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Maryland dairyman shows, learns at World Dairy Expo
Wayne Savage
Dairyman Wayne Savage likes to leave the shadow of the nation’s capital and bring his show cows to the Upper Midwest. He doesn’t mind reeling off his reasons for being at the World Dairy Expo.
His place at Knoxville, Maryland, is a scant distance from Washington, D.C., and to hear it from Savage, that’s not far enough.
“I used to be within 30 miles of D.C., and I moved about 60 miles from D.C., but I should have moved further,” said Savage, during an interview with Brownfield Ag News Thursday. “The last 20 years it’s getting more urban development.”
He takes refuge annually in Madison, Wisconsin, bringing with him his red and white cows and a thirst to make friends and to learn something that will improve his 200-cow milking operation.
“The knowledge of maybe what bulls I want to use, because of the cows that I see or the heifers,” he said. “At my age, I like to get away and just good friendship; you know at my age, I like to get away and meet with all different various people.”
Savage shows a cow Friday and other family members also show animals during World Dairy Expo. The show continues through Saturday.
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