February 2018 Wisconsin Holstein News

February 2018

Volume 90 No. 2

Top Performers Wisconsin Dairy Showcase rules & entry form Breeder Profile - Kampy Holsteins District 10 report

Westby, WI • Saturday, May 5, 2018 • 10:30 a.m.

140 head sell

Crest-View-Acres Atwood Sonata EX-90 1-11 2x 365 21,420 3.7 795 3.05 567 3-03 2x 323 27,083 3.7 1011 2.9 787 4-05 2x 353 28,919 3.8 1086 3.0 863 inc.

Sonata sells just fresh with two VG-85 daughters and her yearling by Kingboy.

Sonata is a 9th generation EX from the Saturday family!!

Her dam: Crest-View-Acres Swan-ET EX-91 EEVEE 3-04 2x 365 32,130 4.2 1363 3.4 1080 2nd dam: Stripes Emerson Saatchi EX-92 3E EEEEE 6-00 2x 365 33,740 4.2 1401 3.2 1085

3rd dam: Sher-Est Rudolph Stripes-TW EX-91 2E EEEVE GMD DOM 3-09 2x 365 36,560 3.8 1400 3.3 1203 4th-8th dams are EX-90 back through Saturday herself

Mark your calendar now for this very special day!!

Schedule of Events Friday, May 4, 4-8 p.m.

Saturday, May 5, 10:30 a.m.

Open house/cattle viewing at the farm (Vernon County style) Crest-View-Acres Complete Herd Dispersal

A celebration of a lifetime!

Steve & Kay Holte

Sale managed by:

E7166 Tri-State Rd., Westby, WI 54667

Ph: (608) 634-4545 Cell: 608-632-1598 e-mail: skholte@mwt.net Herdsman: Mike Hall (608) 632-1509 Visitors Welcome

2564 Pole Line Road, Ridgeway, IA 52165 Home 563.387.0035 Cell 563.380.1318

Wisconsin Holstein Association 902 8th Ave., Baraboo, WI 53913 Phone (608) 356-2114 Fax (608) 356-6312

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Features: 9 10 12 13 15 26

WHA Adult Convention information Breeder Profile: Kampy Holsteins 2017 Top Performer entries Cover Contest winners Wisconsin Dairy Showcase rules & entry form YAC Feature: Trent-Way Genetics

Departments: 5

From the President: Kevin Jorgensen

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WH Briefs

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WHA Princess Allie Breunig and WHA Princess Attendant Brooke Trustem

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Breeder Business Cards

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District 10 report

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WHY Page

P.O. Box 49, Lancaster, WI 53813 Phone (608) 723-4933 Fax (608) 723-4973 e-mail: lauraw@wisholsteins.com

WISCONSIN HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION STAFF: Darin Johnson, Executive Director Laura Wackershauser, Editor/Advertising Manager Mara Budde, Communications Associate

WISCONSIN HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS: Kevin Jorgensen, President (2018)* - 920-210-3992 801 Winter Ave., Waupun, WI 53963 Craig Carncross, Vice President (2018) - 608-592-2560 W13157 Co. Hwy. J, Lodi, WI 53555 Erica Ullom, Secretary (2020) - 715-933-0477 5398 County Hwy. A, Bloomer, WI 54724 Heather Jauquet, Exec. Committee (2019) - 920-371-7511 W2285 County Rd. S, Pulaski, WI 54162 Pam Selz-Pralle, Exec. Committee (2018) - 715-334-3434 N4621 US Hwy. 12, Humbird, WI 54746 Bill Calvert (2018)* - 608-732-2080 6038 County Rd. J, Cuba City, WI 53807 Steve Endres (2019) - 608-279-5952 7191 Hyer Rd., Waunakee, WI 53597 Sara Feldmann (2020) - 920-980-9704 710 Goldfinch Lane, Howards Grove, WI 53083 Joseta Halbur (2019) - 715-821-9672 120 E. Main St., Eden, WI 53019 Craig Krohlow (2020) - 920-639-5388 W4203 Shady Rd., Black Creek, WI 54106 Sherry Siemers-Peterman (2020) - 920-946-0123 16021 Hwy. M, Cleveland, WI 53013 Bryan Stremcha (2019) - 608-790-1925 N4381 Prairie Rd., Bangor, WI 54614 *WILL HAVE SERVED TWO THREE-YEAR TERMS, INELIGIBLE FOR RE-ELECTION

NATIONAL DIRECTOR:

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Calendar of Events & Editor’s Comments

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Classified Advertising

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Index to Advertisers

On The Cover

This month’s cover photo is the winning selection for our 2017 Cover Contest, submitted by Erica Lundberg, Osseo.

Photo by Farmgirl Photography. The other winning photos for this year’s contest are on page 13.

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From your President Kevin Jorgensen Hi Everyone, 2018 is in full swing and the new year got off to a great start with another very successful Junior Holstein convention hosted by Wood County.

Thanks to everyone from that group for all their efforts in putting together a great weekend for our Wisconsin Holstein youth. It is so exciting to see all the enthusiasm these kids have for our industry and makes me hopeful for a bright future with this many youth in our industry. Special congratulations to Carley Krull and Joey Opsal, this year’s outstanding Holstein Girl and Boy. They are really gifted and talented young people and knowing both of them well, are really deserving of these awards.

Adult convention is just around the corner and I hope you can join us in Wisconsin Dells as District 5 has a great program scheduled and will be a great weekend of fellowship and Holstein business.

Finally, this is my last column as my term on the WHA board concludes with this year’s convention. I first want to thank Bill Calvert for his service to the BOD as we came on the board at the same time and it has been a great experience getting to know him and his wife Kelle. They are marvelous people and Bill has been a great advocate for the southwestern part of our membership area and has served on scholarship, communications, and show committees during his time on the board. He will be missed and feel honored to serve with him.

I also would like to thank all the previous board members that I had the pleasure to serve with. These people taught me how to serve this organization and consider them all close friends and will cherish the time serving with them. Todd Stanek, Matt Lippert, Marci Walker, Dan Cnossen, Kent Wendorf, Chris McCullough, Todd Borgwardt, Paula Bovre, Tracy Mitchell and Chad Ryan, it was such a pleasure to serve with all of you and the memories will last a

lifetime. The current BOD is also such a pleasure to work with. As a membership, you should be proud that you truly have a working board and the time and effort they all put into this organization makes me confident that the future of the organization is bright. The WHA staff also are truly committed to the industry and our organization and thanks to Darin, Laura, Ashley, Sharon and Mara for all their efforts.

It has been very rewarding these six years on this board and it has been the pleasure of a lifetime serving you the membership during that time. As a board, we accomplished a great deal for the membership. We restarted a state sale on a semi-annual basis as a service to the membership to offer the opportunity to market and add new genetics to our herds, we have moved the state show to Alliant Energy Center to have one of the best facilities in the nation to host our shows, and have continued to foster our youth with substantial funds in our scholarship funds to invest in their future.

We also faced challenges during that time most notably the rapid changes occurring in our industry. There is no doubt that the biggest challenge facing all of us is how we adapt to the massive changes occurring in the Holstein industry whether that is technology, milk pricing, genetic advancements, and a shrinking number of farms. We need to find ways to embrace the change and remain relevant. This will be no easy task and all of us will need the resilience, perseverance and leadership to face these challenges head on.

My parting thought is that we need to collaborate and develop a mutual understanding of all philosophies in this business. It does no good to point fingers and blame differing pathways but know that there will always be multiple options to success and although it may be different from our own, we will always be better together than we could ever be individually and inviting new people into our organization and respecting different philosophies are critical to our future.

Thank you again for the opportunity to serve you. It is has been the honor of a lifetime and best wishes to you all for future success.

KJ

32nd ANNIVERSARY WAUPACA-WAUSHARA SHOW OPPORTUNITY SALE Saturday, March 17, 2018 • 12:00 noon • Weyauwega Fairgrounds

KML

SANDY-VALLEY MNTRS PSALM-ET VG-87 VG-MS

TREE-HAYVEN PEPPERMINT PATI EX-93 2E EX-MS

KHW REGMENT APPLE B-RED-ETN EX-90

2-01 2x 365 32,279 4.0 1366 3.3 1048 Psalm’s +2767G Samuri Sept. ’17 granddaughter sells. Dam is sired by the #1 Delta.

