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Issue 90 · Late Spring 2022

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Kathleen O’Keefe, Editor (715) 563-1869 kathleen@cowsmo.com

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RED DIRT GENETICS

40 A VISIT WITH IL MILKING SHORTHORN BREEDERS

Big Dreams on the Great Prairie!

National Convention to be hosted in Illinois!

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Breeder Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 From the Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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This issue of Cowsmo features Spring Shows of all breeds from across North America! On the front, Chubana Lucky Duck from Quality Holsteins, ON, rests after an HM Intermediate Champion win in New York. Matt Oeschle and his Midwest Grand Champion, Grazeland Regency Whoopi, grace the back cover! Front cover © Julie Ashton; Back Cover © Joey Opsal.

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from the editors ‘Silent gratitude isn’t much to anyone.’ GERTRUDE STEIN

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Thank Your Teams!

s I write this, the NBA playoffs are on the TV in the background, and my home state team - the Milwaukee Bucks - are battling hard to defend their 2021 NBA Championship title. I’m a big sports fan and follow our Wisconsinbased teams closely, including the Bucks.

While putting professional athletes on a pedestal can be a tricky proposition, as great talent at playing a game does not guarantee a character worthy of admiration, there is one player that I continue to hold in high regard and that is Giannis Antetokounmpo, the star power forward for the Bucks.

For those of you that don’t follow basketball, Giannis was born in Greece to Nigerian parents. He was drafted by the Bucks as a very green player with lots of potential, and has played his entire career in Milwaukee. He has put in so, so much hard work and has fulfilled that potential with two NBA Most Valuable Player awards and last year, won a NBA Champion title with the team. From very, very humble roots in Greece, he now is one of the highest-paid players in the NBA. But in spite of all his basketball success and material riches, Giannis Antetokounmpo has remained one of the most down to earth personalities in the league.

The one thing that often strikes me when I see him giving interviews to the media or at post-game press conferences is how he continually THANKS people all kinds of people in his life. He thanks his teammates, his coaches, the city of Milwaukee, the fans, the media. He thanks

God, his family - his wife, his brothers, his mother, his late father. He thanks the whole Milwaukee Bucks organization from the front office to the maintenance staff. He thanks the countries of Greece and Nigeria for supporting him. Take a minute to watch his acceptance speech for the 2018-19 NBA MVP award. It’s emotional and heartfelt, and it makes you realize just how many ‘teams’ we all have in our lives that hold us up.

I’m guilty of not always expressing gratitude out loud; of assuming people know how much I value their work, their support, their advice. But watching Giannis, who could take credit for singlehandedly bringing the highest success to his team, continually shout out his thanks to the people who touch his life, I’ve resolved to say it out loud and more often.

We all have so many ‘teams’ that help us in our everyday life - our families, of course.

Our employees or co-workers come to mind quickly as people we should thank.

But then there are the people whose actions allow our lives to run a little more smoothly like the bus driver who always waits the extra few seconds for your one kid that can’t get out the door on time.

Or the neighbor who always seems to be there when you need an extra hand running hay or grain wagons. Or the feed store clerk who always offers to carry the big dog food bag to the car for you.

A word of sincere thanks can make their day.

I’ve tried to be more observant of the ‘teams’ I lean on without even realizing it, and I’m trying to let them know they matter to me. I live next door to a retired couple and they always ‘keep an eye on things’ when I’m traveling, which is often.

It’s a comforting feeling knowing they are there in a pinch for anything on the home front. The UPS delivery guy always puts my boxes in a spot on the porch that won’t get rained on. These might seem like trivial things, but both keep my life from being more stressful, and so I’m grateful.

So this is a perfect time for a shout out from my desk to you - readers, subscribers, advertisers, breed enthusiasts - thank you for supporting Cowsmopolitan and all of our endeavors! You make it all possible!

Also, to all the people that work with us or for us during the year - our fulltime and part-time staffers to those we subcontract for show coverage and for writing content - thank you!! Again, we couldn’t do it without you!

To our families who pick up the slack - you’re incredible! Julie has small kids at home and her family is invaluable in helping out while she is away. We lean on my family often for help with show coverage and they drive anywhere to sit down at the table to help. We are so fortunate with our ‘teams’ and we know it!

Hope everyone is having a safe spring in the fields and on the farms - see you at ringside!

Kathleen

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Big Dreams on the Great Plains!

t might be a ‘road less traveled’ for most in the purebred dairy industry, but for Abe and Katrina Cobb, the wide open spaces and red dirt of Oklahoma suits them and their future plans just right.

The young couple, who describe themselves as ‘two small-time dairy farmers’, have been building on their dreams in Perkins, Oklahoma. The word is getting out about the Red Dirt herd Abe & Katrina have been named as the American Jersey Cattle Association Young Breeder award winners for 2022.

Childhood misadventures led both of them to appreciating the little brown cows. Abe Cobb is the Sooner State native, growing up in a family that is best known for fine Brown Swiss and Ayrshire cattle bred under the Cobblestone prefix. He started showing Brown Swiss, but didn’t enjoy the manhandling it took with the larger breed.

As just a youngster, he bought a grade Jersey heifer at a sale barn and decided that was an easier go in the show ring.

Katrina’s path to the Jersey breed runs along similar lines. Her parents, Mike & Robbie Watson, had a Holstein herd at their dairy operation in Decatur, Texas, and she ‘hated getting run over’ by the

larger heifers. Clifford Buchanan, a family friend who became a mentor, gave Katrina a Jersey calf - a twin to a bull. “She was the ugliest calf, but I dragged her to every show around,” remembers Katrina. Her mom, Robbie, actually had a background with Jerseys and loved showing, so she supported the endeavor.

Fast forward a few years and it seems Abe and Katrina Cobb and their Dachshunds, Abbie & Dinnozo, inevitable that Abe and Katrina met probably the most extroverted and famous members of Red Dirt! each other via the show ring. He was making a living as a fitter and Katrina by redoing the inside of the milking barn needed one for their string headed to the and built a small sand pack barn for the Texas State Fair. Abe actually couldn’t do it, show cows. Katrina’s father, Mike, passed but they kept in touch. When Katrina and her away in 2015, and her mom, Robbie, mom traveled to the All-American Show in moved to the area after selling the dairy Louisville in 2009, Abe was fitting for Ratliff in Texas. She has always loved showing, Jerseys - the very year Ratliff Price Alicia and was thrilled that Abe and Katrina EX-95% won her second of three National established their Red Dirt prefix and were Grand Champion titles. They started dating proving they could develop show cows. after that and never looked back. “Christy [Ratliff] said we’d end up together, and she In 2017, the same year they got married, they also built a show barn just the way was right!,” laughs Katrina. they wanted it. Katrina elaborates, “It was Abe returned home to the family farm kind of like an early inheritance for us. We and Katrina joined him there. In 2012, had traveled around a lot and saw what they purchased the 160-acre property we wanted to do and some things we from his parents, Abe and Trish Cobb. didn’t.” Abe agrees about the thought that They immediately started improvements went into their new tie-stall and box-stall

Random Luck T Heather EX-95% is a back-to-back Southern National Grand Champion and is poised to do big things in 2022! Photo © Sarah Damrow.

Abe and Katrina Cobb and Robbie Watson, Katrina’s mom, ringside at World Dairy Expo. barn. “We really spared no expense from the insulation to the fan system. We made sure the cooling system was right for this climate. We liked a number of things we saw at River Valley, and much of it is really based off of Ratliff’s old tie-stall barn.”

The herd consists of about 25-30 pasture cows and 10-12 show cows that have access to pasture paddocks. The young stock on the farm numbers around 100 head at any given time. The cows are milked in a double-4 herringbone parlor, while the original barn has been re-purposed into a sand pack barn with headlocks and more pasture paddock for the show heifers. “When we first decided to pursue our dream with show cattle and genetics, we thought we’d have to relocate to the upper Midwest somewhere, but now we’re really happy with our set up here,” relates Abe. “It does get hot in the summer, but the cows are outside for so much of the year, the weather is actually mostly an advantage.”

A large number of their homebred herd traces back to Abe’s original sale barn Jersey. Those early Jerseys kept having heifers and Abe kept showing them.

Clifford Buchanan - the same man who gave Katrina her first Jersey - kept an eye on Abe’s progress and then gave him some semen by Nabdon Master Patrick and

When we first decided to pursue our dream with show cattle and genetics, we thought we’d have to relocate to the upper Midwest somewhere, but now we’re really happy with our set up here.”

ABE COBB Diamond B Arons Hugh David under the conditions that Abe used the semen right away to improve his growing herd. One of the resulting calves was Cobblestone David Flyer who eventually scored EX91% and was the dam of Abe’s first Junior All-American - Cobblestone Waiting To Fly {6}-ET EX-91% by Rapid Bay Just Wait. Abe flushed her to Elliotts Renaissance Deluxe and one of those daughters, Cobblestone Deluxe Foundation-ET EX-92% also had a fine career in the show ring being Reserve Junior All-American in 2008. Her EX-92% Tequila daughter, Red Dirt Tequila Frosted Glass-ET has a Premier daughter that is continuing the family tradition. Red Dirt Premier Frosting was Reserve AllAmerican Spring Calf in 2017 and is now Excellent. She has a Lolalala daughter, Red Dirt Lolalala Frosty VG-88% that placed third in her show ring debut in a nice junior 2-year-old class at the Southern Spring National Jersey Show in April. Frosty was also the Junior Champion at Southern National in 2021. A Chrome winter calf out of Frosted Glass herself, Red Dirt Chrome Fancy-ET, won the winter calf class at the 2022 Southern National.

“That whole family has flushed great and they really throw a pattern - pretty heads and beautiful frames. They’re big calves and aggressive eaters their whole life,” comments Random Luck Surprise Me EX-94% was Nominated All-American Aged Cow in Abe. “Every generation of that 2021 after a win at the Southern National and 3rd place finish in Louisville. family was a great reproductive

cow, which is just so important. We have a Trans Ova satellite center only three miles from us, but if they can’t get pregnant or flush, it’s so hard to build your herd. We have a full sister to Frosted Glass who is also EX-92% that had four natural heifer calves from four total units of semen that’s the kind of cow that helps you get ahead.”

While the ‘F’ family keeps forging ahead, it’s two Wisconsin-bred cows with the Random Luck prefix that have brought home a big load of rosettes for the couple recently. Random Luck T Heather EX95% was Grand Champion at the 2022 Southern Spring National Show after winning the Lifetime Production Cow class. It was a repeat win for the eightyear-old Tequila daughter who has had six calves, as she also wore the Grand Champion sash in 2021 which kicked off a big year for Heather. 2021 culminated in a 2nd place finish in the Lifetime Production Cow class at Louisville on her way to Reserve All-American honors.

