June 2018 Minnesota Holstein News

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2018 Field Day Save the Date State Show History 2018 Brood Cow Contest Winner Women in Agriculture: Ashley Swenson Laveau Dairy Breeder Spotlight State Show Schedule & Judges Production Futurity XLI Winners 2018 First-Time Excellents 2018 Very Good Two-Year Olds

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OFFICERS Andy Steinhagen, President 13015 Co Rd 50, NYA, MN 55368 (612)-581-7523 | Term Expires 2020 Dale Rupprecht, Vice President 18141 220th St NE, Thief River Falls, MN 56701 Thief River Falls, MN 56701 (218)-684-1029 | Term Expires 2019 DIRECTORS

Terms Expire 2019 Chad Buehring, (763)-464-2333 51100 Driftwood Ave, Rush City, MN 55069 buehringfarms@gmail.com Keith Mahoney, (651)-258-4625 10292 335th Street, Cannon Falls, MN 55009 kmah86@hotmail.com Ted Norling, (605)-957-5376 29533 468th Ave, Beresford, MN 57004 John Vander Wal, (507)-215-0339 1125 71st Street, Pipestone, MN 56064 newalta2006@gmail.com Terms Expire 2020 Patti Schaefer, (320)-221-6383 26365 580th Ave, Grove City, MN 56243 rusch_33@hotmail.com Christopher Schulze, (507)-820-0452 1963 150th Ave, Holland, MN 56139 christopher.schulze@jacks.sdstate.edu Tim Stender, (952)-607-6297 15420 110th St, Young America, MN 55397 tstender30@yahoo.com Matt Timmer, (507)-360-8199 32277 Chany Ave, Ellsworth, MN 56129 mptimmer39@gmail.com Terms Expire 2021 Elwin Brands, (507)-215-1836 2167 200th Ave Edgerton, MN 56128 brandshaven@gmail.com Adam Johnson, (218)-329-9244 43439 233rd Ave, Pelican Rapids, MN 56572 lidaacres@gmail.com Karen Gorentz, (218)-234-3716 31493 440th Street, Vergas, MN 56587 gorentzdairy@gmail.com Kris Gruenes, (320)-493-9704 17565 County Road 43, Richmond, MN 56368 krisarn@meltel.net Tracy Schaefer, (320)-360-5188 65393 County Road 27, Fairfax, MN tracyschaefer@hotmail.com

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DEPARTMENTS

From the Field...............................................4 President’s Column......................................4 From the Office..............................................5 Through the Grapevine................................6 Junior Moos............................................16-17 Corporate Sponsors....................................27

CALENDAR OF EVENTS JUNE

1: State Show Entry Deadline 21: MN State RW Show, Jordan, Minn.

21: Jersey Jamboree, Jordan, Minn.

22: MJHA State Show, Jordan, Minn.

23: MN State Show, Jordan, Minn.

29-July 3rd: 2018 National Holstein Convention, Traverse City, Michigan

JULY 14: District 7 Holstein Show, Anoka, Minn.

3: District 6 Holstein Show, Canon Falls, Minn.

25: District 1 Holstein Show, Rochester, Minn.

28: District 8 Holstein Show, Sauk Centre, Minn.

AUGUST 4: District 5 Holstein Show, Arlington, Minn.

4: District 10 Holstein Show, Bagley, Minn.

6: District 4 Holstein Show, Pipestone, Minn.

18: District 2 Holstein Show, Owatonna, Minn.

29: Midwest Fall National Show,

MN State Fair, St. Paul, Minn.

American Foods Group.............................26 Carlson Wholesale......................................10 MJHA...........................................................19 Minnesota Holstein Classifieds.................10 Minnesota Holstein Field Day.....................5 Minnesota Milk Producers.........................2 Minnesota Select Sires...............................28

MIDWEST ADVERTISERS

Circle Drive Holsteins................................77 Directory Of Services.................................96 Hendel Farms .............................................44 Lida-Acres Holsteins .................................29 Sherdale Farms............................................62 Shir-Man Holsteins....................................29 University Of Minnesota............................17 Please visit the Minnesota Holstein Association website www.mnholstein.com for more information on the association!

ON THE COVER: Holstein NEWS Ashley Swenson is the sixth generation at Forest-Lawn Holsteins near Nicollet, Minn. She is also the

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1: Advertising Deadline for Sept./Oct News 8: MN Holstein Field Day, Ottertail, Minn.

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STAFF Amanda Bedtke, Business Manager Chelsey Asche, Marketing Manager

Board Spotlight: Karen Gorentz..................6 Holstein History...........................................7 2018 MN Brood Cow Winner....................7 Women in Agriculture: Ashley Swenson...8-9 Production Futurity XLI Winners............11 All-Breeds Convention.........................12-13 2018-2019 Committee Chairs....................13 Breeder Spotlight: Laveau Brothers......14-15 2018 Minnesota State Show.................18-19 Minnesota District Show Details..............20 2018 High-Scoring Two-Year Olds......21-23 2018 First-Time Excellents..................24-25

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NATIONAL DIRECTORS Mark Kerndt, (563)-568-0026 1318 W Main St, Waukon, IA 52172 HOLSTEIN ASS’N-USA REGIONAL REP Steve Peterson, (218)-631-1564 Alan Graves, (712)-574-6120 Dennis Devore, (319)-270-5038

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State Show History 2018 Brood Cow Contest Winner Women in Agriculture: Ashley Swenson Laveau Dairy Breeder Spotlight 2018 Field Day Save the Date State Show Schedule & Judges 2017 Production Futurity Winners 2018 First-Time Excellents 2018 Very Good Two-Year Olds

owner of Midwest Embryo Transfer Service. Ashley is pictured with one of her most successful 4-H show cows, Forest-Lawn Apple Pie-EX-94. While Swenson was in 4-H, Apple Pie won her class at the MN State 4-H Show and she showed her as a Winter Calf at World Dairy Expo in 2008. In 2016, she took second place in the 150,000 lb. Cow class at the Midwest Fall National. Read more about Ashley on pages 8-9.

Photo by Chelsey Asche

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From the President- Andy Steinhagen Greetings Minnesota Holstein Association Members. I am honored to write my first president’s update for you. As this is my first time doing this I will share a little bit of my background. My wife, Sue, and I live just south of Bongards with our two boys: Trystan, 18 and Will, 9. I work for Scott County in the highway department as my “day” job, and Sue works in the cities for a Andy Steinhagen financial service company. I also really do MHA Board President focus on my involvement in the dairy business by doing relief milking, helping friends with field work and working at sales. My passion going on “showcations” by working for friends at many shows throughout the Midwest and Canada.

As we are finally receiving real spring weather as I write this, I hope everyone has a safe and low stress planting season that they deserve after the long winter we’ve had. Our board and sale committee made the difficult decision to cancel the spring sale this year which probably was a real blessing as most of the state was busy digging out of the snow on

what would have been our spring sale date.

Having just returned from the Midwest Spring Show and having attended a couple of early sales, I’m reminded that dairy farmers are the most eternally optimistic people that I’m lucky to know. While our industry is faced with depressed prices, numbers at the show were still solid and the sales showed the value of great cattle is still better than what most people predicted. As we move through the year, please take advantage of the opportunities that we have to get together through our organization to socialize and have fellowship with others as I believe this is an industry built of people and the many great relationships we have with each other.

In closing, please feel free to reach out to me with any concerns or thoughts that relate to our wonderful organization, I hope that you will find me accessible and open to feedback to make it as great as it can be! Also, board meeting minutes are available upon request. We can mail or email you the board meeting minutes if you would like to see them. My email address is mnsteiny@yahoo.com and my cell phone number is 612-581-7523.

-Andy Steinhagen

From the Field Report Dear Holstein Breeders, We have a number of updates to share with you from Holstein Association USA. Holstein Marketplace Holstein Association USA is offering an opportunity for breeders to advertise Registered Holsteins® for sale via a page on the Holstein Association USA website. The new Holstein Marketplace provides easy, affordable advertising to help Registered Holstein breeders optimize their investment.

Advertisements of up to 100 words will cost $25 per month. If the text is 101 words or more, the cost is $25 plus an additional 10 cents per word. For added value, breeders have the option of linking their advertisements to a genomic prediction or pedigree for $5 per animal. Links to a website or Facebook page can also be included in the ad. Advertisements will be invoiced to your Holstein Association USA account. Classified ads may be submitted by using the form found on the Holstein Marketplace website, www.holsteinusa.com/ marketplace. Complete the form and email the information to marketplace@holstein.com.

TriStarSM AMR Holstein Association USA is excited to announce a new program for producers with robotic milking systems who no longer are participating in traditional milk recording programs but still wish to have their production information published on Official Holstein Pedigrees™. Known as TriStar AMR, the goal of the program is to allow producers with robotic milking systems that are recording both milk weights and component data to have the information collected by those systems flow into the Holstein herdbook database. This program is an extension of HAUSA’s TriStar program, a longstanding service for administering production records, cow and herd genetic performance reports, and recognition.

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The fees to participate in TriStar AMR are a $17 per month herd fee, plus $2 per completed 305-day lactation recorded that is loaded for Registered Holstein cows, which covers data collection and processing by ATA, and loading into the HAUSA herdbook system.

TriStar AMR is not included in Holstein COMPLETE™, and at this time, AMR records are not eligible for recognition programs.

Junior News Congratulations to Haely and Kayla Leiding, Fountain, Minn., daughters of Todd and Stacy Leiding. They were selected as 2018 Distinguished Junior Member semifinalists. The Distinguished Junior Member recognition is the highest honor given to Junior members ages 17 to 21 who demonstrate involvement in a variety of activities and who have excelled in preparing for their life’s work, while contributing to their local and state Holstein activities. They will be interviewed at the National Holstein Convention, June 29 – July 2, in Acme, Mich., vying to be named one of six finalists.

Finalists receive complimentary annual renewed memberships to Holstein Association USA. Young Dairy Leaders Institute Young Dairy Leaders Institute (YDLI) is the cornerstone program of the Holstein Foundation. Dairy producers working with all breeds of dairy cattle, and allied dairy industry members, are encouraged to apply. YDLI Class 11 will have on-site meetings in Phoenix, Ariz. February 6-9, 2019 and February 5-8, 2020.

Visit www.holsteinfoundation.org to download the YDLI Class 11 application, as well as view more detailed information on the program. Applications are due August 1.

If you need anything please call Dennis Devore at 319.270.5038, Alan Graves at 712.574.6120 or Steve Peterson at 218.849.2238.

- Steve Peterson, Alan Graves, Dennis Devore Holstein Association USA Field Representatives

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From the Minnesota Holstein Office

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appy June Dairy Month! Hopefully everyone enjoys the various dairy-related festivities that happen in June.

Of course, we are both excited for the 2018 Minnesota State Holstein Show in Jordan, Minn this year. Make sure to mark your calendar for June 19 to 23 for the show, which is hosted by Amanda Bedtke the Wright-Carver-Hennepin Holstein Club.

MHA Business Manager The theme they have selected for this year’s show is “Honoring the Past, Treasuring the Present and Shaping the Future.” We would also like to thank everyone who used our online entry system this year. We hope it provided convenience for you, and it was a great tool for us in the office. You can see the schedule and information on judges for this year’s State Show on page 19.

We wish safe travels to those who are Chelsey Asche attending the National Holstein Convention MHA Marketing Manager in Traverse City, Mich. from June 29th to July 3rd. Congratulations to Haely and Kayla Leiding for being named National Distinguished Junior Member semifinalists this year.

We know this honor is a culmination of years of work as a junior member. Good luck to the 15 junior members from Minnesota who will be participating in contests at the National Junior Convention.

We know you will represent Minnesota well!

Please make sure to save the date for the 2018 Minnesota Holstein Association Field Day which will be held on September 8 at Justin and Marea Malone’s dairy near Ottertail, Minn. Thank you to the Malones for opening your farm to MHA members.

We are also excited to announce that we have created a Minnesota Holstein Association Classifieds page on our website. The cost is $20 for a 150 word ad that will be displayed on the Minnesota Holstein Association website for one month. We will also periodically share the ads placed on this page on the Minnesota Holstein Association Facebook page to give your ad more exposure and bring more traffic to this page. To submit an ad you can visit: https://mnholstein.com/ submit-an-ad/. To view the classified ads that have already been posted, visit: https://mnholstein.com/mn-holstein-classifieds/.