Outstanding opportunity.

Sandy-Valley

6-02 2x 365 31,840 3.2 1022 3.0 956 Pati has been a prolific brood cow with numerous VG and EX daughters. A Dec. ’17 Solomon sells from Pati’s EX-92 Goldwyn.

Borchert Pati’s spring yearling by Byway also sells.

Cordes

3-09 2x 341 31,990 5.1 1621 3.9 1253 From this clone of EX-96 Apple-Red comes a September 2017 red Lotus. She can carry Milksource on the family legacy!

We will be having an auction to benefit the Waupaca-Waushara Junior Holstein Association.

The Waupaca-Waushara Holstein Breeders will be offering a 5% discount on any calf purchased by a WI Junior Holstein member.

SALE STAFF:

Sale Chairman: Justin Hintz 715-851-0049 Jim Hoskens, Pedigrees 920-366-7153 Darrell Worden, Auctioneer 715-842-8098 Ringmen: Jay Jauquet 920-639-6408 Lynn Harbaugh 920-420-1524 Brandon Ferry 608-335-8861 Catalogs: Dick Piechowski 715-258-2757 holmlandfarms@gmail.com

Watch for the catalog & sale updates on Facebook - facebook.com/wwholsteins/ wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/February 2018-5

Breunig’s Bovine

BUZZ Hello Holstein friends and family!

My name is Allie Breunig and I am so honored to serve as the 2018 Wisconsin Holstein Association Princess. My parents are Mitch and Jacquie Breunig of Sauk City, where we own and operate Mystic Valley Dairy. I started showing at five years old at the District 6 Show, and continue to do so with my siblings Lauren and Brayden at the local, state and national levels.

I am currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree from the University of WisconsinMadison in Life Sciences Communication with a certificate in Agricultural Business Management. On campus, I am involved with the Badger Dairy Club, Association of Women in Agriculture, Collegiate Farm Bureau, Badger Meat Science Club, and National AgriMarketing Association.

My favorite WHA event has always been the Junior Convention, and this year was no exception. Seeing the excitement in the faces of the first-year attendees to the pride in the hearts of the graduating members, it is so clear how much this organization molds Holstein kids into incredible role models and industry men and women.

With adult convention coming up, I am so excited to begin my reign and start meeting as many WHA members as I can. If you plan on being in Wisconsin Dells on February 16 and 17, please take a moment to introduce yourselves to Brooke and I! As winter (hopefully) begins to wind down and we start to gear up for another planting season, that means another exciting year filled with Wisconsin Holstein events is just around the corner! From barn meetings and the state picnic to district and state shows, I hope you are all looking forward to many days filled with fun, fellowship, and a whole lot of Holstein cows!

Buzz you later, Allie Breunig 2018 Wisconsin Holstein Princess

Trustem’s Travel Tails Greetings Wisconsin Holstein Enthusiasts!

Junior Holstein Convention was once again filled with memories, accomplishments and close friends, and as always along with those close friends, I was able to make new long-lasting friendships! I hope all convention attendees had similar experiences because it is a fantastic opportunity to travel and talk about their own tales with Wisconsin Holsteins!

While I cannot wait to meet all of you this summer, let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Brooke Trustem from Rock County and I am honored to serve as the Princess Attendant this year! I am the 19-year-old daughter of Jim Trustem and Sandy Larson and have two brothers, Dane and Luke.

On my family’s farm, Larson Acres, I am the sixth generation and have worked as calf care, administrative and herdsman assistant.

Currently, I attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison where I am a sophomore, majoring in Dairy Science.

When I am not working with cows or learning about dairy, I enjoy advocating for the industry that has taught me so much. I enjoy hosting events such as Cloverbud Farm Tours, Fitting and Showing Clinics and Farm-To-Table Dinners. My goal is always to educate students, fellow dairy project members and the public about my love for the Holstein cow and my experiences. I encourage you all to take on projects like these, to share your dairy story!

I am so excited to get to reconnect with dairy enthusiasts and make new connections during my travels with Allie and want everyone to feel welcome when reaching out to us! Even if is just to say “Hello!”

Finally, as Adult Convention approaches, I look forward to meeting with the adults in attendance February 16 and 17 in the Wisconsin Dells to learn what knowledge they have to share.

Until next time, trust in those tails!

Brooke Trustem 2018 Wisconsin Holstein Princess Attendant

Wisconsin Holstein Briefs L Congratulations to Ryan and Haley Krohlow, Poynette, on the birth of their son Cooper Gregory on December 18, weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. and 20.5 inches long. Cooper joins big sister Callie and big brother Conway. Proud grandparents are Craig & Marlene Krohlow and Greg Mell.

I Congratulations to Lindsey and Kevin Ryan on the birth of their daughter Violet Ann on November 5, weighing 7 lbs. 5.6 oz. and 20 inches long. Proud grandparents are Randy & Sue Langer and Mark & Mary Ryan.

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2018 Wisconsin Holstein Convention February 16 & 17 • Wintergreen Resort 60 Gasser Rd., Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 Saturday Early Bird Discussion

WHA Adult Convention Schedule February 16 & 17 Wintergreen Resort, Wisconsin Dells hosted by District 5 Holstein Breeders Friday, February 16 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Registration open 12:30-5:30 p.m.

Dairy Bar open 12:45 p.m.

National Delegate meeting 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Holstein USA town hall forum 2:15-4:15 p.m.

WHA Committee Meetings (all members are welcome to attend these meetings) 2:15 - Spring & State Show; Scholarship; Breed Improvement, Membership & Promotions; YAC 3:15 - Futurity; Sales & Merchandising; Legislative & Resolutions 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Pre-Sale Social Hour 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Dinner YAC Education Award Top Performer and Lifetime Production Awards presented 7:00 p.m.

WHA Futures Sale hosted by Young Adult Committee 8:30 p.m.

Social time with Dueling Pianos Saturday, February 17 7:00-8:00 a.m.

Past President’s gathering (Past Presidents and spouses only) Dairy Bar open 6:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

8:00 a.m.-6 p.m.

Registration open 8:00 a.m.

Early Bird Session 9:00 a.m.

WHA Annual Business Meeting 11:30 a.m.

Luncheon; recognition of juniors to compete at National Convention; recognition of GMD and DOM, PBR & PGA Herds, 40 & 50 Year Members, Wall of Fame inductees 1:30-5:00 p.m.

Farm Tours to So-Fine Bovines and Walk-Era 1:30-4:30 pm.

Barn Quilt Paint Project 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Social Hour 6:30 p.m.

Awards Banquet WHA Board recognition; Advertising Contest winners; awards presented for Distinguished Young Holstein Breeder, Distinguished Service and Distinguished Breeder Dessert Auction to benefit Scholarship Fund 8:30 p.m.-12 a.m.

Social Sunday, February 18 Breakfast on your own WHA Board Re-organizational Meeting please note some items may change up until convention

The Saturday morning roundtable discussion will focus on robotic milking system. We will discuss everything you need to know to start planning from the perspective of a banker, a sales representative for an equipment company, and a breeder that has gone through the process of installing robots.

Kevin Coffeen is the Vice President of BMO Harris Bank, where he serves northeast Wisconsin as an agriculture banker. He has assisted several customers step-by-step in their journey to automated dairying, from the early financial planning stages to pushing cows through at startup. Kevin grew up on his families Registered Holstein Farm, Jimdandy Holsteins in Chilton. He spent his youth showing Registered Holsteins and Red & Whites. He continues to fit cattle and raise a select group of show heifers and steers on his farm, Overland Acres. He’s bred several All-American-nominated Red & Whites and Black & White Holsteins. His highlights thus far include successfully breeding two junior champions and one grand champion of the junior show at World Dairy Expo. Kevin holds a degree in agriculture business from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He serves on the Wisconsin Holstein Association show committee, Brown County Livestock Committee and he is also a member of the Dairy Cares Committee that raises money to benefit Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. He lives in De Pere with his wife Peggy and four children: McKenna, Coltin, Carter and Cashton.