Random Luck Surprise Me EX-94%, a Valentino daughter, won the aged cow class at the 2021 Southern National Show and placed third in the class at the All-American Show, which led to her All-American Aged Cow nomination last year. Bred by Lisa Caya, both cows originally stood in Rick ‘RT’ Thompson’s barn in Darlington, WI and the pair made up two-thirds of a senior best three group that was second at Louisville and also nominated for All-American last year.

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Abe and Katrina with On The Go Vindication IAmSoGood, their first EX-95% cow.

“Heather and Surprise Me are just true RT cows - they just keep doing what they’re supposed to do,” praises Abe. Heather was the first one to make it to Red Dirt as RT sent her down with the “if you don’t like her send her back” guarantee, needless to say, Heather never left. Abe fell for Surprise Me when he stopped at the farm before Expo in 2017. “She was a late calving junior 2-year-old fresh one day and I knew I wanted to buy her,” recalls Abe. They ended up taking her home and had her on their program for three years prior to taking her to a show. “She looked nice last year at Louisville and we’re really excited about her returning there this year again as an aged cow,” says Abe. The latest cow to move south to Oklahoma is Random Luck Joel Applause VG-88%, purchased as a springer from the Spotlight Selections Online Sale in 2021. She calved in with a fancy Joel udder and stood 8th as a junior 2-year-old at Louisville, and the couple look forward to her future. “RT is awesome - he’s always been so supportive of us,” says Katrina with appreciation.

One more young cow with lots of promise is Red-Dirt Comerica Boobers, a VG-89% junior 2-year-old that won her class at the recent Southern Spring National Show.

Her dam, Billing Colton Bongo-ET EX-91%, is a maternal sister to Billings Impression of Booboo-ET EX-92%, who was the ABA All-American Junior 2-Year-Old in 2017, was purchased by Robbie and a 5-yearold has had three natural heifers calves.

All of these cows and their families exemplify the kind of Jerseys the Cobbs like - cows with uphill run, open rib, proper rumps with great udders and correct feet and legs. They don’t worry too much about breeding for production.

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“If they’re the right kind, we can make them milk,” remarks Abe.

business, he always comes to the shows to help and hang out,” smiles Katrina.

Robbie, who has more limited mobility after a stroke in 2017, still plays an active role on the farm with heat detection and she keeps an eye on all the cows and heifers that are getting close to calving.

Abe and Katrina appreciate her help as there is always plenty to be done on the farm. They usually have one full-time person working on the farm, but have been without an employee so far in 2022.

And hanging out at the shows is still the ‘vacation’ of choice for the couple. “It’s the only time we get off the farm,” according to Katrina. Their show circuit consists of the Southern National Show at Stillwater, OK; the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, KY; World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI; and the All-American Show at Louisville. They always have an attractive display and lineup of cattle, and though they are wellknown, the most famous members of the crew may be their pair of extroverted Dachshunds, Abbie & Dinnozo!

A herd with small numbers needs to market genetics in order to make it, and that’s the rule at Red Dirt. “Heather will die here, but other than that, everything is for sale - especially heifers. They’re not our main focus here - we both like the cows so if someone asks a price on a heifer, they get a price,” emphasizes Katrina. They merchandise through Facebook and put animals on consignment sales, but also have developed a good private market for junior project animals - about five or six calves a year.

They also have a good nurse cow and family cow market in their region. “It’s a very niche market, but when you can sell a cow that isn’t going to make it into the show string for $2,000-$2,500, that’s pretty good. Everything on the farm is broke to lead right out of the calf hutch, so we know those junior project animals and those cows going elsewhere are easy to handle,” explains Katrina. They’ve also developed an extensive herd bull market in Texas, so they keep all of the bulls at a 20-acre property about two miles from the home farm. “We can sell about every bull out of every show cow, so it’s worthwhile for us,” notes Abe. In addition to marketing from their herd, they also make extra income by boarding cattle. Their main customer is Melinda Rushing of the famed Lily Lane Guernseys in Yukon, OK, for whom they house about 25-30 head of Guernseys.

“Melinda is good friends with my mom, Trish, and she comes to visit about once a week. She is fantastic to work with and lets us totally run the management aspect for her cattle,” says Abe. One other long-time boarding customer is Dustin Coppenbarger of Joplin, MO, who owns half of Random Luck Joel Applause.

“Dustin has always been there - he helped us get established. I think we’ve boarded animals for him for about ten years. Even though he owns his own landscaping

Abe and Katrina volunteer their time to give dairy kids opportunities in the region.

Abe attended Oklahoma State University and was a member of the judging team there, so they support OSU Dairy Club activities. They also help organize and run the Sooner State Dairy Show, an all-breeds junior show held in July each year. A bigger plan for down the line is to host a sale that would bring people to Oklahoma. “We’d love to have a sale, and we have a goal to have one in the next couple of years that will have an emphasis on the Jerseys in this region. It’ll be a nice event - we’ll have a party!,” promises Katrina.

They aspire to have a National Grand Champion hail from the farm, and are striving everyday to better their herd.

They both are looking forward to their upcoming trip to Portland, Oregon to accept the Young Breeders award at the National Jersey Convention - a wonderful honor recognizing the first decade spent building their dreams in the red dirt of Oklahoma!!

By Kathleen O’Keefe

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NEW YORK SPRING DAIRY CAROUSEL April 2-4, 2022 · Hamburg, NY

HOLSTEIN

Judge: Pierre Boulet, QC 210 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Rach-Len Dundee Lilly (Dundee), 1st Aged Cow, Eaton, Cates, Morril, Zeh & Glamourview, NY

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Atwood Lacey-ET (Atwood), 2nd Aged Cow, Doeberiener, Bowen & Schilling, OH

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Jacobs High Octane Dia (High Octane), 1st 4-Year-Old, Jim Butler, IL

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Blondin RD Unstopabull Maple-Red (Unstopabull), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Doeberiener, Bowen & Schilling, OH

Holstein Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Rach-Len Dundee Lilly, Eaton, Cates, Morril, Zeh & Glamourview, NY; Reserve Grand Champion Blondin RD Unstopabull Maple-Red, Doeberiener, Bowen & Schilling, OH; HM Grand Champion Ms Atwood LaceyET, Doeberiener, Bowen & Schilling, OH.

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Rosemary Unix Goldie (Unix), 1st Senior 2-YearOld, Jim Butler, IL

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

McGarr-Farms Unix Zany (Unix), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, McGarr Farms, NY

JUNIOR CHAMPION

2nd-Look Master Blaster (Master), 1st Fall Yearling, Adam Clark, ON

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Graber Warrior Chili-Red-ET (Warrior), 2nd Fall Yearling, Chris & Jen Hill and Tim & Sharyn Abbott, MD

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Windy-Knoll-View Pesky (P209), 1st Spring Yearling, Jim Butler, IL

CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

McGarr-Farms Unix Zany (Unix), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, McGarr Farms, NY

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR HEIFER SHOW

Winright Holsteins, ON

PREMIER BREEDER

Oakfield Corners Dairy, NY

Holstein Senior & Grand Champion Rach-Len Dundee Lilly, Holstein Junior Champion 2nd-Look Master Blaster, Adam Clark, ON. Eaton, Cates, Morril, Zeh & Glamourview, NY.

RED & WHITE

Judge: Aaron Eaton, NY 129 Head

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Hurcroft Awe Lillian-Red (Awesome), 1st 4-YearOld, Oakfield Corners Dairy, NY

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Roll-N-View Aw Altitude-Red (Awesome), 1st Aged Cow, Chase Savage, MD

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Aija Avalanche Kala (Avalanche), 2nd 4-YearOld, Quality Holsteins, Beckridge & Agriber, ON

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Londan Dairy Bjangle-Red-ET (Awesome), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Doeberiener, Bowen & Schilling, OH

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Chubanna Lucky Duck (Jordy), 2nd Senior 3-YearOld, Quality Holsteins, Beckridge & Agriber, ON

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Holzer Warrior Princess (Warrior), 1st Spring Yearling, Adam Clark, ON

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Reykug Unstop Relly-Red (Unstopabull), 1st Summer Yearling, Doeberiener, Bowen & Clarkvalley, OH

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Jim Butler, IL

Blondin RD Unstopabull Maple-Red (Unstopabull), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Doeberiener, Bowen & Schilling, OH

Red & White Intermediate & Grand Champion Blondin RD Unstopabull Maple-Red, Doeberiener, Bowen & Schilling, OH.

Red & White Senior & Reserve Grand Champion Hurcroft Awe Red & White Junior Champion Holzer Warrior Princess, Adam Lillian-Red, Oakfield Corners Dairy, NY. Clark, ON.

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Merrillea Un Cabernet-Red (Unstopabull), 2nd Spring Yearling, Merrillea Holsteins & Ransom Rail Farms, NY

PREMIER BREEDER - HEIFER SHOW

Ovaltop Holsteins, NY

PREMIER EXHIBITOR - HEIFER SHOW

Reyncrest Farm, Corfu, NY

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Ovaltop Holsteins, NY

JERSEY

Judge: Terri Packard, MD 131 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Jersey Senior & Grand Champion Lawtons Game Changer Hype, Jersey Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion Entourage LLR Ryan Lawton, NY. MPH Candy, Heath & Iager, MD.

Lawtons Game Changer Hype (Game Changer), 1st 4-Year-Old, Ryan Lawton, NY

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Hillacres Vitality Jasmine (Vitality), 1st Aged Cow, Caroline Arrowsmith, PA

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Frankstyle Karobert Joel Allie (Joel), 2nd 4-YearOld, Quality, Beckridge & Agriber, ON

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Entourage LLR MPH Candy (Venetian), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Heath & Iager, MD

Jersey Junior Champion The Wild Kid Of Retso, Lauren Reed & Ayrshire Senior & Grand Champion Bricker Farms Gibbs Carvella, David Zubikowski, PA. Carli Binckley, OH.

