Meet the nine individuals who will be placing the 60th Anniversary All-American Dairy Show and Premier National Junior Shows taking place this September at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg.
Mike Creek of Hagerstown, Md., will sort the Premier National Junior Brown Swiss Show. Along with his mother, Mary Creek, he is co-owner of Palmyra Farm Cheese, located in Hagerstown, and is a member of Palmyra Farm Ayrshires and Holsteins. Mike is the Senior Director of Operations, U.S., for Trans Ova Genetics. He has judged cattle shows in four different countries and judged the 2021 World Dairy Expo Ayrshire Show. He previously judged the All-American Dairy Show as official for the open Milking Shorthorn and Guernsey shows, as well as the Premier National Junior Ayrshire Show. He is a board member of the Maryland State Dairy Shrine, Washington County, Md., Chamber of Commerce, and the Washington County Ag Marketing Advisory Committee. Mike is a South Hagerstown High School graduate, class of 2000, and of Cornell University, class of 2005.
Jake Hushon of Wrightsville, Pa., is set to judge the All-American Brown Swiss Show and the Premier National Junior Milking Shorthorn Show. Alongside his wife, Wendy, and two sons, Toby and Trace, he is a co-owner of Brothers Three Brown Swiss with brothers Josh and Joseph and their wives, which was started in 1991 with their parents. Together, they have bred, owned, and developed 10 All-Americans, seven Reserve, five Honorable Mention, and 36 All-American nominations, one of whom was Topp-B3 Woodford – Intermediate Champion World Dairy Expo 2023 and Unanimous All-American. Another notable cow was Brothers Three Wisper OCS – All-American in 2001 and 2002 and 2001 Jr. Champion of the World Dairy Expo in the Junior and open show. She was also the first-ever Supreme Champion of the Youth Show in 2002. Jake was the recipient of the Young Brown Swiss Breeder Award in 2009. He has judged the Southwest and Northeast National Brown Swiss Shows, four different breeds at the Premier National Junior Show, Brown Swiss Junior Show at NAILE, state shows in 11 states, was the 2014 Brown Swiss official for the Hoard’s Dairyman judging contest. He’s also judged Internationally in Colombia and Honduras. Jake is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and currently is the USA Sales Manager for New Generation Genetics.
Sean Johnson of Rohrersville, Md., will analyze the All-American Ayrshire Show. He and his wife, Heather, along with their two children, Liam and Paige, reside in Maryland. Sean’s 30-year dairy career started at Maple Dell Farm in Woodbine, Maryland, a 200-registered Holstein and Ayrshire herd. He continued his career at Garstlyn Farms, caring for elite show and genetic cattle from across the country. Before operating his own hoof-trimming business for 13 years, Sean was a full-time fitter working with many All-Americans and nominations for all breeds. Currently, Sean is a Regional Marketing Manager for Premier Select Sires in its Central Region. Sean has judged many state, regional, and national shows including nine times at the All-American Dairy Show, once at NAILE in Louisville, and twice as an associate at World Dairy Expo. He has also judged internationally in Ecuador. His top five most significant judging experiences were at the All-American, judging the Eastern National Holstein Show, Jersey show, Red and White Show, Premier National Junior Show, and Macaji Show Ecuador. In addition to judging conformation classes, he also enjoys placing youth shows.
Ryan Krohlow of Poynette, Wis., returns to Harrisburg to place the Eastern National Fall Holstein Show and the Premier National Junior Guernsey Show. Ryan alongside his wife, Haley, and four children, Callie, Conway, Cooper, and Case, have a 40-acre farmette where they manage 8-10 show heifers each year, under the HammerTime prefix, which has yielded numerous All-American nominations over the past 12 years. Ryan has recently launched HammerTime Auctions, a registered dairy cattle auction service that has sold numerous All-Americans over the past two years. Ryan has also been a professional hoof trimmer for the past five years, as well as a dairy cattle fitter for the past 20 years. During his years as a professional fitter, Ryan has had the privilege to prepare 17 Grand Champions at World Dairy Expo, as well as 10 Grand Champions at The Royal Winter Fair. Ryan has also prepared cattle in numerous countries including Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and Mexico. Some of Ryan’s judging accolades include serving as the Associate Judge for the 2022 International Jersey Show and the 2017 International Junior Holstein Show at World Dairy Expo. Ryan has also served as official for the Jersey and Red and White shows at All-American Dairy Show, Midwest National Spring Holstein Show, Southern National Holstein and Jersey Spring shows, California, Iowa, and Illinois State Holstein shows, Wisconsin State Red and White Holstein Show, Maryland State Fair Holstein Show, Midwest Fall National Red and White Holstein Show, Minnesota State Red and White Holstein Show, along with numerous district and county shows throughout the entire Midwest.
