2012 Spring Dairy Expo Event Coverage
2012 Spring Dairy Expo Show & Sales Summary
2012 Spring Dairy Expo, Columbus, Ohio
For Immediate Release April 11, 2012
For more information, contact: Lewis Jones, Show Manager at: lrj.osmha@yahoo.com
The Ohio Spring Dairy Expo completed its twenty-sixth year on March 29, 30 and 31, 2012 at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio. Exhibitors from Ohio and twelve other states brought 639 head of high quality animals, representing all seven dairy breeds, for the breed sales and breed shows. Judges Alta Mae Core from Salvisa, Kentucky and Dennis Patrick from Woodbine, Maryland placed 531 open class and junior class entries during the three day period. One hundred forty head found new homes at the auction sales. Thirty-two calves, heifers and cows were both sold and shown. The all-breeds youth showmanship contest has become one of the most popular contests during the show. Again this year, the American Dairy Association Mideast (ADA Mideast) sponsored the showmanship event, consisting of 118 individuals divided into six age groups. All participants received a rosette or ribbon and twenty dollars from the ADA Mideast. The showmanship winners were:
9 Year Olds – Fulton Kennedy, Winchester, OH 9 contestants
10 Year Olds – Marissa Topp, Wooster, OH 15 contestants
11 & 12 Year Olds – Grace Hageman, Sidney, OH 24 contestants
13 & 14 Year Olds – Brennan Topp, Wooster, OH 25 contestants
15 & 16 Year Olds – Tanner Topp, Wooster, OH 26 contestants
17 Year Olds & Up – Tyler Topp, Wooster, OH 19 contestants
Spring Dairy Expo Sponsors
The Ohio Spring Dairy Expo is thankful for its many sponsors who help tremendously with the operating expenses and awards costs. A special group of sponsors are the Supreme contributing organizations and companies who give at the $2,500 level or higher. Again this year, the American Dairy Association Mideast and COBA/Select Sires were Supreme contributors. The Ayars Family Farm, Mechanicsburg was a Supreme contributor by supplying more than 200 three-day vehicle parking passes to exhibitors and volunteers, in addition to their other normal support. The Reserve sponsors of $1,000 or more were Heritage Cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America, Agrarian Marketing Corporation, Ohio Purebred Dairy Cattle Association, Pioneer and DHI Cooperative, Inc. Honorable Mention contributors of $500 included Ohio Jersey Breeders Association, Westfield Insurance, Farm Credit Services of Mid-America, IBA, Inc, TruPointe Cooperative, Sexing Technologies and Ohio AGNet. Friends and Supporters were Eastern Laboratory Services, Hubbard Feeds, ASE, Farm & Dairy, Ohio Beef Council, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, PBS Animal Health, United Producers, JD Equipment, Brewster Dairy, Inc, Julie DeLavergne, NASCO and Triple-T Holsteins.
Supreme Champions (March 31, 2012)
Immediately following the Holstein show on Saturday afternoon March 31, 2012, the Open and Junior show entered the showing for the naming of the Supreme Champions by judges Core and Patrick.
The open show Supreme Champion honors went to the Holstein Grand Champion aged cow Raizels James Rosita, exhibited by Cole and Olivia Cummings, Sidney, OH and Triple-T Holsteins, North Lewisburg, OH. These exhibitors received the coveted Jim Lewis Memorial revolving trophy. The open show Junior Supreme Champion award went to the Jersey spring yearling Crossbrook Minister Charity, exhibited by Elaina Sharp and Bailee, Calla, Mason and Matthew Mazzaro, Williamsfield, OH.
The junior show Supreme Champion awards went to the Jersey aged cow Indiana Veda, exhibited by Erin and Jody Williams, McConnelsville, OH. Erin and Jody received the Harold Kaeser plaque. The junior show junior Supreme Champion was selected by the judges to be the winning Jersey fall yearling Xanadu Indiana Ruthless, also exhibited by Erin and Jody Williams.
Dairy Cattle Breed Shows
Ayrshire (March 30, 2012)
Judge Dennis Patrick placed 57 open show and junior show entries. In the open show, the winning four year old Millers Burt’s Bran Muffin, exhibited by Jack Miller, Bradner, OH earned Senior Champion and Grand Champion honors. The Reserve Senior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion was the aged cow Mill-Valley Rosette’s Ronda, exhibited by Greiwe and Hageman, Sidney, OH. The Junior Champion honors went to the summer yearling Geminaecho Poker Kirsten, exhibited by Ashley Hawvermale, Wooster, OH, and the Reserve Junior Champion selection was the winter yearling Topp-View Bendig Wannaplay, exhibited by Keaton and Kinley Topp, Botkins, OH.
