Australia’s International Dairy Week kicks off with the ABS Australia/Ridley All Breeds National Youth Show with judge Brian Behnke from the USA.
Brian was born and raised in Brooklyn, Wisconsin on his family’s farm, Bur-Wall Holsteins, a prominent Registered Holstein farm in southern Wisconsin.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brian has over 25 years of dairy cattle industry experience including an in-depth knowledge of dairy cattle genetics, sales and farm management.
Brian has vast industry experiences including dairy cattle sire procurement for Landmark Genetics.
An accomplished cow-man, Brian has also had the opportunity to judge numerous dairy cattle shows both domestically and abroad, including the 2005 Grand International Red & White Show, Western Spring National and Wisconsin State Fair, the Canadian Scotia 4-H Classic, National Guernsey Show in Louisville and Madison as well as shows in the Netherlands, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, South Korea and Japan.
Brian and his wife Tami reside in Brooklyn, Wisconsin and work with Tami’s family farm, Glenn-Ann Holsteins, 2016 National Herd of Excellence award winner from Holstein USA.