Alan Kruse of Dyersville, Iowa, will serve as the associate judge for the Eastern National Fall Holstein show. He and his wife, Emma own and operate Generation Next Boarding and currently care for 10-12 elite show heifers that originate from various U.S. states and Canadian provinces on their 12-acre farmette. Since opening their doors in 2019, Generation Next Boarding has owned and/or boarded numerous Jersey, Holstein, and Red and White All-Americans. Alan works for ST Genetics as a Dairy Account Manager assisting in the young female program and marketing embryos internationally and domestically for ST Genetics. Alan grew up showing Brown Swiss and Holsteins at local, state, and national shows. After attending Farm and Industry Short Course at University of Wisconsin- Madison, he worked and fitted for numerous elite show farms, including Milksource Genetics.
Terri Packard of Boonsboro, Md., will judge the All-American Jersey Show and the Premier National Red and White Show. Terri operates South Mountain Jerseys and Kueffner Holsteins with her husband, Ernest Kueffner, in Boonsboro, Md. Together they breed, develop, and market a select group of deep pedigreed Holsteins and Jerseys that compete in show rings and highlight sale arenas across North America. Over the past 27 years, they have owned or managed over 200 All-American and All-Canadian nominations and exhibited numerous Supreme Champions at World Dairy Expo, the Royal Winter Fair, All-American Dairy Show, and Maryland State Fair. The couple also spent 10 years managing Arethusa Farm, building the herd from a small hobby farm to national prominence in both the Holstein and Jersey breeds. Packard has placed state shows and state fairs in 15 U.S. states, including officiating twice at Eastern States Exposition, and as official judge for the 2020 National Jersey Jug Futurity. Her international experience includes the 2023 Ontario Spring Discovery Jersey Show and the Jersey and Red and White Shows at the 2022 Borderway U.K. Dairy Expo. Aside from her involvement with the farm, Terri serves her local community as Chairman of the Economic Development Commission in Boonsboro. She is a Director for the Maryland Jersey Cattle Club and also represents the Eastern U.S. dairy exhibitors on the World Dairy Expo Dairy Cattle Exhibitors Committee.
Brian Schnebley of Hagerstown, Md., will place the All-American National Guernsey Show and Premier National Junior Ayrshire Show. Brian is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, with a degree in Animal Science and grew up on Crown Stone Farm in Clear Spring, Md., where his family milks all breeds and he remains active with his wife, Heidi, and their daughters, Grace and Claire. His judging experiences include the International Guernsey Show at World Dairy Expo, Eastern States Guernsey Show, All-American Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorn Shows, Premier National Junior Guernsey Show, National Junior Guernsey Show in Louisville and International Brown Swiss Show as the associate judge. He has judged all breeds at state and local shows in nine states and has even judged Guernseys in Canada and Australia. Brian Schnebly currently is the Dairy Operations Manager at the Central Maryland Research and Education Center in Clarksville, Maryland. He manages the 75-head registered Holstein herd for the University of Maryland. He is a former programs manager, breed classifier, and Executive Secretary for the American Guernsey Association.
Phillip Topp of Botkins, Ohio, will sort the All-American Milking Shorthorn Show and the Premier National Junior Holstein Show. Phillip along with his wife, Carrie, and their three children, Aubree, Aiden, and Alaina, have a small herd of 40 registered dairy cows consisting of all breeds. Phillip has been very active in showing and has exhibited many champions at the Ohio State Fair, World Dairy Expo, and North American International Livestock Expo. He is also a co-owner of a fabricating maintenance business, specializing in stainless steel tig welding. Phillip has judged at several county fairs, district shows, and numerous different state fairs. He has also judged international Brown Swiss Shows in Peru and Mexico. In 2019, he judged the Jersey Jug at NAILE, as well as the Guernsey Show in 2021. He was the associate judge at the World Dairy Expo in 2016 for the Jersey International Show and in 2021 for the Brown Swiss Show. He was the official judge in 2019 for the International Ayrshire Show, in 2022 for the Guernsey Show, and in 2023 for the International Red and White Show in 2023. Phillip will be judging the 2024 International Brown Swiss Show at World Dairy Expo.
Steve Wagner of Gray, Maine, will place the All-American Red and White Show and the Premier National Jersey Show. Steve, originally of Quarryville, Pa., and a former partner of Bo-Joy/Graystone Farm, now resides in Maine where he manages the herd of elite Holsteins at Juniper Farms. Previously, Steve and his parents farmed under the prefixes of Bo-Joy and
Graystone where they bred more than 97 Excellent cows and received 49 All-American nominations in the Brown Swiss and Red and White contests. Steve moved to Vermont in April of 2017 to manage Tim and Sharyn Abbott’s Borderview Genetics before joining the Liberty family at Juniper in 2019. Steve has previously judged more than 150 shows of all breeds throughout the East Coast, highlighted as the official judge of the International Brown Swiss Show in 2018 at World Dairy Expo. He served as the 2018 judge for the Jersey Show at the All-American Dairy Show, as well as the 2010 All-American Brown Swiss Show. He has also placed cattle at the Maryland, New York, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Vermont state fairs.
For more information, contact the All-American Dairy Show at 717.787.2905, or by email at aads@pa.gov, or visit the website at allamericandairyshow.com.
