Final Tallies in From Last Week's Record World Dairy Expo

By CnAgri2012-10-10 19:47:34 Print

The recent World Dairy Expo in Madison has released its attendance figures for 2012 and show officials say this year's event was one of the best of all time. WDE Spokesperson Janet Keller announced that 2,385 head of dairy cattle were exhibited by 1,234 exhibitors at the Alliant Energy Center in early October.

Show people came from 41 states and eight Canadian provinces to vie for the coveted Grand Champion and Supreme Champion titles. The show's supreme champion came from Canada, as 'RF Goldwyn Hailey,' exhibited by Gen-Com Holstein Ltd, of N-D du Bon Conseil, Quebec took top honors. Junior Show Supreme Champion was awarded to 'Siemers Goldwyn Goldie-ET,' owned by Jordan and Whitney Ebert of Algoma.

Total attendance for World Dairy Expo was 71,788 visitors, with 2,950 registered international guests from 95 countries. Visitors from Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Brazil and Italy topped the list of international guests during the five-day event.

Meanwhile, the trade show set new participation levels with 863 exhibiting companies from 28 different countries on-site displaying everything needed for dairy cattle management.

Keller says plans are already underway for next year's event, which is being held October 1-5, 2013.