Denmark, WI. - National Dairy Shrine (NDS) is pleased to announce the winners of the Guest of Honor, Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder, Pioneer, and Progressive Commercial Dairy Manager awards for this year. These awards were designed to honor past, present and future dairy industry leaders that have contributed to strengthening and energizing the dairy industry. The following is a short listing of each recipient. More detailed informational news releases will follow in the

Seated left to right: Nate Janssen, Larry Schirm, Dennis Funk, Alicia Lamb, Dan Bernick, Jim Dickrell, David Selner Standing left to right: Leah Ziemba, Bonnie Bargstedt, Joel Hastings, Joe Domecq, Stan Henderson, Ken Raney, Fowler Branstetter, Matt Iager, Randy Gross, Janet Keller, Gail Yeiser At the 68th annual meeting of the National Dairy Shrine, Dan Bernick of Long Grove, Iowa was elected President of the organization. Meanwhile, Larry Schirm, Laurelville, Ohio was chos

Denmark, Wis. – The National Dairy Shrine developed the Cornerstone Award to recognize organizations or corporations who have provided long-term support and exceptional contributions to National Dairy Shrine. The Cornerstone Award will not be presented annually, but will be bestowed at the discretion of the board of directors to deserving organizations. The name for the award was chosen to reflect the fact that the support of these companies provides a significant contributio