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Issue 69 · Summer 2019

Gamlake Dairy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Holstein Canada AGM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Jersey Canada AGM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Land of Living Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Oceanbrae Milking Shorthorns. . . . . . . . 110 Pine Valley Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Reds Rocking the Show Ring. . . . . . . . . . . 60 Triangle Acres Brown Swiss. . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Genomics & Marketing Registered Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Mid-East Spring National. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Midwest Spring National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Northeast Spring National. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Southern Spring National . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Western Spring National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

All-European Championship. . . . . . . . . . . 14 BC Spring Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 California State Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Midwest All-Breeds Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 National Spring Showcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 NY Spring Dairy Carousel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Ohio Spring Dairy Expo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Ontario Spring Discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Quebec Spring Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Southern Spring Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Wisconsin Dairy Showcase. . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Wisconsin Spring Spectacular. . . . . . . . . 116

Best of Luck-E 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Canadian National Convention. . . . . . . . . 21 Franchise Kind III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 NY Spring Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Oakfield Spring Sensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Advertising Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Advertiser’s Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 An Exhibitor’s Viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Breeder Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Coming Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

From the Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Healthline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Making the Headlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Sale & Show Headlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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On the Cover: Western Spring National Holstein Show Grand Champion APGambo Atwood Keenan EX-94 has her sights set on fall. Read her story starting on page 12.

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“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”

MEISTER ECKHART

n a sense, every issue is a new beginning.

Iconversations You conduct interviews and have with breeders, many

of whom you’ve never met. You learn about their cattle, their families, and their operations. Every show you cover brings new names and new stars to the forefront.

Every sale and every animal sold begins new stories in new herds.

For us, this issue marks a true beginning the first produced under our ownership of Cowsmopolitan. On March 1, 2019 we took the leap and took the helm of this trusted brand. We dove directly into the heart of the spring show and sale season, and just started swimming! This issue highlights much of our travels and many of our conversations. We’re delighted to share it with you.

A truly heartfelt thanks to Lexi & Ella Wright for trusting us with their ‘baby.’ In the past 15 years, these two incredible women, along with their parents, Don & Carol, transformed a regional tabloid from Western Canada into the glossy, gorgeous all-breeds magazine you know today. We’re building on their foundation and we’re grateful for their continued help and advice.

Once the plans were set and the agreement was signed for our purchase of Cowsmopolitan this past winter, we had the sudden and unexpected opportunity to purchase HolsteinWorld. We both grew up with Holstein herds, and we both are past employees of the World, so needless to say, the publication held a dear place in our hearts. We knew it was a unique chance to bring this respected breed magazine under the Cowsmopolitan umbrella, and we are delighted to be the new stewards of HolsteinWorld. At the present time, we’re combining the two publications into one under the title of Cowsmopolitan, but with a HolsteinWorld section in every issue, focusing on Holstein breed content.

The purchase of HolsteinWorld also included the rights to run the HolsteinWorld All-American contests.

We look forward to administering these contests with clarity, transparency, and integrity; to continue the ‘gold standard’ tradition upheld by the World since 1922.

We’ve got some exciting plans for the 2019 contests! From the announcement of the nominees to notifying the winners, we aim to bring sparkle and vitality back to the competitions. Our goal is to modernize the timeline in order to be relevant in the digital/social media age, yet still give people the more lasting printed media

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platform to promote their success!

With the added content from the AllAmerican Holstein and Jersey contests, and with our agreement with the RWDCA to publish their All-American R&W contest pages, we’re pleased to announce we are moving from five to seven issues in 2020.

As the industry, staffing, and finances allow, we hope to be adding more issues in the coming years, with the eventual goal of being a monthly purebred dairy cattle publication covering events and promoting breeders across North America.

Here, we suppose, is where we should include a quote about pursuing your passion. But, if you’re holding this magazine or reading this online, we know you have passion for the purebred dairy cow. We also know you’re tired, or dejected, or stressed, or all of those things. The past few years have been tough, really tough, for anyone in this business, and we’ve seen many of our friends exit the industry.

So why would we make the investment in Cowsmopolitan in 2019? In a print magazine? In the dairy business? We asked ourselves that (and so did others!) when we were weighing the decision. And we kept circling back, and circling back, to

“Yes! Let’s do this!”Why? Of course, we both love this business - both the cattle and the media aspects. Of course, the opportunity to take over the helm of Cowsmo, instead of building something entirely from scratch, made it easier.

But the main deciding factor was you.

The breeders, marketers, buyers, sellers, and lovers of the purebred dairy cow, no matter her color. You’re still here. You’re still doing it, come hell or high water. And we are too. We’re here to promote, inform, and cheerlead your progress and your achievements. We plan on being your partner and advocate for many years to come!

We’ll see you this summer and fall at the conventions, the sales and on the show circuit. Please let us know what you like, what we can improve, and how we can serve you better in future issues and with our digital properties.

With a respectful tip of the hat to the past, here’s to new beginnings and brighter days ahead!

Julie&Kathleen

Julie & Kathleen with Scenic-Edge Jordan-Red, who captured eight Junior Champion titles this spring. @Frank Robinson

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WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF GAMLAKE DAIRY, PETALUMA, CA

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ust two years ago, the Gambonini family exhibited at World Dairy Expo for the first time. Their goal for the week was simple: place in the Top 10 with their two Holsteins in the Junior Show. Not only would Keenan and Sallie each medal, but Gamlake Dairy quickly became a name the biggest players in the Holstein show world would recognize after 2017. While their success over the last two years has made them a household name, it has been the work and dedication over the last century that has gotten them to where they are today.

A CENTURY IN THE MAKING Silvio Gambonini purchased a ranch in Petaluma, CA, in 1913, and began a grade Holstein farm. The farm, located in the heart of wine country in Sonoma County, has remained in the Gambonini family, passed onto Earl and Ester, then George and Margaret, and now the next generation: Frank and Stacey, and their daughters, Francesca (23), Alexandra (22) and Samantha (16).

While the farm has always been home to Holsteins, Frank and Stacey saw an opportunity to cater to a growing niche market. “We transitioned to an organic herd in 2007,” Frank commented. “We already pastured our cows, had an ideal location in Petaluma, and saw the growing trend of organic milk.”

Today, the farm and all 200 cows are certified organic, with milk shipped to Sierra Organics. The herd is raised on pasture year-round, and supplemented with a mixed grain, alfalfa hay and a winter forage silage. “There are a lot of feedstuffs that aren’t available in the organic market,” noted Frank. “Products just aren’t as available, or the quality might not be as good, but we make it work with what we have.”

don’t breed heavy for production,” noted Frank. “It’s hard to feed cows organically and push for milk.”

One of Frank’s favorite bulls is Mogul, which he still uses currently. “The calves are always healthy, they calve in with good udders, and they aren’t too big for our operation.” While functional type has always been a focus for the herd, of lately, they’ve started to use more show-type bulls including Artist *RC, Crush, King Doc, There are also very specific herd health Unstopabull and Ammo P. About 65% of regulations the farm has to follow. the herd is registered, and of the classified “Vaccinations and preventable medicine is cows, they have 18 EX, 36 VG and 49 GP. big in organics,” Frank said. “We can still care Frank’s father, George, began buying for our cows, just with different products, registered Holsteins for Frank and his like probiotics and aspirin.” All products sisters when they were younger. “He used on the farm has to be organically thought it would be neat for us to show,” sourced, manufactured properly, and the Frank mentioned. While Frank and his accompanying paperwork kept on file. sisters would only show on the local level, While their nutrition and herd health the spirit of competition was ingrained does have different protocols than what in him, and that would be something he traditional farms are used to, it doesn’t would pass along to his daughters. limit their ability to breed for the kind of DREAMS TURNED TO REALITY cows that most dairymen are looking for - functional, sound, healthy cows with the Frankie, Alex and Sammi Gambonini took ability to milk. “We focus on a lot on fertility an interest in the dairy all at young ages. and DPR, since we can’t use hormones “At a very young age, I fell in love with the in our repro program,” said Frank. “And Holstein cow,” Alex commented. “The fact components are important since we are a that I had no cows registered under my name didn’t deter me from thinking that pasture herd.” every cow on Gamlake Dairy was mine for The herd has a current RHA of 22,811M the taking.” In 2005, Frank gifted Alex her 3.8F 3.3P. “Because we are organic, we first registered cow, which further sparked passion for the dairy industry.

While the family saw moderate success at the local level, Alex had bigger goals in mind. She exhibited at the California State Show for the first time in 2012. “Ever since I had taken ‘Extra Mile’ to my first state show, I had dreamed of winning a champion title at World Dairy Expo with one of my very own cows,” she commented.

During their 4-H years, Frank gifted his girls heifers from sound, yet average cow families, “as my father always believed that we needed to earn our calves by working to get the best ones and having enough knowledge to know they are the best,” stated Alex.

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APGambo Atwood Keenan EX-94 is undefeated in 2019, winning Calfornia and Western Spring National. Photos © Cowmso

With her passion for showing and dairy judging expanding through her teenage years, Alex continued to work hard with

her animals and compete throughout California. In 2017, she showed APGambo Atwood Keenan as a Junior 3-Year-Old in the open show at the Sonoma County Fair.

“John Cunningham of R-John Holsteins told me that Keenan was good enough to go to Expo,” show recalled. “He offered me the opportunity to send her back with his show string to Joe and Amber Price’s in Illinois leading up to Expo.”

The family decided to also send 5-Year-Old Gamlake Destry Sallie owned by Sammi to the show. Sallie was Reserve Grand Champion at State Fair the year before, but was dry when she went to Illinois. “Even though we didn’t know how she would calve out, we sent Sallie, too,” commented Frank. “We didn’t know if the girls would ever have a chance to show at Expo again.”

The cows made the 2000 mile trip across country in mid-August, and Sallie calved in early September. “Joe called us and said she looked really nice,” Alex recalled.

“I was incredibly thankful and appreciative to John, Joe and Amber, and to even be at Expo,” commented Alex, “but when Keenan went on to not only win the Junior 3-YearOld class, but be named Intermediate Champion, I was beyond ecstatic.”

Sallie also held her own in class, placing third and was named Best Bred & Owned.

“To have both girls have Bred & Owned winners at Expo was really special,” remarked Frank. “And both cows are from the original herd, from average cow families!” To cap it off, Keenan was selected as Bred & Owned Champion of the Junior Show. “I talked to my dad right after the show,” Frank recalled, “and he said the best moment for him was watching the show on ExpoTV and seeing Alex and Sammi walk out of the ring together and high-fiving! They got to enjoy a once-in-alifetime moment together.”

Sallie named Reserve Grand Champion at BC Spring Show, Reserve Senior Champion at CA State Show and Western Spring National and Grand Champion of the CA Junior Show. Keenan was the winning 4-Year-Old at Western Spring and CA State Show, and was Reserve Grand Champion of the CA Junior Show for Alex in her last year as a Junior.

“We are so thankful for the care that RuAnn, Graisson and Mandy give our girls,” commented Alex. “They have been awesome to work with and we are excited about the future.”

And when asked about the future of Gamlake Dairy, Frank responded candidly, “Everyone knows the dairy economy isn’t great right now, so we’re looking at options so that we can keep doing what we love with the cows.” And like so many dairies in California, diversification may be the key, with a proposed vineyard in 2020 being the answer for the Gambonini family.

While Keenan wouldn’t make the trip to Madison in 2018, Sallie did at over a year milking. But on this trip, it was her time to shine. Not only did she win the Aged Cow Class, she was selected as Bred & Owned Champion, Senior and Grand Champion and Reserve Supreme Champion of So far, all the girls have expressed the Junior Show. She classified EX-94 interested to stay involved in the 2E a week after Madison and earned dairy industry. Frankie is attaining her Unanimous Junior All-American honors.

Master’s Degree in Animal Science with Keenan freshened in January 2019, scored a concentration in Reproductive Biology; EX-94 in February, and once again wowed Alex starts Grad School at the University of judges. She was Grand Champion at both Minnesota this fall in Applied Economics the California State Show and Western in the Ag Department; and Sammi, just Spring National Show. If all goes well, a Sophomore in high school, is active in she’ll once again make the trip to Expo. FFA and Junior Holstein work and looks Sallie isn’t due to calve till December, so forward to continuing her showing career. her eyes are set to 2020.

With the support of family, and friends With both cows no longer in the organic across the country, the Gambonini family operation, they have been flushed has had the opportunity to live out lifelong at RuAnn. Sallie has pregnancies by dreams,. And now, with the taste of victory on a national level, they are Artist and Undenied, and ready and excited for the Crush and Tatoo next chapter. daughters.

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By Julie L. Ashton a natural VG85 RC Polled Addiction.

Keenan has a natural Mogul daughter at Gamlake that is VG-85 and milks well, and a Namesake due in June owned by John Cunningham.

2017 ended on a high note, with Keenan named Junior All-American Junior 3-YearOld and Sallie nominated Junior All-American 5-YearOld. During this time, the Gambonini family formed a partnership with RuAnn Dairy and Graisson and Mandy Schmidt and the cows moved to Riverdale, CA. Both cows started out 2018 Sammie, Alex, Frank and Stacey Gambonini with Judge Chris Hill who where 2017 left off, with selected Gamlake Destry Sallie EX-94 as Grand Champion at the WDE Junior Show.

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ALL-EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW APRIL 12-13, 2019, LIBR AMONT, BELGIUM

he atmosphere was unmatched and T the excitement was overflowing at the All-European Championship Show, held April 12-13 in Libramont, Belgium.

Judge Mark Nutsford selected the Swiss-owned winning Aged Cow, Du Rahun Chelios Heline EX-94 2E, as Grand Champion of this year’s show.

Led by Brian Carscadden of Ontario, the Chelios daughter owned by Junker, Staub & Al.Be.Ro, is no stranger to the show ring. A month prior to Libramont, she was first and Reserve Udder Champion at the Swiss National Show at Expo Bulle. In January, she was HM Grand Champion and Champion Udder at Swiss Expo. The previous year, she earned Reserve Grand Champion honors at the same show. She first caught the eyes of the world at the 2016 European Championship in Colmar when she was named Intermediate Champion.

“There is so hype and suspense with this show,” commented Brian Carscadden.

“Because it only happens every three years, and it’s country vs country, it’s like the Olympics of the dairy world. The patriotism of every country is so evident and makes the atmosphere second-tonone.”

For Reserve honors, Judge Nutsford tapped Sunibelle Dempsey Esprit EX94, owned by Markus Von Känel, Nicolas Sudan, Gary Jones, Pat Conroy, Agriber & Quim Serrabassa, CH. Again, no stranger to the colored shavings, Esprit earned Supreme Champion honors at Swiss Expo and Reserve Champion at Expo Bulle in 2019, and was Champion Udder at Expo Bulle in 2018. Gary Jones has had the honor of leading Espirit numerous times.

Honorable Mention Grand Champion honors went to the Junior Cow Champion, Comestar Doorman O’Katrysha VG-87. The winning Intermediate 2-Year-Old Cow is owned

by WTS Genetics, Kurt Willmann and Comestar Holsteins. Her dam is a Windbrook daughter of All-American Lovhill Goldwyn Katrysha EX-96.

M.E. Dal Long P Dandy VG-88 was the winning Senior 3-Year-Old and Intermediate Champion for Errera Holsteins & Di Davide Errera of Italy.

She then went on to sell in the 1st European Masters Sale held that evening for €19,000 to Joe Schweigen

Lady Gaga EX-97 was honored with a standing ovation before the Production Class, where she placed 2nd.

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Reserve Grand Champion Sunibelle Dempsey Esprit

of Luxembourg. Earlier this spring, she placed 3rd at the National Show Cremona 20 days fresh and 2nd at the International Show Montichiari. In 2018, she was 1st, Best Udder and HM 2-YearOld at the International Show Verona.

One of the highlights of the show was the tribute given to Lady Gaga, a perennial show favorite across Europe.

Owned by Henrik Wille and classified at EX-97, she is a star in Germany and received a standing ovation from the crowd in Libramont. She would go on to place 2nd in the Production Class.

Judge Markus Gerber, CH, selected Pasteque EX-94 2E as Grand Champion of the Red Holstein Show for Roger Frossard, CH. The winning 4-Year-Old & Over Cow was also Grand Champion at the Swiss Expo Red Holstein Show in January and earned Reserve honors in 2017.

Red Junior Champion Cow & HM Grand Champion was Ptit Coeur Lotus Barbalala VG-87 88-MS, the winning Senior 2-Year-Old, also owned by Roger Frossard. She was Red Junior Champion at Expo Bull 2018 and was the winning Milking Yearling and Reserve Intermediate Champion at the 2018 Swiss Expo Red Holstein Show.

Switzerland took home the Best Country Awards in both the Holstein and Red Holstein competitions, winning seven classes and capturing 14 Champion titles!

Grand Champion Du Rahun Chelios Heline

HOLSTEIN

102 Head Judge: Mark Nutsford, UK; Associate Attilio Tocchi, IT

JUNIOR COW & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Comestar Doorman O’Katrysha (Doorman), 1st Intermediate 2-Year-Old, WTS Genetics, Kurt Willmann, CH

RESERVE JUNIOR COW CHAMPION

Ptit Coeur Unix Maniolia (Unix), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Roger Frossard, CH

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

M.E. Dal Long P Dandy (Long P), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Errera Holsteins & Di Davide Errera, IT

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Talentueuse De Grandcourt (Goldday), 1st Intermediate 3-Year-Old, Guy & Florence Jonette & Claire Bouvy, BE

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Du Rahun Chelios Heline (Chelios), 1st Aged Cow, Junker, Staub, Al.Be.Ro, CH

Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Du Rahun Chelios Heline, Junker, Staub, Al.Be.Ro, CH; Reserve Grand Champion Sunibelle Dempsey Esprit, M Von Kanel, N Sudan, G Jones, P Conroy, Agriber & Quim Serrabassa, CH.

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Sunibelle Dempsey Esprit (Dempsey), 1st 5-YearOld, Markus Von Känel, Nicolas Sudan, Gary Jones, Pat Conroy, Agriber & Quim Serrabassa, CH

JUNIOR 2-YEAR-OLD (9)

1. Ptit Coeur Unix Maniolia (Unix), Roger Frossard, CH 2. (BU) CPP High Octane Tchoupette (High Octane), Papaux Currat & Eric & Oscar Dupasquier, CH

INTERMEDIATE 2-YEAR-OLD (10)

1. (BU) Comestar Doorman O’Katrysha (Doorman), WTS Genetics , Kurt Willmann, CH 2. Agh Lola (Fitz), Allevanmento Beltramino & Bag 2 & Ladina, IT

SENIOR 2-YEAR-OLD (9)

1. Bollehoster Adele (Pitbull), Van der Eijk Holsteins, NL 2. (BU) Ptit Coeur Silver Milvena (Silver), Roger Frossard, CH

JUNIOR 3-YEAR-OLD (11)

1. (BU) Dotti 1st Magie Noir (Alta1stclass), Errera Holsteins, Davide Errera & Allevamento Nure, IT 2. Myclisme de la Roche Synergy (Synergy), Gaec Pom’Holstein, Ferme Opal & Rey Holsteins, FR

INTERMEDIATE 3-YEAR-OLD (13)

1. (BU) Talentueuse De Grandcourt (Goldday), Guy & Florence Jonette & Claire Bouvy, BE 2. LOH TJ Alessja (Armani), Lohmoller, Melbaum, Nosbich & Blaise, DE

Junior Cow & HM Grand Champion Comestar Doorman O’Katrysha, WTS Genetics , Kurt Willmann, CH.

SENIOR 3-YEAR-OLD (13)

1. (BU) ME Dal Long P Dandy (Long P), Errera Holsteins & Di Davide Errera, IT 2. Dolly (Ladd P), Errera Holsteins & Di Davide Errera & Agriber & Ladina & Pastore, IT

4-YEAR-OLD (10)

1. (BU) Riverdane Ashlyns Gold (Gold Chip), J&L Wilson, UK 2. Eha Jevea (Dempsey), Gaec Toulze, Gauthier & Angau, FR

5-YEAR-OLD (10)

1. (BU) Sunibelle Dempsey Esprit (Dempsey), Markus Von Känel, Nicolas Sudan, Gary Jones, Pat Conroy, Agriber & Quim Serrabassa, CH 2. Bons-Holsteins Koba 219 (Lauthority), Bons Holsteins & Westcoast Holsteins, NL

Intermediate Champion RtoL: Intermediate Champion M.E. Dal Long P Dandy, Errera Holsteins & Di Davide Errera; Reserve Intermediate Champion Talentueuse De Grandcourt, Guy & Florence Jonette & Claire Bouvy, BE.

AGED COW (7)

1. (BU) Du Rahun Chelios Heline (Chelios), Junker, Staub, Al.Be.Ro, CH 2. Du Bon Kent Inkapa (Brawler), Allevamento Beltramino, Bag 2 & Allevamento Nure, Bach 7 Sarreri, IT

PRODUCTION COW (10)

1. (BU) Gourmande (Jayz), Gaec Du Tombuy, FR 2. Lady Gaga (Modest), Henrik Wille, DE

BEST COUNTRY

1. Switzerland 2. France 3. Netherlands

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RED HOLSTEIN

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Judge: Markus Gerber, CH Associate Judge: Attilio Tocchi, IT

JUNIOR COW & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Ptit Coeur Lotus Barbalala (Lotus), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Roger Frossard, CH

RESERVE JUNIOR COW CHAMPION

Nena (Armani), 2nd 3-Year-Old, Marc & Erhard Junker, CH

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Pasteque (Mr Savage), 1st 4-Year-Old & Older, Roger Frossard, CH

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Plattery Armani Brook (Armani), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Christian Menoud, CH

2-YEAR-OLD (7)

1. Antimonium Holsteins Snowred (Petisso), Antimonium Holsteins, LU 2. Drouner DH Aiko 1445 (Sympati Pat), Drouner Holsteins, NL

Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Pasteque, Roger Frossard, CH; Reserve Grand Champion Plattery Armani Brook, Christian Menoud, CH.

JUNIOR 3-YEAR-OLD (9)

1. (BU) Ptit Coeur Lotus Barbalala (Lotus), Roger Frossard, CH 2. Nena (Armani), Marc & Erhard Junker, CH

SENIOR 3-YEAR-OLD (8)

1. Plattery Armani Brook (Armani), Christian Menoud, CH 2. Mattenhof Armani Sayuri (Armani), Gobeli Holstein, CH

4-YEAR-OLD & OLDER (4)

1. Pasteque (Mr Savage), Roger Frossard, CH 2. Gen-I-Beq Inaika FG (Detox), Earl Lepoint, FR

COUNTRY HERD OF 4 (4)

1. Switzerland 3. Netherlands

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Junior Cow Champion RtoL: Junior Cow & HM Grand Champion Senior & Grand Champion Pasteque, Roger Frossard, CH. Ptit Coeur Lotus Barbalala, Roger Frossard, CH; Reserve Junior Cow Champion Nena, Marc & Erhard Junker, CH.

AN EXHIBITOR’S VIEWPOINT ...

“You always hope that you’re going to win, but you just never know,” commented Gary Jones after his Reserve Grand win at the European Championship this spring.

Gary is part owner of Sunibelle Dempsey Esprit EX-94, who won the 5-Year-Old class in Libramont and was selected as Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion.

“The top end is extremely competitive at this show,” Gary commented. “Esprit is really a modern cow, very European-style, not too big, really balanced and has a beautiful udder.”

Gary fell in love with Esprit from the first day he saw her. “I was working for Markus Von Känel before Swiss Expo in 2018 and went to the farm of Nicolas Sudan for the first time. He showed me a few cows, and when I saw Esprit, she blew me away instantly.” Gary sent photos and called his good friend Pat Conroy, who told him “to just buy her!” The deal was finalized just two days before Swiss Expo.

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and ended up second in her class.”

Nicolas kept Esprit until the National Holstein Show at Expo Bulle in March, where she walked away with Grand Champion Udder. “After she won her class there and was Best Udder, people really started talking about her,” Gary remarked.

Esprit was pregnant to Sexed Chief and moved to Markus’ farm a month after Bulle. “He is as good as there is in the world at getting cows ready,” stated Gary. She calved in late fall 2018 with her sights set on Swiss Expo.

She came out and wowed the crowd and Judge Pascal Henchoz, who tapped her as Grand Champion. She would go on later to capture Supreme Champion honors of Swiss Expo 2019. Following the show, Agriber & Quim Serrabassa approached the partners and would buy into Esprit.

After a 2nd place finish in class at Expo Bulle, she was selected as Grand Champion Udder and Reserve Grand.

When news broke just weeks before Libramont that the Holstein UK team

wouldn’t be participating because of a Bluetonge outbreak, Gary felt for the team.

“Because the show is every three years, you make breeding and management decisions based on that, and there’s tons of time and expense put into it.” However, a solution for the necessary quarantine time was determined, and a team was able to compete. “The show would have been different without those cows and exhibitors there,” Gary said.

Ultimately, Esprit won her class in Libramont and was selected as Reserve Grand Champion. “It’s all personal preference,” Gary commented. “You can give reasons both ways between the top two cows.”

Esprit is bred to Sexed Crushtime and is due again in November. “Marcus will get her in good shape for Swiss Expo and Bulle,” Gary remarked. “Then we’ll probably flush her after Bulle.”

And even though the next European Championship wouldn’t be held till 2022, Gary says they will keep that show in mind when thinking about Esprit’s future.

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NATIONAL SPRING SHOWCASE April 26, 2019, Charlottetown, PE · Judge Esteban Posada, Mexico

HOLSTEIN

149 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Cobequid Ally Opp (Alister), 1st Senior Calf, Cobequid Holsteins, NS

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Garden-State Airlift Expose (Airlift), 1st Summer Yearling, Browntown Holsteins, Conner Weeks, Porter Weeks & T&L Cattle, PE

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Eastside Lewisdale Chief Amaze (Chief ), 1st Senior Yearling, Bloyce Thompson, Lewis Bros & Diamond Hill, PE

Junior Champion Cobequid Ally Opp, Cobequid Holsteins, NS.

Intermediate Champion Eastriver Windhammer Ruth 405, Ferme Yvon Sicard & Pierre Boulet, QC.

PREMIER BREEDER - JUNIOR SHOW

Winterbay Farm, PE

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Eastriver Windhammer Ruth 405 (Windhammer), 1st 30 Month & Over, Ferme Yvon Sicard & Pierre Boulet, QC

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Tolamika Armani Will (Armani), 1st 2nd Lactation Cow Under 39 Months, Ferme Glauser & Fils Inc., QC

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Garay Dempsey Amazing (Dempsey), 1st 26-30 Months, Gaspar Fillion & Ricky & Elizabeth Hall, QC

Grand Champion Idee Windbrook Lynzi, Frank & Diane Borba, JM Reserve Grand Champion Loyalyn Goldwn June, Pierre Boulet, QC. Valley Holstein, Rick & Shannon Allyn & Stephane Gendreau, QC.

GRAND CHAMPION

Idee Windbrook Lynzi (Windbrook), 1st 5-YearOld, Frank & Diane Borba, JM Valley Holstein, Rick & Shannon Allyn & Stephane Gendreau, QC

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Loyalyn Goldwn June (Goldwyn), 1st Lifetime Production Cow, Pierre Boulet, QC

HM GRAND CHAMPION

Berautec Gold Fanta (Gold Chip), 1st 4-YearOld, Elitehaven Genetics, Frank & Diane Borba, Gerald Halbach & Lookout Holsteins, QC

PREMIER BREEDER

Lookout Holsteins, QC

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Bernadale Farm, PE

Intermediate Champion LtoR: Intermediate Champion Eastriver Premier Breeder, Lookout Farm, left, and Premier Exhibitor Windhammer Ruth 405, Ferme Yvon Sicard & Pierre Boulet, Bernadale Farm.

QC; Reserve Intermediate Champion Tolamika Armani Will, Ferme Glauser & Fils Inc., QC; HM Intermediate Champion Garay Dempsey Amazing, Gaspar Fillion & Ricky & Elizabeth Hall, QC.

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CANADIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SALE April 25, 2019, Charlottetown, PE · Average $5100 on 65 lots

The Canadian National Holstein Convention Sale 2019 took place on April 25th in Charlottetown, PEI, in conjunction with the National Holstein Convention hosted by the Atlantic Holstein club. The sale averaged $5,100 on 65 live and choice lots.

Lot 1, Weeksdale Uno Rythm, a 4-year-old Uno daughter fresh again in February sold for $25,000 with 5 Denver eggs. Her EX92-3E-CAN Goldwyn dam was HM Grand Champion at the Atlantic Championship Show in 2012, then four more VG & EX dams.

She was consigned by Elmer Weeks, PE, and purchased by Rocky Allen & Weeksdale, PE. Several of the animals sold competed the following day at the National Holstein Show and placed in the Top 3: - Craggan Adgio Meadow, 1st Intermediate Calf purchased by Sequin, QC - Weeberlace Doorman Trixie, 2nd Intermediate Calf purchased by Bernadale Holsteins, PE - Weeberlac Jacoby Pandora, 3rd Junior Yearling purchased by Neil Sargent, ON - Winright Goldwyn Karamel, 3rd Senior Yearling purchased by T&L Cattle Co., Ferme Jacobs, Borderview & Frank & Diane Borba, BC

Weeksday Uno Rythm sold for $25,000 to Rocky Allen Congrats to an outstanding crew that helped make the National Convention Sale a & Weeksdale, and was consigned by Elmer Weeks, PE. success, ending with an average of $5100 on 65 lots!

- Blondin Avalanche Sasha, 2nd 25 mo. & under milking purchased by Gardenvale & Straitside, PE - Fleury Delta Elodie, 3rd 30 mo. & over milking purchased by Terry Beckett, ON - Vinbert Durbin Army, 3rd 2nd lac under 39 mo. purchased by T&L Cattle Co. & Ferme Jacobs, BC Weeksdale Uno Rythm . . . . . . . . . $25,000 (VG-87 fresh 2/19, sold with 5 #1 Denver embryos. Uno x 3E-92 Goldwyn x 4 VG/EX) Consignor: Elmer Weeks, PE Buyer: Rocky Allen & Weeksdale, PE Vinbert Durbin Army . . . . . . . . . . . $22,200 (VG-86 Junior 3-Year-Old x VG-86 Doorman x seven VG & EX dams from the Smithden Goldwyn Alexandra family) Consignor: Kingsway Farms, ON Buyer: T&L Cattle Co. & Ferme Jacobs, BC

Winright Goldwyn Karamel . . . . . $16,200 (1st Senior Yearling & Res. Junior Champion, QC Spring Show ‘19. Goldwyn x VG x 2E-93) Consignor: Winright & Mary Inn Holstein, ON Buyer: T&L Cattle Co., Ferme Jacobs, Borderview & Frank & Diane Borba, BC 1st C . Sidekick x Lynzi . . . . . . . . . . $14,200 (Mar ‘20 Sidekick x All-Canadian Lynzi EX-95) Consignor: JM Valley Holstein, Richard W. & Shannon Allyn, Stephanie Gendreau, Frank A. & Diane Borba, QC Buyer: Brian Slaughter, ON Fleury Delta Elodie . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 (VG-86 Senior 2-Year-Old fresh 12/18 from Crockett-Acres Elita VG-87 GMD DOM family) Consignor: Fleury Holsteins, PE Buyer: Terry Beckett, ON

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PEI WELCOMES HOLSTEIN MEMBERS FROM COAST-TO-COAST Members from across Canada gathered in Charlottetown, PEI, for the Holstein Canada National Convention, held April 24-27. The whole island set the stage for this year’s Convention, putting P.E.I.’s passion for the Holstein breed at the forefront. Thanks to the “Come From Away” theme and the hard work of the volunteer organizing committee, led

by Convention Chair Chris MacBeath, every visitor felt the best of the Island’s hospitality and dairy innovation.

Convention kicked off with farms tours at 16 participating operations across the Island. Great cows and well-managed herds were on display at facilities of all sizes and types.

Visitors also had a chance to attend the Spring Revelation Sale held at Eastriver Farms in the afternoon, followed by the National Convention Sale held that evening. See those reports on the following page!

The National Holstein Show was held the following day, with 149 quality Holsteins exhibited from six provinces and one

U.S. state. The complete show report can be found on page 20!

Friday evening concluded with the Prohibition Ball at PEI Brewing Company where 400 convention attendees celebrated the bootlegger tradition of the island. Most of the participants chose to dress in the flapper/bootlegger theme and the party went on long into the night!

At the 136th Holstein Canada Annual General Meeting on Saturday morning, President Harry Van der Linden discussed the future of Holstein Canada and its role in the changing industry, including the importance of supporting the Dairy Farmers of Canada Blue Cow campaign. President Van der Linden also presented the 2019-2021 Strategic Plan to the membership. In her message to the members, Holstein Canada CEO Ann Louise Carson gave updates on the state of the organization, highlighting records broken in both Classification and Registration in 2018. She also gave an overview of what will be a busy 2019,

with the launch of two field software projects that will better service clients.

Association members voted to adopt 7 of the 9 proposed resolutions and supported the by-law change presented by the Board of Directors. Also delivered were the financial reports and updates from Show & Judging, Classification, and Breed Advisory Committees.

Dairy Farmers of Canada President Pierre Lampron delivered a positive message to the attendees. He noted that while 2018 was a tough year for farmers, support across the industry and in the public gave us many reasons to hope for a great future. He thanked Holstein Canada for its role in the proAction® program, specifically in the fields of animal welfare and traceability.

Award presentations at the AGM included Century of Holsteins Award, which celebrates 100 years of continuous membership with Holstein Canada. The legacies of the Godfrey family (LILAC LODGE) of North Wiltshire, P.E.I. and the Fawcett family (FAWCETTDALE) of

HOLSTEIN CANADA AWARD PRESENTATIONS

LtoR: Past President Harry Van der Linden, Simon Boulet & Mariette Gagnon and President Gerald Schipper.

The Godfrey family celebrated 100 years of continuous members with Holstein Canada.

LtoR: President Gerald Schipper, Peter English, Bonnie Cooper and Past President Harry Van der Linden.

2018 MASTER BREEDER HERDS BENCO Benco Holsteins, BC BRABANTDALE Brabantdale Farms Ltd., ON BROOKVILLA Francis Campbell, NS CALBRETT Cormdale Genetics Inc., ON CARROLLVIEW Paul Martin, NS DARIDELITE Dari Delite Farm Ltd., BC FLEURY Fleury Holstein, QC 24 « COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019

FRONT VIEW Ferme Verhaegen Inc., QC GERANN Gerann Holsteins, ON HAMMING Hamming Holsteins Ltd., BC JOLIBOIS Ferme Rolandale Enr, QC KENNETCOOK Stanley White, NS MARFLOACRES Wayne & Karen Martin, ON MARSFIELD Gert & Sonja Schryver, AB

MISTY SPRINGS Misty Spring Holstein, ON OKADALE Ferme Okadale Inc., QC RED OAK Red Oak Farms, PE RODVEIL Rodveil Holstein, QC SPRUCECHO Spruchecho Farms Inc., ON WEEBERLAC Tim & Diane Groniger, ON WOODBRIDGE Woodbridge Holsteins, ON

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5. Albert Cormier was honored with his second Master Breeder Shield. 6. Birds-eye view of a rotary parlor. 7. Attendees were treated to an island favorite - oysters! 8. Imac heifer at Goldenflo Holsteins from their EX-94 Lheros Dallas family. 9. Master Breeder honorees from Nova Scotia celebrated their awards together. Photos © Cowsmo & Holstein Canada.

