Jersey Tops Manheim Dairy Show
DAVE LEFEVER Marsha Pickel’s Jersey cow, Pen- animal Thursday at the Man-
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MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.)
Marsha Pickel, third from right, shows the supreme champion cow, a 3-year-old Jer
sey, at the Manheim Farm Show. Corby Ziegler’s Holstein was reserve champion. Join
ing the winners, from left, are Alicia Geib, Alternate Fair Queen; Carla Martin, Pennsyl
vania Dairy Princess; and Adam Sonnen, judge.
named supreme champion dairy
Judge Adam Sonnen picked
the 3-year-old Jersey out of five
breed champions.
“She’s a beautiful combination
of dairy and strength, with a
super udder and feet and legs,”
Sonnen said.
Pickel works on Balmer Broth
ers Farm, Manheim, a large dairy
operation managed by her father
and uncle.
Corby Ziegler won reserve su
preme honors for his 4-year-old
champion Holstein, Strowin Aer
oline Selma.
Candace, left, and Blake Brubaker show the Holstein
junior champion and reserve grand champion, respec
tively. Joining them are Carla Martin, Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess, and Alicia Geib, Alternate Fair Queen.
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Breed results from the show
are scheduled for a future issue of
Lancaster Farming.
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Ziegler, 19, is in his last year of
4-H and is a member of Manheim
Central FFA. He works for the
Brubaker family of Hilltop Heri
tage Farm, and is building his
own herd at the same time.
Candace, 12, and Blake Bru
baker of Hilltop Heritage Farm
showed the junior champion and
reserve grand champion Hol
steins, respectively.
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