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World Dairy Expo opens today

By ANN MARIE AMES ( Contact ) Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 9:58 a.m.

If I could be anywhere in the world right now, it would be in the stands of the Alliant Energy Center with about 12 little paper trays of cheese curds.

I know it smells wonderfully of sawdust in there, and hour after hour, the world's best dairy cattle - big, framey, amazing animals - will be circling the ring.

A reader reminded me this morning that the World Dairy Expo opens today. I have no plans to go this year, but that could change at any minute.

The Expo is a great place for cattle nerds like me who get an adrenaline rush when they smell sawdust. It's also packed with booths from every kind of agricultural implement and additive you can think of and many more you don't even realize exist.

Plus there are crafts and food, including the cheese curds of my dreams. I'm sorry I can't remember the name of the vendor, but I've only seen them at the Expo. They sell curds that are battered rather than breaded and absolutely worth the splurge.

If you're working or visiting the Expo this week, drop me a note. I promise to contain my jealousy.

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deweeze
Sep 30, 2009 at 12:22 p.m.
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I totally forgot Expo was this week!!!! NOW I know why the weather has turned cold!!!!! It's either warm and rainy or the first really cold weather we get. Without fail its Expo weather! LOL

MikeF
Sep 29, 2009 at 10:39 a.m.
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I was there yesterday. I was helping to score the Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. That means I was hidden away in a back room with a computer, scantron sheet reader and stacks of paper, so I didn't really see much of anything at all.

Vector
Sep 29, 2009 at 10:25 a.m.
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I worked at it when I was in college, doing odd jobs and helping keep the stalls (most seeming larger than my college apartment) pristine. It's like a big amazing Westminster Cow Show.

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