In the junior show, the winning aged cow Mill-Valley Rosette’s Rhonda, exhibited by Lane Greiwe, Sidney, OH earned Senior Champion and Grand Champion honors. The Reserve Senior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion was the five year old Conebella Sarge’s Wendy, exhibited by Tanner Topp, Wooster, OH. The Junior Champion honors went to the winter yearling Topp-View Bendig Wannaplay, exhibited by Keaton and Kinley Topp, Botkins, OH, and the Reserve Junior Champion selection was the fall yearling Duncan Poker Madea, exhibited by Drew and Rachael Duncan, Warsaw, OH.
Brown Swiss (March 30, 2012)
Judge Alta Mae Core placed 58 open and junior show entries. In the open show, the winning aged cow RNR jamboree Trinket, exhibited by Keaton and Kinley Topp, Botkins, OH, earned Senior Champion and Grand Champion honors. The Intermediate Champion and Reserve Grand Champion was the junior three year old Garbro Blessing Agenda Reba, exhibited by Richman Farms, Lodi, OH. The Reserve Senior Champion was the four year old Sun-Made GB Agenda Virture-ET, exhibited by Steve Fluty, Bloomington, IL. The Reserve Intermediate Champion honors went to the senior two year old Fairdale P.S. Rosebud, exhibited by Fairdale Farm, Owenton, KY. The fall calf Top-Acres Wonderment Shania-ET, exhibited by Wayne Sliker and Garrison Brothers, St. Paris, OH, was selected as the Junior Champion, and the fall yearling Type-Wise Farue Frisco, exhibited by Latrell Phillips and Dillon Morlock, Homerville, OH, was selected Reserve Junior Champion.
In the junior show, the junior two year old Topp-View Poker Party, exhibited by Kinley Topp, Botkins, OH was named Intermediate Champion and Grand Champion. The Reserve Grand Champion was the four year old, Miami Hills Agenda Daisy, exhibited by Laura Frye, Logansport, IN. The Junior Champion honors went to the spring yearling Bern Heritage Wonder Dakota, exhibited by Katie Jackson, Wellington, OH, and the Reserve Junior Champion was the winter yearling Miami Hills Agenda Danica, exhibited by Laura Frye, Logansport, IN.
Guernsey (March 29, 2012)
Judge Alta Mae Core placed 34 open and junior show entries. In the open show, the winning senior two year old Jastes Jester Sina, exhibited by Stephen Terhune and Andrew Aston, Harrodsburg, KY earned Senior Champion and Grand Champion honors. The Reserve Senior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion was the five year old Yellow Creek Richard Karen, exhibited by Marshall Overholt, Big Prairie, OH. The winter yearling Chupps Starmark A Pie Qwin, exhibited by Starmark & Chupp Farms, Inola, OK, was selected as the Junior Champion and the summer yearling Walnut Corner Adacka Kristen, exhibited by Lindsey Brothers, Bismark, IL was selected Reserve Junior Champion.
In the junior show, the five year old Yellow Creek Richard Karen, exhibited by Marshall Overholt, Big Prairie, OH earned Senior Champion and Grand Champion honors, and the senior two year old Springhill Yogibear Margarita, was also exhibited by Marshall Overholt. Michael and Kevin Fridenstine, New London, OH had the Junior Champion and the Reserve Junior Champion with fall yearling GR-Silkyway Murry J and fall calf GR-Woodale LOL Captain Fiona.
Holstein (March 30 and 31, 2012)
Judge Dennis Patrick placed 188 open show and junior show entries. In the open show, the aged cow Raizels James Rosita-ET, exhibited by Cole and Olivia Cummings and Triple-T Holsteins, North Lewisburg, OH, was named Senior Champion, Grand Champion and was eventually selected as the Supreme Champion of the show. The Reserve Senior Champion and Reserve Grand champion was the 125,000 pound cow Ms-Leafy Lane Durham Trudy, exhibited by Conroy, Entourage, Fisher, and Keene, Angola, IN. The Intermediate Champion was senior three year old Androscroggin-I Advent Redlight-Red, exhibited by Van Exel & Triple-T Holsteins, North Lewisburg, OH, and the Reserve Intermediate Champion was the senior two year old Rose-Vue Pure Gold Foxy, exhibited by Cole and Olivia Cummings, Sidney, OH. The Junior Champion was the first place winter yearling Nat 024 Encore Shine, exhibited by Richland Farms and Penick Dairy Farm, Orland, IN, and the Reserve Junior Champion was the second place winter yearling M Signature Sanchez Siri, exhibited by Doebriener, Cole and Mazzaro, Williamsfield, OH.