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Belleroute Barrel Aimo ET (Dbl Barrel), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Katie Schultz, PA

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Fol-Ayr Burdette Moan-Ah (Burdette), 1st Spring Yearling, Carl Foland, NY

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Fol-Ayr Gental Mayhem (Gentleman), 2nd Spring Yearling, Carl Foland, NY

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Heineman Farms, NY

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Judge: Matt Mitchell, TN 62 Head

Payneside Maui Grilled Cheese (Maui), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Jamie Black, NY

ZBW Masons Fizzy Cola (Fizz), 1st Senior 3-YearOld, Mason Ziemba, NY The Wild Kid Of Retso (Kid Rock), 1st Fall Yearling, Lauren Reed & David Zubikowski, PA Kevetta Nuance Vancura-ET (Nuance), 1st Winter Yearling, Fisher & Meier, PA SSF Magician Sophia (Magician), 2nd Senior Yearling, Lookout & Boulet, QC

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR HEIFER SHOW

JUNIOR CHAMPION

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

BROWN SWISS

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Iroquois Acres Total Candy (Total), 1st 5-YearOld, Brian Pacheco, CA

Ayrshire Intermediate & HM Grand Champion Jomill Burdette Oakley ET, Karlie Supplee, PA.

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Hell Hollow Tequila Dasher (Tequila), 1st Aged Cow, Patrick Miller, NY

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Terra Rose Cliff Shasta (Cliff ), 1st Senior 2-YearOld, Adele Biasini, PA

Mason Ziemba, NY

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Hillacres Jerseys, PA

AYRSHIRE

Judge: Aaron Eaton, NY 42 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Bricker Farms Gibbs Carvella (Gibbs), 1st Aged Cow, Carli Binckley, OH

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Bear-Ayr Miss Rachel Ray (Leader), 2nd Aged Cow, Cassie Clark, PA

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Jomill Burdette Oakley ET (Burdette), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Karlie Supplee, PA

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RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Brown Heaven Calvin Fanta (Calvin), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Josee Charron & Dave Rousseau, QC

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Shadow Valley Foremost Tally (Foremost), 1st Winter Yearling, Amelia Somers, NY

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Riddle Me This Ga Lavendar (Gamechanger), 2nd Winter Yearling, Robert Nagel, NY

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR HEIFER SHOW

Hills Valley, Richard Hill, NY

Brown Swiss Senior & Grand Champion Iroquois Acres Total Brown Swiss Intermediate & HM Grand Champion Terra Rose Candy, Brian Pacheco, CA. Cliff Shasta, Adele Biasini, PA.

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Brown Heaven, Charron & Rousseau, QC

GUERNSEY

Judge: Matt Mitchell, TN 28 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Maplehurst Pilot Treat (Pilot), 1st Aged Cow, London Dairy, ON

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Dix-Lee Gladheart Fiona-ET (Kojack), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Edward Crossland, MD

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Gladheart Beau Desi-ET (Lambeau), 1st Spring Yearling, Edward Crossland, MD

Guernsey Senior & Grand Champion Maplehurst Pilot Treat, Milking Shorthorn Senior & Grand Champion Mar-Leigh Presto London Dairy, ON. Juliet EXP, Mary Sweeney, NY.

MILKING SHORTHORN

Judge: Matt Mitchell, TN 23 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Mar-Leigh Presto Juliet EXP (Presto), 1st Aged Cow, Mary Sweeney, NY

PREMIER BREEDER

Gray Goose Motown (Motown), 1st 4-Year-Old Ella Field, NY

Springhill A Pie Uptime-ETV (American Pie), 1st Fall Yearling, Edward Crossland, MD Rocky Hill Farm, PA

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Edward Crossland, MD

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

JUNIOR & RESERVE CHAMPION

Heavenly Lookin Good-ET (Badger), 1st Winter Yearling, Landon Neely, PA

JUNIOR SHOWS AYRSHIRE

Senior & Grand Champion: Bricker Farms Gibbs Carvella (Gibbs), 1st Aged Cow, Carli Binckley, OH Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion: Jomill Burdette Oakley ET (Burdette), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Karlie Supplee, PA Junior Champion: Epic-View Reagan Tymber (Reagan), 1st Summer Yearling, Abby Rouland, NY

BROWN SWISS

Senior Champion: GFF-LBH Carter Bailey (Carter), 3rd 4-Year-Old, Mackenzie Cannon, NY Intermediate & Grand Champion: Terra Rose Cliff Shasta (Cliff ), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Adele Biasini, PA Junior Champion: Shadow Valley Foremost Tally (Foremost), 1st Winter Yearling, Amelia Somers, NY

GUERNSEY

Junior & Grand Champion: Heritage Brook Lat Trinity (Latimer), 2nd Fall Yearling, Katie Livingston & Mason Ziemba, NY

MILKING SHORTHORN

Senior Champion: Gray Goose Motown (Motown), 1st 4-Year-Old, Ella Field, NY Junior & Grand Champion: Jon-Ann Delux Rosea Bean (Delux), 2nd Winter Yearling, Kyle Bonavita, PA

RED & WHITE

Senior & Grand Champion: Roll-N-View Aw Altitude-Red (Awesome), 1st Aged Cow, Chase Savage, MD Intermediate Champion: Savage-Leigh Awesome-Red-ET (Awesome), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Chase Savage, MD Junior Champion: Kozy-Kountry Uspice-Red-ET (Unstopabull), 3rd Winter Yearling, Chloe & Claire Lamb, NY 16 « COWSMOPOLITAN Late Spring 2022

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Hard Core Cyride Rhea (Cyride), 1st Fall Calf, Keith & Donnette Fisher, PA

JUNIOR HOLSTEIN

Judge: Matt Mitchell, TN 122 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Windex Reginald Loyal-ET (Reginald), 1st 5-Year-Old, Hailee Liddle, NY

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Lantland Destry Eagle (Destry), 1st Production Cow, Kirt Menzi, NY

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Kings-Ransom Sidek Curvy (Sidekick), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Adam King, NY

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ovaltop Jordy Rojo-Red (BU, B&O), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Justin Wolfe, NY

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Liddleholme Daphne (Diamondback),1st Summer Yearling, Hailee Liddle, NY

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Hay-Aud-Ay Alt Malibu-Red (Altitude), 2nd Summer Yearling, Hayden Ayers, NY

Junior Holstein Senior & Grand Champion Windex Reginald Intermediate & HM Grand Champion Kings-Ransom Sidek Loyal-ET, Hailee Liddle, NY. Curvy, Adam King, NY.

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR HEIFER SHOW

Isaac Folts, NY

PREMIER BREEDER

Isaac Folts, NY

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Mason Ziemba, NY

JUNIOR JERSEY

Judge: Aaron Eaton, NY 77 Head

SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Sleegerholm Joel Vixen (Joel), 1st 5-Year-Old, Robert Nagel, NY

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Pennwood Joyride Avenue (Joyride),1st 4-YearOld, Claire & Cara Stoltzfus, PA

Junior Jersey Intermediate & Grand Champion ZBW Masons Junior Jersey Senior & HM Grand Champion Sleegerholm Joel Fizzy Cola, Mason Ziemba, NY. Vixen, Robert Nagel, NY.

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

ZBW Masons Fizzy Cola (Fizz), 1st Senior 3-YearOld, Mason Ziemba, NY

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Electras Krock Enjoy (Kid Rock), 1st Summer Junior 2-Year-Old, Shelby Rader, PA

JUNIOR CHAMPION

The Wild Kid Of Retso (Kid Rock), 1st Fall Yearling, Lauren Reed, PA

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Borderview Faith Finley-ET (Bontino), 1st Spring Yearling, Camryn & Maci Crothers, NY

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Mason Ziemba, NY

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WISCONSIN DAIRY SHOWCASE April 29-30, 2022 · Madison, WI

HOLSTEIN

Judge: Jason Lloyd, NY 211 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Atwood Lacey (Atwood), 1st Aged Cow, Kevin Doeberiener, Lindsay Bowen & William Schilling, OH

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Gamblin Armani Glade (Armani), 1st Lifetime Production Cow, Cale Baker, Knute Hovden & Paradise Rueth, IA

HM SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Ransom-Rail Beth-Red-ET (Unstopabull), 1st 4-Year-Old, Ransom Rail, Milk Source & Laurie Fischer, WI

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Holstein Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Ms Atwood Lacey, Kevin Doeberiener, Lindsay Bowen & William Schilling, OH; Reserve Grand Champion Gamblin Armani Glade, Cale Baker, Knute Hovden & Paradise Rueth, IA; HM Grand Champion Ms Ransom-Rail Beth-Red-ET, Ransom Rail, Milk Source & Laurie Fischer, WI.

Campbros D-Back Sheryl (Diamondback), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Jim Butler, IL

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Golden-Oaks Temptres-Red-ET (Unstopabull), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Jim Butler, IL

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ransom-Rail Alt Divine (Altitude), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Milk Source LLC & Ransom Rail Farms, Inc., WI

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ms Allyndale Den Landree-ET (Denver), 1st Fall Yearling, Frank & Diane Borba, CA

Holstein Senior & Grand Champion Ms Atwood Lacey, Kevin Holstein Intermediate Champion Campbros D-Back Sheryl, Jim Doeberiener, Lindsay Bowen & William Schilling, OH. Butler, IL.

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Windy-Knoll-View Pesky (P209), 1st Spring Yearling, Jim Butler, IL

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Blexys Kngdoc Brilliant-ET (King Doc), 1st Winter Yearling, Budjon Farms, P Vail & R Cunningham, WI

CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Ms Ransom-Rail Beth-Red-ET (Unstopabull), 1st 4-Year-Old, Ransom Rail, Milk Source & Laurie Fischer, WI

PREMIER BREEDER

Tombeth Holsteins, WI

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Jim Butler, IL

RED & WHITE

Judge: Kevin Dobereiner, OH 127 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Ransom-Rail Beth-Red-ET (Unstopabull), 1st 4-Year-Old, Ransom Rail, Milk Source & Laurie Fischer, WI

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Leawood Sassy Girl-Red (Jordy), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Hammertime & Ballweg Hickory Hills Dairy, WI

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Holstein Junior Champion Ms Allyndale Den Landree-ET, Frank R&W Senior & Grand Champion Ms Ransom-Rail Beth-Red-ET, & Diane Borba, CA. Ransom Rail, Milk Source & Laurie Fischer, WI.

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Hahncrest Dresser Nona-Red (Dresser), 1st 5-Year-Old, Grady & Lane Wendorf, WI

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Golden-Oaks Temptres-Red-ET (Unstopabull), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Jim Butler, IL

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Apple-Pts Alameda-Red-ET (Jordy), 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old, Norman Nabholz, MB Luckylady Farm & Kristin Pronschinske, IA

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Hilrose Alttude Audi-Red-ET (Altitude), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Bentley, Blake, Brodie & Kylie Brantmeier, WI

R&W Reserve Senior & Grand Champion Leawood Sassy GirlRed, Hammertime & Ballweg Hickory Hills Dairy, WI.

