Milking Fall Yearling – Mergold My Lady Red-ET (Rosedale L Rampage-Red), Nate Goldenberg, Tom Mercuro, Rick & Linda Frozene, Marcus Martin, Boonsboro, MD

Jr. 2-year-old – John-Lu Talent Regina-Red (Ladino Park Talent Imp-ET), John & Luke Coblentz, Flemingsburg, KY

Sr. 2-year-old – Scenic-Edge Joyful-Red-ET (Pursuit September Storm), Stephanie Aves, Poplar Grove, IL

Stephanie Aves with her Honorable Mention Intermediate Champion

Stephanie & Nicole Stout, new managers of the Red & White Association.

The Guernsey Show today will feature over 200 head of the nation’s best, officiated by Wayne Sliker (judge) and Delbert Yoder (associate judge).

Guernsey executive manager Seth Johnson is joined by long-time showman and world renowned judge Denny Ferguson!

Fall Yearling winner – JK-RG Advent Maureen-Red-ET (KHW Kite Advent-Red), David Tait & John Michael Syptak, Grottoes, VA
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Junior Champion – Ms Radiance Adv Rae Brd-ET, Dusty Schirm & Joseph Osinga
Res. Junior Champion – Sherona Hill I KKA Red Clover, Richard M. Green
HM Junior Champion – Kingsway E Red Flying Kite-Red, Stephanie Aves

Judge Johnson’s comments: Before we get any further in our junior champion selection today, let’s give our red & white exhibitors a round of applause. The spring calf class started out with a bang, and it hasn’t let up yet! I pulled out three heifers today, my spring calf, the summer yearling and the junior yearling, all who show tremendous depth. For my junior champion, I’m going with the junior yearling. To me, she shows so much more length, balance, style and a little more maturity today than my lovely spring calf. I also like the way she handles herself on her hind legs. For reserve, I am going with this beautiful spring calf over the summer yearling. She’s more balanced, nicer through the shoulder, a little deeper in that rear rib and little more wedgey over the top than our beautifully balanced summer yearling.

As the summer show season is now well underway, here”s a question for you to ponder…

The All-American Contest used to feature a Produce of Dam class, which has since been eliminated.  The last All-American Produce was awarded in 2000.  Do you think the class should be added?  Do many state and regional shows currently have a Produce of Dam class so that a wide sampling of entries can be included in the contest?

Email your responses to me at sschmidt@dairybusiness.com.  We”d love to hear what people think about this topic!