DES MOINES, IOWA (September 18, 2019) — Midwest dairies faced off in the Milking Shorthorn Dairy Cattle show judged at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Iow Ayr Farms of Brooklyn was awarded Grand Champion Female. Iow Ayr Farms took home Champion in the Senior Female class.

Reserve Grand Champion Female was awarded to Elron Farms of Lost Nation.

Complete results below (name, hometown and animal identification):

 

MILKING SHORTHORN

Spring Heifer Calf — March 1-May 31, 2019

1) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

2) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

3) Sarah Hagenow, Poynette, Wisconsin (WI)

4) Royalview Farm, Keosauqua

5) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

6) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

7) Royalview Farm, Keosauqua

 

Winter Heifer Calf — December 1, 2018-February 28, 2019

1) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

2) C&C Genetics, Lancaster, WI

3) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

 

Fall Heifer Calf — September 1-November 30, 2018

1) Morgan Kliebenstein, Darlington, WI

2) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

3) Jeffry Clawson Cherrywood Farm, Ames

4) Sawyer Family, Marshalltown

5) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

6) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

7) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

8) Justamere Farm, Wayland

9) Mysha Herd, St Anthony

 

Summer Yearling Heifer — June 1-August 31, 2018

1) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

2) Justamere Farm, Wayland

3) Justamere Farm, Wayland

4) Mysha Herd, St Anthony

5) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

6) Royalview Farm, Keosauqua

 

Spring Yearling Heifer — March 1-May 31, 2018

1) Henkeseen Holsteins, Luana

2) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

3) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

4) Mysha Herd, St Anthony

5) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

 

Winter Yearling Heifer — December 1, 2017-February 28, 2018

1) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

2) Little J Cattle Company, Garnavillo

3) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

4) Sandy Hill Guernseys, Scotch Grove

5) KuhnKuh, West Union

6) Jeffry Clawson Cherrywood Farm, Ames

7) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

 

Fall Yrlg. Heifer (not in milk) — September 1-November 30, 2017

1) KuhnKuh, West Union

2) Jeffry Clawson Cherrywood Farm, Ames

 

Fall Yearling in Milk — After Sept. 1, 2017

1) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

2) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

 

Junior Best Three Females

1) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

2) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

3) Justamere Farm, Wayland

4) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

 

Junior Two Year Old Cow — March 1-August 31, 2017

1) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

2) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

3) Justamere Farm, Wayland

 

Senior Two Year Old Cow — September 1, 2016-February 28, 2017

1) Cost Farms, Long Grove

 

Junior Three Year Old Cow — March 1-August 31, 2016

1) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

2) Mysha Herd, Van Horne

3) Justamere Farm, Wayland

4) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

 

Senior Three Year Old Cow — September 1, 2015-February 29, 2016

1) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

2) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

3) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

 

Cow Four Years Old — September 1, 2014-August 31, 2015

1) Justamere Farm, Wayland

 

Cow Five Years Old — September 1, 2013-August 31, 2014

1) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

2) Royalview Farm, Keosauqua

 

Aged Cow — Before September 1, 2013

1) Royalview Farm, Keosauqua

 

Best Three Head

1) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

2) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

3) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

4) Justamere Farm, Wayland

 

Best Four Head

1) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

2) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

3) Woodcrest Farm, Strawberry Point

4) Justamere Farm, Wayland

5) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

6) Mysha Herd, St Anthony

7) Royalview Farm, Keosauqua

 

Junior Champion Female and Reserve

Champion) Morgan Kliebenstein, Darlington, WI

Reserve) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

Honorable Mention) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

 

Intermediate Champion Female & Reserve

Champion) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

Reserve) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

Honorable Mention) Mysha Herd, St Anthony

 

Senior Champion Female and Reserve

Champion) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

Reserve) Justamere Farm, Wayland

 

Grand Champion Female and Reserve

Champion) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

Reserve) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

 

Premier Exhibitor

Champion) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

Reserve) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

 

Premier Breeder

Champion) Green Knoll Farms, McGregor

Reserve) Elron Farms, Lost Nation

 

The Iowa State Fair is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country and the single-largest event in the state. The Fair began over 160 years ago and is now considered one of the best events in the nation, attracting more than one million Fairgoers every year from all over the world. The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University, just off the interstate and minutes from Downtown Des Moines. Nothing Compares to State Fair Favorites: August 8-18, 2019. For more information, visit www.iowastatefair.org.

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