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Merrillea Un Cabernet-Red (Unstopabull), 1st Spring Yearling, Tyler Carter, J&M Schluter and J&J Thorman, IL

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Hilrose Redlite Aria-Red-ET (Redlight), 2nd Spring Yearling, Joseph Brantmeier, WI

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Kress-Hill Sparkle-Red-ET (Analyst), 1st Fall Calf, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

PREMIER BREEDER

Kamps-Rx Genetics, WI

R&W Intermediate & HM Grand Champion Golden-Oaks R&W Junior Champion Merrillea Un Cabernet-Red, T Carter, J & Temptres-Red-ET, Jim Butler, IL. M Schluter & J Thorman, IL.

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Daniel Olson, WI

JERSEY

Judge: Kevin Dobereiner, OH 100 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Grazeland Regency Whoopi (Regency), 1st 4-Year-Old, Matt Oechsle, OH

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Highview Balin Journey (Balin), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Milk Source Genetics & Legendholm, WI

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Jersey Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Grazeland Regency Whoopi, Matt Oechsle, OH; Reserve Grand Champion Elegance Joel Peanut-ET, Jim Butler, IL; HM Grand Champion Highview Balin Journey, Milk Source Genetics & Legendholm, WI.

Lost-Elm Topeka Trisha (Topeka), 1st Aged Cow, Jason Luttropp & Jim Janes, WI

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Elegance Joel Peanut-ET (Joel), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Jim Butler, IL

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Country Path Impress Sweethang (Impression), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Milk Source Genetics, WI

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Brenbe Colton Lyric (Colton), 2nd Senior 2-YearOld, Ava Hebgen, WI

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Milksource Joyride Mia (Joyride), 1st Summer Yearling, Milk Source Genetics, WI

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Kash-In Joel Knockin Boots-ET (Joel), 2nd Summer Yearling, Freson, Sell, Stanford & Bollenbacher, WI

Jersey Senior & Grand Champion Grazeland Regency Whoopi, Jersey Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion Elegance Joel Matt Oechsle, OH. Peanut-ET, Jim Butler, IL.

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Rivendale Venue Colby Jack-ET (Venue), 1st Fall Calf, Tim Natzke & Chris Schuler, WI

CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Lost-Elm Topeka Trisha (Topeka), 1st Aged Cow, Jason Luttropp & Jim Janes, WI

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Lost Elm Jerseys, Berlin, WI

Jersey Junior Champion Milksource Joyride Mia, Milk Source Genetics, WI.

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JUNIOR SHOWS HOLSTEIN

Senior & Grand Champion: Team O Kaliber Mallorie (O Kaliber), 2nd Aged Cow, Mallory Nifong, Luke Trustem & Ellie Larson, WI Intermediate Champion: Smilaire Bliss (Corvette), 7th Senior 3-Year-Old, Zoe Ertel, WI Junior Champion: Ryan-Vu Doc Jaz (King Doc), 1st Fall Calf, Dylan & Cameron Ryan, WI

JERSEY

Senior & Grand Champion: Perro Validation Gypsie (Validation), 1st 5-Year-Old, Brynley DeJong & Noah Bilz, WI Intermediate Champion: Brenbe Colton Lyric (Colton), 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old, Ava Hebgen, WI Junior Champion: Triple H Bang Oh Boom (Bang Bang), 1st Fall Yearling, Brooke & Summer Hammann, WI

Junior Holstein Senior & Grand Champion Team O Kaliber Junior Holstein Junior Champion Ryan-Vu Doc Jaz, Dylan & Mallorie, Mallory Nifong, Luke Trustem & Ellie Larson, WI. Cameron Ryan, WI.

RED & WHITE

Senior & Grand Champion: Hahncrest Dresser Nona-Red (Dresser), 1st 5-Year-Old, Grady & Lane Wendorf, WI Intermediate Champion: Clear-I Jacot Maple-Red (Jacot), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Ashtyn Martin, WI Junior Champion: Kamps-Rx Apb Aleah-RedET (Avalanche), 1st Winter Yearling, Lauren & Brayden Breunig, WI

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Jersey Senior & Grand Champion Perro Validation Gypsie, R&W Senior & Grand Champion Hahncrest Dresser Nona-Red, Brynley DeJong & Noah Bilz, WI. Grady & Lane Wendorf, WI.

CANADIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SHOW April 21-22, 2022 · Saskatoon, SK · Judge Joél Lepage, QC

HOLSTEIN

197 Head

GRAND CHAMPION

Harvdale Meridian Cherish (Meridian), 1st 5-Year-Old, R&F Livestock Inc., SK

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Benbie High Octane Ciara (High Octane), 1st Mature Cow, Benbie Holsteins, SK

HM GRAND CHAMPION

Wendon BSD Windbrook Merry (Windbrook), 2nd 5-Year-Old, Doubleview Holsteins, Kevin Vanzessen, Vanzessen Dairy Inc., BC

R&W GRAND CHAMPION

Savage-Leigh Selser-Red-ET (Diamondback), 4th 4-Year-Old, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

R&W RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Westcoast Ladd Aspen (Ladd), 2nd Lifetime Component Cow, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Harvdale Meridian Cherish, R&F Livestock Inc., SK; Reserve Grand Champion Benbie High Octane Ciara, Benbie Holsteins, SK; HM Grand Champion Wendon BSD Windbrook Merry, Doubleview Holsteins, Kevin Vanzessen, Vanzessen Dairy Inc., BC.

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Vogue Mirand Hanalei-P (Mirand), 1st Fall 2-Year-Old, Ferme Jacobs, Ty-D Holsteins and T&L Cattle Co., QC

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Mosnang Unix Lipstick (Unix), 1st Junior 3-YearOld, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Tolamika Diamondback Blaine (Diamondback), 1st Spring 2-Year-Old, Ferme Blondin, QC

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Betley Unstp Lionize-Red-ET (Unstopabull), 1st Winter Yearling, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Reserve Grand Champion and Champion Bred & Owned Benbie Intermediate Champion Vogue Mirand Hanalei-P, Ferme Jacobs, Ty-D Holsteins and T&L Cattle Co., QC. High Octane Ciara, Benbie Holsteins, SK.

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Cobequid Tattoo Riddles (Tattoo), 1st Summer Yearling, R&F Livestock Inc., SK

R&W JUNIOR CHAMPION

Betley Unstp Lionize-Red-ET (Unstopabull), 1st Winter Yearling, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

Luncrest Auspicious-2250-ET (Delta-Lambda), 1st Fall Yearling, R&F Livestock Inc., SK

Reserve Intermediate Champion Mosnang Unix Lipstick, Westcoast Holsteins, BC.

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Grand Champion Harvdale Meridian Cherish, R&F Livestock Inc., SK.

R&W RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Kozak Warrior Bombshell Red (Warrior), 3rd Fall Yearling, Pierre Boulet and R&F Livestock Inc., QC

R&W HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Miley Analyst Harmony-Red (Analyst), 2nd Winter Yearling, R&F Livestock Inc., SK

CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Benbie High Octane Ciara (High Octane), 1st Mature Cow, Benbie Holsteins, SK

RESERVE CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Lovhill Lotties Lastkick (Sidekick), 2nd 4-YearOld, Lovholm Holsteins, SK

Holstein and R&W Junior Champion Betley Unstp Lionize-Red- Reserve Junior Champion Luncrest Auspicious-2250-ET, 1st Fall ET, Westcoast Holsteins, BC. Yearling, R&F Livestock Inc., SK.

JUNIOR CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Mosnang Miranda Lambert (Miranda), 5th Winter Yearling, Mosnang Holsteins, AB

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Benbie Chrome Cherise (Chrome), 1st Spring Yearling, Benbie Holsteins, Caron, SK

JUNIOR PREMIER BREEDER

Benbie Holsteins & Robella Holsteins, SK

PREMIER BREEDER

Wendon Holsteins, AB

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Westcoast Holsteins, BC

JERSEY

61 Head

GRAND CHAMPION

Bramville Joel Lil (Joel), 1st Mature Cow, Kenbert Acres, SK

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Sunny Hill Notepad Armadillo (Notepad), 2nd Mature Cow, Michael & Gina Haambuckers, BC

HM GRAND CHAMPION

Lone Pine Nightrain Lula (Nighttrain), 1st 4-Year-Old, Lone Pine Jerseys Ltd., AB

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Lone Pine Victorious Thunder Struck-ET (Victorious), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Unique Stock, Zimmer, Robella & Benbie, SK

Intermediate Champion Lone Pine Victorious Thunder Struck-ET, Grand Champion Bramville Joel Lil, Kenbert Acres, SK. Unique Stock, Zimmer, Robella & Benbie, SK.

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Clanman Joyride Switchback (Joyride), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Pierre Boulet, QC

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Triple S Peekaboo Judo (Judo), 1st Junior 2-YearOld, Triple S Farms & Glorybound Holsteins, BC

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Sunny Hill Jamie Dioxide (Jamie), 1st Senior Calf, Micheal & Gina Haambuckers, BC

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Benbie Contour Cardigan (Contour), 2nd Senior Calf, Benbie Holsteins & Jerseys, SK

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Pacific Crest Colton Majesty-ET (Colton), 1st Junior Yearling, Mike Podschadly & Brent Rocha, BC

CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Sunny Hill Notepad Armadillo (Notepad), 2nd Mature Cow, Michael & Gina Haambuckers, BC

Junior Champion Sunny Hill Jamie Dioxide, Micheal & Gina Haambuckers, BC.

JUNIOR CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Sunny Hill Jamie Dioxide (Jamie), 1st Senior Calf, Micheal & Gina Haambuckers, BC

JUNIOR PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Sterling Park, AB

PREMIER BREEDER

Lone Pine Jerseys Ltd., AB

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Bramville Jerseys, SK

Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Bramville Joel Lil, Kenbert Acres, SK; Reserve Grand Champion Sunny Hill Notepad Armadillo, Michael & Gina Haambuckers, BC; HM Grand Champion Lone Pine Nightrain Lula, Lone Pine Jerseys Ltd.

Intermediate Champion LtoR: Intermediate Champion Lone Pine Victorious Thunder Struck-ET, Unique Stock, Zimmer, Robella & Benbie, SK; Reserve Intermediate Champion Clanman Joyride Switchback, Pierre Boulet, QC; HM Intermediate Champion Triple S Peekaboo Judo, Triple S Farms & Glorybound, BC. COWSMOPOLITAN Late Spring 2022 » 25

ONTARIO SPRING DISCOVERY April 20-21, 2022 · Ancaster, ON

HOLSTEIN

Judge: Kevin McGriskin, ON 142 Head

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Hodglynn Victor Lola (Victor), 1st Junior 3-YearOld, Hodglynn Holsteins, ON

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Maplekeys Doorman Charity (Doorman), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Maplekeys Farms, ON

HM GRAND CHAMPION

Intermediate & Grand Champion Hodglynn Victor Lola, Reserve Intermediate & Grand Champion Maplekeys Doorman Hodglynn Holsteins, ON. Charity, Maplekeys Farms, ON.

