October 27, 2014

Deadline set for World Dairy Expo futurity entries

Entries for the 2017 World Dairy Expo International Futurity competition will close on November 1, 2014 at midnight (CDT).

Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn and Red & White Three-Year-Old Futurity competitions will be held, and an overall and reserve overall winner will be selected.

Animals must be born between September 1, 2013 and August 31, 2014 to be eligible to enter the 2017 Futurity. Further details are available at https://www.worlddairyexpo.com/pages/Enter-Online.php

The World Dairy Expo is recognised as the meeting place for the global dairy industry. For this year's Expo, held in October, 77,204 dairy producers and industry experts from 94 countries travelled to Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

The event drew 2,334 head of North American dairy cattle and 835 companies exhibited in the trade show.

In a futurity competition, dairy cattle competing today should have been nominated for the show when they were born.