As always, we would like to thank the corporate sponsors of the Minnesota Holstein Association. You can see a listing of our corporate sponsors on page 27. We also want to share a sincere thank you to all of the breeders, universities, clubs and businesses that chose to advertise in this publication. Your support makes this publication possible. We are excited to share that Ohio Holstein Association has joined the Midwest Holstein News, which makes the reach of our breeder ads even greater!

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. Amanda can be reached at minnesotaholstein@gmail.com or by phone at 320-259-0637. Chelsey can be reached at mnholsteinmarketing@ gmail.com or by phone at 507-221-4070.

-Amanda and Chelsey

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YOU ARE INVITED TO THE

MINNESOTA FIELD DAY Date: Saturday, September 8, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Where: Justin and Marea Malone’s Farm

Address: 30924 21 HWY 108, Ottertail, MN 56571

Details: Activities include a free meal and judging contest. Watch for more information to come about speakers at the event. There will also be a golf outing at 3 p.m. at Thumper Pond (300 Thumper Lodge Road, Ottertail, MN 56571).

Background on the Farm: The Malones milk 250 cows on a rotational grazing program, which consists of three groups: 1st lactation, high group, and a low group. The rotational grazing paddocks are made up of grasses and clover. The cows are also fed a TMR. The Malone’s have been Organic milk and crop producers for 10 years. Justin didn’t always have registered Holsteins. He took advantage of an opportunity to buy some embryos that were registered. Justin and his sons have been picking out good blood lines to grow their registered herd. In years to come it will be exciting to see the genetics from this herd. To learn more about the Malone’s you can read the new member spotlight about them in the December 2017 Minnesota Holstein News.

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Through the Grapevine This section includes obituaries, marriage announcements, birth announcements, milestone anniversary announcements and other important announcements that are sent in by members, by the deadline. The deadline for this information will always be the same as the advertising deadline.

Gerald Beneke ties for first in Holstein World All-American Popular Person’s Judging Contest

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erald (Jerry) Beneke was one of eight individuals who tied for first place in the Holstein World 2018 All-American Popular Person’s Judging Contest. Beneke was the only Minnesotan to tie for the title this year.

“I got a call from Maxine Grasshof informing me that I had tied for first in the contest,” Beneke said. “I only missed the Reserve Winter Yearling Heifer and the Reserve Fall Heifer Calf on my placings. The rest of my Gerald Beneke is pictured above with the selections matched the officials.”

Holstein World magazine which announced Beneke’s father and uncle owned he tied for first place in the All-American Popular Person’s Judging Contest. He is also a dairy farm and raised Holsteins under the Beneke Farms prefix. holding his entry form in which he only missed two reserve champions.

Unfortunately, on May 6th, 1969 a

tornado destroyed one of the barns and milking was discontinued when the barn wasn’t rebuilt. However, Beneke has remained closely involved with Registered Holsteins for his entire life. He is a lifetime member of the Minnesota Holstein Association and he has been a member of the National Holstein Association since the mid 1950’s.

He started showing Holsteins in 1950, including the Minnesota State Fair, National Dairy Cattle Congress, International Holstein Show in Chicago and later in Madison, Wis. “I have worked with a number of Holstein breeders showing their cattle,” Beneke said. “We had two All American’s in the same year. Jr & Sr. Yearling All American Bulls.”

Through working in sales and nutrition roles in the dairy industry, Beneke has had the opportunity to see a wide range of dairy farms across the country. In addition, he has visited dairy farms on the island of Hokkaido which is the northern-most island of Japan.

“I have remained involved in the dairy industry throughout my life and it has lent me the opportunity to meet many great people who love Registered Holstein cattle,” Beneke said.

New Board Member Spotlight: Karen Gorentz Family: Husband Jon, Children: Jaden (8), Kaylin (4), Kiersten (1)

Involvement with Holsteins: A goal of mine was always to have registered cattle since I was little growing up on my family’s dairy farm in Barnum, Minn. My dad always told me “papers don’t milk”, but there was always the desire to get involved in the Registered Karen Gorentz Holsteins. I always admired Robert Slater’s (Yellowbirch) cattle while growing up and showing against them in Carlton County. Things fell into place when Jon and I purchased a few cattle from his uncles’ herd (Lida-View Holsteins) when they dispersed. After that, we contacted Adam Johnson to see how to get involved in the West Central Holstein Club, as both of us liked to show. After being elected to the West Central Holstein Board as Secretary/Treasurer, I helped to Co-Chair the All-Breeds Convention in Fargo, ND. The experience and involvement with Registered Holsteins have been a great investment and an exciting opportunity to grow our herd.

Background on Your Operation: Jon and I farm with Jon’s Family on his home farm in Dent, Minn. The family consists of Steve, Annette, Joel, Nathan, and Andrew, and his Aunt Karen. We employ one full time employee, and seasonally hire another full time and one part time employee. We milk 180 cows, our herd consists of Registered Jerseys, Registered Holsteins, and Grade Holsteins. We are currently in the process of registering all of our calves each year, so eventually we will have a 6

full herd of registered cattle.

We recently received our first quality award in 25 years, from Lakes Area Coop.We raise all of our own replacement heifers and have a finishing operation for our steers. The milk cows are housed on a bedding pack barn, with access to a dry lot and a little bit of pasture. We have a parallel swing 12 parlor. The cows are fed a TMR and we grow all of our own feeds to sustain the herd with the exception of soybean meal premix and distillers grains. Currently we crop around 1500 acres, which consists of Corn, Alfalfa, Soybeans, and Wheat. This also allows us to cash crop corn, soybeans, and wheat.

The neonatal calves are housed in calf-tel pens and hutches. The calves then move in different groups and housing based on size until they reach about a year of age, then they are moved into a big lot. The breeding age heifers and dry cows are housed together in a different lot. Our goal one day, is to simplify our heifer rearing facilities.

Why did you run for the Minnesota Holstein Board?

Minnesota Holstein and West Central Holstein Association have given me many positive experiences and it is time to give back.

I am the type of individual who gains fulfillment from helping others. My happiness comes from doing others good, no matter what circumstances I am in. A few individuals have taken a chance and given me opportunities with Holstein activities that further sparked my drive and passion for the Holstein Association. Getting to know other breeders in the industry, developing friendships, and furthering the bond over the Holstein cow is something that I look forward to as a board member. I feel that my talents, organizational skills, my can-do attitude, and my passion will help Minnesota Holstein propel into the future. I look forward to serving MN Holstein in my best capacity.

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Holstein History: The Show Must Go On (and it did)

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he 1976 Minnesota State Holstein Show was held in Arlington, Minn. The total number of animals was 374 head, making it the second biggest state show, just behind 1974’s 381 head.

The judge that day was Kent Mattson from Lapeer, Mich. Kent was well known in the Holstein industry. He had managed Lakefield Farm in Michigan in the 1950’s before going to Carnation Farms. In the 1960’s, Eugene L. Vesley started ELV Apache Ranch at Lapeer, Mich., and persuaded Kent to leave Carnation and return to his native state of Michigan. As a sidenote, one of ELV’s summer time employees was a young man from Minnesota named Ron Eustice.

Mr. Mattson had judged many shows before and always came across as very focused. Perhaps this is why he was maybe too focused or maybe the competition was so even and close. At any rate, the show went on, and on, and on. Morning classes become forenoon, forenoon became afternoon, afternoon became early evening. Lactating females were springing leaks, class winners couldn’t be milked until they competed for Sr. Champion. Aged cows were still waiting to be shown during the evening six o’clock news. The group classes followed.

For the record, Elginvue Farm was Premier Breeder and Exhibitor and by the time they took a picture with judge Mattson, the sun was setting. To this day, I don’t know if Mr. Mattson was paid by the hour.

By John Busacker

A Look Back 60 Years Ago

The Minnesota State show officially didn’t start until 1959, but in 1958 they did have All-Minnesota winners. There were no Best Three Females or Dairy Herd, no Junior or Senior champions but someone might be interested to know who had the All-Minnesota winners sixty years ago.

Henry Bartel of Hastings had three winners Sr. Get of Sire, Jr. Get of Sire, and Aged Bull. Hugo Albrecht, Lincoln Schroder, Raymond Olsen and Ray Perbix each had two. Mr. Albrecht had Aged Cow and Produce of Dam. Lincoln Schroder had FourYear Old and Three-Year Old Cow. Raymond Olson had TwoYear Old and Heifer Calf and Ray Perbix had Senior Yearling Heifer and Senior Yearling Bull. CANARY MISTRESS CAROL The other class winners were HEIFER CALF OWNED BY RAYMOND OLSON Esmur Downs (Junior Yearling Heifer), Walter Beneke (Junior Yearling Bull) and Lyle Hohenstein and Harold Williams (Bull Calf.)

Ariana is Minnesota’s 2018 Brood Cow

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he voters have spoken and the members of the Minnesota Holstein Association have selected Sheeknoll Bolton Ariana EX-94 as the winner of the 2018 Minnesota Brood Cow Contest. Ariana is owned by Sheeknoll Farms located near Rochester, Minn.

This year we had five entries in the annual brood cow contest which is organized by the breed activities committees. Members were able to submit a paper ballot or online.

Ariana is a Bolton daughter from Sheeknoll Shottle Tootsie.

She started to dazzle right away as in 2011 Ariana was the Reserve All-American Summer Yearling in 2011. Her record at 3-01 was 356 days 38,546 lbs. Milk, 4.5% Fat, 1721 lbs. Fat, 3.3 % Protein, 1287 lbs. Protein.

Ariana is leaving a lasting impact with numerous impressive offspring. She has two daughters who have scored Excellent including Sheeknoll Uno Dream EX-91 and Sheeknoll Uno Diana EX-90. Uno Diana also has two very good milking daughters including: Sheeknoll Doorman 2563 VG-87, Sheeknoll Doorman VG-88. She also has a Good Plus daughter: Sheeknoll Jacey 2573 GP 83. Sheeknoll Jacey 2573 has a Very Good mammary system with a score of VG-86.

Ariana also has seven Very Good twoyear old daughters.

You may recognize

her daughter Beemer Chralotte 2577 VG-88 who was pictured in the January 2018 issue of Holstein International. Her other Very Good two-year old daughters include: • Sheeknoll Beemer 2596 VG-86 • Sheeknoll Beemer 2597 VG-85Can • Sheeknoll Atwood 2566 VG-87 • Sheeknoll Atwood 2562 VG-88 • Sheeknoll Atwood Empress VG-86 • Sheeknoll Atwood 2565-VG-85 Sheeknoll Beemer 2597 is owned by Ferme Blondin and she is the dam of Blondin Thunder Storm who is a Jacoby son that is 4.46 PTAT. Sheeknoll Atwood 2565 is owned by Lida Acres, the 2018 PDCA Holstein Breeder of the Year.

Ariana is also the dam to 556HO1252 Sheeknoll Doorman Andres.

Andres is 3.37 PTAT and he is owned by International Protein Sires.

“We have been breeding and milking registered holsteins all of our dairy careers and take great pride in having animals that are type and production packages,” said Bob and Jeannette Sheehan.

“We are active members in Minnesota Holstein being past presidents and committee members and like to participate in activities that are offered by the association. Through advertising in the publications we are able to market our animals to people all over the world. We thought Ariana would make a good candidate for this contest as she has provided our herd with genetics that meet our goals. We are proud to have Ariana chosen as the Brood Cow of the Year.”

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Women In Agricult ure — Ashley Swenson Finds

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s the sixth generation to be a part of Forest-Lawn Holsteins, located near Nicollet, Minn., Ashley Swenson always had a strong interest in going back to the family farm. However, Ashley isn’t one to take the easy route very often. She was also determined to become a veterinarian.

“I always knew I wanted to stay involved in the farm,” Ashley said, “but I knew I wanted to be able to utilize different skills that I was good at. I wanted to be able to go to vet school to be able to do more for the cows. I wanted to be able to understand the veterinary medicine side to compliment what I already considered to be my forte of taking care of the cows.”

Admittedly, Ashley said she didn’t know exactly how she could make her dreams of becoming the sixth generation at Forest-Lawn Holsteins and utilizing her veterinary medicine background a reality when she first Ashley Swenson is pictured in the feed alley of the robot barn at Forest Lawn Holsteins where she is the sixth generation. went to college.