Winchester, Ontario were celebrated with the Century of Holsteins Award. Capping off a contest with a record number of submissions, it was Ferme Boulet and Ferme Vilmer of Quebec accepting the 2018 Cow of the Year title for Boulet Goldwyn Chalou. Holstein Canada also honored the 81-year history of Holstein Journal and the accomplishments of Bonnie Cooper and Peter English in keeping Holstein breeders across Canada informed and connected.

Following the AGM, the Board of Directors elected Gerald Schipper (SKIPWELL) of Aylmer, Ontario as the 2019-2020 Holstein Canada President.

President Schipper will be supported by 1st Vice-President Elyse Gendron (VAL

BISSON) of Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec, and 2nd Vice-President Nancy Beerwort (CHERRY CREST) of Martintown, Ontario.

Always the highlight of convention, the Master Breeder Gala capped off a fantastic week. To honor the Master Breeders from all regions of Canada, the celebration featured videos from 20 of the herds, with the families and Holstein Canada members showing their support at the banquet. The Master Breeder videos can be viewed on the Holstein Canada YouTube channel.

One of the most moving presentations for all those in attendance was for Albert Cormier of Cormdale Genetics Inc., ON. Albert, who has struggled with health problems for the last number of

years, climbed to the top of the dais to accept the award to vigorous cheers from the crowd. Several other Master Breeder award winners that evening cited Albert’s help and influence with their own Holstein herds and marketing success.

There was unanimous agreement that the Holstein breeders of Prince Edward Island put on a marvelous convention and had a marvelous time doing it.

Representatives from Saskatchewan were eager to take up the challenge and issued an invitation to the 2020 National Convention themed “Pulse of the Prairies” to be held April 15-18, 2020.

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ONTARIO SPRING DISCOVERY SHOW April 24-25, 2019, Hamilton, ON · Judge Mike West, ON

Intermediate & Grand Champion Florbil Doorman Lilly, Agriber Societa Agricola SRL, Beckridge Holsteins, Florbil Farms Ltd., Oscar Dupasquier & Quality Holsteins, ON.

Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Florbil Doorman Lilly, Agriber Societa Agricola SRL, Beckridge Holsteins, Florbil Farms Ltd., Oscar Dupasquier & Quality Holsteins, ON; Reserve Grand Champion Stonyway Goldwyn Vee, Hodglynn Holsteins & Little Star Holsteins, ON; HM Grand Champion Cavanaleck High Octane Blast, Cavanaleck Farms Ltd., ON.

Junior Champion Combhaven Doorman Elise, Clair E. Petherick, ON.

Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Golden Tequila Divine, Glen & Sheila Burgess, ON; Reserve Grand Champion Morningmist Incentive Grits 243B, James & Cathy Mason, ON; HM Grand Champion Bridon Att Goldie, Brian Sayles, ON.

HOLSTEIN

90 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Combhaven Doorman Elise (Doorman), 1st Senior Calf, Clair E. Petherick, ON

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Avant-Garde Kashmir Soul-ET (Kashmir), 1st Intermediate Yearling, Avant Garde Group, ON

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Arolene Gold Chip Lorna (Gold Chip), 1st Summer Yearling, Millen Farms, ON

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Florbil Doorman Lilly (Doorman),1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Agriber Societa Agricola SRL, Beckridge Holsteins, Florbil Farms Ltd., Oscar Dupasquier & Quality Holsteins, ON

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

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HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Junior Champion Charlyn Venue Bling, Charlyn Farms, ON.

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Hodglynn By Way Heather (Byway), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Elitestreet Genetics Ltd., Hodglynn Holsteins & Little Star Holsteins, ON

Winterplace Suede Gucci (Suede), 1st Senior Yearling, Jeff Stephens, ON

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Golden Tequila Divine (Tequila), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Glen & Sheila Burgess, ON

Stonyway Goldwyn Vee (Goldwyn), 1st 5-Year-Old, Hodglynn Holsteins & Little Star Holsteins, ON

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Quality Holsteins, ON

JERSEY

87 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Charlyn Venue Bling (Venue), 1st Summer Yearling, Charlyn Farms, ON

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Charlyn Tequila Schnapps (Tequila), 1st Junior Yearling, Charlyn Farms, ON

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Bridon Att Goldie (Attraction 83A), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Brian Sayles, ON

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Willow Creek Velocity Nardia (Velocity), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Richard & Teresa Osborne, ON

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Morningmist Incentive Grits 243B (Incentive), 1st 4-Year-Old, James & Cathy Mason, ON

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Bridon Farms Inc., ON

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JERSEY CANADA AGM BRINGS JERSEY ENTHUSIASTS TOGETHER The Jersey Canada AGM was held in Westlock, AB, from April 11-13. It was an event that brought people together from all across Canada, all with the same interest in mind, the Jersey cow. It was apparent the first night at the meet-ingreet what a close group the members of the Jersey industry are. The evening was spent catching up with old friends and making new ones.

Friday morning, three buses were loaded and took off through the beautiful countryside to visit the first stop at Skycrest Holsteins owned by Rob, Sue, Chad & Katelyn Crest. Entering the barn, you instantly can see the hard work and care that goes into their operation. An impressive tie stall barn boasted some amazing cows. Walking into their barn office, it becomes even more apparent of their success, with the wall decorated with ribbons and banners showcasing their achievements.

The next tour was at Unique Valleystream Genetics, the hosts for the weekend, and the largest purebred Jersey herd in Canada. Milking 300 Registered Jerseys, and housing close to 800, you are greeted in the barn with the farm slogan, “Unique… it’s more than a name…it’s an attitude!”

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Tracy, Casey & Lee Morey. The passionate attitude they bring to their herd and the industry is something to marvel at and achieve for. What an experience to be surrounded by so many great cows as you walked through their immaculate barn.

Attendees also visited North Central Livestock Exchange in Clyde, AB, one of the largest cattle auction market facilities in North America. The last stop was at the Canadian Tractor Museum, which was beyond impressive and a tractor fanatic’s dream.

The AGM commenced on Saturday with three presentations given by Paul Meyer, WestGen Sales & Marketing Manager, ABS Global Dairy Analyst Larry Schirm and lifelong Jersey enthusiast and promoter Russell Gammon.

The evening concluded with a banquet, always a highlight for the members.

Amongst the group of attendees were 12 former Jersey Canada Presidents.

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President Patrick MacDougall presented Lee, Casey, Dave & Tracy Morey a Jersey print in appreciation of their work for convention!

LtoR standing to seated: Current President Patrick MacDougall; Past Presidents: Mathieu Larose, Larry Sheardown, Brian Raymer, John White, Tim Sargent, Dianne Jarrell-Ray, Adrian Haeni, Robert Jarrell, Grant Cole, Steven Smith, Dale Cole & Dave Morey.

about and the amazing people that are in it!

1. Maddie Dufault of Bramville Jerseys, SK, checks out some Holstein calves.

2. Rebekah, Archie & Charlie Mathers giving Axe Throwing a try!

3. Lee Simantron taking bids for baskets during the auction at Unique Valleystream for the local 4-H clubs.

JERSEY CANADA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Dale Cole, Green Maple, AB MASTER BREEDER AWARD Robert & Bruce Mellow, Glenholm Jerseys, ON

LtoR: Rhonda Hulan presenting RJ & Jennifer Dillman of Pine Haven Farms Ltd., the Constructive Breeder Award.

CONSTRUCTIVE BREEDER Pine Haven Farms Ltd., NS Ferme Verjatin Holstein & Jersey Inc., QC Michael & Monique Bols, Drentex, ON

LtoR: President Patrick MacDougall presented Grant Cole with the Honorary Life Member Award.

HONORARY LIFE MEMBER Grant Cole, Green Maple, AB Steven Smith, Clanman Jersey, ON CERTIFICATION OF APPRECIATION Harry Schipper, Springerhill, ON Accepted posthumously by his wife Grace & son Daryl

LtoR: Michael Bols accepting the Constructive Breeder Award from Doug Robinson.

Jessica Hoffman & Arjan Otten, Farm Star, AB, received the Jersey Young Achiever Award.

HALL OF FAME TROPHY - HIGHEST BCA PRO & FAT Village Crest On The Money Baby 2-0 15,541 8763 4.91 555 3.57 625 BCA: 574-590; Hollyland Jerseys, ON

PRESIDENT’S CUP - LEADING LIVING LIFETIME PRO & FAT Bona Chairman Monia-ET VG-87 4519kg Protein & 5708kg Butterfat Ferma Bona 2012 Inc., QC JERSEY CANADA YOUTH OF DISTINCTION AWARD Lee Morey, Unique Valleystream Genetics, AB JERSEY YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD Mathieu Larose, Vermalar, QC Mark & Julie Parnell, Nellridge, ON Arjan Otten & Jessica Hoffman, Farm Star, AB NEXT GENERATION TRAVEL BURSARIES Steven Morin & Meghan Brosens

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Joanne Edwards presented Steven Smith, Clanman Jerseys, ON, with a Constructive Breeder Award.

Master Breeder Glenholm Jerseys LtoR: John Ross, Arlene Ross, Joanne Watson, Bruce Mello & Dave Morey.

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CHARLYN VENUE BLING 1st Summer Yearling & Junior Champion

CHARLYN TEQUILA SCHNAPPS 1st Junior Yearling & Reserve Junior Champion

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CHARLYN IMPRESSION BINDY EX-91 4th Junior 3-Year-Old & Best Udder, RAWF 2017 HM All-Canadian Junior 3-Year-Old 2017 Reserve All-Ontario Junior 2-Year-Old 2016 All-Canadian Junior Yearling 2015 DAM OF CHARLYN VENUE BLING

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CHARLYN JK SHERRY All-Canadian Intermediate Yearling 2014 Maternal Sister to Charlyn Tequila Schnapps Their Dam: CHARLYN VINDICATION SCARLET SUP-EX 90-3E, Next Dams: VG-87 x EX-93 5E x SUP-EX 92-7E x VG-87

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MIXED HERD – STEADY SUCCESS! PINE VALLEY FARM – MINER AL POINT, WI

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t’s happened to many readers of this magazine. Maybe it’s even happened to you. You grow up loving and showing one breed of dairy cattle, when one day, a really nice heifer from another breed sneaks in the barn…then maybe another nice heifer from yet another breed, and before you know it, you’ve got more colors in the barn than in Joseph’s coat! The herd of Jason and Leah James is a colorful bunch and they wouldn’t have it any other way – the Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, and Holstein cow families they’ve developed all have their place of pride on the farm located in Mineral Point, WI. Married in 2011, the same year they took over day-to-day management of the dairy, the couple currently run 170 milking cows and raise all young stock on the 200-acre operation. The 100 Holsteins, 20 Milking Shorthorns and 50 Jersey (all Registered) are milked in a double-six parallel parlor and housed in two free-stall barns.

Jason is on the farm full time, making the day-to-day management decisions while renting the facilities from Jason’s parents. Ralph, Jason’s dad, is still active on the dairy, helping daily with general farm labor and manure hauling. Ralph and Jason’s mom, Mary Jean, also raise over 1,000 meat chickens yearly, which they market in a CSA as well as at the local farmers’ market. Leah works full-time off the farm as the U.S. Dairy Marketing Manager for GENEX, but still stays very active in the operation managing the calves and heifers, handling the

bookwork, registrations and assisting with mating decisions. Two part-time employees help with milking, and family is always there to pitch in when necessary.

Even with three breeds, the breeding goals remain consistent for Jason and Leah. “Our philosophy is to concentrate on building cow families that both milk well and excel in type. We’ve tried to take a modern approach to the breeding program here at Pine-Valley - all matings are made individually, and we’ve extensively utilized genomics as well as embryo work (both traditional flushing as well as IVF) to further advance the genetics in the herd,” comments Jason. “Genomics is a wonderful tool to use when selecting genetics. On the Holstein and Jersey side of the herd, we use almost exclusively genomic young sires, recognizing that we have increased accuracy in the genetic values. We still make sure to use sires that are backed by good cow families that have scored dams, grandams and milk records.

On the Milking Shorthorn side, genomics is not available to use, so we make sure to select sires with deep pedigrees and that balanced combination of type and production. We try to utilize a group of sires that will work on our herd rather than seeking the perfect mating for each individual cow. After each proof run, we sit down and run a sort of potential sires.

For the Holsteins, criteria includes +1000 pounds on Milk, +2.50 UDC and +0 DPR. On the Jersey side, we focus on +600 CM$ and positive DPR.”

Our philosophy is to concentrate on building cow families that both milk well and excel in type. We’ve tried to take a modern approach to the breeding program here at Pine-Valley - all matings are made individually, and we’ve extensively utilized genomics as well as embryo work to further advance the genetics in the herd.

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AJCA Vice President Walters Owens presented Jason, Leah and Brenlyn James with the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder Award in 2018.

Jason and Leah with Jason’s parents, Mary Jean & Ralph at World Dairy Expo.

While many cow families have positively influenced the herd, one Jersey cow family has lifted Pine-Valley to national prominence. Clareshoe Allstar Zoom Zoom EX-91 was purchased at the 2014 National Heifer Sale in Washington D.C. Zoom Zoom fit many criteria for an investment that the couple were looking for at the time. She was one of the top CM$ heifers on the sale, backed by a full pedigree - her dam is an EX-91% Legal daughter, and although Zoom Zoom was a bred heifer, she could still be worked with after the sale. She also deviated considerably higher over her parent average, which was especially appealing to Leah and Jason. After she made her way from Ohio to Pine-Valley, Zoom Zoom was immediately put on an IVF program. The decision was made to use a mating sire from GENEX - JX Faria Brothers Prop Joe {3}. The IVF session resulted in four bulls and two heifers. As it would happen, JX PVF Prop Joe Zip {4}-ET a female, tested the highest of the siblings.

Zip and her full sister JX PVF Prop Joe Zap {4}-ET are both on the 1.5% list today and Zip is a former #2 GJPI cow.

Circlehawk Kyros Rizzo of PVF, also developed at Pine-Valley, is EX-94, and has multiple records over 19,000 milk and over 1000 fat. Both cows are still in the herd and have multiple daughters and granddaughters.

Leah and Jason also enjoy keeping busy showing at local, state and national levels with notable success.

They’ve bred and Circlehawk Kyros Rizzo Of PVF EX-94 is one of the high type Jersey families that Leah developed cows and and Jason James have developed. heifers that have been The James worked extensively with Zip as nominated All-American a heifer, running her on an IVF program. in the Milking Shorthorn breed. They The mating to World Cup {5}, an early also enjoy sharing the herd with young release sire from GENEX, would prove to show enthusiasts. Each summer, Pinebe a fruitful decision for the Pine-Valley Valley welcomes multiple juniors out to breeding program. JX PVF WC Zinc {5}-ET, the farm to lease animals for the show the resulting bull calf, is an elite young sire season. Last year, more than a dozen that is now available from GENEX. JX Zinc junior-leased animals made it to county {5} is one of the top genomic sires in stud shows in southern Wisconsin. Leah and right now at +201 GJPI and +690 CM$. Full Jason also enjoy selling ‘project’ calves to sister to Zip, Zap also has a World Cup {5} juniors, helping them to get started in the son, Zander {5}, that is at stud at CRV, and registered business. the matriarch herself, Zoom Zoom, has a On the Milking Shorthorn side, the focus son at Jerseyland sires, Zup {6}. JX PVF Zips is on type and production. Because Zigor {4}-ET is in waiting at ABS. The couple genomics are not yet available, they use is excited to see what kind of impact this sires that are backed by deep cow families family can have in the breed. with outstanding production. A standout Zoom Zoom and her daughters have that has carried the Pine-Valley prefix is made an impact in the herd at Pine- Pine-Valley Logic Zainey-ET. This Logic Valley as well. Zip, Zap and PVF Premium daughter was scored 2E-93, had records Zig are all milking extremely well with over 27,000 milk, and was nominated Allimpressive components, and all scored American Junior 3-Year-Old. Zainey left Very Good as young cows. A polled multiple daughters and granddaughters daughter by Santana-P is fresh, scored in the herd and her impact will be seen for VG-85% as a 2-year-old and is due again generations to come. to Zizic {5} in August. One of Zoom Zoom’s granddaughters include JX PVF World Cup Zarifa {5} (full sister to Zinc {5}) who was recently fresh and has a natural heifer by Familia {3} with genomic results pending.

The hutches currently also have lots of early Zinc daughters, which have tested well and are very flashy and consistent in their makeup.

In 2018, the couple also had success in the show ring with a couple other Milking Shorthorn families. Pine-Valley P June Bug EXP, a multiple generation home bred Junior 2-Year-Old placed 4th in an extremely competitive class at World Dairy Expo, going on to be nominated All-American. Corstar PVF Love Spell EXP-ET, purchased as an embryo, also ended up 3rd 4-Year-Old at World Dairy Expo and writes an impressive pedigree going back to Nixs Lilly Pad, who was Grand Champion at World Dairy Expo in 2008. Love Spell, scored EX-91, was also nominated All-American in 2018.

The couple has also been recognized on the national stage for elite production for the Milking Shorthorn cow GE Fre-Way AC Dee Dee EX-90. In 2015, she was awarded the W. Arthur Simpson Memorial Award for the top Milk record in the Milking Shorthorn breed, producing in 305d 32,140 3.2% 1,034F 2.8% 911P. She has daughters in herd by Ironman-P, Anecdote-P and St. Clare. Her first three milking daughters all scored VG on their first lactation and carry impressive milk records.

Though they are the 3rd generation on the farm, the couple believes in adapting and implanting for the future, not wishing things were the same as 20 or 30 years ago.

“Our philosophy, and one that registered/ purebred breeders need moving forward, is to fully embrace technology to stay relevant,” explains Leah. “We genomic test almost all of our Jersey herd and most of our Holstein herd. In turn, we use these values to select embryo donors and use the lower end genetic animals as recipients. We utilize IVF technology but with recent economic challenges we’ve also implemented a more aggressive traditional flush program.”

A high-type Jersey family featuring back to back EX-94 point cows is also notable in the herd. Circlehawk T-Bone Regina Tana was purchased as a bred heifer, went on to be scored EX-94 and has lifetime production over 100,000 milk. Her daughter, Jason and Leah with Pine-Valley P JuneBug EXP, 4th Junior 2-Year-Old and Corstar PVF LoveSpell EXP, 3rd 4-Year-Old at 2018 World Dairy Expo.

Jason speaks positively about the farm and the industry in the years to come, “We certainly believe that the registered cattle business will have a place going forward. Having both grown up showing cattle and taking part in Registered Holstein and Jersey activities has helped strengthen our commitment to this industry while also creating lifelong connections. We want to make sure our daughter, Brenlyn, and other Juniors get that same opportunities we had.”

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Welcome Bombero Kris-ET (EX-90) GTPI +2585

2-03 3x 287 24,950 4.0 998 2.8 702 3-03 3x 281 28,605 4.1 1165 2.9 826 4-02 3x 51 6,044 4.5 274 3.0 184 (Inc.) Bombero x No-Fla McCutchen 35703-ET (EX-90) x VG Massey x VG Oman Daughter Welcome Modesty Kelly-ET (GP-83) – GTPI +2631 2-00 3x 228 17,526 3.7 647 2.9 508 (Inc.) Granddaughters Skywalker Kassie GTPI +2800 Huey Kellis GTPI +2857 Riveting Kilmer GTPI +2839 Riveting 7160 GTPI +2884

Welcome Airlift Cammie-ET (VG-87) -- +3.96T

2-01 3x 365 33,030 3.8 1266 3.1 1027 Airlift x VG-88 Doorman x Silvermaple Damion Camomile (EX-95) Daughters Brash Catelina +4.04T Unix Cathleen +3.43T Maternal Sisters KingDoc Casey +4.46T KingDoc Carly +3.76T KingAbel Classy +3.77T

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PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE!

eighbors and good friends, a core group of Holstein breeders reside around the geographic landmark called Bacon-Hill in eastern New York. The ‘Bacon Hill’ moniker loosely identifies this group that have been actively marketing Holstein genetics for years – Clear Echo, Cookiecutter, Fly-Higher, Kings Ransom, and Welcome Stock. Known for their Bacon-Hill Bonanza sales in 2004 and 2007, they were all early adopters of using genomics in their breeding programs and marketing plans. Here, the Bacon Hill bunch shares some info about their farms, about the ‘hits and misses’ with genomics, and their plans for continuing their operations into the future.

IDEAL DAIRY FARMS, HOME OF COOKIECUTTER HOLSTEINS HUDSON FALLS, NY Located in Hudson Falls, NY, and home to the Dickinson family since 1884, Ideal Dairy Farms puts the production of quality milk and the production of sought-after genetics at the top of the priority list. John and Denise Dickinson oversee the operation together with their daughter, Crystal Grimaldi, and along with Kyle and Luke Getty, distant relatives and long-time family friends that have joined the business. Now encompassing 4,400 acres and with a herd 2,800 cows, of which about 2,300 are Registered Holsteins, the farm employs about 30 people full-time yearround. With an RHA of 30,495M 3.8F 1163 3.1P 943, the herd produces about 200,000 pounds of milk a day.

Recognized around the world, the

The Dickinson, Getty, and Grimaldi families along with their valuable employees!

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Cookiecutter prefix is a regular sight on the top male and female GTPI lists. The Cookiecutter partnership originated at the 2004 Bacon-Hill Bonanza Sale, when Kyle Getty, then a college student with limited funds, approached Denise about buying a heifer together. That heifer, Kngs-Rnsm Champ Haley-ET, a Champion daughter that traced back to the Snow-N Denises Dellia cow family, eventually became an Excellent cow and was the foundation for the valuable group in place at the farm today.

In 2008, they genomic tested four animals – three Goldwyn daughters of Champ Haley and a Shottle daughter of one of those Goldwyns. Cookiecutter Gold Holler VG-88 made 40,000M as a 2-yearold and was the highest of the Goldwyns tested, and the Shottle daughter, Cookiecutter Sht Hollerwood EX-90, was at the top of the heifer list. These results, at the dawn of the genomic era, drew the attention of the AI studs, and they have remained interested ever since!

The family’s marketing value accelerated with Cookiecutter MOM Halo-ET VG88, a daughter of Hollerwood that was one of the earliest and best Man-O-Man daughters. Her son, Cookiecutter Petron Halogen topped the GTPI list and led to a steady stream of sires hailing from the family including, Humblenkind, Harper, Helix, Hangtime, Hollywood, Hideyho, and many, many others.

COOKIECUTTER SUPR HAZAJO-ET VG-87 #3 GTPI Cow in the Breed 11th generation VG or EX from the Dellias was very rewarding at the 2016 National Holstein Convention Sale, held here in New York, to see how sought after our Halo cow family was by other breeders and AI companies. Also, breeding a bull that has been successful in another country – Cookiecutter Harper +2708 GTPI, the #1 RZG proven bull in Germany and the #7 GTPI proven sire here in the US – has been a real thrill!”

Genomics helped elevate the ‘H’ family, but Denise acknowledges that the tool has its challenges as well. “Genomics, as well as IVF, has shortened the generational interval and allowed us to make genetic progress at a rapid rate.

One of the biggest challenges will be keeping pace with the herd management to allow cows to express their genetic potential. It’s not a perfect science.

There are offspring that get inaccurate predictions, and it’s certainly frustrating when the value of your animals change overnight due to actual data or formula changes.”

Their ‘big picture’ breeding goals haven’t changed drastically over time according to Denise. “Our goal is to breed marketable cows that will have a healthy, productive dairy career Those qualms aside, Denise projects providing good returns to our dairy and a positive attitude for the registered to other producers that choose to use our business and plans to continue in genetics, while still being a cow that is exciting to look at and Our goal is to breed marketable cows that will have a work with on a daily healthy, productive dairy career providing good returns to basis,” she explains. our dairy and to other producers that choose to use our It’s gratifying for them genetics, while still being a cow that is exciting to look at that there continues and work with on a daily basis. to be global demand DENISE DICKINSON OF IDEAL DAIRY FARMS for their genetics. “It

the genetics’ ‘fast lane’. “We’re excited about the future of breeding cattle.

The industry is changing at a rapid rate, but we believe now more than ever, dairymen are looking to improve the genetics of their cattle, and we want to be a source of those sought-after genetics.” Well over 100 bulls with the Cookiecutter prefix have an AI code, and that isn’t even counting the bulls in stud out of Cookiecutter dams owned by other breeders. Keeping their genetics in the ‘sought-after’ category looks to be a path they can keep following!

On July 19th, Ideal Dairy Farm will host the New York Holstein State Picnic and Sale. Always a well-attended event, the Dickinsons look forward to displaying their farm to visitors. “There are many ‘right’ ways to farm and be sustainable.

Growth has allowed us to continue improving and maintaining a good quality of life for our cows and our families. Many things have changed over the years, but our focus on cow, family, environment and our community has not wavered!”

CLEAR ECHO FARM SCHUYLERVILLE, NY How best to build the foundation for the next generation on the farm? It’s a familiar question for many dairy operations. It’s one that Kevin and Carrie Peck of Clear Echo Farm in Schuylerville, NY, are working on and figuring out an answer. Their two sons – Matthew (18) and Ryan (15) - have both shown interest in returning to the family business, but are still too young to fully commit.

It’s a positive situation for Kevin, the 5th generation on the farm that was established in 1867, to set the stage for the 6th generation.

When Kevin returned to the farm in

Ryan, Kevin, Jean, Carrie & Matthew Peck of Clear Echo Farm 630 cows ~ 1400 acres RHA: 28,000M 3.9% 1087F 3.0 852P

1991 after graduating from Cornell, the family was milking 100 cows. A year later, they built a new parlor and a new 250cow freestall barn and the operation has gradually grown to its present size of 630 Registered Holsteins with an RHA of 28,000M 1,087F 852P. They also crop about 1400 acres, split between corn and alfalfa/grass, which produces almost all of the feed for the cows.

Kevin, Herd Manager Glen Miller, and Herdsperson Mel Wrisley handle most of CLEAR-ECHO 822 RAMO 1200-ET EX-94 DOM the responsibilities with the cows.

9-07 3x 355d 44,150 4.31879 3.0 1323 11 Excellent & 43 Very Good Daughters Efficiency is a keyword with Kevin, and it 21 sons sent to AI floats up again and again in conversation.

“We’re trying to be as efficient as possible in order to make as much money as to you breed accordingly. I’ve been possible. Our main focus is making milk fortunate to breed some high female as efficiently as possible,” he emphasizes. calves and to be able to market them, so “That’s how we can set the stage for the it’s been another income source for the farm. Genomics helped us realize the farm’s success in the future.” importance of health traits – to make Also well-known for marketing high GTPI cows that breed back consistently with and high production genetics, efficiency fewer metabolic issues,” he asserts. surfaces when discussing the breeding program as well. “Our goal is to breed an Those home run heifers are getting efficient, profitable cow. We have about harder and harder to come by, however.

40 donor heifers in our ET program every “The genomic game is not as profitable as it used to be because of all the AI female year and they programs.

The are flushed to studs are making the newest Our main focus is making milk as efficiently more of their own and highest as possible. That’s how we can set the stage ‘in-house’ genetics genomic bulls instead of sourcing for the farm’s success in the future. available. Our it from breeders,” goal here is to KEVIN PECK OF CLEAR ECHO FARM Kevin comments. produce elite But, with an eye females and to the future and in maneuvering their bulls for the high-end genetic market. goals, he sees a different niche to aim Our success rate in producing ‘Elite’ for.

“Where do we see Clear Echo? Where calves is about 5% - however, the other do we see our income coming from?

95% are the right kind to be profitable.

Well, the good type cows are always in They are calves that are high in milk, demand.

We saw that at the Liddleholme components, health traits and type. They are bred to be more efficient with fewer Dispersal earlier this spring. I’d like to breeding and health issues. We breed intermingle the efficient, profitable our everyday cows the same way,” he health trait cow along with really good eye-catching type. Doorman and explains.

McCutchen both go back to Clear Echo Clear Echo has had success in the blood (Clear-Echo 822 Ramos 1199genomic game over the past decade: ET), so I think we can use some of the Clear-Echo M-O-M 2150-ET sold for genomic traits already in this herd, but $91,000 as a calf in 2010 and went on to strive to get some of that elite type as produce the #1 GTPI heifer; Clear-Echo well.”

Modesty 3817-ET sold for $180,000 at the 2016 National Convention Sale; full Matthew is a sophomore at Cornell and sister Modesty calves brought $130,000 really likes the cow side of the operation. and $105,000 in 2017. Clear-Echo Jed Ryan, a sophomore in high school, enjoys Jared 745-ET at Select Sires has been a the tractor work and is very involved with cropping, so there seems to be a popular flush bull and sire of sons. natural flow and progression to the next Kevin is a believer in genomics as a possible generation on the farm. “We’re reliable resource. “It identifies the trying to position Clear Echo so if both strengths and weaknesses, and allows COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019 » 37

boys come home, we could expand to 1,000 cows. Everything fits together now – all the pieces of the puzzle – so it all works. We want to be in that position in the future as well.”

KINGS-RANSOM FARM LLC SCHUYLERVILLE, NY The big scores keep piling up at KingsRansom! In the past couple of years, the King family has had more than a dozen cows in the herd classify EX-94 & EX-95, with half a dozen scored EX-93 and poised to move into that elite club.

That’s pretty rarefied air for any herd, and especially notable as these girls run in the free-stall barn with the rest of the 1100-cow Registered Holstein herd every day.

The natural headliners of this group are two EX-95 Mogul full sisters – Kings-Ransom Mg Cleavage-ET and Kings-Ransom Mogul Cleo – both 10th generation EX cows hailing from the Roxy family. For Jeff King, who farms in partnership with his brother Jan, the two cows are emblematic of a big part of their breeding program goals. “We’ve seen a resurgence in interest for cattle with really good type combined with modern health traits and production,” notes Jeff. “We’ve bred and marketed a lot from the Moguls because of that renewed interest in great type. We’ve seen it from breeders around the world – Europe, Canada, Japan, the US – the marketability of this kind of modern type cow has been fantastic.”

With a herd their size, access to recipients is no problem, and the Kings have been active in breeding for the elite level GTPI market as well over the past decade.

Jeff feels genomics really helped the popularity of their ‘D’ family – brought to prominence by their special brood

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KINGS-RANSOM MG CLEAVAGE EX-95 2-11 3x 365d 28,240M 4.8% 1838F 3.7 1408 One of two Mogul full sisters scored EX-95 at Kings-Ransom cow, Kings-Ransom Dcy Dextra EX-94, a Dorcy daughter that already has 8 Excellent and 22 Very Good daughters.

Success from that family includes an early Doorman daughter that sold for $200,000, and a Frazzled great-grandson at Select – Kings-Ransom Big Dollars-ET – that is the #3 DWP available bull.

grandfather, had a milk and cream delivery service in the Saratoga, NY, area from 1932 until the early 1960s, a service that was re-established in 2010 by Jeff and Jan. The dairy added a milk bottling plant in 2016, and in May 2019, opened a retail storefront for their products. “Our retail outlets and the products we’re selling made selecting for PTA Fat much more important. Through genomic selection, we’ve been able to make real strides forward with that trait more quickly that we ever would have been able to in the past,” Jeff comments.

The pursuit of the higher and higher numbers has led to using a much narrower pool of genetics in that elite 1%, and that is a real concern to Jeff.

“We certainly overuse some bulls and a change in the formula can cause a lot of cattle to lose significant value in a hurry,” he states. “The longer we use the system, the more it will improve, but we do need

Kings-Ransom is a Boviteq collection We show, we classify, we build pedigrees – everything center, and their helps us with marketing our genetics and it even helps us donor group of 20build our connection with consumers through our retail 25 cows and heifers business.

The future is challenging, but as dairy farmers, are IVF’d every two we’re addicted to optimism. We’re figuring out how to weeks. The donors move forward and make the best decisions we can, and tend to fall into either the high GTPI/ part of those future goals is to make the best Holstein high Net Merit group cattle that we can. or the outstanding JEFF KING OF KINGS-RANSOM FARM type with modern, marketable numbers group. They’re making embryos and to actively address the inbreeding issue.” calves from both sets of cattle, but Jeff admits that marketing the high Jeff handles most of the responsibilities GTPI individuals has become more of with the 1,100-cow milking herd, and a challenge. “With the AI studs making the 1,200 heifers, while Jan manages most of their genetics with their own the 2,500 acres of crops growing forages females, and restricting access to semen for the herd. Jan’s wife, Pandora, is from their very highest sires, the breeders a veterinarian and does all the herd have been kind of caught in the middle,” health work, while Jeff’s wife, Becky, is Jeff observes. “Also, we pay attention to the financial officer and manages the so many more traits now then we did ten ice cream parlor and retail store. Both years ago – breeding that top animal is Jeff and Jan grew up showing cows and harder because we have so many more it’s something their kids enjoy too. Jeff shares, “We show, we classify, we build bases to cover.” pedigrees – everything helps us with He’s very positive about the introduction marketing our genetics and it even helps of genomics as a tool for breeders. us build our connection with consumers “Consistency. We’ve seen the consistency through our retail business. The future is of young cows improve dramatically over challenging, but as dairy farmers, we’re the past decade. The rapidity of making addicted to optimism. We’re figuring changes and improvements in other out how to move forward and make the traits, even those harder to measure like best decisions we can, and part of those fertility and longevity, is notable.” future goals is to make the best Holstein The King’s family, including their cattle that we can.”

WELCOME STOCK FARM SCHUYLERVILLE, NY “We make milk and that’s our main focus here at Welcome Stock Farm,” says Bill Peck, Jr., co-owner of Welcome Stock Farm along with his brother, Neil. “We breed for that commercial kind of cow – medium size, strength from front to rear, well-attached udders, great feet & legs, and we pay great attention to DPR.” Having said that, Bill expounds a little further about the business plan of the operation that milks 950 cows and crops 2,000 acres. “About 75% of our income is from milk sales and about 25% is from marketing genetics. The return on investment has always been higher with the genetic sales, which is why I do it,” he explains.

Those sales have been a part of the farm’s success for several decades. Welcome Stock

Farm has been a regular stop on every sire analyst’s route and the Welcome prefix has been on countless bulls that entered stud. “My dad (William, Sr.) had Guernseys until 1969, when they built a new freestall barn. With the new barn came some Holsteins, and by the 1990s, there were no Guernseys left. However, they are still the only breeding establishment to have had a #1 bull on the index list in two different breeds – Welcome Choice Admiral in the Guernsey breed, and Welcome Garter-ET on the Holstein list.

That wasn’t the end of the #1 bulls from the farm. Under the Bacon-Hill prefix (a partnership between Bill, Neil, and Tom Kugler), they purchased Unique-Style Bolton Money EX-93. From her, they bred a bull that topped the proven sire list in December 2016 – Bacon-Hill MontrossET – and a bull that topped the genomic young sire list in December, 2015 – Bacon-Hill Pety Modesty-ET.

The data works! We have better uddered, more productive cows in the barn. There’s a deluge of information now, and so much more to sort through, but that’s a good thing.

BILL PECK OF WELCOME STOCK FARM

While it does take a certain amount of luck and good timing to top the sire lists, those brothers were the result of a fairly straightforward breeding plan: take the highest females and flush

Neil, Bill Sr., and Bill Peck, Jr. of Welcome Stock Farm 950 cows (2,100 head total) ~ 2,000 acres RHA: 30,100M 4.0% 1204F 3.1 933P them to the very top end bulls, keeping corrective matings in mind. They’re willing to merchandise the resulting high females, and to keep flushing high GTPI cows to make bulls.

When the AI studs adopted genomics as a decision-making tool, the Pecks moved right with the times. Bill has seen the benefits from the beginning. “The data works! We have better uddered, more productive cows in the barn. There’s a deluge of information now, and so much more to sort through, but that’s a good thing.”

