WHA's Great Holstein Treasure Quest
2010 Treasure Quest Calf Winner - Kathleen O'Keefe with JAC Chair Robert O'Leary. Kathleen selected calf number 5, Elm-Mound Stormatic Rhea-ET, entered by Darin Johnson.
Additional Treasure Quest Winners
Eleven other lucky ticket holders took home $100 consolation buckets:
- Kainne Hodorff – Hoard’s Dairyman Tub
- Robert Gates – World Dairy Expo Tub
- Claire VanDyk – Accelerated Genetics Tub
- Christopher Gunst – Initial Design Tub
- Jerry Lang – Supreme Awards Tub Photo
- Kurt Loehr – Animart Tub
- Robert Cramer, Jr. –Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board Tub
- Scott Armbrust – Excalibur Sires Tub
- Kerry Knutson & Brian Stremcha – Holstein World Tub
- Donald Honadel – EC/Select Sires Tub
- Jacob Harbaugh – WI State Fair Tub
The Great Holstein Treasure Quest is held each spring in coordination with the Midwest National Spring Show. Breeders enter calves born the previous year, and 125 tickets are sold for the chance to select one of the entered calves. The winning ticket holder takes home the calf of their choice, and the calf's previous owner takes home a $7,500 check!
Proceeds from this event benefit the Wiscconsin Holstein State Picnic, which will be held at Cycle Farm and hosted by the Brey Family of Sturgeon Bay, WI, on September 11, 2010.