World Dairy Expo Summary
Posted: October 5, 2008
The World Dairy Expo is over and I just received a summary of facts you might be interested in.
Total Attendance: 68,317 (Last year’s attendance was 67,143)
International Guests: 2,884 from 84 countries (2007: 2,967 from 90 countries)
Top five countries of international attendance: Canada (479), Mexico (256), Netherlands (190), United Kingdom (143), Germany (141)
Commercial Exhibitors: 724 companies from 23 countries
Commercial Booth Award Winners: Large Booth Winner: Accelerated Genetics; Medium Booth Winner: Cooperative Resources International; Small Booth Award: Dinamica Generale SRL
Number of Dairy Breeds Exhibited: 7
Total Number of Dairy Cattle on Grounds: 2,657
Breakdown of Cattle Represented:
Ayrshire- 247
Brown Swiss – 375
Guernsey – 219
Holstein – 819
Jersey – 472
Milking Shorthorn – 217
Red & White – 308
Total Number of Dairy Cattle Exhibitors: 890 exhibitors from 37 states, 7 Canadian provinces
Total Numbers of Sale Lots:
(Ayrshire – 19; Brown Swiss – 30; Guernsey – 27; Holstein – 45; Jersey – 37)
World Dairy Expo 2008 Photo Album
Sponsors of World Dairy Diary coverage of this year’s World Dairy Expo include GEA Farm Technologies and BASF Plant Science.