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VOLUME 26
NUMBER 1
January 2015
CATTLE • SEMEN • EMBRYOS • MISC.
OUR NEWEST EXCELLENT!
FLUSHING! HOLSTEINS
What’s Wrong??? The highly successful University of Wisconsin Football team just hired their 3rd head coach in 4 years. Perhaps Governor Scott Walker should appoint a task force to investigate the Badger Athletic Department.
ROCHER JORDAN SNOW-RED
EX-94
KRULL SANCHEZ EMINEM
EX-91
KRULL GOLD EXCUSES
EX-94
KRULL JASPER EVENTFUL
EX-93
RAY-BARB FARMS, INC. • 518-789-4631
KRULL LARSON DIRTY GIRL-RED VG-89
RAYMOND MCENROE III & FAMILY • MILLERTON, NY www.mcenroeorganicfarm.com
Enjoy the Winter!
JERSEYS MAYERLANE PURPLE FEVER EX-90 EX-MS 2ND LACT 2-01 3x 361 29,147 3.5 1017 3.0 866 3-04 3x 112 13,000 4.0 515 2.7 352 Inc Purple Fever just went EX on our Dec classification. She is a Fever from EX-91 Ludwigs DG Shottle Prism with 36,082 4.4 1572 3.1 1119. 2nd dam Finley Patty EX-91, on back to brood cow supreme Ultimate Pala 2E-94! Purple Fever has a beautiful Acme heifer bred to Bradnick, and she herself will be flushed to Bradnick in January. We also have Fever embryos from Prism. Happy New Year from Bloomer!
MAYERLANE HOLSTEINS
EMBRYOS!
“Satisfying the World” DON & LIZ MAYER 10803 S Hwy 64 • Bloomer, WI 54724
715-568-3678 mayerlane@live.com (1 mile east of Bloomer on Hwy 64)
RATLIFF F PRIZE KAY
EX-93
RATLIFF SAMBO DEMI
EX-92
Contact us today if you are interested in embryos from these great cows backed by great cow families!
Happy New Year!
FRM
Check out our embryo ad on page 8.
Home of PRUDENCE
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Something to think about this Holiday Season.
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January’s featured matriarch is
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Making a Huge Debut
PETRONE (photos: Beth Herges) ©2014 USDA-CDCB 12/14 gPTA/PTA MF 77% GTPI® is a registered trademark of the Holstein Association USA, Inc.
GENOMIC POWER SILVER +2683 29HO17573 SEAGULL-BAY
-ET
s+821 NM$ s+163 CFP s+1728 MILK s+2.86 TYPE s+4.6 PL s+2.15 UDC s+2.72 FLC s7.1 CE
GTPI ®
Cookiecutter Petro Hugme-ET (VG-85), Cookiecutter Holsteins, LLC, Hudson Falls, NY
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Super x (VG-88) Baxter x (VG-85) Buckeye +2361GTPI® +624M +549NM$ +1.50UDC +1.37FLC 2.68SCS +7.5PL +3.7DPR 7.0%CE +2.7SCR
PETRONE debuts among the top 5 bulls for GTPI. Along with being an elite TPI sire, he is the best at Select Sires for Productive Life. PETRONE daughters are moderate in stature with great udders and feet and legs. Plus, he transmits breed-leading fitness traits and outstanding fertility. This uniquely pedigreed Super son, complements daughters of MOGUL, SHOT and YANCE perfectly! Call your Select Sires representative and add PETRONE to your breeding program today!
Dam: Seagull-Bay Snow Darling-ET VG-85 MGD: Ammon-Peachy Shauna-ET VG-87
Mogul x Snowman x Planet x SHOTTLE
7HO11169 Welcome Super PETRONE-ET
12/14 USDA-CDCB/HA Rel. Yield 92%, NM 88%, Type 85%, CE 99%, DPR 69%, SCS 85%, SCR 99%. PETRONE semen does not qualify for export to Canada. ™DIAMOND SELECTion and HealthMark are trademarks of Select Sires Inc. ® FeedPRO is a registered trademark of Select Sires Inc.; TPI is a registered trademark of Holstein Association USA.
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