Stefan Hay Co…Sponsors of the Junior Holstein Show Four Hills Farm…Sponsors of the Ayrshire Show Hall’s Ayrshires…Sponsors of the Ayrshire Show Family Af-Ayr Farm…Sponsors of the Ayrshire Show V-Lane Farms…Sponsors of the Ayrshire Show Palmyra Farm…Sponsors of the Ayrshire Show Steel Fire Farm…Sponsors of the Ayrshire Show Peter Vail Registered Dairy Cattle…Sponsors of the Guernsey & Milking Shorthorn Shows Spungold Farm…Sponsors of the Milking Shorthorn Show GMC Farms…Sponsors of the Milking Shorthorn Show Snider Homestead Farm…Sponsors of the Guernsey Show Springhill Farm Guernseys…Sponsors of the Guernsey Show Misty Meadows Guernseys…Sponsors of the Guernsey Show Semex…Sponsors of the Jersey Show River Valley Farm.Sponsors of the Jersey Show Elite Dairy …Sponsors of the Brown Swiss Show Roll-N-View Farm…Sponsors of the Red & White Show Vogue Cattle Co…Sponsors of the Holstein Show Cowmso will be there bringing you all the action and excitement, both ringside and around the grounds, thanks to our many sponsors! In addition to the student presence, faculty/staff from the College of Agriculture and Life Science are there doing demonstrations/talks, recruiting students and hosting a reception for alumni and industry partners.World Dairy Expo 2017 kicks off on Tuesday, October 3rd and runs through Saturday, October 7th at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI. – Business Chairs Bailey Larson and Marisa Klister drive the student workers to and from campus, and make sure that the students have the correct paperwork turned in so that they can get paid. This year they sold nearly 30,000 grilled cheese sandwiches and around 12,000 chocolate shakes. The proceeds support those groups’ activities. – Cheese Stand Chairs Connor Willems and Emily Matzke run the Grilled Cheese Stand that is staffed by students from Badger Dairy Club and Collegiate Farm Bureau. They deliver the World Dairy Expo newspaper each morning. – Signage Chairs Sam Danton, Zach Lensmire and Tyler Vande Wettering control the signs, from directional signs to advertisements in the bathrooms. They help the dairy cattle exhibitors while they’re milking cows, and they clean the milkhouse daily. – Milkhouse Chairs Danielle Warmka and Brooke Trustem are in charge of the milkhouse. They also collected milk from 16 receptacles that is produced by the dairy cattle during the event. – Grounds Chairs Michael Moede and Zach Endres kept the grounds clean, using skid loaders to clear manure and sweep. The expo’s theme was “Discover New Dairy Worlds,” so the showring featured a ship sailing on a sea of blue shavings, which they kept clear of manure and garbage. – Showring Chairs Rachel Gerbitz and Rachel Gries decorated the showring. Co-General Chair Riley Miller is in training to be the general chair for next year. McClelland put in the most hours this year, working a total of 204 hours. McClelland is in charge of all of the student workers and assisting wherever is needed. The students were mostly members of the Badger Dairy Club and Collegiate Farm Bureau. 3-7 at the Alliant Energy Center, is the nation’s largest dairy cattle show and trade show. About 100 UW–Madison undergraduate students worked at the 2017 World Dairy Expo to make it run smoothly.
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