Kelsey Hendrickson has been a long-time member of the Wisconsin Holstein Association and chores alongside her husband Trent, owner of Trent Way Genetics, a 180 milking cow operation along with over 350 young stock. At Trent Way Genetics, they focus on show type cattle with a large focus in red and white genomics. Off the farm she works full-time as a Capitol Sales representative for Argall Dairy Systems located in Belleville. Her main focus is Robotic milking equipment, automation, and large project sales.

Kelsey finds a lot of pride and passion in her everyday work helping dairy producers draft from start to finish and provide the needs to make sure each project goes smooth Lely or Boumatic. Some prior experience includes working at the corporate Boumatic office as a sales specialist and as a calf nutritionist for a local milk replacer manufacturing company.

Larry Meyer, along with his wife Jennifer, own Jenlar Holsteins and Brown Swiss, located in Chilton. Jenlar is currently milking 120 cows with two Lely robots installed in March of 2017. They milk approximately 100 Holsteins and 20 Brown Swiss. Jenlar has been successful in the show ring, garnering 13 All-American nominations over the last three years with their Swiss and had a class winner at WDE the last three consecutive years.

They were Premier Exhibitor of the 2017 Wisconsin Brown Swiss State Show. All of their cows are milked thru the robots including the show cows. In addition to the farm, Larry works full-time for MWI Animal Health as a Territory Manager for Livestock Sales. Larry & Jennifer have three children: Brianna, Austin, and Abby who are actively involved in the dairy. wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/February 2018-9

BREEDER PROFILE

Kampy Holsteins Kamphuis Family, Brandon

by Kati Kindschuh

Left to right: Doug, Darren, Derrek and Steve at the 2017 Fond du Lac Holstein Futurity

aith, family and farming. Those three simple words encapsulate exactly what the Kamphuis family lives each day by, as they share their love for the Registered Holstein cow with others. Started in 1980 in Brandon, Wis., Glen and Darlene Kamphuis milked 33 cows in a tie-stall barn with their six children in tow. The oldest son, Steve, graduated high school in 1982, bought a few more cows and brought them home, growing their herd to 67 cows. A few years later in 1991, Glen and Darlene purchased more land to help their sons grow the farm. Ten years later in 2001, Steve purchased the farm where the current milking operation stands today. At the time, the family was milking 100 cows and cropping 550 acres, with Glen and Steve farming together ful-time. In 2005, Glen decided it was time to retire from full-time work on the farm, and younger son, Doug, made the choice to leave his full-time cheese making job to come farm with his brother Steve, forming Kamphuis Farms LLC. Fast forward to 2005, two young men made an impact on the farm that ultimately led the farm to where it is today. Steve’s twin boys, Derrek and Darren, started showing cattle. First at their local 4-H fair, then the Fond du Lac County Fair and eventually district, state and national shows. The sons registered one animal at a time under the “Kampy” prefix and slowly, the herd has gone from an all grade herd to a 100% registered herd. Though just ten years old at the time, the now 22-year-old sons are UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course graduates and work full-time on the farm.

Currently, Kampy Holsteins is home to 300 Registered Holsteins that are milked twice a day with a rolling herd average on at 26,530 milk with 3.9% fat and 3.2% protein and a 106.4 BAA. In 2017, Kampy Holsteins ranked 14th in the nation and 4th in Wisconsin in BAA for herds over 150 cows, an accomplishment that they are quite proud of.

A cow family that the family invested in was Briccows Gold Inspiration, an EX-92 2E DOM Goldwyn daughter with nine generations of Excellent behind her tracing back to Gordy Berg’s

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Vigo Royal Jewel EX-95. The farm has celebrated much success with this family, owning over 60 daughters from this family with numerous Excellent daughters.

Some of their favorite cows on the farm trace back to Rosedale Go For Gin EX-93, a full sister to Rosedale Lexington EX-95.

Go for Gin has three daughters calling Kampy Holsteins home, Bella-Ridge Gin Blossom EX-93 2E, Bella-Ridge Aftrshck Gin VG-86, and Bella-Ridge Gameover VG-87 as a two-year-old. Gin Blossom, a Braxton daughter, has had the most success in the show ring for the boys, being Nominated Junior All-American Ssenior 2-Year-Old in 2014, 1st Junior at the District 10 Show, Junior All-Wisconsin Senior 2-Year-Old, Reserve Grand Champion at the Wisconsin Junior State Fair, as well the Fond du Lac County Holstein Futurity winner as a two-year-old and again as a five-yearold. All three of Gin’s daughters are making an impact through their offspring, having daughters by Durham, Sid, Gold Chip, Solomon, King Doc, Doorman, Beemer, Kenosha, Corvette, and Meridian.

Kampy Holsteins also made some noise in 2013 and 2014 with Greenlea-TM Atwood Bea EX-92, who was at that time the top Red Factor Cow in the Breed for Type. A daughter of CherrieKreek Beulah-Red, EX-92 and Grand Champion of the Grand

Bella-Ridge Gin Blossom EX-93 2E

Kampy Windbrook In To It EX-90, daughter of Briccows Gold Inspiration EX-92 2E DOM

Bella-Ridge Game Over-ET VG-87, Doorman daughter of Rosedale Go For Gin-ET EX-93

International Red and White Show in 2008, Bea is backed by eight Excellent dams back to Jan-Com Fond Matt Matilda EX-97 5E GMD. Although Bea is no longer on the farm, four daughters remain with a VG-88 Absolute two-year-old leading the way with high production records to match her stylish type pedigree.

All of that success and growth didn’t happen overnight, although maybe the family wishes it would work that way. In order for the boys to come back home and farm, the operation needed to grow. After 18 months of planning and 12 months of construction, the first cows stepped into the double-8 Herringbone parlor in December of 2015. The Kamphuis family decided they wanted to remain 100% Registered, so as they purchased groups of cows, they focused first and foremost on having a registered animal, along with cattle that had quality type traits as well as health and production traits. Admitting that while it’s great to have beautiful looking cows, they need to work in order to pay the bills. Now, just over two years of milking cows in the new facility, their SCC has consistently been under 100,000 in addition to the fact that their butterfat content has gone up significantly. This pairs perfectly with cows that are producing longer due to the upgraded cow comfort with their sand bedded and tunnel ventilated freestall barn.

Looking towards the future, Steve says, “There’s room for the boys to grow the farm if they want. It’s in the plans to be done.”

Although another expansion may be a few decades down the road, there are always ideas of what to improve on the farm. Bringing the heifers home is a goal for the future as all of their heifers are

raised at a separate farm and then returned home before calving.

As of right now, the farm simply does not have enough room to accommodate all of the young stock. In addition, all of the bull calves are sold to Equity Livestock. Most recently, Kampy Holsteins has integrated using Angus semen on hard-to-breed females, which has been a great success when selling those crossbred calves. Besides bringing the heifers back home, investing in technology like a pasteurizer for feeding calves, a large manure storage facility and more in order to help keep the farm moving in the right direction.

As the farm has been in the growing stages the last few years, Kampy Holsteins is now looking to market their Registered Holsteins. Cattle have been consigned to several sales including the Falcon Premier hosted by the UW-River Falls Dairy Club, RedFest with a Touch of Black, and are offering their first consignment to Wisconsin Holstein’s Treasure Quest drawing; look for those heifers this spring!

So what does the Kamphuis family do when they aren’t farming?

Unlike some families that may take a vacation, a snowmobiling trip or go camping, the Kamphuis family pulls tractors. Starting as a hobby when Steve and Doug were young, it became something that Doug says, “we can all do.” Whether it’s working on repairs or being in the driver’s seat on the track, pulling tractors is something that brings lots of great memories to the family. Similar to the Registered Holstein industry, the tractor pulling business works the same; from fair to fair, you pull against the same teams of people and look forward to seeing them again every summer. Derrek and Darren have also enjoyed coaching the Fond du Lac County 4-H dairy judging team the past three years, wanting to give back to a program that helped improve their juding and public speaking skills when they were younger. Additionally, Steve just finished a term serving on the Fond du Lac County Holstein Association Board as Vice President.