Aija Beemer Lala (Beemer), 1st 5-Year-Old, Brian Joseph Enright, Dandyland Farm, Frank & Diane Borba and Luke McLellan, ON

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Fraeland Doorman Bourbon (Doorman), 2nd Junior 3-Year-Old, Fraeland Farms, ON

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Karnview Genie Rozella (Genie), 1st Summer Yearling, Ronald Grandy, ON

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Kingsway Crushabull Lola (Crushabull), 1st Fall Calf, 3 Amigos Holsteins, ON

HM Grand Champion Aija Beemer Lala, Brian Joseph Enright, Junior Champion Karnview Genie Rozella, Ronald Grandy, ON. Dandyland Farm, Frank & Diane Borba and Luke McLellan, ON.

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Sweet-Peas Unstop Aleign (Unstopabull), 1st Fall Yearling, Bill Gibson, Patience Holsteins & Weswin Holsteins, ON

JUNIOR PREMIER BREEDER

Karnview Holsteins, ON

JUNIOR PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Granron Holsteins, ON

PREMIER BREEDER

Maplekeys Holsteins, ON

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Reserve Junior Champion Kingsway Crushabull Lola, 3 Amigos Junior Champion Galaxy Tequila Exuberance, Velthuis Farm & Holsteins, ON. Dan Hovden, ON.

Granron Holsteins, ON

JERSEY

Judge: Kyle Rivington, ON 97 Head

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Golden Joyride Louisa (Joyride), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Glen & Shelia Burgess, ON

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Glenholme Giller Tribute-ET (Giller), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Curtis Ruta & Adrian Franken, ON

Intermediate & Grand Champion Golden Joyride Louisa, Glen & Reserve Intermediate & Grand Champion Glenholme Giller Shelia Burgess, ON. Tribute-ET, Curtis Ruta & Adrian Franken, ON.

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

HM GRAND CHAMPION

Charlyn Certified VIP Velvet (VIP), 1st Fall Calf, Clarkvalley Farm, ON

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Glenholme River Ecstasy (Reviresco), 1st Spring Yearling, Glenholme Jerseys, ON

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Willow Creek Jerseys, ON

Avonlea Fizz’s Krackle-ET (Fizz), 1st 4-Year-Old, Avonlea Genetics, ON Kentville Imp Chocolate Chip (Impression), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Kentville Farms, ON Galaxy Tequila Exuberance (Tequila), 1st Winter Yearling, Velthuis Farm & Dan Hovden, ON 26 « COWSMOPOLITAN Late Spring 2022

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

JUNIOR PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Golden Jerseys, ON

HM Grand Champion Avonlea Fizz’s Krackle-ET, Avonlea Genetics, ON.

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WESTVALE-VIEW DAIRY & MOO-VILLE CREAMERY

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“If it ’s not better, why bother! ”

ive a man enough tractor time and that leads to thinking time - and you’ll never know what he might come up with. While working the fields around his Nashville, Michigan dairy, Doug Westendorp noticed the amount of traffic on nearby state highway 66 that runs from south to north all the way through Michigan. It occurred to him that it was an ideal location for a farm store of some sort and the idea for what has become MooVille Creamery took root.

The farm’s adjacent location to the welltraveled route set the stage for what has become an expanding family business for the Westendorps. In a peaceful rural location next to the farm, the original MOO-ville location, which opened in 2005, offers homemade ice cream & dairy products, a gift shop, drive-thru, farm tours - both escorted and self-guided.

In the busy summer season, they have a petting farm and play area as well as an outdoor eating area, and the family is continually improving the property. They now have three other retail locations throughout west-central Michigan and they sell their products in 140 other coffee shops and grocery stores and over 50 ice cream shops.

That’s a pretty impressive dairy product ‘empire’ that really began back in 1992 when Doug and Louisa Westendorp, who both

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grew up on dairy farms, moved their young family to the current property. And when we say young family, we mean young - with six kids under the age of six! One ‘single’ - Carlyle; one set of twins - Eric and Troy; and one set of triplets - Levi, Tina and Brittany - made up the pack of kids that grew up with the Holstein herd at Westvale-View Dairy.

As the kids got older and all seemed to have some interest in the herd, the farm or working in the family business in some capacity, Doug and Louisa realized the business would have to expand in order to allow that to happen. They didn’t want to increase the herd size and they thought they would need to milk thousands of cows to support everyone, so they built the creamery in order to give all the kids a chance to find a role. And it worked! All the siblings are currently involved in the family enterprise in various positions: Carlyle is the crop and farm manager; Eric loves his job as the herd

manager; Troy is the ice cream/ creamery manager; Levi is the milk/creamery manager; Tina manages the four retail stores; and, Brittany organizes the tours. Doug and Louisa still oversee the entire operation, but they also can find the time to cuddle up to their 17 grandchildren.

Originally, the family milked 80-90 cows in a double-8 parlor until they expanded and built a new six-row barn with four Lely A4 robots in 2012 (which they upgraded to A5 units in 2020). The entirely Holstein herd now consists of 230 milking cows and 250 heifers. Their impressive rolling herd average is 32,500M 4.1F% 3.1%P. All of that milk is utilized to make their Moo-Ville products - milk, ice cream, yogurt, cheese and butter.

Currently, they

process 18,000 gallons of milk a week, and around 4,000 gallons of ice cream weekly in summertime (the busy season for ice cream!). The company sold 155,000 gallons of ice cream last year.

The unique twist to their Holstein herd and their on-farm processing is that all their milk is A2A2. That A2 beta casein can make milk more digestible for those that have some distress when ingesting dairy products. Doug Westendorp thought it would be a good niche market to pursue and may get people who thought they were lactose intolerant back to drinking milk. “We’ve had a ton of people say that they can now drink our milk and enjoy our ice cream after years of avoiding dairy products,” says Levi Westendorp.

The Holstein herd is now 100% A2A2 cows, but it was a long, tough process to get there. They had been breeding A2 bulls for seven years before that, and had tested the entire herd for A2 status.

They sold off the A1 cows as they calved in and replaced them with A2 cows. Eric and Levi admit that they had to sell some really good cows for the change over and that was the hardest part, but by spring of 2020, they were fully A2A2.

A walk through the Westvale-View herd finds cows that are well-balanced and milky with great udders and a calm temperament. That should be no surprise as that’s what the breeding goals are balanced cows that milk well and score

Good Plus or Very Good in their first lactations and move up to Very Good or Excellent scored cows as they mature.

“We aren’t necessarily looking for the highest type or GTPI animal, but we’re looking to make a balanced cow that has a will to milk with solid type and index numbers,” notes Levi. “We look at cow families a lot more than we used to for bulls. If we don’t like the family, we don’t use them even if they are one of the higher GTPI or type families.”

“We don’t have one certain cow that put us on the map, but everybody’s favorite cow was an Excellent Blitz that produced over 400,000 pounds of milk lifetime.

We’ve had good luck with the Outside Wish, Cookiecutter Halo (especially the Habitan branch) and the Kings-Ransom Cleavage families. Those families fit our profile - cows with good type and numbers to go with an extreme will to milk,” elaborates Levi. “We don’t aim to make the highest GTPI bull mother or Madison show winner, but we like to have really good barn cows with some numbers. We just try to breed cows that make it fun to go to the barn.”

Those criteria hold true when they are looking to add females to the herd.

“Obviously, they have to be A2, which can be difficult when buying new animals.

Then we look for cow families we like and big milk records. If they don’t milk, we will generally pass even if we like

everything else, and then lastly, they have to pass the eye test,” according to Levi.

The milk cows stay in the barn, while all the other barns with dry cows and young stock have access to pasture. While they have built new barns for the cows, they remodeled the old milking barn to house the breeding age heifers.

In addition to the herd and the creamery and retail shops, the family also farms 1000 acres, usually consisting of 200 acres of alfalfa, 350 acres of corn, 300 acres of beans and 150 acres of wheat.

The cows are fed a ration of corn silage, haylage, ground dry corn, and a robot-fed pellet. All the feed for the cows is grown on the farm other than the pellets. They emphasize the production of high-quality forage and crops, and in 2020 they were named the BMR corn silage champion at World Dairy Expo.

Producing quality products is the mission of the Westendorp family and their MooVille operation whether it’s foodstuff for the cows or dairy products to be sold on their shelves and loaded into their five delivery trucks. ‘If it’s not better, why bother’ neatly sums up their drive to make the best. In 2021, their MooVille chocolate ice cream took first place overall in the chocolate category at the North American Ice Cream Association Conference - beating out 125 other

“We aren’t necessarily looking for the highest type or GTPI animal, but we’re looking to make a balanced cow that has a will to milk with solid type and index numbers. We look at cow families a lot more than we used to for bulls. If we don’t like the family, we don’t use them even if they are one of the higher GTPI or type families.”

LEVI WESTENDORP

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Moo-Ville offers a full lineup of products at four different locations throughout Michigan and their brand can be found in over 140 coffee shops and 50 ice cream parlors. Their chocolate ice cream also took home 1st place honors in 2021 from the North American Ice Cream Association Conference. entries. That blue ribbon was their first step to being named a grandmaster ice cream maker, a goal that they no doubt will achieve.

a relaxing day of rest with their families.

Sunday is the biggest day for ice cream sales in the US, yet that is one area that they refuse to yield.

Yet, to this day, the family makes sure that they run the business and not have the business run them. Their creamery and retail locations are closed every Sunday so that the Westendorps and their employees can attend church and enjoy

The family is an enthusiastic advocate for agriculture, for the dairy industry and for the Holstein cow. A stop at the farm will always find one or more Westendorps willing to explain their processing of dairy products, expound on the value of

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reaching out to a non-agriculture-based public, or happy to take a stroll through the barns to talk pedigrees and genetics.

If you’re traveling near Grand Rapids or Lansing this summer, do yourself a favor and stop in to appreciate a family business based on their love of the dairy farm and their pursuit of constant improvement!

