WISCONSIN COW IS WORLD DAIRY EXPO’S SUPREME CHAMPION

Harvue Roy Frosty, a five-year-old Holstein cow from Rudolph, Wisconsin, was crowned Supreme Champion of World Dairy Expo 2009. Sired by Roylane Jordan-ET, she was exhibited by Mike and Julie Duckett, Jim and Nancy Junemann and Scott Armbrust. Currently classified EX-95, Frosty was bred by Dave and Debra Hardesty of Berryville, Va. At 3-10 305d she produced 31,685M 4.5% 1,436F 934P.

Frosty was the 2007 All-American Senior 3-Year-Old, was Intermediate and Reserve Grand Champion and 1st Senior 3-Year-Old of the 2007 International Holstein Show and was nominated All-American Senior 2-Year-Old in 2006. A daughter of Harvue Sam Heidi (EX-93), Frosty completes six generations of Very Good and Excellent cows.

Snickerdoodle Repeats as Reserve Supreme Champion

Reserve Supreme Champion of the show was legendary Brown Swiss, Old Mill E Snickerdoodle OCS, bred and exhibited by Allen Bassler, Jr. of Upperville, Virginia. Scored Excellent-94 with an Excellent-97 point mammary system, the eleven-year-old show veteran is an eight-time class winner, six-time World Dairy Expo Champion, and was named Supreme Champion in 2003 and Reserve Supreme Champion in 2008. At six years and nine months of age, she produced 33,426 pounds of milk, 1,405 pounds of fat and 1,176 pounds of protein. Snickerdoodle has produced 315 good embryos in her lifetime.

She is a seven time All-American and was also named All Time All-American as a 2-, 4- and 5-year old. Snickerdoodle has over 100 registered offspring in the U.S. with seven nominated All-American and one named All-American. Eighteen sons are currently being sampled in the A.I. industry and fourteen of her son’s daughters have been nominated All-American. Sired by Victory Acres Jubilation, her dam is Old Mill E Cookie.

The Supreme Champion was presented the Gregory Blaska Memorial Trophy; courtesy of World Dairy Expo, Inc. Blaska was a World Dairy Expo pioneer and served 31 years as the President of the Expo Board of Directors.

The exhibitor of the Supreme Champion received a $1,500 check, courtesy of Bou-Matic, Madison, WI and a royal blanket courtesy of Agpro, Inc., Paris, TX. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. presented the Reserve Supreme Champion with a $1000 cash award.

Each of the champions received a director's chair courtesy of Royal Brand Embroidery and Xtreme Genetics, Ellsworth, WI.