Faith, family and farming. Those are simply the aspects of life that the Kamphuis family finds great joy in. They are stewards of the land, live and work with their family and work tirelessly to develop excellent cow families that produce high quality milk all nestled on the great soils of Fond du Lac County.

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Junior Two Year Olds Ms Tangle-ET VG-85 2-03 305 44,299 3.4 1504 3.0 1319 5023 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ms Tatiana-ET VG-85 2-00 305 37,722 4.2 1597 3.2 1216 5017 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ever-Green-View Asbury VG-85 2-05 305 39,113 3.9 1485 3.2 1246 4909 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Peak-Paxton Tango 773-ET VG-86 2-05 305 39,606 3.7 1474 3.1 1227 4879 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ever-Green-View Edna-ET VG-85 2-04 305 44,306 3.2 1437 2.9 1277 4878 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Wiscit Sanchez Secret VG-88 2-04 305 30,123 3.9 1160 3.0 897 4327 pts.

UW-Platteville, Platteville Earglade Pepwind Roxy 4746 GP-83 1-10 305 34,765 3.3 1130 2.8 975 4239 pts.

Scott Pralle, Humbird

Senior Two Year Olds

Ever-Green-View Miss Anabel VG-87 2-06 305 39,934 5.0 2012 3.2 1267 5481 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ever-Green-View Another VG-85 2-06 305 38,075 4.0 1507 3.0 1124 4799 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

Junior Three Year Olds

Ever-Green-View Lainey-ET VG-88 3-04 305 45,805 4.1 1877 3.1 1426 5527 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

Kellercrest Mayfield Bette VG-87 3-05 305 44,070 4.3 1888 3.1 1358 5430 pts.

Kellercrest Reg. Holsteins, Inc., Mount Horeb

Broeks Jasmine-ET EX-92 4-06 305 57,078 4.0 2271 3.0 1645 6783.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

Ever-Green-View Ahoy EX-90 3-03 305 49,542 3.3 1636 3.0 1465 5371 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

EX-91 Broeks Adina 4-05 305 58,406 3.5 2032 2.7 1585 6454.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

Ever-Green-View Ell-ET VG-86 3-05 305 38,848 4.3 1628 3.3 1295 5091 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

Ever-Green-View Locivar EX-90 4-09 305 50,775 3.5 1729 2.8 1417 5951 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

Ever-Green-View Aplck-ET VG-87 3-05 305 37,279 3.9 1429 3.0 1108 4717 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

EX-90 Broeks Apple Crisp-ET 4-08 305 51,058 3.0 1514 3.1 1552 5871 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

D-J-G Airlift 976 EX-91 3-02 305 36,132 3.7 1336 2.9 1032 4652 pts.

Robyn & David Garfoot & Brad Jones, Mount Horeb

Ever-Green-View M BoPeep-ET EX-91 4-10 305 50,845 3.0 1545 2.8 1442 5824.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

Hilly-Valley Windbrook Mist VG-88 3-01 305 32,406 4.5 1449 3.0 963 4626 pts.

Jones Family Dairy LLC, Mount Horeb Hilly-Valley Casual Beauty EX-91 3-00 305 34,046 3.7 1246 2.7 922 4452 pts.

Jones Family Dairy LLC, Mount Horeb Hilly-Valley Shan Delite EX-90 3-00 305 34,423 3.5 1216 2.9 967 4443 pts.

Jones Family Dairy LLC, Mount Horeb

Senior Three Year Olds

Broeks Debbie-ET EX-91 3-07 305 49,438 4.4 2145 3.1 1501 5932 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ever-Green-View Engage EX-90 3-09 305 46,726 4.8 2250 3.0 1393 5899 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ever-Green-View Epsan-ET VG-89 3-11 305 56,536 3.2 1826 2.8 1598 5644 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Siemers Total-ET EX-90 3-06 305 46,678 4.0 1816 2.9 1353 5431 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ever-Green-View Eric-ET EX-90 3-09 305 47,962 3.5 1656 3.2 1524 5424 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Kellercrest Punch Lotus-ET VG-87 3-11 305 41,910 4.1 1701 2.9 1225 5110 pts.

Kellercrest Reg. Holsteins, Inc., Mount Horeb

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Four Year Olds

Wiscit Clark Monet VG-86 4-07 305 49,900 3.4 1632 2.8 1382 5694 pts.

UW-Platteville, Platteville Kellercrest Gilby Lorna VG-87 4-03 305 44,200 3.5 1563 2.8 1241 5516.5 pts.

Kellercrest Reg. Holsteins, Inc., Mount Horeb

Five Year Olds

Selz-Pralle Aftershock 3918 VG-88 5-11 305 64,930 3.7 2407 3.0 1943 7092.5 pts.

Selz-Pralle Dairy, Humbird Ever-Green-View Hiatus VG-87 5-00 305 57,796 3.3 1918 2.8 1619 6249.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ms Ryan-Crest Energize-ET EX-90 5-09 305 47,015 4.3 1998 3.0 1404 6207 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Broeks Elvimar-ET EX-90 5-11 305 55,892 3.3 1847 2.8 1547 6199 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ever-Green-View Elee EX-91 5-05 305 48,831 3.9 1882 3.0 1456 6175.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Farnear-Regan Talsa-ET EX-90 5-04 305 46,767 3.8 1773 3.0 1417 5995 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

Six to Nine Year Olds

Ever-Green-View Etax-ET EX-91 6-08 305 48,758 5.1 2492 3.1 1511 6840.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

Morningview Jeevs Jammin-ET EX-92 7-11 305 49,078 4.8 2361 3.1 1522 6750.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Ms Arjo-ET VG-87 6-04 305 55,447 4.0 2191 3.1 1708 6611.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Tramilda-N Eno-ET EX-91 7-10 305 48,767 4.5 2214 3.2 1540 6591.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo

ADVANCED REPRODUCTION SERVICES

Embryo Recovery • Embryo Transfer • Receive & Transfer IVF Embryos • Donor Housing 24/7 In Hospital Calving Surveillance with C-section Option

Broeks Analise VG-86 6-03 305 55,853 3.6 2017 2.9 1645 6342 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Duckett-Dyment DC Miracle EX-94 7-07 305 38,450 4.8 1849 3.4 1315 6094 pts.

Nicole Pralle, Humbird

10 Years & Older

Ms Eileen EX-92 10-08 305 43,123 3.8 1634 2.6 1115 5616.5 pts.

Thomas J. Kestell, Waldo Kellercrest Shottle Holly EX-90 10-08 305 29,380 3.5 1021 2.7 795 4621 pts.

Kellercrest Reg. Holsteins Inc., Mount Horeb

2017 Cover Contest

2nd Place: Annie McCullough, Juda

Thank you to all of our entrants for this year’s contest!

Watch future issues for information on the 2018 Cover Contest.

Entries will be due November 15 and can be submitted at anytime.

3rd Place: Joey Opsal, Blue Mounds wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/February 2018-13

From the Office Hello! I’m Mara and I’m your new Communications Associate. You got to read a little about me in my official release last month. I’m excited to join the team here at the Wisconsin Holstein Association.

I graduated from UW-Madison in winter 2013 with degrees in dairy science and life sciences communication. Before coming to WHA, I was at Sassy Cow Creamery, a farmstead milk bottling and ice cream plant, where I worked on the creamery side in sales and marketing, as well as retail store management. And if you’re wondering, yes, I was an expert ice cream taste tester. My career path since college has given me experience in a variety of fields and I’m looking forward to putting those skills to work with the association.

In my role, I’ll be working on a variety of projects including writing for the News, helping with show coordination, communication strategies, social media planning, event planning and promotion as well as assisting with the junior and royalty programs. I’ll also be serving on the publicity and promotions committee for the 2019 National Holstein Committee.

A project I’m excited to work on is our new WHY Lead youth

leadership event. This year the event, held March 24-25 at the Wintergreen Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, will focusing on agvocating and how to effectively communicate with the non-farming community to tell your dairy story. The program is geared toward 16 to 21-year-olds. Topics covered will be how to tackle hot button issues, how to agvovate on social media and in person. Watch the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association and WHA Facebook pages for the event and further details. And if you have a junior in your household on the age range, please share this with them!

