Who dominated World Dairy Expo 2025? Red & White, Holstein legends, and next-gen stars take the stage.
World Dairy Expo concluded its 2025 event by crowning the best of the best, naming the Supreme and Reserve Supreme Champions for both its world-class Dairy Cattle Show and its prestigious Junior Show. These titles represent the ultimate achievement for exhibitors and the culmination of a week-long showcase of the finest dairy genetics and showmanship on the globe.
The 2025 World Dairy Expo Supreme Champions
The title of Supreme Champion is the highest honor bestowed upon a dairy cow at World Dairy Expo. Selected from a field of elite breed champions, this animal represents the pinnacle for the global dairy industry.
Supreme Champion: The 2025 World Dairy Expo Supreme Champion is the Red & White, Golden-Oaks Temptres-Red-ET, exhibited by Milk Source, Lorie Fischer, Steincrest, and Crescentmead of Kaukauna, Wisconsin. Fulfilling the immense promise she showed on the colored shavings in 2023 when she was named Intermediate Champion and Honorable Mention Grand Champion, Temptres has matured into the top cow in North America. Her exceptional quality is reflected in her excellent 95 classification.
Reserve Supreme Champion: Named Reserve Supreme Champion was the Holstein, Lovhill Sidekick Kandy Cane, exhibited by Alicia and Jonathan Lamb of Oakfield, New York. Kandy Cane has a decorated show record, arriving at Expo after being named Grand Champion at the 2025 Northeast Spring National Show and Supreme Champion at the 2024 Eastern Fall National Show. An outstanding example of her breed, she is scored excellent 96.
These champions set a high bar for the competition, a standard of excellence that was met in the Junior Show.
The 2025 Junior Show Supreme Champions
The Junior Show at World Dairy Expo is a showcase for the future leaders and brightest young talents in the dairy industry. The dedication, skill, and passion of these junior exhibitors were on full display as they competed for the top honors.
Supreme Champion of the Junior Show: The 2025 Supreme Champion of the Junior Show is the Holstein, Luck-E Merjack Asalia, exhibited by Tessa and Stella Schmocker of Whitewater, Wisconsin. Asalia has built an impressive resume, having been named Grand Champion at the Midwest National Spring Show in both 2024 and 2025, as well as Supreme Champion at the 2023 Wisconsin Junior State Fair.
Reserve Supreme Champion of the Junior Show: Earning the title of Reserve Supreme Champion of the Junior Show is the Ayrshire, Toppglen Wishful Thinking-ET, exhibited by Tanner, Brennan, Marissa, and Logan Topp of West Salem, Ohio. A truly remarkable and consistent champion, Wishful Thinking was the 2023 Junior Show Supreme Champion and has been named Grand or Reserve Grand Champion of the Junior Ayrshire Show every year since 2018. At 12 years old, this excellent 96 cow recently achieved the monumental milestone of 300,000 pounds of lifetime milk production, a testament to her durability and the care of her owners.
The skill and passion shown by these young exhibitors promise a bright and innovative future for the global dairy industry.
A Parade of Breed Grand Champions
The Supreme Champions were chosen from an elite field of seven breed Grand Champions in both the open and junior shows. World Dairy Expo proudly acknowledges the individual animals who earned the highest honor within their respective breeds, demonstrating the incredible quality and diversity of the cattle exhibited.
2025 World Dairy Expo Grand Champions
- Ayrshire: B-Wil Kingsire Willow, exhibited by Budjon Farms and Peter Vail of Lomira, Wisconsin. Willow was the unanimous All-American Senior Three-Year-Old in 2024.
- Brown Swiss: Iroquois Acres Jong Cali, exhibited by Brian Pacheco of Kerman, California. Cali repeated her 2023 Grand Champion title, a year in which her own daughter was named Reserve Grand Champion.
- Guernsey: K Cadence Farms Lovely, exhibited by Cadence Farms of Wisconsin. An excellent 96 cow, Lovely was the breed’s Total Performance Cow in 2022.
- Holstein: Lovhill Sidekick Kandy Cane, exhibited by Alicia and Jonathan Lamb of Oakfield, New York.
- Jersey: Stony Point Joel Bailey, exhibited by Vieira Dairy of Hilmar, California. The reigning Supreme Champion, Bailey made history by claiming the Grand Champion Jersey title for the third consecutive year, part of a six-year Grand Champion streak for Vieira Dairy.
- Milking Shorthorn: Mountainview TC Fired Up, exhibited by Emily and Randi Fisher of Pittsfield, New Hampshire.
- Red & White: Golden-Oaks Temptres-Red-ET, exhibited by Milk Source, Lorie Fischer, Steincrest, and Crescentmead of Kaukauna, Wisconsin.
2025 Junior Show Grand Champions
- Ayrshire: Toppglen Wishful Thinking-ET, exhibited by Tanner, Brennan, Marissa, and Logan Topp of West Salem, Ohio.
- Brown Swiss: Twin County Famous Diamond, exhibited by Dakota Frailey of Muncy, Pennsylvania. This marks her second consecutive, back-to-back Grand Champion title in the Junior Show.
- Guernsey: Donnie Brook Ammo Stevie, exhibited by Leila Schuler and Britney Taylor of Wisconsin. Stevie is classified excellent 92 with an excellent 94-point mammary system.
- Holstein: Luck-E Merjack Asalia, exhibited by Tessa and Stella Schmocker of Whitewater, Wisconsin.
- Jersey: Kavetta Colton Delilah, exhibited by Kira and Griffin Lamb of Danville, New York. Her owners at Oakfield Corners Dairy have now bred three World Dairy Expo Grand Champions.
- Milking Shorthorn: Heavenly Zora ET, exhibited by Dylan Freeman of Bremen, Indiana. In a run of total dominance, this is Zora’s fourth consecutive year winning Grand Champion, and she is the breed’s newest excellent 95-point cow.
- Red & White: Bert-Mar Alt Adlee-Red-ET, exhibited by Allison Lane and Callum Francis of Greenville, Ohio.
The depth of quality across all breeds this year highlights the commitment to excellence shared by dairy producers and exhibitors from around the world.