Through the support of her parents, husband, and Ashley was a freshman in vet school at the University of Minnesota other strong mentors, Ashley has found her “best of both worlds.” at the time and decided not to take an internship that summer. Rather, After graduating from the University of Minnesota Veterinary she helped on the farm during the construction process and with the Medicine program in 2016, Ashley purchased Midwest Embryo transition to the robotic milkers.

Transfer Service from her mentor Dr. David Duxbury. Through this “Staying home that summer was a learning experience in and of business, Ashley and Duxbury, along with the unparalleled help of itself,” Ashley said. technician Nancy Vitalis, serve dairy and beef clients for their embryo Since Ashley was still in school at the time, she wasn’t directly transfer and IVF needs across Wisconsin and Minnesota. This job involved in the building decisions. However, she was in support of it. allows her the flexibility to be involved in Forest-Lawn Holsteins “I remember thinking it would give me the opportunity to stay where Ashley and her husband, David Hanson, work side by side with involved and monitor the herd from a birds-eye view,” Ashley said. “I her parents Paul and Cindy Swenson. With David’s strong interest also remember knowing my parents weren’t just doing this for them but in genetics and Ashley’s ability to do embryo transfer and IVF work, to keep the door open for future generations. I am lucky they believed they are excited to bring the already strong genetics at Forest-Lawn in me and pulled the trigger to invest in the project.”

Holsteins to a new level.

Even though Ashley wasn’t involved in project meeting, she still took

Progressive Decisions Keep Door Open

Ashley is thankful for the decisions of the five generations before her that have allowed Forest-Lawn Holsteins to remain progressive. Thanks to these decisions, the door was open for Ashley and David to join the operation. Her great-great-great grandfather Swen Swenson bought the family’s first registered Holsteins back in 1885. In fact, because of Swen’s decision to purchase registered Holsteins that year, Forest-Lawn Holsteins has the status of the oldest continuously registered herd in the United States. Even when her great grandfather Maurice Swenson passed away unexpectedly at a young age, her grandfather Howard and his brother Owen kept the farm and registered herd going as teenagers.

“The decision to initially purchase Registered Holsteins back then helped add value to the herd,” Ashley said. “They were able to market the genetics and sell bulls to neighbors.”

More recently, Forest-Lawn Holsteins made the decision to put in four robotic milking units in 2013. Today, about 250 cows are milked by the robots. In addition, they retrofitted a calf barn and put in two automatic calf feeders.

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advantage of the learning experience. She is thankful that her parents were open to answering any questions she had about the project. In addition, she was able to play a role in financing the project by applying for grants.

“Filling out the grants was very similar to filling out scholarships,” Ashley said. “I received the Livestock Investment Grant from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.”

While in college, Ashley was also able to use some of an inheritance to begin buying into the farm.

“I decided ‘well I can either put it towards school loans or I can invest it and hopefully use it to eventually pay off school loans,’” Ashley said.

Today, Ashley works part-time on the operation and fills in where needed with anything from doing surgeries to calf chores or fieldwork and of course she does embryo transfer and IVF work. David works full-time on the dairy where his main role is managing the robot and the genetics program. Her father, Paul, handles the nutrition work and manages the young stock. Her mother, Cindy, is in charge of calf management, robot maintenance and the farm finances.

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Best of Both Worlds

By Chelsey Asche, MN Holstein Marketing Manager

Decision to Go All In

Dr. David Duxbury of Midwest Embryo Transfer Service provided embryo transfer service to Forest Lawn Holsteins throughout Ashley’s childhood. In fact, Ashley can remember looking into his microscope at a young age.

However, it wasn’t until Ashley was in vet school that she realized specializing in Embryo Transfer could be a great fit for her.

“I realized pretty quickly that long term if I was going to stay active in the dairy industry, I needed to find something that I was good at that I could specialize in while staying in good physical health,” Ashley explained.

Luckily, Dr. Duxbury was more than willing to mentor Ashley. In addition, she took internships with Trans Ova Genetics and Sunshine Genetics to continue to hone her skills.

Through her conversations with Dr. Duxbury, they came to a mutual agreement that if Ashley was going to become a part of the business, she should “go all in” and purchase the business.

“Dr. Duxbury was very adamant that having ownership would be the best way to make me successful in the drive to want to gain the skill set,” Ashley explained. “We both decided that it was a good fit because from all of my job shadowing I had met a third of his clients before I graduated. We felt comfortable enough to move forward with it to kind of take a leap of faith.”

Despite the fact that purchasing Midwest Embryo Transfer Service from Dr. Duxbury seemed a natural fit, Ashley still took her time and did her research before taking this leap. She carefully reviewed the financial records, crunched the numbers, and sought advice from an accountant and her parents.

“I think the farm background and the learned business sense from my parents is what gave me the confidence and the understanding to be able to move forward to be a business owner in the veterinary side of things,” Ashley said.

Ashley graduated from vet school in May 2016 and signed the dotted line to purchase the business and begin her career with Midwest Embryo Transfer Service on June 1st of 2016.

Although she jumped into her career right after graduation, she put in many hours practicing and mastering her craft so she could be ready to start right away.

“There were a lot of cows on this farm that became guinea pigs and a lot of cows at my in-laws that they set up for practice for me. I went through a lot of the blood sweat and tears on the home farm before we decided to work on any clients animals,” Ashley explained. “Overall we tracked results here on the farm and then we continued to track my results to make sure that we didn’t see any discrepancies between Dr. Duxbury’s work and mine. We felt it important to maintain the quality control on our end and to track those results.”

A Husband and Wife Team

Ashley and David take a team approach to breeding quality profitable cattle at Forest-Lawn Holsteins. David’s role is developing the genetic strategy while Ashley provides the embryo transfer and IVF services. Both Ashley and David also have a passion for the show ring and are looking forward to developing some promising Holstein,

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Ashley married her husband David Hanson in July of 2016 and they both are a part of ForestLawn Holsteins.

Ashley explains the equipment in her Midwest Embryo Transfer Service van to Minnesota Junior Holstein Association members during the Junior All-Breeds Convention this year.

Ashley is pictured with one of most successful 4-H show cows, Forest-Lawn Apple Pie- EX-94. While Swenson was in 4-H Apple Pie won her class at the MN State 4-H Show and she showed her as a Winter Calf at World Dairy Expo in 2008. In 2016, she took second place in the 150,000 lb. Cow class at the Midwest Fall National.

Ayrshire, and Brown Swiss animals for the show ring.

“With us, it is a business, but it is also a hobby we enjoy. Some people spend money on cars and fishing boats, we don’t do any of that stuff. This is our way of having fun.”

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The Minnesota Holstein Classifieds is a service for affordable ad space that we provide our members. The cost is $20 for a 150 word ad that will be displayed on this website page for one month. You will be invoiced once your ad is placed on the website. We will also periodically share the ads placed on this page on the Minnesota Holstein Association Facebook page to help your ad reach the more than 2,000 followers that “Like� Minnesota Holstein Association on Facebook.

To submit an ad, visit: https://mnholstein.com/submit-an-ad/ To view classified ads, visit: https://mnholstein.com/mn-holstein-classifieds/

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Congratulations Production Futurity XLI Winners Owner Animal Name Milk Fat Prot Value Brands-Haven Holsteins

Brands-Haven SS T-Molly-ET

32493 1344

1019

$4,468.98

Brands-Haven Holsteins

Brands-Haven Dreams Thimble

34939 1298

1004

$4,402.29

Devoine & Linda Kruse

Dev-Lin Midnight Marvel 755

33875 1219

1034

$4,377.30

Devoine & Linda Kruse

Dev-Lin Jumper Journey 744

30654 1321

960

$4,273.69

Brands-Haven Holsteins

Brands-Haven SS T-Mobil-ET

32518 1228

941

$4,136.93

Devoine & Linda Kruse

Dev-Lin Atley Arcade 750

32026 1144

926

$3,997.16

Devoine & Linda Kruse

Dev-Lin Avery Adventure 731

32733 1161

887

$3,924.33

Devoine & Linda Kruse

Dev-Lin Denair December 740

32869 1073

892

$3,837.24

John Sauber

Lone-Oak-Acres Elegance-ET

31399 1030

895

$3,780.74

Brands-Haven Holsteins

Brands-Haven Slide Tictime

26696 1103

854

$3,713.11

27695 1105

845

$3,702.45

David Hallberg & Stephanie Larson

Hall- Lar Patty

Brands-Haven Holsteins

Brands-Haven Atwod Charcoal

25668 917

829

$3,425.18

Brands-Haven Holsteins

Brands-Haven GLD CP Icechip

28755 927

805

$3,406.35

John Sauber

Lone-Oak Acres Uno Evian

22720 971

745

$3,243.60

When the animals entered in production futurity complete their first lactation, the 305-2x-ME milk records are verified by DHIA. Then the pound of milk, fat and protein are entered into a formula to calculate the dollar value.

The formula is as follows: (# of Milk x .01) + (# of Fat x 1.15) + (# of Protein x 2.55) = $ Value This formula is the same one that the DHIA uses to calculate dollar value on the cow records. For more information or to become involved in the Futurity competition (Production or Type) please contact the MHA office at (320) 259-0637.

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2018 All-Breeds Convention- “Seven T he Minnesota Purebred Dairy Cattle Association (PDCA) and Minnesota Ayrshire Breeders Association hosted the 2018 Minnesota All Breeds Dairy Convention March 9-10 at the Willmar Conference Center, Willmar, Minn. Around 150 people were in attendance throughout the convention.

On Friday morning before the official kick off of convention the Minnesota Holstein Association (MHA) held its Board of Directors meeting to discuss upcoming events and initiatives for the association.

The convention officially started on Friday afternoon with the annual Minnesota PDCA meeting. The meeting was well-attended and filled with great ideas on how to improve the youth, state fair, legislative and All-Breeds Convention committees.

Following the meeting was the All-Breeds All-Awards Banquet where the Minnesota PDCA recognized Mark and Diane Fjelstad

The top three Holstein Production Futurity winners from left to right: Linda & Devoine Kruse, Adam & Elwin Brands.

of Fjel-Mar Dairy as the Brown Swiss Breeder of the Year, Greg and Dawn Johnson of Lida Acres Holsteins as the Holstein Breeder of the Year, and Chuck Will of Willolea Holsteins as the Red and White Breeder of the Year award. Receiving the PDCA Distinguished Service award was Norman (Photo Pete) and Doris Peterson. Paul Fritsche was recognized for the Minnesota Guernsey Distinguished Service award.

The Minnesota Red & White Club awarded their Lifetime Dedication Award to Bernie Schmitz.

Minnesota Holstein Association recognized Olmar Farms for receiving the 2017 Elite Breeder Award from Holstein USA. Bonnie Mohr was congratulated for receiving the prestigious honor of National Dairy Shrine Guest of Honor. She was the first woman to ever receive this award. Larry Tande received congratulations for receiving the National Dairy Shrine Pioneer award.

Mike Sheehan was awarded with the Longtime Meritorious Service Award. Kenn Mueller was presented with the Distinguished Service Award for his 9 years of serving on the Minnesota Holstein Association Board. The Friese family was recognized for hosting the 2017 Minnesota Holstein Association Field Day. Award Sponsor, Jan Albrecht presented the Young Distinguished Junior Member award to McKenzie Swanson and the Distinguished Junior Member award to Haely and Kayla Leiding. Jennifer Landman received the Person of the Year award for her years of service to MHA and continued support of the new employees. John Vander Wal presented Tracy Schaefer with the President’s Award for his hard work and efforts put towards the MHA sales. Also receiving the Distinguished Service award was John Vander Wal for completing his term as MHA President.

Director Patti Schaefer (left) presented Jenn Landman (right) with the 2018 MHA Person of the Year Award.

Michael Sheehan (left) was presented the Minnesota Holstein Longtime Meritorious Service Award by Lane Johnson.

Director Dale Rupprecht (left) presented Kenn Mueller (right) with the Distinguished Service Award.

John Vander Wal (left) presented Tracy Schaefer (right) with the President’s Award.

Andy Steinhagen (right) presented retiring MHA President, John Vander Wal (right) with the Distinguished Service Award. Steinhagen was elected the new MHA President.

Holstein Distinguished Breeder 2018 awarded to Greg and Dawn Johnson of Lida-Acres. The award was accepted by son Adam Johnson and his wife Sara.

