Ribbons Awarded in Iowa State Fair Holstein Show
DES MOINES, IA (08/21/2024) (readMedia)-- Top dairies competed for honors in the Holstein Dairy Cattle show judged Friday, August 9, at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.
Farnear Holsteins of Farley exhibited the Grand Champion Female.
Complete results below (name, hometown and animal identification):
Holstein
Spring Heifer Calf -- March 1 - May 31, 2024
1) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
2) Tim Rauen, Blairstown
3) Kcck Genetics Tom, Sara, Kaleb, Cole, Carter Kruse, Dyersville
4) Gabe Holthaus, West Union
5) Kcck Genetics Tom, Sara, Kaleb, Cole, Carter Kruse, Dyersville
6) Tim Rauen, Blairstown
7) Lila Moore, West Union
8) Rick Demmer, Peosta
9) Rick Demmer, Peosta
10) Abbie Gahring, Homestead
11) Heavens Elite, Waukon
12) Duane Gibbs, Delhi
13) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
14) Irish Hill, Dewitt
15) Ali Melcher, Waukon
16) Brielle Gavin, Lansing
17) Chad Sickles, Marengo
18) Chad Sickles, Marengo
19) Irish Hill, Dewitt
20) Irish Hill, Dewitt
21) Goodman Farm, Rose Hill
22) Sondra Derby, Drakesville
23) Sondra Derby, Drakesville
Winter Heifer Calf -- Dec. 1, 2023 - Feb. 29, 2024
1) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
2) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
3) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
4) Duane Gibbs, Delhi
5) Duane Gibbs, Delhi
6) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
7) Rick Demmer, Peosta
8) Gabe Holthaus, West Union
9) Alanna Schatz, Cresco
10) Superstition Cattle Company Todd Searles, Hollandale, MN
11) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
12) Nick Krogman, Ashton
13) Doug Brown, Colesburg
14) Elizabeth Westra, Primghar
15) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
16) Collin Costello, Long Grove
17) Adrianna Kruse, St. Ansgar
18) Aaron And Melissa Lovstuen And Fami, Decorah
19) Matt Zuercher, Postville
20) Sondra Derby, Drakesville
21) Rick Henderson, Coggon
22) Goodman Farm, Rose Hill
Fall Heifer Calf -- Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2023
1) Rick Demmer, Peosta
2) Rick Demmer, Peosta
3) Kole, Luke, Maggie Adams & Z Danhof Adams, Danhof, Waukon
4) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
5) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
6) Kcck Genetics Tom, Sara, Kaleb, Cole, Carter Kruse, Dyersville
7) Brielle Gavin, Lansing
8) Nick Krogman, Ashton
9) Kendra Johnson, Earlville
10) Tnt Cattle Company, Waukon
11) Abbie Gahring, Homestead
12) Lane Domeyer, Delhi
13) Heavens Elite, Waukon
14) Ashley Carns, Farley
15) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
16) Cassie Sawyer, Marshalltown
17) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
18) Abbie Gahring, Homestead
19) Devon Chrystal, Hopkinton
20) Aaron And Melissa Lovstuen And Fami, Decorah
21) Brianne Sparrgrove, West Union
22) Hanna Vagts, West Union
23) Irish Hill, Dewitt
24) Rick Henderson, Coggon
25) Eric Richards, Maynard
26) Goodman Farm, Rose Hill
27) Goodman Farm, Rose Hill
Summer Yearling Heifer -- June 1 - Aug. 31, 2023
1) Abbie Gahring, Homestead
2) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
3) Brilynn Schanbacher, Newhall
4) Aden Kruse, Dyersville
5) Nick Krogman, Ashton
6) Rick Demmer, Peosta
7) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
8) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
9) Devon Chrystal, Hopkinton
10) Devon Chrystal, Hopkinton
11) Lily Holthaus, West Union
12) Matt Zuercher, Postville
13) Kennedi Vagts, West Union
14) Goodman Farm, Rose Hill
15) Mueterthies Dairy, Lawler
Spring Yearling Heifer -- March 1 - May 31, 2023
1) Superstition Cattle Company Todd Searles, Hollandale, MN
2) Norman Nabholz, West Union
3) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
4) Robert Sadler, West Union
5) Eric Richards, Maynard
6) Chad Sickles, Marengo
7) Tucker Lyons, West Union
8) Hannah Scott, Westgate
9) Heavens Elite, Waukon
10) Jessica Lansing, West Union
