S1E664 - E664 Peter Vail, 87, Earns the Honorary Klussendorf and Still Tells Kids to Pick a Calf

In 1964, a young Cornell graduate sold off his small herd of quality Brown Swiss. For most aspiring cattlemen, that dispersal would have been the quiet end of a short-lived dream. But for Peter Vail, walking away was actually the first step in a sixty-year build. He didn't just come back to the industry—he returned to rewrite the rules of modern show ring genetics, ultimately putting his name on 75 official placings across six breeds in a single week at World Dairy Expo. Yet, as he stood on the colored shavings to receive the highest honor in the dairy show ri...