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work more closely with the breeders moving forward. Their female programs are going in a direction of exclusivity that I think is a detriment to the Holstein breed.

It’s not a positive to exclude or replace the breeders – those mating decisions are better made by people working and milking day-to-day with the cattle.”

MS WELCOME UNO TARINA-ET VG-86 DOM 2-01 3x 365d 33,160 4.3% 1442 3.1 1042 2 EX & 21 VG daughters to date 14 sons in AI Asked for his thoughts looking back on the past decade, some things didn’t develop like he thought they might. “I thought we’d find more diversity and outcross breeding in the population, and that hasn’t panned out.” He also voiced concern about the feasibility of breeder IVF programs in the future. “We used to sell 35 bulls a year to AI studs; now that number is constantly dwindling - we sold about 15 last year. We’re not tied to any one stud. We’ve recently made deals with Select, Semex, and ABS. We’ve appreciated our relationship to the studs over the years, but I think they need to

The Pecks are enrolled in Holstein Complete, so they classify 4x a year and score all of their 2-year-olds. Sound cows, high-production (RHA: 30,100M 4.0F 3.1P), and a low cull rate means they have another income stream coming from selling excess 2-year-olds as replacements – 105 in 2018, and 56 already in 2019.

Growing herd numbers at the farm is limited by CAFO regulations in their area, so the replacement business looks like a steady part of the business in the future.

Making some high genomic type animals is also a new focus for the genetic sector.

Welcome Air-lift Cammie-ET VG-87, an Airlift granddaughter of Silvermaple Damion Camomile, is +3.96T and already has several offspring over +4.00T. Bill admits it’s a different tack for their genetic program. “It’s something totally different for us, and brings a little diversity to our program.

Hopefully, we can market something to that sector of the business, and we might get something for the kids to show”, summer appointment today! he notes. As the 6th generation on a farm first settled by a Peck in 1836, Bill feels that willingness to adapt will help the farm pass to the next generation of Pecks!

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Tom Kugler Family ~ Tom, Whitney, Joanne & Alex Tom has several well-known partnerships including Bacon-Hill, Higher-Ransom and AOT Genetics.

FLY-HIGHER HOLSTEINS VALLEY FALLS, NY Tom Kugler proves there is more than one way to be successful in the genomicbased genetic business, and manages his cattle and genetic program a bit differently than the rest of the Bacon Hill gang. His high-profile donors are housed at a couple of different farms that are Boviteq collection facilities, and resulting embryos are transferred into recipients at any number of contracted farms in New York and Connecticut. His 170-cow Fly Higher herd is on test and housed at Kings-Ransom Farm in nearby Schuylerville.

“We’re contracted with about 5,000 recipients total around New York and Connecticut. We realized that if we were going to compete to make the highest genomic offspring, we had to make a large number of calves. It’s a deal that works well for both parties – we pay the bills to get the calves on the ground, then we get the pick of every three heifers, and our partner farms keep the other heifers,” Tom explains.

Aside from his own Fly Higher prefix, he’s involved with a number of successful partnerships: Bacon-Hill – breeder of Montross and Modesty – consists of Tom and Bill & Neil Peck; Higher-Ransom is

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Originally, some of these partnerships started because they were a fun way to share some of the expense and some of the risk on a few elite heifers. Now we’re working 20 donors every two weeks and we mate pretty aggressively for the top of the list.

those heifers are mated to the highest available bulls on the market.

Top donor in Tom’s holdings right now has to be Cookiecutter Dta TOM KUGLER OF FLY-HIGHER HOLSTEINS Habitan-ET VG-89 EX-MS @ 2-11, a Delta daughter Tom and Jeff King of Kings-Ransom; and AOT Genetics – breeder of Helix - that is a 10th generation VG or EX from partners Tom and David King of Midas- Cookiecutters prolific ‘H’ family that traces back to EX-95 Dellia. Owned by Touch Holsteins.

AOT Genetics, Habitan is the #2 GTPI Tom oversees the paperwork and cow of the breed at +2836 GTPI and is administrative tasks keeping track of all +3.29T as well. She has a Positive son at the donors, matings, flushes, recipients, +2945 GTPI and a Challenge daughter pregnancies, and resulting calves. That at +2929 GTPI; overall, she has 7 sons may seem like a full-time job in and of and 13 daughters over +2800 GTPI. itself, but he also holds down his regular “We’re working her and at least 10 of her job as an independent contractor and daughters - there is a remarkable demand genetic consultant selling semen for for embryos. She’s a tremendous IVF cow various studs. In business for over 20 and we’ve been able to export embryos years, today he sells mainly for Select, to numerous countries around the world Semex, and Blondin Sires. as well as make a good number of live “Originally, some of these partnerships calves,” notes Tom. started because they were a fun way to Another hot commodity in the AOT share some of the expense and some stable from the same cow family is AOT of the risk on a few elite heifers,” Tom Salvatore Hiccup-ET *RC, +2676 GTPI reflects. “Now we’re working 20 donors +2137M, a Salvatore daughter out of every two weeks and we mate pretty Cookiecutter Ssire Has-ET VG-88 EXaggressively for the top of the list.” Right MS. A maternal sister to Helix, Hiccup now, the minimum criteria for a heifer is recently fresh, but already made big to be considered for the donor group is news this spring with two of her sons – +2750 GTPI +900NM. They start working both red & white. AOT Happyhour-Reddonors at about six months of age, and ET, a Santorius son, is the new #1 Red bull at +2755 GTPI and his brother by Swingman, AOT Holy Cow-Red-ET, is the new #2 Red bull at +2747 GPTI.

COOKIECUTTER DTA HABITAN VG-89 @ 2-11 2-04 3x 258 26,513 4.6 1214 3.1 817 #2 GTPI Cow in the Breed 7 Sons & 13 Daughters over +2800 GTPI A firm believer in genomics, Tom stresses that it’s still important to gather actual production and type data. “You need phenotypic data and actual production in the system to back up the genomic data. Plus, for what and where we’re marketing, especially with the females, doing the traditional things like classifying, picturing, production testing does add a tremendous amount of value.”

He concedes that the bulls studs are doing less business with breeders now that they have their own female programs, but thinks the studs will always have to purchase some outside blood to keep their genetic lines from getting too narrow and inbred. Speculating on the future, Tom accepts its uncertainty. “Our business has changed a ton in the last ten years, and it’s hard to say how much it will change in the next 5-10 years.

I’ve really enjoyed the partnerships and the mating and marketing of these cattle, and I’ll keep doing it as long it’s profitable!”

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The MAST Family

2621 Hall Rd Denair, CA 95316 Stephen’s Cell: 209-613-8872 Email: stelynm2012@gmail.com F O L LO W U S O N FAC EBO O K

S-S-I YODER

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2-03 2x 365 36,370 4.0 1466 3.5 1272 3-06 2x 365 44,460 3.6 1583 3.4 1515 COMPLETES 12 GENERATIONS OF VG/EX Daughters in the herd by SUPERSTAR, EXACTLY, BOURBON, KING DOC and KINGROYAL and is due back in August to ENFORCE Special thanks to Curtis VandenBerg for purchasing her daughter CALORI-D CRS KNGRYL MAY-ET,the high selling live lot in the 2019 CALIFORNIA STATE CONVENTION SALE!

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1-10 2x 365 28,410 3.6 1027 3.4 967 COMPLETES 11 GENERATIONS OF VG/EX *SOLOMON Son, CD (540H1154) is +3.87 TYPE, +3.20 UDC and +2.33 FLC is being marketed through Glaz-Way Enterprises, LLC *CRUSH Son, PILEUP (94H18942) is +4.13 TYPE, +3.68 UDC and +2.02 FLC is being marketed through St. Jacobs ABC *Daughter: CALORI-D CS CRUSH POSCH is +3.92 TYPE, +3.45 UDC and +2.13 FLC is due early next year to TROPIC and has pregnancies by UNDENIED due early December 2019-05-26 2:10 PM

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Cookiecutter Supr HAZAJO-ET VG-87 88-MS

GTPI +2816 #3 GTPI COW IN THE BREED Potential 11th generation EX-MS and VG or EX from the Dellias!

Selling: An ASPIRATION from Hazajo!

O u r I d e a l D a i r y f a m i l y is delighted to invite you to the New York Holstein Picnic and the FUN IN THE SUN NY PICNIC STYLE SALE on July 19th! Hosted by IDEAL DAIRY – home of Cookiecutter Holsteins look here to make reservations for the picnic at: n y h o l s t e i n e v e n t s .w e e b l y. c o m

HAZAJO is a Josuper X VG-89 Montross X Cookiecutter Epic HAZEL EX-92 working on her 6th lactation with over 155,000 Lbs lifetime to date!

Dam of Cookiecutter HARPER-ET +2708 GTPI – the #7 P R O V E N B U L L I N T H E U S & #1 P R O V E N R ZG B U L L I N G E R M A N Y !

Dam of Embark - Lot Selling!

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Selling:

Cookiecutter EMBARK • GTPI +2903 (sired by DELTA) GRAND DAM:MAIN-DRAG RUBICON EMAIL VG-88 EX-MS Backed by 13 generations of VG & EX dams from the Ridgedale Fond Example EX-95 3E GMD COW FAMILY OUR HIGHEST GENOMIC INDIVIDUAL! SHE SELLS READY TO IVF OR CONVENTIONAL FLUSH!

Dam of Hilmar and Hiacinth - Choice Selling!

Cookiecutter HONORIFICS-ET VG-85 87-MS 1st lact BANDARES X COOKIECUT TER SSHOT HONOR-ET VG-85

Selling choice of:

Cookiecutter HILMAR-ET GTPI +2901 GCM $1033 Sired by RIVETING OR Cookiecutter HIACINTH-ET GTPI +2855 GCM $1047 Sired by TAHITI Both heifers hail from 11 generations of VG & EX dams from the Snow-N Denises DELLIA EX-95 2E GMD-DOM FAMILY!

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MID-EAST SPRING NATIONAL HOLSTEIN SHOW March 29-30, 2019, Columbus, OH · Judge Mark Rueth, WI

HOLSTEIN

183 HEAD

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Miley Avalanche Genessee-ET (Avalanche), 1st Fall Yearling, Doeberiener, Bowen, Conroy & Miley, OH

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Bucks-Pride Slater Maria (Slater), 1st Winter Yearling, Bucks-Pride, OH

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Banowetz Peach Crush (Crush), 1st Summer Yearling, Shawn & Levi Banowetz, IA

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION & BEST BRED & OWNED

Ms AckLee Arch Kiss 594-ET (Archrival), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Kyle & Kris Ackley, Matt Oechsle & Tyler Meyer, OH

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Intermediate & Grand Champion Ms AckLee Arch Kiss 594-ET, Kyle & Kris Ackley, Matt Oechsle & Tyler Meyer, OH.

Ms Doorman Gill-ET (Doorman), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Cole Pond, OH

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Shadow-W Reginald Marian (Reginald), 1st 5-Year-Old, Lilly Elsass & Reese McCoy, OH

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Mt Elgin Carson Lollipop (Carson), 1st 4-YearOld, Ackley, Conroy, Mt Elgin, OH

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Sunrose Holsteins, IN

Junior Champion Miley Avalanche Genessee-ET, Doeberiener, Senior & Reserve Grand Champion Shadow-W Reginald Bowen, Conroy & Miley, OH. Marian, Lilly Elsass & Reese McCoy, OH.

JUNIOR HOLSTEIN JUNIOR CHAMPION

Brook-Corner Door Wakeup-ET (Doorman), 3rd Fall Yearling, Grace Gunkelman, OH

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ren-Bow Corvette Lollipop (Corvette), 5th Winter Yearling, Olivia & Lillian Finke, OH

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Doorman Gill-ET (Doorman), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Cole Pond, OH

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Quietcove JMK Curran Del-ET (Armani), 3rd Senior 3-Year-Old, Lilly Elsass, OH

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Elmvue Kountry Fever (Fever), 1st Aged Cow, Logan & Wyatt Schlauch, OH

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Brookview Scaredycat (Brady), 2nd 4-YearOld, Kris Ackley & Garrett Havens, OH

CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

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Grand Champion LtoR: Intermediate & Grand Champion Jr Show Ms Doorman Gill-ET, Cole Pond, OH; Senior & Reserve Grand Champion Ms Elmvue Kountry Fever, Logan & Wyatt Schlauch, OH; Reserve Senior & HM Grand Champion Ms Brookview Scaredycat, Kris Ackley & Garrett Havens, OH.

WATCH FOR COWSMO COVER AGE OF EVERY US NATIONAL HOLSTEIN SHOW IN 2019!

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Granddaughter of Ramos 1200!

CLEAR-ECHO DOORMAN 3347 EX-91 EEVVE

3-05 3x 365d 40,560 4.6% 1864 3.4 1378 DAUGHTERS BY BEEMER & ATTORNEY!

4th Generation Ramos 1200!)

CLEAR-ECHO MODESTY 3857-ET VG-86 VG-MS

GTPI +2681 +807M +84F +48P +2.21T +809NM 4/19 DAUGHTERS BY SOLUTION (+2851), SKYWALKER (+2797 & +2766), AND JARED (+2783 & +2777)

Selling in the

FUN IN THE SUN NY Picnic St yle S ale – An IVF aspiration from Clear-Echo Solution 4571-ET GTPI +2875 +2152M +105F +94P +1009NM 4/19 Solution X VG Jedi X EX Pure X Observer X

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Habitan...

COOKIECUTTER DTA HABITAN-ET (VG-89, EX-MS @ 2y) – GTPI +2836 2-04 3x 258 26,513 4.6 1214 3.1 817 (Inc.) PTA +1382M +91F +51P +906NM$ +7.0PL +1.3DPR 2.71SCS PTA +3.29T +3.44UDC +1.75FLC 10th Generation EX-MS, 10th generation VG or EX in the Snow-N Denises Dellia (2E-95 GMD-DOM) family

#2 CTPI Cow of the Breed!

1 Son by Positive +2945 GTPI ◆ 1 Daughter by Challenger +2929 GTPI ◆ 7 Sons & 13 Daughters over 2800 GTPI ◆ Pregnancies by Legacy (10), Disc Jockey (9), Eisaku (15), Riveting (8), Bundle (4), Lawson (4), Pyramid (10), & Hot Job (3) and transfers by Spartacus, Magnitude, & Avalanche ◆ Embryos sold to multiple countries around the globe ◆ ◆

David King 69 Halfway House Rd., Waddington, NY 13694 (315) 212-0032 davidking4444@gmail.com Tom Kugler 28 Coons Rd., Valley Falls, NY 12185 (518) 366-3901 flyhigherholsteins@gmail.com 46 « COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019

Habitan cruises the freestall at Kings Ransom Farm, Schuylerville, NY and we thank the King family and their employees for the outstanding care she receives every day!

...Ain’t No Hiccup!

Her Dam

Introducing AOT SALVATORE HICCUP-ET *RC GTPI +2676 PTA +2137M +80F +61P +852NM$ +6.0PL +.5DPR 2.89SCS PTA +2.21T +2.45UDC +1.26FLC Hiccup is fresh and looks great!

Hiccup’s Santorius Son #1 Red GTPI Bull at +2755

Hiccup’s Swingman Son #2 Red GTPI Bull at +2747

COOKIECUTTER SSIRE HAS-ET (VG-88, EX-MS DOM) – GTPI +2498 2-01 3x 365 38,700 4.5 1740 3.2 1242 3-11 3x 365 43,860 4.0 1747 3.2 1402 Supersire x MOM Halo (VG-88, EX-MS DOM), Has completes 9 gens. VG or EX, all EX-MS!

Hiccup’s Maternal Brother #16 Proven Bull – GTPI +2649

AOT HAPPYHOUR-RED-ET PTA +1916M +76F +61P +875NM$ 2.68SCS +6.9PL +2.2DPR +2.4LIV 7.5%SCE PTA +2.22T +2.13UDC +1.44FLC

AOT HOLY COW-RED-ET PTA +1569M +81F +55P +936NM$ 2.68SCS +7.6PL +2.2DPR +4.1LIV 5.5%SCE PTA +1.72T +1.98UDC +1.29FLC

Hiccup’s Daughter - #3 RC Genomic Heifer AOT HAWAI HOLLY-ET *RC – GTPI +2805 PTA 1739M +79F +56P +931NM$ 2.63SCS +7.7PL +2.6DPR +2.4LIV 6.0%SCE PTA +2.17T +2.90UDC +1.50FLC Sired by Progenesis Hawai

Habitan & Hiccup represent two branches of the same family, both doing great things with the best yet to come.

Inquiries are always welcome!

14HO7770 AOT SILVER HELIX-ET 134 Dtrs., 40 Herds 28,593 4.4 1260 3.4 961 SCS 2.53 Dtr. Deviation: +1938M +126F +76P Helix daughters are amazing! Fantastic udders, outstanding feet & legs, and they are far surpassing their genetic predictions. We expect great things as more daughters are added to his proof!

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NORTHEAST SPRING NATIONAL HOLSTEIN SHOW April 7, 2019, Syracuse, NY · Judge Pat Conroy, IN

Senior & Reserve Grand Champion Curr-Vale Abs Adored-Red, CLF LLC, NJ.

Intermediate & Grand Champion Underground Bccas Blair-Red, Oakfield Corners Dairy, NY. Reserve Senior & HM Grand Champion Vale-O-Skene Gold Karmilla-ET, Jonathan & Alicia Lamb, NY.

Junior Champion Reyncrest Gold Digga-ET, Reyncrest Farm, NY. Reserve Intermediate Champion Jericho-Dairy Baracuda-ET, Lance McClure, NY.

HOLSTEIN

168 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Reyncrest Gold Digga-ET (Doorman), 1st Summer Yearling, Reyncrest Farm, NY

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Reyncrest Solomon Lucille-ET (Solomon), 1st Spring Yearling, Andrew Reynolds, NY

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Savage-Leigh Selser-Red (Diamondback), 1st Winter Yearling, Chase Savage, MD

PREMIER BREEDER - HEIFER SHOW

Ferme Petitclerc, QC

PREMIER EXHIBITOR - HEIFER SHOW

Reyncrest Farm, NY

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Underground Bccas Blair-Red (Acme) 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Oakfield Corners Dairy, NY

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Jericho-Dairy Baracuda-ET (Corvette), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Lance McClure, NY

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

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SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Curr-Vale Abs Adored-Red (Absolute), 1st 4-Year-Old, CLF LLC, NJ

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Senior & Grand Champion Jr Show Ms Andis GW Astra-ET, Matthew Boop, PA.

Vale-O-Skene Gold Karmilla-ET (Goldwyn) 2nd 4-Year-Old, Jonathan & Alicia Lamb, NY

HM SENIOR CHAMPION & BEST BRED & OWNED

Hazel Goldwyn Hatty (Goldwyn) 1st 150,000 Lb. Cow, Clark Woodmansee, CT

PREMIER BREEDER

Arethusa Farm, CT

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Reyncrest Farm, NY

JUNIOR HOLSTEIN JUNIOR CHAMPION

Rivercross Addict Daisy (Addiction), 3rd Summer Yearling, Cassie Grace Menendez, NY

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Retso Classic Persuasion (Classic), 5th Fall Calf, Grace Stroud, NY

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Heart&Soul Gchip Rosanne-ET (Gold Chip), 3rd Senior 3-Year-Old, Matthew Boop, PA

Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion Jr Show Heart&Soul Gchip Rosanne-ET, Matthew Boop, PA.

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

St-Jacob Blake Angel (Blake), 4th Senior 3-YearOld, Chase & Connor Savage, MD

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Andis GW Astra-ET (Goldwyn), 2nd Aged Cow, Matthew Boop, PA

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Kings-Ransom Delicate (Kingboy), 3rd 4-YearOld, Jonathan King, NY

BEST OF TRIPLE-T & HEATH 3RD EDITION March 28, 2019, Columbus, OH · Average $6293 on 92 lots

The Best of Triple-T & Heath 3rd Edition Sale took place on March 28 in Columbus, OH in conjunction with the Ohio Spring Dairy Expo. The in-person and online bidding was strong and active all night as everyone appreciated the tremendous quality of the sale lineup. Once the auctioneer’s chant and the bidding was finished on the evening, 92 lots averaged $6,293!

Winstar Kenobi 5603-ET. . . . . . . . . . $24,000 (12/18 Kenobi at +2893 G +2.46T x +2729 G Achiever then a VG-85 Stoic) Consignor: Winstar Genetics LLC, ID Buyer: Sexing Technologies, TX

1st C. x Garay Awesome Beauty. . . . . $21,700 (Altitude, Avalanche or Unix due Dec ‘19 x All-American & All-Canadian VG-89 Beauty) Consignor: Lookout, Borba & Halbach, QC Buyer: Elite Haven Holsteins, Gary Jones, UK Ms Atwood Lacey-ET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 (Fresh VG-86 4-year-old x from 12 VG & EX dams from All-American & All-Canadian Rockymountain Talent Licorice EX-95) Consignor: Todd Case, OH Buyer: Tyler Carter, IL Ms Triple-T On The Prowl . . . . . . . . . . . $17,800 (Super fancy June’18 Avalanche x Triple-T Platinume 2E-94 x EX-96 Paige) Consignor: Triple- T Holsteins, OH Buyer: Ferme Glauser, QC

Ms Atwood Lacey-ET VG-86, consigned by Todd Case, was the top selling live lot at $19,500. She is backed by 12 VG & EX dams from All-American & All-Canadian Rockymountain Talent Licorice EX-95. She was purcchased by Tyler Carter, IL. Ms PG PV Doorman Adele . . . . . . . . . . $16,700 (VG-88 Senior 2 x Apples Uno Armada 2E-94 x EX-96 Apple herself) Consignor: Miles, Kanani & Soren Price, IL Buyer: Ferme Blondin, QC

NY SPRING SELECT SALE 2019

April 5, 2019, Syracuse, NY · Average $4808 on 103 Holstein lots NY Spring Select Sale 2019 averaged $4808 on 103 Holstein lots. The sale was held in conjunction with the NY Spring Dairy Carousel. Topping the sale was Lot M for $28,000 – IVF Session x AOT Marius Hello, +2889G +973NM. Next dam is Cookiecutter Dta Habitan VG-89 EX-MS back to EX-95 Dellia. She was consigned by AOT Genetics & Kings Ransom, NY, and purchased by Select Sires, OH! IVF Session x Hello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000 (IVF Session x AOT Marius Hello, +2889G x Delta Habitan VG-89 from EX-95 Dellia family) Consignor: AOT Genetics & Kings Ransom, NY Buyer: Select Sires, OH

Curr-Vale Abs Adored-Red. . . . . . . . . . $25,000 Sr & Res Grand Champion, Northeast Spring ‘19 (VG-87 Absolute 4-year-Old from 6 EX dams) Consignor: Emma Nadine Currie, NY Buyer: CLF LLC, NJ OCD Awesome Lyndi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,000 (EX-91 Senior 3-year-old x EX-92 Advent x 3E-94 Form Laura x 2E-94 Lili Starbuck) Consignor: Eaton, Black & Fisher, NY Buyer: Charles Robbins, CO IVF Session x Heirloom . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,500 (IVF Session x Cookiecutter Heirloom, +2879G x VG-86 Super from MOM Halo family) Consignor: Triple- T Holsteins, OH Buyer: Ferme Glauser, QC

Curr-Valey Abs Adored-Red was the high selling live lot at the NY Spring Select Sale. She was consigned by Emma Currie, NY. CLF LLC, NJ, purchased her and had Senior & Reserve Grand Champion the next day at the Northeast Spring National Show.

Webb View Bell Wildthing. . . . . . . . . . $17,700 (EX-91 6-year-old Wildthing x VG-88 x VG x GP-84 x 8 more VG dams in Canada ) Consignor: Trent Valley Holsteins, ON Buyer: Landree Fraley, PA

OAKFIELD SPRING SENSATION SALE May 18, 2019, Oakfield, NY · Average $4046 on 81 lots

An outstanding lineup of 81 Holsteins and Red & Whites heifers sold in the 8th edition of the Spring Sensation Sale 2019 with an average of $4046! The sale was held at Lamb Farms #2 in Oakfield, NY, hosted by Jonathan & Alicia Lamb. Animals sold to 13 states and 2 provinces. Topping the sale was Lot 1, OCD Av Lioness-Red, a big-time fall calf for 2019! She was purchased for $26,5000 by Olivia Schulter, IL, with Mandy & Graisson Schmidt, Arizona Dairy LLC & Ekys Holsteins, CA, contending.

OCD Av Lionesse-Red. . . . . . . . . . . . $26,500 (Sept ’18 Avalanche x All-American Rosedale Lucky Rose-Red EX-94, sister to 2018 AllAmerican Lollipop-Red) Buyer: Olivia Schluter, IL Contender: Mandy & Graisson Schmidt, Arizona Dairy LLC & Ekys Holsteins, CA OCD Doorm Electra-ET . . . . . . . . . . $16,000 (Sept ‘18 Doorman x EX-93 Gold Chip x 2E-95 Electra x EX-96 Elegance) Buyer: The Electric Syndicate, NY

OCD Av Lionesse-Red topped the 8th Edition of the Oakfield Spring Sensation Sale for $26,500 to Olivia Schluter, IL. Contenders were Mandy & Graisson Schmidt, Arizona Dairy Co., and Ekys Holsteins, CA. The sale wouldn’t have been possible without the outstanding crew!

OCD Defiant Lustrous-Red-ET. . . . $13,000 1st Fall Calf, Big E R&W Show ‘18 (Sept ‘17 Defiant due 12/19 to sexed Jordy from EX-94 Limited) Consignor: Golden Oaks Farm, IL 1st C. Jordy x Blair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8200 (Sept ‘19 Jordy x Underground Bccas BlairRed EX-90, Grand Champion, Northeast Spring Nat’l ‘19 & NY Spring R&W ‘19) Buyer: Hawbaker, F&D Borba and C&J Hill, MD

OCD Byway Minka-ET. . . . . . . . . . . . . $8200 (June ‘18 Byway x EX-94 Durham Margaux x 2E-92 x 8 VG/EX dams) Buyer: Ben & Sara Knonberg, WI Miss OCD Undeny Georgia-ET. . . . . $8200 (Dec ‘18 Undenied x EX-94 Geography, mat. sister to Royal Supreme Jr Champion Georgette) Buyer: Dylan Branter, Jay Robertson & Keaton Phoenix, ON COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019 » 49

SOUTHERN SPRING NATIONAL HOLSTEIN SHOW April 13, 2019, Stillwater, OK · Judge Brian Behnke, WI

HOLSTEIN

134 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Plum-Line Solomon Coachella (Solomon), 1st Fall Yearling, Kaleb Osinga, TX

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Blondin Avalanche Chelsey-ET (Avalanche), 1st Fall Calf, John Cunningham, CA

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Golden-Oaks AV Target-ET (Avalanche), 2nd Fall Calf, Lora Wright, MO

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Tex-Stein Defiant Claire (Defiant), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Grayson Steinberger, TX

Junior Champion Plum-Line Solomon Coachella, Kaleb Senior & Grand Champion Tex-Stein Goalie Talytha, Gavin Osinga, TX. Steinberger, TX.

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Quietcove JMKCurran Darling (McCutchen), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Nina Koster, TX

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Apple-PTS Arrazola-ET (Corvette), 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old, Esmae Velsen & Makayla Osinga, TX

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION & BEST BRED & OWNED

Tex-Stein Goalie Talytha (Goalie), 1st Aged Cow, Gavin Steinberger, TX

RESERVE SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Elm-Spring Stanleycup Angie (Stanleycup), 2nd Aged Cow, Esmae Velsen, TX

Intermediate Champion Tex-Stein Defiant Claire, Grayson Junior Champion Jr Show Harvue Doorman BT-ET, Jacob Steinberger, TX; Reserve Intermediate Champion Quietcove Bingham, TX. JMKCurran Darling, Nina Koster, TX.

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Tex-Stein McCutch Annaleigh (McCutchen), 1st 4-Year-Old, Gage Steinberger, TX

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Tex-Stein Holsteins, TX

JUNIOR HOLSTEIN

86 HEAD

Complete In-House & On-Farm Embryo Services

April 11, 2019 · Judge Delbert Yoder, OH

Including: Embryo Sexing,

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Intermediate Champion Jr Show LtoR: Intermediate Champion Senior & Grand Champion Jr Show Elm-Spring Stanleycup

Donor & Recipient Facilities & Management.

Harvue Doorman BT-ET (Doorman), 1st Spring GLORYLAND 20 Main Street North, UnitGoldwyn-ET, 7 Crater Rhiana Nina Koster & Cordell Fishback, TX; Angie, Esmae Velsen, TX. Yearling, Jacob Bingham, TX Accredited Export Center

Lakota Waterdown,Reserve Ontario L0R 2H0 Intermediate Champion Ruann Beemer Jean 56083PO Box 879 ET, Kaylie RaeZapalac, TX. 253147 Unit A Bearspaw Road, Blondin Jordy Dallas-ET (Jordy-Red), 2nd Spring www.merit-insurance.com Calgary Alberta Canada T3L 2P5 O@&11 >Q&FL RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION Yearling, Makayla & Kaleb Osinga, TX B.905.690.6888 • F.905.690.4229 Ruann Beemer Jean 56083-ET (Beemer), Ms D Angel Daelyn-ET (Kingboy), 1st 4-Year[T]2nd (403) 239-8882 Toll Free: 1-877-686-8202 INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPIONDirect line. 289.431.5203 Senior 3-Year-Old, Kaylie Zapalac, TX Old, Kaylie Zapalac, TX [F] (403) 239-8886 Glen Smith Goldwyn-ET - Registered Insurance Broker Crater Rhiana (Goldwyn), 1st C.416.526.5428 SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION CHAMPION BRED & OWNED email: aeg@aeg.ca | website: www.aeg.ca Merit InsuranceNina Brokers Inc.& Cordell E: g.smith@merit-insurance.comME RITSenior 3-Year-Old, Koster RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

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Hilmar-D Rubicon 10181-ET VG-85

2-00 365 32,770 4.6 1525 3.4 1140 +2687G +871NM +1137M +104F +62P SHE HAS 5 DAUGHTERS OVER +2700G SIRED BY RESOLVE, MARQUEE, SLAMDUNK, SAMURI & FORTUNE! HER DAUGHTER:

Hilmar-D Resolve 14398-ET

+2860G +956NM +993CM +1528M +99F +66P +2.37T +2.72UDC

Hilmar-D Imax 14077-ET +2843G +997NM +1012CM +1901M +111F +.14%F 6.4%SCE +2.67T +2.71UDC SON BY RIVETING WITH EXCITING NUMBERS: +2942G +1026NM +234FE +1551M +114F +60P +2.95T +2.91UDC D: Pre c i s io n Del ta L a i ney - E T EX-90 3Y 2-02 305 31,050 3.8 1198 3.0 950 3-02 202 22,690 4.4 1016 3.0 696 Inc Congrats to Madilyn on your success with

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All-California & Junior All-California Fall Yearling 2019

D: H i l -Crane Atwo o d 6069-E T EX-90 2D: H il -Crane A lexander 3982-E T EX-90 3D: Ms Cranehil l L o el a Mo r ty-E T EX-92 G MD DUE IN DECEMBER TO JACOBY!

Moonlight

- all of your hard work paid off!

H I G H - I N D E X A N D H I G H - T Y P E A N I M A L S & E M B R Y O S A LW AY S AVA I L A B L E . C O N TA C T U S T O D AY !

The Matheron Family

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MIDWEST SPRING NATIONAL HOLSTEIN SHOW April 27, 2019, Madison, WI · Judge Keith Topp, OH

HOLSTEIN

184 HEAD

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Milksource Zest-ET (Avalanche), 1st Winter Yearling, Milk Source LLC, WI

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ms Mauk-A-Way Rosa-Red-ET (Jordy), 1st Spring Yearling, Cole, Ava, Campbell & Royce Booth, WI

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Milksource Attica-Red (Taz), 1st Summer Yearling, Milk Source LLC, WI

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Sco-Lo-Af Sid Sangria-ET (Sid), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, James Ostrom & John Vosters, WI

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION & BEST BRED & OWNED

Quietcove Foxys Avocado-ET (Doorman), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Lilly Ann Elsass, OH

Grand Champion LtoR: Intermediate & Grand Champion Sco-Lo-Af Sid Sangria-ET, James Ostrom & John Vosters, WI; Senior & Reserve Grand Champion Co-Vale Dempsy Dina 4270-ET, Milk Source LLC & Ransom Rail Farms, WI; Reserve Senior & HM Grand Champion Shadow-W Reginald Marian, Reese McCoy & Lilly Elsass, OH.

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Fraeland Doorman Bonnie (Doorman), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Mike & Julie Duckett, WI

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Co-Vale Dempsy Dina 4270-ET (Dempsey), 1st Aged Cow, Milk Source LLC & Ransom Rail Farms, WI

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Shadow-W Reginald Marian (Reginald), 1st 5-Year-Old, Reese McCoy & Lilly Elsass, OH

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Ms Apple Arrie-ET (Atwood), 1st 4-Year-Old, Arrie Syndicate, WI

Intermediate & Grand Champion Sco-Lo-Af Sid Sangria-ET, Senior & Reserve Grand Champion Co-Vale Dempsy Dina James Ostrom & John Vosters, WI. 4270-ET, Milk Source LLC & Ransom Rail Farms, WI.

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Duckett Holsteins, WI

JUNIOR HOLSTEIN JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ms Mauk-A-Way Rosa-Red-ET (Jordy), 1st Spring Yearling, Cole, Ava, Campbell & Royce Booth, WI

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

GVGoldenview Ladyliberty (Gold Chip), 1st Fall Calf, Grant Vosters & Ben & Sara Kronberg, WI

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Junior Champion Milksource Zest-ET, Milk Source LLC, WI.

Reserve Junior Champion Ms Mauk-A-Way Rosa-Red-ET, Cole, Ava, Campbell & Royce Booth, WI.

Petitclerc Doorman Sapphire-ET (Doorman), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Grant Vosters, WI

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Tombeth Ettakaw (Brokaw), 1st Senior 2-YearOld, Sarah Kearns, WI

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Hartleys Gold Chip Guess (Gold Chip), 1st 4-Year-Old, Emma & Natalie Jo Giddings, WI

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Ryan-Vu Gchip Claudette-ET (Gold Chip), 1st 5-Year-Old, Joseph Troy Opsal, WI

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CHAMPION BRED & OWNED

Lars-Acres Gwatwd Landi-ET (Atwood), Brooke, Dane & Luke Trustem, WI

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WESTERN SPRING NATIONAL HOLSTEIN SHOW May 16-17, 2019, Richmond, UT · Judge Nathan Thomas, OH

HOLSTEIN

128 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Scenic-Edge Jordan-Red (Jordy), 1st Summer Yearling, Ty, Jacey & Hadley Ross, AZ

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Budjon-Abbott Ava Amanda-ET (Avalanche), 1st Fall Calf, Brandon Almeida, CA

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ruann Jest Kingpin-80236 (Kingpin), 1st Spring Yearling, Steve & Pat Maddox, CA

PREMIER BREEDER - HEIFER SHOW

Pappys Farms LLC, UT

PREMIER EXHIBITOR - HEIFER SHOW

Arizona Dairy, Ty, Jacey & Hadley Ross, AZ

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Arroyo-Vista Pat-Ra-Red-ET (Pat),1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Cal Cab Holsteins, Graisson & Mandy Schmidt, Pat & Steve Maddox, CA

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ryan-Crest Hnotic Elanah-ET (Hypnotic), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Chloe & Chase VanderEyk, CA

Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion APGambo Atwood Keenan, Alex Gambonini, Steve & Pat Maddox, Graisson & Mandy Schmidt, CA; Reserve Grand Champion Arroyo-Vista Pat-Ra-Red-ET, Cal Cab Holsteins, Graisson & Mandy Schmidt, Pat & Steve Maddox, CA; HM Grand Champion Pappys Atwood Felma, Pappys Farms LLC, UT.