2018 Young Distinguished Junior Member, McKenzie Swanson was awarded a clock sponsored by Jan & Jerry Albrecht.

Jan Albrecht presented Kayla (left) and Haely (right) Leiding with the Minnesota Distinguished Junior Member Award for 2018.

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Breeds We Are Stronger Together” The 2018 Futurity Award Winners were honored. First place was awarded to Brands-Haven Holsteins for Brands Haven SS T-Molly ET. Brands-Haven Holsteins also received second place for Brands-Haven Dreams Thimble. Taking third place was Devoine and Linda Kruse for Dev-Lin Midnight Marvel 755.

The 2017 Minnesota Jersey Queen and the 2017 National Jersey Queen shared a message with the conference attendees. Finally, Keynote Speaker, Jerrid Sebesta shared a motivating message called “5 Keys to #LivingTheDream.”

Saturday morning kicked off with all of the individual breed meetings as well as the MHA committee meetings. During Saturday’s lunch Dan Carroll of ST Genetics provided a lesson on genetic advancements in agriculture. After lunch, Minnesota Holstein Association hosted its Annual Meeting on Saturday afternoon. During the meeting

committee reports were given by committee chairs. Resolutions were read and new resolutions were discussed.

The 2017 Progressive Genetics Herds and Progressive Breeders Registry herds were recognized during the annual meeting. Kenn Mueller was thanked for his years of service on the MHA board. Elwin Brands, Adam Johnson, Kris Gruenes and Tracey Schaefer were all reelected for another three-year term on the board. Karen Gorentz was elected as the newest addition to the MHA Board of Directors.

The MHA Board of Directors met at the conclusion of the annual meeting to elect officers for the upcoming year. Andy Steinhagen was elected as the new President and Dale Rupprecht was voted in as the new Vice President. The executive committee includes Andy Steinhagen, Dale Rupprecht, Keith Mahoney, Patti Schaefer, John Vanderwal, and Tracy Schaefer.

2018-2019 MHA Board of Directors. Front Row (left to right): Chris Schulze, Keith Mahoney, Karen Gorentz, Kris Gruenes, Patti Schaefer, John Vander Wal, and Andy Steinhagen (President). Back Row (left to right): Dale Rupprecht (Vice President), Tracy Schaefer, Tim Stender, Matt Timmer, Adam Johnson, Chad Buehring, and Elwin Brands. Not Pictured: Ted Norling

2018-2019 Minnesota Holstein Committee Chairs Executive Committee: Chair: Dale Rupprecht Finance Committee: Chair: Keith Mahoney Membership Committee: Chair: John Vander Wal Co-Vice Chairs: Elwin Brands & Karen Gorentz History Committee: Co-Chairs: Karen Gorentz & Ted Norling Legislative Committee: Co-Chairs: Adam Johnson & John Vander Wal

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Raffle Committee: Co-Chairs: Kris Gruenes & Keith Mahoney Show Committee: Chair: Matt Timmer Co-Vice Chairs: Tracy Schaefer & Ted Norling Nominations Committee: Chair: Keith Mahoney Vice Chair: Tim Stender Breed Activities Committee: Chair: Tim Stender Co-Vice Chairs: Chad Buehring & Chris Schulze Futurity Committee: Chair: Elwin Brands

Junior Activities: Chair: Kris Gruenes Co-Vice Chairs: Chad Buehring & Karen Gorentz Publications Committee: Co-Chairs: Patti Schaefer & Tim Stender Sale Committee: Chair: Tracy Schaefer Co-Vice Chairs: Matt Timmer & Ted Norling Young Adult Committee: Co-Chairs: Adam Johnson & Chris Schulze

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Laveau Brothers Strive to Breed Quality A lex and Romona Laveau raised 10 children on their dairy farm near Wrenshall, Minn., which is about 20 miles southwest of Duluth. Through the example they set and responsibilities they provided their children on the dairy farm all 10 children have gone Alex Laveau is pictured above with Boulder Range Cutie Pepper EX-91 who was the first Excellent cow in on to be self-employed.

Carlton County and set a DHIA record in 1966.

Alex was passionate about breeding quality Holstein cattle.

In fact, he owned the first Excellent cow in Carlton county: Boulder Range Cutie Pepper-EX-91. According to an article in the Barnum Herald on September 1, 1966, she set a Carlton County DHIA record with 23,890 pounds of milk and 970 pounds of butterfat on a 305-day record.

Today, two of his son’s Peter and Duane Laveau are continuing on with Alex’s passion for breeding Registered Holstein cattle. Each of the sons owns and operates his own dairy farm near Wrenshall, Minn.

Laveau Grandview Dairy

Duane is the fifth of the ten children in the Laveau family. He and his wife, Doreen, purchased the farm that they live on today in 1993 and called it Laveau Grandview Dairy because of the beautiful scenic view from the farm’s location on a hill. Today their herd is registered under the prefix DL-Grandview.

“I didn’t buy the farm for the view but we do enjoy it,” Duane said.

“My mom told me that my father always wanted to buy this farm.”

Since purchasing the farm, they have built it up from scratch by replacing all of the buildings. Today, they milk about 55 cows in a 52-stall, tie-stall barn. They also have free stalls for dry cows and heifers.

Duane’s son Paul joined the farm after he graduated from high school in 2003. Paul’s wife Sheila is also involved with the operation on a day-to-day basis helping with the milking.

They farm about 250 acres surrounding the dairy farm including alfalfa, corn, soybeans, and oats. All of the crops raised are utilized to

feed the dairy herd.

Duane is a believer in the quality of registered Holstein cattle. To grow his registered herd and jump-start the quality of genetics, Duane purchased six animals from the Minnesota Holstein Association Spring Sale several years ago.

One of the animals he purchased, Rice River Income Cat, stood out as a cow who made a strong impact on his herd. Many of his best cows today go back to Cat. “What I liked about Cat was her longevity,” Duane explained, “She wasn’t a huge cow but she was well-balanced and her daughters are cows that last.”

Overall, Duane aims to breed cattle that have quality feet and legs and are high in type. Aftershock is a sire he has had success using and has several Aftershock daughters within his herd. Other sires that he has had success with include Mogul, Supersire, and Silver.

“Paul is actually a better judge of cattle and he is involved in the breeding decisions as well,” Duane said. “Hopefully he will be able to breed some Excellent cattle in the future.”

As one of only a few dairy farms in their county, Duane and Doreen admit that they have had conversations about what they can do to help their business be successful for the next generation.

“We have talked about the possibility of bottling milk or making ice cream,” Doreen said. “With our location close to Duluth, we could have a market for it.”

Pictured above is the 52-stall tie-stall barn at Laveau Grandview Dairy.

Duane and Doreen are pictured above with DL-Grandview Arya-Red. She is named after one of their granddaughters and they gave her to their grandson, Carson as a birthday gift.

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Registered Holsteins They have visited a number of on-farm creameries and bottling facilities.

However, for now, they are only in the idea phase and thinking creatively.

They aren’t at the point of moving forward with a project like this.

“We know that people will survive through the tough times in the industry,” Duane said. “But it is the people who have a niche that will survive.”

For now, they are happy with the life that breeding Registered Holsteins has provided their family. With five grandchildren, Duane and Doreen are glad that all of their grandchildren can visit and learn about the farm.

In addition, they take the responsibility of educating the public seriously. Last year, they hosted the Carlton County Breakfast on the Farm and they plan to host the event again this year on June 23rd.

“I wanted to be a farmer because it is a great place to raise a family,” Duane said. “I enjoy raising the crops and caring for the cattle. I am proud to have three generations involved with the farm every day.”

Laveau Dairy

Peter is the eighth out of the ten children. He and his wife Kim took over the home farm in 1991 when his father passed away. His mother remained involved with the farm for several years and she still visits from time to time.

On Mondays, Peter works off the farm at a meat processor in Wisconsin. They also typically have one to two employees who help on the farm. Peter and Kim’s daughter, Samantha, is involved with the farm on a day-to-day basis while also working a full-time job in Duluth.

Peter and Kim also raised their son Timmy and his daughter Christina on the farm and they return to the farm and help from time to time.

In addition, now Peter has three grandchildren who love visiting the farm as well. Today, the tie-stall barn has 104-stalls and they typically keep a full barn. Peter farms about 700 acres of crops including corn, soybeans, oats, and alfalfa. Most of the crops are used to feed the dairy herd; however, Peter is also able to market some of his hay for extra income to the dairy.

When Peter took over the herd, his father had stopped registering his cattle because of difficult times in the industry. Peter has worked to breed the herd back and about 60% of the cattle are 100% RHA. Peter

By Chelsey Asche, MN Holstein Marketing Manager

aims to breed large framed cattle that are high type.

A cow currently in the barn that Peter is proud of is Laveau Aftershock Pris-EX-92. She is the first 92-point cow that Peter has bred. Peter is excited to see how her offspring develop.

“It is one thing to buy an excellent cow, but it is another thing to breed an Excellent cow,” said Peter, “We are proud that Pris is our first home-bred 92-point cow.”

In addition to learning his passion for breeding quality registered cattle from his father, Peter was also inspired by Robert Slater. Four years ago he bought about 10 cows from Robert and one of those cows, Yellow-Birch Advent Maple, scored Excellent 91.

“I always wanted to purchase some of Robert’s cattle,” Peter said. “I admired his ability to mate cattle based on their pedigree. He bred cattle with a good frame, lots of body depth and overall good type.”

Laveau is a member of the Minnesota Holstein Association because of his passion for Registered Holsteins. He has also benefited from consigning animals in the state sales over the years. He has also been fortunate to purchase animals from the state sales that have improved the genetics in his herd. Peter noted that cattle he purchased from the Brodeens, near Cook, Minn., were great additions to his herd. He also enjoys the camaraderie at local board meetings and barn meetings as well as the opportunity to visit with members from across the state at the Minnesota All-Breeds convention.

Pictured above is half of the 104-stall tie-stall barn at Laveau Dairy.

Kim, Peter, and Samantha Laveau are pictured in front of the Laveau Dairy barn.

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JUNIOR HOLSTEIN MOOS 2018 MJHA All-Breeds Convention MINNESOTA JUNIOR HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION 2018-2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Katie Thompson Home: 5562 Co Rd 10 NE, Plainview, MN 55964 Phone: (507)-884-4860 Email: thompson1351@gmail.com Vice-President: Katherine Gathje Home: 18886 165th St., Richmond,MN 56368 Phone: (320)-223-4430 Email: gathj010@umn.edu Secretary: Shelby Kuechle Home: 14464 County Road 9, Eden Valley, MN 55329 Phone: (320)-333-5934 Email: shelbykuechle@gmail.com Treasurer: Matthias Annexstad Home: 38171 403rd Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082 Phone: (507)-479-3365 Email:annexfarmer@gmail.com Reporter: Lauren Libbesmeier Home: 12567 140th Street, Watkins, MN 55389 Phone: (320)-293-8413 Email: lauren.libbesmeier@jacks.sdstate.edu Historian: Ben Donnay Home: 6245 120th Street, Glencoe, MN 55336 Phone: (320)-510-3274 Email: benjamin.donnay@my.uwrf.edu All-Breeds Liason: Chandler Kurth Home: 54174 890th Avenue, Stewart, MN 55385 Phone: (320)-552-1283 Email: chandler.kurth15@gmail.com Director: Leif Annexstad Home: 38171 403rd Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082 Phone: (507)-479-3387 Email: lannexstad.18@gmail.com

Director: Cory Schmidt Home: 54648 145th Street, Cosmos, MN 56228 Phone: (320)-424-2806 Email: cory.schmidt.cs@gmail.com

By: Lauren Libbesmeier

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he 2018 Minnesota Junior All-Breeds Convention took place March 23rd-25th at the Best Western in Mankato, Minn. This convention is held for juniors under the age of 21 who are passionate about the dairy community and the dairy cow. It was a great chance to meet new people throughout the state that share a common interest. Youth dairy enthusiasts from across the state of Minnesota gathered on Friday, March 23rd for the opening convention—themed as “Who Let the Cows Out?” After dinner, activities such as mixers and fun icebreakers were enjoyed by all, followed by the dairy knowledge bowl test.

