Jersey Cow D Supreme Champion

For the first time since 2003, we received a perfect score in the Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest. This perfect score marks only the 78th time since the contest began in 1931. That is an amazing fact since we have received 5.5 million entries during the past 79 years.

Our perfect entry came from a 15-year-old boy attending high school in Ohio. He placed all five classes correctly which included choosing:
• B as the winner of the Brown Swiss class
• C as the winner of the Holstein class
• D as the winner of the Red and White Class
• A as the winner of the Ayrshire Class
• D as the winner of the Jersey Class

The Jersey was selected as the Supreme Champion by our panel of official judges with the Red and White taking Reserve Supreme Champion honors. The entire scoring key and official reasons can be found on pages 286 and 287 of the April 25 issue.

Entries for the 79th Annual Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest are coming in strong. Even though the contest closed on March 26, a few entries with good postmarks are still trickling into the office. To date, 25,260 entries have come from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. That's up some 1,500 from last year.