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Agribition 2024: Ontario cow grand champion female in Shorthorn show

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Published: December 6, 2024

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Bar 33 Sparkle Dee 20L, exhibited by Kroner Cattle Co., won her class in the Shorthorn show at Canadian Western Agribition 2024. Judge Tyson Hertz of Glentworth, Sask., said she was fault free and was the easiest heifer in the class to watch in motion. | John Greig photo

The top bull award in the Shorthorn show went to a Saskatchewan exhibitor

An Ontario cow was named the grand champion of the Shorthorn show at this year’s Canadian Western Agribition.

Hill Haven Lilly’s Dream 7G was named grand champion, with her calf at side, a heifer, Hill Haven Lily’s Harmony 5M.

Lilly’s Dream was exhibited by Hill Haven Farm of Stayner, Ont., with additional owners Little Cedar Cattle Company and Sco Shorthorn Farms.

Bar 33 Sparkle Dee 20L, (bib number 3115) exhibited by Kroner Cattle Co., is set up for the judge at the Agribition 2024 Shorthorn show. | John Greig photo

The grand champion bull was Gilman’s All In 6K., owned by First Class Shorthorns from Lampman, Sask., with additional owner Gilman Shorthorns.

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Judge Tyson Hertz of Glentworth, Sask., called the group of females in the grand champion class “flat-out awesome” and said any of them would make a great animal on which to build a beef cattle program.

Judge Tyson Hertz looks over a class during the Shorthorn show during Agribition 2024. | John Greig photo

“I think there’s quality all the way through.”

You can find all our Agribition 2024 coverage here.

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John Greig

John Greig

John Greig is a senior editor with Glacier FarmMedia with responsibility for Technology, Livestock and Ontario. He lives on a farm near Ailsa Craig, Ontario.

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