Earlville Dairy Farm Shows Grand Champion Female in Brown Swiss Show
August 18, 2011
Top dairies competed for honors in the Brown Swiss Dairy Cattle show judged Friday at the 2011 Iowa State Fair.
Kruses Swiss Farm of Earlville showed the Grand Champion Female. The Reserve Champion Female belonged to Onword Swiss of Oelwein, who also earned the Premier Breeder award.
Lee-Anns Swiss of Dewitt collected top honors in the Premier Exhibitor contest and second place honors in the Premier Breeder contest. Hilltop Acres Farm of Calmar earned runner-up honors in the Premier Exhibitor contest.
The Premier Breeder Award is given to the competitor that earns the most points for animals bred and exhibited by the entrant or others during the day’s show. The Premier Exhibitor Award is given to the exhibitor who accumulates the most points based upon the day’s placings.
Additional results below:
Junior Heifer Calf - March 1 to May 31, 2011
1) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
2) Fanfare Farm, Inc., Monticello
3) Allen Ehrman, Blairstown
4) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
5) Overmann Farm, Earlville
6) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
7) Uluru Swiss Acres, Clermont
Intermediate Heifer Calf - Dec. 1, 2010 to Feb. 28, 2011
1) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth
2) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
3) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
4) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth
5) Shortys Swiss, Ashton
6) Fay Ark Farm, Fayeteville, Ark.
7) Uluru Swiss Acres, Clermont
8) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
9) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
Senior Heifer Calf - Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, 2010
1) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
2) Fanfare Farm, Inc., Monticello
3) Ally Bierschenk, Van Horne
4) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
5) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth
6) Uluru Swiss Acres, Clermont
7) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
8) Jon, James and Meredith Roth, Milford, Neb.
9) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
10) Natalie, Mitchell and Wesley Hanson, La Porte City
11) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
12) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
Summer Yearling Heifer - June 1 to Aug. 31, 2010
1) Schulte Bros, Watkins
2) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
3) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
4) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
5) Overmann Farm, Earlville
6) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
7) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth
8) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
9) Natalie, Mitchell and Wesley Hanson, La Porte City
Junior Yearling Heifer - Mar. 1 to May 31, 2010
1) Kruses LJ Swiss, Holy Cross
2) Schan-dale Holsteins, Newhall
3) Blue Knoll Farm, New London
4) Uluru Swiss Acres, Clermont
5) Shortys Swiss, Ashton
6) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
7) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
Winter Yearling Heifer - Dec.1, 2009-Feb. 28, 2010
1) Kruses Swiss Farm, Earlville
2) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
3) Darryl Banowetz, Charlotte
4) Arthur Creek Dairy, Sumner
5) Fanfare Farm, Inc., Monticello
6) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
7) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
8) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
9) Uluru Swiss Acres, Clermont
10) Jon, James and Meredith Roth, Milford, Neb.
Senior Yearling Heifer (not in milk) - Sept.1 to Nov. 30, 2009
1) Kruses LJ Swiss, Holy Cross
2) Canoe Ridge Dairy, Decorah
3) Fay Ark Farm, Fayeteville, Ark.
4) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
5) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
6) Uluru Swiss Acres, Clermont
7) Natalie, Mitchell & Wesley Hanson, La Porte City
8) Shortys Swiss, Ashton
9) Shortys Swiss, Ashton
Junior Best Three Females
1) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
2) Fanfare Farm, Inc., Monticello
3) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
4) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
5) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth
6) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
Junior Two-Year-Old Cow - Mar. 1 to Aug. 31, 2009
1) Kruses Swiss Farm, Earlville
2) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
3) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
4) Kruses Swiss Farm, Earlville
5) Schulte Bros, Watkins
6) Overmann Farm, Earlville
7) Goodman Dairy Farm, Rose Hill
8) Ander-Oaks, Clinton
Senior Two-Year-Old Cow - Sept. 1, 2008 to Feb. 28, 2009
1) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
2) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
3) Canoe Ridge Dairy, Decorah
Junior Three-Year-Old Cow - Mar. 1 to Aug. 31, 2008
1) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
2) Onword Swiss, Oelwein
3) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
4) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
5) Uluru Swiss Acres, Clermont
6) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
Senior Three-Year-Old Cow - Sept. 1, 2007 to Feb. 29, 2008
1) Kruses Swiss Farm, Earlville
2) Jo-lane Dairy, Monona
3) Kruses LJ Swiss, Holy Cross
4) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
5) Uluru Swiss Acres, Clermont
Four-Year-Old Cow - Sept. 1, 2006 to Aug. 31, 2007
1) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
2) Jo-lane Dairy, Monona
3) Onword Swiss, Oelwein
4) Kruses Swiss Farm, Earlville
5) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
6) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
7) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
8) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
9) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
10) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
Five-Year-Old Cow - Sept. 1, 2005 to Aug. 31, 2006
1) Onword Swiss, Oelwein
2) Fishersons Dairy, Edgewood
3) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
4) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
5) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
6) Uluru Swiss Acres, Clermont
Aged Cow - before Sept. 1, 2005
1) Siegerts Swiss, Peosta
2) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
3) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
4) Onword Swiss, Oelwein
5) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
Component Merit
1) Siegerts Swiss, Peosta
2) Onword Swiss, Oelwein
3) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
Best Three Head
1) Onword Swiss, Oelwein
2) Kruses Swiss Farm, Earlville
3) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
4) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
5) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
6) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
7) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
Best Four Head
1) Kruses Swiss Farm, Earlville
2) Onword Swiss, Oelwein
3) Hilltop Acres Farm, Calmar
4) Lee-Anns Swiss, DeWitt
5) Ficks Swiss, Boyden
6) Dandee Swiss, Dewitt
7) DeVore Dairy, Wilton
Junior Champion Female: Schan-dale Holsteins, Newhall
Junior Reserve Female: Kruses Swiss Farm, Earlville
Intermediate Champion Female: Kruses Swiss Farm, Earlville
Intermediate Reserve Female: Ficks Swiss, Boyden
Senior Champion Female: Onword Swiss, Oelwein
Senior Reserve Champion Female: Siegerts Swiss, Peosta
“Nothing Compares” to the 2011 Iowa State Fair, celebrating 100 years of the Butter Cow August 11-21. The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University Avenue, just 10 minutes east of downtown Des Moines, and are open 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. each day of the Fair. Exhibit hours may vary. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.
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