World Dairy Expo: Jersey Venus named Supreme Champion

Venus was the first place Four-Year-Old and Senior and Grand Champion of the 2014 International Jersey Show.  Prior to Expo, Venus was awarded Intermediate Champion and Reserve Grand Champion at the All-American Jersey Show in 2013, and is classified Excellent-93.

As Supreme Champion, Venus is awarded the Gregory Blaska Memorial Trophy, US$1,500 cash award courtesy of BouMatic, a royal blanket sponsored by AgPro, Inc. and a director’s chair courtesy of International Protein Sires.

RF Goldwyn Hailey was awarded Reserve Supreme Champion of the 2014 World Dairy Expo. Hailey is owned by Gen-Com Holstein Ltd of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Quebec. She was the winning cow in the Six-Year-Old & Older class and Reserve Grand and Reserve Senior Champion of the 2014 International Holstein Show.

Hailey is no stranger to the coloured shavings; she was also awarded Supreme Grand Champion at the 2012 World Dairy Expo.

Hailey is classified Excellent-97. As Reserve Supreme Champion, Hailey received a royal blanket courtesy of E-Zee Milking Equipment, LLC, US$1,000 cash award sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, and a director’s chair courtesy of Joe and Patti Schluter.

The 2015 World Dairy Expo, themed “Dairy in our DNA” is September 29-October 3 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. For further detail visit www.worlddairyexpo.com