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Phone: 715-268-6400 Fax: 715-268-6239
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P.O. Box 6400, Amery, WI 54001
VOLUME 25
NUMBER 11
November 2014
CATTLE • SEMEN • EMBRYOS • MISC.
REALLY GOOD & WHY NOT?
BACK-TO-BACK BANNER YEARS!
Congratulations to our friends and neighbors, Peter Vail and Ken Main of Elite Dairy, for exhibiting the Grand Champion of the International Brown Swiss Show at the World Dairy Expo; as well as being named Premier Exhibitor! NHL hockey is already gobbling up the TV time, and will continue to for months and months...yawn!
RAY-BARB FARMS, INC. • 518-789-4631 RAYMOND MCENROE III & FAMILY • MILLERTON, NY www.mcenroeorganicfarm.com MAYERLANE-TE DITZY DEVIL-ET *RC 1st Fall Calf Midwest Fall National; Jr Champ WI Dist 1 & NWSF Jr Show; 3rd WI Jr State Fair 2014 By Acme from Devils-Red VG-88 featured in last month’s ad. 2nd dam Destiny-Red EX-94, 2X Unan All-Am R&W. 3rd dam Redmarker Desire 4E-96 GMD, Grand Champ WDE 2005.
563-237-5989 • -6597 fax 319-240-6198 cell
KRULL LARSON DIRTY GIRL-RED VG-86
With these dams in Ditzy’s pedigree~Devils, Destiny, Desire, Altitude, Redrose, Debutante~why wouldn’t she be special?
Grand Champion, Intermediate Champion, Champion Bred & Owned~Int’l R&W Jr Show 2014
Ditzy will be flushed in Nov & Jan; Devil has 4 #1 Acme & 4 #1 Addiction-P embryos; we’ll be flushing and picturing Ditzy’s RED Sympatico sister this fall. Give us a call on any of these. We’re really excited about this great family. owned with Travis & Erica Ullom
4th Sr 2 Yr Old Int’l R&W Show 2014 Res Jr Champion Int’l R&W Jr Show 2013 She’s backed by 6 EX Dellia dams! Thanks to the Coppini crew for the best week of the year. Also to Andy & Mandy Sell, Brett Hildebrandt, Seth Elsner and Brian Burger for the help all year long. Without you, this year wouldn’t have happened. THANK YOU!
MAYERLANE HOLSTEINS “Satisfying the Worldâ€? DON & LIZ MAYER 10803 S Hwy 64 • Bloomer, WI 54724
715-568-3678 mayerlane@live.com (1 mile east of Bloomer on Hwy 64)
Home of PRUDENCE
World Dairy Expo
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Another great World Dairy Expo. It gets better every year! 50 isn’t so funny anymore, is it, Matt?! Happy birthday, Matt Nunes!
THURS, NOVEMBER 13: R&W Show 8 am Holstein young calves 1 pm • Sale of Stars 5 pm FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14: Holstein Show 7:30 am • Join us in Toronto!
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Empey Enterprises Ltd.• Kenneth R. Empey, Jr. Box 343, Dorchester, Ont • Canada N0L 1G0 519-280-2615 cell • 519-268-3954 • 519-268-6187 fax krempey@hotmail.com • Commercial • Show • Pedigree
WDE SHOW 1. Watched the Holstein show, and black cows were winning. 2. 60 years ago, Bill Weeks taught me black cows had more style. 3. Jersey hoofs are black, and they have good feet that you rarely have to work on. 4. Is there a black-hoofed Holstein bull available?
I know where they are! W7175 Mansfield Rd • Lake Mills, WI 53551 920-988-9426 • momkrull@gmail.com• www.krull-farms.com
3 VG-88 2 YR OLDS BY EXODUS PRASE VG
A Canadian Invitation to
2644 260th St. • Fredericksburg, IA 50630
DAM’S FULL SISTER
US Classifier-Fundo La Querencia-Lima, Peru Goldwyn x EX Shottle x Exodus Praise 3E-93 EX(95)MS, Life 181,877 4.5 8196 3. 4 6139 x Exodus Precise 3E-93 EX(94)MS Life 207,247 - 6 dtrs 31,000 to 41,000 5 EX (3 EX-93) & 1 VG-87 PRASE - homozygous A2 A2 (2% of tests)
Exodus Shottle Pepsi 2E-92 EEEEE EX(93)F&L 4-0 365 39,350 3.9 1544 2.8 1115 Life to date 200,500 3.9 8030 Zuber Farms, Byron, NY
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Numbers we love to see!
We classiďŹ ed just a handful Oct. 23rd, and we’re thrilled with how the day went! These are the sort of numbers we strive for: Three NEW EX Eight EX were raised & got their 2nd or 3rd “Eâ€? (out of 9 eligible). One 87 pt 2 yr old Four 85 or 86 pt 2 yr olds Eight new VGs The eight multiple “Eâ€? cows are from our 3 most inuential cow families, proving that
it’s all about family!
Striving For Superior Type & Longevity Todd, Trish, Jake & Paige 608-558-0739 trishhoesly@gmail.com
COAST TO COAST. Six semis running full time to deliver your commercial heifers in excellent shape.
Troy’s Transport Inc. 920-474-3126
It's More Than Luck
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7HO10849 Ladys-Manor PL SHAMROCK-ET (VG-88) PLANET x (EX-90-EX-MS-GMD-DOM) Shottle x (EX-90-EX-MS-GMD-DOM) Debut +1,462M +685NM$ +2.17T +2.00UDC +6.6PL +2.0SCR 7.2%CE +2141GTPISM
SHAMROCK hails from the heart of the Ladys-Manor herd with three Excellent dams behind him. This PLANET son takes after his dad siring medium-sized cows with picture perfect udders and outstanding Milk and Net Merit. Plus, he offers reliable SCR and calving ease data. SHAMROCK is a great customer-satisfaction sire, and is only available from Select Sires. Call and place your order today! 08/14 Genomic Rel. USDA-CDCB/HA Yield 99%, NM 93%, Type 98%, PL 84%, CE 99%, SCR 99%. SHAMROCK semen qualifies for export to Canada. ™gender SELECTed and HealthMark are trademarks of Select Sires Inc. SMTPI is a servicemark of Holstein Association USA. ŽFeedPRO is a registered trademark of Select Sires Inc.
Ladys-Manor Shmrk Design-ET (VG-86), Ladys Manor LLC, Monkton, MD
YOUR SUCCESSOur Passion.
Telephone: (614) 873-4683 X www.selectsires.com