Frislevue Chelo Prettysweet, 1st Spring Calf - District 1 2014 Frisle-Vue Shottle Ellymae, EX-92, now bred back for 2016. She produced 23 Goldwyn embryos and has Goldwyn calves on the ground. Ellymae’s record at 4-00 in 305 days was 24,895 4.4 1098 3.3 846. Another cow in the Frisle herd with a unique twist is Frisle-Vue Lheros Ember, EX-90. Ember is a descendant of Dean’s first calf, Edith, and has a ton of offspring in the barn. In fact, she and her offspring could complete four generations living and milking when the Frisle family scores in April. Additional cows the Frisle family has worked with include
NATIONAL DIRECTOR’S REPORT Dear Holstein Breeders, In late November, we held our fall board meeting in central California. This was the first time any of the 12 directors attended a national meeting in the country’s largest dairy state. It was a great opportunity. Not only were we able to conduct business for the association and review next year’s business plan, we also were able to conduct an on-sight visit of AgriTech Analytics (ATA) and interact with some our Association’s best west coast customers. Perhaps the most important decision we vetted at this year’s board meeting was approving a complete revamp of the Association’s information technology system. For many Holstein breeders, computer systems are the last thing they want to talk about. However, our Association’s number one asset is our data on the Holstein cow. We have reached the point in which our data collection system looks like a five-generation owned dairy with buildings located all over the homestead. The present system has five to six operating languages that cause information flow to be cumbersome and limits our ability to conduct the research and provide the products many of us are demanding. By retooling the entire information technology system, our computer system will reflect a modernized dairy farm ready for the next generation. Lastly, after much discussion, the board of directors voted to raise fees on registrations, membership, and classification. As with everything, the cost of doing business has grown over the past decade. The last time registration fees were adjusted was 2002; classification, 2011; and membership, 1994. Even with these registration increases, the cost to register a Holstein calf under three months will be $4 to $10 cheaper than any of the six other major dairy breed organizations. Perhaps more importantly, if you want to lock in current fees, including $8 registrations on young calves, all you need to do is sign up for Holstein Complete. Presently 1,835 herds and 311,064 cows are enrolled in the program. If you have any concerns you would like to see addressed, please give us a call. Its our pleasure to represent and serve you. Your National Directors, Paul Buhr, Dale Drendel, Corey Geiger, Mark Kerndt & Boyd Schaufelberger 14–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/February 2016
Prettysweet at Rosedale-ET, an EX-91 September Storm daughter from a Paradise clone. Prettysweet’s daughter, Ms Frisle-Vue Pretypumpd-ET VG-85, produced 16 Chelios embryos. One Chelios daughter, Prettysweet, was the winning Spring Calf at the 2014 District 1 Show and the Frisles are excited for more calves to arrive and develop from this industry-known family. The Paradise family is not the only one Dean has taken an interest in while investing in genetics. Kinyon Jasper Ivory, EX-90, hails from the Ideal family, and has really nice daughters on the ground by Goldsun and Atwood. Her oldest daughter in the barn, Goldsun Ipod, scored VG-88 first lactation, and is a promising second lactation EX prospect. Ipod is Allissa’s show cow, and due back about a month before World Dairy Expo. When the Frisle family is not choring, they enjoy taking the girls to shows and on family trips. They take an annual Memorial Day weekend trip to Spooner to stay on a lake, and have been to South Dakota and Mexico on family trips. Dean, Allissa and Justyne all like to hunt, and both of the girls were able to shoot a buck in 2015. The girls also enjoy showing at the local, state and national levels, including county fair, district show, WI Junior State Fair, the Minnesota State Fair, and World Dairy Expo. The girls have also adopted a few local kids that bring the total youth exhibiting Frisle calves closer to five. Aside from the farm, Dean serves on the town board and is the Barron County Holstein president. Leslie is the Barron County Junior Holstein advisor, and is also on the church board. While the Frisle family has a lot to look forward to in the coming years, including their first heading to college and the continuing development of outstanding Registered Holstein genetics, they are still uncertain their operation will change in the near future. There have been thoughts about a free-stall barn, but for now, Dean and Leslie hope to continue the success they’ve built at Frisle-Vue.
From your President Paula Bovre Greetings Fellow WHA Members! Congratulations to all the juniors on a fantastic junior convention! Chippewa County Juniors were excellent hosts and the Junior Activities Committee is to be commended on the fine job they did in planning and preparing for convention. The adult board of directors is very appreciative of all the time and effort put forth throughout the year by our Junior Activities Committee. Their passion and leadership is phenomenal! I hope to see many of you at the Wisconsin Holstein Adult Convention at the Holiday Inn in Marshfield on February 19 and 20. The Wood county group has an excellent program planned. It is always a good time to bring forth ideas, concerns and just catch up with members from around the state. I would like to extend a special invitation to all those graduating juniors and young adults. We welcome your attendance and would love to hear your ideas. I would like to take this time to extend a very sincere thank you to Marci Walker, Todd Borgwardt and Chris McCullough for their six years of service on the WHA Board of Directors. Their guidance and dedication has been invaluable! Thanks also to Dan Cnossen who resigned from the board earlier this year after returning to the Holstein USA classification department. With spring comes barn meetings, sales, spring shows and many, many activities. Be sure to check the calendar of events and update your calendars! We value your attendance and input in the many Wisconsin Holstein activities. 2015 WHA President, Paula Bovre “Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.” - Jonas Salk