Saturday, March 24th was a busy day filled with contests, tours, the annual awards banquet, and a dance. Juniors started the day by eating breakfast and competing in contests such as dairy jeopardy, dairy quiz bowl, and a prepared public speaking contest. This was a chance for members to present their knowledge of the dairy industry. The juniors then enjoyed a luncheon followed by a tour of Ruth Klossner’s Cow Collection Mooseum in Lafayette, Minn. Ruth is recognized in the 2015 Guinness World Record book for having over 17,800 cow pieces! Juniors also had the privilege of touring Forest-Lawn Holsteins owned and operated by Paul and Cindy Swenson of Nicollet, Minn. The juniors learned about embryo transfer, robotic milkers, automatic calf feeders, and had a chance to see some of the show animals on the farm. Forest-Lawn Holsteins is the oldest registered herd in the state and the oldest continuous registered herd in the country.

Later that evening, members dressed up for the annual awards banquet with keynote speaker Shannon Seifert—an Industry Relations Manager at Midwest Dairy. She encouraged members to “Live life like you left the gate open.” They also heard remarks on advocating for the dairy industry from the 64th Princess Kay of the Milky Way, Emily Annexstad. The juniors were recognized for their hard work with the presentation of awards to the winning production records, dairy jeopardy participants, dairy knowledge bowl teams, and prepared public speaking winners.

McKenzie Swanson was presented with the Young Distinguished Junior Member (YDJM) award; both Haely Leiding and Kayla Leiding were presented with the Distinguished Junior Member (DJM) award. Jan and Jerry Albrecht presented the YDJM and DJM awards which they have sponsored for many years. The night was capped off with juniors busting out their best moves on the dance floor.

On Sunday, March 25th, the convention wrapped up with breakfast, the business meeting, election of new officers, door prizes, root beer floats, and county roll call. The 2018-2019 board was elected and is listed at left and in the picture on the next page. .

The 2017-2018 board would like to thank all the juniors that attended convention and hope they had a fun-filled experience. The 2018-2019 board is excited to work as representatives of MJHA for the upcoming year. This year, the 2018 Minnesota State Show will be held in Jordan, MN on June 19-23. All juniors are encouraged to register to network with members who share a passion for the dairy community!

Director: Jacob Pehrson Home: 39199 391st Avenue, St. Peter, MN 56082 Phone: 507-340-6538 Email: jr.pehrson@gmail.com

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“New Board” 2018-2019 Front (left to right): Leif Annexstad, Chandler Kurth, Cory Schmidt, Ben Donnay, Matthias Annexstad.

Back (left to right): Jacob Pehrson, Shelby Kuechle, Katie Thompson, Katherine Gathje, Lauren Libbesmeier.

“Old Board” 2017-2018 Front: Kayla Leiding, Katie Thompson, Sarah Beck, Lauren Hendel. Back: Haely Leiding, Leif Annexstad, Tyler Kappers, Matthias Annexstad Emily Annexstad.

Not Pictured: Amy-Jo VanderWal

Memorial Scholarship Recipients: Katie Thompson and Katherine Gathje

Production Award Recipients: Nick Seitzer, Emily Annexstad, Leif Annexstad, Alyson Diebal

High School Scholarship Recipients: Isaac Nelson and Isabelle Lindahl (not pictured)

Photo Contest & Display Board: Aiden Shroeder (1st place Jr. display board, McKenzie Swanson (1st place photo contest) & Kendra Waldenberger (1st place Int. display board)

Senior Jeopardy: Katherine Gathje (1st place), Lauren Hendel (2nd place), Haely Leiding (3rd place)

Intermediate Jeopardy: Shelby Swanson (1st place), Isaac Nelson (2nd place), Madison Krueger (1st place).

Junior Jeopardy: Tyler Ratka, Shelby Swanson, Larkun Kurth

Senior Quiz Bowl Champions: Madison Krueger, Katherine Gathje, Matthias Annexstad, Leif Annexstad, Nick Seitzer.

Junior Quiz Bowl Champions: Amanda Vogel, Elizabeth Thyen, Breiana Maus, Tyler Ratka, Henry Salzl.

Senior Speaking: Shelby Kuechle (1st place), Katherine Gathje (2nd place).

Intermediate Speaking: Anna Sachs (1st place), Ashley Gruenes (2nd place), Madison Krueger (3rd place).

Junior Speaking: Adhyn Schell (2nd place), Shelby Swanson (1st place).

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2018 Minnesota State Show June 21st Schedule of Events Show Location: Scott County Fairgrounds 7151 190th St W #145, Jordan, MN 55352 Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 9:00 a.m - Barns open Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 Barns Open All Day 12:00 p.m. - All Entries must be in place for R&W Show 3:00 p.m.- Juniors Fitting Workshop 7:00 p.m.- Jersey Exhibitor Supper Thursday, June 21st, 2018 9:00 a.m. - Red & White Show

~ Judge: Ryan Krohlow 11:00 a.m. Juniors Lunchstand Open until 2 p.m.

12:00 p.m. – All entries must be in place for the Junior

Show and State Show 2:00 p.m.- Jersey Jamboree

~ Judge: Ryan Krohlow 7:30 p.m. – Bean Bag Tournament

~ Hosted by the MN Holstein Young

Adult Committee

~Ages of players are preferred to be 21 and over Friday, June 22nd, 2018 8:00 a.m.- Juniors Lunchstand open until 2 p.m.

9:30 a.m. – Junior Show (Start with Cow Classes)

~ Judge: Mandi Bue - Adult Showmanship fundraiser will be before Junior Showmanship

- Following the show is the MJHA Ag Olympics 7:00 – 8:00 pm – Exhibitor Supper

~ Sponsored by: Bongard’s Creamery Saturday, June 23rd, 2018 8:00 am- Juniors Lunchstand open until 2 p.m.

8:00 am – Minnesota State Holstein Show

~Judge: Mark Rueth 11:00 am – Futurity Class XL

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Judging the Open Show Mark Rueth will be the judge of the 2018 Minnesota State Holstein Open Show.

He is the owner of Rosedale Genetics, Oxford, Wis., where he is currently milking about 30 cows and housing some cattle. Mark and his wife, Nicky have a daughter, Paradise Rose Rueth.

Mark is an experienced judge as he has judged both the Holsteins and the Jersey show at World Dairy Expo. In addition, he has judged cattle in 15 different countries.

Mark’s interest in dairy cattle began on the small grade holstein farm that he grew up on in Southern Wisconsin. He received his first registered calf when he was 12 years old. He went on to attend the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Through an internship with Morris Ltd., Mark was able to polish his clipping and fitting skills and build relationships with some of the most elite farms in the US. Rueth was an owner of the famous Guernsey cow Tom VeeDee who went on to be his first of many World Dairy Expo Grand Champions. Mark also made history as the owner of Lavender Ruby Redrose-Red was the first Red & White to be named the World Dairy Expo Supreme Champion in 2005. In 2006, when Holstein Kinyon Linjet Ideal was named Reserve Supreme Champion, Mark become the only person to own or co-own four different Supreme or Reserve Supreme Champions at World Dairy Expo.

In March of 2017, Mark began to downsize and hosted the Rosedale Genetics “Sale of Excellence.” The first lot, Rosedale Catch a Glimpse was a Doorman from Lexington and she went on to be Junior Champion at World Dairy Expo. The top selling animal was Arolene Goldwyn Divine which was bought by Budjon Farms and was second in the World Dairy Expo Four-Year Old class. She was nominated for All-American for the second time. Rosedale Lucky Rose was also nominated as an All-American Aged Cow. Rosedale Ima Chatterbox was another animal sold on the sale. She earned Grand Champion of the Junior Show at the 2017 Wisconsin Red and White Holstein Show. She also earned second junior in the Red and White Senior Two-Year Old class at the 2017 World Dairy Expo.

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to 23rd, 2018 in Jordan, Minn.

Judging the Red and White Show Ryan Krohlow lives in Poynette, Wis., with his beautiful wife Haley, and three children Callie, Conway, and Cooper. Together they have a 40 acre farm where they raise and manage eight to ten show heifers each year. Ryan has been a professional dairy cattle fitter for the past 15 years and also has a part-time consulting role with MilkSource Genetics. During these years as a professional fitter, Ryan has had the privilege to prepare 17 Grand Champions at World Dairy Expo and 8 Grand Champions at the Royal Winter Fair. In addition, Ryan has prepared cattle in numerous countries including Germany, England, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Mexico, and Canada.

Judging the Junior Show

Mandi Bue will be placing the Junior Show. She is a Wisconsin native who grew up on a 100-cow dairy in Baraboo and was actively involved in 4-H and the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association. She attended the UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course, where she competed with the post-secondary judging team. After attending Short Course, she worked at the Lodi Veterinary Hospital and Semex. She then returned back to her farming roots, where she owned and operated Legendholm Holsteins with her husband, Eddie, in Hixton, Wisconsin. Along with owning and breeding under the Legendholm prefix, Mandi and Eddie, are exceptional herds people who have worked and cared for many world-renown cattle including those at Stranshome Holsteins in Owatonna, Minn., Ludwig Farms of Fithian, Ill. & Milksource Genetics in Kaukauna, Wis. Through the years, Mandi and Eddie have had the opportunity to develop and work with numerous All-American nominees and show winners. Mandi has judged numerous state and local shows in both Illinois , Wisconsin, and Iowa.

Visit https://minnesotaholstein.fairentry.com/Fair/Results/ to follow along with the state show results. Also make sure to like Minnesota Holstein Association on Facebook to receive more State Show updates.

Don’t miss these MJHA Activities at the 2018 State Show Wednesday, June 20th: Fitting workshop: MJHA will be hosting a fitting workshop at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from professional fitters. They will be teaching youth basic clipping and fitting tips and tricks. This workshop is open to all youth, so spread the word!

Friday, June 22nd: Junior Holstein Show: The Junior Show starts at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. Come support young exhibitors as they showcase and compete with Minnesota’s best.

Adult Showmanship Contest: Support Minnesota’s juniors through our fundraiser, which will take place following Grand Champion selection. Nominate adult for the friendly competition for $10 and they can get out of the class for $20.

Ag Olympics: Bring your friends along to participate in games like the egg toss, pie in the face, oreo on the forehead, water balloon toss, and kickball! Events will begin fifteen minutes following the conclusion of the show.

JUNE 2018

Support the MJHA Lunchstand!

Did you know that the Minnesota Junior Holstein Association will have a lunchstand open at the 2018 Minnesota State Holstein Show? Make sure to support MJHA as the funds raised from the lunch stand support activities for junior members.

Lunch Stand Hours: Thursday: • 11: a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friday: • 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Breakfast), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Lunch) Saturday: • 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Breakfast), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Lunch)

Breakfast Menu: Lunch Menu: • Hot Ham & Cheese • Hamburger • Donuts • Taco in a Bag • Coffee • Pizza • & More!

• Popcorn • & More!

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2018 Minnesota District Show Information DISTRICT V

Date: Friday August 4th, 2018 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Location: Sibley County Fairgrounds Judge: David Hanson Contact Person: Adam Husfelt (507)-327-2756

DISTRICT VI

Date: July 3, 2018 Time: 12:00 P.M. Location: Cannon Falls Fairgrounds, Cannon Falls Judge: TBD Contact Person: Jim Brown

DISTRICT VII

Date: Saturday, July 14, 2018 Time: 11:00 A.M. Location: Anoka County Fairgrounds, Anoka Judge: Eric Houdek Contact: Keith Hyovalti (763)-360-2220 (for questions on barns) Ana Zack (651)-403-3917 (for questions on entries) Email: EastCentralHolsteinClub@gmail.com Send Entries to: Ana Christine (651)-403-3917

26277 Lofton Ave

Chisago City, MN 55013

DISTRICT I

Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Olmsted County Fairgrounds, Rochester Judge: Paul Trapp Contact: Katie Olson

DISTRICT VIII

Date: July 28, 2018 Time: Noon Location: Stearns County Fairgrounds, Sauk Centre Judge: Nate Donnay Send Entries to: Mary Swart

16880 20th Street NW, New London, MN 56273

DISTRICT II

Date: Saturday, August 18, 2018 Time: 6:30 P.M. Location: Steele County Fairgrounds, Owatonna Judge: Tyler Otte Contact Person: Daria Stransky (507)-444-0071

3209 Austin Road

Owatonna, MN 55060

Fax: (507) 446 0410

DISTRICT IX- no information/no show DISTRICT X

Date: August 4, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m.

