In the Coliseum just like you’d find at any modern-day sports facility you’ve got the “suites.” These are those little rooms up top that look out over the field or in this case, the ring.
First Holstein Member of the Day
On opening day I interviewed the Holstein Association’s Member of the Day who happened to be Andy Buttles.
Find Out About Forage
The World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl has winning forage samples on display at the east end of the Arena Building. Forage experts from the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center, University of Wisconsin and other research centers will be on hand to present cutting-edge information and answer individual forage research questions.
Cow Seats Waiting On Customers
In case you get tired of all the walking around here there’s plenty of places to sit.
Large Opening Day Attendance
What a day on opening day! The attendance for day one of World Dairy Expo was a little over 10,000!! Of that total there were international visitors from 54 countries. They made up just over 7 percent of the total visitors yesterday.
Exhibitor Reception
The end of opening day for World Dairy Diary (me) was at the exhibitor reception. Well, actually it was a little later in the hotel room putting up these last posts.
Hoard's Dairyman Exhibitor Reception
Now isn’t this a sweet looking group? How ’bout them red-shirts? It’s the Hoard’s Dairyman folks who were kind enough to sponsor the exhibitor reception.
Ayrshire Princess
I’m probably going to get in trouble for only posting the picture of one princess. Maybe I’ll get more. There’s only so much one blogger can do in a day don’t you know.
Bagpipes Playing In The Show Ring
Fittingly for the Ayrshire Show awards was bagpipes in the ring. These guys sounded very good.
Learn About Student Judging
Yesterday I posted a story about the college judging competition and a picture of Lindsay Spencer. Well, today I got to meet her and I interviewed her about how she got involved in dairy judging.