Bailey Bags Another Win at the International Jersey Show
For the second year in a row, Stoney Point Joel Bailey claimed Grand Champion of the International Jersey Show, after winning the Six-Year-Old & Older Cow class. She is owned by Vierra Dairy Farms of Hilmar, Calif., and is the recipient of the Allen Hetts Grand Champion Trophy and the $1000 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Award. Reserve Grand Champion honors went to Spring View Joel Kinsley, the winning Five-Year-Old Cow, and is owned by Budjon Farms and Peter and Lyn Vail of Lomira, Wis.
Milk Source Genetics of Kaukauna, Wis, took home the Intermediate Champion, GMBV Joel Dixie-ET, the winning Senior Three-Year-Old. Reserve Intermediate honors went to the winning Junior Three-Year-Old, Pacific Edge VIP Tessah-ET, owned by Brent Rocha and Coltan Seals of Tillamook, Ore.
Junior Champion Jersey honors went to Schulte Bros Colton Fallon, the winning Summer Yearling Heifer. Owned by David Hoese and Schulte Bros of Glencoe, Minn., she also took home the Junior Champion Bred & Owned honors. Ratliff Rock & Roll Rum, owned by Ron and Christy Ratliff, Austin Kopecky, and Kyle Natzke, of Fond du Lac, Wis., was named Reserve Junior Champion.
Pacific Edge and Misty Meadows Dairy, both of Tillamook, Ore., tied for Premier Breeder, while Vierra Dairy, Hilmar, Calif., won Premier Exhibitor and Premier Breeder of the Heifer Show. Misty Meadows Dairy also won Premier Exhibitor of the Heifer Show. Mr Kathies Kid Rock took home the Premier Sire of the Heifer Show, while Guimo Joel-ET won Premier Sire.
Official judge Ryan Krohlow of Poynette, Wis., and associate judge, Jean-Phillipe Charest of Saint Alexandre, Quebec, Canada, evaluated 392 Jersey entries.
Tessah Takes Grand Champion of the International Junior Jersey Show
During the 2024 International Junior Jersey Show, Pacific Edge VIP Tessah-ET was awarded Grand Champion Female after claiming Intermediate Champion honors. Owned by Brent Rocha and Coltan Seals, of Tillamook, Ore., Tessah will receive the Lillian & Keith King and Jim King Grand Champion of the Junior Show and the $500 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Award. Standing next to Tessah, Rolling Spring Premier Lucille-ET was awarded Reserve Grand Champion after being named Senior Champion and the winning Junior in the Lifetime Cheese Production class. Lucille is owned by Evan Jauquet of Pulaski, Wis.
Reserve Intermediate Champion Female was Annettes VIP Annie-ET, owned by Caroline Powers and Emma Paulson of Columbus, Wis, and was the winning Senior Two-Year-Old. Reserve Senior Champion is Miss Ronde Rosabella-ET, owned by Mia Smith and Kamrie Maurie of Elroy, Wis.
Meadowridge Flawless Cranberry, exhibited by Mark, Kaity, and Tani Riebe and Alleah and Lexi Anderson of Cumberland, Wis., took home the honors of Junior Champion, following winning the Winter Yearling Heifer class. Reserve Junior Champion honors was given to Johnson Five Kid Vanessa-ET, owned by Trace Johnson, Kayla Trustem and Cullen Bryce of Evansville, Wis. Prior to claiming these honors, she was the first junior in the Summer Yearling Heifer class.
Official judge Ryan Krohlow of Poynette, Wis., and associate judge, Jean-Phillipe Charest, of Saint Alexandre, Quebec, Canada evaluated 145 junior Jersey entries.