In the junior show, the five year old Finn Finley Bash Cassie, exhibited by Marlee Lloyd, Springfield, OH, was named Senior Champion and Grand Champion. The senior two year old Rose-Vue Pure Gold Foxy, exhibited by Cole and Olivia Cummings, Sidney, OH, was selected as Intermediate Champion and Reserve Grand Champion. The aged cow Markers Dundee Olivia, exhibited by Kayla King, West Liberty, OH, was named Reserve Senior Champion, and the senior three year old Hardy’s Aspen Trinity-ET, exhibited by Austin Trbovich, Waynesburg, was selected Reserve Intermediate Champion. The Junior Champion was the winter yearling Trealayne Aftershock Gracie, exhibited by Victoria Deam and Clay Hershberger, Sugarcreek, OH, and the Reserve Junior Champion was the fall yearling Nic-Nan Dundee Olivia, exhibited by Kyle McGuire, West Liberty, OH.
Jersey (March 30, 2012)
Judge Alta Mae Core placed 131 open show and junior show entries. In the open show, the first place aged cow Forever Hopeful Tanya, exhibited by Joel and Greg Bourne, Ansonia, OH, was selected as the Senior Champion and Grand Champion, and the second place aged cow Indiana Veda, exhibited by Erin and Jody Williams, McConnelsville, OH earned Reserve Senior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion honors. The first place senior two year old Reich-Dale Minister Vala-ET, exhibited by Skyler Reichard, Chambersburg, PA, was the Intermediate Champion, and the second place senior two year old Ratliff Action Dazzle-ET, exhibited by Herby and Amanda Lutz, Chester, NC, was the Reserve Intermediate Champion. The spring yearling Crossbrook Minister Charity, exhibited by Elaina Sharp and Bailee, Calla, Mason and Matthew Mazzaro, Williamsfield, OH was the Junior Champion and Supreme Junior Champion of the show. The fall yearling Xanadu Indiana Ruthless, exhibited by Erin and Jody Williams, McConnelsville, OH, was the Reserve Junior Champion.
In the junior show, the Senior Champion and Grand Champion was the first place aged cow Indiana Veda, exhibited by Erin and Jody Williams, McConnellsville, OH, and she came back the next day to be named the Supreme Champion of the junior show. The Reserve Senior Champion and the Reserve Grand Champion was the second place aged cow Vindications Molly, exhibited by Kadey Starkey, Mechanicsburg, OH. Erin and Jody’s fall yearling Xanadu Indiana Ruthless was selected as the Junior Champion and eventually, the Supreme Junior Champion of the show. The fall calf DKG Jade Spitfire, exhibited by Grace Hageman, Sidney, OH, was the Reserve Junior Champion.
Milking Shorthorn (March 31, 2012)
Judge Alta Mae Core placed 22 open show and junior show entries. The Senior Champion and Grand Champion was the four year old Smart Court MeMe, exhibited by the Smart’s Jerseys and Shorthorns, Anna, OH, and the Reserve Senior Champion and the Reserve Grand Champion was the junior two year old Redien Acres JR, exhibited by Jacob Baker, Homeworth, OH. The Junior Champion was the fall calf Smart Madison Prissy, exhibited by Smart’s Jerseys and Shorthorns, Anna, OH, and the Reserve Junior Champion was the summer yearling Smart Clay, exhibited by the Smarts.
In the junior show, the Senior Champion and Grand Champion was the junior two year old Redien Acres JR, exhibited by Jacob Baker, Homeworth, OH, and the Reserve Senior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion was the senior three year old Buckeye Knoll Payton, exhibited by Sarah Rhoades, Greenville, OH. The summer yearling Blue Spruce RR Myas Macy, exhibited by Ashley Hawvermale, Wooster, OH was selected Junior Champion, and the fall yearling Smart Polo Monday, exhibited by Cheyeanne Cartee, New Holland, OH was named Reserve Junior Champion.
Red &White (March 29, 2012)
Judge Dennis Patrick placed 41 open show and junior show entries. In the open show, the four year old Miley Advent B Gem-Red, exhibited by Anna Miley, West Salem, OH, was the Senior Champion and the Grand Champion, and the senior three year old Semler Advent Scarlett-Red, exhibited by James Semler, Yellow Springs, OH, was the Intermediate Champion and the Reserve Grand Champion. The Reserve Intermediate Champion was the junior two year old MS Starmark Con Racy-Red-ET, exhibited by Mark Rueth and Starmark, Wooster, OH. The Junior Champion was the first place spring yearling Richman Destry Dina R28-Red, exhibited by Richman Farms, Lodi, OH, and the Reserve Junior Champion was the second place spring yearling Co-Vale Dusk TYA 3845-Red, exhibited by Clay, Cora, Curtis and Carlie Gunkelman, Medina, OH.
