“Futurity”
WDN 15-10-2
October Wisconsin Dairy News
Please broadcast this package the week of October 12, 2015.
Runs 1:39
Draft: Final– 9/21/15
Written by: Amy Wallace
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Wisconsin farmers have a lot of faith in their cattle, and some even enter their young
stock in cattle shows years before the competition.. In this segment of Wisconsin Dairy
News we’re highlighting a dairy farm family who thinks they just might have a prizeworthy cow.
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Troy Wendorf, Dairy Farmer
Crescentmead Farm
Ixonia, WI
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Larry Nelson, Executive
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Wisconsin Holstein
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The Wendorf family, like other
farm families, is dedicated to the
care of their dairy cows. When
preparing for a big show, the
cows get extra-special attention.
“They get baths everyday, they
get washed almost everyday, they
go out in their own separate lots
in herds of small groups. They get
the best of the best hay, their
ration is balanced weekly.”
All this pampering was done in an
effort to garner best of show at
the Wisconsin Holstein Futurity
Show held recently at the
Wisconsin state Fair.
“It allows our members to
showcase their great genetics and
the time and dedication that they
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put into it. Some may mention
luck, but there’s a lot more than
luck that goes into it.”
The Wisconsin Holstein Futurity is
a non-traditional cattle show not
only because entrants exhibit
their cows wearing formal wear,
but because exhibitors enter their
animals three years prior to the
show in hopes of raising a highquality show cow.
The Wendorfs have been
showcasing their cattle for
decades and put a lot of faith in
their cows’ genetics.
Todd Wendorf, Dairy Farmer “The first time that we had won, I
Crescentmead Farm
think it’s back in 1992 and she
Ixonia, WI
ended up being nominated for AllAmerican as a heifer, and so all
we did was pray that she would
put on that really good udder that
she’d be able to make that
Futurity and do well; and we got
lucky!”
The Wendorfs entered two of
their Holstein show cows in the
futurity show, hopeful that they
did everything necessary over the
years to produce a winner.
Troy Wendorf, Dairy Farmer “We feel that we got lucky and
Crescentmead Farm
we’re very happy with how our
Ixonia, WI
cows are doing.”
As luck would have it, they won!
And that’s Wisconsin Dairy News.
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The first place winner was Milksource Dty Tammy-Red-ET, a red and white Holstein,
shown by Ryan Krohlow of Poynette and owned by Grady and Lane Wendorf and
Dawson and Kylie Nickels of Dodge County. Along with winning best of show, Tammy,
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the cow, was also named the Best Udder of the show and the top fat and protein
production winner.
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