News Release

Monday, September 29, 2025

Winning Grand is Lovely at the International Guernsey Show

MADISON, WIS. – Kadence Fames Lovely, the winning Six-Year-Old & Older Cow, is the Grand Champion and Senior Champion of the International Guernsey Show at World Dairy Expo. She received the Allen Hetts Grand Champion Trophy. Lovely is owned by Kadence Farms of New Glarus, Wis. The Reserve Grand Champion is the Intermediate Champion, Donnybrook Ammo Stevie, owned by Brittany Taylor and Laylaa Schuler of New Glarus, Wis. Stevie is the winning Senior Three-Year-Old Cow.

Following Lovely as Reserve Senior Champion is Cape May Latimer Honey, owned by Savannah Thomas of West Liberty, Ohio. Reserve Intermediate Champion honors went to the winning Senior Two-Year-Old, RHG Villa Breezy Venus-ET, owned by Alison Gartman of Sheboygan, Wis.

Wil-San James Dean Tori-ET, the winning Winter Yearling Heifer, took home Junior Champion honors in the International Guernsey Show. She won the Norman E. Magnussen Memorial Award and was exhibited by Cindy Bates and Lorrie Dietz of Southington, Ohio. Following in her footsteps as the Reserve Junior Champion of the International Guernsey Show was Prairie Moon Cadet Annie, owned by Mike Dilly of Dyersville, Iowa. Annie was the winning Summer Yearling Heifer Calf.  

Claiming Premier Breeder of the show is Valley Gem Farms of Cumberland, Wis. The Premier Exhibitor of the show is Springhill of Big Prairie, Ohio. The Premier Sire is Hi Guern View Levi Drone.

Official judge, Mark Rueth of Oxford, Wis., and associate judge, Tina Vilter McDonald of Signal Mountain, Tenn., evaluated the 247 entries.

Complete class results can be found at www.worlddairyexpo.com.

Serving as the meeting place of the global dairy industry, World Dairy Expo is the premier forum for the dairy community to learn, share, create commerce and showcase competition. The annual event is taking place in Madison, Wis. September 30 - October 3, 2025. Dairy producers can experience the world’s largest dairy-focused trade show, a world-class dairy cattle show, attend seminars, meetings and presentations highlighting the latest and greatest in the industry and connect with other producers. Download the World Dairy Expo mobile app, visit worlddairyexpo.com or follow WDE on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Spotify, or YouTube for more information.

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Notes to Editors: High-resolution photos are available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1716yh4bHHBcDhxVEAhy8QHZ5B-cJRvhT?usp=sharing