2023 WORLD DAIRY EXPO • ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER • MADISON, WISCONSIN, USA • WWW.WORLDDAIRYEXPO.COM • 95.7 FM
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DAILY EDITION IN THIS ISSUE Open Ayrshire Show Results page 5
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023
Vierra trio takes International Jersey Show
FFA Day
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Creating the Dynasty
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Junior Jersey Show Results page 11
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Junior Ayrshire Show Results
Stoney Point Joel Bailey is named Senior and Grand Champion of the Interna onal Jersey Show a er winning the Aged Cow Class. River Valley Colton Julie e-ET, the second-place Aged Cow, is named Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion. Bri-Lin Valson Spritz, the winning Life me Cheese Produc on Cow, is named Honorable Men on Senior and Honorable Men on Grand Champion. All three cows are owned by Vierra Dairy, of Hilmar, California.
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Duckett, McGriskin place 399 head BY DANIELLE NAUMAN Staff Writer
FLAVORS OF THE DAY
MADISON, Wis. — Herdmates Stoney Point Joel Bailey, River Valley Colton Juliette-
Grilled Cheese Colby Swiss made by Decatur Cheese in Brodhead, WI UW-Madison Cheese Stand next to the Arena Building
Ice Cream Cookies N’ Cream • Mackinac Island Fudge • Praline Pecan GEA Ice Cream Stand located in the Exhibition Hall
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Champion was the winning Senior Two-Year-Old, Lone Pine Touchdown Booster, exhibited by Pierre Boulet and Mike Berry, of Montmagny, Quebec. Turn to OPEN JERSEY | Page 3
A half-century of wri ng for the Holstein industry
Cooper honored as International Person of the Year
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ET and Bri-Lin Valson Spritz swept the International Jersey Show for owners Vierra Dairy, of Hilmar, California, after placing first and second in the Aged Cow Class and first in the
Lifetime Cheese Production Class, respectively. The Intermediate Champion banner went to the winning Senior Three-Year-Old, OehMy Victorious Parade, exhibited by Vierra Dairy, of Hilmar, California. Following with the nod for Reserve Intermediate
BY JAN LEFEBVRE Staff Writer
NORTH YORK, Ontario, Canada — Bonnie Cooper has been to every World Dairy Expo since its launch in 1967. For most of them, she has covered Expo events for Holstein Journal and other periodicals. This year, Cooper herself is one of the headline stories as she has been named WDE’s 2023 International Person of the Year. “I was stunned; I had no idea I had been nominated, so it took me completely by surprise,” Cooper said. “I’m very humbled. I share the award with Canadian Holstein breeders and the industry and my team at the Hol-
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Bonnie Cooper is the 2023 World Dairy Expo Interna onal Person of the Year. Cooper will be recognized at tonight's Recognion Awards Banquet.
stein Journal. I didn’t do this alone.” Receiving the prestigious
award, Cooper said, has extra meaning because it comes from WDE. She grew up on
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her family’s dairy farm, Moss Oak Holsteins, near DeForest, Wisconsin, located in Dane County where WDE is held each year. “My family has been very involved in World Dairy Expo,” Cooper said. “My father at one time was on the Board of Directors. I have siblings and now the next generation of nieces who have been volunteers, and my mother was a volunteer. … It’s been very near and dear to my family’s heart.” Cooper even remembers her family showing cattle a few times at WDE, especially the time they brought her cow, Moss Oak Triumph Trudy, there in 1969. Trudy went on to be Junior All-American Two-Year-Old that year. Her brother and his family now operate the Cooper family farm, which was honored as a century farm in 2017. While Turn to COOPER| Page 4
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