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Whey-Mat Brady Queen (Brady), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Matt & Lena Leak, UT

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION & BEST BRED & OWNED

APGambo Atwood Keenan (Atwood), 1st 5-Year-Old, Alex Gambonini, Steve & Pat Maddox, Graisson & Mandy Schmidt, CA

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION & GRAND PERFORMER

Pappys Atwood Felma (Atwood), 1st Aged Cow Pappys Farms LLC, UT

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Junior Champion - Open & Jr Holstein and R&W Shows Scenic- R&W Grand Champion Arroyo-Vista Pat-Ra-Red-ET, Cal Cab Holsteins, Graisson & Mandy Schmidt, Pat & Steve Maddox, CA Edge Jordan-Red, Ty, Jacey & Hadley Ross, AZ.

Pappys Emphasis Velvet (Emphasis),n 1st Production Cow, Pappys Farms LLC, UT

GRAND PERFORMER

Pappys Atwood Felma (Atwood), 1st Aged Cow, Pappys Farms LLC, UT

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Pappys Farms LLC, UT

JUNIOR HOLSTEIN JUNIOR CHAMPION

Scenic-Edge Jordan-Red (Jordy), 1st Summer Yearling, Jacey Ross, AZ

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Roll-N-View 1Moretime-Red (Jordy), 1st Fall Calf, Mitchell Coleman and Kestin Martin, CA

GRAND CHAMPION

Hol-Star Malo Roz-Red-ET (Malone), 1st 4-Year Old, Connor Correia, CA

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Ryan-Crest Hnotic Elanah-ET (Hypnotic), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Chloe & Chase VanderEyk, CA

Reserve Intermediate Champion Ryan-Crest Hnotic Elanah-ET, Grand Champion - Jr Show Hol-Star Malo Roz-Red-ET, Connor Correia, CA. Chloe & Chase VanderEyk, CA.

RED & WHITE

19 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Scenic-Edge Jordan-Red (Jordy), 1st Summer Yearling, Ty, Jacey & Hadley Ross, AZ

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Roll-N-View 1Moretime-Red (Jordy), 1st Fall Calf, Mitchell Coleman and Kestin Martin, CA

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

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RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ruann A Bonnie-65924-Red-ET (Avalanche) 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Steve & Pat Maddox, CA

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Hol-Star Malo Roz-Red-ET (Malone), 1st 4-Year Old, Connor Correia, CA

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Barb Act Beauty-Red-ET (Action), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Beauty Syndicate, CA

WESTERN SPRING HERITAGE SALE May 15, 2019, Richmond, UT · Average $2232 on 41 lots

The 2019 Western Spring National Heritage Sale has concluded in Richmond, Utah. Held in conjunction with the Western Spring National Show and first conducted in 1915, the sale is the longest running state sale in the nation! 36 Holstein lots averaged $2,288 and 5 Jersey lots averaged $1,840 for an overall average on 41 lots of $2,232. The sale featured 21 consignments from herds around the West and 20 lots from Pappys Farms of Ogden, UT. Pappys Avalanche Rosanna. . . . . . . . $4200 (Sept ‘18 Avalanche x EX-90 Redliner Rose x 3E93 Durham Raven from Bstar E Raven 3E-95) Consignor: Pappys Farms, UT Buyer: Steven Roberts, ID

Pappys D-Back Alley-Red . . . . . . . . . . . . $3900 (Diamondback due in July to Ammo-P from EX-90 Destry x Tri-Day Ashlyn EX-96) Consignor: Pappys Farms, UT Buyer: T&L Cattle Ltd., BC Skyomish Tatoo Alice *RC. . . . . . . . . . . . $3700 (Dec ‘18 Tatoo x VG-88 Archrival x AllAmerican EX-96 Apple) Consignor: Michael & Jessica Oliver, WA Buyer: Sutton Russell, NM Calori-D Beemer Raced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3200 (Dec ‘18 Beemer x EX-90 Dempsey then 15 EX dams from Audrey Posch family) Consignor: Rebekah & Stephen Mast, CA Buyer: Jeff Maxey, CO

Pappys Avalanche Rosanana topped the 2019 Western Spring Heritage Sale at $4200. She’s a Avalanche Fall Calf from the EX95 Bstar E Raven family! She was consigned by Pappys Farms, UT, and purchased by Steven Roverts, ID.

BEST OF LUCK-E SALE

March 30, 2019, Hampshire, IL · Average $4780 on 158 lots The Best of Luck-E Sale saw an average of $4780 on 158 lots with cattle sold to 14 states and 6 countries. Topping the sale was Luck-E Olympian Action EX-92 3Y for $32,000. She sold fresh just 3 days and is from the 2E-94 GMD DOM Starbuck Ashley family.

Luck-E Olympian Action. . . . . . . . . . $32,000 (EX-92 3Y Olympian backed 5 EX dams from 2E-94 Starbuck Ashley family) Buyer: Kyle Dennis Engel, IL

Luck-E Awesome Jacuzzi-Red . . . . $30,000 (VG-88 2Y pot. 11th gen EX from EX-93 Ladd Jubilee x 2E-94 Mr Burns) Buyer: Ian Briechle, PA Luck-E Awesome Audio. . . . . . . . . . . $22,000 (EX-91 Awesome due in June x 2E-94 x 3E-94 x 2E-90 x 3E-93 x 2E-94) Buyer: Keith Engel, IL Luck-E Awesome Adventure *RC . . . $22,000 (VG-89 3Y due in May x backed 5 EX dams from 2E-94 Starbuck Ashley family) Buyer: Dennis Engel, IL

Luck-E Olympian Action EX-92 topped the Best of Luck-E Sale for $32,000. She was 5th Junior 3-Year-Old at WDE 2018 and is backed by 5 Excellent dams. She was purchased by Kyle Engel, IL. Luck-E Awesome Joy-Red . . . . . . . . . $20,500 (Fresh 3/8, #1 Type Red Polled Heifer, #1 UDC Red Polled x EX-93 Ladd Jubilee x 2E-94 Mr Burns) Buyer: Matthew Steiner, OH

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REDS ROCKING THE US NATIONAL SHOW RING IN SPRING 2019 SCENIC-EDGE JORDAN-RED-ET

UTAH

1st Summer Yearling & Junior Champion - Western Spring National Show 2019 Owned by: Ty, Jacey & Hadley Ross of Arizona Dairy, Mesa, AZ Bred by Rodney Bohnhoff of Plymouth, WI, Jordan was purchased in the 2019 Quest for Success IV Sale for $11,500.

Sire: Cycle McGucci Jordy-Red The Jena Family: EX-90 Heztry X VG-88 Maxwell-Red X EX-94 Advent X EX-93 September Storm X VG-86 Red Marker

MS MAUK-A-WAY ROSA-RED

WISCONSIN

1st Spring Yearling & Reserve Junior Champion - Midwest Spring National Show 2019 Owned by: Cole, Ava, Campbell & Royce Booth, Plymouth, WI Nominated Junior All-American R&W Spring Calf 2018 Rosedale Hopeless Romantic, her EX-90 Demello dam, was purchased by the Booth kids and Brittney and Bryan Mauk from the Rosedale Sale of Excellence Dispersal in 2017.

Sire: Cycle McGucci Jordy-Red The Blackrose Family: EX-90 Demello X EX-93 Goldwyn X VG-89 Cousteau X EX-93 GMD Kinglea Leader X EX-96 GMD DOM Blackstar X EX-93 Triple Threat X VG-89 Bootmaker

ARROYO-VISTA PAT RA-RED-ET VG-88

UTAH

1st Junior 3-Year-Old & Intermediate Champion - Western Spring National 2019 Owned by: Cal-Cab Holsteins, Pat & Steve Maddox and Graisson & Mandy Schmidt, Riverdale, CA Bred by the Michael & Denise Lynn Mulas Trust of Sonoma, CA, Ra-Red was purchased as a bred heifer in the 2017 Christmas Holiday Revue Sale.

Sire: Coyne-Farms Sympati Pat-Red The Raven Family: EX-93 2E Advent X VG-88 September Storm X EX-93 3E Durham X EX-92 3E Rudolph X EX-95 3E Blackstar X EX-92 4E Mark X EX-94 4E Mars Tony

UNDERGROUND BCCAS BLAIR-RED EX-90

NEW YORK

1st Senior 3-Year-Old & Grand Champion - Northeast Spring National 2019 Owned by: Oakfield Corners Dairy Show Cattle, Oakfield, NY A February heifer, she calved at 1-07 and was purchased privately in 2018

by Oakfield Corners from breeder Blake Crothers of Pitcher, NY. Sire: KHW Elm-Park Acme EX-92 Red Marker X EX-90 Jordan X GP Rubens X VG-85 Travertine

CURR-VALE ABS ADORED-RED VG-87

NEW YORK

1st 4-Year-Old & Reserve Grand Champion - Northeast Spring National 2019 Owned by: Cedar Lane Farm, Oldwick, NJ Consigned by her breeders, Currie Holsteins of Tully, NY, Adored was purchased for $25,000 at the 2019 New York Spring Select Sale, held two days before the show.

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NEW ENGLAND ANNUAL 2019 NEW ENGLAND HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION OFFICERS PRESIDENT James Strout, Sr. 772 West Ridge Rd., Cornville, ME 04976

jimstrout@live.com // 207-399-3226

VICE-PRESIDENT Mary Margaret Cole prettycows1170@comcast.net // 860-608-0286 209C Pendleton Hill Rd., North Stonington, CT 06359 SECRETARY Melissa Griffin 65 Ashfield Rd., Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

mwillis28@yahoo.com // 413-489-3259

TREASURER Dan LaCoss daniel_lacoss@cargill.com // 802-274-4768 1620 Witherspoon Rd., East Ryegate, VT 05042 EXECUTIVE MANAGER Linda Haggarty 234 Bayley Hazen Drive, Wells River, VT 05081

neholstein@nesholsteins.com // 802-757-2442

HOLSTEIN FIELD REP

jsmith@holstein.com // 802-380-9382

Jim Smith

HOLSTEIN DIRECTORS

UPCOMING EVENTS

HOLSTEIN COMMITTEES

JULY 14-17 JULY 20 AUGUST 10 AUGUST 25-26 SEPTEMBER 10 SEPTEMBER 11 SEPTEMBER 13 SEPTEMBER 17 SEPTEMBER 18 SEPTEMBER 19 SEPTEMBER 24 OCTOBER 1-5 OCTOBER 25-26 NOVEMBER 1-10

Bonnie Burr, CT/RI Arnold Nieminen, CT/RI Natalie Sneller, ME Peter Waterman, ME Heather Gregoire, MA Scott DeBlois, NH Nate Robertson, NH Seth Carpenter, VT Martha Seifert, VT

FINANCE Chair Pete Waterman, Jim Strout, Sr.,

Dan LaCoss, Dave Schillawski, Lee Salonen, and Linda Haggarty

MEMBERSHIP Chair Betsy Bullard, Marion Seifert,

Seth Carpenter

BREED PROMOTION & SHOW Chair Rick Allyn,

Scott Davenport, Bonnie Burr, Arnie Nieminen, Betsy Bullard

LtoR: Executive Secretary Linda Haggarty, Secretary Melissa Griffin, Treasurer Dan LaCoss, Outgoing President David Schillawski, Vice President Mary Margaret Cole & President Jim Strout.

New England Summer Holstein Show, Hopkinton Fairgrounds, NH Connecticut/ Rhode Island State Holstein & Jersey Shows, Durham Fairgrounds, CT Vermont Parish Jersey Show, New Haven, VT Maine State Holstein Show, Windsor Fairgrounds, ME Eastern States Red & White Show, West Springfield, MA Northeast Fall National Holstein Show, West Springfield, MA Northeast National Brown Swiss Show, West Springfield, MA Northeast National Milking Shorthorn Show, West Springfield, MA Eastern States Jersey Show, West Springfield, MA Eastern States National Ayrshire Show, West Springfield, MA New England Guernsey Classic Show, West Springfield, MA World Dairy Expo, Madison, WI New England States Holstein Annual Convention, Concord, NH Royal Winter Agriculture Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

YOUTH Chair Nicole Fletcher, Labette Page, Leanne Moon, and Kirsten Kruger

BREED ASSOCIATION CONTACTS AYRSHIRE Cindy Crawford, Regional Director Whiting, VT // 802-623-6934 BROWN SWISS Christine Belder, NE Secretary

413-665-3338

GUERNSEY Cara Trotter, Field Rep

agafieldrep@gmail.com // 724-730-0765

Featured on this year’s cover are the 2018 New England Champions & Futurity Winner.

Back LtoR: Northeast Fall National Champion Bella-Rosa GW Sara CT State Show Champion Kingsway Doorman Andrea Northeast Futurity Winner Juniper Sid Chardonnay

JERSEY Brenda Snow, Area Rep

Front LtoR: ME Champion Conant Acres Atwood Logan-ET

MILKING SHORTHORN Bill Bartlett, National Director cbsmile70@comcast.net // 978-729-1491 Marcia L. Clark, Executive Committee Member Gmc_farm@yahoo.com // 814-602-7089

New England Summer Show Grand Allyndale Shocking Lilac.

bsnow@usjersey.com // 802-249-2659

Photos © Cybil Fisher Photography.

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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD CLARK & LOIS WOODMANSEE, CT

Arnold Nieminen presented the New England States Holstein Association’s 2018 Distinguished Service award to Clark and Lois Woodmansee of Preston, CT. Owners of Woodmansee Holsteins, they are a proud fourth generation dairy farm that has developed numerous All-Americans and well-known Holsteins families throughout North America. Developing “America’s Sweetheart,” Quality Ridge Stormi Hazel EX-96 2E, is their crowning achievement. Clark and Lois believe she might be one of the few Holsteins that has been Nominated All-American 7X consecutively in milking form. To date, she has 12 Excellent and 5 Very Good daughters. Her highest scored daughter, Hazels Gldwn Hatty EX-96 2E, is following in her mother’s footsteps, most recently earning Bred & Own Champion honors at the Northeast Spring National Holstein Show. In 2017, Hatty was Grand Champion at the Northeast Fall National Holstein Show and was Nominated All-American Production Cow. Clark and Lois own many other show winning animals with partners from coast-to-coast, including World Dairy Expo Supreme Champion Rosiers Blexy Goldwyn EX-96.

Arnie Nieminen, right, presented Lois and Clark Woodmansee with the Distinguished Service Award at “There hasn’t been anyone more dedicated to buying and selling cows in the last decade,” the Holstein Convention held in October 2018. commented Tim Abbott. “He will always put his best sales, and he comes and bolsters sales by bringing home the best. He really supports his fellow breeders and is by far the greatest partner I’ve ever had.”

Outside of the show ring, Clark and Lois have both worked enthusiastically to promote the Holstein breed and support the Connecticut and New England associations. Clark and Lois have hosted farm tours, a New England sale, and were active committee members for the 2005 National Holstein Convention hosted in Maine. Clark has served as breed representative at Eastern States, and it was his idea to get sponsors for the Best Bred & Owned awards at the Northeast Fall National Holstein Show. In 2018, $4,800 was raised and split among the first three places in every class.

The Holstein industry and the New England States Holstein Association have been greatly enriched Clark & Lois with Hazel Gldwn Hatty, Grand Champion

by Clark and Lois’s service.

at the 2017 Northeast Fall National Holstein Show.

Woodmansee Holsteins also received the Premier Breeder Banner!

CARETAKER AWARD JIM BREWSTER, CT

Jim and his brother owned Blossom Acres, a prominent Holstein show herd in the Northeast. “You had to go through Blossom Acres if you wanted to win!” notes a fellow Holstein breeder. One of the anchors of the showstring, Mainwood Admiral Natashya EX-93, was Grand Champion at Eastern States, a title that Jim claimed numerous times. Well-known and respected for his incredible work ethic with dairy cattle, Jim also trained and developed pulling horses. He also opened his farm to tours and judging contests.

After dispersing the herd, Jim worked for several other breeders in the Northeast. His willingness to mentor Holstein enthusiasts, to help them prepare for the show ring, and his forward thinking have positively impacted the lives of countless young people.

Bruce Sherman & Arnie Nieminen presented Jim Brewster, center, the New England Caretaker Award.

LONGTIME MEMBER RECOGNITION 50 YEARS Joy A Fagan, VT Hibbard Hill Farm, Donald Hibbard, CT Tobey Hill Farm, Richard LeGeyt, MA 51 YEARS University of Maine, ME Doreen & Richard Morris, NH Frank Panciera, RI Lee Salonen, NH David & Kip Sears, MA Vermont Technical College, VT Paul & Judy Willis, MA 52 YEARS Robillard Flats Farms Inc., VT

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53 YEARS Douglas J Carlson, CT Lincoln & Peggy Hawes, ME C Vernon Jr & Mary Smith, MA Arthur West, MA Maurice & Lois Maxwell, VT 54 YEARS John & Myrdith McKinley, VT Vera West, MA 55 YEARS James & Eleanor Pickard, MA 56 YEARS Michael Wilson, ME

57 YEARS Thayden Farrington & Son, ME Bruce & Kathleen Haley, ME Joyce Hamel, ME Richard & Diane Pearson, ME Stuart Farm, Merrill Family, NH Tullando Farm, Tullar Family, NH Auburn Star Farm Inc., Conan Eaton, VT VT-Pond-View, VT 58 YEARS Louis Maxfield, VT 59 YEARS Collins Powder Hill Farm, CT Mapleleaf Farm Inc., Ned Ellis, CT Virginia W. Koehler, MA

60 YEARS Lewis Tanner, CT Charles W. Hall, ME R. Clark Joyner, MA 61 YEARS Walter S. Hine II, CT Ken & Virginia Veazie, ME Marion Seifert, VT Don-Sim Farm 64 YEARS R.E. Hemond Farm, ME 65 YEARS Norman & Arlene Coulter, CT 67 YEARS Maurice & Shirley Keene, ME Robert Waterman, ME Walter Young, ME

70 YEARS University of Connecticut 72 YEARS Gold Top Farms, Ingraham Family, ME 74 YEARS Whittier Farms, MA Grafton County Farm, NH Scrutons Dairy, NH University of New Hampshire, NH Vern-Mont Farm, VT 75 YEARS Brigeen Farms, ME Champlainside Farm, Howlett Family, VT 85 YEARS Mayval Farm, MA

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GOOD FARMERS ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS MORRILL FARM DAIRY LLC, PENACOOK, NH

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n the 100 years since John Morrill started a farm with one cow and a couple of horses just outside of Concord, NH, the Morrill family has transformed the operation, and also witnessed the changing demographics of the area surrounding the state capital city. Rob Morrill, John’s grandson, crops land only a mile from the Capitol building. “I can see the Capitol Dome from one of our fields.

It’s the closest state capitol to a corn field of any state in the nation,” notes Rob. Rob and his wife, Sheri, would like to see their children, Andy, Ryan, Kevin, and Kim, have the opportunity to keep farming in close proximity to Concord (Penacook is actually a village within the Concord city limits). Currently milking 140 cows, they have a total of 520 head on their home farm. Looking to the future, they would like to build a new 300-cow facility, but need to retain ag zoning and usage on much of the land they own and rent close to Concord in order to feed that larger herd. “The support of the local community has been tremendous and very gratifying.

We had great neighbors over the years, and we’ve tried to be good neighbors in turn. They respect what we do and we try to operate with consideration to our city friends,” explains Rob. The plans for the new facility are creeping their way through the permit process, which always takes longer than anyone imagines. Rob is fairly sanguine about the delay. “It’s not all bad.

It gives us a chance to refocus and rethink things. It really comes down to the kids - if they want to keep pursuing it. They don’t need to be dairying to satisfy Dad!” Generational transition is already underway at Morrill Dairy. Rob and Sheri have backed away from the everyday chores, and those responsibilities are falling to their sons, the fourth generation on the farm.

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told Dad to do what he wants, when he wants, and he took that literally!” Ryan handles the work with the cows, while Andy oversees the cropping of the 1,000 acres and the mechanical work. Kevin is involved primarily with the cows and with feeding, but fills in wherever he’s needed.

Daughter Kimberly is married to a Mark Decker, a dairy farmer, and now works as a consultant for Chr. Hansen, after 7-years as Morrill Farm Dairy was named Premier Breeder at the 2017 Big E Red & a dairy specialist with Cornell White Show.

Cooperative Extension in New good type and longevity in their herd. Rob York. focuses in on these points. “We really look For six years, the family farmed and milked cows at two places - the home farm and a 300-cow facility located 90 minutes away in Alstead, NH. “We were preparing for the potential expansion, but as that took longer than we thought, we decided to reconsolidate to the home farm last year,” explains Rob. They dispersed 300 head in August of 2018 to downsize back to the Penacook site. “A real plus from the whole undertaking was that we are now selling more replacements to people who are repeat customers from that sale. It’s created some new markets for us, and that market still has a premium for the better kind of milk cow,” notes Rob. The Morrills have always emphasized

at conformation - a correct cow properly managed will make milk! Older cows will give more milk, and we like young cows that look like they will develop into those high-producing mature females. Along with that, we’re still bull pickers. There’s two sides to a bull’s pedigree and that maternal side is very important to us.

We’re using a higher percentage of young sires, but they’re bulls that we’ve vetted and are confident in their maternal line.”

The family has always enjoyed working with and developing Red & White cattle, which is evident in the farm slogan ‘Working with Red to Stay in the Black.’

Herd matriarchs include Morrill Rmrk Scarlette-Red EX-94 2E - All-American R&W Junior 3-Year-Old in 2003 and a class winner at World Dairy Expo - a Red Marker tracing back to All-American Continental Scarlette-Red EX-95 3E. Rmrk Scarlette’s Rubens daughter, Morrill SR Scarlette-Red was also scored EX-94, and was the Reserve All-American R&W Production Cow in 2010 & 2011. Ron-Con Factor Carla-Red EX-93 4E, with her longevity and impressive lifetime production over 233,000M, also left many descendants on the farm.

Rob has never been afraid to add new blood to the herd,

“The support of the local community has been tremendous and very gratifying. We had great neighbors over the years, and we’ve tried to be good neighbors in turn. They respect what we do and we try to operate with consideration to our city friends.”

ROB MORRILL

and enjoys attending auctions in the New England and New York areas. “Everyone has a vice and mine is going to cow sales!”

One purchase now has four generations of descendants all currently in the herd St-Jacob Destry Anya *RC EX-93. Anya is a daughter of Tri-Day Ashlyn EX-96 2E, and they are still doing some flush work with her. She already has one Excellent and five Very Good daughters, sired by Absolute and Addiction-P. She has more heifers at the farm sired by Hypnotic, AwesomeRed, Diamondback, and Bailey.

They still like to take a string to the shows, and were Premier Breeder and Exhibitor at the inaugural New England Summer Holstein Show in 2018. Rob elaborates, “Showing cattle is a family hobby - it’s an expensive hobby, but it’s something we did when our kids were growing up and it’s still something the whole family enjoys! I think showing is part of the

reason all four of our kids are involved in the dairy business.”

Showing is also a part of their marketing program. They’re not afraid to consign to sales or to let one go at a show or off the farm. Rob enthuses, “It means more to sell animals that go on to do good things for other breeders - that feels the best. We’ll price anything! Some of the good ones have a ‘happy’ price - we’re happy if you don’t take her and we’re happy if you do because we’ll cash a good check!”

The challenges of urban sprawl and shifting consumer sentiments are not lost on the family. A farm that has transformed over the decades will need to continue to evolve to survive. “Times are changing.

You have to be looking at things differently and constantly - you have to be willing to change,” emphasizes Rob. In the past, they’ve sold corn silage, but with now with fewer farms in the area, they

Morrill Redburst Alexis-Red was 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old at the 2018 Big E R&W Show for the Morrill family. had excess inventory on hand. They’ve reduced their corn acres and this spring, they planted barley with the intention of malting it and selling it to some of the numerous craft beer breweries in New Hampshire as a way of diversifying.

Rob concludes, “We’re proud of the kids.

They want to take care of the land and do things the right way. They want the farm to look nice and be a good representative of dairying and farming in New Hampshire.

To have good neighbors, you have to be a good neighbor and they really believe that!”

By Kathleen O’Keefe

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2018 ALL-NEW ENGLAND WINNERS Based on placings from the Northeast Fall National Holstein Show SUMMER CALF: Chestnut-Hyll Great Beauty, Kurt Nieminen, CT SPRING CALF: Arethusa C Temperature, Arethusa Farm, CT Reserve: CarpsView Crush Princess, McKenzie Carpenter, VT HM: Ms Beauty Aval Blush-ET, GMC Farm, NH WINTER CALF: Beslea Doorman Lattitude, Rick & Shannon Allyn & Jeremiah Lungwitz, CT Reserve: BHL-HA Faiths Fame, Kennedy Kimball & Noah Reid, ME HM: Fairmont Avalnche Amelia-ET, Jadyn Kimball & Noah Reid, ME FALL CALF: R-E-W So Lois, Michael Wolf, CT Reserve: Idee Doorman 1, Jadyn Kimball & Noah Reid, ME HM: Gamblin Diamondback Lilith, Richard & Doreen Morris, NH SUMMER YEARLING: JM Valley Dempsey Lyzara, Rick & Shannon Allyn, CT Reserve: Whittier-Farms Cinderella, Whittier Farms, MA HM: Cobequid Doorman Fia, Kennedy Kimball, ME SPRING YEARLING: Liddleholme Antice-Red-ET, Rick & Shannon Allyn, M. Hawbaker, K. Wolf, Dusty & Nicole Schirm, CT Reserve: Budjon-Abbott Anastasia-ET, Sharyn Abbott, CT & Lois Woodmansee, VT HM: G-M-C Diamondback Avery, GMC Farm, NH WINTER YEARLING: Robjo Doorman Embrace, Rick & Shannon Allyn, CT Reserve: Dala-Star Sid Dillybean, D&L LaCoss & Robeth Holsteins, VT HM: Skyrdg-BZ-CR Corvette Rosey, Barry Nadon III, MA FALL YEARLING: Watch-Hill Armani Salma-ET, Scott Davenport, CT JUNIOR BEST THREE FEMALES: Fairmont Farm, VT Reserve: Brigeen Farms Inc, ME HM: Scott Davenport; Alan Shearer, CT YEARLING IN MILK: MM-T Pockets Loreleie-ET, Rick & Shannon Allyn & AJL Genetics, CT Reserve: Woodmansees Solomon Mavis, Clark Woodmansee, CT HM: Pyramid Doorman Logo-ET, Ryan & Marci Simpson, VT

SENIOR 2-YEAR-OLD: Vale-O-Skene Dreams Kiara, C. Woodmansee & T&E Coon, CT Reserve: Ms Apple Andralyn-Red-ET, Fairmont Farm, LLC, VT HM: Butlerview Door Anika-ET, Nick Bellefleur, ME JUNIOR 3-YEAR-OLD: Butlerview Braz Camille-ET, Tim & Sharyn Abbott, VT Reserve: Hez Bo Atwood Ruth-ET, Tim & Sharyn Abbott, VT HM: Hez Hezbollahs Honour-ET, Tim & Sharyn Abbott, VT SENIOR 3-YEAR-OLD: Desperle Regina Aftershock-ET, Chet & Renee Baker, VT Reserve: Jacobs Goldwyn Buttershot-ET, Jessica & Phil Newland, VT HM: Extondale Brazzle Bianca, Tim & Sharyn Abbott, VT, C. Woodmansee, CT, Ferme Blondin, QC 4-YEAR-OLD: Woodmansees Wdbrk Haute-ET, Clark Woodmansee, CT Reserve: Allyndale Shocking Lilac, Fairmont Farm, LLC, VT HM: Comestar Spice Aftershock-ET, Jessica & Phil Newland, VT 5-YEAR-OLD: Walkerbrae Dorman Locket-ET, Tim & Shary Abbott, VT & Ferme Blondin, QC Reserve: Lindale Sid Bonnet, Tim & Sharyn Abbott, VT & Nick Raggi, MD HM: Arethusa Goldsun Molly, Arethusa Farm, CT AGED COW: Valleyville Goldwyn Tasha-ET, GMC Farm, NH Reserve: Ho-Crawf Atw Rising Star, Shelby Crawford & J. Sandra, ME HM: Woodmansees Fever Vita, Clark Woodmansee, CT 150,000 LB COW: Lylehaven Atwood Lylly-ET, GMC Farm, NH Reserve: Ms Rocklan Shottle Tippy-ET, Juniper Farm, Inc., ME PRODUCE OF DAM: Hazels Gldwn Hatty-ET, Clark Woodmansee, CT Reserve: Lottos Atwood Lizette-ET, Clark Woodmansee, CT HM: Watch-Hill La Mor Sara, Scott Davenport, CT DAM & DAUGHTER: Foster-Ridge Diamond Ring, Abby Foster, RI SENIOR BEST THREE FEMALES: Clark Woodmansee, CT Reserve: Juniper Farm, ME DAIRY HERD: Clark Woodmansee, CT

JUNIOR 2-YEAR-OLD: Juniper Sid Chardonnay-ET, Juniper Elite Holsteins, LLC, ME, Tim & Sharyn Abbot, VT Reserve: Ken-Am GC Snowbel, Tim & Sharyn Abbott, VT HM: Arethusa Awesome Astrid, Arethusa Farm, CT

2018 JUNIOR ALL-NEW ENGLAND WINNERS SPRING CALF: Cobequid Diamondbk Symbolic-Red, Jadyn Kimball, ME Reserve: Brigeen Pharo A Rol, Mason Twitchell, ME HM: R-E-W All in Favor-ET, Michael Wolf, CT

SPRING YEARLING: Brigeen Meridian 3051, Reeve Twitchell, ME Reserve: Powder-Mill-AM Peaches, Becca Syme, CT HM: Foster-Ridge Diamond Ring, Abby Foster, RI

WINTER CALF: BHL-Faiths Fame, Kennedy Kimball & Noah Reid, ME Reserve: Fairmont Avalnche Amlia-ET, Jadyn Kimball & Noah Reid, ME HM: Brigeen 1st Graded Rolene, Mason Twitchel, ME

WINTER YEARLING: Skyrdg-BZ-CR Corvette Rosey, Barry Nadon III, MA Reserve: Willow-Terrace Hypntc Ivory, Grace Stillacci, CT HM: Skyndg-BZ-CR Corvette Rosey, Barry Nadon III, MA

FALL CALF: R-E-W So Lois, Michael Wolf, CT Reserve: Idee Doorman 1, Jadyn Kimball & Noah Reid, ME HM: Lizzettes Crush It Loona-ET, Michael Wolf, CT

SENIOR 2-YEAR-OLD: Butlerview Door Anika, Nick Bellefleur, ME

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4-YEAR-OLD: Thorncrest Maxwell Ivory, Margaret Brady, CT

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BREEDING FOR A BIGGER STAGE! GAMBLIN FARM, HAVERHILL, NH

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ho’s that black cow with the great udder?” “I really like that black cow.

I think she’s the winner!” “That black one is really a dairy cow. Looks like she really works.” Any Holstein breeder standing at ringside loves to hear others appreciate a cow that carries their prefix. Richard and Doreen Morris have had just that experience in the past couple of years as their homebred cow, Gamblin Armani Glade EX-94, has made her mark at the very toughest shows in the country, culminating in an All-American nomination in 2018.

Glade is the epitome of what the Morris family strives for in their breeding program at Gamblin Farm, located in Haverhill, NH. They love a low-maintenance, efficient cow that produces above herd average and can represent their farm well at the shows. Glade certainly fit that description with a 2-year-old record over 28,000M. They knew she was special, but wasn’t yet classified when they sold her as a 3-year-old to Dan Hovden, IA, and Rosedale Genetics, WI. Frank & Diane Borba of California would also become partners on her. As a 4-year-old in 2018, she was Reserve Grand Champion of the Wisconsin Championship Show, and stood 6th at the International Holstein Show in Madison, while winning the production award in the class.

To breed a cow whose named is announced over the loudspeaker at World Dairy Expo is a notable accomplishment for any family farm. Rich and Doreen purchased the property and the 50-cow herd in 1987 from Rich’s parents, Robert and Irene Morris. They picked the farm name at that time. Doreen explains their thinking,

“Every decision we make on this farm is a ‘gamble’—will it work or not?” They slowly increased the herd size over the years and added capacity with a couple of freestall barns until they came to the current number of 225 cows.

Rich and Doreen raised three daughters on the farm, which they consider one of the best aspects of farming - watching the kids grow up into smart, hardworking, responsible adults. Daughter Justine and her husband, Brandon, have a son, Lucas (1). Justine is finishing her nursing degree and Brandon hauls for a custom cropping/logging operation. Daughter Taylor is a chiropractor’s assistant in Ithaca, NY, area. Their daughter Stephanie and her husband, Joe, work on the farm, and plan to take it over when Rich and Doreen retire. Stephanie makes the 3rd generation on the farm, and she and Joe have two children, Mason (3) and Savannah (5 mos).

The farm responsibilities are split up among the family members: Rich does crops, cleaning, and relief milking. Doreen keeps the books, helps with crops, relief milks, and raises calves. Stephanie is the herd manager, handles the breeding, calf chores, and relief milking. Joe feeds and is the crop and equipment manager. They have two full-time Hispanic employees who milk and clean. They crop about 545 acres total (148 acres owned, the rest rented) of corn for silage, grass for mixed grass haylage and some dry hay.

Their mostly homebred herd has a rolling herd average on 3x milking of 28,844M 3.8F 3.1P. Rich and Doreen are striving to improve their genetics with the balanced breeding In 2018, Joel LePage selected her as Reserve Grand Champion at the WI Championship Show for new owners Hovden, Rueth & Borba.

Doreen and Rich Morris with daughter Stephanie, son-inlaw Joe and grandkids Mason and Savannah. aim of the efficient, no-trouble cow with outstanding production and pleasing type. Currently, they’re selecting sires with high udder and feet & leg composites that carry high components. About 90% of the service sires are young, genomic bulls, and the balance are proven bulls.

They’ve always had a number of Red & White cattle in the herd, and another homebred cow they are proud of is Gamblin Advent Asia-Red EX-91. She’s always performed very well at local shows and is passing that style on to her descendants. Currently, the 2nd and 3rd generations of the cow family are in the herd. One of her daughters, Gamblin Attitude Africa VG-88 has records to 32,000M 4.9F 3.5P. They’re particularly excited about Africa’s Ammo-P daughter due in June to Diamondback.

Doreen acknowledges that it’s been tough for smaller farms for the past few years, but is hopeful for the future of the purebred breeder and for their operation. “As farms are getting larger, and milk prices remain low, I hope there continues to be a place for us in the industry. I do feel there will always be Registered breeders. Striving for and developing those ideal, efficient genetics are what motivates us to keep milking cows, and showing those elite animals is the fun side of dairy farming.

Registered Holstein genetics from New England are well-respected around the country. Hopefully, Gamblin Farm will be able to continue to develop our genetics with the next generation here and anxious to continue the tradition!”

Gamblin Advent Asia-Red EX-91 is herd matriarch with several exciting daughters and granddaughters.

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NEW ENGLAND JUNIOR HOLSTEIN REPORT This past year has been an exciting and eventful year for the New England Junior Holstein Association. In April, over 100 youth attended the Northeast Show Summit in Vermont, and attended workshops to learn more about dairy judging, fitting, nutrition, and more.

