World Dairy Expo Names 2000 Judges
MADISON, Wis. World
Dairy Expo names eight industry
representatives and producers as
official judges for the 2000 show
scheduled for October 4-8 at the
Dane County Expo Center in
Madison, Wisconsin. The dairy
cattle show judges were nominat
ed by last year’s dairy cattle ex
hibitors and/or breed associations
and ratified by Expo’s board of
directors. Judging the almost
2,000 head of cattle will be: Ay
shire Wayne Sliker, St. Paris,
Ohio; Brown Swiss Brian Gar
rison, Tiffin, Ohio; Brown Swiss
Associate Steve White, New
Castle, Indiana; Guernsey
Blaine Grosser, Marysville, Ohio;
Holstein Chris Hill, Mt. Airy,
Maryland; Holstein Associate
World Dairy Expo Honors Four
Dairy Industry Leaders And Producers
MADISON, Wis. Four indi
viduals will receive star treat
ment for their tremendous
achievements within the dairy in
dustry during the 2000 World
Dairy Expo, October 4-8 in Mad
ison, Wis. Honored this year will
be: Dairyman of the Year
Howard Voegeli, Monticello,
Wisconsin; Dairy Woman of the
Year Bemeta Snider Gable,
New Enterprise, Pennsylvania;
International Person of the Year
Heinrich Meli, Bad Ragaz,
Switzerland; and Industry Per
son of the Year Miles “Mac”
McCarry, Deltona, Florida.
“This year’s winners are an
exceptional group of people who
have wholeheartedly made the
dairy cow and the dairy industry
their life. They are people who
have guided and improved the
industry, each in their own way.
In doing so, they’ve earned the
respect of their peers and World
Dairy Expo,” said World Dairy
Expo’s General Manager, Tom
McKittrick.
A special presentation honor
ing these award winners will be
held during World Dairy Expo at
the 2000 Dinner With the Stars,
Tuesday, October 3. World Dairy
Expo’s three-star sponsors along
with the National Dairy Quality
Award recipient will also be hon
ored. For more information on
the dinner or the show, contact
World Dairy Expo at
608-224-6455.
Dairyman Excels In Sound
Genetics And Leadership
The Dairyman of the Year is a
well-known ambassador for the
dairy industry, World
Dairy Expo, and the
Brown Swiss breed.
Voegeli,
Howard
Monticello, Wis., owns
Voegeli Farms, Inc.
and Voegeli Interna-
tional, a business that
markets cattle, semen,
and embryos to for
eign countries.
Voegeli’s great
grandfather, a Swiss
immigrant, founded
the farm in 1854. His
grandfather intro-
duced the first regis-
tered Brown Swiss to
the herd in 1895
Those animals were
the foundation for to-
day’s 105-cow herd.
After graduating from
the University of Wis-
consin in 1952, Voege-
li took over the al-
ready outstanding
herd,
and through
careful genetic selec-
tion built a herd that
today boasts a
24,742-pound rolling
Gerald Coughlin, Jr., Peterbo
rough, Ontario, Canada; Jersey
Larry Schirm, Columbus,
Ohio; Milking Shorthorn
Brian Garrison, Tiffin, Ohio; and
Red & White Callum McKinven,
Melbourne, Quebec, Canada.
Central National Ayrshire
Show: Wayne Sliker
Wayne Sliker and his wife,
Connie, own and operate Top
Acres Brown Swiss and Modem
Associates Cattle Sales. Top
Acres maintains about
ISO-registered Brown Swiss and
a smaller select group of Hol
steins near St. Paris, Ohio. The
herd is very active in showing
and promotion with 92 All-
Americans and 86 Reserve All-
Americans which leads the all-
lactation average. The herd aver
ages 960 pounds of fat and 807
pounds of protein. His emphasis
on exporting good cattle, em
bryos and semen has put the
herd’s genetics on six continents.
The herd not only excels in
production, but also type. Voege
li cattle have earned 195 All-
American nominations, 43 All-
American awards, 44 Reserve
All-American awards and 32
Honorable Mention All-Ameri
can awards. The farm has had
four World Dairy Expo grand
champions and won the show’s
Premier Breeder and Premier
Exhibitor 15 times. In 1992, Voe
geli was awarded the Klussen
dorf award and in 1991 he was
honored as Dairy Shrine’s Breed
er of the Year.
Being an annual exhibitor is
only one small way Voegeli has
supported World Dairy Expo. He
was one of World Dairy Expo’s
founders, served on the Execu
tive Committee and is still a
member of the Board of Direc
tors. If that weren’t enough, Voe
geli opens the farm to nearly 400
college and 4-H judges for a
practice session the Sunday be
fore the national contests held at
World Dairy Expo.
Voegeli and his wife, Alice,
have four children: Rhonda, Ja
calyn, Bryan and James. Bayer,
Dairy Farmers of America, Dairy
Herd Management and Monsan
to Dairy Business sponsor the
Dairyman of the Year award.