Location: Clearwater Fairgrounds, Bagley Judge: Eric Hodek Contact Person: Mark Titera (218)-694-2413

DISTRICT III- No information/no show DISTRICT IV

Date: Monday, August 6, 2018 Time: 1:00 P.M. Location: Pipestone County Fairgrounds, Pipestone Judge: TBD Contact Person: Matt Timmer (507)-360-8199

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District XI

Participating in the District VII Show

DISTRICT XII- no information/ no show

Holstein NEWS

MINNESOTA

a’sHigh-Scoring Two-Year Olds (January to April 2018) Minnesot Courtesy of Holstein USA are the Very Good Two-Year Olds from January to April 2018

AHO DRACO 15006 GEICO-85 Aho Bros. Inc AHO ERASER P 5175-85 Aho Bros. Inc ANDREW SHAMROCK GAMARANA-85 Roger, Mary & Darren Swart ANDREW SHOT APPRISE-85 Roger & Mary Swart BACK-WATER BUILDER 102-87 Phillip R Reuter BEVENS-CREEK ATWOOD MONEY-85 Feltmann Dairy Farms LLC BLDG-BLOCK ATWD ELLA-85 Simon Johnson BLDG-BLOCK ATWD STELLAR-85 Warren & Stacy Johnson BLUMENFELD 4163 STOIC 5091-85 Blumenfeld Holsteins LLC BLUMENFELD 4424 SILVER 4992-85 Blumenfeld Holsteins LLC BLUMENFELD 4429 SLV 4997-ET-85 Blumenfeld Holsteins LLC BLUMENFELD 4508 SPR 5065-ET-85 Blumenfeld Holsteins LLC BLUMENFELD 4540 SLV 5055-ET-86 Blumenfeld Holsteins LLC BLUMENFELD 4583 YOD 5104-ET-85 Blumenfeld Holsteins LLC BOXELDER-BEND GUINESS Y884E-85 Alan Abrahamson BRANDS-HAVEN GUTHRI JAYLOR-86 Brands-Haven Holsteins BRANDS-HAVEN SHOT TRISTAR-85 Brands-Haven Holsteins BROOK-CORNER DEFT TANGO-RED-85 Arnold T, Ashley L & Andrew J Gruenes CIRCLE-DRIVE DEMPSEY JANET-86 Circle Drive Holsteins CIRCLE-DRIVE SID GALA-86 Circle Drive Holsteins DA-CIN ATWOOD GOLDIE-85 Dave Lemke DA-CIN DEMPSEY SHANIA-86 Dave Lemke DA-CIN GOLDLIST DAZZLE-87 Dave Lemke DA-MAR ATTIC MOLLY-85 Da-Mar Holsteins

JUNE 2018

DA-MAR GC TWILIGHT-ET-86 Da-Mar Holsteins DENN-MAR ATWOOD SARAH-87 Denn-Mar Farm DENN-MAR BRADY JILLIAN-85 Denn-Mar Farm DENN-MAR INTEGRAL SAFARI-85 Denn-Mar Farm DENN-MAR PITBULL LINLEE-85 Denn-Mar Farm DL-GRANDVIEW ADDY-85 Duane Joseph Laveau DUNCANSON RENO 861-85 Duncanson Holstein DYKS DEST ARMANI NALA-85 Steven & Debra Heuer & Dykshorn Hol Inc ELM-LANE MOSES KATI-TW-85 Elm-Lane Holsteins ESPERANZA-CC ADELLE-87 Hope Morrison FLORALAWN ADONIS DOMINO-87 Scott, Jacolyn, Casey & Neil Rickeman FLORALAWN ASHOCK CHANDRA-ET-85 Scott & Jacolyn Rickeman FLORALAWN DUNDEE KILLIAN-86 Scott & Jacolyn Rickeman FLORALAWN WB AMBRIA-ET-85 Scott & Jacolyn Rickeman FLOWER-BROOK ARMANI GLAMOUR-85 Andrew D. Stuewe FLOWER-BROOK GCHIP HOPE-ET-85 Andrew D. Stuewe FLOWER-BROOK GOLD DR GUCCI-87 Andrew D. Stuewe FLOWER-BROOK OK DANA RAE-ET-85 Andrew D. Stuewe FLOWER-BROOK SID GEORGIA-86 Andrew D. Stuewe FLOWER-BROOK SID GRETE-86 Andrew D. Stuewe FOREST-LAWN DELTA 2825-85 Forest-Lawn Holsteins, Inc FOREST-LAWN MOGUL 2871-TW-85 Forest-Lawn Holsteins, Inc FOREST-LAWN PAYTON 2869-85 Forest-Lawn Holsteins, Inc GIL-GAR LEAF FASHION-ET-85 Stelling Farms, Inc.

GLENMARK DURHAM 1076-85 Glenmark Genetics, Inc. GLENMARK MCK JAGGER 1092-85 Amanda, Katelyn, Taylor & Jacob Mohr GLENMARK REALDEAL 1075-85 Jacob & Zachary Mohr & Glenmark Genetics, Inc. GOLDEN-OAKS SHES DANDY-ET-86 Kyle J. Hanson HALL-LAR SAMANTHA 528-85 Stephanie Larson & David C. Hallberg HAMVIEW RACER PERCY-85 Thomas R. Sohn HARMONY-CORNERS DORA-85 Harmony-Corners Holsteins HARMONY-CORNERS JERRI 2-86 Harmony-Corners Holsteins HEDTKES DOORBELLE-86 Christopher & Curtis Hedtke HEDTKES KARI PRICE-85 Christopher & Curtis Hedtke HEDTKES SARA BUXTON-87 Christopher & Curtis Hedtke HOLLANDALE DOORMAN KIRSTA-85 Richard L. & Roger L. Hoen HOLLANDALE MCCUTCHEN KOTO-85 Richard L. & Roger L. Hoen HOLLANDALE SABATHIA JODY-86 Richard L. & Roger L. Hoen HOLMGREN ABSOLUTE DUCHESS-86 John P. & Rachael Holmgren HOLMGREN GLD DREAMS CHICAGO-85 John P. & Rachael Holmgren HOLMGREN SID AUTUMN-ET-85 Arnold T, Ashley L & Andrew J Gruenes HRH ZELGADIS CHANEL-85 T-Spruce ILAND-ACRE G W ATWOOD CLUE-85 Iland-Acre Holsteins INTRIGUE SUGAR-86 Cory Schmidt JE-KO MONTEREY PRESLEY-86 Jeffrey & Korinna Rohde JE-KO SILVER GOLDANNE-86 Jeffrey & Korinna Rohde JU-LAR DOORMAN BLUEHEAT-85 Lindahl Farms LLC JU-LAR DOORMAN IONE-85 Lindahl Farms LLC

JU-LAR DOORMAN PENNY-86 Lindahl Farms LLC J-W-B SPUR TIMOTHY-87 Hope, Tanner & Peyton Morrison KANDY-KREEK DOOR TROPICAL-85 Tony & Maizie Scheffler KARA-KESH-RK SOLSTIS-RED-ET-86 Ryan Griffin KARA-KESH-RK SPARROW-RED-88 Ryan Griffin KIEFLAND REDNECK 536-ET-85 Brea Kieffer KJH NITE RAGER NOREEN-85 Kyle J. Hanson KLASSIC MONTEREY BREEZEWAY-85 Klassic Holsteins KURTHACRES PAISLEY-RED-86 Russel Kurth KURTHHAVEN BAILY AFTERSHOCK-85 KurthHaven Farms KURTHHAVEN MAE ARMANI-RED-85 Sierra Ann Swanson KURTHHAVEN TEQUILA ABSL-RED-85 KurthHaven Farms KURTHKINE HADLEY TOPSIDE-85 Kurthkine Holsteins KURTHKINE IZABELLE TOPSIDE-85 Kurthkine Holsteins KURTHKINE ZINNIA FEDERAL-85 Kurthkine Holsteins LAROCHELLE LOTUS LAURELLE-ET-85 Arnold T, Ashley L & Andrew J Gruenes LIDA-ACRES OKALIBER JUSTINE-85 Gregory B. Johnson LIDA-ACRES WOOD ANDREA-88 Dana Johnson LIDA-ACRES WOOD FELICIA-87 Gregory B. Johnson LIN-MAX DEFIANT WHIMSY-86 Steven & Debra Heuer & Jim & Janet Kappers LONE-OAK MEGASIRE STARJET-85 Gregory S. Walz LYBRYTY BLATCHE TIPPER-85 Bonow Farms LLC LYBRYTY COMMANDER ALLIBI-85 Bonow Farms LLC LYBRYTY MC ANNIE-ET-85 Bonow Farms LLC

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a’sHigh-Scoring Two-Year Olds (January to April 2018) Minnesot Courtesy of Holstein USA are the Very Good Two-Year Olds from January to April 2018

MACLAND SHOOTING STAR-ET-85 Scott Culbertson & James McFarland MAHONEY BEEMER IDELLE-85 Keith & Kay Mahoney MAHONEY BROKAW HERMIONE-85 Keith & Kay Mahoney MAHONEY CROWN ROYAL-RED-87 Keith & Kay Mahoney MAHONEY IMPRESSION DEJA-86 Keith & Kay Mahoney MAHONEY MOGUL HILDA-85 Keith & Kay Mahoney MAHONEY OLYMPIAN GODIVA-85 Keith & Kay Mahoney MAHONEY RAE-LYNN-RED-ET-86 Keith & Kay Mahoney MAT-AR-DOR AIRLIFT STAR-85 Jacob M. & Aiden J. Timmer MAT-AR-DOR ARM ROXY-RED-ET-85 Matt Timmer MAT-AR-DOR ATWOOD SAMMY-86 Matt Timmer MAT-AR-DOR POLERMO DAPHNE-85 Jacob M. & Aiden J. Timmer MATOUSEK BRYANT 698-85 Michael & Linda Matousek MATOUSEK BRYANT 700-86 Michael & Linda Matousek MAUS-ANN GOLD CHIP DAFFY-85 Darrel D. & Lisa L. Maus MELARRY DOORMAN FRITZ-ET-86 Melarry Farms MELARRY DREAM KRISSY-86 Style-Heaven Holsteins MILKSOURCE GOLD RING-85 Nathan D Schwab MINKOTA ALTA BOOKEL ELM-85 Sean & Linda Groos MINKOTA CEO JENNA-85 Sean & Linda Groos MINKOTA KINGBOY SHOWTIME-TW-85 Sean & Linda Groos MINKOTA PETY RALLY-85 Sean & Linda Groos MS TO-SA ITM DUNDEE SUSIE-86 Alton & Erik Pagel & Thomas & Lisa Hurley MS-DIVAS BAD INTENTIONS-ET-85 Arnold T, Ashley L & Andrew J Gruenes

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NEWALTA DELOREAN MATIL 7009-85 Newalta Dairy LLC NEWALTA GALAXY DYLAN 7381-85 Newalta Dairy LLC NEWALTA SID ALLEY MAE-85 Bernice, Amy-Jo & Ian Vanderwal NEWALTA WICKHAM 7831-86 Amy-Jo & Ian Vanderwal NORKVAL BRADY LOLA RAE-85 Dale Rupprecht & Karen Gorentz OAK-RIDGE-K GOLDCHIP ARIA-85 Jim & Janet Kappers OAK-RIDGE-K LAD ESTELLA-ET-85 Jim & Janet Kappers OLMAR BLITZER JITSIE-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR BLUEPRINT PP BABETTE-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR DELAWARE BELLA MEE-86 Olmar Farms OLMAR DENVER DARCI-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR ERASER P BADA BOP-ET-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR ERASER P BOPPY-ET-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR FASTBALL BRIDA-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR FORK ELIZA-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR GIFIAN BREECHI-87 Olmar Farms OLMAR LEMUST BLACK BEAUTY-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR MOGUL SUGER-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR PURE SPLASH-85 Olmar Farms OLMAR SILVER BERRIE-86 Olmar Farms OLSON-LANE DECEIVER CAMBRIA-85 Olson-Lane Holsteins OLSON-LANE MONTEREY MAGIC-86 Olson-Lane Holsteins OPSAHLS ALTATD POPPY-RED-86 Dean L. Opsahl OPSAHLS JAX HUGAMEE-ET-86 Dean L. Opsahl

OPSAHLS MCGUCCI BLACK SILK-86 Dean L. Opsahl OPSAHLS MCGUCCI SPRING-85 Dean L. Opsahl ORBE-VIEW BRADNICK JOY-85 Nathan Titera ORBE-VIEW DICKEY ESTER-85 Titeras Registered Holsteins ORBE-VIEW GUTHRIES LOLI-86 Mark Titera ORBE-VIEW WHISKEYS HONOR-86 Anna Titera PAR-BIL BRANCH IRVET-85 Bruce Heydmann PAR-BIL BRAXTON POSY-85 Bruce Heydmann PINE-SHELTER CHALINA YODER-86 Molly Rebecca Alberts PINE-SHELTER KELSEY GAMBLER-85 Pine-Shelter Farms PINE-SHELTER LIA MIGHTY-RED-85 Molly Rebecca Alberts PINE-SHELTER LOONY MONTEREY-85 Pine-Shelter Farms PINE-SHELTER LUPE SILVER-ET-85 Pine-Shelter Farms PINE-SHELTER LYNX MCCUTCHEN-85 Molly Rebecca Alberts PINE-SHELTER PIXIE MOGUL-85 Molly Rebecca Alberts RAKEN DELTA RETWEET-85 Schefers Bros.

