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DAILY EDITION IN THIS ISSUE Expo Milestones: Scott Bentley
Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023
Like mother, like daughter
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World Forage Analysis Superbowl page 7
Creating the Dynasty
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Junior Brown Swiss Results
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Virtual Farm Tour
Iroquois Acres Jong Cali is named Senior and Grand Champion of the Interna onal Brown Swiss Show a er winning the Component Merit Cow Class, and her daughter Iroquois Acres Total Candy is named the Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion a er winning the Aged Cow Class. Both cows are owned by Brian Pacheco of Kerman, California. Ritchi View Nuck Hum Dinger is named the Honorable Men on Senior and Honorable Men on Grand Champion a er winning the Four-Year-Old Class. She is exhibited by Ken Main, Kenny Joe Manion and Allan Brisson.
Iroquois Acres duo tops International Brown Swiss Show
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FLAVORS OF THE DAY
BY DANIELLE NAUMAN Staff Writer
Grilled Cheese Maple Bacon Cheddar made in Shullsburg, Wis.
MADISON, Wis. — Iroquois Acres Jong Cali and her daughter Iroquois Acres
UW-Madison Cheese Stand next to the Arena Building
GEA Ice Cream Stand located in the Exhibition Hall
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Hatley, Quebec, Canada. Cali topped the Component Merit Cow Class while her daughter Candy won the Aged Cow Class. Honorable mention recognition for both Senior and Grand Champion went to the winning Four-Year-Old, Ritchi View Nuck Hum Dinger, exhibited by Ken Main,
Kenny Joe Manion and Allan Brisson of Copake, New York. Topp B-3 Woodford, the winning Junior Three-YearOld, exhibited by the partnership of Topp-View and Brothers Three of WaterTurn to OPEN BROWN SWISS | Page 3
Immersed in dairy
Ice Cream Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Elephant Tracks • Strawberry Cheesecake
Total Candy claimed the top honors of Senior and Grand Champion and Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion, respectively, in the International Brown Swiss Show. Both cows are owned by Brian Pacheco of Kerman, California, and housed at Lookout Farm in Canton de
Morris honored as Industry Person of the Year BY TIFFANY KLAPHAKE Staff Writer
AMERY, Wis. — Tom Morris has been involved in the dairy industry his entire life. From dairy farming to teaching to owning and publishing a dairy publication as well as owning and operating a dairy sale management business where he served as auctioneer, Morris has entrenched his life’s work in the dairy industry and the people who revolve around it. “We did a lot of things, but it was all connected to the dairy business and the Holstein cow primarily,” Morris said. “It is still our life. It’s in our blood.” This year, Morris was named World Dairy Expo’s Industry Person of the Year, an honor which was highlighted Oct. 4 during the Recognition Awards Banquet at WDE. Morris and his wife, Sandy,
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Tom Morris is the 2023 World Dairy Expo Industry Person of the Year. Morris has been managing the World Classic Holstein Sale at WDE for over 30 years, where he serves as auc oneer. own and operate Tom Morris Ltd., a sales management business that has managed over 500 Holstein sales across the country, and Morris has wielded the
gavel at over 1,000 sales in nearly 40 states across the U.S. and also in Canada and Europe. The Morrises have also been managing the World Classic
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Holstein Sale at WDE for over 30 years, where Morris serves as auctioneer. The couple also owns and operates Deronda Farm. Their three herd dispersals in the 1980s were each the highest averaging herd sale for the year, Morris said. Today, they maintain interest in select registered Holsteins, many with partners across the U.S. Morris and his wife both grew up on dairy farms in Wisconsin and started showing animals at a young age. “I’ve probably shown at Expo for over 35 years,” Morris said. “My years at Expo go back to when my dad and uncle farmed together and had a marvelous herd of cattle.” Even while attending college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Morris, along with a group of peers, worked on fitting crews and helped set up for Expo. “It’s a lot of good times,” Morris said. “Through the thrills of winning and the agony Turn to MORRIS| Page 4
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