11) Jayse Pudwill, Dakota, IL
12) Eric Richards, Maynard
13) Aaron And Melissa Lovstuen And Fami, Decorah
14) Geise Dairy, Dewitt
Winter Yearling Heifer -- Dec.1, 2022 - Feb. 28, 2023
1) Jesse Muse, Dyersville
2) Abbie Gahring, Homestead
3) Rick Demmer, Peosta
4) Brilynn Schanbacher, Newhall
5) Tim Rauen, Blairstown
6) Elizabeth Westra, Primghar
7) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
8) Chad Sickles, Marengo
9) Aaron And Melissa Lovstuen And Fami, Decorah
10) Gabe Holthaus, West Union
11) April Drew, Stanwood
12) Mitchell Vagts, West Union
Fall Yrlg. Heifer (not in milk) -- Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2022
1) Doug Brown, Colesburg
2) Alanna Schatz, Cresco
3) Tucker Lyons, West Union
4) Nolan Schatz, Cresco
5) Sarah Dean, Clermont
6) Matt Zuercher, Postville
7) Bill Norton, Tipton
8) Sondra Derby, Drakesville
Junior Best Three Females
1) Farnear Holstein, Farley
2) Rick Demmer, Peosta
3) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
4) Nick Krogman, Ashton
5) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
Fall Yearling in Milk -- After Sept. 1, 2022
1) Joe Gibbs, Epworth
2) Irish Hill, Dewitt
Summer Junior Two Year Old Cow -- June 1 - Aug. 31, 2022
1) Rick Demmer, Peosta
2) Tnt Cattle Company, Waukon
3) Iota Farm, Decorah
4) Bill Norton, Tipton
5) Chad Sickles, Marengo
6) Irish Hill, Dewitt
Junior Two Year Old Cow -- March 1 - May 31, 2022
1) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
2) Nick Krogman, Ashton
3) Aaron And Melissa Lovstuen And Fami, Decorah
4) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
5) Tucker Lyons, West Union
Senior Two Year Old Cow -- Sept. 1, 2021 - Feb. 28, 2022
1) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
2) Nick Krogman, Ashton
3) Nick Krogman, Ashton
4) Abbie Gahring, Homestead
5) Abbie Gahring, Homestead
6) Thomas Fossum, Waterville
7) Dan Moon, Monona
8) Meyer Dairy Farms, West Union
9) Aaron And Melissa Lovstuen And Fami, Decorah
Junior Three Year Old Cow -- March 1 - Aug. 31, 2021
1) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
2) Bill Norton, Tipton
3) Dan Moon, Monona
4) Adam Kruse, Holy Cross
5) Chad Sickles, Marengo
6) Chad Sickles, Marengo
Senior Three Year Old Cow -- Sept. 1, 2020 - Feb. 28, 2021
1) Irish Hill, Dewitt
2) Bill Vanderham, Mt. Pleasant
Cow Four Years Old -- Sept. 1, 2019 - Aug. 31, 2020
1) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
2) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
3) Bill Norton, Tipton
4) Rick Demmer, Peosta
5) Bill Norton, Tipton
Cow Five Years Old -- Sept. 1, 2018 - Aug. 31, 2019
1) Rick Demmer, Peosta
2) Bill Norton, Tipton
3) Mitchell Vagts, West Union
Aged Cow -- Before Sept. 1, 2018
1) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
2) Steinridge Jerseys, Lawler
3) Nick Krogman, Ashton
Best Three Head
1) Farnear Holstein, Farley
2) Rick Demmer, Peosta
3) Nick Krogman, Ashton
4) Bill Norton, Tipton
5) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
Best Four Head
1) Farnear Holstein, Farley
2) Rick Demmer, Peosta
3) Nick Krogman, Ashton
4) Bill Norton, Tipton
5) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
Junior Champion Female & Reserve
1) Jesse Muse, Dyersville
2) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
3) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
Intermediate Champion Female & Reserve
1) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
2) Rick Demmer, Peosta
3) Courtlane Holsteins, Ridgeway
Senior Champion Female & Reserve
1) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
2) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
3) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
Grand Champion Female & Reserve
1) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
2) Rick Demmer, Peosta
3) Danhof Holsteins Danhof, Waukon
Premier Exhibitor
1) Farnear Holsteins, Farley
2) Bill Norton, Tipton
Premier Breeder
1) Bill Norton, Tipton
2) Rick Demmer, Peosta
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