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'Miss Madison' Granite Cow Unveiled at Dairy Expo
USAgNet - 10/05/2016
World Dairy Expo's importance to Dane County and the Madison, Wisconsin, area has been set in stone - literally. During the show's opening ceremonies on Tuesday, WDE officials presented the Alliant Energy Center with a 6,900-pound cow carved from Dakota Mahogany stone. 'Miss Madison,' as she will be called, stands tall near the northeast corner of New Holland Pavilion 1. The gift was part of a plethora of activities planned throughout the week to commemorate WDE's 50th anniversary.
"In celebration of World Dairy Expo's Golden Anniversary, we are pleased to share a new gift. A gift we hope will become an Expo icon for the next fifty years and beyond," said WDE President Al Deming.
World Dairy Expo commissioned the Quarra Stone Company in Madison to carve the granite bovine from a 47,000-pound block of stone. The gift is reminiscent of the first World Dairy Expo in 1967 when the iconic globe was gifted to the Dane County Exposition Center.
Deming says Miss Madison represents a compilation of the seven breeds of dairy cattle exhibited at World Dairy Expo.
Meanwhile, the festivities continue on Wednesday as the International Jersey, Milking Shorthorn and Brown Swiss shows will each take place in the coliseum. The World Forage Analysis Superbowl awards luncheon will also be held today, along with a special anniversary reception and open house this evening.
World Dairy Expo continues throughout the week at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.
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