The third annual World Dairy Expo Youth Fitting Contest was held Sunday morning. The participants, whose ages ranged from 16-21 years, from across the United States and Canada, demonstrated their dairy cattle fitting skills in this competitive event. Each contestant was responsible to bring an unclipped animal to the contest and their own equipment and supplies. They clipped and fit the hair to enhance each animal’s strengths and weaknesses within the time limit. These eager youth clipped and fitted the animals to perfection. Jason Thomas, Lowville N.Y. served as the official judge who evaluated the twenty participants’ fitting skills.
Top Individuals of the Youth Fitting Contest:
- Wayne Cyrus Conard, Sharon Springs, N.Y.
- Michael Barton, Copake Falls, N.Y.
- Adrian Franken, Teeswater, O.N.
- Lee Morey, Rochester, Minn.
- Ashley Stolzfus, Berlin, Penn.
This contest kicks off the first of many youth events this week at World Dairy Expo. Generous support from sponsors makes the Youth Fitting Contest possible. In 2012, sponsors include: Aesculap AG Germany, Animart, La Belle, Inc. and Wisconsin State Farmer.