RAKEN SUPERMAN CAPE-85 Schefers Bros.

RALMA BEEMER CELEBRITY-85 Alfred & Mark Schmitt RALMA DOORMAN LATCH-86 Alfred & Mark Schmitt RALMA SILVER PATIENCE-85 Ryan Michael Talberg RALMA SPRING KISS-ET-85 Alfred & Mark Schmitt RAYLORE DURHAM EDINA-ET-85 Loren & Luke Olson RAYLORE INTEGRAL SPOOK-86 Loren & Luke Olson RAYLORE MCCUTCHEN LAVYNE-85 Ash Grove Dairy LLP

RAYLORE REDBURST TWIST-RED-85 Loren & Luke Olson RAYLORE REGINALD JOYOUS-85 Loren & Luke Olson REDALEN BASH BEA-85 Michael Redalen REDALEN WATSON STAR-85 Michael Redalen RICE-RIVER ADONIS MARCIA-85 Marvin L., Margaret & Jeff Pearson RICE-RIVER GOLDSUN TWINKLE-86 Marvin L., Margaret & Jeff Pearson RICE-RIVER REGINALD BERLYNN-85 Jeff Pearson SAINTVILLE JOE MARLA-87 Chaneen Haler SAINTVILLE JOESUPER RISSA-87 Chaneen Haler SAN-DAN SKITTLES RUB 62625-85 T-Spruce SCHILLVIEW DELTA GULARA-85 Michael J. & Karen M. Schiller SCHILLVIEW SILVER GRACE-ET-85 Michael J. & Karen M. Schiller SCHILLVIEW SPRING GENESIA-85 Michael J. & Karen M. Schiller SCHMITY G W ATWOOD 1062-ET-85 Schmity Holsteins SCHMITY JOSUPER 1051-ET-85 Schmity Holsteins SCHMITY MONTEREY 1071-85 Schmity Holsteins SCHMITY PULSAR 1055-85 Schmity Holsteins SCHMITY PURE 1102-85 Schmity Holsteins SCHNAPSBERG ATWOOD IPAD-85 Schnapsberg Holsteins SCHWAB BROKAW JUNIPER-86 Nathan D Schwab SCHWAB REGINALD ANGELICA-TW-85 Nathan D Schwab SD-ASHVIEW GLAUCO PAT-86 Peyton & Tanner Morrison SHEEKNOLL AFTERSHOCK 2594-85 Robert, Kelly, Krista & Andrew Sheehan SHEEKNOLL BEEMER 2577-ET-88 Sheeknoll Farms

Holstein NEWS

MINNESOTA

a’sHigh-Scoring Two-Year Olds (January to April 2018) Minnesot Courtesy of Holstein USA are the Very Good Two-Year Olds from January to April 2018

SHEEKNOLL BEEMER 2596-ET-86 Sheeknoll Farms SHEEKNOLL DOORMAN 2583-85 Sheeknoll Farms SOLUM 1649 BLAKE SPADES-86 Paul Solum & Alisha Selness SONNEK BEEMER KAT-ET-85 Kyle & Eric Sonnek SONNEK-ACRE FAVRE MADGE-85 Mark Sonnek ST-M DEL MULBERRY-86 Mallory Group Syndicate STRO-LANE DEF ROO-ET-86 Cally Strobel STRO-LANE DEFIANT CRUZIE-85 Patty Jo & Ronald Strobel STYLE-HEAVEN DEFIANT ELLA-85 Style-Heaven Holsteins STYLE-HEAVEN GOLD CHIP CHER-86 Style-Heaven Holsteins

STYLE-HEAVEN MCCUTCHEN LULU-85 Style-Heaven Holsteins SUNKIST BRADY ZERA-86 John W. Donnay SUNKIST GD DARE TO DREAM-86 John W. Donnay TA-LEONARD DISNEY AMZY-85 Timothy J. & Amy M. Leonard

TJ-POLLEMA ARMAN FAWNA-RED-86 Todd & Jean Pollema TJ-POLLEMA ARMANI EXPO-RED-85 Todd & Jean Pollema TJ-POLLEMA RDNK CARMEN-RED-85 Todd & Jean Pollema TJ-POLLEMA SAVE JEM-RED-TW-85 Todd & Jean Pollema

TEAM ARCHRIVAL JENNY-85 Ash Grove Dairy LLP TERRA-MCCREE CHAMBERLIN-ET-86 Meghan K. Connelly TERRA-MCCREE SID OPAL-ET-87 Kevin Connelly TJ-KASPER G W AT PICHMONY-85 Anthony Kasper TJ-KASPER SID VERONICA-85 Anthony Kasper TJ-KASPER UNO VERONICA-85 Anthony Kasper

TO-MAR ATWOOD DANITA-ET-85 Ash Grove Dairy LLP TO-MAR ATWOOD DEDE-ET-85 Ash Grove Dairy LLP TO-MAR ATWOOD MERIAN-85 Ash Grove Dairy LLP TOP-GUN ACTIVATOR BABY-RED-85 Travis Lehnertz TO-SA ATWOOD PRETTY-85 Thomas & Lisa Hurley T-SPRUCE AICON 9246-ET-85 T-Spruce

T-SPRUCE ALCO 9405-ET-85 T-Spruce T-SPRUCE KINGBOY 9102-ET-85 T-Spruce VIEWCREST BROKAW FANTA 7611-85 Newalta Dairy LLC WAKE-UP GALAXY DEMI-85 Andy & Aaron Houdek WAKE-UP MALICIOUS REACTION-85 Wayne Houdek WALLMAC HZTR HOP MIA-RED-ET-85 Arnold T, Ashley L & Andrew J Gruenes WILLOWS-EDGE ATWOOD FRENZY-85 Richard L. & Roger L. Hoen WILLOWS-EDGE GOLD FERGIE-ET-85 Kyle J. Hanson ZAHBULLS DELTA CORNELL-85 Tim & Matt Zabel ZAHBULLS GOTCHA AVERIL-85 Tim & Matt Zabel

a’sHigh-Scoring Two-Year Olds (January to April 2018) h Dakot Sout Courtesy of Holstein USA are the Very Good Two-Year Olds from January to April 2018

DEBOER KINGBOY BOMBAY-85 Brad DeBoer DEBOER MAGUIRE INGLEE-85 Brad DeBoer DEBOER ROXBURY SONYA-85 Brad DeBoer JENESIS-B GUTHRIE KINDER-86 Chad Blase JENESIS-B RUST HOPE-RED-86 Chad Blase BIDE-A-WHILE GCHIP BARBRA-85 Dennis & Kalyn Buse DON-MIL-DALE KINGBOY KAYLA-86 Donald H. Schweer SIPKA FRIZZ SWIRLP-85 Douglas Post LAW-KOTA AFTERSHOCK AINSLEY-85 Dwight Lawson LAW-KOTA DEMPSEY JASMIN-85 Dwight Lawson

JUNE 2018

LAW-KOTA RED-MARKER PATTY-85 Dwight Lawson ROB-CRI DAMION MULAN-86 Dwight Lawson WATERTOWN ATWOOD MACEY-85 Dwight Lawson SHEEKNOLL TUFFENUFF 1960-85 Gary D. Blase FREYBILL GOLD CHIP HORIZON-85 John F. Billing & Frey-View Dairy Farm, Inc EICHACKER MCCUTCHEN 1025-85 Mike Eichacker EICHACKER MOGUL 1044-85 Mike Eichacker LINDALE DOORMAN KAROLYN-86 Nathan Johnson, Graisson Schmidt & Mandy Brazil DON-MIL-DALE WNDBRK WYNN-ET-85 Neil Donald Schweer DA-CO-TON ATONE DIVA-85 Robert D. & Lyla F. Hogg

DA-CO-TON ATONE VERMONT-85 Robert D. & Lyla F. Hogg OSCHDALE LEARNING SKEETER-86 Shannon Hutterian Brethren STARDELL MONTEREY OMISH-85 Shannon Hutterian Brethren HARRINGA BRADNICK 1335-86 South Dakota State University KLEIN-BROOK ATWOOD SHARI-85 Stimson Dairy DOUBLEBOOK LENNON GABBY-85 Thomas & Kristen Knock VANDERHAM ATWOOD DANI-2-ET-86 Vanderham Dairy JARMAN MCCUTCHEN 451-85 Wayne Jarman SILVER-CREST ATWOOD NISSA-86 William Mueller SILVER-CREST DUNDE DEENA-85 William Mueller

SILVER-CREST GDSUN HERSHEY-85 William Mueller SILVER-CREST GLAUCO DEBBIE-85 William Mueller SILVER-CREST GLAUCO HAPPY-87 William Mueller SILVER-CREST GLEN HELEN-85 William Mueller SILVER-CREST HERO EVIE-85 William Mueller SILVER-CREST LAURIN FANTASY-85 William Mueller SIPKA CAMELOT COOKIE-85 Zachary R Post

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a’s First-Time Excellents (January to April 2018) Minnesot Courtesy of Holstein USA are First-Time Excellents from January to April 2018

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ANDREW COMPLEX GLORY RAGGAE- 90 FC&RR ASPEN LIVIA- 90 Roger & Mary Swart James Enzmann & Jeff Pearson

JE-KO DAY GERANIUM-ET- 90 Jeffrey & Korinna Rohde

OLMAR AL BELIZIA- 90 Olmar Farms

ANDREW TRUMP DIOMOND- 90 Roger & Mary Swart

FIER-VIEW BRAXTON RONNY- 90 Fier-View Holsteins

KP-ACK MOGUL 319-ET- 90 K-P Ackerman Farms

OLMAR ATWOOD FELICIA- 90 Olmar Farms

ANDREW TRUMP LAMBADA- 90 Roger & Mary Swart

FIER-VIEW R-BURST SHERI-RED- 90 Fier-View Holsteins

LIDA-ACRES AFTERSHOCK SIRI- 90 Gregory B. Johnson

OLMAR EMERALD THERESA-TW- 90 Olmar Farms

BENNER STANLY CUP BUBBLES- 90 Seth Rupprecht

FLORALAWN AFTERSHOCK GYPSY- 90 Scott R. Rickeman

LUNCREST GDSN WALOP-1469-ET- 90 Corey Popp

OLMAR GCHIP BELLA FINALE-ET- 90 Olmar Farms

BLDG-BLOCK SUPER STELLA- 90 Warren & Stacy Johnson

FLORALAWN LHEROS AFTON- 90 Scott & Jacolyn Rickeman

LYBRYTY CASCADE MABLE- 90 Bonow Farms LLC

OLMAR GUTHRIE BARB- 90 Olmar Farms

BLUMENFELD SNOW 4569-TW- 90 Blumenfeld Holsteins LLC

FLOWER-BROOK ATWOOD GWINNA- 90 MAHONEY ATWOOD ADELINE- 90 Andrew D. Stuewe Keith & Kay Mahoney

OLMAR HERO NANCY- 90 Olmar Farms

BOXELDER-BEND SACHORC Y868S- 90 Alan Abrahamson

FLOWER-BROOK BANKS KEELY- 90 Andrew D. Stuewe

MAHONEY LAUTHORITY ALETHA- 90 Keith & Kay Mahoney

OLMAR JERRICK MYSTERIOUS- 91 Olmar Farms

BOXELDER-BEND WILROCK Y772R- 90 Alan Abrahamson

FOREST-LAWN DOORMAN 2609- 90 Forest-Lawn Holsteins, Inc

MAR-HIGH ALLTHAT 1307- 90 Fier-View Holsteins

OLMAR RICHMAN LIZZIE- 90 Olmar Farms

BRANDS-HAVEN ATWOOD SHANIA- 90 Adam Brands

G-A-D ATWOOD RUBY- 90 Green Acres Dairy

MAR-TESS ATWOOD DELICATE- 90 James & Jared Tessmer

OLSON-LANE KOLTON KELLY- 90 Trent Olson

BRANDS-HAVEN GOLD CHIP FIFI- 90 Brands-Haven Holsteins

G-G-H BABE WINDBROK-ET- 90 Chandler M. & Christian J. Kurth

MAT-AR-DOR DOTSON EBAY B373- 90 Matt Timmer

OLSON-LANE SANCHEZ SOYOLA- 90 Olson-Lane Holsteins

BRANDS-HAVEN SMROCK TOPDEDE- 90 GLENMARK STERLING 991- 90 Brands-Haven Holsteins Glenmark Genetics, Inc.

