Here’s some of the latest news from the 43rd All-American Dairy Show. Sometimes you just have to take a nap, especially when you’ve been working hard at a long show.
For the second year in a row, Arethusa Farm of Litchfield, Conn., exhibited the Supreme Champion at the 43rd All-American Dairy Show on Thursday, Sept. 21. Not only did they win last year, they won with the same cow, Huronia Centurion Veronica. Like last year, the 6 & Over Aged cow easily topped the Jersey show and edged out the six other breed champions to win the highest honor at the world’s largest dairy show.
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“She’s a long, square, dairy machine,” Judge Michael Heath of Westminster, Md., declared when selecting his champion Jersey, Huronia Centurion Veronica, in the 2006 All-American Jersey Show @ Harrisburg on Thursday, Sept. 21. Nearly 190 Jerseys were exhibited in the show. For the second year in a row, the prize-winning Aged Cow easily topped the Jersey show, after being selected Senior Champion. The Reserve Senior Champion honor went to Avonlea Konnection Rory, exhibited by Kevin Reichard of Indianapolis, Ind., who was later named Honorable Mention Grand Champion. (More)
Cameron-Ridge BC Lisa, a 10-year-old cow that won the 100,000/125,000 pound class, claimed the Grand Champion title after winning the Senior Champion in the All-American Holstein Show, Thursday, Sept. 21 at the 43rd All-American Dairy Show in Harrisburg. The cow is owned by Charlie Cameron of Cameron Ridge Holsteins in Brodhead, Ky. Cameron-Ridge BC Lisa won a $1,000 from Select Sires for being named Grand Champion, and $200 for Best Bred and Owned, sponsored by Peace & Plenty Farm.
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