On Tuesday the Wisconsin State Guernsey Show wrapped up its three-day event at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds in West Salem. Guernsey breeders from all over the Midwest showed off their best cattle.

She said the US has between 12,000-15,000 Guernsey cows from "Hawaii to Alaska" and she receives calls and emails daily from farmers looking to acquire the breed.

They brought the best bloodlines of French cattle to create the Guernsey breed. The first Guernsey cattle were imported to Britain in 1724, and soon they were being taken around the world.

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Kime, 19, was Iowa Guernsey Princess from 2013-14 and was crowned National Guernsey Queen during the breed's national convention in LaCrosse, Wis., in July. Laura Jensen, of Wisconsin, is National ...

The day's pinnacle was the remarkable sale of livestock that saw Guernsey Supreme Champion from Egerton University fetch a trophy. Kabarak Farm Dairies Limited took top honours in the Charolais ...

During the German Occupation, American Guernsey cattle breeders feared for the survival of the breed and established the American (Island Memorial) Gift Fund.