Changes to the 2021 All American Jersey Shows and Sales

from Jersey Journal, July 2021

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Changes to the 2021 All American Jersey Shows and Sales

The All American Jersey weekend is set for November 6-8, 2021, in Louisville, Ky. The championship show of the Jersey breed will have a few changes to its traditional schedule.

The All American Junior Jersey Show will be held Saturday, November 6, with Louie Cozzitorto, Jackson, Tenn., serving as the official and Michael Duckett of Rudolph, Wis., as his consultant.

Three showmanship classes will kick off the day at 7:30 a.m., followed by the heifer classes at 8:30 a.m. Cow classes will begin at 12:00 noon. The Supreme Championship of the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) Junior Dairy Shows will be held at 5:00 p.m. All transfers must be completed by August 1, 2021, to be eligible to be shown in the All American Junior Jersey Show.

The Pot O’Gold Sale will take place that evening at 6:00 p.m. in the West Hall. Thirty genomically tested heifers will be offered for youth between the ages of 7 to 20 years. Seventeen percent of the proceeds are set aside to be awarded to the top 22 heifers at the end of their twoyear-old lactation.

On Sunday, November 7, the Youth Awards Ceremony will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn. A light breakfast will be sponsored by Allflex Inc., before the ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m. More than $30,000 will be awarded to scholarship, achievement, and production winners. The top five finalists of the National Jersey Queen contest will be named, and the winner and court will be crowned at the start of the National Jersey Jug Futurity at 1:30 p.m.

The Futurity will be judged by Brady Core, Salvisa, Ky., with Robert Texeira, Turlock, Calif., serving as consultant.

A Summer Junior Two-Year-Old class has been added to the All American Jersey Show on Monday, November 8. The class is sponsored by The Jordan Group, Chicago, Ill. In addition, in 2022 a Milking Winter Yearling class will be added to the show lineup. Elmhurst Jerseys, Waynesville, Ohio, will be the sponsor of that class.

The Premier Performance class will also see a change as it is no longer a leadout class. A representative of each qualified animal must be present at ringside to receive the premiums for the class. Jerseyland Sires, Hilmar, Calif., is the sponsor of the $1,000 first place award.

Ted DeMent of Kenney, Ill., will place the All American Jersey Show. Trent Kilgus, Fairbury, Ill., will be his consultant.

Visit the NAILE website at livestockexpo.org or call 502/595-3166 for complete premium list with show rules and entry forms. September 25 is the deadline for open and junior show entries. Final nominations for the National Jersey Jug Futurity are due on September 20.

The headquarters for the All American is the Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Airport (502/637-2424). Reservation codes must be used and will be available in late August.

The All American Jersey Show & Sale is an annual production of the American Jersey Cattle Association, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Michael Hurst, Waynesville, Ohio, is the General Chair for the 2021 events, with Aaron Hurst, Chambersburg, Pa., serving as Associate General Chair. Committee chairs are Sale, Joel Albright, Willard, Ohio; Open Show, Christine Sheesley-Rozler, Canton, N.Y.; Jersey Jug Futurity, Sally Pozzi, Petaluma, Calif.; and Junior Show & Activities, Brittany Core, Salvisa, Ky. Approximately 100 Jersey breeders from across the United States serve on the All American planning committees, which meet annually in March.