From the Executive Director Dallas Rynd

Queen’s Corner By Autumn Whiteleather

Hello everyone, I hope you all enjoyed your time at the 2022 Ohio State Fair, district and county shows. I would like to thank all who put on the wonderful shows, the judges and also the showman who made the shows possible. I am so honored to represent an association that involves so many amazing Registered Holsteins and I was very impressed with the deep competition. It was definitely a summer that I will not forget!

Over the past few months, I was able to attend multiple shows as well as many fairs. I first started out my summer with a few very successful district shows then made a week long trip to Columbus for our Ohio State Fair. While in Columbus, I was able to attend all of the Holstein shows. I was astounded at the amount of participation that was taking place and I will continue to share more and more about how to participate in years to come. On Friday evening of the fair, futurity took place. The futurity show was one that I will never forget. Each and every cow came into the ring looking flawless. It was a great experience and I was so grateful for the opportunity to see some amazing animals and how hard each and all families worked to get there.

At a few different fairs, I walked around and spread the word about the value of Holsteins as a part of the dairy industry. I gave out handouts, cow pencil toppers, magnets, and coloring pages to those who are not a part of our industry. I thought to myself, we already love and support our industry, so I need to educate those who are not a part of it, in hopes for us to get more support from others. As I walked around and spoke to people, I felt that children were very intrigued about the title, Ohio Holstein Queen. One night at the State Fair, a little girl came up to me. She would not talk too much but I could tell in her little eyes that she wanted to be the Ohio Holstein Queen. I gave her my crown and sash to wear for a few minutes and she lit up. Be on the lookout for Miss Hallie Simpson in about 15 years as your Ohio Holstein Queen, she will do a phenomenal job.

As our showing season is coming to an end, I would like to say that I am just so proud of all of those who worked hard this Summer to get their animals ready for all of these shows. I know firsthand that it takes so much work and dedication.

For those of you who are heading to the fall shows, I would like to wish you all the best of luck and safe travels.

I am looking forward to seeing many of you very soon!

Hallie Simpson, granddaughter of Don and Danette Simpson of Plainfield Farms D-3