Outside of my career, I work with my significant other Frank Behling on his 60-cow dairy, Wildweed Holsteins & Jerseys in Fox Lake.

Here, I manage calves and heifers as well as help with general farm tasks.

I do own a few Holsteins and Jerseys of my own that I enjoy showing and caring for. I don’t have a lot of free time outside of my career and farm work but in the little I do have I like baking, working with my blue heeler, going to rock concerts and trying out new local restaurants.

If you see me at any WHA function, please say “hi” and introduce yourself ! I’m looking forward to meeting you.

Cheers!

Mara Budde

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2018 Wisconsin Dairy Showcase Show Rules ANIMAL HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS/DAIRY CATTLE ALL CATTLE - Health requirements for the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase are the same as the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture’s requirements for intrastate movement of cattle.

Please visit the DATCP website for the most recent rules - https://datcp.wi.gov/ Documents/FairRulesAnimalHealth.pdf It is highly recommended that all animals shown at the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase be vaccinated for BVD according to your Veterinarian’s recommendations. It is also highly recommended that animals be tested for Persistently Infected (PI) BVD animals. This is a once in a lifetime test to insure that the animal is not a PI or shedder animal carrying the BVD Virus.

Cattle infected with ringworm, warts, or mange may not be exhibited unless the veterinarian in charge determines the ringworm lesions or warts are inactive and incapable of transmitting the disease. Any cattle found with ringworm, warts, mange or scab shall be removed from the premises of the show.

Show management is responsible for maintaining records of persons who have exhibited at the show and the identification of animals shown for 2 years. Acceptable forms of animal identification for breeding animals are (1) an official metal ear tag, (2) a breed registration number, or (3) a breed registration tattoo.

Junior Ownership: Junior exhibitors shall be in competition with Open Class Cattle.

To compete for junior awards the exhibitor shall not have passed his or her 21st birthday before January 1 of the year of the show. TO COMPETE FOR JUNIOR RIBBONS AND TROPHIES, ALL JUNIOR EXHIBITORS MUST HAVE THE ANIMAL’S OWNERSHIP REGISTERED OR TRANSFERRED BY THE RESPECTIVE BREED ORGANIZATION INTO THE INDIVIDUAL NAME OF THE JUNIOR EXHIBITOR ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1. TRANSFER APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE SHOW. Holstein USA’s Junior Leasing rules will be in affect at the Midwest National Spring Show. (For complete Junior Leasing rules, please see the Holstein USA website at www.holsteinusa.com) a. More than one Junior exhibitor may own an animal in partnership if the animal is exhibited by the partnership throughout the entire show season and the names of all Junior partners are listed on the registration certificate. Adult-Junior and family or farm partnerships are not acceptable. b. To be eligible to compete, entries must be shown by the Junior owner in all cases, except by prior written approval. Alternate leadsperson forms must be submitted to the Holstein Association representative by 5:00 p.m. the day before the show. If approved, another National Junior Holstein member the same age or younger must show the animal. Adults are not allowed to show, in any case. A leased animal may only be shown by the Junior lessee. c. Managerial projects may be exhibited in Open Class competition. However, they are not eligible for Junior awards. d. To be considered for Junior Awards, exhibitors must identify themselves as a qualified junior member upon check-in to show management. e. It is the responsibility of the Junior owner to prove ownership of animal by hard copy (on paper). f. According to Holstein Association USA’s National Junior Show Ring Policy, exhibitors must be a minimum of nine years old to participate.

Bred and Owned: An award will be given in all the female classes for the highest placing animal bred and solely owned by exhibitor. To be considered for Bred & Owned awards, one of the original owners must be listed as one of the current owners. Where a herd is registered in the names of different members of a family and where the herd is one unit, all entries may be considered as exhibits of one breeder.

Junior Bred and Owned: An award will be presented in all the female classes for the highest placing animal bred and solely owned by a junior exhibitor; the junior exhibitor must be leading the animal during the class as stated in the rules of Junior Ownership. To be eligible for Junior Bred & Owned, the name(s) listed as breeder and owner on the registration certificate must be the same. Adult-Junior partnerships are not acceptable.

Family unit or farm partnerships will not qualify for Bred & Owned awards unless all partners are Junior members and listed on the certificate under breeder and owner.

Production Awards: In all Holstein cow classes, except the Junior & Senior 2-Year-Olds, the cow with the highest 305 day milk production record will be recognized. The recognition will be based solely on total milk production without regard to the milking frequency or the testing program. Records should be entered on the entry form and verified at the time of check-in with an official machine printed test sheet or an official pedigree.

Best Udder: A Best Udder ribbon will be awarded in all milking cow classes. The Best Udder cow in each of the milking classes will compete to select the Best Udder Cow of the Show.

Premier Breeder Award: The breeder winning the most points on six (6) animals, all exhibited in the single classes, shall be designated Premier Breeder. No entry is required, and the winner of this award need not be an exhibitor at the show, or need not be the current owner of any of the point winning animals. In classes with ten or less animals, no more than two head per breeder will be counted toward premier points. In case of a tie, additional animals will be counted, one at a time, until the tie is broken. Breeder Defined: The owner of the dam at the time of service shall be considered the breeder of the animal.

Where a herd is registered in the names of different members of a family, and where the herd is one unit, all entries may be considered as exhibits of one breeder. Otherwise, when

animals are bred in partnership, each unique partnership is considered a unique breeder.

Premier Exhibitor Award: The exhibitor winning the most points on six (6) animals, all owned and exhibited in the single classes, shall be designated the Premier Exhibitor. All exhibitors will be eligible for this award, and no entry is required. In classes with ten or less animals, no more than two head per breeder will be counted toward premier points.

In case of a tie, additional animals will be counted, one at a time, until the tie is broken.

Exhibitor Defined: The exhibitor must be the owner. In case a herd is registered or bred in the names of different members of a family, residing on one farm or breeding establishment, and where the herd is one unit, all entries may be considered as a single exhibitor for all group classes and Premier Exhibitor. However, members of one family, where cattle are not housed as one unit, will not be considered as a single exhibitor. When animals are owned in partnership, each unique partnership is considered a unique exhibitor.

The point system for determining Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor Awards: Milking Females: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Junior Females: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 GENERAL RULES 1. All animals exhibited at the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase must be accompanied by the registration certificate or emailed copy from the respective breed association; no photocopies or confirmation letters will be accepted. If an animal is identified with Holstein Association USA eartags, two official eartags must be in the animal’s ears for entry to be accepted and allowed in showring. All animals exhibited must be Holstein Registered or Qualified by the Holstein Association USA, Inc. or registered with the Holstein Association of Canada with 87% or greater purity.

2. Ownership shall be established by the name listed on the registration certificate; or the presentation of the certificate of registration along with a completed transfer and the appropriate fee, which will be retained by a Holstein USA representative and forwarded to the Holstein Association USA, Inc. or US Jersey.

The Wisconsin Dairy Showcase show management and the Wisconsin Holstein Association Board of Directors reserve the final and absolute right to interpret the rules and regulations of the Shows and will settle and determine all matters, questions, or differences in regard thereto or otherwise arising out of, or in connection with the Shows. In the event a question arises concerning an animal’s age, show management may request that an individual registration certificate be checked at ringside.

HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION USA, INC. SHOW RING POLICY Showing cattle is an important part of promoting, merchandising and breeding Registered Holsteins for breeders and Holstein Association USA, Inc. It is also in the best interest of Registered Holstein breeders to maintain integrity and present a positive and progressive image of themselves and their cattle in the showring.

Holstein Association USA works cooperatively with the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association (PDCA), show management, exhibitors and judges to give encouragement, direction and uniformity to the National Holstein Show program.

I. ETHICS At all times, Registered Holsteins shall be treated in a humane manner and in accordance with dairy quality assurance practices so as to protect the health, safety and welfare of the livestock and the consuming public. No person shall present for exhibition or exhibit an animal which he or she knows, or has reason to suspect, is affected with or has been exposed to a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, illness or illegal or non-approved use of drugs, medication and/or prohibited substance or residue. The position of Holstein Association USA is that all animals presented for exhibition shall be in their natural conformation and structure, free of any alteration or modification caused by unethical fitting.

