Stoney Point Joel Bailey, the winning Lifetime Cheese Production Cow, is the Grand and Senior Champion of the International Jersey Show at World Dairy Expo. She received the Allen Hetts Grand Champion Trophy. Bailey is owned by Vierra Dairy Farms of Hilmar, Calif. The Reserve Grand Champion is the winning Five-Year-Old, GMBV Joel Dixie-ET, owned by Milk Source Genetics of Kaukauna, Wis.
Intermediate Champion of the International Jersey Show went to Knonaudale Chips Lovebite-ET, the first place Winter Senior Two-Year-Old, exhibited by Jim and Valerie Spreng and Jay Ackley, East Liberty, Ohio. Reserve Intermediate Champion honors went to Ratliff Wicked April, exhibited by Ron and Christy Ratliff Trustees of Garnett, Kan.
Budjon–Vail Joel Starstruck-ET, the winning Summer Yearling, took home Junior Champion in the International Jersey Show. She also won the Norman E. Magnussen Memorial Junior Champion Award and is owned by Budjon Farms, Peter Vail and Genosource of Lomira, Wis. Additionally, she was named the Junior Champion Bred and Owned Heifer. Following in her footsteps as the Reserve Junior Champion of the International Jersey Show is the winning Spring Yearling, South Mtn & Co Rockin Robin-ET owned by Brayden Carpio and Kiliana Breuer of Kersey, Colo.
Claiming Premier Breeder of the show is Pacific Edge of Tillamook, Ore. and the Premier Exhibitor is River Valley Farm of Tremont, Ill. The Premier Sire is River Valley Victorious-ET.
Budjon Farms and Peter Vail of Lomira, Wis. are the Premier Breeder and Exhibitor of the Heifer Show. Mr Kathies Kid Rock is the Premier Sire of the Heifer Show.
Official judge, Mike Berry of Powell Butte, Ore., and associate judge, Ryan Lancaster of Tillamook, Ore., evaluated 365 head in the International Jersey Show.
Complete class results can be found at www.worlddairyexpo.com.
The International Jersey Show is made possible in part through the generous support of Platinum Sponsors, California Bioenergy, Merck, and Van Beek; and Bronze Sponsors, Country Folks Farm Newspaper, Cybil Fisher Photography, Cowsmopolitan, The Hartford Livestock Department, Orthridge Jerseys, Ratliff Jerseys, South Mountain Jerseys, Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association, and Wisconsin Junior Jersey Breeders Association. Junior Champion receives special awards presented by Jersey show sponsors, Cargill Animal Nutrition, Select Sires, Inc., and GenOvations. Intermediate Champion receives special awards presented by Jersey show sponsors, Semex/Boviteq, and GenOvations. Senior Champion receives special awards presented by Jersey show sponsors and GenOvations. Grand Champion receives special awards presented by World Dairy Expo, Select Sires, Inc., GenOvations, and the American Jersey Cattle Association.
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