Holt uses judging tips to pick hog for grand champion
Baraboo youth Scott Holt won Sauk County Fair grand champion market barrow with a Hampshire Chester White cross, aided by hog judging lessons from junior livestock days. Holt conditioned the 245 pound cross bred, cut back feed to avoid excess fat, and the winner sold for 661.50 to Koenicke Equipment Reedstown at 2.70 per pound. He aims to repeat at the State Fair in August with another top barrow.
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Baraboo
Hampshire
Chester
Holt
Darlington
Mr. Holt
Sauk County
Koenicke Equipment
Reedsburg
Sauk Fair sale results report livestock totals
Baraboo receipts from the Sauk County Fair livestock sale were up from last year. At the sale on Saturday 35 beef cattle 22 hogs and 12 sheep were sold with champion hogs and lambs yielding high prices. Grand champion hog Scott Holt Baraboo sold for 2.70 per pound and reserve hog to Glacier Tool at 3.05. Grand champion market lamb Chris Geick North Freedom sold at 4.45 per pound. reserve champion lamb weighed 119 pounds selling to Fuchs Livestock. Champion steer Carrie Zech North Freedom sold to Koeneke Ford for 2.10 per pound. reserve steer Mark Lehman Reedsburg sold to Viking Village Foods at 1.90. Total lambs 3633.35 and hogs 8970.75. steers averaged 1.00 per pound totaling 40252.35. Purchasers included Farm and Merchants Bank Fuchs Livestock and Glacier Tool.
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Sauk County
Glacier Tool
Tim Johnson
Chris Geick
North Freedom
Reedsburg Equity
Carrie Zech
Koeneke Ford
Viking Village Foods
Mark Lehman
Reedsburg
Farm and Merchants Bank, Fuchs Livestock
Farm and Merchants
Fuchs Livestock
District 10 Black and White Show Produces 94 Holsteins
Ninety four Holsteins move to the Wisconsin Holstein State Show from Chilton’s District 10 Black and White Show hosted by Calumet County on Friday July 12. Readout highlights grand and reserve champions across open and junior shows including Pinehurst Farms, Fenview Pete Adam, and Mark Brass with multiple junior and senior titles.
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Chilton
Calumet County
District 10
Spring Valley Farms
Springhope Pulsar
Fenview Pete Adam
Daniel Fenner
Pinehurst Rapture
Pinehurst Farms
Sheboygan
Burnwood
Darleen
Darleen Associates
Manitowoc
Barry Soukup
Denmark
Mark Brass
David Borchardt
Random Lake
Paul Siemers
Cleveland
Spring Valley
Elkhart Lake
Sheboygan Falls
Pinehurst
Soeponsel
Mii
Staneraaiog
Dave Hoppman
Fond du Lac
Darleen Associated
Canadians Speak at Dairy Meeting in Colorado Town
The grass roots dairy policy meeting themed Let Farmers Choose is set for 8 15 p m on July 25 at the Boulder Lounge eight miles north of Platteville on Highway 80. Canadian dairy farmers Ellard Powers and Jackie Skelton will attend as special guests. Powers formerly chaired the Canadian Dairy Commission and Skelton works for the Canadian Farmers Union. Minnesota Ag Commissioner Jim Nichols and NFC National Dairy Director Al Scott are principal speakers.
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Boulder Lounge
Platteville
Highway 80
Ellard Powers
Jackie Skelton
Ing
Powers
Canadian Dairy Commission
Skelton
Canadian Farmers Union
Minnesota Ag
Jim Nichols
al Scott
NFC National Dairy Director
Sauk County 4-H youth wins grand Holstein at Baraboo show
Andy Meyer of Sauk County saw Meyerlyn Bow Magic crowned grand champion Holstein at the Baraboo Holstein show after earlier honors at Reedsburg Butter Festival and District 5 events. The 18 year old led a strong Meyer family showing with brothers Kerry and Chris also earning titles. The 310 acre dairy farm houses 60 registered cows and plans for future fairs and continued dairy studies.
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Meyerlyn Bow Magic
Bendmean Magic
Lin-Con
Baraboo
Andy
Sauk County
Reedsburg
Don
Bev Meyer
Kerry Klitzke
Chris
Kerry
Meyer
FFA
Uw-Shortcourse
Jones earns last Hasheider Award in Sauk County dairy program
Mike Jones of Reedsburg is the final Sauk County youth to win the Howard Hasheider Award, a traveling trophy for excellence in raising and showing a project heifer as part of the Sauk County Project Heifer Program. The program, begun around 1979, supported youth with registered dairy animals, but participation has declined. this year only about a dozen youths remain in the program. Jones also placed second blue in the state Holstein show and third in showmanship at the State Fair, with his mother noting his hard work and daily bathing of the heifer for six weeks prior to judging.
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Elder Ridge
Mike Jones
Mike
Duaine Hegna
Shirley Hasheider
Reedsburg
Sauk County
Howard Hasheider Award
Hasheider
Sauk County Fair
Howard Hasheider
Harold Hasheider
Tom Kriegl
Duaine Hegaa
Heatherstone Enterprises
Krieg
Mr. Jones
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Scott Holt
Barrow
Farrow
Sauk Fair
Koeneke Equipment
Scott Luck
Fuchs Live
Daluso Slim Jack
Maple
Matt Darling
Pinehurst Leaf Lightning
Davy-Ann Tony Jacinda
Lynncreed
Lucky-Royal
Krissy
Julie Soukup
Pinehurst Farm
Heboyga
Joe Julka
Malone
Andy Meyer
Loganville
Mrs. Meyer
Bovine
Heifer Project
Russ Vanderbo
Jones
Project Heifer
Country Today
Holstein
Guernsey
Jersey
Mr. Hegna
Sally Jones
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