her schooling. Jordan opted for the latter, choosing to complete her degree while serving as the president of the Badger Dairy Club and the chairman of the Badger Invitational Sale. “I laughed at her — I wanted to work with cows, not travel,” Jordan said. “But she must have seen something in me that I didn’t. I had never traveled beyond Wisconsin or Illinois, except for attending National Holstein conventions.” While finishing school, Jordan said she started training with Fisher and as graduation day passed, she started with a full photo schedule. Turn to JORDAN | Page 4
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