In June, 10 New England juniors and coach Nicole Fletcher traveled to Traverse City, MI, to attend the 2018 National Holstein Convention. The first contest of the week was the Dairy Jeopardy contest. Austin Norris competed in Intermediate Dairy Jeopardy, while Erin Norris placed third in Senior Dairy Jeopardy. New England also had two juniors, Sydney Bullard and Madeline Beaudry participating in the Public Speaking Contest. The final contest of the week, Dairy Quiz Bowl, was also a successful and fun way to end the week! The senior team consisting of Gregory Norris, Maggie LaPrise, Madeline Beaudry, and Miriam Dugas placed third, while the junior team consisting of Sydney Bullard, Regan Erin Norris was named a National Semifinalist in the DJM Contest and also placed 3rd in the Senior Dairy Jeopardy Johnson, Katelyn Poitras, and Charlie Haynes placed fifth. One of the most exciting parts Division. of the convention was seeing Erin Norris of Massachusetts selected as a Distinguished Junior Member finalist, becoming the first DJM finalist from New England since 2008!

During the Convention, New England Juniors were able to tour high quality farms in Michigan, while also relaxing and studying on the beach.

During the summer and fall, many youth took part in competitive Holstein shows throughout the region. In July, the New Hampshire and Vermont Holstein Associations hosted a New England Holstein Summer Show, held in New Hampshire. Various activities were available for juniors including showmanship, judging, and a dairy knowledge exam.

In September, the Northeast Fall National Holstein Show was held at the Eastern States Exposition in Massachusetts. This event is the largest Holstein show in New England, Junior Quiz Bowl team (L-R) coach Nicole Fletcher, Regan and many Junior Holstein members from all six states participated in the Junior Show. At Johnson, Katelyn Poitras, Sydney Bullard, Charlie Haynes. the conclusion of the show, the prestigious Lee Salonen Award was presented to Jadyn Kimball of Maine, recognizing her herdsmanship, sportsmanship, and participation.

In October, numerous juniors attended the New England Holstein Convention held in Manchester, CT. On the first day of the convention, the juniors toured the University of Connecticut Dairy. The New England Junior Association also held its annual meeting, which included elections for new executive board positions. The new positions are as follows: President Gregory Norris, MA; Vice President Madeline Beaudry, NH; Secretary Chelsey Patch, NH; Treasurer Trevor Clapp, MA. Additionally, Maggie LaPrise, RI, was elected for the new position of Social Media/PR Chair.

The following day, Junior contests took place. After the completion of the public speaking, jeopardy, and dairy bowl contests, the teams representing New England at this year’s National Holstein Convention were selected. Gregory Norris, Miriam Dugas, Maggie Senior Quiz Bowl team LtoR: Coach Nicole Fletcher, LaPrise, and Chelsey Patch (alternate Riley Goodrich) will represent New England as the Maggie LaPrise, Madeline Beaudry, Gregory Norris & Senior Dairy Bowl team, while Katelyn Poitras, Sydney Bullard, Regan Johnson, and Charlie Miriam Dugas.

Haynes will compete in the Junior Dairy Bowl contest. As for the Dairy Jeopardy Contest, many New England Juniors will be competing including Christin Haynes, Austin Norris, Trevor Clapp, Daniel Clapp, and Madeline Beaudry. Additionally, Riley Goodrich, Chelsey Patch, and Maggie LaPrise will be competing in the Public Speaking Contest. Madeline Beaudry was also recently selected as a DJM semifinalist, and will represent New England at the National Convention. The New England Juniors have been studying diligently, and look forward to attending the National Holstein Convention in Appleton, WI!

Juniors competing at New England Holstein Convention. Juniors enjoying the tour during National Convention in Michigan. Another farm tour during National Convention.

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HARLOW & HEMI . . .

AN UNFORGETTABLE DAM & DAUGHTER DUO

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t all started on March 12, 2019, when Pineland Farms of New Gloucester, ME, home to one of the oldest Registered Holstein herds in the U.S., classified a group of select Holsteins. The day ended with numerous new Very Good and Excellent cows, two new EX-94 cows (from their most prominent families) and three cows receiving multiple “E” recognition. Then it was time for the evaluation of dam and daughter duo, Pineland Goldwyn Hemi and Pineland Punch Harlow.

At 11-years-old, and on her sixth lactation, Hemi is the Queen at Pineland.

A Goldwyn backed by an EX-94 4E Dundee that still living on the farm, she has over 200,000M lifetime and a best record at 44,000M. She first classified EX95 in 2015, the same year she was Grand Champion at the Pine Tree Holstein Show, and received a 3E recognition in 2017.

When it was time before the classifier, the crew at Pineland was excited to see if

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She has already exceeded our expectations as a transmitter of great type and production. So for her to shine this bright at 11-years-old, still gaining personal accolades has been a blessing and dream come true to watch and be a part of. she had what it would take to reach the next level. “She has already exceeded our expectations as a transmitter of great type and production. So for her to shine this bright at 11-years-old, still gaining personal accolades has been a blessing and dream come true to watch and be a part of.” And indeed, she had just that.

She would need a revisit from Holstein to confirm this new score of EX-96 3E. One of her 8 Excellent daughters also had a visit from the classifier that day. Pineland Punch Harlow-ET had previously earned an EX-92 2E classification in December at the end of her third lactation. Fresh just a few weeks, she would make the impressive jump to EX-95.

“She is what we hope to see in this herd.”

For any farm, having one cow be put up for Committee is an exciting occurrence. But, to have a dam and daughter both be put up on the same day is truly monumental.

“To have two up for committee is an honor and we are excited to be part of it.”

Holstein USA would return a month later and confirm Hemi and Harlow’s wellearned classification scores. “It was an experience of a lifetime and so exciting!”

Hemi and Harlow join the ranks among some very elite, high scoring dam and daughter pairs. But you’d be hard-pressed to find another pair that have earned these classification scores in the same barn, on the same day. Congratulations to Pineland Farms on this historic event in the Holstein breed!

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PINELAND GOLDWYN HEMI-ET EX-96 3E

8-08 365 43,916 4.7% 2085F 3.3% 1448P EMBRYOS AVAILABLE BY OH-RIVER-SYC CRUSHABULL-ET Grand Champion, Pine Tree Holstein Show 2015 1st Aged Cow, Northeast Fall National 2015 Currently 8 milking Excellent daughters in the herd!

Her Dam: KISSAMEE DUNDEE HALEY-ET EX94 4E 8-10 352D 34,160M 4.8% 1653F 3.0% 1022P

PINELAND PUNCH HARLOW-ET EX-95 2E

5-01 350 31,522 3.8% 1185F 3.4% 1081P EMBRYOS AVAILABLE BY OH-RIVER-SYC BYWAY-ET

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THE CARETAKER

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very successful herd and show string has one. The quiet person behind the scenes that goes about taking care of the necessary details, doing things right, and keeping the cattle at the top of the priority list – the caretaker. Often, you know their face long before you know their name, but every manager of an elite group of cattle will emphasize their value. But, eventually, that hard and dedicated work is recognized on a larger stage, and so it is with New Hampshire native, Ralph Gushee.

Winner of the 2006 KlussendorfMacKenzie Award at World Dairy Expo and of the inaugural New England Caretaker Award in 2017, Ralph has fitted, trucked, and traveled with as many famous cows as anyone in the business.

A native of East Conway, NH, Ralph grew up on a small, mixed-use farm common to New England in the 1940s and 50s. When he was a boy, their dairy herd consisted of about 15 Registered Holsteins. The farm also always had about 15 horses on hand to log the woods that supplied their two portable sawmills. Once the family bought a tractor, they could cut back on horses and had room for more cows.

After going through the two-year ag program at the University of New Hampshire, Ralph jumped at the chance to work at Brigeen Farms in 1956, where he lived with the family for 3 ½ years before hitting the road to work sales and to clip lots and lots of cattle.

The Brigeen family was instrumental in getting Ralph outfitted for the trucking business, and provided plenty of cattle

Ralph was awarded the Klussendorf-MacKenzie Award in 2006, the same year that Veronica was Supreme Champion.

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I had a lot of good teachers. For anyone trying to get started in this business, I’d tell them the same things they told me: pay attention, listen, and when someone tells you something, do your homework!

to haul in the years that the export business was roaring. About that time, he also got hooked up with the New York State Guernsey herd that traveled to the National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, IA – some of the last years in which the show herds still traveled by rail car.

He credits Steve Briggs and the Briggs family as being some of the best cow people he’s ever known.

Other noted mentors for Ralph include Henry Thomas, the manager of the famous Guernsey herd at McDonald Farms in New York; Gibby Muir of Lippitt Farms Ayrshires; and Willie Ralph with “Queen” Veronica.

Olson, who worked with Over the succeeding most, if not all, of the great decades, along with Brown Swiss herds as well as Chambric helping at sales and shows, he also Farms in Illinois, the powerhouse Holstein trucked cattle up-wards of 100,000 miles show herd. All Klussendorf Award winners, a year. Ralph earned his business and was Ralph commented on many of the things entrusted with hauling some of the most he learned from them and on their style of valuable cows in the country, including the teaching, “They were old-timers, and they many-time All-American and All-Canadian, were strict! You went by their rules or you Brookview Tony Charity EX-97. were gone!”

In 2001, a new investor farm and herd Ralph left Arethusa in 2010, and is now established itself in Connecticut, and retired and living in Fryeburg, ME, (right Ralph was one of the first employees hired across the state line from where he on at Arethusa Farm. Once the new dairy grew up). He’s near much of his family, barn was built, he was asked to oversee which includes a son, a daughter, three the night shift. Hesitant at first, Ralph grandchildren, and two great-grandkids. noted that after a week, “I loved it. I could look after those young cows that needed No doubt he’s passing on some of the some more development. I could hand knowledge he’s learned over his lifelong feed them different hay, and I had fun career with some of the finest dairy cattle doing it. It feels good to know you helped on the continent. “I had a lot of good make some of those good cows.” teachers. For anyone trying to get started in this business, I’d tell them the same Ralph’s got plenty of good memories things they told me: pay attention, listen, of lots of great cows from Johns Lucky and when someone tells you something, Barb EX-97 to Brookview Tony Charity do your homework! You can’t go to the EX-97, but his favorite made her home at show and win until you know how to do Arethusa: Huronia Centurion Veronica EXthe things right at home.”

97. “I wasn’t a Jersey man before I got to Connecticut, but Veronica had the biggest heart and the greatest constitution of any cow I’ve ever known.” He laughingly remembers her strong personality as well.

“Her previous owners showed her as a milking yearling at the Royal and when she got off the trailer at the farm, I asked the boys – how did you ever get her to the ring?” He took up the task of getting her to be somewhat more relaxed on the halter, and succeeded to the point where she was escorted in the ring by Norm Nabholz for many of her biggest wins. Ralph admits though, that even to end of her career, no one who ever took the halter ever took her Ralph at this year’s New York Spring Dairy Carousel, a show good manners for granted! that he has cared for numerous Grand Champions.

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COW POWER AT AUDET’S BLUE SPRUCE FARM

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s a promotional slogan, ‘Cow Power’ gets tossed around quite a lot in our business - from pedigree readers to ad copywriters. At Audet’s Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport, VT, however, the phrase is a useful description of several areas of their operation!

Most uniquely, there is the literal Cow Power: electricity generated from the on-farm bio-digester. The 1600cow milking herd produces plenty of manure and subsequently, methane gas. That methane gas is used to power generators that push enough electricity onto the grid for about 500 homes.

Along with the digester, they also host a community-sized wind turbine on the farm, adding to their renewable energy portfolio, and powering even more homes in the area. The Audets promote these renewable energy projects on their farm website, emphasizing their commitment to environmental and economic sustainability. Recently, they installed a phosphorus recovery system – cutting edge environmental technology for dairy operations.

Norman and Mary-Rose Audet, who purchased the property in 1958, may not have envisioned the current size of the herd and the energy-generating innovation, but they always kept the operation moving forward. From the

original 26-cow herd, they had grown to 80 cows when the barn burned down in 1970. The cows were saved, but the facility was gone, which led to the opportunity to build a new free-stall barn and milking parlor. From there, the family was off and running, and the operation kept on with steady growth to its current size.

Today, the second and third generations of Audets own and operate Blue Spruce Farm. Eugene, Ernie, and Earl are the sons of Norman and Mary-Rose, and the next generation consists of Nathan, Tyler, Troy, and Nick Audet. Along with the herd size, the acreage has grown as well, and the family now crops 4,000 acres mainly for hay and corn silage. There’s plenty of chores to go around with Eugene, Troy and Nathan working mainly with the cattle, and Ernie, Earl, Tyler, and Nick outside handling the cropping, repairs, and maintenance.

Cow Power also describes the herd production! Consisting primarily of Holsteins, the 1600-head of milk cows also includes 60 Registered Ayrshires.

The RHA for the Holsteins is over 27,000M and over 20,000M for the Ayrshires on 2x milking.

Breeding goals for the Holsteins revolve around making a very functional type

cow with solid feet and legs and plenty of udder quality. Over the past several years, the Audets have moved to using a higher percentage of young genomic bulls with more emphasis on health traits and higher pounds of fat, but they still use a mix of both proven and young sires.

Ayrshires were introduced into the herd in 2006 when Eugene purchased a fancy heifer from James & Cindy Crawford of Scapeland Farm. Pretty soon, that one heifer led to a bigger bunch, and the Audets had found a core group to show and merchandise. The Ayrshires are generally bred with an eye to show type and improving udders, so they tend to select bulls from a very few high type cow families that they trust.

The Holsteins are on the Holstein Complete program, so all of the 2-yearolds get scored in one of the 3x per year classification sessions. The Ayrshires are classified every seven months. The Audets oversee a moderate IVF program in which they send three or four of their top cows for IVF when they are fresh, which increases the chances of getting enough quality eggs to freeze. They like to put in 15-20 eggs every three months with the intent to make full-age heifers for the show classes.

There’s not nearly as much activity for people looking to purchase the ‘middleground’ genetics, but the good ones will always have a market. Even with tough times, look around at sales over the past couple of years, the good ones will sell!

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De La Plaine Bingo Stinger EX-93 has been Reserve AllAmerican for three years running, including Reserve 4-Year-Old in 2018 after a 2nd place finish at Expo.

Blue-Spruce Baltimore 9822 EX-94 has been a prolific brood cow for the Audets with more than 20 daughters carrying the Blue-Spruce prefix.

Blue-Spruce Nemo 12821-ET VG-87 was the Audet’s first homebred winner at World Dairy Expo and was Unanimous All-American Senior 2-Year-Old in 2017.

There’s more Cow Power in the pedigrees of their herd stars! A homebred Holstein favorite is Blue-Spruce Solomon 13845ET, an EX-91 (93-MS) Solomon 3-year-old out of an EX-93 Goldwyn, EX-92 Gibson, then the All-American MD-Delight Durham Atlee EX-92. Recent Holstein purchases include Liddleholme Av AddyRed-ET, a 3/18 Avalanche out of an EX-92 Gold Chip daughter of KHW Regiment Apple-Red EX-96 4E; and Ms Ack-Lee Arch Kiss VG-87, a Senior 2-Year-Old that was the Grand Champion at the 2019 Mid-East Spring National Holstein Show and was also named Supreme Champion that week at the Ohio Spring Dairy Expo.

Kiss is pregnant, so they plan to IVF her, then calve her again and hopefully show her next year, before possibly re-selling her. “The EX-94 sister to Kiss’s dam, ValeO-Skene Karmilla, is at Oakfield and is

really nice – it’s a family that’s proven itself in the show ring,” notes Nathan.

the Blue-Spruce prefix. Another herd matriarch, Ethier-Acres Calimero Quick EX-94 was nominated All-American Aged Cow in 2015, and has one Excellent and five Very Good daughters.

Many of the top Ayrshires in the herd have made journeys to show rings across the country from Eastern States to Madison. “We’ve had so much fun with the Ayrshires,” comments Nathan.

“We now take 8-10 head to a few shows every year, namely our county fair, The Big E, and Expo.” Blue-Spruce Nemo 12821-ET VG-87 was their first homebred class winner at World Dairy Expo and was the Unanimous Senior 2-Year-Old in 2017. De La Plaine Bingo Stinger EX93 has been consistently right at the top of her class, being named Reserve AllAmerican three years running, including the Reserve All-American 4-Year-Old title in 2018. Another homebred, Blue-Spruce Baltimore 9822 EX-94 was the winning Aged Cow at Eastern States in 2017, and has been one of their most prolific brood cows with over 20 daughters carrying

Obviously, they’re not afraid to add outside breeding to their herd, but Nathan admits they are pretty particular about anything they buy. “For both Holsteins and Ayrshires, we like to stick with proven cow families, and if possible, purchase young cows that already have great udders.”

Nathan admits the market for purebred cattle has changed over the past few years, but remains optimistic about top-quality genetics. “There’s not nearly as much activity for people looking to purchase the ‘middle-ground’ genetics, but the good ones will always have a market. Even with tough times, look around at sales over the past couple of years, the good ones will sell!”

By Kathleen O’Keefe

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PICTURE BOOK SETTING MODERN DAY STORYTELLING! LUCKY HILL JERSEYS, DANVILLE, VT

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ake a little trip on Google Images and search for ‘Vermont Farm’. You’ll see column after column of pictures of red barns tucked into rolling green hills.

Every photo seems prettier than the one before. It’s no different with Lucky Hill Farm located in Danville, VT. Granted the red barn may be a little bigger than many of the others, but the breathtaking landscape is the same. The story of the McReynolds family is also similar to many rural New England histories - a small family homestead that grew into a larger, efficient farm. Their dedication to telling the family side of the story on a modern dairy helps build bonds with consumers that will lead to future success.

Milking isn’t just business when the kids help in the parlor!

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Currently owned and operated by Henry and Jenn McReynolds, the family’s Vermont story began in 1919 when Henry’s great-grandparents purchased the farm and moved south from Quebec.

Over the decades, the farm was home to all of the major breeds, primarily Holsteins.

In the 1970’s, Henry’s parents, Everett and Martha, took over the farm and began switching to Jerseys - Martha grew up with the breed on a farm in Quebec and by 1981, the herd was all Registered Jerseys. The farm is home to the 3rd (Everett & Martha), 4th (Henry & Jenn), and 5th generations (Luke-15, Andy-13, Abby-11, Nick-10) of McReynolds.

The farm has undergone significant growth over the past 20 years. A new 160-stall freestall barn was built in 1999, and a later 52-stall addition and new double-12 parallel parlor allowed them to attain their current herd size of 188 cows. Henry and Jenn have been managing the farm dayto-day since 2009 and took over ownership in 2017. It’s a real family affair organizing the labor on the farm: Henry tackles the field work, feeding,

general barn chores, and both milkings.

Jenn milks nights and weekends, handles the bookkeeping/record keeping, and does the matings and breeding, and oversees the calf raising with the help of the kids. Brother-in-law, Jeff, helps with the morning milking and with field work. All of the kids as well as Everett help with the general barn chores and field work. They farm 610 acres of which about 300 are open/crop acres (and rent an additional 40 acres to crop). About 150 acres are put to raising corn silage and the rest is grass for silage.

When you visit the Lucky Hill Facebook page, it’s evident that Jenn believes in sharing that family farm story along with sharing their love for the Jersey breed.

The page is full of photos of Jersey calves, scenic views of the farm, the family at work milking, feeding, cropping, etc. The information accompanying the photos gives the calf’s name or explains what is happening in the picture - using a modern medium to tell the story of dayto-day life on a modern family farm, and showing their love for their animals and their work.

The McReynolds are true believers in the Jersey breed. “They are such efficient producers of components leading to a

Even with depressed milk prices, the number of Registered Jerseys keeps growing. One would think that as farms get larger, their desire or need for that registration paper would be less, and the registered cow would go by the wayside, but we aren’t seeing that with Jerseys. Producers seem to see the value in registering and in knowing the pedigree of the animal.

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four generations of VG dams.

higher value per cwt of milk,” states Jenn.

“They have advantages in maturing faster, fewer calving problems, and greater fertility which all lead to an economic benefit, along with their smaller carbon footprint.”

The breeding goals have remained pretty much the same for the primarily homebred herd since Henry and Jenn took over the breeding in 2000. “We want to breed high producing / high solids cows with trouble-free udders that last.

When choosing bulls, fat and protein percentages and pounds of milk are the first things we look at. Those components are very important to us (our tank runs between 5.3-5.5% butterfat and 3.73.8% protein).” The RHA for the Lucky Hill herd is 17,744M 924F 676P, and the herd averages close to 4 years of age.

“Genomics is a tool that we added to our ‘breeding kit’ quite a few years ago now. Every heifer calf is tested at birth.

When we first started genomic testing, we tested a few of our best cows and found some big increases over parent average. That’s when we found our ‘W’ and ‘Ph’ families”, explains Jenn. They consign some of their best to high-profile sales like the AllAmerican and the National Heifer Sale.

“We have had private buyers for some top animals that contact us because they saw the heifer on a top GJPI list,” notes Jenn.

They also snare inquiries from people that have seen the farm Facebook page.

They consign some of their best to highprofile sales like the All-American and the National Heifer Sale. In 2017, they consigned the third high seller at the AllAmerican Sale, JX Lucky Hill Wildflower {6}-ET, sold to Vierra Dairy Farms, CA, for $24,700. She’s still on the top 1.5% list at +174 GJPI +21.1JUI +1.9T. In all, there

are currently 24 Lucky Hill heifers on that breed leading list. “We have had private buyers for some top animals that contact us because they saw the heifer on a top GJPI list,” notes Jenn. They also snare inquiries from people that have seen the farm Facebook page.

They haven’t been blind to the farms of all sizes exiting the business, but feel fairly confident in their farm’s ability to survive and to see the 5th generation take over. Jenn remains optimistic about the Registered Jersey business as well, “Even with depressed milk prices, the number of Registered Jerseys keeps growing.

One would think that as farms get larger, their desire or need for that registration paper would be less, and the registered cow would go by the wayside, but we aren’t seeing that with Jerseys. Producers seem to see the value in registering and in knowing the pedigree of the animal.”

That’s a positive note for a family farm that has been in existence for 100 years.

They haven’t been afraid of changing, growing, and adapting new technologies — here’s to another 100 years of success for Lucky Hill!

By Kathleen O’Keefe

After production, type traits also matter in sire selection, according to Jenn. “We also place a lot of weight on udders. High, wide rear udders with strong attachments are what we want…those cows produce and last!” Their breeding program has evolved with the use of polled bulls and creating polled female lines in the herd, as well as paying some attention to and choosing bulls that carry the A2/A2 trait.

They have marketed some high JGPI females, and recently had a Lucky Hill bull enter the active lineup at Semex. JX Lucky Hill Whambam {5}-ET is +1446M +78F +59P +1.9T with a GJUI of +18.3 and a GJPI of +183. A Harris son out of LuckyHill Ballistic Winnie VG-85%, Whambam hails from their ‘W’ family and is backed by COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019 » 87

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Bailey, Marc H & Christopher 602 Bailey Hill Rd. Farmington, ME 04938 (207) 778-6641 Brigeen Farms, Inc. Bullard, Bill & Betsy 278 Upper St., Turner, ME 04282 (207) 713-5145 bbswbullard@gmail.com www.brigeenfarms.com Briggs, Stephen & Mary 580 Upper St., Turner, ME 04282 (207) 225-3724 mmbriggs17@gmail.com www.brigeenfarms.com Bryant, William P 94 Belvedere Rd. Nobleboro, ME 04555 (207) 563-1622 Chute, Tim & Rae 79 Campbell Rd., Leeds, ME 04263 (207) 892-2569 meadowviewfarm1990@yahoo.com Conant Acres Inc. Conant, Duane 55 Canton Point Rd., Canton, ME 04221 (207) 597-2810 sweet@conantacres.com conantacres.com Conant, Dennis 129 Pinewoods Rd., Canton, ME 04221 (207) 597-2810 coweggs@megalink.net conantacres.com Cox, John PO Box 37, Troy, ME 04987 (207) 323-3329 coxjj221@yahoo.com Davis, James W 38 Davis Dr., New Sharon, ME 04955 (207) 778-9697 silvervalleyfarm@live.com Davis Jr, Richard G 579 Farmington Falls Rd. New Sharon, ME 04955 (207) 778-1038 Dunn, Frederick A 340 Blackberry Hill Rd. Berwick, ME 03901 (207) 384-5684 denisedunn@hotmail.com Faithful Venture Farm Mehuren, Glendon 17 Borough Rd. Searsmont, ME 04973 (207) 342-4677 Farrington, Thayden 153 Spruce Mt Rd., Jay, ME 04239 (207) 645-2427 Fisher, Alden 102 Fisher Farm Rd. Sabattus, ME 04280 (207) 754-1334 fishersab@myfairpoint.net Gold Top Farms Inc Ingraham, Gregory 402 Belfast Rd., Knox, ME 04986 (207) 568-3232 gtf@uninets.net

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Haley, Bruce & Kathleen 639 Cape Rd., Limington, ME 04049 (207) 793-8434 haleyfarm@roadrunner.net Hall, Carol 110 Lotts Dr. Windham, ME (207) 892-4986 Hamel, Joyce 306 Harlow Hill Rd., Turner, ME 04282 (207) 225-3727 Hawes, Lincoln & Peggy 609 N Union Rd., Union, ME 04862 (207) 785-4164 ljhawes@webtv.net Hemond, John A 46 N Verrill Rd., Minot, ME 04258 (207) 345-5333 johnahemond@gmail.com Holmes DVM, George F 1442 Atlantic Hwy. Northport, ME 04849 (207) 338-1694 gfhvet@gmail.com Howard, James & Carolyn 605 Center Dr., Orrington, ME 04474 (207) 825-3621 joanhoward@att.net Johnson Farm Inc 110 Wilson Rd., Kittery, ME 03904 (207) 439-5522 C: (207) 439-1997 rbhsbjfive@aol.com Keene, Brian & Sarah 49 Canton Point Rd. Canton, ME 04221 (207) 576-7465 brian@contonpointtech.com Keene, Maurice & Shirley 775 N River Rd., Auburn, ME 04210 (207) 782-1334 siskeen@yahoo.com Keene, Steven & Debbie 65 Canton Point Rd. Canton, ME 04221 (207) 597-2756 debbie@conantacres.com conantacres.com Kimball, Christopher 9 Knox Rd., Windham, ME 04062 (802) 323-3776 ckimball@semex.com Lewis, Christopher & Jeanie 983 North River Rd. Auburn, ME 04210 (207) 615-3037 C: (207) 432-7922 clewisvtc@hotmail.com Martin, Julie Wilson Martin III, Norman A 27 Mill Pond Rd., Gorham, ME 04038 (207) 650-2671 julie.mpf@gmail.com Moon, Blaine 12 True St., Freeport, ME 04032 (207) 865-3397 sunnymornfarm@gmail.com O’Brien, Alan 30 Haskell Rd., Windham, ME 04062 Pearson, Richard & Diane 43 Noyes Rd., Albion, ME 04910

Pineland Farms Inc Martin, N.A. 110 Valley Farm Rd. New Gloucester, ME 04260 (207) 240-4916 nmartin@pinelandfarms.org www.pinelandfarms.org Pollock, Allison Marie 42 Bailey Lane New Gloucester, ME 04260 (207) 650-1485 allison_m91@rocketmail.com R.E. Hemond Farm Inc. Hemond, Roland E French, Anne 232 Pottle Hill Rd., Minot, ME 04258 (207) 345-5611 rehemondfarm@yahoo.com Simpson, Ronald 189 Corinna Ctr. Rd. Corinna, ME 04928 (207) 278-8066 simpsnfm@tdstelme.net Skelton, Michaela E 1356 Bridgton Rd., Sebago, ME 04029 med@maine.rr.com Sneller, Matthew & Natalie 15 Canton Point Rd., Canton, ME 04221 (207) 577-2155 nsneller@wwsires.com Stack, Stephen 72 Richville Rd., Standish, ME 04084 (207) 642-2954 stesta70@roadrunner.com Stonyvale Inc. Rienhardt, Brian 226 Folger Rd., Exeter, ME 04435 (207) 379-2963 stonyval@tdstelme.net Strout, James D Sr. & Leanne 772 West Ridge Rd., Cornville, ME 04976 (207) 474-6612 C: (207) 399-3226 jimstrout@live.com leannemoon728@yahoo.com Veazland Farms Veazie, Richard & Robert 13 White Rd., Corinna, ME 04928 (207) 278-7022 veazland@yahoo.com Veazie, Ken & Virginia 264 Exeter Rd., Corinna, ME 04928 (207) 278-2662 Waterman Farms, Inc. Waterman, Peter B 840 Sabattus Rd., Sabattus, ME 04280 (207) 375-9939 C: (207) 577-9381 bryantv262@hotmail.com Waterman, Robert 552 Ridge Rd., Monmouth, ME 04259 (207) 933-2824 Wilson, Michael 75 Bull Run, Gray, ME 04039 (207) 657-4401 mwilson@maine.rr.com Winny-Knowl Farm Winship, Gary, Oliver & Edwin 111 River Rd., Windham, ME 04062 (207) 892-2447 winshb@yahoo.com

Witter Farm - U Maine Carpenter, Elizabeth 101 Winslow Hall, Orono, ME 04469 (207) 581-2993 elizabeth.carpenter@maine.edu Young, Walter 160 Flaggy Meadow Rd. Gorham, ME 04038 (207) 839-3536 any5@cornell.edu

New Hampshire Bachelder, Keith A 171 Center Hill Rd. Epsom, NH 03234 (603) 736-9905 sbachelder@earthlink.net Beaudry, Thomas 827 Wentworth Rd. Walpole, NH 03608 (603) 756-9582 tombemf@gmail.com Bohanan Farm Robertson Family 945 Penacook Rd. Contoocook, NH 03229 (603) 746-4633 jamesc896@comcast.net contoocookcreamery.com DeBlois, Scott & Debra 64 Trask Rd., Colebrook, NH 03576 (603) 237-5119 deblois.farm@myfairpoint.net Elliott, Dana W & Lorie 229 Tilton Hill Rd. Pittsfield, NH 03263 (603) 608-2433 Foulks, Robert W 193 Windsor Rd., Claremont, NH 03743 (603) 542-5765 G.M.C. Farm Clark, Greg, Marcia, Brooke, Lindsey PO Box 34, Cornish Flats, NH 03746 (603) 469-3560 gmc_farm@yahoo.com Grafton County Farm Kimball, Donald 3855 Dartmouth College Hwy. N Haverhill, NH 03774 (603) 787-2755 Gray Mist Farm Gray, Gordon & Nancy 317 Brown Rd., Groveton, NH 03582 (603) 636-1294 graymistgn@gmail.com Ilsley, Douglas, Heidi & Lisa 45 South Sugar Hill Rd. Weare, NH 03281 Johnson, Dr Jolyon PO Box 596, Sunapee, NH 03782 (603) 863-3631 Kenney, Henrietta I 214 Mutton Rd., Webster, NH 03303 (603) 568-2617 LeClair, Gary D 130 Piper Hill Rd. Claremont, NH 03743 (603) 542-6428 Minot II, William 315 W Bath Rd,. Bath, NH 03740 (603) 747-2199

Morrill Farm Dairy LLC 33 Penacook St., Penacook, NH 03303 (603) 496-4820 morrillfarm@yahoo.com Morris, Richard, Doreen, Stephanie 895 Dartmouth College Hwy. Haverhill, NH 03765 Richard: (603) 989-3379 Stephanie: (603) 325-8599 slmorris8599@gmail.com gamblin@charter.net Patch, Alexandra 24 Walhowdon Way Lebanon, NH 03766 (603) 727-6751 Porter, John, Coop Extension 315 Daniel Webster Hwy. Boscawen, NH 03303 (603) 796-2151 john.porter@unh.edu Putnam, William & Cindy 15 Rte 25, Piermont, NH 03779 (603) 667-0451 putnamfarm@yahoo.com Scrutons Dairy Inc 20 Farmstead Rd. Farmington, NH 03835 (603) 332-8119 kerri.scruton@scrutonsdairy.com Smith, Allen N & Cynthia PO Box 156, Greenland, NH 03840 Allen: (603) 436-1923 Cynthia: (603) 436-8598 drycow@aol.com Springvale Farms Erb, Douglas & Debora 460 Millbrook Rd., Landaff, NH 03585 (603) 838-5560 de@landaffcreamery.com www.landaffcreamery.com Stuart Farm PO Box 176, Stratham, NH 03885 (603) 772-3059 Thistle Knob Farm Page Family 277 Tewksbury Rd. N Haverhill, NH 03774 (603) 787-6048 thistleknob@myfairpoint.net Tullando Farm Inc. Tullar, Rendell & Karen 268 NH Rt 10, Orford, NH 03777 (603) 353-4860 Tullar, Nathan & Carol Ann PO Box 163, Lyme, NH 03768 (603) 353-4263 Tullar Gray, Emily L 32 Dorchester Rd., Lyme, NH 03768 (603) 353-4860 Underhill, Hugh & Pat 595 Court St., Haverhill, NH 03765 (603) 989-5130 hpunderhill@earthlink.net University of New Hampshire Jon Whitehouse 36 O’Kane Rd., Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-1027 Jon.Whitehouse@unh.edu

Windyhurst Farm Partnership Adams, Stuart 42 Rte 63, Westmoreland, NH 03467 (603) 399-7778 sradams@stuartandjohns.com Yeaton Dairy Farm Yeaton, R Stewart & Bill 546 Suncook Valley Hwy. Epsom, NH 03234 (603) 736-9664 stewyeaton@aol.com

New Jersey

Cedar Lane Farm - CLF, LLC William Taylor, Manager PO Box 195, Oldwick, NJ 08858 (908) 642-5122 wtaylor@cedarlanefarm.net Roberts, Beth Taylor, Bill PO Box 427, Oldwick, NJ 08858 (908) 642-5122 wtaylor@cedarlanefarm.net

New york Schilldale Farm Schillawski, Dave 32 Long Lake Rd. Ancramdale, NY 12503 (860) 303-2866 schilldale@gmail.com

Rhode island

Highland Farm Escobar, Louis 133 Middle Rd., Portsmouth, RI 02871 (401) 683-1444 Kenyon, Francis 25 Carolina-Nooseneck Rd. Wyoming, RI 02898 (401) 539-2926 meadowburg@aol.com Panciera, Frank 9 Noyes Neck Rd., Westerly, RI 02891 (401) 322-1385

Tennessee

Keene, Janice 717 S Riverside Dr. #708 Memphis, TN 38103 (614) 506-4457 pinetreegal57@yahoo.com

Virginia

Hawksley, Robert W 4015 Copperfield Ridge Earlysville, VA 22936 (434) 906-4309

Vermont

Ainsworth, David & Peggy 86 Vt Rte 14, S Royalton, VT 05068 (802) 763-8017 Allendale Farm Allen, Joe 2357 Jersey St., Panton, VT 05491 (802) 475-2583 Ballard Acres Farm 1900 Ballard Rd., St Albans, VT 05478 (802) 527-1740 Beaulieu, Adam 2514 So. Bayley Hazen Rd. Wells River, VT 05081 (802) 535-6027

