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VOLUME 27
at Shawano, WI 54166
February 2016
YEARS OF PROVEN EXCELLENCE
NUMBER 2
NOMINATED & 94!
Times Are Changing... It appears the Green Bay Packers have lost the big homefield advantage of Lambeau Field and now are just another team! It seems every week there is another #1 NCAA basketball team. The Michigan State Spartans and Duke Blue Devils are certainly not going to be one of them.
We are enjoying winter at:
Royal Palm Beach Club • St. Maartin 011-721-580-3978 • 717-568-1750 Ray cell
RAY-BARB FARMS, INC. • 518-789-4631 RAYMOND MCENROE III & FAMILY • MILLERTON, NY www.mcenroeorganicfarm.com
ASTRAHOE ROBERTA SABRINA EX-91 EX-MS 6-10 3x 365 34,189 4.1 1388 3.0 1025 5-05 3x 365 31,656 3.4 1084 3.0 937 Sired by Skychief, she is a 15th gen EX! Dam is EX-93 Storm with 40,000M 1400F, 2nd dam EX-91 Progress with 34,000M 1250F, 3rd dam Royal Rosa EX-91 (1st 12th gen EX of the breed.) All have EX-MS. SABRINA EMBRYOS available: McGucci, Atwood, Brokaw & Gold Chip. $500 per embryo, 10 for $4000. Also 1 McCutchen and 2 McGucci heifer calves, your pick $3450! Why not get your 16th gen EX?
MAYERLANE HOLSTEINS
FALCON PREMIER
FRM
Sat, Feb 27. Proud to support UWRF, the largest collegiate DON & LIZ MAYER 10803 S Hwy 64 • Bloomer, WI 54724 dairy club in the US! Selling: 715-568-3678 An Avalanche x 7 EX Roxys! mayerlane@live.com And a beautiful Summer (1 mile east of Bloomer on Hwy 64) Yrlg from the Laurie Sheiks! “Satisfying the World”
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Nominated Jr All-American 150,000 lb Cow 9th gen EX Elegance OTHER CLASSIFICATION UPDATES: Renely Darwynn Red Bull-Red VG-89 9th Sr 2 Yr Old International R&W Show 2015 Krull Alexander Estelle EX-90 from Jasper sister to Entrust Dawning-Day GoldChip GiGi *RC VG-87 Krull Braxton Haylee VG-88 Braxton x VG-87 Durchan x Dubeau Dundee Hezbollah
Krull Larson Dirty Girl-Red EX-90 2 1/2 weeks fresh
Last of Exodus Price VG 2Y Semen TEST-MATING DTR: EXODUS RESCUE EX EX-92 DS EX-92 R EX-MS 4Y 365 34,951 4.0 1403 3.0 1043 owned with Exodus herd-housing partner–Regancrest EXODUS Prise-ET EX EX(91)MS EX(92)DS Full sister’s udder
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6Y 316 32,050 4.6 1463 3.2 1041 • 4th gen EX Goldwyn dtr: Exodus Prim VG-87 3Y 2-4 356 33,040 4.1 1339 3.0 952
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
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RIBEYE STEAK 1.Hearsay is that a big-time college football coach has his players eat a ribeye steak every day. 2.And a top North Dakota team has ribeye each game-day breakfast. 3.Works for them... let’s make it work for us! 1.2 bulls ready for cows and hfrs. 2.A load of commercial registered hfrs due to sexed semen in April.
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FOR 32 MILLION SPERM/UNIT SEMEN CALL...
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FOR SALE
7th gen EX Dellia
FOR DAIRY STRENGTH & DEPTH
Cattle available, commercial or registered, either side of the border, give us a call you’ll be glad you did!
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STARDELL FARMS, INC.
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The Picture People Kathy DeBruin 608-347-5407 New Glarus, WI
New Glarus, WI 608-527-5663 • fax 608-527-5676
HOESLY ATWOOD PAYDAY VG-88 Nom. Jr. All-American Sr 2 Yr Old, 2015 4th Sr 2 Yr Old, International Jr. Holstein Show, 2015 1st Sr 2 Yr Old & BU, Int. Champ (Jr. & Open), Grand Champ (Jr), Res Grand Champ (Open), WI District 6 Holstein Show, 2015 Jr. All-Wisconsin Sr 2 Yr Old, 2015 3rd Sr 2 Yr Old (Jr Show) Midwest National Spring Show, 2015 VG88 Dundee x EX94 3E Tab x VG88 Blackstar x Chief Mark x EX92 3E Laban x EX91 Boutonierre x EX90 2E GMD Tradition Congratulations on a great year Paige!
Striving For Superior Type & Longevity Todd, Trish, Jake & Paige 608-558-0739 쑽 trishhoesly@gmail.com
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SUPERSIRE semen qualifies for export to Canada. 12/15 Genomic Rel: USDA-CDCB Yield 99%, Type 98%, NM 95%, PL 86%, SCR 99%. ®TPI is a registered trademark of Holstein Association USA. ™Superior Settler, FeedPRO, HealthMark are trademarks of Select Sires Inc. SUPERSIRE photo by Hopman. ™gender SELECTed is a trademark of Select Sires Inc. SexedULTRA is a trademark of Inguran LLC. All gender SELECTed semen is processed using Sexed ULTRA technology. gender SELECTed semen processed by Sexing Technologies for Select Sires shall be used only for the single insemination of one female bovine during natural ovulation with the intent to produce single offspring unless specifically approved on an individual customer basis by Sexing Technologies in writing. This semen is produced using the proprietary technology of XY LLC and Inguran LLC, as partially represented by U.S. Patents: 6372422, 7094527, 7208265, 7371517, 6357307, 7723116, 7758811and 7799569. Patents pending in US and foreign markets. XY® is a trademark of XY LLC.