World Dairy Expo

In the times of royals, the sound of a blaring trumpet often announced the arrival of royalty. Today at the opening day of World Dairy Expo, shiny trumpets and brass sounded celebrations of years of dedication to the dairy industry. Hoard's Dairyman is annually proud to host the commercial exhibitor party to ring in another year of World Dairy Expo. Read more

Do you love the dairy industry? If your answer is yes, then show it. Dairy Management Inc. has extended the entry deadline for the “Why I love Dairy” video contest. For consideration, videos have to be entered by Monday, November 1, 2010. The winner will receive a FlipCam. Read more

Over 760 trade show exhibitors are part of the 2010 World Dairy Expo, encompassing 650,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space. Each year booths and displays are evaluated for design and layout and the top booth is selected in three catagories. The awards are sponsored by Filament Marketing of Madison, Wis. Winners receive a banner to display in their booth. Read more

Brian Coyne, a team member from the University of Madison outpaced the competition and won High Individual Overall at the Intercollegiate Dairy Judging competition. The contest was held Monday with awards announced this morning. This was the highest individual score in the contest since 1984. Read more

For the second year in a row, the team from Maryland took home the prestigious First Place trophy for the National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest. Team members included Kaitlyn Corbett, Hannah Hood, Jessica Sentelle, and Jason Zimmerman. They were coached by Jeff Semler and Kiera Finucane. That team also won reasons for a record 15th time. Read more

Fifteen teams from post secondary programs from coast to coast competed at this year's contest, including an international team from Honduras. This was the 22nd International Post Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest held at World Dairy Expo. Read more

Signaling the start of World Dairy Expo week for those of us at Hoard's Dairyman is always the annual visit from the National 4-H Dairy Conference. Today, around 200 attendees from across the country (and some from Canada, too!) made stops at the Hoard's Dairyman offices, Hoard's Dairyman Farm, Nasco, and the National Dairy Shrine and Hoard Historical Museum. Read more

On Saturday and Sunday, over 300 4-H, post-secondary, and college judging teams traveled southern Wisconsin for judging work-outs prior to the competition being held this Monday morning, September 27. Six Wisconsin dairy producers located close to Madison hosted the practices. Read more