Bennett, Herbert J 604 Stark District Rd. St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 (802) 424-1553 chelsea.saben.cs@gmail.com Birch, Andrew W & Sarah 382 Bates Hill Rd., Derby, VT 05829 (802) 624-1209 abirch15@yahoo.com facebook.com/mgfdairy Birch, Jared 1505 Bates Hill Rd., Derby, VT 058292 (802) 323-2553 j_r_b_1991@hotmail.com Blue Spruce Farm Inc. 1796 Vt Rte 22A, Bridport, VT 05734 (802) 758-2179 bluesprucefarmvt@gmail.com bluesprucefarmvt.com Border Acres 532 S Main St., Middlebury, VT 05753 (802) 388-7587 Borderview Genetics Abbott, Tim 2593 East Sheldon Rd. Enosburg, VT 05450 (802) 309-4484 C: (802) 238-1142 sharyn@abbottcows.com Carleton, Harold 294 Tucker Mtn. Rd. Newbury, VT 05051 (802) 429-2409 C: (802) 249-5290 Carpenter, Seth & Bethany 1433 Bugbee Crossing Rd. West Burke, VT 05871 (802) 535-2223 sethbeth18@aol.com Carpsdale Farm Ltd. 843 Stonehouse Rd. Enosburg Falls, VT 05450 (802) 933-2096 carpsdale@myfairpoint.net Ceglowski DVM, Eugene C Box 38, Rupert, VT 05768 (802) 394-2962 eccvet67@gmail.com Charron, C Lee & Brenda 273 Lime Kiln Rd. New Haven, VT 05472 (802) 453-3498 moodymeadowsfarm@gmail.com Clough, Rick & Kelly A 273 Lime Kiln Rd., S Ryegate, VT 05069 (802) 584-4069 Daigle, Nick & Sheena PO Box 942, Derby, VT 05829 (802) 673-9177 nns-skylineholsteins@outlook.com Dalestead Farm Hull, Matthew & Jennifer 4014 W. Enosburg Rd. Enosburg, VT 05450 (802) 933-4865 Day, Keith A 190 Mathewson Hill Rd. Lyndonville, VT 05851 (802) 535-5200 kdaynek@yahoo.com

Debevoise III, Thomas M Livingston, Laurie PO Box 25, S Woodstock, VT 05071 upweyfarm@gmail.com DeGraaf, Harold 365 Verburg Rd., Richmond, VT 05477 (802) 434-3890 doubled5104@gmail.com Dolloff, Michael & Heidi 55 Sunnyledge Rd. Springfield, VT 05156 (802) 885-1587 Don-Sim Farm LLP Simpson, Donald Barrett, Mark & Karla 700 Simspon Hill Rd., Sutton, VT 05867 (802) 467-3296 kbarrfarm@yahoo.com Edwards, Lyle & Kitty 3786 Rte 100, Westfield, VT 05874 (802) 744-6121 spudkitt@pshift.com Fagan, Joy A 90 Allen Rd. #120 So. Burlington, VT 05403 (802) 660-9290 Fairmont Farm Hall, Richard & Bonnie 141 Lyle Haven Rd. East Montpelier, VT 05651 (802) 223-3868 For-Clifs Farm Langmaid, Clifton Beattie, Phil & Plynn 76 McReynolds Rd., Danville, VT 05828 (802) 535-9683 Forward, Allan J 1315 Pleasant View Rd. Richford, VT 05476 (919) 924-6940 forwardallanj@hotmail.com Gardner, Seth B PO Box 147, East Montpelier, VT 05651 (802) 223-1370 sethbgardner@hotmail.com Gladstone, Walt & Margaret 440 Mallary Rd., Bradford, VT 05033 (802) 222-9232 willjohnmatt@aol.com Haggarty, Linda 234 Bayley Hazen Dr. Wells River, VT 05081 (802) 757-2442 neholstein@nesholsteins.com Hamilton, Jake & Kevin 311 Hamilton Rd., Brattleboro, VT Jake: (802) 579-4861 Kevin: (802) 257-5666 hamilton1566@hotmail.com Harkdale Farms Inc. Carson, R PO Box 116, Newbury, VT 05051 (802) 866-5419 vcarson@charter.net Hidden Brook Farm Brown, Philip 516 Brown Farm Rd. Hardwick, VT 05843 (802) 472-5022

Hill, Brian 1176 Monkton Rd., Bristol, VT 05443 (802) 453-3414 Hill, Elizabeth R 722 Burpee Rd., Bristol, VT 05443 (802) 349-6590 Hill, Joanne L 1217 Monkton Rd., Bristol, VT 05443 (802) 453-5482 fourhillsfarm@yahoo.com Hill, Kevin E 3091 Bristol Rd., Bristol, VT 05443 (802) 453-5212 Hill, Ronald J 802 Sawyer Rd., New Haven, VT 05472 (802) 453-5665 Homan, Roy & Donna 686 Green Mt Tpke, Chester, VT 05143 (802) 875-2755 rhomanwai@yahoo.com Howe, Robert 30 Howe Lane, Tunbridge, VT 05077 (802) 889-3704 rob@howvale.com Howlett, Timothy & Julie Anne 858 Lake St., Bridport, VT 05734 Huntington, Linwood & Gordon 3661 Rte 5 N, Newbury, VT 05051 (802) 866-5438 C: (802) 356-2719 Jenkins, John 4355 VT Rte 100, Newport, VT 05855 (802) 744-4021 hardclimbfarm@gmail.com Johnson, Frank, Marilyn & Corey 408 Lowery Rd., Barre, VT 05641 Frank: (802) 476-6149 Kayhart, Brian, Lucinda & Corey 4188 Otter Creek Hwy. Vergennes, VT 05491 Brian: (802) 545-2484 Corey: (802) 363-5226 bkayhart@gmavt.net cjk85@cornell.edu Kennett, Robert G 511 Liberty Hill Rd., Rochester, VT 05767 (802) 767-3926 beth@libertyhillfarm.com www.libertyhillfarm.com LaCoss, Dan 1620 Witherspoon Rd. East Ryegate, VT 05042 (802) 274-4768 daniel_lacoss@cargill.com Lafont, Raymond 321 Lafont Rd., W Glover, VT 05875 (802) 755-6258 Lambert, Jennifer 1062 Carrier Rd., Washington, VT 05675 (802) 279-0011 jenlovescows@gmail.com LeBlanc, Ray 273 Overlook Ln., Westmore, VT 05860 (802) 249-2155 overlookln@gmail.com

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Lester, Jeffrey J 23 ABCD Ln., N Ferrisburg, VT 05473 (802) 453-5639 jefflester00@yahoo.com Lewis, Danny & Vicky 391 Whitter Rd., Derby Line, VT 05830 (802) 895-2781 Lidback, Adam & Joanna 1445 Lakeview Rd., Barton, VT 05822 (802) 525-6997 joanna@farmatwheelermountain.com farmatwheelermountain.com Lyman, Gary & Gail 332 Lyman Ln., W Glover, VT 05875 (802) 525-6692 Maxfield, Louis PO Box 106, N Hartland, VT 05052 (802) 295-3266 Maxwell, Maurice & Lois 213 Maxwell Rd, Coventry Newport, VT 05855 (802) 334-6495 maxwellfarm@myfairpoint.net Maynard, Kendall & Barb 427 Vt Rte 100 S, Moretown, VT 05660 (802) 496-3357 bismayfarm@gmavt.net McGarry, Edward & Diane 91 Berkshire Ctr Rd. Enosburg Falls, VT 05450 (802) 933-4323 mcgarry_6@yahoo.com McKinley, John Jr & Myrdith 4058 Quaker Village Rd. Vergennes, VT 05491 (802) 545-2284

Meacham, Edward & Kelly 681 US Rte 5, N Hartland, VT 05052 (802) 295-8563 kelly.meacham@comcast.net Miller Farm Miller, Pete 1732 Ft Bridgman Rd. Vernon, VT 05354 (802) 254-2657 pm5tyler@comcast.net Miller, George R 487 Miller Rd. White River Jct, VT 05001 (802) 295-5882 jerichohillfarm@gmail.com Miller, Nathan 3029 Weybridge Rd. Weybridge, VT 05753 (802) 545-2320 kettletop@gmavt.net Miller, Shaun Box 396, Morrisville, VT 05661 (802) 888-3670 Morrill, Arthur & Lawrence 879 Brush Hill Rd., Stowe, VT 05672 Nadeau, Aaron 2692 Bates Hill Rd., Derby, VT 05829 (802) 895-9957 C: (802) 323-4587 topnotchholsteins@myfairpoint.net Nea-Tocht Farm Vander Way, Ray & Linda 22 Botsford Rd., Ferrisburg, VT 05456 (802) 989-0920 vanderweyfarm@gmail.com

Neff, Mimi 96 Holden Hill Rd. Weston, VT 05161 Neill Jr, Elwin 1946 North Rd., Waitsfield, VT 05673 (802) 496-4468 nfllc1812@yahoo.com Nelson, Fremont & Marsha Box 343, 706 Scotch Burn Dr. Ryegate, VT 05042 (802) 584-3667 O’Donnell, Patrick 536 Loop Rd., Westfield, VT 05784 (802) 744-6523 kelry@together.net Petit, Edmond L 316 Lane Rd., Newport, VT 05855 (802) 334-2679 Pillsbury, Larry & Dan 1727 Butternut Rd. Williston, VT 05495 (802) 482-2877 larcar@myfairpoint.net Putney School Inc. Stickney, Peter 418 Houghton Brook Rd. Putney, VT 05346 (802) 387-4730 pstickney@putneyschool.org Riverhill Farms Inc. Maloney, Patrice, President 1645 Gov Chittenden Rd. Williston, VT 05495

Robillard Flats Farms Inc. 5 Sanville Dr., Irasburg, VT 05845 (802) 754-8498 mooflats@gmail.com Rodgers, Mark 1966 Andersonville Rd. W. Glover, VT 05875 (802) 673-2072 mkvt.polled@gmail.com Ruane, Cash & Karen 4528 Creek Rd. North Clarendon, VT 05759 (802) 345-2193 kandcfarm@comcast.net Rushton, Mark & Susan 1440 Rte 121 E, Grafton, VT 05146 (802) 843-2719 marsutonfarm@vermontel.net Seifert, Marion & Martha 8 Maecliff Ct., Middlebury, VT 05753 Marion: (802) 236-5684 Martha: (802) 236-0039 marion.seifert788@gmail.com martha.seifert@uvm.edu Simpson, Ryan & Marci 741 Burke Hill Rd., Sutton, VT, 05867 Sprague Ranch, LLC Sprague, Keith & Chelsea 6907 VT Rte 14, Brookfield, VT 05036 (802) 276-3460 chelsea-keith@peoplepc.com Swenson, Robert & Melanie 2765 Rt 5 N, Fairlee, VT 05045 (802) 333-4137 swensonfarm@myfairpoint.net Taft-Acres Family Farm Williard, Theodore Taft, Jean 349 Hudson Rd., Island Pond, VT 05846 (802) 723-4503 Thomas, Brad & Jill 60 Rte 73, Shoreham, VT 05770 (802) 948-2260 jillian@shoreham.net Thygesen, Jennifer & Kyle 104 Falls Hill Rd., Tunbridge, VT 05077 (802) 889-5628 fallshill@gmail.com jthygesen33@gmail.com Tudhope, Miles T & Cheryl 224 N Orwell Rd., Orwell, VT 05760 (802) 948-2665 tudfarm@shoreham.net Turner, Joseph & Brandi 911 Main St., Waitsfield, VT 05673 (802) 496-2481

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HOLSTEINS & JERSEYS

Underwood, Kent PO Box 172 South Woodstock, VT 05071 (520) 275-0751 milkprince@hotmail.com www.vermontfarmstead.com UVM-Cream 500 Spear St., Burlington, VT 05452 (802) 656-2572 npurdie@uvm.edu Vaughan, Judith S PO Box 387, Newbury, VT 05051 (802) 866-9024 jsvaughan1@myfairpoint.net Vern-Mont Farm LLC Dunklee, Jeff 4370 Ft Bridgman Rd. Vernon, VT 05354 (802) 257-7508 jdunklee@comcast.net VT Technical College PO Box 500, Randolph Ctr, VT 05061 (603) 345-3286 snault@vtc.edu VT-Pond-View Farm Langmaid, Scott & Laurie 716 Coles Pond Rd. Danville, VT 05828 (802) 748-1036 vpview@kingcon.com Whitaker, Charles 1375 Rte 14, Irasburg, VT 05845 (802) 754-8883 White, Charles D 1767 Cookville Rd., Corinth, VT 05039 (802) 439-6342 charliewhite1767@gmail.com Woodlawn Holsteins LLC 8128 Vt Rte 30, Pawlet, VT 05761 (802) 325-3455 woodlawnfarm@hotmail.com Wright, Dean C 1811 Horseshoe Circle Enosburg Falls, VT 05450 (802) 933-4775 cdwright64@gmail.com Wynsum Holsteins Ltd. 1578 Jersey St S Addison, VT 05491 (802) 759-2081 Young, James PO Box 550, Barton, VT 05822 (802) 525-4774 neksales@together.net

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ATTENTION FROM EVERY ANGLE TRIANGLE ACRES BROWN SWISS, FREEPORT, IL

H

ome of Blonde-haired Kids and Big Brown Cows . . . that’s the motto at Triangle Acres Brown Swiss of Freeport, IL. Bordered by three roads in rural Stephenson County, just miles south of the Wisconsin border, John and Wendy Korth have built and developed their small herd of Brown Swiss using straightforward thinking, which has earned them recognition on the genetic, production and type levels. And with a herd favorite earning top recognition at the 2018 International Brown Swiss Show, their small herd has garnered even more attention from Swiss enthusiasts across North America.

Russel and Eva Korth began farming in 1942, partnering with a neighbor in a Brown Swiss and Guernsey herd. Eventually, the herd was separated and Russel kept the Brown Swiss for himself. Today, the farm is owned by the next generation - John and Wendy Korth, and is operated with their daughter Becky, and their longtime employee Tim Ritschard. Their son, Ben, assists with field work during his summer break from teaching as well.

Over the last seven decades, the Korth family has strived to breed and develop the kind of cow that they not only want to milk, but others see value in as well.

“Our farm slogan has become ‘Home of Blonde-haired Kids and Big Brown Cows,’ which ties into our breeding philosophy,” commented John. “We breed for the kind of cow that we like, high producing that also looks good.” Initially, they placed more focus on production in order to be profitable while still keeping functional type in mind.

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They’ve gradually shifted to a happy medium of production and type, with slightly more emphasis on type of recently.

And this breeding philosophy and formula has paid off. Currently, they are the #1 Brown Swiss herd in Illinois and earned a Genetic Honors Award in 2017 from the Brown Swiss Association, which recognizes that Top 25% of all Brown Swiss Advantage (BSA) and Production & Type Performance Registry (PTPR) herds in the nation. They were the #5 PTPR herd and #9 Protein Genetics herd for herd size that same year.

As a member of the BSA and PTPR programs, they classify the herd regularly. After their most recent classification, their herd stats stand at: 19 EX cows (2 @ E93, 9 multiple “E”), 26 VG and 17G+. Their RHA (lbs) on 85 cows is 24,030M 4.2F 3.6P, and they have 18 cows in the herd with over 100,000M lifetime. Their highest lifetime cow to date is Triangle Acres Eagle Pegg 3E-92 with over 225,000M lifetime. “There is a reason she is dad’s favorite,” remarked Becky.

Additionally, they genomic test all heifers and a few select bull calves. “We utilize genomics as a tool as well as studying linear traits on both the bulls we’re using and on our individuals,” Wendy noted. This helps them select bulls for breeding purposed as well as knowing what heifers have a heifer chance of transmitting positive traits to the next generation. John added, “It’s important to us that we’re choosing bulls that match up with the traits we’re looking to improve on an individual heifer or cow, not just using a bull because they’re popular.”

The ultimate test of any breeding program

John, Wendy and Becky Korth and Tim Ritschard with HM All-American Triangle Acres Pandora-ET. is the results, and Triangle Acres are seeing just that. Over the years, they’ve had several bulls on the PPR list, including Triangle Acres Polly PhD-ET, who was #1 PTI in 2003. Triangle Acres Po Payoff-ET *TM was the #2 sire the following year. And today, he can be found in pedigrees across the world through his son, R N R Payoff Brookings-ET *TM, and grandson Shiloh Brookings Cadence-ET *TM, a top 5 bull for PPR, Type, SCR, Fat and Protein after the April 2019 genetic evaluation. Brookings and Cadence have numerous daughters that have also ranked on the top PPR lists, and their sons are making waves in AI world as well. La Rainbow Sweet Silver (Kannon x VG-86 Cadence) is the #1 G-PPR bull at +205 and is the #1 NM bull at +539.

Triangle Acres also has three of their own bulls in the Top 100 and 13 in the Top 500 PPR (4/19) list, all who hail from their cornerstone Polly family.

Triangle Acres Coll Polly is the matriarch of much of the Triangle Acres herd. “As a 2-year-old, Polly was one of the first and best RHart Collection daughters in the breed,”

commented Becky. “At the time, Kevin Eggink with New Generation Genetics recognized her potential.” She was flushed extensively, producing numerous daughters and several sons including PhD, Payoff and Polo. Many of her daughters and granddaughters have also generated bulls for the A.I. industry. Polly was classified 2E-92 “Certified” and her last lactation was over 40,000M.

#TriangleTuesday, which highlights a different herd member each week.

SunMade KB Vigor Peach EX-90 92MS has several daughters in the barn including Biver Pie, Seaman Peadazzle and Lucky Penny. Triangle Acres Drk Jupiter EX-90 3Y, sired by Dirk, was the winning Junior 3-Year-Old at the Illinois State Fair and has a Carter son at NGG. He is +126PPR +1.40T +1.62UDC and is positive for milk, fat, While Polly has had many notable protein, PL and DPR. He is tied for #7 descendants over the two decades, PTAT and is the #10 UDC after April there is one that has stood out above Becky and Pandora at 2018 World Dairy Expo, where Pandora was 3rd and evaluations. “Since Juke isn’t from the the rest. Triangle Acres Pandora-ET, 1st Bred & Owned.

Polly family, he’s been a nice outcross a Richard daughter, was featured on for us to be able to use within our the cover of the New Generations Genetics the least!” Pandora finished 2018 off with a herd,” commented John.

(NGG) Spring 2018 Sire Catalog. She was bang, being selected as HM All-American.

With an active reproductive program, the Reserve Intermediate Champion at the genetics at Triangle Acres will continue to Midwest Spring Show and scored VG- Pandora was fresh in February with a Biver transmit and garner them well-deserved 87 in August. She easily won the Senior heifer, and was selected as Intermediate recognition. “One of the things we hear 2-Year-Old class at Illinois State Fair and and Reserve Grand Champion at Spring from visitors is that our herd is very was selected as Intermediate Champion. Show in May. “Her success has given us consistent and we take a lot of pride in “She was such a well-balanced cow with recognition in the show ring in addition that,” Wendy noted. “We feel it helps the a beautiful udder and so much dairy to being known as a production herd,” marketability of our animals.” strength,” commented Dave Wallace who remarked John. “We’ve always had judged her at Illinois. “She is the epitome of visitors at the farm, but she has definitely With the current state of the dairy industry, what a modern-day Brown Swiss should be.” expanded the levels of interest in our herd.” it can be hard to plan for the future The Korth family is also excited about Her without a little uncertainty creeping into The Korths decided to send her to World October yearling sired by Flash. the conversation. For the Korth family Dairy Expo after the encouragement from though, the plan continues to be that friends and fellow breeders who saw her Pandora’s dam, Triangle Acres Dally Pisces Becky will take over and run the farm. “We potential. “We knew that Pandora was 2E-91, now resides at Sunshine Genetics will continue to breed for the kind of cow special to us, she’s a barn favorite for sure and is on an extensive flush program. we love while maintaining the herd size we but you never know how an animal will Recently, they collected 24 #1 Silver currently have,” John noted. compare in the show ring until you get embryos from her and can’t wait to see out there,” commented Becky. Becky led how that mating turns outs. Her Durable For the Korth family and Triangle Acres, Pandora to a third place finish out of 20 son Pegasus is at New Generation Genetics, the decades they have spent breeding the animals. “To place that high in a deep class and her other ET Richard daughter, Phancy, kind of Brown Swiss they want to milk and at World Dairy Expo alone and then to be is already scored VG-86 as a young cow develop has developed into international 1st Bred & Owned, we were thrilled to say and has a bright future. acknowledgment. Showing may have “While we recognize the Polly family, started out as a hobby and family activity, “To place that high in a deep class at including Pandora, have been our more but with results like they’ve had over the World Dairy Expo alone and then to well-known cows, we strive to improve, past few years, and cows such as Pandora be 1st Bred & Owned, we were market and promote every member of and Jupiter standing in barn, more blue thrilled to say the least!” our herd,” said Wendy. Triangle Acres has ribbons are certainly in their future.

BECKY KORTH

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MIDWEST ALL-BREEDS SHOW May 4-5, 2019, Monroe, WI · Judge Steve Searles, MN

AYRSHIRE

37 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Nor-Bert Lochin Vesta (Lochinvar), 1st Fall Yearling, Dillon Freeman, IN

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Palmyra Predator V Ruthless-ET (Predator), 1st Spring Yearling, Wolf, Cannon & Mackinson, IA

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

KnH Endres Reagan JustWing It (Reagan), 1st Spring Yearling, Mikayla Endres, WI

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Ayrshire Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion Nor-Bert Ayrshire Reserve Intermediate & HM Grand Champion Old-NReinholts Lochin Vail, Dillon Freeman, IN. Lazy Burdette When Ever T, Mikayla Endres, WI.

Nor-Bert Reinholts Lochin Vail (Lochinvar), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Dillon Freeman, IN

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Old-N-Lazy Burdette When Ever T (Burdette), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Mikayla Endres, WI

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Lazy M Distinct Lanie (Distinction), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Mikalyla Endres, WI

GRAND CHAMPION

Bevaroise Woodrow Sammie (Woodrow), 1st 4-Year-Old, Old-Bankston & John Cannon, IA

Ayrshire Grand Champion Bevaroise Woodrow Sammie, Old- Brown Swiss Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion Triangle Bankston & John Cannon, IA. Acres Pandora-ET, Triangle Acres, IL.

BROWN SWISS

77 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

VB HP Moonlight Bay (Moonlight), 1st Fall Yearling, Voegeli Farm, & Hillpoint Partners, WI

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Round Hill Carter Watson (Carter), 1st Fall Calf, Tammy Voegeli & Louis & Garen Oliveira, WI

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Brothers Three TV Willa (Total), 1st Summer Yearling, Brothers Three Brown Swiss, WI

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Triangle Acres Pandora-ET (Richard), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Triangle Acres, IL

Brown Swiss Senior & Grand Champion Kruse’s GK Vengence Guernsey Senior & Grand Champion Knapps Top Notch Harlow, Tippy, Gary & Karen Kruse Family, IA. Knapp’s, IA.

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Kruse’s GK Vengence Tippy (Vengence), 1st Production Cow, Gary & Karen Kruse Family, IA

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

To-Bran B Sandy-ET (Bonanza), 1st 5-Year-Old, Hartman Hills, WI

Hartman Hills Durham Charisma (Durham), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Hartman Hills, WI Jaden Ca Nitro-ET (Carter), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Hayden Hauschildt, WI

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

GUERNSEY

27 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Knapps Apie Tea Rose (American Pie), 1st Fall Yearling, Knapp’s, IA

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Knapps Apie Jet (American Pie), 1st Fall Calf, Knapp’s, IA

Ayrshire Junior Champion Nor-Bert Lochin Brown Swiss Junior Champion VB HP Moonlight Guernsey Junior Champion Knapps Apie Tea Milking Shorthorn Junior Champion Hard Core Vesta, Dillion Freeman, IN. Bay, Voegeli Farm, & Hillpoint Partners, WI Rose, Knapp’s, IA. MD Justice Rozly, Mike Gregory, WI. 96 « COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Knapps Copper Thursday (Copper), 1st Summer Yearling, Robert Seiling, WI

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Kadence Farms Lovely (Fame), 1st Junior 2-YearOld, Kadence Farms, WI

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Millborne HP Copper Bailey (Copper), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Gold Rush, WI

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Knapps Copper Tonic (Copper), 2nd Junior 3-Year-Old, Nate Goldenberg, TX

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Knapps Top Notch Harlow (Top Notch), 1st 5-Year-Old, Knapp’s, IA

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Misty Meadows Princess Platinum (Gary), 1st 4-Year-Old, Mikayla Knorn, Junion Homestead Farm, WI

MILKING SHORTHORN

39 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Hard Core MD Justice Rozly (Justice), 1st Summer Yearling, Mike Gregory, WI

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Old-N-Show Badger Summer (Badger), 2nd Summer Yearling, Old-Bankston Ayrshires, IA

Milking Shorthorn Intermediate & Grand Champion KnH Endres Milking Shorthorn Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Zeus Legendary, Mikayla Endres, WI. KnH Endres Zeus Legendary, Mikayla Endres, WI; Reserve Grand Champion Molehill Lottery Caliente, Tyler Endres & Mike Gregory, WI; HM Grand Champion K-T David Saucy, Ourway, WI.

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Lazy M Cyclone Latte-ET (Cyclone), 1st Winter Yearling, Tristen & Willow Upchurch & Susan Lee, WI

K-T David Saucy (David), 1st Aged Cow, Ourway, WI

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

Holy-Ayr Mudslinger Trinity (Mudslinger), 1st 5-Year-Old, Noah Heine, Holy-Ayr, WI

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Hard Core Othello Sunbeam (Othello), 1st Production Cow, Wyatt Navis, WI

KnH Endres Zeus Legendary (Zeus), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Mikayla Endres, WI

Molehill Lottery Caliente (Lottery), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Tyler Endres & Mike Gregory, WI

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION HM SENIOR CHAMPION

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Intermediate Champion & Grand Champion Jr Show On-AWhim Richard Porsche-ET, Katie Larmon, NY.

Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Peach Kist Total Tango-ET, Lindsey Rucks, FL; Reserve Grand Champion Cutting Edge Thunder Faye, Ken Main & Peter Vail, NY; HM Grand Champion Rad-ical Showring Ready-ETV, Lindsey Rucks, FL.

BROWN SWISS 70 HEAD Judge: Chad Ryan, WI

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Millborne Alymo Finally (Alymo), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Miller, Hellendbrand & Vail, CT

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Clover Patch Boman Laura (Boman), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, William Rumovicz, NY

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Millborne Kringle Tara (Kringle), 1st 4-Year-Old, Morey Miller & Hillpoint & Partners, CT

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION & GRAND CHAMPION JR SHOW

Knapps Talent Quality (Talent), Richard Giddings, VT

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

103 HEAD

Latimore Braiden Twinkie (Braiden),1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Lindsey Rucks, FL

Judge: Nathan Thomas, OH

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Savage-Leigh Selser-Red-ET (Diamondback), 1st Winter Yearling, Chase Savage, MD

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Kamps-RX AppleB Addi-Red-ET (Defiant), 1st Summer Yearling, Glamourview Farm, MD

HM SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Miss Hotline Addict-Red-ET (Addiction), 1st Fall Calf, Dustin Espindula, CA

GRAND CHAMPION JR SHOW

Underground Bccas Blair-Red (Acme), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Oakfield Corners Dairy, NY

Cutting Edge S Diva (Seaman), 1st Spring Yearling, Arethusa Farm, CT Siegerts Damian Pineapple, (Damian), 1st Winter Yearling, Leslie & Linda Bruchey, MD

On-A-Whim Richard Porsche-ET (Richard),1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Katie Larmon, NY

Peach Kist Total Tango-ET (Total), 1st 5-Year-Old, Lindsey Rucks, FL Cutting Edge Thunder Faye (Thunder), 2nd 5-Year-Old, Ken Main & Peter Vail, NY Rad-ical Showring Ready-ETV (Gib), 1st 4-YearOld, Lindsey Rucks, FL FiDe Burdette Sugarcube (Burdette), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Paige Demum, NY

GUERNSEY

Judge: Mark Rueth, WI

GRAND & SENIOR CHAMPION

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

RED & WHITE

JUNIOR CHAMPION - OPEN & JR SHOWS

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

ZBW-Ziems Listentome Red-ET (Armani), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Mason Ziemba, NY

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Uber-Haven Dfint Chrome-Red (Defiant), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Tyler Carter & Brett Richter, IL

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Highcroft Absolute Lily-Red (Absolute), 1st 5-Year-Old, Steve Smith & Anthony Crothers, NY

Twin County Tapioca Pie (American Pie), 1st Fall Calf, Dumont Family, ME

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Senior & Reserve Grand Champion Highcroft Absolute Lily-Red, Steve Smith & Anthony Crothers, NY.

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Knapps Apie Time To Show (American Pie), 1st Fall Yearling, Glamourview, MD

Junior Champion - Open & Jr Shows Savage-Leigh Selser-Red-ET, Chase Savage, MD.

Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Underground Bccas BlairRed, Oakfield Corners Dairy, NY; Reserve Grand Champion Highcroft Absolute Lily-Red, Steve Smith & Anthony Crothers, NY; HM Grand Champion ZBW-Ziems Listentome Red-ET, Mason Ziemba, NY.

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Royal-Haven Ladd Prom-Red (Ladd), 1st Aged Cow, Dennis Allen Snyder, NY

HM SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION & GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Redtag Destry Sneezy-Red-ET (Destry), 2nd Aged Cow, Chase Savage, MD

JERSEY

155 HEAD Judge: Pierre Boulet, QC

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Heart & Soul Fizz Faith (Fizz), 1st Winter Yearling, Mazzaro, Cole, Conroy, Clark & London Dairy, OH

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

SV Heaths Gentry June-ET (Gentry), 1st Spring Yearling, Schirm, Borba & Anderson, OH

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Glamourview Premier Spade (Premier), 2nd Winter Yearling, Glamourview, MD

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Sugar Brook Bartender Bridgett (Bartender), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Underground Genetics, Clark Valley, London Dairy & Pitcher, NY

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Arethusa Premier Vahling-ET (Premier), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Misty Meadows Dairy, OR

Senior & Grand Champion LtoR: Senior & Grand Champion Avonlea Premier Chocolate Chip, Avonlea Genetics, ON; Reserve Senior & Grand Champion Esperanza Ga Vivian, Rivendale Farms, PA; HM Senior & Grand Champion Humming Finalist Dottie, Kueffner, Packard & Hellenbrand, MD.

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Dixies Premier Darling (Premier), 2nd Junior 2-Year-Old, Kueffner & Packard, MD

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Avonlea Premier Chocolate Chip (Premier), 1st Aged Cow, Avonlea Genetics, ON

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Esperanza Ga Vivian (Getaway), 1st 5-Year-Old, Rivendale Farms, PA

HM SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Humming Finalist Dottie (Bowtie), 2nd Aged Cow, Kueffner, Packard & Hellenbrand, MD

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION JR SHOW

Hillacre Venom Adele (Venom), 6th Junior 3-Year-Old, Nicole Arrowsmith, PA

Intermediate Champion LtoR: Intermediate Champion Sugar Brook Bartender Bridgett, Underground Genetics, Clark Valley, London Dairy & Pitcher, NY; Reserve Intermediate Champion Arethusa Premier Vahling-ET, Misty Meadows Dairy, OR.

Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Hard Core Rebel Rhapsody-ET, Hellenbrand & Vail, WI; Reserve Grand Champion GMC Jekyll Dots-EXP, Jacob Fisher, NH; HM Grand Champion Topp-View Presto Alexa-EXP, Amy Iager, MD.

AYRSHIRE

69 HEAD

Judge: Chad Ryan, WI

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Old-Bankston B Jealous-ET (Burdette), 1st Summer Yearling, Glamourview, MD

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Nor-Bert Lochin Vesta (Lochinvar),1st Fall Yearling, Dillon Freeman & Nor-Bert Farms, IN

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Blue-Spruce Gentleman Redrose (Gentleman), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Blue Spruce Farm Inc., VT

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Old-N-Lady Gentle Wipeout-ET (Gentleman), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Peter Vail, Mike & Linda Hellenbrand & Frank & Diane Borba, WI

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Hardy Farm Rio Verify (Rio), 1st 100,00 Pound Cow, Ryan & Marjorie Rida & Ridale Genetics, NH

Ayrshire Grand Champion LtoR: Senior & Grand Champion Hardy Farm Rio Verify, Ryan & Marjorie Rida & Ridale Genetics, NH; Reserve Senior & Grand Champion Heineman Gibbs Chuy, Angela Heineman-Fuller, NY.

MILKING SHORTHORN

45 HEAD

Judge: Pat Conroy, IN

JUNIOR CHAMPION - OPEN & JR SHOWS

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Swag Muds Maroon (Mudslinger), 1st Fall Yearling, Rachel Rouland, NY

GRAND CHAMPION JR SHOW

Spungold-G Ms Poppy (Mudslinger), 1st Summer Yearling, Dale & Deanna Bendig & Mark Gieron, PA

Heineman Gibbs Chuy (Gibbs), 1st 4-Year-Old, Angela Heineman-Fuller, NY FiDe Burdette Sugarcube (Burdette), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Paige Demum, NY

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Topp-View Presto Alexa-EXP (Presto), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Amy Iager, MD

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION & GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

GMC Jekyll Dots-EXP (Jekyll), 1st 4-Year-Old, Jacob Fisher, NH

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Ridale Royal Sahara-ET (Royalty), 1st 5-Year-Old, Ryan Rida, MA

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Reg Name T-Spruce AMERY-ET Winstar Beyond SYCHED G-Deruyter Dillion MUCHO-ET G-Deruyter Modesty KING-ET Sandy-Valley ENFORCE-ET Sandy-Valley LONERANGER-ET Pine-Tree MESQUITE-ET Seagull-Bay JOSUPER 107-ET Sandy-Valley LEVERAGE-ET Mr Terralinda-Rf Hlx COY-ET Welcome Rcktfir LOADED-GUN Sandy-Valley TENACIOUS-ET Pine-Tree SEASONS-ET Mr Terra-Linda Hlx MAJOR-ET Hilmar-D Go JASON-ET Seagull-Bay FACTUAL-ET Hilmar-D Fship KILGORE-ET Trifecta R FRENCHIE-ET Kings-Ransom H DISCUS-ET

100HO12007 ENFORCE DAM: Sandy-Valley Eternity EX-92 Great TPI & NM$ Combo Production Outlier No Holes

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MGGD: Pine-Tree Monica Planeta VG-88 High NM$ CFP & %’s Outlier 106 PTAF TPI 2679 2647 2751 2682 2797 2709 2749 2632 2669 2691 2680 2693 2585 2685 2754 2719 2675 2756 2671

NM 997 946 940 930 927 907 897 887 875 869 867 865 864 862 861 858 855 823 809

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CFP 146 166 148 129 154 166 155 161 143 167 144 139 150 164 150 144 144 128 138

HEALTH SCS DPR 2.66 1.5 2.71 -0.8 2.69 1.7 2.78 1.6 2.65 0.4 2.88 -0.6 2.80 1.3 2.80 0.8 2.78 -0.1 2.84 -0.9 2.89 0.4 2.65 1.6 2.95 0.6 2.86 -0.5 2.80 1.9 2.77 2.9 2.67 1.3 2.53 0.6 2.65 1.6

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PTAT 0.18 1.08 1.39 1.07 2.16 2.09 2.20 0.74 1.84 2.04 1.78 1.62 1.03 1.99 2.44 1.51 1.72 2.88 2.14

TYPE UDC 1.45 1.07 2.01 1.77 2.15 2.04 1.39 0.83 2.19 2.19 1.83 1.95 0.96 2.27 2.22 1.67 1.80 2.97 2.35

FLC 1.33 0.49 0.63 1.68 1.58 1.37 1.22 0.24 1.29 1.13 1.14 0.76 1.16 1.14 1.26 0.66 0.53 1.97 0.81

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CALIFORNIA STATE SHOW

April 18-19, 2019, Turlock, CA · Judge Michael Duckett, WI

HOLSTEIN

180 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION - OPEN & JR SHOWS

Scenic-Edge Jordan-Red (Jordy), 1st Summer Yearling, Ty, Jacey & Hadley Ross, AZ

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Exels Doorman Big Time (Doorman-ET), 1st Winter Calf, H&C Van Exel, CA

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Banowetz Crush Skylite (Crush), 1st Spring Yearling, F&C Borba & F&D Borba, CA

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Ruann D-B Shar-60985-Red-ET (Diamondback), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Ruann Genetics, CA

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Corlane Goldchip Lemon (Gold Chip), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, F&C Borba & F&D Borba, CA

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ruann King Glory 61555 (Kingboy), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Ruann Genetics, CA

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Grand Champion LtoR: Senior & Grand Champion APGambo Atwood Keenan, A Gambonini, G & M Schmidt & S & P Maddox, CA; Reserve Senior & Reserve Grand Champion Hell-Yeah Dempsey Berry, Brandon Almeida, Joe Branco & Ryan Matheron, CA.