By Kathleen O’Keefe

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SPRING DAIRY EXPO 2022 March 29-31, 2022 · Columbus, OH

SUPREME CHAMPION

SV Velocity Rosie-ET, Jersey, Spring Valley & Heath Jerseys, David Jordan, FTA Sydicate & Boer Jerseys, MD

RESERVE SUPREME CHAMPION

Cherry-Lor Ladd Ripple-Red, Holstein and Red & White, Matthew Boop & Cael Hembury, PA

SUPREME JUNIOR CHAMPION

DKG Justice Suzanne, Jersey, Blake Greiwe, OH

RESERVE SUPREME JUNIOR CHAMPION

Rich-Gen Carter Rosetta, Brown Swiss, Lauren L'Amoreaux, OH

Holstein and Red & White Senior & Grand Champion Cherry-Lor Holstein Reserve Senior & Grand Champion T-Triple-T Lavender, Ladd Ripple-Red, Matthew Boop & Cael Hembury, PA. Savannah Thomas, OH.

SUPREME CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Beardsley DB Ginger-Red-ET, Holstein and Red & White, Aaron Carle, OH

SUPREME JUNIOR CHAMPION - JR SHOW

DKG Justice Suzanne, Jersey, Blake Greiwe, OH

HOLSTEIN

Judge: Ryan Krohlow, WI 171 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Cherry-Lor Ladd Ripple-Red (Ladd), 1st Lifetime Production Cow, Matthew Boop & Cael Hembury, PA

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

T-Triple-T Lavender (Windbrook), 1st 5-Year-Old, Savannah Thomas, OH

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Etgen-Way Beemer Reminisce (Beemer), 1st 4-Year-Old, Etgen-Way, OH

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Harcliff Solo Bambi-ET (Solomon), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Ernest Kueffner & Terri Packard, MD

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Rolling-Spring Big Push Sue (Big Push), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Quietcove Holsteins & Silver Mist Holsteins, OH

Holstein Intermediate & HM Grand Champion Harcliff Solo Holstein Junior Champion Shadeline AN Jasmine, Charles Bambi-ET, Ernest Kueffner & Terri Packard, MD. Gleisner, OH.

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Kiko Gold Chip Key (Undenied), 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old, Kiko Holsteins, OH

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Shadeline AN Jasmine (Doorman), 1st Spring Yearling, Charles Gleisner, OH

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Cherry-Lor Ladd Ripple-Red (Ladd), 1st Lifetime Production Cow, Matthew Boop & Cael Hembury, PA

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Twincounty Abs Rumba-Red-ET (Absolute), 1st 4-Year-Old, K Doeberiener & L Bowen, OH

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Lake-Effect Justlook-Red-ET (Diamondback), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Ellie Widerman & Katelyn Keller, PA

Kiko Solo Jawdroping ET (Solomon), 1st Winter Yearling, Kiko Holsteins, OH Ms Shadow Qcove Magnificent (Sidekick), 2nd Spring Yearling, Kurt Wolf & Quietcove Holsteins, OH

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Etgen-Way, OH

Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Cherry-Lor Ladd Ripple-Red, Matthew Boop & Cael Hembury, PA; Reserve Grand Champion T-Triple-T Lavender, Savannah Thomas, OH; HM Grand Champion Harcliff Solo Bambi-ET, Ernest Kueffner & Terri Packard, MD. 32 « COWSMOPOLITAN Late Spring 2022

RED & WHITE

Judge: Molly Sloan, WI 70 Head

Red & White Senior & Grand Champion RtoL: Senior & Grand Champion Cherry-Lor Ladd RippleRed, Matthew Boop & Cael Hembury, PA; Reserve Senior & Grand Champion Twincounty Abs Rumba-Red-ET, K Doeberiener & L Bowen, OH.

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ridgedale Riva-Red (Jordy), 2nd Senior 2-YearOld, Aubree, Aiden & Alaina Topp, OH

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Dorloy-K Artst Glaxy-Red-ET (Aristocrat), 1st Winter Yearling, Danielle Miller, OH

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Siemers Tequila 163-Red-ET (Warrior), 1st Spring Yearling, Mike Maloney, NY

JERSEY

R&W Reserve Senior & Grand Champion Twincounty Abs R&W Intermediate Champion Lake-Effect Justlook-Red-ET, Ellie Rumba-Red-ET, K Doeberiener & L Bowen, OH. Widerman & Katelyn Keller, PA.

Judge: Molly Sloan, WI 98 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

SV Velocity Rosie-ET (Velocity), 1st 5-Year-Old, Spring Valley & Heath Jerseys, David Jordan, FTA Sydicate & Boer Jerseys, MD

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Schulte Bros Teq My Lady-ET (Tequila), 1st 4-Year-Old, Franchise, D. Jordan, M&W Iager, O&C Bewley, OH

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

R&W Junior Champion Dorloy-K Artst Glaxy-Red-ET, Danielle Jersey Reserve Senior & Grand Champion Schulte Bros Teq My Miller, OH. Lady-ET, Franchise, D. Jordan, M&W Iager, O&C Bewley, OH.

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Miss Franchise Colton Venice (Colton), 2nd Fall Yearling, Bos Dairy LLC, Glamourview & Franchise, OH

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Four-Hills Velocity Precious-ET (Velocity), 1st Spring Yearling, Franchise & Shore International, OH

DKG Impression Spice (Impression), 1st 4-YearOld, Lane Greiwe, OH SSF VIP Janie (VIP), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, RCD Jerseys, Ernest Kueffner, Terri Packard & Rodney Hetts, MD Hi Poits Colton Teresa (Colton), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Bos Dairy LLC, NM

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Brenbe Colton Lyric (Colton), 1st Senior 2-YearOld, Ava Hebgen, OH

JUNIOR CHAMPION

DKG Justice Suzanne (Justice), 1st Fall Yearling, Blake Greiwe, OH

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

AYRSHIRE

Judge: Ryan Krohlow, WI 31 Head

Jersey Intermediate & HM Grand Champion SSF VIP Janie, RCD Jerseys, Ernest Kueffner, Terri Packard & Rodney Hetts, MD.

GRAND CHAMPION

Bonert Reagan Jacquee 348 (Reagan), 1st 5-Year-Old, Eric Lang and David Koss, IA

Supreme Junior Champion and Jersey Junior Champion DKG Justice Suzanne, Blake Greiwe, OH.

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Toppglen Wicked Champ (Champion), 1st Fall Yearling, Tanner, Brennan, Marissa & Logan Topp, OH

BROWN SWISS

Judge: Molly Sloan, WI 39 Head

GRAND CHAMPION

Johann Jongleur Amaze (Jongleur), 1st 5-YearOld, Madelyn Topp, OH

Supreme Champion and Jersey Senior & Grand Champion SV Velocity Rosie-ET, Spring Valley & Heath Jerseys, David Jordan, FTA Sydicate & Boer Jerseys, MD.

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Brook Hollow Handiwork ET (Woody), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Lauren L'Amoreaux, OH COWSMOPOLITAN Late Spring 2022 » 33

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Rich-Gen Carter Rosetta (Carter), 1st Fall Yearling, Lauren L'Amoreaux, OH

GUERNSEY

Judge: Ryan Krohlow, WI 34 Head

GRAND CHAMPION

Villa Crest Marvel Sayre (Marvel), 1st Aged Cow, Maddox Davis & Isaiah Baker, OH

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Springhill Tiller Calico-ETV (Tiller), 1st Fall Yearling, Clay Hershberger & Kathy Whitman, OH

Supreme Champion Junior Show and Junior Holstein and Junior Jersey Junior Show Senior & Grand Champion DKG Impression R&W Grand Champion Beardsley DB Ginger-Red-ET, Aaron Spice, Lane Greiwe, OH. Carle, OH.

JUNIOR SHOWS HOLSTEIN

Grand Champion: Beardsley DB Ginger-Red-ET (Diamondback), 4th 4-Year-OId, Aaron Carle, OH Intermediate Champion: Kiko Gold Chip Key (Gold Chip), 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old, Lizzie Kiko, OH Junior Champion: Kiko Slo Jawdroping 1891-ET (Solomon), 1st Winter Yearling, Lizzie Kiko, OH

RED & WHITE

Grand Champion: Beardsley DB Ginger-Red-ET (Diamondback), 2nd 4-Year-OId, Aaron Carle, OH Intermediate Champion: Lake-Effect Justlook-Red-ET (Diamondback), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Ellie Widerman & Katelyn Keller, PA Junior Champion: Dorloy-K Artst Glaxy-Red-ET (Aristocrat), 1st Winter Yearling, Danielle Miller, OH

JERSEY

Grand Champion: DKG Impression Spice (Impression), 1st 4-Year-Old, Lane Greiwe, OH Intermediate Champion: Brenbe Colton Lyric (Colton), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Ava Hebgen, OH Junior Champion: DKG Justice Suzanne (Justice), 1st Fall Yearling, Blake Greiwe, OH

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MILKING SHORTHORN

Judge: Molly Sloan, WI 27 Head

GRAND CHAMPION

Heavenly Zora-ET (Patriot), 1st 4-Year-Old, Dillon Freeman, IN

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Spring Meadows My Lavendar, 1st Fall Yearling, Morgan Eades, OH

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SOUTHERN NATIONAL SPRING SHOW April 7-9, 2022 · Stillwater, OK

HOLSTEIN

Judge: Nathan Thomas, OH 142 Head

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Lin-Max Beemer Sweet Pea (Beemer), 1st 4-Year-Old, Sophie Leach, KS

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Co-Vale Goldchip Poker 5340 (Gold Chip), 1st Aged Cow, Makayla & Kaleb Osinga, TX

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Rokeyroad Awesome Cyclone (Awesome), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Dwight Rokey, KS

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Peace&Plenty Doc Jubie16-ET (King Doc), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, M,K,J,K&K Osinga & D,N,E,N&T Chupp, TX

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Tex-Stein Hardrock Haile (Hardrock), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Grayson Steinberger, TX

Holstein Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Peace&Plenty Doc Jubie16-ET, M,K,J,K&K Osinga & D,N,E,N&T Chupp, TX; Reserve Grand Champion Lin-Max Beemer Sweet Pea, Sophie Leach, KS; HM Grand Champion Co-Vale Goldchip Poker 5340, Makayla & Kaleb Osinga, TX.

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

JMK Doorman 3890 (Doorman), 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old, Cason Sanchez, TX

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Karnview Warrior Alaska (Warrior), 1st Spring Yearling, Kenlee Philips, TX

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Milksource Cruella Devile (King Doc), 1st Summer Yearling, Brayden Carpio, CO

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Horizon-Vue Warr Fancy-Red (Warrior), 2nd Spring Yearling, Jacob & Brayden Carpio, CO

Holstein Intermediate & Grand Champion and Junior Holstein Holstein Senior & Reserve Grand Champion and Junior Holstein Intermediate Champion Peace&Plenty Doc Jubie16-ET, Grand Champion Lin-Max Beemer Sweet Pea, Sophie Leach, KS. M,K,J,K&K Osinga & D,N,E,N&T Chupp, TX.

CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Lin-Max Beemer Sweet Pea (Beemer), 1st 4-Year-Old, Sophie Leach, KS

PREMIER BREEDER - HEIFER SHOW

Kole & Beau Trapp and Isla Pfaff, WI

PREMIER EXHIBITOR - HEIFER SHOW

Chupp Family, OK

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Tex-Stein Holsteins, TX

JUNIOR HOLSTEIN

Holstein Reserve Senior & HM Grand Champion and Junior Holstein and Junior Holstein Reserve Intermediate Champion Holstein Reserve Senior & Grand Champion Co-Vale Goldchip Tex-Stein Hardrock Haile, Grayson Steinberger, TX. Poker 5340, Makayla & Kaleb Osinga, TX.

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Tex-Stein Hardrock Haile (Hardrock), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Grayson Steinberger, TX

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Karnview Warrior Alaska (Warrior), 1st Spring Yearling, Kenlee Philips, TX

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Wildpfaffs Skik Lipstick-ET (Sidekick), 1st Fall Yearling, Kole & Beau Trapp and Isla Mae Pfaff, WI

Judge: John Erbsen, IL 108 Head

Lin-Max Beemer Sweet Pea (Beemer), 1st 4-Year-Old, Sophie Leach, KS Co-Vale Goldchip Poker 5340 (Gold Chip), 1st Aged Cow, Makayla & Kaleb Osinga, TX Peace&Plenty Doc Jubie 16-ET (King Doc), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, M,K,J,K&K Osinga & D,N,E,N&T Chupp, TX

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RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION JUNIOR CHAMPION

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Tex-Stein Hardrock Haile (Hardrock), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Grayson Steinberger, TX

Holstein and Junior Holstein Junior Champion Karnview Warrior Alaska, Kenlee Philips, TX.

JERSEY

Judge: Nathan Thomas, OH 121 Head

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Random Luck T Heather (Tequila), 1st Lifetime Production Cow, Red Dirt Genetics, OK

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

LC Success Abilene (Success), 1st Aged Cow, Taylor, Erin & Sophie Leach, KS

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Ratliff Irwin Vancy-ET (Irwin), 1st 5-Year-Old, Ron & Christy Ratliff, KS

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

JX By-Jenn Tequila Fancy {5} (Tequila), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Caleb Peterson, MO

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Cowbell Viral Ringrooma-ET (Viral), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Ron & Christy Ratliff, KS

Jersey Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Random Luck T Heather, Red Dirt Genetics, OK; Reserve Grand Champion LC Success Abilene, Taylor, Erin & Sophie Leach, KS; HM Grand Champion JX By-Jenn Tequila Fancy {5}, Caleb Peterson, MO.

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Country Path Nock Your Socks Off (Colton), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Jessica Nolt, TX

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ratliff Lo Lalala Dancer-ET (Lolalala), 1st Winter Yearling, Ron & Christy Ratliff, KS

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Black Label Matt Sofie-ET (Matt), 1st Summer Yearling, Boer Jersey Dairy, TX

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Overside Victorious Sabrina-ET (Victorious), 2nd Winter Yearling, Kylie Osinga, TX

Jersey Senior & Grand Champion Random Luck T Heather, Red Jersey Senior & Reserve Grand Champion and Junior Senior & Grand Dirt Genetics, OK. Champion LC Success Abilene, Taylor, Erin & Sophie Leach, KS.

CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

LC Success Abilene (Success), 1st Aged Cow, Taylor, Erin & Sophie Leach, KS

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR HEIFER SHOW

Ron & Christy Ratliff, KS

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Ron & Christy Ratliff, KS

JUNIOR JERSEY

Judge: John Erbsen, IL 70 Head

Jersey Intermediate & HM Grand Champion JX By-Jenn Tequila Jersey Reserve Intermediate Champion Cowbell Viral Fancy {5}, Caleb Peterson, MO. Ringrooma-ET, Ron & Christy Ratliff, KS.

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

LC Success Abilene (Success), 1st Aged Cow, Taylor, Erin & Sophie Leach, KS

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Zenubi Raspberries Pie Showdown (Showdown), 1st 5-Year-Old, Makayla Osinga & Addison Goldenburg, TX

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Country-Path Nock Your Socks Off (Colton), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Jessica Nolt, TX

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Rivendale VIP Cadi-ET (VIP), 2nd Senior 3-YearOld, Hadley Burrus, TX

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Junior Jersey Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion Country- Jersey Junior Champion Ratliff Lo Lalala Dancer-ET, Ron & Path Nock Your Socks Off, Jessica Nolt, TX. Christy Ratliff, KS.

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Drentex GC Paisley (Game Changer), 1st Spring Yearling, Kenlee Philips, TX

CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

LC Success Abilene (Success), 1st Aged Cow, Taylor, Erin & Sophie Leach, KS

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PENNSYLVANIA SPRING HOLSTEIN SHOW April 30, 2022 · Centre Hall, PA · Judge Josh Sanders, PA · 165 Head

SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Millwork Byway Kaden-ET (Byway), 1st 4-YearOld, Bryanna Mills, PA

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Keystone Solomon Addison (Solomon), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Keystone Farm & Tim Seipt, PA

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Luck-E Diamond Allure-ET (Diamondback), 1st 5-Year-Old, James Dunn, PA

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Sweet-Peas Solomn Adrift-ET (Solomon), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Denise Pease, PA

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Peachey Saturn Teacup (Saturn), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Laurel Run Farm, PA

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Peachy Control Texas (Control), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Boop & Hill, P

Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Sweet-Peas Solomn Adrift-ET, Denise Pease, PA; Reserve Grand Champion Peachey Saturn Teacup, Laurel Run Farm, PA.

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Solid-Gold Tatoo Apollo3-ET (Tatoo), 1st Winter Yearling, Chase Eller & Ethan Foor, PA

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Sweet-Pease Altitu Ailani-ET (Altitude), 1st Winter Calf, Madison Soden, PA

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ubercrest Analyst Morgan (Analyst), 1st Summer Yearling, Colton Uber, PA

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR HEIFER SHOW

Intermediate & Grand Champion Sweet-Peas Solomn Adrift-ET, Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion Peachey Saturn Denise Pease, PA. Teacup, Laurel Run Farm, PA.

Sweet Peas Holsteins, PA

PREMIER BREEDER

Laurel Run Farm, PA

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Walk-Le Farm LLC, PA

Senior & HM Grand Champion Millwork Byway Kaden-ET, Junior Champion Solid-Gold Tatoo Apollo3-ET, Chase Eller & Bryanna Mills, PA. Ethan Foor, PA.

JUNIOR SHOW Senior & Grand Champion: Cherry-Lor Dback Raven (Diamondback), 1st 4-Year-Old, Cael Hembury, PA Reserve Senior & Grand Champion: Show-Mar Crush Everyone (Crush), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Wesley Brantner, PA Intermediate Champion: Walk-Le Doorman 2391 (Doorman), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Brianna Walker, PA Junior Champion: Sweet-Pease Altitu Ailani-ET (Altitude), 1st Winter Heifer Calf, Madison Soden, PA

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MARYLAND SPRING HOLSTEIN SHOW April 16, 2022 · West Friendship, MD · Judge Josh Sanders, PA · 100 Head

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Pheasant Echo’s HO Meghan (High Octane), 1st 5-Year-Old, Byron Stambaugh, MD

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Peace&Plenty Kenosh Cuisine (Kenosha), 1st 4-Year-Old, Peace & Plenty Farms LLC, MD

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Milksource Byway Affection (Byway), 1st Aged Cow, Kueffner Holsteins & Scott Armbrust, MD

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Harcliff Solo Bambi-ET (Solomon), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Ernest Kueffner & Terri Packard and Rodney Hetts, MD

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Peace&Plenty Doc Jubie19-ET (King Doc), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Peace & Plenty Farms LLC, MD

Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Harcliff Solo Bambi-ET, Ernest Kueffner & Terri Packard and Rodney Hetts, MD; Reserve Grand Champion Pheasant Echo’s HO Meghan, Byron Stambaugh, MD; HM Grand Champion Peace&Plenty Kenosh Cuisine, Peace & Plenty Farms LLC, MD.

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Peace&Plenty Ski Jubie39-ET (Sidekick), 1st Summer Yearling, Peace & Plenty Farms LLC, MD

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ran-Can Warrior Camaro-ET (Warrior), 2nd Summer Yearling, Ran-Can Holsteins, PA

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Borderview Unix Jessie-ET (Unix), 1st Fall Calf, Matt & Sarah Hawbaker and Tim & Sharyn Abbott, MD

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Intermediate & Grand Champion Harcliff Solo Bambi-ET, Ernest Senior & Reserve Grand Champion Pheasant Echo’s HO Meghan, Kueffner & Terri Packard and Rodney Hetts, MD. Byron Stambaugh, MD.

Peace & Plenty Farms LLC, MD

JUNIOR SHOW Senior & Grand Champion: Sutton Avalanche Eden-ET (Avalanche), 5th Aged Cow, Jillian Sutton, MD Reserve Senior & Grand Champion: Pheasant Echo’s Hez Dell (Hezekiah), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Atley Miller, MD Intermediate Champion: Budjon Abbott Attention-ET (Cinderdoor), 4th Senior 3-YearOld, Trinity Miller, MD Junior Champion: Pheasants Echo’s DiazRed-ET (Analyst), 4th Summer Yearling, Trinity Miller, MD

Reserve Senior & HM Grand Champion Peace&Plenty Kenosh Junior Champion Peace&Plenty Ski Jubie39-ET, Peace & Plenty Cuisine, Peace & Plenty Farms LLC, MD. Farms LLC, MD.

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A Visit with Illinois Milking Shorthorn Breeders

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llinois will host the National Milking Shorthorn Convention this coming month and we took the opportunity to visit with several breeders throughout the state to learn more about their individual operations and breeding programs.

HALPIN FARMS Four generations of the Halpin family own and operate the farm, located in Cullom.

William and Julia were married in 1938 and received two bred heifers as a wedding present, starting the Milking Shorthorn tradition on the farm. Today, George, along with his children Mike and Amy, and grandkids (the 4th generation) operate the farm. The operation consists of 100 head milked at two local dairies - Mackinson Dairy and Erdman Dairy - with the calves, heifers and dry cows housed at the home farm. Halpins also crop an extensive amount of acres, keeping the family busy year-round.

