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Expo Daily Edition Wednesday, October 4, 2017
ATTENDEE INFORMATION Tuesday's ATTENDANCE: 13,517 total attendees International attendees: 603 from 70 countries
In This Issue: Champion Spotlight of Int'l Junior Holstein Show page 6
One-OnOne with Austin Turner page 110
Trade Show: A must attend event page 11
The Word On The Street page 12
Today's highlights: 11 a.m.
World Forage Analysis Superbowl Awards Luncheon held in the Exhibition Hall
4 p.m. Happy Hour at The Tanbark, sponsored by DeLaval, Inc. 5 p.m. World Dairy Expo Welcome Reception held in the Exhibition Hall Find today's full list of events in the Official Program or daily schedule available at information booths around the grounds.
SHOWRING RESULTS Text WDERESULTS to 727-4-WDEXPO for Showring results
FLAVORS OF THE DAY Grilled Cheese
Buffalo Wing Monterey Jack
UW-Madison Cheese Stand next to the Arena Building
ICE CREAM
Black Cherry • Elephant Tracks • Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough GEA Ice Cream Stand located in the Exhibition Hall
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Frigot sees a bright future for the breed Jersey enthusiast named International Person of the Year BY RON JOHNSON Staff writer
A longtime Jersey breeder and proponent of the doe-eyed cattle is the 2017 World Dairy Expo International Person of the Year. “It was a total surprise. I never expected it. It’s a supreme honor,” Derrick Frigot said. Frigot, appropriately, hails from the Island of Jersey, where Jersey cattle originated. Jersey is part of the Channel Islands that lay some-100 miles south of Great Britain, in the English Channel – the body of water separating England from France. As a native of Jersey, Frigot fell in love with the island’s cattle at a young age. “Growing up on my uncle’s farm, I was very keen on cattle,” he said. “There’s a picture of me holding a cow when I was 4 or 5 years old. I would have loved to have been a farmer. My parents were not rich people. They were not involved in farming. It just never happened,” Frigot remembers. As a lad, Frigot milked
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Derrick Frigot is this year's World Dairy Expo International Person of the Year. Frigot, from the Island of Jersey, has dedicated his entire life to the Jersey breed.
the cows on his uncle’s small farm before and after school. At age 16, he went to work for the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society. “They were the guardians of the Jersey herdbook,” Frigot remarked. His six years with the society found him intensely involved with the breeding and promotion of the Jersey cow. During this time, he also became editor of the society’s official publication, The Jersey at Home.
“We did all the milk recording in those days. Everything to do with the Jersey cow goes through the society,” Frigot said. Frigot left the society in 1968 to became the first manager of the Jersey Artificial Insemination Centre. Offering semen collections, artificial insemination, marketing and exporting of live cattle and semen, it was the original A.I. company in Jersey, but is now known as Jersey Island Semen Exports Limited (JISEX).
When the original company was formed, it ushered in the start of A.I. on the island. An important year in the organization’s history, according to Frigot, was 1974. That’s when the Jersey Government bought the local A.I. operation allowing JISEX to focus on marketing and promoting cattle and semen in other countries. After supplying Jersey genetics oversees, JISEX began importing Jersey seTurn to FRIGOT | Page 3
Youth competitions grow leaders Hageman, Yeiser Stepp, Boop firmly rooted in industry BY KRISTA KUZMA Staff writer
Youth competitions – including showmanship, judging, fitting and youth breed shows – have been a steady part of World Dairy Expo for decades. Many of the youth involved spend countless hours preparing; however, past participants say they have gained more than the trophy or ribbon they received as awards. Bill Hageman, U.S. Genetics Manager for Semex; Emily Yeiser Stepp, Director of the National Dairy FARM Animal Care Program; and Doug Boop, a Penn State University senior majoring in animal science, reflected on their experiences in WDE Youth Contests. Participating in these competitions has given them fond memories of the past along with knowledge and networks for the future. The past experience Hageman, Yeiser Stepp and Boop all remember the feelings they had of being
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Bill Hageman volunteers during the International Guernsey Show at the 2013 World Dairy Expo. Hageman was once a participant in the show's youth contests. able to participate in the youth contests at World Dairy Expo. “As a youth, [going to World Dairy Expo] was a big deal. It’s more awe-inspiring when you’re younger because of
the magnitude of it and everything looks bigger… You get to walk in barns where there are show strings that you’ve read Turn to YOUTH | Page 4