Roll-N-View Bradnick EMV (Bradnick), 3rd Senior 3-Year-Old, Donavan Miguel, CA

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

APGambo Atwood Keenan (Atwood), 1st 5-Year-Old, A Gambonini, G & M Schmidt & S & P Maddox, CA

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Hell-Yeah Dempsey Berry (Dempsey), 2nd 5-Year-Old, Brandon Almeida, Joe Branco & Ryan Matheron, CA

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Goldcrest Atwood Giggles (Atwood), 1st Production Cow, Aspen Silva, CA

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Holstein & RW Junior Champion Open & Jr Shows Scenic-Edge Holstein Intermediate & HM Grand Champion & RW Intermediate & Grand Champion Ruann D-B Shar-60985-RedJordan-Red, Ty, Jacey & Hadley Ross, AZ. ET, Ruann Genetics, CA.

Stephen & Patrick Maddox, CA

RED & WHITE

31 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION - OPEN & JR SHOWS

Scenic-Edge Jordan-Red (Jordy), 1st Summer Yearling, Ty, Jacey & Hadley Ross, AZ

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION - OPEN & JR SHOWS

Roll-N-View 1Moretime-Red (Jordy), 1st Fall Calf, M Coleman and K&K Martin, CA

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION - OPEN & JR SHOWS

Reserve Intermediate Champion Corlane Goldchip Lemon, F&C Senior & Grand Champion - Jr Show Goldcrest Atwood Giggles, Borba & F&D Borba, CA. Aspen Silva, CA.

Arb-Flo-Spr Honeybun-Red-ET (Avalanche), 2nd Winter Yearling, Ty, Jacey & Hadley Ross, AZ

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Ruann D-B Shar-60985-Red-ET (Diamondback), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Ruann Genetics, CA

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ruann Avala Bonnie-65924-Red-ET (Avalanche), 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old, Ruann Genetics, CA

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION & INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION - JR SHOW

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SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION & GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Hol-Star Malo Roz-Red-ET (Malone), 1st 4-YearOld, Connor Correia, CA

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Agresti Absolute Pure-Red-ET (Absolute), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Gilbert Teixeira & Double D Dairy, CA

HM SENIOR CHAMPION & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Benmit Ladd Amber-Red (Ladd), 1st 5-Year-Old, Robert Silva Jr., CA

RW Senior & Reserve Grand Champion & Grand Champion -Jr Show Hol-Star Malo Roz-Red-ET, Connor Correia, CA.

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JERSEY

31 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Arethusa Impression Selia (Impression), 1st Fall Yearling, Kash-In, CA

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Despresverts Premier Glory-ET (Impulse), 1st Winter Yearling, Pacific Edge, OR

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Roggua Robindale Just One Look-ET (Tequila), 2nd Winter Yearling, Misty Meadow Farms, OR

JUNIOR CHAMPION - JR SHOW

SVHeaths VIP Rio (VIP), 4th Winter Yearling, Mason Pires, CA

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

River Valley Excitation Flawless (Excitation), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Misty Meadow Farms, OR

Senior Champion LtoR: Senior & Grand Champion Stoney Point Impression Blenda, Vierra Dairy Farms, CA; Reserve Senior & HM Grand Champion Billings Impression Backstage, Kash-In, CA.

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Genesis Premier Vista (Premier), 1st Senior 2-YearOld, Vierra Dairy Farms, CA

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Stoney Point Andreas Becca (Andreas), 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old, Pacific Edge, OR

INTERMEDIATE & GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

SVHeaths Colton Judith (Colton), 3rd Senior 2-Year-Old, Casey, Chloe & Chase Vander Eyk, CA

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Stoney Point Impression Blenda (Impression), 1st 5-Year-Old, Vierra Dairy Farms, CA

Junior Champion Arethusa Impression Selia, Kash-In, CA.

Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion River Valley Excitation Flawless, Misty Meadow Farms, OR.

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Billings Impression Backstage (Impression), 1st 4-Year-Old, Kash-In, CA

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Pacific Edge Million Dollar Cat (Million), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Pacific Edge, OR

SENIOR & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Miss Nastias Y Not Me (Grandious), 2nd 5-YearOld, Aspen Silva, CA

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Kash-In Jerseys, CA

Reserve Intermediate Champion Genesis Premier Vista, Vierra Intermediate & Grand Champion - Jr Show SVHeaths Colton Judith, Casey, Chloe & Chase Vander Eyk, CA. Dairy Farms, CA.

FR ANCHISE KIND III

March 23, 2019, Columbus, OH · Average $7492 on 79 full lots The Franchise Kind III was held March 23 at the Eldorado Scioto Downs Casino in Columbus, OH. As the first high-profile Jersey sale of 2019, a large crowd gathered to bid on the offerings and enjoy the hospitality. The sale saw a tremendous average of $7492 on 79 full lots.

Roc-Bot Dance Off 10636 . . . . . . . $75,000 (GJPI +199 GJUI +18.3 +1.7T from EX-90 Mackenzie x VG-84 David) Consignor: Rock Bottom Dairy, IA Buyer: Select Sires, OH Pine-Tree Chrome Bulgaria 1910 . . . $45,000 (GJPI +203 GJUI +26.8 x 5 VG dams) Consignor: Matthew Steiner, OH Buyer: ST Genetics, TX 104 « COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019

South Mountain Andreas Rascal . . .$28,000 2nd Fall Calf, NY Spring Show (9/18 Andreas x South Mountain Voltage Radiant EX-91, AA Junior 3-Year-Old) Consignor: Kueffner & Packard, MD Buyer: Rivendale Farm, PA Big Guns Andreas Virtue . . . . . . . . . . .$26,200 (National Junior Champion x Big Guns Jamaica Vanilla EX-95) Consignor: Borba, Putt, Iager & Schirm, OH Buyer: Glamourview, MD Sugar Brook Bartender Bridgett . . .$25,000 Intermediate Champion, NY Spring Show (Fresh Junior 2-Year-Old Bartender x 7 VG/ EX dams) Consignor: Anthony Crothers, NY Buyer: Underground & Clarkvalley, ON

Topping the sale at $75,000 was Lot 1G, Roc-Bot Dance Off 10636 (GJPI +199 GJUI +18.3 +1.7T) from EX-90 Mackenzie x VG-84 David. She was consigned by Rock Bottom Dairy, IA, and purchased by Select Sires.

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BC SPRING SHOW

March 22, 2019, Chilliwack, BC · Judge Mark Rueth, WI

R&W Grand Champion Westcoast Defiant Addison-Red, Westcoast Holsteins & Quebequa Holsteins, BC.

Grand Champion RtoL: Grand Champion Jacobs Lauthority Loana, Ferme Jacobs & Pat Conroy, QC; Reserve Grand Champion Zimmer Krusader Ava, Benbie Holsteins Ltd., Duane Zimmer & Robella Holsteins, SK; HM Grand Champion Jacobs Brady Alira, Stanhope Wedgwood, BC.

HOLSTEIN

235 HEAD

Intermediate Champion LtoR: Intermediate Champion Maiz-N-Blu DB Scarlet-Red, Westcoast Holsteins, BC; Reserve Intermediate Champion Ms Apple Adrianna-Red-ET, Westcoast Holsteins, BC.

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ruti Chief Empress (Chief), 1st Junior Yearling, Robella Holsteins, Benbie Holsteins & Barrvalley Holsteins, ON

RED & WHITE

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Ms Hot Off the Press-Red (Avalanche), 2nd Junior Yearling, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Milksource-I Andres Rosette (Andres), Westcoast Holsteins, BC

BEST BRED & OWNED HEIFER

Robella Solomon Mercy (Solomon), 1st Intermediate Yearling, Robella Holsteins, SK

RESERVE BEST BRED & OWNED HEIFER

Wendon Goldwyn Prim (Goldwyn), 3rd Spring Yearling, Wendon Holsteins, AB

JUNIOR PREMIER BREEDER

Robella Holsteins, SK

JUNIOR PREMIER EXHIBITOR

(Tie) T & L Cattle Ltd., BC & Westcoast Holsteins, BC

Ms Hot Off the Press-Red (Avalanche), 2nd Junior Yearling, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

Junior Champion Ruti Chief Empress, Robella Holsteins, Benbie Holsteins & Barrvalley Holsteins, ON.

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Zimmer Krusader Ava (Krusader), 2nd Mature Cow, Benbie Holsteins Ltd., Duane Zimmer & Robella Holsteins, SK

HM GRAND CHAMPION

Jacobs Brady Alira (Brady), 1st 4-Year-Old, Stanhope Wedgwood, BC

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Westcoast Holsteins, BC

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Westcoast Jordy Aspen-Red (Jordy), 2nd Intermediate Yearling, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

GRAND CHAMPION & RESERVE BRED & OWNED CHAMPION

Westcoast Defiant Addison-Red (Defiant), 2nd 4-Year-Old, Westcoast Holsteins & Quebequa Holsteins, BC

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Maiz-N-Blu DB Scarlet-Red (Diamondback), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

HM GRAND CHAMPION

Ms Apple Adrianna-Red-ET (O Kalif ), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Maiz-N-Blu DB Scarlet-Red (Diamondback), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ms Apple Adrianna-Red-ET (O Kalif ), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Westcoast Holsteins, BC

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Corlane Goldchip Lemon (Gold Chip), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, T&L Cattle Ltd., BC

GRAND CHAMPION & BEST BRED & OWNED

Jacobs Lauthority Loana (Lauthority), 1st Mature Cow, Ferme Jacobs & Pat Conroy, QC

Taking home the big checks were Ferme Jacobs & Pat Conroy, right, and Benbie Holsteins Ltd., Duane Zimmer & Robella Holsteins, left!

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QUEBEC SPRING SHOW April 17-18, 2019, Victoriaville, QC

SUPREME CHAMPION SUPREME CHAMPION

Loyalyn Goldwyn June (Goldwyn),Holstein, Pierre Boulet, QC

RESERVE SUPREME CHAMPION

Margot Patagonie (Calimero), Ayrshire, Ferme Margot Enr., QC

HOLSTEIN

156 HEAD

Judge: Dominic Fortier, QC

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Sun-Made Larions Crayon (Crush), 1st Junior Yearling, Brian Joseph Enright & Liberty Genetics, ON

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Winright Goldwyn Karamel (Goldwyn), 1st Senior Yearling, Brian Joseph Enright & Mary Inn Holsteins, ON

Supreme & Holstein Grand Champion Loyalyn Goldwyn June, Pierre Boulet, QC.

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Winright Jacoby Escapade (Jacoby), 1st Senior Calf, Brian Joseph Enright & Jaquemet Holsteins, ON

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Florbil Doorman Lilly (Doorman), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Agriber Societa Agricola SRL, Beckridge Holsteins, Florbil Farms Ltd, Oscar Dupasquier & Quality Holsteins, ON

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Eastriver Windhammer Ruth 405 (Windhammer), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Ferme Yvon Sicard & Pierre Boulet, QC

R&W Junior Champion Blondin Avalanche Darleen, Ferme Holstein Junior Champion Sun-Made Larions Crayon, Brian Blondin, QC. Joseph Enright & Liberty Genetics, ON.

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Winright Beemer Baby Enthem (Beemer), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Brian Joseph Enright, ON

GRAND CHAMPION

Loyalyn Goldwyn June (Goldwyn), 1st Production Cow, Pierre Boulet, QC

HM GRAND CHAMPION

Idee Windbrook Lynzi (Windbrook), 1st 5-Year-Old, Frank A. & Diane Borba, JM Valley Holstein, Richard W. & Shannon Allyn, Stephane Gendreau, QC

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Ferme Blondin, QC

RED & WHITE

24 HEAD

Judge: Dominic Fortier, QC

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Blondin Avalanche Darleen (Avalanche), 1st Senior Yearling, Ferme Blondin, QC

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

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R&W Grand Champion LtoR: Grand Champion Pierstein Armani Rock N Roll, Pierre Boulet, QC; Reserve Grand Champion Ms Stranshome Giorgi-Red-ET, Ferme Intense Inc & Pierre Boulet, QC; HM Grand Champion Greenlea A Care-Red-ETS, Pierre Boulet, QC.

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Blondin Jordy Lakesha (Jordy-Red), Ferme Blondin, QC

GRAND CHAMPION

Holstein Intermediate Champion LtoR: Intermediate Champion Florbil Doorman Lilly, Agriber Societa Agricola SRL, Beckridge Holsteins, Florbil Farms Ltd, Oscar Dupasquier & Quality Holsteins, ON; Reserve Intermediate Champion Eastriver Windhammer Ruth 405, Ferme Yvon Sicard & Pierre Boulet, QC.

HM GRAND CHAMPION

Greenlea A Care-Red-ETS (Absolute-Red), 2nd 5-Year-Old, Pierre Boulet, QC

PREMIER BREEDER

Pierstein Armani Rock N Roll (Armani), 1st 5-Year-Old, Pierre Boulet, QC

Ferme Blondin, QC

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

(Tie) Pierre Boulet, QC & Millaitnire, QC

Ms Stranshome Giorgi-Red-ET (Armani), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Ferme Intense Inc & Pierre Boulet, QC

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

AYRSHIRE

51 HEAD

Judge: Dave Bergeron, ON

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Chaluka Tuxedo Xara-ET (Tuxedo), 1st Summer Yearling, Ferme Charest (2001) Inc.,QC

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Chaluka Revolution Rea (Revolution), 1st Senior Calf, Ferme Charest, JP Charest & De La Plaine, QC

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Marilie Reality Melisse (Reality), 1st Intermediate Calf, Julie & Mario Lacerte, QC

Ayrshire Junior Champion Chaluka Tuxedo Xara-ET, Ferme Jersey Junior Champion Willowcreek Joel Sia, Clarkvalley Charest (2001) Inc.,QC. Holsteins & Pierre Boulet, QC.

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Ayr-Phoe Bar Caramil (Barrel), 1st Senior 3-YearOld, Ferme Margot Enr., QC

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Bellevue Du Lac Extravaganza (Predator), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Ferme Bellevue Du Lac S.E.N.C., QC

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Terrace Bank Tae (Harrison), 1st Junior 3-YearOld, D. Lussier, C. Roberge, A. Beauchemin & Ferme H. Bouchard, QC

GRAND CHAMPION

Margot Patagonie (Calimero), 1st Aged Cow, Ferme Margot Enr., QC

Intermediate & HM Grand Champion Ayr-Phoe Bar Caramil, Ferme Jersey Intermediate & HM Grand Champion Genesis Excitation Vidal, Margot Enr., QC. C Desrosiers, J & C Sicard, P Boulet, QC.

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

De La Plaine Prime Rocky-ET (Prime), 1st 5-YearOld, Alexandre Beauchemin, QC

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Marilie Ayrshires, QC

JERSEY

42 HEAD Judge: Remi Guay, QC

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Willowcreek Joel Sia (Joel), 1st Junior Yearling, Clarkvalley Holsteins & Pierre Boulet, QC

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Underground Natsha Mamie Naughty (Joel), 2nd Junior Yearling, Clarkvalley Holsteins, ON

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Winterplace Suede Gucci (Suede), 1st Senior Yearling, Clarkvalley Holsteins & Mt Elgin Dairy, QC

INTERMEDIATE & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Genesis Excitation Vidal (Excitation), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, C Desrosiers, J & C Sicard, P Boulet, QC

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Elegance Joel Fashion (Joel), 2nd Senior 2-YearOld, Ferme Beaudoin, Jesse Bradley & Best Nord Holstein, QC

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Drentex Grandious Coco (Grandious), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Michael & Monique Bols, ON

GRAND CHAMPION

Spring View Verb Starlett (Verb), 1st Aged Cow, Ferme Dulet Inc., QC

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Godale Perseus Elyte (Perseus), 1st 4-Year-Old, Ferme Godale, QC

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Drentex, ON

Ayrshire Grand Champion Margot Patagonie, Ferme Margot Enr., Jersey Grand Champion Spring View Verb Starlett, Ferme Dulet QC. Inc., QC.

PETITCLERC & PARTNERS SALE March 26, 2019, Saint-Basile, QC · Average $4525 on 75 lots

The Petitclerc & Partners was held on a chilly and windy day in March at the farmstead of Ferme Petitclerc in Saint-Basile, QC. The sale concluded with an average of $4525 on 75 lots. Numerous animals sold from the acclaimed Brabantdale Jasper Spades VG-88 19* family.

Petitclerc Impression Auralie . . . $36,000 2nd Winter Calf, Northeast Spring National (Dec ’17 Impression x VG-87 Goldwyn x EX90-2E Allen x Petitclerc Storm Amy EX-92-2E) Buyer: Glamourview, MD Contender: Noah Bilz, WI Petitclerc Avalanche Syrah . . . . . . . $22,500 Junior Champion, MD Spring Show 2nd Fall Calf, Northeast Spring National (Sept ‘18 Avalanche x All-Canadian Saltalamacchia VG-89 x Brabantdale Jasper Spades VG-88 19*) Buyer: Chris & Jennifer Hill, Tim & Sharyn Abbott, Matt Hawbaker & Leslie & Linda Buchey, MD

1st C . Diamondback x Beauty . . . . . . . $9700 (Dec ‘18 Diamondback x All-American Sid Beauty EX-95 x Goldwyn Britany EX-96) Consignor: Eaton, CLF & Murphy, NY Buyer: Tim & Sharyn Abbott, VT Petitclerc Doorman Shelby . . . . . . . . . $8200 (VG-86 Jr 3-Year-Old x Petitclerc Goldwyn Silver EX-92 x Jasper Spades VG-88 19*) Buyer: Brooks Hendrickson, WI Petitclerc Unix Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8000 1st Winter Calf, Northeast Spring National (Dec ‘18 Unix x Petitclerc Goldwyn Sidney VG-87 x Jasper Spades VG-88 19*) Buyer: Hannah E. Coller, NY COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019 » 109

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NOT YOUR GR ANDFATHER’S MILKING SHORTHORNS OCEANBR AE MILKING SHORTHORNS, BELMONT, PEI

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ou can sift through North America’s purebred dairy cattle breeders and you won’t find any that are more enthusiastic about today’s Milking Shorthorn breed than Fred, Matthew, and Ryan Barrett of Belmont, PEI. A Master Breeder herd located on the western side of Prince Edward Island, the aptly named Oceanbrae property overlooks beautiful Malpeque Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

We gathered at the farm on a brisk and very blustery day in late April that Fred, with classic Islander understatement, called “a bit fresh”. In February 2019, the Barretts completed construction of a new Coverall barn and new milking parlor, and it was an ideal place to see the cows and chat about the future of the herd and the breed.

Optimistic on both fronts, the family built their new barn to accommodate future growth. Presently, milking 68 cows, they have room to grow to 90 cows with the gradual purchase of quota. The Barretts have always kept an eye on production and have a 2018 RHA of (kgs) 8,329M 365F 275P (18,323M 803F 605P lbs) and they have the highest BCA herd of all breeds in the Atlantic Provinces at 308-334-311.

They look for those numbers to keep improving in the new facility with the shift to sand bedding, better air quality and more extensive natural light. The herd is on rotational grazing pasture from May to October and gets fed a TMR mix of grass and corn silage with some mineral and soybean added in the winter months.

Part of the Barretts’ enthusiasm for the breed is the Milking Shorthorn’s ability to thrive on that grazing pasture. “They are

easy-keeping, low-maintenance, great fertility, great feet & legs, great eating, and great grazing cattle”, declares Ryan. Fred agrees with that assessment, “They’re no nonsense, quiet, smart cows. Their temperament is a big plus and a main reason why people like the breed.” Ryan also notes their hardiness and ability to adapt to weather changes – heat or cold.

That toughness and adaptability Fred and Matt Barrett with Oceanbrae N Missy EX-93 is a stems from the breed’s foundation as former Reserve Grand Champion at the National Show and a dual-purpose animal – the kind your produced close to 65,000 kg M in 6 lactations. grandfather may have milked in the 1950s. In the 1980s, several individuals their own – the number of registrations and made the concerted effort to modernize number of cows on test has stayed about Milking Shorthorns to a full dairy breed, the same over the past 15 years. Members and Fred Barrett was a part of that push. of the Milking Shorthorn Society tend to Red genetics from fall into one of two groups other dairy breeds – either the smaller core They’re no nonsense, quiet, and other countries smart cows. Their temperament group that has a full herd were allowed in is a big plus and a main reason of Shorthorns or into the the Herdbook to larger group that has one why people like the breed. help shape that to five Shorthorns, either FRED BARRETT dairy character, but as part of a mixed herd or now the emphasis as 4-H project animals. The is back to furthering breed identity. The challenge for the Society is how to get Oceanbrae herd itself has used genetics dairy herd services to people that just from the US, Australia, UK, and even a have a handful of Milking Shorthorns. In an dash of Swedish Red in order to improve effort to solve that problem, CMSS enlists components.

Holstein Canada to handle the registration and classification program. Owners and The Barrett family puts their money herds are sprinkled, not clustered, across where their mouth is when it comes to Canada, so there is also the geographic promotion and dedication to the Milking challenge in marketing.

Shorthorn breed. Fred is a past president of the Canadian Milking Shorthorn In the early 2000s, part of that challenge Society (CMSS), as was his father, Keith. was also the limited AI selection for Ryan is the current Secretary-Manager Milking Shorthorn sires in Canada. At for the group and has a good perspective one point, there was no active young sire on the prospects and challenges for the program to prove bulls. The CMSS came breed. to a syndicate agreement with Semex In Canada, Milking Shorthorns are holding

The Oceanbrae herd is rotationally grazed from May to October.

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to share costs and have input on a few young sires to enter stud, with the focus on selling semen internationally as well as domestically. Ryan, as Society Manager, maintains an ongoing dialogue with AI studs in the US and Australia to learn what young sires they are bringing into service, then he uses that info to suggest young bulls in Canada that are compatible with those markets.

Travels with the CMSS have taken both Fred and Ryan around the globe in support of the breed. Both men have been to the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand for judging assignments or Society business.

While in Australia several years ago, Fred was impressed by the offspring of Treeton Pingerly, the #1 LPI Illawarra sire and now the #1 LPI sire in Canada, and started using the bull extensively. Now, 15-20% of the herd carries the Pingerly bloodline, which the Barretts prize for the balance of production, high components and high type.

A Pingerly son, Oceanbrae Foster, is the newest release from the Semex program, and is the highest PA LPI bull in Canada.

His dam is Oceanbrae Logic Feather EX92-2E with a top BCA lactation of 367-372376, and calved for the sixth time last year.

Foster’s grandam is one of Barrett’s most famous cows – Oceanbrae Fawn’s Accent-P EX-94-4E, the CMSS Cow of the Year in 2015 and the Lifetime Fat Champion for Canadian Milking Shorthorns in just six lactations. She tested at 7-8% butterfat and passed that onto her daughters who consistently test at 5-6%. A polled daughter of Rovin Derek Ali Accent-P EX92, Reserve All-American 4-Year-Old in 2005, Fawn’s Accent-P has the highest BCA lactation in the Maritimes at 331-626-357.

A up-and-coming herd favorite, Oceanbrae Pepper Becca VG-85 2Y, is out of Oceanbrae Pepper Tea VG-88, and is a maternal sister to AI stud Bentley at Semex.

Oceanbrae Pingerly Betty EX-90 was Grand Champion at the 2015 National Show and was a CMSS Cow of the Year Nominee in 2018. She is #8 LPI (#4 Active Cow) in April 2019.

with very correct feet and legs, and stylish a retired registered nurse and handles the frames. With a classification breakdown of books for the farm. Ryan works full-time 11 EX (9 ME), 32 VG, 23 GP and 3 G, well for the PEI Potato Growers’ Association over half the herd is VG & EX, and the doing Extension and research work. The Barretts continue to pursue high type in Oceanbrae property, like most in PEI, once their breeding program. Their balanced grew potatoes on some of its 500 acres, approach to breeding has resulted in but now the clear land is utilized as pasture successful marketing of their genetics to and to grow forages for the herd. They also every province in Canada. Their emphasis run a 35-head Simmental herd on the farm. on longevity means Ryan’s optimism extends they have always to the future of Milking We’ve got a great opportunity had replacement Shorthorn genetics. “We’ve to extend our genetics in heifers for sale. got a great opportunity crossbreeding.

That longevity to extend our genetics in has also been key RYAN BARRETT crossbreeding.

Milking to the breeding Shorthorns are a great and developing of cross for Holsteins, and almost 20 Star Brood Cows over the past we see animals with that cross making number of years. over 30,000M in Canada. There’s not the Building a new barn always indicates size disparity between the breeds like optimism from a farm family, and the there is with the Holstein/Jersey cross.”

Barretts are making plans for the future He also expresses a positive attitude of their operation on PEI. Fred and Matt about the future of dairying on PEI and farm together, with Matt handling the across Canada. “A good quality product day-to-day chores, while Fred tackles the will always sell and milk is one of the best heifer raising, cropping and oversees the quality products on the market!” breeding program. Fred’s wife, Margaret, is

By Kathleen O’Keefe

It’s quite a trip from PEI to Lindsay, ON, where the National Milking Shorthorn Show is held every September. The Barretts only make the trip every few years, and try to make it count when they do go. In 2015, Oceanbrae Pingerly Betty EX90 was named Grand Champion, and her herdmate, Oceanbrae Ironman Ginger EX91, carried home Reserve Grand Champion honors. Ginger is sired by Oceanbrae Ironman-P, who is the breed’s #5 LPI sire and stands at Semex. Other AI sires sourced from the herd include Oceanbrae Royal Bentley and Oceanbrae Logic Plato.

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Healthline

By Dr. Michael Bolton, Dairy Technical Services Manager, Merck Animal Health

MAKE BIOSECURITY EASY TO IMPLEMENT June is a busy time, with cattle shows, sales and summer farm tours in full swing. But, it is also a welcome sight, following a very difficult spring season due to the terrible weather conditions in many parts of the country. Any time cattle enter or leave the farm there is always a risk of disease being transferred. While no dairy is exempt from disease pressure, there are steps you can take to minimize this risk.

Merck Animal Health’s biosecurity module and customizable SOP template, as part of the Dairy Care365® training series, can help you identify and protect against potential cattle health threats.

The module also offers guidance on implementing practical, easy-to-apply biosecurity practices. Small steps can add up to a significant decrease in risk of introducing diseases into your herd.

ASSESS YOUR RISK Complete elimination of all disease challenges is expensive and impractical.

Instead, identify the risks for your dairy and design management practices based on those risks. Begin by asking yourself what disease concerns you have for your cattle.

Then work with your veterinarian to assess your risk tolerance. For example, if you have lost calves to salmonella or experienced reproductive losses to BVD, you may have low tolerance for those diseases.

The next step is to conduct an assessment of your operation to identify the hazards, their impact and the likelihood of introduction. For instance, if you bring newly purchased lactating cows onto the dairy, they could introduce contagious mastitis organisms. If not properly managed, this could have a major impact on milk quality.

Once hazards are identified, it is time to design practical biosecurity management practices that achieve your goals and are easily implemented. These practices need to be communicated to all employees, visitors and suppliers so everyone is doing their part to protect cattle health.

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highest risks for disease introduction. One way to reduce your risk is to use testing like ear notching for BVD or milk culture for mycoplasma or staphylococcus mastitis.

Talk to your veterinarian about needs for pre-purchase or on-arrival health testing. If this is done, your biosecurity plan should include how to respond to animals testing positive.

Other risk management practices, as complete quarantine is often impossible, may include creative use of facilities for housing test-positive animals and having dedicated animal caretakers for different groups.

INTEGRATING NEW ANIMALS All new or returning animals should be individually identified so that records can be kept on the animals’ location on-farm, vaccinations given, pregnancy status and treatments given. This biosecurity practice allows for communication of animal needs among caretakers and allows you to make informed decisions about herd integration.

Vaccinating animals on, or soon after, arrival can improve immunity to diseases.

In some situations there may be the ability to vaccinate animals prior to introduction to your herd. The biosecurity plan should include where to house these animals and who will care for them. The plan should also include proper storage of product.

Is it shelf stable or does it need to be refrigerated? The stable temperature needed to maintain vaccine is between 38 and 42 degrees Fahrenheit. Avoid storing vaccines in refrigerator doors as there can be huge temperature swings as doors are opened often.

The biosecurity plan should also describe when the animals can be commingled with the home herd. This will vary by disease and should be determined with your veterinarian’s input.

PREVENT DISEASE EXPOSURE Separating animals that carry disease from those that could get it is another

important biosecurity measure.

Separation helps prevent exposure to disease agents. The goal is to provide separate equipment, water and air space for new and returning animals.

Do not utilize the hospital pen for new animal introductions as this pen is to be used for sick and lame animals and dedicated to on-farm animals. These hospitalized animals are also more at risk for infection after exposure because their immune system is often compromised.

Keep this in mind when determining where and how to implement a quarantine area.

Another way to prevent disease exposure is to separate off-farm and potentially contaminated movements from onfarm animals, people, vehicles and other equipment. This could be done by establishing a Line of Separation (LOS) around the entire dairy operation (similar to a moat around a castle).

Animal caretakers should come to work having showered, wearing clean clothes and footwear that were not worn around other livestock. This ensures separation of items that might be contaminated and introduce disease agents. Conversely, changing clothes when employees leave the dairy helps protect their family as many cattle diseases are zoonotic (infectious to humans).

GET STARTED TODAY Biosecurity takes a team effort and benefits everyone – it can protect human health as well as animal health. Merck Animal Health has Dairy Care365 training videos and customizable SOP templates, including one on biosecurity, available at DairyCare365.com. You may also contact your local Merck Animal Health representative or email DairyCare365@ merck.com for more information.

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SOUTHERN SPRING NATIONAL JERSEY SHOW April 13, 2019, Stillwater, OK · Judge Brian Behnke, WI

JERSEY

92 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Woodmohr Townside Sheriff Vision (Sheriff), 1st Fall Calf, Ratliff Jerseys, KS

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Goff Andreas 33073 (Andreas), 1st Fall Yearling, Buster Goff, NM

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Bar MB Rockstar Karmel 220-ET (Rockstar), 1st Winter Yearling, Bryson Denton, TX

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ratliff Dually Atlee-ET (Dually), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Ratliff Jerseys, KS

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ratliff Colton Vivi-ET (Colton), 1st Junior 2-YearOld, Ratliff Jerseys, KS

Senior & Grand Champion LtoR: Senior & Grand Champion Lylestanley Deacon Francine 1975-P, Red Dirt & On the Go, OK; Reserve Senior & Grand Champion Random Luck T Heather, Red Dirt & On the Go, OK; HM Senior & Grand Champion LC Valentino Clover, Erin & Sophie Leach & Anna Hahn, KS.

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Red Team Go Emergency 632 (Hired Gun), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Red Dirt & On the Go, OK

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Lylestanley Deacon Francine 1975-P (Deacon P), 1st 4-Year-Old, Red Dirt & On the Go, OK

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Random Luck T Heather (Tequila), 1st 5-YearOld, Red Dirt & On the Go, OK

HM SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

LC Valentino Clover (Valentino), 1st Aged Cow, Erin & Sophie Leach & Anna Hahn, KS

Junior Champion Woodmohr Townside Sheriff Vision, Ratliff Intermediate Champion Ratliff Dually Atlee-ET, Ratliff Jerseys, Jerseys, KS. KS.

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Ratliff Jerseys, KS

JUNIOR JERSEY

40 HEAD

April 11, 2019 · Judge Delbert Yoder, OH

JUNIOR CHAMPION

Bar MB Andreas Marmie-ET (Andreas), 1st Spring Yearling, Landon Denton, TX

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Bar MB Andreas Mitzi-ET (Andreas), 2nd Spring Yearling, Mason Blankenship, TN

Senior & Grand Champion Lylestanley Deacon Francine 1975Intermediate Champion, Jr Show Impressions Ringo, Anneke P, Red Dirt & On the Go, OK. Boer, TX.

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Impressions Ringo (Impression), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Anneke Boer, TX

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Lylestanley Primero Dulce 2210-ET (Primero), 2nd Senior 3-Year-Old, Anneke Boer, TX

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

LC Valentino Clover (Valentino), 1st Aged Cow, Erin & Sophie Leach and Anna Hahn, KS

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Ratliff Minister Midgee (Minister), 2nd Aged Cow, Erin & Sophie Leach, KS

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Senior & Grand Champion, Jr Show LC Valentino Clover, Erin & Grand Champion, Jr Show LtoR: Grand Champion LC Valentino Sophie Leach and Anna Hahn, KS. Clover, Erin & Sophie Leach and Anna Hahn, KS; Reserve Grand Champion Ratliff Minister Midgee, Erin & Sophie Leach, KS.

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WISCONSIN SPRING SPECTACULAR May 4, 2019, Viroqua, WI · Judge Robert Jarrell, ON

JERSEY

104 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Woodmohr She Prime (Sheriff ), 1st Spring Yearling, Woodmohr Jerseys, WI

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Woodmohr Lady Victory (Victorious), 1st Fall Yearling, Woodmohr Jerseys, WI

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Smokin Hot Joel Lepage (Joel), 2nd Fall Yearling, Austin T Nauman & Rick Heslinga, WI

JUNIOR CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Junior Champion Woodmohr She Prime, Woodmohr Jerseys, Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion Gil-Bar Premier WI. Wendy 43-ET, Gil-Bar Farm, WI.

Townside Norman Kookie (Norman), 2nd Winter Yearling, Noah Bilz, WI

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Schulte Bros Teq Gem-ET (Tequila), 1st Summer Yearling, Randy Drinkall Family, Katy Laneville & Lucas Redalen, MN

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Iota Billings Porsha (Billings), 2nd Winter Calf, Calli & Wyatt Storms, WI

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Gil-Bar Premier Wendy 43-ET (Premier), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Gil-Bar Farm, WI

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Senior & Grand Champion - Open & Jr Shows Norse Star Scout Reserve Senior & HM Grand Champion K&R Premier Sunlight, 4857, Linehan Jerseys, Phil Linehan & Lilly Johnson, WI Randy Drinkall Family, MN.

