2nd Featured Futurity Exhibitor

Featured Futurity Exhibitor: Mark and Mary, Chad and Amy Ryan, Ryan-Vu Dairy

Ryan-Vu Dairy has been exhibiting at the Wisconsin Holstein Futurity for many years and they are award sponsors for our Best Dressed Junior award. Chad and Amy along with Mark and Mary own and operate Ryan-Vu Dairy located in Fond du Lac, WI. They milk 100 cows and own 100 young stock and have a RHA of 23,868. Ryan-Vu Dairy has garnered many accomplishments over the years including being the 2nd high ranking BAA herd among 76-100 cows with a current BAA of 111.8%. They have received the Progressive Dairy Registry Award for 3 years, bred 5 Gold Medal Dams, 8 Dams of Merit, 12 All Wisconsin and Reserve All Wisconsin winners, 4 All-American nominees and 7 Jr. All American nominees. They currently have 10 cows making over 200,000 pounds of milk with one finishing a lifetime record of 432,000 pounds of milk. Chad is currently serving his second term as a director for the WHA board where he serves as co-chair for the Midwest National Spring Show and the Scholarship committee. He also coaches the Fond du Lac Dairy judging team and enjoys judging shows. In 2013, the Ryan's were recognized by Holstein USA as the Distinguished Young Holstein Breeders. We look forward to having Ryan-Vu Dairy exhibit at this year's Futurity!

Futurity Fun Fact:

After the show, we invite our show sponsors, exhibitors, volunteers, and dignitaries to attend our post show meal where everyone will be able to enjoy some of the fair food favorites and visit with each other. Some of the food that will be included in this year's post-show meal are Baked Potatoes from the WI Potato Growers, steak sandwiches from the WI Cattlemen's Association, butterfly pork chop sandwiches from the WI Pork Producers, and much more! Chad, along with everyone else will be able to enjoy a delicious meal while relaxing after the show.