Columbia dairy champ Melissa Madigan tops Columbia County Fair
Melissa Madigan, a 15 year old 4-Her from Dalton, led Skyhurst Balanced Mars to breed and grand champion dairy female at the Columbia County Fair. Her family’s Skyhurst herd traces to earlier generations, with her brother Mike previously winning. She also showed a champion bull calf and two horses, planning to take the cow to the state fair and return next year with Mars.
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Melissa Madigan
Dalton
Columbia County
Skyhurst
Mars
Melissa
Madigans
Mike
Pat
Judy Madigan
Skyhurst Black Top
Columbia County Fair
Beginner's luck Weyh tops Columbia County fair hog show
Amy Weyh 9, daughter of Dennis and Beverly Weyh of Portage, won the grand champion market barrow at the Columbia County Fair in her first outing. Patrick Cudahy purchased the hog for 1.45 per pound at 240 pounds. Her winnings go toward education as she eyes more pigs to defend her title next year.
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Columbia County Fair
Amy
Dennis
Beverly Weyh
Portage
Weyhs
Patrick Cudahy
Mike Lyons
Lodi
Equity Lamb Pool
Baraboo
Amy Weyh
Market Barrow
First Time Showring Win for 9-Year-Old Amy Weyh
Nine year old Amy Weyh earned the top ribbon in the market barrow class, selecting and raising her project hog from a litter on her family hog farm. Photo by Jan Shepel.
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Amy Weyh
Six Years of Effort Pay Off for Madigan’s Dairy Cow
Melissa Madigan’s Sky urst Balanced Mars earned breed champion and grand champion at the Columbia County Fair, also judged best fitted in her division.
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Melissa Madigan
Skyurst
Columbia County Fair
van Shepe
Auction totals posted at Portage fair sale event
A Columbia County Fair meat animal auction in Portage sold 48 beef 28 sheep and 42 hogs for a total of 48739. Average prices were 0.62 for beef 1.40 for sheep and 0.87 for hogs. Grand champion steer Dave Lauritzen of Poynette bought by Fuchs Trucking Sauk City at 1.05 per lb.
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Portage
Dave Lauritzen
Poynette
Fuchs Trucking
Sauk City
Joe Taylor
Joe
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Bill Stade
Fort Atkinson
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Doylestown
Deen Wendt
Dan Riechers
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