A. The following practices or procedures are considered unacceptable and defined as being fraudulent and/or unethical in the showing of Registered Holstein Cattle: 1. Misrepresenting the age and/or milking status of the animal for the class in which it is shown.

2. Treating the animal, particularly the udder, internally or externally: a. with an irritant or counter-irritant, b. using a device to artificially create or enhance the udder crease, c. using other substances as detected by testing that cause changes in the udderto artificially improve the conformation.

3. Surgery or unethical insertion of any matter under the skin or into body cavities, performed to change the natural contour or appearance of the animal’s body, though not to preclude practices required or involved in normal management.

4. Criticizing or interfering with the judge, show management, or other exhibitors while in the showring, or other conduct detrimental to the breed or the show.

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B. The following practices and procedures are considered to detract from the image of the showring when carried to excess and will be taken into consideration by the show judge in placing animals within a class: 1. Changing the natural color of the animal is prohibited. However, external applications of cosmetics that affect only appearance may be used, including by way of example hoof polishes and false switches.

2. The maximum allowable length of naturally growing hair anywhere on the topline is not to exceed 1½ inches. Exhibitors will be required to comply with this rule before the animal is allowed to enter the ring.

3. Addition of foreign objects, including but not limited to hair or hair substitutes (except for false switches), cloth or fiber, to change the natural contour or appearance of the animal’s body is prohibited.

4. Unsportsmanlike conduct by exhibitors.

5. Improper fitting practices such as overfilling and over-bagging.

6. Externally sealing the teat end with a preparation that does not harm the animal’s skin is permissible. Natural teat placement will be given preference over artificially positioned teats.

C. In keeping with the basic philosophy of Holstein Association USA, ethics are an individual responsibility of the owner of each animal shown. Violations of these policies are subject to the disciplinary provisions of the Association Bylaws.

1. The act of entering an animal in a National Holstein Show is the giving of consent by the owner, exhibitor, fitter and/or absolutely responsible person (hereinafter referred to as “Exhibitor”) for show management to obtain any specimens of urine, saliva, blood, milk or other substances from the animal to be used in testing. Materials may also be collected by ultrasound and photographic methods and by direct examination of animal.

2. The act of entering an animal in a National Holstein Show is the giving of consent by the owner, exhibitor, fitter and/or absolutely responsible person (the “Exhibitor”) to have disciplinary action for violation of this Showring Policy taken by show management, the state in which the show occurs, and/or Holstein Association USA without recourse.

WISCONSIN DAIRY SHOWCASE SHOW RING POLICY The following practices or procedures are unacceptable in the showing of Registered dairy cattle: 1. criticizing or interfering with the judge, show management or other exhibitors, or other conduct detrimental to the breed or show; 2. misrepresenting the age or ownership of an animal or the number of calvings and/or stage of lactation; 3. Surgically or unethically inserting any matter under the skin or into any body cavity to change the natural contour or appearance of the animal’s body is prohibited and is a violation of the showring policy and code of ethics. After 12 a.m. on the day in which an animal is to show, no administration of fluids by stomach pump is allowed, unless show management is notified, deemed therapeutically necessary, and is done under supervision of a Veterinarian.

4. balancing the udder by any means other than by leaving naturally produced milk in any or all quarters; 5. treating the udder internally with an irritant, counter-irritant, or any other substance to temporarily improve conformation; 6. overfilling or overbagging of udders; 7. treating the udder externally with an irritant, counterirritant, or any other substance to temporarily improve conformation (allowable practices/substances include sealing and setting teats, but not shrinking/shortening of teats); 8. Treating the animal, particularly the udder, internally or externally, with an irritant or counter-irritant, or other substance to artificially improve the confirmation (this is to include any external pressure applied to the udder crease to artificially enhance it, i.e. roping).

9. administering epidural anesthesia (blocking tails) and/or applying any irritant either externally or internally to the perineal (rectum and vagina) area; 10. inserting foreign material/articles under the skin, into the topline or on the feet (Administration of acceptable medications is permitted.); 11. performing surgery of any kind to change the natural contour of appearance of the animal’s body, hide or hair. Not included is the removal of warts, teats and horns, clipping and dressing of hair and trimming of hooves; 12. draining fluid from hocks unless authorized by a veterinarian at the show.

13. Excessive manipulation of hair and/or the use of any hair not naturally attached to the animal or the use of any substance or material which is intended to resemble or imitate hair. We will follow the rules and guidelines set forth by World Dairy Expo.

14. mistreatment of animals; 15. any un-sportsmanshiplike conduct during the event.

MONITORING PROCEDURES The Ethics Committee, as defined below, shall have the authority to inspect all animals to determine if violations of Wisconsin Dairy Showcase Show Ring Policy have occurred. To help in this regard, the Ethics Committee has the authority to perform and review results of the following: 1. An ultrasound examination of the udder of selected animals immediately upon

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completion of respective milking class competition. It shall be the exhibitor’s responsibility to deliver selected cow to the designated testing area. Within a reasonable time following said testing, the ultrasound official shall submit his/her report to the WI Holstein Association. If an animal fails to show up for ultrasounding with a full udder, show placings will be revoked and reported to All-American contest officials for the appropriate breed.

2. a milk out of any individual cow and/or 3. the collection and testing of any of the animal’s body fluids and/or 4. the use of any other technology that may be useful in determining if a violation in any animal based on placement, random selection, or suspect characteristics.

5. The Ethics Committee or show management may, at any time, require the delivery to them of any hair samples or hypodermic syringe, needle, or other device, swabs, cloths, or other material, or samples or any medicine, preparation, or substance, whether in liquid or other form, in the possession or control of exhibitor, fitters, agents or person acting on behalf of the exhibitor for laboratory analysis.

ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES 1. Show management shall appoint an Ethics Committee to monitor violations at the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase. The Ethics Committee will be on the grounds for all shows.

2. Complaints of alleged violations must be presented to the Show Chairman or a member of the show management of the respective show immediately, except ultrasound results as noted above.

3. If it is suspected that a violation will occur if an animal is shown the exhibitor will be informed by show managment that the showing of that animal may result in a violation of the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase Show Ring Policy. If the exhibitor decides not to show that animal, no violation will have occurred.

4. All complaints of alleged violations (as is designated in Enforcement Procedure point #2) received by the Show Chairman or a member of the show management must be presented to the Wisconsin Holstein Association for review by the Ethics Committee within five (5) days of receiving notice of alleged violations, with the Ethics Committee to make a decision on the violations within ten (10) days of receiving such notice.

5. The show managment coordinator will notify the accused exhibitor immediately of the Ethics Committee decision that a violation has occurred and all the supportive evidence will be shared with the exhibitor. Within thirty (30) days Wisconsin Dairy Showcase Show Committee shall review the findings from the Ethics Committee and make a recommendation to the Wisconsin Holstein Association Board of Directors of the disciplinary action. The exhibitor will be able to participate in the Show Committee meeting. The Wisconsin Holstein Association Board of Directors shall meet on the same day to review the findings from the Ethics Committee, recommendations from the Show Committee and hear any presentation the exhibitor wishes to present.

6. The accused exhibitor must notify Wisconsin Holstein Association within seven (7) days of receiving the violation notice of their intent to participate in the Show Committee meeting and/or the Wisconsin Holstein Association Board of Directors meeting, which is set for reviewing the evidence of the alleged violation(s) and the disciplinary action to be taken.

7. If the alleged violator is found in violation of the Wisconsin Holstein Association Show Ring Policy, the Wisconsin Holstein Association Board of Directors, at its discretion may pass onto the violator(s) its costs associated with the violations, enforcement and review of violation(s).

Cost associated with the review and/or appeals process must be paid in full; if this assessment is not paid in full the violator(s) will not be in “good standing” with the Wisconsin Holstein Association and therefore be denied any and all membership benefits of the association (voting, showing, etc.).