The breeding philosophy is straightforward - breed for type and longevity while emphasizing quality feet and legs and superior udders.

There are a few main cow families that have excelled over the years. Halpins Mona-EXP (EX-91) is an Othello daughter

2019 was just one of many banner years for the Halpin family at the Illinois State Fair!

Halpins Mona II (2E-92), Reserve Grand Champion at World Dairy Expo in 2013.

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that was All-American Senior 2-YearOld and Reserve Grand Champion of the International Junior Show in 2002, and Reserve All-American and Reserve Intermediate Champion of the Open Show in 2003. Mona also was Grand Champion at Harrisburg and Louisville during those years. Numerous generations of “Monas” have gone on to compete in the showring, including her daughter Melody (EX-93) who was Reserve Grand Champion at Harrisburg and All-American 4-YearOld in 2008. Her daughter, Mona II (2E92), followed in her dam and grandam’s steps, earning banners at Harrisburg and Louisville and Reserve Grand Champion honors at Expo in 2013. Mona II is owned with Matt Mackinson.

Another winning family is that of Halpins Ruthanne (2E-94). Ruthanne was Reserve Grand Champion at Louisville in 2014 and named Best Udder of the International Milking Shorthorn Show that year. She was also All-American 4-Year-Old in 2013 after winning Madison and named HM Grand Champion behind Mona II. Her son by Mudslinger, Halpins Muddy Rockstar, has been a very popular type sire over the last five years and was named Premier Sire of the Heifer Show at Madison in 2021.

With the impressive families they are working with, it’s no surprise the Halpins have exhibited a Grand Champion four times both at Harrisburg and Louisville and have four Reserve Grand Champion banners from Madison, and countless championships from Illinois State Fair.

They have earned over 50 All-American titles and 20 Reserve All-Americans. In 2021, they had the HM All-American Junior Best 3 group along with 4 Junior All-

Mikes-Dar exhibited the Junior and Reserve Junior Champion at the 2019 International Milking Shorthorn Show.

American Nominations including Junior All-American Junior 2-Year-Old, Halpins Lapdog Misfit, owned by Mike’s sons Colt and Owen.

MIKES-DAR FARM & DREAM CHASER GENETICS Dave and Betty Gregory bought their current farm in Harvard in 1986. The farm now has three generations involved - Dave & Betty, their sons Mike & Darrin, and Mike’s children, Colton & Danielle. The farm milks 65 cows. The farm started out being primarily registered Red & White Holsteins. Tim Baumgartner was their key mentor (and still is to this current day) on getting involved with type and showing competitively. The farm has had Red & White All-Americans in all classes.

In 2005, Dave sent Mike to purchase their first Milking Shorthorn. Mike and Dave bought a just fresh 2-year-old and her polled calf, who they thought had potential down the road. That cow was North Star Now You See Stars (2E-95), who produced over 115,000 lbs milk, 4,856 lbs fat, and 3,406 lbs protein. She became the foundation cow and helped grow the herd to what it is today. The breeding philosophy is strongly based around type and strong milking components.

Darrin married Katie Agnew of Mapleton Valley Farm, in 2018, and will move to Wisconsin to be apart of their herd.

Mike Gregory and his significant other, Michelle Upchurch, started their own farm in 2021, Dream Chaser Genetics.

Mike bought a 15 acre farm in Hebron, 15 minutes from the home farm. Here, MikeDar Farm’s and Dream Chaser Genetic’s show cows, heifers and marketable bulls

Dream Chaser Genetics has followed suit, claiming Junior Champion honors at Expo in 2021.

are housed. In their inaugural show year, they exhibited 4 All-Americans, 3 Reserve All-Americans, 1 HM All-American with 9 nominations total. Since 2019, they’ve had 2 Junior Champions (including in 2021), 1 Reserve Junior Champion and 1 HM Junior Champion at World Dairy Expo and Grand Champion at NAILE in 2020.

They also bred and still own the top Proven PPR bull (+111), Mikes-Dar Titan ET, who has sired several All-American nominated daughters. He also ranks #1 for Milk and Protein and #2 for Fat. His dam is Vinra CD Trilium (4E-92), who made over 150,000 lbs. milk in 9 lactations and was a 2x Reserve Junior All-American.

Between both farms, they currently have cow families that hold bloodlines going back to Stars, Palm Pixie, Cabernet, Rubens Roxy, Trilium, Christina, Clarification, Mix-P, Peri, Lady Luck, Zues Lala, Oakleigh, Caliente, O’Royce, O’Raely, Lime, Sahara, Stella 905, and many many more!

Most importantly, they would like to dedicate this and everything to Dave & Betty Gregory. The next generations are living out their dreams and continue to build on solid cow families.

They would also like to thank Jerry King, Kingsdale Farm, and all of their partners for trusting them and trusting the process.

NEV’R IDLE FARM George Isom Baxter moved to a farm in south-central Illinois near Newman in 1908.

His son Stanley started the current milking shorthorn herd in 1935. Continuing the herd was Stanley’s son, George, and in the 1950s milked up to 25 head .

Today, the next two generations manage the farm: George’s son Mark, and Mark’s son, Matt, and Matt’s wife, Kristen. They have a cow-calf operation and milk their top show animals during show season.

“Our breeding philosophy is to raise

the best show quality animals and also excellent meat quality when processed with our feeder calves,” said Matt.

The Baxter’s favorite cow family is the Fairy’s Maid family. “My grandpa had almost a 100 animals from that family before he retired and we have continued with many more,” commented Matt. For the last 20 years since Matt has been involved, he has aimed for the best framed animals to continue building and breeding high quality show animals. And this philosophy has paid dividends. Numerous animals from the Fairy’s Maid family have been show winners at the state and national level. In 2017, B&B Fairy’s Magic, sired by Rockstar, was named Reserve All-American Winter Yearling. The following year, she was Intermediate and Reserve Grand Champion at the Illinois State Fair, and placed second at World Dairy Expo, earning her another Reserve All-American title. In 2019, she earned yet another All-American Nomination after placing 4th at Expo and winning the Illinois State Fair. After an abbreviated show season in 2020, Magic still came away with an HM All-American title as well as a max score.

One of Magic’s most promising daughters is Nevr Idle TikTok, sired by Triple Crown.

She was HM Junior Champion at Louisville in and was Nominated All-American Winter Yearling in 2021. There are two other daughters and one granddaughter of Magic as well on the farm.

TRIPLE S GENETICS Triple S Genetics started in 2001 as a 4-H project for Samantha, Savannah, Sadie, and Darren Ropp of Strawn. Originally, they started with Jerseys and in 2006, they branched out into the Milking Shorthorn breed with the help of George and Mike Halpin. When Samantha was in college and dating Josh Fairbanks, they also become involved with Holsteins and Red & Whites.

In 2016, Samantha and Josh were married and the Fairholm prefix was created. In May 2021, Josh and Samantha welcomed their first child, Knox.

Sam, Darren, Josh and Knox with their first Illinois State Fair Grand Champion, Triple S Lad Laidbacknlazy-EXP. show ring. This is also true for the Jersey, Holstein, and Red & Whites, however we also use genomics to help make those breeding decisions as well,” commented Samantha.

Halpins America was Triple S’s very first taste of success in the show ring. In 2006, she was Junior Champion of the Illinois State Fair Junior Show and went on to be 4th in the Open Show and 1st Junior at Madison. Since then, they have had numerous All-American nominations with 2021 being a highlight: 6 total nominations including 2 Reserve All-Americans, and the Unanimous All-American Junior Best 3 Females.

The entire Triple-S Milking Shorthorn herd except for the one purchased animal goes back to Halpins Angel. She had four daughters, three of which they owned or showed.

One of the current favorites is Triple S Lad Laidbacknlazy-EXP (EX-92 93-MS), who was their very first Grand Champion at Illinois State Fair and is a 2x All-American Nominee who is just fresh again with her 4th calf.

As for the other breeds they are working with, cow families include: Silvermaple Damion Camomile (EX-95); All-American Ms-Aol Cntndr Revive-Red (EX-94); Big Guns Jamacia Vanilla (EX-95); and, Lochdale Shaquille Missy-Red (EX-93).

In total, there are 25 cows in the milking herd. The cows are milked in Iowa at Josh's aunt and uncle’s, Doug and Jody Fairbanks, Wapsi-Ana Dairy. There are currently four Milking Shorthorns consisting of 3 VG 2-year-olds and one max score 4-year-old Triple S Lad Laidbacknlazy-EXP. B&B Fairy’s Magic, HM All-American 4-Year-Old in 2020, Nominated 2019 and Reserve All-American in 2017 & 2018.

“Our goal with the Milking Shorthorns is showing, so we try to select bulls from cow families that have been successful in the

Triple S Genetics won the Junior Best 3 group at Expo and then went on to be name Unanimous All-American in 2021.

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HALPINS RUTHANNE 4E-94 95-MS

INNISFAIL-WO MEGA LADY LUCK EX-90

Res Grand Champ, Winter Nat’l ‘14 & Best Udder, WDE ‘14 Granddaughter by Petrone sells

Granddaughters and great-granddaughters sell by Petrone, Marshas Money and Bender

ELRON MEGADEATH WAVELAND-EXP EX-94

HENKESEEN ROYALTY REASON VG-88

Reserve Grand Champion, WDE ‘17 Her daughter by De-Man-P sells

Unanimous All-American Junior 2-Year-Old ‘21 Selling a Choice by Wildside & Fall Calf Mat Sister by CyRide

TRILOW ZEUS LALA 2E-94

CORSTAR DEUCE MIX P-EXP-TW 3E-94

Una. All-American 4-Year-Old ‘19 Choice of 2 dtrs by Bentley & MD Justice & Cyride embryos

NATIONAL CONVENTION SALE COMMITTEE Chair: Darren Ropp 815-848-3424 Co-Chair: Mike Halpin 815-228-0777 Dakota Arthur 405-238-4318 Matt Borchardt 815-703-7638 Greg Clark 814-602-7101 Keith Fisher 814-932-3524 George Halpin 815-228-2631 Michelle Upchurch 530-720-2441 42 « COWSMOPOLITAN Late Spring 2022

All-American Junior 3-Year-Old ‘16 Selling her Wildside daughter

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HEAVENLY BADGERS LIME EX-91

Una. All-American ‘19 & Res. All-American Sr 3-Year-Old ‘21 Potential 6th Gen All-American Transformation dtr sells

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