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time list for Brown Swiss exhibi
tors. Eleven National Total Per
formance Winners have been de
veloped at Top Acres. The herd’s
89.4 classification average ranks
first among the larger herds of
the breed. In recent years. Top
Acres has placed 78 sires in A.I.
service as well as merchandised
cattle and embryos across the
country and around the globe.
Central National Brown Swiss
Show: Brian Garrison
Brian Garrison is a Sire Anal
yst for ABS Global. A member of
the Holstein Association Ameri
can’s Type Committee, Garrison
has served a judge or associate
judge at many shows in the U.S.
This year marks the sixth and
seventh time Garrison has served
Family And Community
The driving force behind Snid
er Homestead Farm near New
Enterprise, Penn, is a wife, moth
er of two, and an exemplary role
model for young dairy enthusi
asts. Now Berneta Snider Gable
can add the title of World Dairy
Expo’s Dairy Woman of the
Year to her list of accomplish
ments.
Gable is the fifth generation to
farm the 310-acre century farm.
Her husband. Brad Gable, works
full time with the Pennsylvania
Game Commission, so she is re
sponsible for most of the farm’s
management decisions and labor,
including fieldwork, breeding se
lections and record keeping.
Her 140-plus Guernsey and
Holstein herd includes 18 excel
lent cows and consistently ranks
in the state’s top 10 herds for
production. In the show ring, the
herd has generated many awards
including several All-Americans
and numerous grand and reserve
champion and premier breeder
and exhibitor honors at the
Pennsylvania All-American
Dairy Show and the Pennsylva
nia Farm Show. In 1999, Sniders
Opp Georgie, an aged cow, was
the grand champion of the Cen
tral National Guernsey Show at
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as the judge or associate judge at
Expo. He has also judged several
shows around the world includ
ing ones in the United Kingdom,
Germany, Switzerland, France,
Australia, Brazil, Mexico and
Canada.
Central National Brown Swiss
Show Associate Judge:
Steve White
A familiar face at Expo, Steve
White in past years has served as
the Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jer
sey and Milking Shorthorn offi
cial. White’s judging career
across the U.S., Canada and
South America, spans more than
20 years and includes other na
tional shows along with the
Royal Winter Fair. Owner and
operator of White Jersey Farms,
a 125-head registered Jersey
herd, he has a focused breeding
philosophy on longevity, excel
lent type and great udders.
Central National Guernsey
Show: Blaine Crasser
Blaine Crasser is the Vice-
President of the Dairy Sire Prod
uct Line and Customer Service
for Select Sires in Plain City,
Ohio. His duties also include
serving as their Guernsey Sire
Analyst. Crasser is a member of
the American Guernsey Associa
tion Type Committee and Presi
dent of the Ohio Guernsey
Breeders Association. He has
judged several national, state,
district, and local shows through
out the U.S.
International Holstein
Show: Chris Hill
Chris Hill and his wife, Budg
ee, reside in Mt. Airy, Maryland
where they own and operate
MD-Hillbrook Sales and Fitting
Service. Chris has been a profes
sional fittei'and auctioneer fbr 16
years. As a fitter, his travels have
taken him to more than 40
states, Canada, Mexico and Ger
many. As an auctioneer he has
sold various breed sales across
the U.S. and occasionally works
with his family’s antique and es
tate auction company in Mary
land.
International Holstein Show
Associate Judge:
Gerald Coughlin Jr.
Gerald Coughlin Jr. resides in
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
where he and his family own and
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Breeder Award.
Central National Jersey
Show: Larry S chirm
Larry Schirm is in charge of
Alta Genetics Jersey program
along with duties in the develop
ment and marketing of the Hol
stein sires. He has spent 18 years
working for different genetics
companies including Carnation,
Landmark and now Alta Genet
ics, involved in the acquisition,
development and marketing of
Holsteins, Brown Swiss, and Jer
sey sires.
International Milking
Shorthorn Show:
Brian Garrison
Brian Garrison is a Sire Anal
yst for ABS Global. A member of
the Holstein Association Ameri
can’s Type Committee, Garrison
has served as judge or associate
judge at many shows in the U.S.
This year marks the sixth and
seventh time Garrison has served
as the judge or associate judge at
Expo. He has also judged several
shows around the world includ
ing ones in the United Kingdom,
Germany, Switzerland, France,
Australia, Brazil, Mexico and
Canada.
Grand International Red &
White Show:
Callum McKinven
Callum McKinven is a self
employed dairy cattle buyer and
seller from Melbourne, Quebec,
Canada. No stranger to the Offi
cial role at World Dairy Expo,
McKinven has judged die Hol
stein, Jersey, and Ayrshire shows
in past years. He has also judged
in several different countries
around the world as well as nu
merous provincial shows in Can
ada and state shows in the U.S.
McKinven’s most notable roles,
besides Expo, include placing the
Franca Show (Brazil), the Hok
kaido Black & White Show
(Japan), die National Show
(Spain), and the Holstein Show
at the Royal Winter Fair (Cana
da).