8. Wisconsin Holstein Association Board of Directors &/or the Show Committee may consider previous violations by an exhibitor in their decision of disciplinary action. (see*) 9. An animal found in violation of the Wisconsin Holstein Association Show Ring Policy will receive no premium monies or awards or placing(s).

10. During this entire process the Directors of the Wisconsin Holstein Association Board, the Ethics Committee, the Show Committee, its staff and members will not be obligated to maintain confidentiality.

Violations Penalties (Penalties for violations at the Wisconsin Holstein Association sponsored shows.) i. 1st Offense - a minimum of one year probation to a maximum of one year suspension for the animal(s), owner(s), and/or fitter(s) or their representatives either individually and/or a combination thereof from all Wisconsin Holstein Assoc. state sponsored shows. ii. 2nd Offense - minimum one year suspension to a maximum of three years suspension for the animal(s), owner(s), and/or fitter(s) or their representatives either individually and/or combination thereof from all Wisconsin Holstein Assoc. state sponsored shows. iii. 3rd Offense - minimum of five years suspension to a maximum of barred for life for the animal(s), owner(s), and/or fitter(s) or their representatives either individually and/or combination thereof from all Wisconsin Holstein Assoc. state sponsored shows. *Violations prior to 1/1/2004 shall not apply; any violations after 1/1/2004 shall be cumulative.

2018 Wisconsin Dairy Showcase Entry Form 2018 Jersey Spring Show April 27, 2018 • 10:00 a.m.

2018 Red & White Spring Show April 27, 2018 • 10:00 a.m.

2018 Midwest Spring National Show April 28, 2018 • 8:30 a.m.

ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER, MADISON, WI

Entry Fee Schedule $30.00/entry if made online or postmarked on or before 4/1/18 $50/entry if made online or postmarked 4/2/18 to 4/14/18 (may not be listed in the show book) $100/entry if made online or postmarked after 4/14/18 (will not be listed in the show book) Online entry system will be available after March 1 - www.wisholsteins.com; Mail entries to: WI Holstein Association, 902 8th Avenue, Baraboo, WI 53913 All entries must be accompanied by full entry fees to be considered an entry late fees will apply to those entries without proper entry fees.

Standard Agreement for Owners to exhibit at Wisconsin Dairy Showcase Must be signed and accompany a WI Holstein Show Entry Form I agree I am personally responsible for the care, welfare, and condition of my animals during the period of the Show. I acknowledge that I am responsible for my own actions and failures to act and for the actions and failure to act of all of my employees and anyone else who assists me with the fitting, care, and show preparation of my animals.

I promise that I will abide by the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase Show Ring Rules and the Show Ring Policy and Enforcement Procedures for dairy cattle, and any other show rules and regulations. I will also ensure that all of my employees, agents, contractors and others who assist me with the fitting, care, and show preparation of the animals comply with the same requirements. I understand that a failure to adhere to such requirements could result in disciplinary measures including possible suspension or ban of me, my employees and helpers, the animal(s), the owner and/or the exhibitor of the animal(s) from the Show and future Shows and the public reporting of disciplinary action, including to any association registering purebred livestock.

I release and agree to hold the Show, the Show organizers and its officials, directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, and volunteers (collectively the “Show organizers”) harmless from any action taken under this agreement, the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase Show Ring Rules and the Show Ring Policy and Enforcement Procedures and any other Show rules and regulations, and release the Show organizers from and against any injury, damage or loss suffered during or in connection with the Show, whether or not such injury, damage or loss resulted from or was contributed to, directly or indirectly, by the acts or omissions of the Show organizers.

The undersigned further certifies that: a. any animal entered is not currently barred from showing at any future dairy show in North America; and b. no owner of the entered animal, whether direct or indirect, is currently barred from showing any other animal at any future dairy show in North America; and c. that he/she will not knowingly employ any fitters or agents to represent him/her or his/her animal(s) that may be barred from any dairy show in North America.

I HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THE Standard Agreement for Owners to exhibit at the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase.

Date _______________________

Premise ID # _______________________

Name of Owner/Exhibitor ________________________________________ Phone ________________________ Email ___________________________ Full Address ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ SIGNATURE OF OWNER OR OWNER’S AGENT:

____________________________________________________ Stalling Request: ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________

*Must be signed and dated with full entry fee for entry to be eligible for show.

WI DAIRY SHOWCASE CLASSES To make an entry, indicate the breed and class number. For example: J-1, H-1 or R-1.

1. Winter Calf - born Dec. 1, 2017 - Feb. 28, 2018 2. Fall Calf - born Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2017 3. Summer Yearling - born June 1 - August 31, 2017 4. Spring Yearling - born March 1 - May 31, 2017 5. Winter Yearling - born Dec. 1, 2016 - Feb. 28, 2017 6. Fall Yearling - born Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2016 7. Junior & Reserve Junior Champion (Junior Show) 8. Junior & Reserve Junior Champion (Open Show) 9. Junior Best Three Females (Fall Yearling & under, animals must be shown in their individual classes. All must be bred by the exhibitor & at least one owned, solely or in partnership, by exhibitor. Each exhibitor limited to one entry.)

10. Unfreshened 2-Year-Old born March 1 - August 31, 2016 11. Junior 2-Year-Old Cow born March 1 - August 31, 2016 (must be fresh) 12. Senior 2-Year-Old Cow born September 1, 2015 - February 29, 2016 13. Junior 3-Year-Old Cow born March 1 - August 31, 2015 14. Senior 3-Year-Old Cow born September 1, 2014 - February 28, 2015 15. Intermediate Champion & Reserve Intermediate Champion Female (Open Show) 16. Four Year Old Cow born September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2014 17. Five Year Old Cow born September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2013 18. Six Year Old and Older Cow born before September 1, 2012 19. Production Cow Class (Must bring proof of production to check-in; cows may only be switched from another milking cow class to this class with additional paid entry fee. Holstein cows must have 150,000 pounds lifetime. Red & White cows must have 125,000 pounds lifetime. Jersey cows must have a minimum of 10,000 pounds cheese yield and meet current breed average component levels of 4.8% Fat and 3.65% Protein)

20. Champion Bred & Owned of the Junior Show 21. Senior & Reserve Senior Champion Female* (Junior Show) 22. Grand & Reserve Grand Champion Female* (Junior Show) 23. Best Udder of Show* 24. Champion Bred & Owned of the Show* 25. Senior & Reserve Senior Champion Female* (Open Show) 26. Grand & Reserve Grand Champion Female* (Open Show) 27. Best Three Females 28. Produce of Dam 29. Dam & Offspring 30. Premier Breeder* 31. Premier Exhibitor* 32. State Herd (6 animals earning points as in Premier Breeder/Exhibitor)

For questions in regards to Holstein group classes, please consult Holstein USA’s National Show program. Jersey Show management reserves the right to cancel any classes due to lack of participation.

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NAME ____________________________________________________ FARM NAME ___________________________________________ ADDRESS ________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP _______________________________________

Breed-Class #

________ Animal’s Name_______________________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth ____________________ Reg. #: __________________________ Tattoo #(if applicable): ___________________________ Sire: ____________________________________________________

Dam: __________________________________________________

Exhibited by:_________________________________ Production Record (305 days or less): ________________________________________ Please check if applicable: ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Shown & Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Shown & Leased Breed-Class #

________ Animal’s Name_______________________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth ____________________ Reg. #: __________________________ Tattoo #(if applicable): ___________________________ Sire: ____________________________________________________

Dam: __________________________________________________

Exhibited by:_________________________________ Production Record (305 days or less): ________________________________________ Please check if applicable: ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Shown & Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Shown & Leased Breed-Class #

________ Animal’s Name_______________________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth ____________________ Reg. #: __________________________ Tattoo #(if applicable): ___________________________ Sire: ____________________________________________________

Dam: __________________________________________________

Exhibited by:_________________________________ Production Record (305 days or less): ________________________________________ Please check if applicable: ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Shown & Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Shown & Leased Breed-Class #

________ Animal’s Name_______________________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth ____________________ Reg. #: __________________________ Tattoo #(if applicable): ___________________________ Sire: ____________________________________________________

Dam: __________________________________________________

Exhibited by:_________________________________ Production Record (305 days or less): ________________________________________ Please check if applicable: ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Shown & Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Shown & Leased

WI Junior Holstein Member Agreement The purpose of this organization is to encourage youth to promote the Registered Holstein industry. The Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association is open to membership for those persons under the age of 21 as of January 1st of the membership year. To be eligible for membership, all applicants must sign this agreement and agree to abide by the rules hereinafter set forth. Failure to honor any of these rules may subject the junior member to immediate revocation of membership status, including the opportunity of participation in WI Holstein Association sanctioned activities and events. For those members that turn 21 during their last year of junior membership, they may continue to receive junior recognition at Wisconsin Holstein Association shows through the duration of the WI Championship Show if their 21st birthday occurs before said show.