Ratliff Premier Deva-ET (Deva), 1st Junior 3-YearOld, Sawyer & Olivia Brandenburg, WI

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Woodmohr Pure Impression (Impression), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Woodmohr Jerseys, WI

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Norse Star Scout 4857 (Scout), 1st 4-Year-Old, Linehan Jerseys, Phil Linehan & Lilly Johnson, WI

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

K&R Premier Sunlight (Premier), 1st 5-Year-Old, Randy Drinkall Family, MN

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Stone Front Getaway Jody (Getaway), 1st Aged Cow, Calli & Wyatt Storms, WI

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Norse Star Scout 4857 (Scout), 1st 4-Year-Old, Linehan Jerseys, Phil Linehan & Lilly Johnson, WI

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Ratliff Premier Deva-ET (Deva), 1st Junior 3-YearOld, Sawyer & Olivia Brandenburg, WI

Intermediate Champion LtoR: Intermediate Champion Gil-Bar Premier Wendy 43-ET, Gil-Bar Farm, WI; Reserve intermediate Champion Ratliff Premier Deva-ET, Sawyer & Olivia Brandenburg, WI; HM Intermediate Champion Woodmohr Pure Impression, Woodmohr Jerseys, WI.

HM GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Stone Front Getaway Jody (Getaway), 1st Aged Cow, Calli & Wyatt Storms, WI

Grand Champion RtoL: Senior & Grand Champion Norse Star Scout 4857, Linehan Jerseys, Phil Linehan & Lilly Johnson, WI; Reserve Grand Champion Gil-Bar Premier Wendy 43-ET, Gil-Bar Farm, WI; Reserve Senior & HM Grand Champion K&R Premier Sunlight, Randy Drinkall Family, MN.

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Woodmohr Jerseys, WI (tie) Smokin’ Hot Jerseys, WI (tie)

PREMIER BREEDER

Woodmohr Jerseys, WI

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Reserve Grand Champion - Jr Show Ratliff Premier Deva-ET, Sawyer & Olivia Brandenburg, WI.

HM Grand Champion - Jr Show Stone Front Getaway Jody, Calli & Wyatt Storms, WI.

WISCONSIN DAIRY SHOWCASE April 26, 2019, Madison, WI · Judge Jeff Brown, OH

RED & WHITE

80 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION - OPEN & JR SHOWS

Ms Mauk-E-Way Rosa-Red-ET (Jordy), 1st Spring Yearling, Cole, Ava, Campbell & Royce Booth, WI

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION - OPEN & JR SHOWS

Ms Kress-Hil Saphire-Red-ET (Avalanche), 1st Fall Yearling, Owen & Kendyll Kress & Savanah Barts, WI

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Kamps-RX Apb Agonize-Red-ET (Redburst), 1st Fall Calf, Reggie & Krysty Kamps, WI

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION & GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Milksource Abt Tessa-Red-ET (Absolute), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Grady & Lane Wendorf, WI

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Ar-Line Awesome Wendy-Red-ET (Awesome), 2nd Senior 2-Year-Old, Mason Dairy Farm LLC, OKHM

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Senior & Grand Champion Miss Apple Snapple-Red-ET, Milk Source LLC, WI.

Arb-Flo-Spr Drg Heloise-Red (Durango), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Eva Van Dyk, WI

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Miss Apple Snapple-Red-ET (Redburst), 1st Aged Cow, Milk Source LLC, WI

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Blondin Armani Stella Arto-Red (Armani), 1st 4-Year-Old, Ballweg Hickory Hills Dairy, WI

HM SENIOR CHAMPION

Miss Pottsdale Dfi Tang-Red (Defiant), 1st 5-Year-Old, Golden Oaks Farm, IL

PREMIER BREEDER

Crescentmead, WI

Junior Champion, Open & Jr Shows Ms Mauk-E-Way Rosa- Intermediate & Reserve Grand Champion & Grand Champion - Jr Red-ET, Cole, Ava, Campbell & Royce Booth, WI. Show Milksource Abt Tessa-Red-ET, Grady & Lane Wendorf, WI.

PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Milk Source LLC, WI

JERSEY

56 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Milksource Gentry Marriot-ET (Gentry), 1st Fall Yearling, Milk Source LLC & Valparaiso, WI

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Lost-Elm Tequila McKenna (Tequila), 1st Spring Yearling, Jason Luttropp, WI

HM JUNIOR CHAMPION

Milksource Gentry Mink-ET (Gentry), 2nd Fall Yearling, Milk Source LLC & Valparaiso, WI

JUNIOR CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Townside Norman Kookie (Norman), 1st Winter Yearling, Noah Bilz, WI

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION - OPEN SHOW & GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Miss Incentive Monique (Incentive), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Noah Bilz & Hannah Nelson, WI

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Pa-A-Plus Genie Dramatic (Genie), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Peter Vail & Budjon, WI

HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

Lost-Elm Topeka Trisha (Topeka), 1st Jr 3-YearOld, Jim Janes, WI

Junior Champion Milksource Gentry Marriot-ET, Milk Source LLC & Valparaiso, WI.

Intermediate Champion & Grand Champion Jr Show Miss Incentive Monique, Noah Bilz & Hannah Nelson, WI.

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Hi-Poits-Concept Spunky Morgan (Spunky), 1st Aged Cow, Jason Luttropp, WI

RESERVE SENIOR & HM GRAND CHAMPION

Stone-Front Getaway Momosaa (Getaway), 2nd Aged Cow, Joel Kietzman, WI

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION - JR SHOW

Carly-O Andreas Africa (Andreas), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Kylie Nickels, WI

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Lost-Elm Jerseys, WI

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A GOLDEN CHAPTER COMES TO A CLOSE

LAND OF LIVING FARM, MECHANICSBURG, OH

T

he Guernsey cow has been really good to Bonnie and me, in lots and lots of ways. We always liked the cow and we like the people, we like the social part of the Guernsey fraternity,” proclaimed John Ayars as he reflected on his family’s life with the Guernsey cow.

A golden chapter is coming to a close for John and Bonnie Ayars and their son Lucas, of Land of Living Farm in Mechanicsburg, OH. Land of Living Farm has been home to over 20 National Champions and numerous All-Americans over the last five decades. On June 3, the farm will play host to the 2019 World Guernsey Conference Sale & Ayars Guernsey Dispersal.

weak dairy economy with little hope for much improvement soon. Lucas Ayars has taken over day-to-day operation of the herd, and while he loves the cows, it’s a lot of long hours away from his family, for very little financial gain.

“I always liked to make deals; I didn’t win on The Ayars family celebrating Bonnie’s mother’s 90th birthday! all my deals! But I did a lot of dealing; one by “Guernseys are running as hot now one we would buy some more land, and compared to any other breed as they ever have. Partially due to The sale feature 60 head of Land the scarcity of them, and partly The Guernsey cow has been really good to of Living Farm Guernseys and due to A2 milk,” proclaimed Bonnie and me, in lots and lots of ways.

20 consignments from some of John. The Ayars have tested their We always liked the cow and we like the people, the top herds in the Midwest. herd for the A2 milk protein and Several factors went into the we like the social part of the Guernsey fraternity. almost 90% were A2A2. Many of Ayars’ decision to disperse their the consignment lots are A2A2 JOHN AYARS herd. The main reason is the as well. Studies suggest that milk from A2A2 cows is easier to digest buy some more cows. I love to buy and than milk with the A1 protein, which most sell, trade and dicker and take all these cows produce. gambles and risks to make the next deal,” A highlight of the sale is that any national John exclaimed. However, “Lucas doesn’t Guernsey junior member will get 10% want to do all that. He just wants to off on any purchase they make that day. milk cows,” his father says, but sadly, just The Ayars enjoying giving back, donating milking cows on a small dairy won’t pay time and money to many causes. Teaching all the bills in today’s economy. and mentoring youth have always been Bonnie Ayars, center, received the American Dairy Science Additionally, the World Guernsey important to the Ayars family. John and Association Hoard’s Dairyman Youth Development Conference, which takes place every Bonnie both have worked as teachers, as Award in 2015 for her more than 40 years of dedication three years, is coming to the U.S., and the did John’s mother before them. Bonnie to inspiring youth to be involved in the dairy industry. demand for Guernseys in North America has been in the education systems for 47 Amanda Smith & Corey Geiger from Hoard’s Dairyman right now is high. Therefore, it seemed years, and has taught at The Ohio State presented her the award. Photo @ Journal of Dairy Science. like the right time to have an auction. University for the last 13 years, where 120 « COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019

Bonnie will not let those grandkids pass through life without having a 4-H project and those calves will probably be Guernseys.

JOHN AYARS

may not ever win again, but I’ll be alright!”

John laughed.

One of John’s favorite cows over the years has been Lavon Farms Turn Point Layla EX-94, was Grand Champion at both Harrisburg and Louisville in 2003. Photos supplied. she also serves as the dairy judging team coach. Bonnie states “I cannot think of a time when youth and students were not a part of my life. I have said it so often but I will say it once more....my students and work with kids has defined my life and at times, saved my life.”

Land of Living Farm was established in Ohio by John’s parents in the 1940s. They moved there from Kansas after the Dust Bowl, with dreams of starting a farm.

They raised a wide variety of livestock from sheep to pigs to beef cows, and of course Guernseys. In the 1960s John and his brother took over the farm, renting it from their father. They sold everything but the Guernseys and ran it as a dairy.

When John and Bonnie got married, he soon stopped teaching and she soon started teaching! John stopped farming with his brother, and he and Bonnie continued Land of Living Farm together.

They raised three boys on the farm, Eli, Austin, and Lucas. Austin, unfortunately, passed away a few years ago in a farm accident. Eli currently works on the farm, and Lucas plans to stay on the farm after the sale and focus on their ice cream and cheese business, Ayars Family Farm.

Furthermore, John and Bonnie have several grandkids that will need show calves! John noted, “Bonnie will not let those kids pass through life without having a 4-H project and those calves will probably be Guernseys.”

When asked which Guernsey he had owned was his favorite to work with, John mentioned several names. From Jenny to Grace, to Captain Betsy, to many Guernsey fans’ favorite, Lavon Farms Turn Point Layla EX-94. “When Layla was on, no one was going to touch her! But that happened to be the same damn year I judged Madison! How in the heck could that happen?” John recounted. “She was Grand at Harrisburg and Louisville that year and was quite a cow in her own right… I’ve had some exceptional cows, there are more I could talk about. I’ve walked the dog and had so much fun; I mean I’ve had a ridiculously good time.

Bonnie and I love it to death, we love the people, and we’ve had so much fun, but we just need to dial it back now.”

Even after the sale, there will still be cows at Land of Living Farm. It will be more of a hobby farm in the future instead of a commercial dairy. They still own several Brown Swiss in partnership with Kenny Manion, including the 2018 Reserve AllAmerican Winter Calf, New-View C Bravo, that “Bonnie and I get up every morning and was recently Junior are able to do all the things we want to Champion at the Ohio do, and feel good about it. We are just so Spring Dairy Expo. John lucky in so many ways! I stay away from also spoke of a Jersey the negatives; I don’t need to dwell on the cow he thinks has negatives. We all have them and you’ve potential. “I’ll play with just got to take them on. We should not any breed! Needless to let those things define the rest of our lives say, I like to work with entirely,” John expressed. “Don’t let those cattle, I like to go to negatives totally affect the rest of your life.” shows and I like to win! I

By Lynnette Wright, NY Lucas, Myra, Bonnie, Adrienne & John with Luke Bryan when his Farm Tour Concert was held at the farm in the summer of 2018. Photo © Cheri Oechsle & Ashley Shaffer.

Lucas Ayars, far left, giving one of the many tours that Land of Living has hosted throughout the years. Photo supplied.

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OHIO SPRING DAIRY EXPO

March 29-30, 2019, Columbus, OH · Judges: Pat Conroy, IN, & Mark Rueth, WI

SUPREME CHAMPION SUPREME COW - OPEN SHOW

Ms AckLee Arch Kiss 594-ET (Archrival), Holstein, Kris & Kyle Ackley and Matt Oechsle, OH

RESERVE SUPREME COW - OPEN SHOW

Express-SMD Mystique-Red (Apollo), R&W, Stan-Mar-Dale/Express, OH

SUPREME HEIFER - OPEN SHOW

Miley Avalanche Genessee-ET (Avalanche), Holstein, Doeberiener, Bowen & Miley, OH

RESERVE SUPREME HEIFER - OPEN SHOW

Old-Bankston B Jealous-ET (Burdette), Ayrshire, Doeberiener, Bowen & Wolf, OH

Jersey Senior & Grand Champion Aragorn Pat-A-Cake, Jersey Intermediate Champion Blackview Valentino Fancy, Morgans Jerseys, OH. Michael Heath & Mark & Will Iager, MD; Reserve Intermediate Champion DKG Impression Chase Mitz, Grace Hageman, OH.

JERSEY

97 HEAD JUNIOR CHAMPION

Heart & Soul Fizz Faith (Fizz), 1st Winter Yearling, Cole & Mazzaro, OH

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION

Pfaffsway Colton Gracefulness (Colton), 1st Summer Yearling, Glamourview – Iager & Walton, MD

INTERMEDIATE & RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Blackview Valentino Fancy (Valentino), 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Michael Heath & Mark & Will Iager, MD

Ayrshire Senior & Grand Champion Nor-Bert Reinholts Lochin Brown Swiss Senior & Grand Champion Unrast Mojo 415, Vail-ET, Freeman Family, IN. Madelyn Topp, OH.

RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION

DKG Impression Chase Mitz (Impression), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Grace Hageman, OH

SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Aragorn Pat-A-Cake (Response), 1st Aged Cow, Morgans Jerseys, OH

RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION

Golden Gammon Frivolous (Gammon), 2nd Aged Cow, Dowty & Patrick, IN

PREMIER BREEDER & EXHIBITOR

Mill Valley Jerseys, OH

AYRSHIRE GRAND & SENIOR CHAMPION

Nor-Bert Reinholts Lochin Vail-ET (Lochinvar), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Freeman Family, IN

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Bavaroise Woodrow Sammie (Woodrow), 1st 4-Year-Old, Kurt & Michelle Wolf, IA

BROWN SWISS GRAND & SENIOR CHAMPION

Unrast Mojo 415 (Mojo), 1st Aged Cow, Madelyn Topp, OH

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Renegade Braiden Laurel (Braiden), 1st 5-YearOld, Topp and Woods, OH

Guernsey Grand & Senior Champion Knapps Grumps Talented, Milking Shorthorn Grand Champion Topp-View Anecdote Ally, Madelyn Topp, OH. Topp Family, OH.

GUERNSEY GRAND & SENIOR CHAMPION

Knapps Grumps Talented (Grumpy), 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Madelyn Topp, OH

RESERVE SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION

Whispering Pines Yogi Robin (Yogi), 1st Aged Cow, Buckeye Dairy Club, OH

MILKING SHORTHORN GRAND CHAMPION

Topp-View Anecdote Ally (Anecdote), 1st Junior 2-Year-Old, Topp Family, OH

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Hills Acre RR Kits Korie (Red Ruben), 1st Dry Cow, Madilyn Baker, Carrollton, OH

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R&W Grand Champion & Reserve Supreme Champion ExpressSMD Mystique-Red, Stan-Mar-Dale/Express, OH.

RED & WHITE GRAND CHAMPION

Express-SMD Mystique-Red (Apollo), 1st 4-YearOld, Stan-Mar-Dale/Express, OH

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

Uber-Haven Dfint Chrome-Red (Defiant), 1st Junior 3-Year-Old, Vanessa Philson, PA

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WESTCOAST CLASSIC 2019

March 21, 2019, Chilliwack, BC · Average $7181 on 96 lots A warm, sunny day, a big crowd, and lots of bidding action made for a very successful Westcoast Classic, held on March 21st, 2019 in Chilliwack, BC. The sale averaged $7181 on 96 head. Selling for $200,000 was Siemers Milk Bombi 30485-ET (+2932 GTPI +3504 GLPI +998NM$), a 10/18 Milktime with elite genomic numbers that hails from Gen-IBeq Shottle Bombi EX-94 2E 25*. She was consigned by Siemers Holsteins, WI, and purchased by Steve Velthuis, ON. Siemers Milk Bombi 30485. . . . . . $200,000 (10/18 Milktime with huge genomic numbers from Gen-I-Beq Shottle Bombi 2E95 25* family) Consignor: Siemers Holsteins, WI Buyer: Steve Velthuis, ON

Dicklands Absolutely Unstopabl . . . $41,000 (9/18 Unstopabull #1 Conf female at +21 & #1 RW PTAT Female from the Apples) Consignor: T&L Cattle Ltd., & J. Dick & Family, BC Buyer: Ferme Blondin, QC Elmbridge Doorman Rolex. . . . . . . . $18,000 (VG-87 2-year-old fresh in January backed by 5 VG-CAN dams) Consignor: Nicole Parkinson & Peter Tuytel, Jr., BC Buyer: Westcoast Holsteins, BC Daridelite Mogul Darby. . . . . . . . . . . . $14,000 (VG-87 2-year-old out of VG-86-CAN Goldwyn then three more VG & EX dams ) Consignor: T&L Cattle Ltd., BC Buyer: Westcoast Holsteins, BC

Dicklands Absolutely Unstopabl sold for $41,000 to Ferme Blondin.

The #1 Conformation Heifer and #1 RW PTAT Heifer was consigned

by T&L Cattle Ltd. and J. Dick & Family, BC.

sales & shows headlines

BORDERVIEW 2ND EDITION SALE

The highly anticipated Borderview 2nd Edition Sale, which saw the complete dispersal of Tim & Sharyn Abbott’s esteemed herd, finished off with an average of $3717 on 167 lots. A cold and blustery day in Richford, VT, drew a large crowd where the excitement began with the sales top seller going for $40,000! Sunny Plains Dempsey Laurel EX92 took the top honors and was purchased

by Westcoast Holsteins, BC. Pictured is Walkerbrae Doorman Locket EX-95, who sold to Signature Holsteins, ON, for $32,500.

The excitement continued with 6 other lots selling over $15,000. Over 40 head were purchased by buyers from Canada.

PENNSYLVANIA SPRING HOLSTEIN SHOW

Out of 175 entries, Judge Tyler Reynolds selected Savage-Leigh Absl Leona-ET as the winning 4-Year-Old and Grand Champion of the Pennsylvania Spring Holstein Show. Ken & Rhoda Reist, PA. The show was held March 21 in Harrisburg, PA. Keystone Solomon Allstar was Junior Champion for Ella Hlavaty and Luke Seipt. Windy-Knoll-View Caffeine was 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Intermediate and Reserve Grand Champion for James & Nina Burdette.

Ms Andis GW Astra-ET was the winning Aged Cow and Grand Champion of the Junior Show for Matthew Boop. Windy Knoll View Holsteins was named as Premier Breeder & Exhibitor of the show.

MARYLAND SPRING SHOW

Junior exhibitors stole the show in Maryland, capturing Grand, Reserve and HM honors in both the Open and Junior divisions on April 20. Judge Pat Lundy selected the winning Aged Cow, OConnors Ladd Lacey as Grand Champion for Katelyn Iager. Chase Savage secured Reserve Grand Champion honors with Redtag Destry Sneezy-Red, who placed 2nd in the Aged Cow class. Bella Ridge Doorman Gala-ET was named Intermediate and HM Grand Champion for Shelby Iager.

Petitclerc Avalanche Syrah was selected as Junior Champion for Hill, Hawbaker, Bruchey & Abbott. Syrah was purchased in the Petitclerc & Partners Sale earlier this spring.

92 for $45,000 to Oakfield Corners Dairy, NY! Prickles was Reserve All-American and HM All-Canadian Senior 3-Year-Old in 2017 and sold fresh in late February. She shows as an Aged Cow for 2019! Selling for $35,000 was Parkvue Absolute Rap-Red EX-92. Fresh in March, Rap is a 9th generation Excellent and was HHM All-American R&W Senior 3-Year-Old in 2017. She was consigned by Liddleholme and Jason & Jordan Thomas and purchased by Cookiecutter Holsteins, LLC, NY.

STARS OF LIDDLEHOLME OPPORTUNITY SALE

The Stars of Liddleholme Spring Opportunity Sale was held May 4 in Argyle, NY. The unofficial average on 112 lots was $4055! High seller of the day was Lot 6, Skycrest Mincio Prickles EX124 « COWSMOPOLITAN Summer Edition 2019

ELITE SPRING SELECTIONS IV SALE

Top Acres Cadence Wizara-ET topped the Elite Spring Selections IV Sale for $13,000. The fancy December calf was purchased by Chris Keim and Rosedale Genetics, WI, and was consigned by Wayne Sliker, OH. Her dam is Top

Acres Supreme Wizard-ET 2E-95, 2017 World Dairy Expo Grand Champion. Wizard is a 7x AllAmerican Nominee, Member 4x Unanimous All-American Produce and has 2 Unanimous All-American Daughters.

N ATIO NA L CONVENTION BOUND! Early Huey ready to Work!!

SE L L ING

photo © Nick Sarbacker

Trifecta M 18006-ET +2856T +975NM +1554M +107F +70P +6.7PL 2.70SCS +0.3DPR SCE 7.3% +235FE, +2.26T (4/19) From the well-known Halo family!

She is fresh 30 days and looks really good!

Her D am!

COOKIECUTTER DEARING HABUS +2628G +837NM

Grandam: COOKIECUTTER MRS HABAERA-ET VG-85 VG-MS 2-09 3 305 35,070 3.9 1378 3.3 1174 1-09 3 333 33,090 3.9 1285 3.5 1164

3rd Dam: COOKIECUTTER EPIC HAZEL-ET EX-92 2E DOM 5-10 3 350 38,080 4.3 1635 3.6 1354 LTD: 1537d 149,080 4.3 6387 3.6 5400 Next dam is COOKIECUTTER MOM HALO-ET VG-88 EX-MS DOM

21859 Crane Avenue Hilmar, CA 95324 Aaron Matheron: 209-652-3540 • Erik Durrer 209-595-7968 • Ed Machado 209-481-0482

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Making the Headlines

JERSEY SUPREME AT SIDNEY ROYAL

Brunchilli Farming Trust of Nowra was the Dairy Farmers Supreme Champion Perpetual Trophy winner at the Syndey Royal with their exhibit Brunchilli Vanahlem Eileen 2.

FOREVER SCHOON PING NEWEST EX-95 AYRSHIRE IN CANADA Canadian Ayrshire brood cow Forever Schoon Ping, owned by Ferme De La Plaine, QC, is now classified EX-95 4E at 11-6. She is a 3X All-Canadian and was All-American in 2011 after being named Intermediate Champion at World Dairy Expo. In 2016, she was Reserve Grand Champion at Quebec Spring Show. She's produced over 150,000M lifetime and is the dam of popular Ayrshire sires, Prime, Megatron & Vicking.

She currently has 4 Excellent and 3 Very Good daughters. Her highest scored daughter is De La Plaine Burdette Bling-ET EX-94 2E, who has received numerous All-American and All-Canadian honors. Another daughter is De La Plaine Remington Wing-ET EX-92, owned by Kurt Wolf, IA, & Michael Maier, WI. In 2018, Wing was the dam to a Unanimous All-American, HM All-American and four nominees.

EX-95 FOR PEANUT IN ONTARIO

Harvdale Lauthority Peanut scored EX-95 for Harvdale Holsteins & Tim Henshaw, ON. Her dam is EX-90 3E September Storm then Janefield Princess EX-91 5E. She is backed by 6 more Congratulations to Forever Schoon Farm for her incredible breeding, and Ferme De La Plaine on generations of VG or EX! her development!

LEGENDARY APPLE TURNS 15!

The queen of the Red & White breed, KHW Regiment Apple-Red-ET, turned 15-years-old this spring! Apple, who is classified EX-96 4E, is a household name that has impacted the Holstein breed through her sons, daughters and numerous granddaughters, great-granddaughters and beyond! She has numerous accolades to her name, and continues to produce show winning daughters and type animals that are charttoppers.

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DANCING DIVA NAMED GLOBAL GUERNSEY COW OF YEAR

Hi Guern View Dancing Diva-ET EX-95 earned many titles in 2018, and now she can add Global Guernsey Cow of the Year to that list! She was Reserve Grand Champion at World Dairy Expo, Grand Champion at Louisville and Unanimous All-American Aged Cow. Her daughter, Hi Guern Diva Designer, was Unanimous All-American Junior 3-Year-Old, Intermediate Champion at Expo and Grand Champion of the Junior Show at Expo. Together, they were All-American Dam & Daughter.

Congrats to Brian and Kristi Dinderman, IL, on this exciting recognition!

ALL-AMERICAN SHANIA NOW EX-95

2018 Unanimous All-American R&W Production Cow, TJ-Pollema Rdlnr Shania-Red scored EX-95 for owners Lookwell Farm & Bob Osborn, IN. Shania was also a Red & White Cow of the Year Nominee in 2018 and was All-American Dam & Daughter with Shawna-Red EX-93!

PLATINUM IS 2018 HOLSTEIN USA STAR OF THE BREED 2X All-American Nominee, T-Triple-T Platinum EX-94 was named the Holstein USA Star of the Breed for 2018. Her most recent lactation at 7-04 was over 47,000M 6.2% 3000F and she has over164,380M 9316F 5286P lifetime. She was the 2018 Nasco Type & Production Award winner at the International Holstein Show and Nominated All-American Production Cow in 2018. A Goldwyn from All-American T-Triple-T Dundee Paige EX-96, she has 10 EX maternal sisters.

Congrats to Triple-T Holsteins, OH, Eaton Holsteins, NY, and Brad and Cindy Murphy, NY, on this exciting accomplishment!

EX-96 SARA LAID TO REST NEW ZEALAND AUCTION RECORD The New Zealand record cow price was broken twice within minutes at the Southwind Ayrshires Ultimate Dispersal. First, Southwind DW Queenas V9-9 sold for $24,000, then five lots later, Southwind TSB Quaint-ET V8-9 sold for $26,000. The sale averaged $4041 on 100 lots, with 56 cows averaging $4234.

JAPANESE GRAND CHAMPION

OK Tiger Woods Lionel VG-88, a 4-yearold Atwood daughter, was named Grand Champion at the 2019 Gunma Prefectural B&W Show. Out of a Dundee dam, her grandam is Lindenoord Rudolph Lilac EX-96-CAN. She is owned by Mr. Kazu Enzaka of Fine Holsteins.

NEW EX-95 AYRSHIRE IN UK

Congrats to Troutbeck Ayrshires of Cumbria, UK, on Troutbeck Burdette Jess scoring EX-95 in her 5th lactation. Jess has numerous wins to her name at a local and national level, and has sons in AI.

"The Little Cow that Could," Bella-Rosa GW Sara EX-96, was laid to rest in April 2019.

She has become a fan-favorite across the Northeast over the last few years, earning Grand Champion honors at the Northeast Fall National Holstein Show in 2019, and an AllAmerican Nomination in 2017 & 2018. She was owned by Oakfield Corners Dairy, NY, and leaves behind several exciting daughters and granddaughters.

ADLER SCORES EX-95 IN IOWA

Farnear TBR Aria Adler-ET, a McCutchen granddaughter of EX-96 Apple, scored EX-95 for Simon, Dougherty & Rauen, IA! She is the dam of high type sires Addison *RC & Altitude-Red. Her dam is Ms Apples Aria-ET EX-92, sired by Destry.

Congrats on this achievement!

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coming events Jun 5-8 Alberta Dairy Congress, Leduc, AB. Cowsmo Coverage Jun 8 Avon Road Jerseys Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal, Alma Center, WI, Managed by JMS Jun 9-12 World Guernsey Conference, Lancaster, PA Jun 13-28 World Jersey Bureau Cattle Annual Meeting, East Africa Jun 15 Minnesota State Holstein Show, Litchfield, MN Jun 15 Ingleside Farm Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal, Cadott, WI. Managed by: Brown Swiss Enterprises Jun 15 Western NY Spring Dairy Preview Show, Hamburg, NY Cowsmo Coverage Jun 19-22 American Milking Shorthorn Society National Convention, Plainfield, IN Jun 19-23 US National Guernsey Convention, Eau Claire, WI Jun 22 Milking Shorthorn National Sale, Danville, IN Jun 22 Maxville Holstein Show, Maxville, ON, Judge: Jamie Black, NY. Cowsmo Coverage Jun 23 National Red & White Convention, Appleton, WI Jun 23 The Golden Legacy Sale - National Guernsey Convention Sale, Northern WI State Fairgrounds, Chippewa Falls, WI

Hosted by: Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Jun 24-27 US National Holstein Convention, Appleton, WI, Hosted by: Wisconsin Holstein Association; Cowsmo Coverage Jun 26 National Holstein Convention Sale. Appleton, WI, Managed by: Great Northern; Cowsmo Coverage Jun 26-29 AJCA & NAJ Annual Meetings, Saratoga Springs, NY. Cowsmo Coverage Jun 26-30 Forever Hopeful Farm Tag Sale, Ballston Spa, NY. Jun 28 62nd National Heifer Sale, Saratoga, NY, Managed by: JMS Jun 28 Golden Rose Complete Dispersal, Christiana, PA, Managed by: Fraley Auction Co. Jul 2-5 US National Ayrshire Convention, Buffalo, NY, Hosted by New York Ayrshire Breeders Jul 2-5 US National Brown Swiss Convention, Buffalo, NY Jul 5 Grand National Ayrshire Sale, Hamburg, NY Jul 5 National Brown Swiss Sale, Hamburg, NY, Managed by: Modern Associates Jul 8-9 Wisconsin Summer Championship Shows, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI. Cowsmo Coverage Jul 13 Central NY Holstein Show; Norwich, NY, Judge: Steve Fraser, NY. Cowsmo Coverage

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Jul 14-19 US Jersey Youth Academy, Columbus, OH, Jul 19 NY Holstein Summer Picnic & Fun In The Sun Picnic Style Sale; Ideal Dairy Farms, Hudson Falls, NY, Sale Managed by: The Cattle Exchange. Cowsmo Coverage Jul 20-21 Eastern NY Holstein Show, Rhineback, NY Jul 25 Ontario Summer Jersey Show, Lindsay, ON. Cowsmo Coverage Jul 26 Ontario Summer Holstein Show, Lindsay, ON, Judge: Blair Weeks, PE. Cowsmo Coverage Jul 27 Canadian Milking Shorthorn Society Field Day & AGM, Schomberg, ON, Jul 27-28 Mid-East Summer National Holstein Show, Columbus, OH, Judge: Yan Jacobs, QC. Cowsmo Coverage Aug 2 Ohio State Fair Guernsey Show, Columbus, OH. Cowsmo Coverage Aug 3 St. Lawrence Co. (NY) Holstein Show, Gouverneur, NY, Judge: Herb Henderson, ON. Cowsmo Coverage Aug 7 Mark of Muranda II Sale, Waterloo, NY, Managed by: The Cattle Exchange Aug 10 Atlantic Summer Classic Show, Charlottetown, PEI Aug 11 Western NY Championship Show, Hamburg, NY, Judge: Robert Teixeira, CA. Cowsmo Coverage Aug 13 August Genetic Evaluations Aug 14 The Best of Jacobs Sale, Cap-Sante, QC, Aug 14-15 All-Ontario Junior Holstein Show, Woodstock, ON Aug 20-24 Western Canadian Dairy Classic, Olds, AB. Cowsmo Coverage Aug 21-22 Le Supreme Laitier, St-Hyacinthe, QC. Cowsmo Coverage Aug 28 Midwest Fall National Holstein Show, St. Paul, MN, Judge: Tim Abbott, VT. Cowsmo Coverage Aug 31 Western Fall National Holstein Show, Salem, OR, Judge: Esteban Posada, Mexico. Cowsmo Coverage Sep 1 Maryland State Fair Jersey Show, Timonium, MD. Cowsmo Coverage Sep 2 Maryland State Fair Holstein Show, Timonium, MD. Cowsmo Coverage Sep 6 George Farms Complete Holstein Dispersal, Interlaken, NY, Managed by: The Cattle Exchange Sep 11 UK Dairy Day, Telford, Shropshire, UK. Cowsmo Coverage Sep 13 Northeast Fall National Holstein Show, West Springfield, MA, Judge: Mark Rueth, WI. Cowsmo Coverage

Sep 14 Portraits of Success Sale, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia Sep 18-19 Eastern Fall National Holstein Show, Harrisburg, PA, Judge: Sean Johnson, PA. Cowsmo Coverage Sep 20 Canadian National Milking Shorthorn Show, Lindsay, ON Sep 21 Weeksdale Select & Invitational Fall Sale, Pleasant Valley, PEI, Managed by: Blair Weeks Sep 27-29 Hanni Farms @ Home Sale, Gerzensee, Switzerland Oct 1-5 World Dairy Expo, Madison, WI, Cowsmo Coverage Oct 1 International Junior Holstein Show, Madison, WI, Judge: Eddie Bue, WI. Cowsmo Coverage Oct 1 International Ayrshire Show, Madison, WI, Judge: Phil Topp, OH. Cowsmo Coverage Oct 1-2 International Jersey Show, Madison, WI, Judge: Jack Lomeo, Jr., NY. Cowsmo Coverage Oct 1-2 International Milking Shorthorn Show, Madison, WI, Judge: Keith Topp, OH. Cowsmo Coverage Oct 3-4 International Guernsey Show, Madison, WI, Judge: Seth Johnson, VT. Cowsmo Coverage Oct 2-3 International Brown Swiss Show, Madison, WI, Judge: Joe Sparrow, KY. Cowsmo Coverage Oct 3-4 International Red & White Show, Madison, WI, Judge: Jamie Black, NY. Cowsmo Coverage Oct 4-5 International Holstein Show, Madison, WI, Judge: Chad Ryan, WI. Cowsmo Coverage Oct 16 Autumn Opportunity Holstein Show, Mono, ON, Judge: Cameron MacGregor, ON Oct 17 EO/WQ Championship Show, Metcalfe, ON, Judge: Dominic Fortier, ON Oct 19 Atlantic Dairy Championship Show, Truro, NS Nov 1-10 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto, ON. Cowsmo Coverage Nov 8-12 North American International Livestock Expo, Louisville, KY. Cowsmo Coverage Dec 9 Music City Celebration III, , Nashville, TN, Hosted and Managed by: MD-Hillbrook and Tim & Sharyn Abbott Mar 14 RuAnn Fiesta 2020, Riverdale, CA. Cowsmo Coverage Mar 20 March Madness 2020, Clarion Hotel & Event Center, Frederick, MD, Hosted & Managed by: MD-Hillbrook Aug 14 2020 Vision Sale, Pleasant Valley, PEI, Managed by: Blair Weeks

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Advertiser’s Index Accelerated Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 AOT Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45 Arizona Dairy Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Avant-Garde Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Billings Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Brand-O Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Brigeen Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Budjon Boarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Cal-Denier-I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108-109 Cal-Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Calori-D Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Canadian Livestock Photography Inc.. . . . . . 39 CarpsView Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Cedar Lane Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Charlyn Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Clear Echo Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Cook Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Cookie Cutter Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Cowsmopolitan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Cowsmopolitan Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Cranehill Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Cybil Fisher Photography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Don-Sim Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Duckett Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Eastern States Exposition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Ella Wright Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ekys Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Exel’s Holsteins & Jerseys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Favorites of Fairmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 FDB Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Fiesta 2020. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Gladheart Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Golden Oaks Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Hays Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Hilmar Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 JLG Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Juniper Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-67 Kings Ransom Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Kozy Kountry Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Kubota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Lantland Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Legend Dairy Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Lenkaitis Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Liberty Hill Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 MB Lucky Lady Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Morrill Farm Dairy LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Mountain View Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Multimin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Oakfield Corners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Oceanbrae Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Pappys Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISBC Performance Probiotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Pineland Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Red Dirt Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Revolution Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Royal LePage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ruann Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59 Select Sires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Springhill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ST Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Strout Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Terra Linda Dairy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 The Cattle Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Trans Ova Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISFC Trifecta Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 UK Dairy Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 University of Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Vierra Dairy Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Welcome Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Watch Hill Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 WestGen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Whey-Mat Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Whittier Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Woodmansee Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 World Dairy Expo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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