MATOUSEK AFTERSHOCK 663- 90 Michael & Linda Matousek

OPSAHLS MCNUGGET CARLA- 90 Olmar Farms

CHI-LAKES GCHIP MONIQUE- 90 AnaChristine Marie Zack

GLENMARK WPEMP 1049- 90 Glenmark Genetics, Inc.

MAUS-ANN GUTHRIE TRIPLE-ET- 90 Darrel D. & Lisa L. Maus

RALMA GOLDWYN CHROME-ET- 90 Alfred, Mark & Michael Schmitt

CIRCLE-DRIVE AS GWEN-ET- 90 Circle Drive Holsteins

GORENTZ COLDSPRING KASIDY- 90 Gorentz Dairy

MEADOW-MARSH DAMION RADINKA- 90 RALMA HEADLINER JACKPOT-ET- 90 Daniel J. & Tim R. Stender Alfred & Mark Schmitt

CIRCLE-DRIVE GOLDSUN GOGO- 90 Circle Drive Holsteins

GREEN-CORNER ALEX MUNICH-ET- 90 Ash Grove Dairy LLP

MELARRY MACK KOALA-ET- 92 Melarry Farms

RALMA SUDAN JUNE-ET- 90 Alfred & Mark Schmitt

DA-CIN SHOTTLE FELICIA- 90 Dave Lemke

HAMVIEW MOGUL PEANUT-ET- 90 Thomas R. Sohn

MINKOTA ALTA CEO ALPHA-TW- 90 Sean & Linda Groos

RALMA WPOWER TROPHY-ET- 90 Alfred & Mark Schmitt

DAGGETT-BROOK GALXY VALLEY- 90 Haiden Kappers

HARMONY-CORNERS KRISTALYN- 90 Jacob M. & Aiden J. Timmer

MISS DEFIANT REANN-ET- 90 Haiden Kappers

RAYLORE REDBURST TAFFY-RED- 91 Loren & Luke Olson

DAGGETT-BROOK PET VEGAS- 90 Good-Vue Farms

HOLLANDALE BRAXTON JENNY- 90 Richard L. & Roger L. Hoen

MISS PG WIND ALICIA-ET- 90 Dana Johnson & Brad Stockman

REDALEN SENSATION DIDDY- 90 Michael Redalen

DELLKA ABSOLUTE CAROLA- 90 Lane A. Johnson

HOLLANDALE G W ATWOOD JOY- 90 Richard L. & Roger L. Hoen

MS MACLAND AT TEXAS- 90 Scott Culbertson & James McFarland

RICE-RIVER ADT BURGUNDY-RED- 90 Marvin L., Margaret & Jeff Pearson

DELLKA BALTIMOR PIXIE- 90 Lane A. Johnson

HOLLANDALE MILLION INDY- 90 Richard L. Hoen

MS SUPER AMANDA-ET- 90 Townvue Holstein Farm

RICE-RIVER BALTMOR WINDSONG- 90 Marvin L. & Jeff Pearson

DENN-MAR ADVENT LACINA- 90 Steven, Debra, Danielle & Patrick Heuer

ILAND-ACRE ASPEN CANDID- 90 Iland-Acre Holsteins

NEWALTA ALTADETROIT 4131- 90 Newalta Dairy LLC

RICE-RIVER CHELIOS CAMRIN- 90 Margaret & Marvin L. Pearson

DENN-MAR BRADNICK RILEY- 90 Denn-Mar Farm

ILAND-ACRE BRAXTON MARI- 90 Iland-Acre Holsteins

NEWALTA GC AMARETTO-ET- 90 Dana Johnson

ROLLINGRIVER SILK- 90 Mikel L. & Daniel Brasch

DENN-MAR GOLDSUN ROSIE- 90 Denn-Mar Farm

ILAND-ACRE DOM CLEVER- 91 Gavin R. Viland

OAK-RIDGE-K SHOT ALEXA-ET- 90 Jim & Janet Kappers

SAINTVILLE BEACON KENYA- 90 Richard L. Haler

DUNCANSON WINDBROOK 209- 90 Duncanson Holstein

JA-KNOLL RAZOR IDEAL- 90 Ja-Knoll Dairy

OAK-RIDGE-K WBK AFFINITY-TW- 90 Jim & Janet Kappers

SCHA-KETT ACME SAUNA- 90 Dale & Sherri Rupprecht

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SCHILLVIEW NUM UNO GLAMORIS- 90 Michael J. & Karen M. Schiller

S-S-I MCC HERO 8282-ET- 91 James W. McFarland

THOMPSON-ACRES BRAX ADA- 90 John T Wilhelm

VIEWCREST ERNESTO DAPHNE- 90 Newalta Dairy LLC

SCHILLVIEW OSTYLE GANORA-ET- 90 Michael J. & Karen M. Schiller

STADVIEW FOLLOW ME GOLD-ET- 90 Steven, Debra, Danielle & Patrick Heuer

TJ-KASPER ATWOOD LAHELA-ET- 90 Anthony Kasper

WILLOWS-EDGE ATWOOD PARLAY- 90 Ryan Michael Talberg

SCHILLVIEW SUPER GLAMMA- 90 Michael J. & Karen M. Schiller

STADVIEW GOLDWYN FRANCE-ET- 90 Steven, Debra, Danielle & Patrick Heuer

TJ-POLLEMA RD FIONA-RED-TW- 90 Todd & Jean Pollema

WILLVUE-ND DREAM-RED- 90 John W & Nathan W Donnay

SHAW-POINT ABS ASHLIN-RED- 90 Peyton & Tanner Morrison

ST-M STERLING MINDY-ET- 90 Owen, Evelyn, Matthew & Benjamin Scheffler

TJ-POLLEMA SHOTTL SHINE-ET- 91 Todd & Jean Pollema

WILLVUE-ND HATLEY-ETS- 90 John W & Nathan W Donnay

SHERDALE SANCHEZ SALLY- 90 Dale & Sherri Rupprecht

STRO-LANE BXT DON A KATE- 91 Mikel L. & Daniel Brasch

TOWNVUE HD KAREN- 90 Townvue Holstein Farm

XCARET ARGUABLY THE BEST-ET- 90 Tim Hoese

SONNEK CHAIRMAN GEORGIA- 90 Kyle & Eric Sonnek

STYLE-HEAVEN RDBRST LEXI-TW- 90 Style-Heaven Holsteins

TOWNVUE SOV AILEEN- 90 Townvue Holstein Farm

XCARET ATWOOD NATALIA- 90 Glenmark Genetics, Inc.

SPEEK-NJ MOGUL CALICO-ET- 91 Dean L. Opsahl

TANDE GUTHRIE PANDORA- 90 Iland-Acre Holsteins

T-SPRUCE DAVINCI 8124-ET- 90 T-Spruce

XCARET MASTERPIECE AMERY-ET- 90 Orbit Farms & Dale & Seth Rupprecht

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DON-MIL-DALE BRAXTON BEAUTY- 90 Donald H. Schweer

SIPKA LINJET TRIUNE-ET- 90 Douglas Post

DA-CO-TON ADVENT ARCADE-ET- 90 Robert D. & Lyla F. Hogg

SILVER-CREST AFTERSK HAPPY- 90 William Mueller

DON-MIL-DALE LAVAN LYDIA- 90 Donald H. Schweer

JENESIS-B DEMPSEY KASSIDY- 90 Gary D. Blase

DA-CO-TON HERO LADA- 91 Robert D. & Lyla F. Hogg

SILVER-CREST HERO MUSIC- 90 William Mueller

WATERTOWN GOLDSUN SNOOKI-ET- 90 Stimson Dairy

SILVER-CREST PONTIAC FAYRIE- 90 William Mueller

SIPKA ATWOOD SONJA-ET- 90 Douglas Post SIPKA DORITO SALEM- 90 Douglas Post

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BIDE-A-WHILE FOREMAN BETSY- 90 Kassidy & Kasey Buse DON-MIL-DALE HERO HEART- 90 Richard A. Schweer

DA-CO-TON SANCHEZ SALENA- 91 Tyler D. & Sarah M. Hotchkiss

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MHA’S DEDICATED CORPORATE SPONSORS GRAND SUPREME CHAMPION MINNESOTA SELECT SIRES CO-OP, INC. SUPREME CHAMPION TRIPLE A PUMPING WESTWAY FEED PRODUCTS GRAND CHAMPION CENTRAL VALLEY DAIRY SUPPLY LLC. CENTRAL MINNESOTA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION DAIRYLAND SUPPLY INC DIAMOND K GENETICS FIRST DISTRICT ASSOCIATION HUBBARD FEEDS/RIDLEY USA MIDWEST EMBRYO TRANSFER CHAMPION AG PARTNERS ALBERT LEA SEEDHOUSE BONGARD’S CREAMERIES CHOSEN VALLEY VET CLINIC CITIZENS STATE BANK NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA FAMO FEEDS FORESIGHT BANK GLENCOE CO-OP ASSOCIATION KEEP EM WALKIN HOOF CARE INC KREOFSKY BUILDING SUPPLIES LANO EQUIPMENT OF NORWOOD MINNESOTA MILK PRODUCERS HONORABLE MENTION ARNZEN CONSTRUCTION/ ST. ROSA LUMBER INC CARLSON WHOLESALE INC. TOM MORRIS LTD./CATTLE CONNECTION

THANK YOU!

MHA Corporate Sponsorship Program The Minnesota Holstein Association (MHA) was organized in 1910 for the purpose of improving and promoting the Holstein breed of dairy cattle. The MHA consists of 700 members and is open to all people interested in the dairy industry. The mission of the Minnesota Holstein Association is, "To enhance the lives and profitability of all dairy producers and enthusiasts by providing opportunities for education, marketing, recognition and socialization."

As dedicated supporters of local registered Holstein dairy farmers, businesses have the opportunity to join and support the Minnesota Holstein Association through our Corporate Sponsor Program. This program has five levels of sponsorship: Grand Supreme Champion, Supreme Champion, Grand Champion and Honorable Mention.

Each level includes recognition as a dedicated sponsor of the Minnesota Holstein Association. As a corporate sponsor for our association, businesses help the Minnesota Holstein Association provide opportunities for dairy producers across the state.

If you and your business are interested in becoming a corporate sponsor or if you do business with a company you feel would benefit from becoming a corporate sponsor please visit the Minnesota Holstein website and print off a corporate sponsorship program agreement and flyer. Once completed the agreement and payment can be sent to the MHA office. A percentage of the sponsorship is given back to the local clubs along with their rebates in May. If you have questions or would like to know more about the program, please contact a MHA board member or the MHA office. Your assistance in helping our organization grow is greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!

LONGTIME CORPORATE SPONSORS A Special Thank You to our long time Corporate Sponsors. The following businesses have been MHA Corporate Sponsors since the program began in 2007.

The Minnesota Holstein Association greatly appreciates your continued support.

CENTRAL MINNESOTA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION MINNESOTA SELECT SIRES ARNZEN CONSTRUCTION/ ST. ROSA LUMBER INC AG PARTNERS FORESIGHT BANK CARLSON WHOLESALE INC. TOM MORRIS LTD./CATTLE CONNECTION CITIZENS STATE BANK -NYA Westway Feed Products

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