In the junior show, the senior two year old Toppglen Debonair Della-Red, exhibited by Tyler Topp, Wooster, OH, was the Intermediate Champion and Grand Champion, and the four year old Gerstlyn Redl Riki-Red, exhibited by Hannah Rhoades, Greenville, OH, was the Senior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion. Spring yearling Co-Vale Dusk TYA 3845-Red, exhibited by Clay, Cora, Curtis and Carlie Gunkelman, Medina, OH was the Junior Champion and the fall yearling Southern-Hills Pic Magi-Red, exhibited by the Gunkelman Family, was the Reserve Junior Champion.
Dairy Cattle Breed Sales
32nd Annual Buckeye Classic
Ayrshire Sale (Co-hosted by Ohio Ayrshire Breeders)
Eighteen animals were sold at an average of $1,867. The highest seller, at $4,400, was a senior two-year-old Hawver-Crest Garth Shir Stella (Lot#1), consigned by Ashley Hawvermale, Wooster, OH. The buyer was Dalton, Dillon & Breeanne Freeman, Bremen, IN. The second highest seller, at $3,200, was a fall yearling Geminaecho Poker Dolly (Lot #7), also consigned by Ashley Hawvermale, Wooster, OH. The buyer was Rachel Ramaley, Derry, PA.
Guernsey Sale (Co-hosted by Ohio Guernsey Breeders)
Sixteen animals were sold at an average of $2,859. The highest seller, at $5,300, was a fall calf Walnut Ridge Ninja Annabell (Lot #13), consigned by Walnut Ridge Farm, Middletown, MD. The buyer was Springwalk Farm, Big Prairie, OH.
The second highest seller, at $5,000, was a winter calf Chupps Starmark A Pie Qwin (Lot #1), consigned by Starmark & Chupp Farms, Inola, OK. The buyer was Marshall Overholt, Big Prairie, OH.
Elite Holstein Sale ( Co-hosted by the Ohio Holstein Association)
Forty-seven animals were sold at an average of $2,287. One of the highest sellers, at $5,100, was a four year-old Weikland Lou JW Rae (Lot #21), consigned by Victoria, Ian and Bryce Watson, Republic, OH. The buyer was Kurt Wyler, Fresno, OH.
The other highest seller, also at $5,100, was a senior three year-old Pierstein Goldwyn Delta-ET (Lot #1), consigned by Christopher Curtiss, Ballston Spa, NY. The buyer was Chuck Curtiss, Ballston Spa, NY.
Jersey Sale
Twelve animals were sold at an average of $1,875. The highest seller, at $3,000, was a senior two year-old Buttercrest Apple Muse USA (Lot #3), consigned by Cooperrider & Sons, Croton, OH. The buyer was Douglas Winkler, Sardinia, OH.
The second highest seller, at $2,600, was a spring yearling Shipley Impuls Nikita USA (Lot #8), consigned by Stacey Atherton, Newark, OH. The buyer was Jerry Lemmermen, Galloway, OH.
Modern Associates Midwest Review Brown Swiss Sale
Forty-seven animals were sold at an average of $2,807. The highest seller, at $16,250, was a senior two year-old Top Acres Garbro Brite ET (Lot #10), consigned by Wendy Krehbiel, Yankee Hill, CA. The buyer was Richman Farms, Lodi, OH.
The second highest seller, at $8,250, was a four year-old Ki-Ja-Mar Agenda Zinc ET (Lot #5), consigned by Blessing Farms and Garrison Brothers, Fort Wayne, IN. The buyer was Brian Nierman & Family, Brownstown, IN.
4-H and FFA Combined Dairy Judging Contest
The annual Ohio 4-H and FFA combined dairy judging contest is one of the largest events of the year for youth dairy enthusiasts. It generally promises to deliver a multitude of aspiring judges, and this year there were nearly 400 youth congregated in Cooper Arena during Spring Dairy Expo. Although each contest includes 6 individual classes, the older 4-Her’s are also required to present two sets of oral reasons. It does not often happen, but Tanner Topp of Wayne County was the overall individual winner for both 4-H and FFA. Hilary Jackson of Logan County was high individual in placings only and also claimed 1st place with her reasons. High Team overall was Champaign County. For the Intermediate division, Ian Lokai claimed the title of high individual for his age group and was also high in his placings and reasons. The top team was from the Mahoning/Columbiana counties. For Juniors, Clayton Lamb of Lorain County rose to the top as high individual, but David Miley was the participant highest in his placings. Wayne County was victorious in the team division.
2013 Spring Dairy Expo
The 27th Spring Dairy Expo will be held on March 28, 29 and 30, 2013.
