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World Dairy Expo
The dairy world's great autumn show in Madison, Wisconsin, where the best cows of seven breeds compete on the coloured shavings.
Cattle at World Dairy Expo
World Dairy Expo has been held in Madison, Wisconsin, every autumn since 1967. Dairy farmers, breeders and buyers come from many countries to see the national shows of the main dairy breeds, judged on the conformation of the cow and her udder, and to walk a trade show of milking equipment, feeds and genetics. The ring is bedded with coloured wood shavings, and the cows are clipped and groomed for days before they enter. The supreme champion of the week, chosen from the breed champions, becomes famous in the dairy press. There are also youth contests in judging and in the making of dairy products.
The breeds
Also part of it, and being written: Dairy Shorthorn (The dairy line of the old Shorthorn, called Milking Shorthorn in America.).
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Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Brown Swiss: No machine-readable author provided. Malcolm Morley~commonswiki assume, Public domain, source
- Guernsey: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Holstein Friesian: Vista Alegre baserria, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ayrshire: Biggle, Jacob., Public domain, source
- Jersey: Man vyi, Public domain, source