Simmental, Zook take home Fondy beef crown
Jason Zook, 13, Eden, showed the grand champion Simmental steer Barney at Fond du Lac County Fair. Barney weighed 1,212 pounds and sold for 1 per pound at the meat animal live stock auction. Zook, son of Betty and John Zook, plans to compete at the State Fair next year. Barney, seven-eighths Simmental, was born May 1984 and conditioned well by feeding cracked corn and beef balancer.
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Barney
Holiday Olds
Fond du Lac
Mr. Zook
Betty
John Zook
Campbellsport High School
Zook
Fond du Lac County Fair
Jason Zook
Eden
Fond du Lac teen tops 17 18 western showmanship
Ann Meixensperger 19 of Fond du Lac won first in the 17 and 18-year-old western showmanship at the Fond du Lac County Fair with her 9-year-old Quarter Horse Dunny Cider. She also took western pleasure, earned a blue ribbon in halter, and a red in horsemanship, while sharing tips on practice, heat management, and daily training with mentor Janice Schmitz.
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Barney
Zook
Ann Meixensperger
Fond du Lac
Spring Creek 4- H Club
Mary
Norbert Meixensperger
Meixensperger
Dunny Cider
Miss Meixensperger
Janice Schmitz
Schmitz
Julka earns third county dairy title at Fond du Lac Fair
Lori Julka of Malone clinched her third straight grand champion in the female dairy competition at Fond du Lac County Fair with 2-year-old Lov. The 16 year old, a New Holstein High School junior and Taft 234-H member, credits her father Joe Julka for show-ring expertise as the family runs about 200 acres with 60 registered Holsteins.
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Lori Julka
Malone
Fond du Lac County Fair
June
Julka
New Holstein High School
Taft
FFA
Connie
Joe
Wisconsin Holstein Association
Fond du Lac
Dairy show ring veteran guides 4-H youths in Calumet County
A top dairy cow exhibitor seeks a show cow with a strong udder and legs, tall yet balanced. She runs daily one hour refresher training for veterans and mentors several 4-H members. She led a dairy showmanship demo in Calumet County and urged focus on the animal and the judge.
Fond du Lac livestock auction nets $28,283.40
Fond du Lac County meat animal sale last week totaled 28,283.40 dollars excluding champions. 1,212 pound grand champion beef steer shown by Jason Zook Eden sold for one dollar per pound to Holiday Olds Fond du Lac. Reserve champion steer went 95 cents per pound to Firstar Bank Campbellsport. Lamb top sold for 6.25 per pound to Bank of Oakfield. Reserve lamb bought for 3.00 by J P Bremmer. Grand champion hog sold for 4.30 to Wisconsin Bandag Fond du Lac. reserve hog to Schraumnagel Implement for 2.50 per pound.
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Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac County
Jason Zook
Eden
Holiday Olds
Tim Murphy
Firstar Bank
Campbellsport
Jerry Held
Bank of Oakfield
Lori Frank
J.P. Bremmer
Tim Engel
Wisconsin Bandag
Steve Ries
Schraumnagel
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Zooks
Jason and
Dave Ralph
Danny Cider
Calumet County
Miss Julka
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