The following rules shall apply to all junior members: 1. Use or possession of any alcoholic beverage, whether or not in connection with an Association event, is strictly prohibited for anyone under the age of 21.

Controlled substances are strictly prohibited by anyone.

2. No member shall engage in any behavior prohibited by state statute, local ordinance or Board Policy (which shall include, but is not limited to vandalism, theft, truancy, assault, threats to personal safety or property and flagrant misconduct).

3. Members, at all times, shall demonstrate good citizenship and recognize the value of setting and adhering to the highest standards of conduct and performance.

4. At all Association sponsored functions, activities and trips, the rules of conduct specified by adult chaperones and advisors shall be at all times observed by members.

5. All members shall recognize the right of the Wisconsin Holstein Association’s Junior Activities Committee, the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Holstein Association and its staff, adult advisors and chaperones to have the authority to enforce the rules as established and authorized herein. Members and/ or their parents/guardian shall accept any financial responsibility for the enforcement of the provisions herein.

6. For the purposes of the observance of the rules of membership herein, there is established a Board which shall consist of the WHA Staff, WHA Board of Directors and the WHA Junior Activities Committee. The purpose of this Board shall be to oversee the fair application of the rules of membership and afford the right of due process. A member of this Board must be contacted while the violation is occurring. If they cannot be reached, concrete proof must be provided against the accused. Pictures help but are not concrete proof of violation. If applicable, the accuser must be willing to provide information in support of a claim that a member has violated this policy.

Due process shall be afforded by: Explaining the evidence against the member, giving the member an opportunity to explain his/her version of the facts, thereafter, it is a matter of discretion by the Board whether to have the accuser/observer summoned and whether to permit cross examination of said individuals. The following procedure is in place if it is determined that a member has violated the alcohol and controlled substance policy: 1. 1st warning, written and verbal, with privileges taken away. The severity of the privileges revoked will be decided by the Board mentioned above.

2. 2nd offense will be looked at by the WHA Board with membership revocation. ( Junior membership reinstatement may be requested after revocation of membership by meeting with the WHA Board of Directors) I have read and discussed the above rules and agree to accept and faithfully abide by them as a member of the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association.

Junior Name: (please Print): _________________________________________ Junior Signature: __________________________________________________ Parent or Guardian of Junior Member

Date: _____________________

Signature: _______________________________________________________ This Agreement must be signed by all junior members in order to participate in Wisconsin Holstein Association sponsored shows & activities.

**A signed & dated Standard Agreement for Owners to Exhibit at Wisconsin Holstein Association Sponsored Show must accompany this entry blank.

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A-B-lane Farm - 100 years old in 2018! a 5 generation dairy farm our first homebred Excellent cow, A-B-lane Zircon Sondra EX-90 2E

A-B-Lane Farm Registered Black & White and Red & White Holsteins

terry, Janice, todd, Kara, Jared & Macie Abraham W6431 State Road 67, Plymouth, WI 53073 • 920-892-7602

District 10 breeders Manitowoc Winnebago

Calumet

Fond du Lac

Sheboygan

District 10 breeders Manitowoc Winnebago

Calumet

Fond du Lac

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District 10 breeders Manitowoc Winnebago

Calumet

Fond du Lac

Sheboygan

2017 Spirit Award 1st Junior Dairy Bowl Manitowoc/Calumet 1 - Lauren Siemers, Brianna Meyer, Clarissa Ulness & Garrett Ulness

4th Senior Dairy Bowl Outagamie/Calumet - Brandon Biese, Summer Henschel, Alyssa Seitz & Morgan Seitz

Junior Dairy Bowl Manitowoc/Calumet 2 - Whitney Ulness, Austin Meyer, Eli Staudinger & Ethan Staudinger

Rookie Dairy Bowl Abby Meyer

Dairy Jeopardy 1st Junior - Brianna Meyer 1st Intermediate - Lauren Siemers 1st Senior - Jake Siemers 3rd Senior - Summer Henschel

Essay Contest 3rd Junior - Lauren Siemers

Farm Trip Award - Summer Henschel Junior Progressive Breeder - Clarissa Ulness Advertising Contest 3rd Junior - Lauren Siemers

Folding Display Contest 1st Intermediate & People’s Choice - Lauren Siemers

Photography Contest 3rd Junior, Animals - Lauren Siemers

Dairy Bowl Seating Exam 3rd top score, Junior contest - Clarissa Ulness

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District 10 Report Watch for your chance to advertise & promote your county association in future issues. The April issue will feature District 4 - Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Taylor & Wood counties.

District 10 breeders Manitowoc Winnebago

Calumet

Fond du Lac

Calumet County

Sheboygan

2017 Adult Membership: 30; Jr. Membership: 13 Adult Association officers - President: Jeff Brantmeier; Vice President: Larry Meyer; Secretary: Adam Faust; Treasurer: Adam Schnell; Junior advisors: Larry & Jennifer Meyer.

The Calumet County Holstein Breeders (CCHB) closed 2017 with a sense of accomplishment for our many successes and celebrations during our 100 year anniversary as an organization. Highlighting the year was serving as hosts of the 2017 Wisconsin Holstein Convention held February 24-25, 2017 at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. The convention theme was “Shining Legacy...

Bright Future”. The rich history of the Calumet County dairy industry was showcased with a historical display present in the very popular “Dairy Bar”. Convention attendees witnessed a well-run sale on Friday night. Saturday morning’s very popular roundtable discussion was well attended, followed by a productive business meeting. The luncheon on Saturday recognized shining stars of the WJHA and WHA. The farm tours to Hilrose Dairy LLC and Fer-Crest were well received. Members participated in a fun signmaking workshop. The convention was capped off with the annual banquet. The CCHB would like to thank all the sponsors and convention attendees for your participation in the 2017 WHA Convention. We truly enjoyed hosting the 2017 convention.

Additional 100-year activities included having the CCHB chosen as the feature exhibit at the 2017 Calumet County Fair. The CCHB historical display premiered at the 2017 WHA Convention was recreated for the fair display. September 29, 1917 was the charter meeting date of the CCHB. One hundred years later on Friday.

September 29, 2017, the CCHB hosted a 100-year Anniversary Celebration. Over 50+ members and friends of CCHB gathered to reminisce and applaud the history of CCHB. Mike Austin, wellknown TV/Radio agriculture newscaster from Green Bay served as the emcee. Former CCHB President Joe Juckem, age 96, reflected on the organization’s successes in the 1930-1970s. Joe Brantmeier spoke of his CCHB memories from the 1960s through 2017.

Calumet County hosted the 2017 District 10 Holstein Show at the Calumet County Fairgrounds in Chilton. 140 head of beautiful Holsteins from District 10 paraded through the ring.

The annual June Dairy Month “Sundae on a Dairy Farm” promotion was held at Faust Family Farm, Chilton, on Sunday, June 25.

Owner Adam Faust is a member of CCHB. Attendance was at 2000+ people. The Calumet County Holstein Breeders are one of the main sponsors.

Calumet County Juniors continue to shine in local, county, state and national Holstein activities. Brianna Meyer, Chilton, represented WJHA in the speaking contest at the 2017 National Junior Holstein Convention in Washington. Our organization is thrilled with the tremendous success Brianna achieved at the convention as she was named the Intermediate Speaking Contest winner.

Our adult and junior members exhibited at the Calumet County Fair, District Show, the Wisconsin Championship Show, Wisconsin State Fair and World Dairy Expo. Our juniors who exhibited at the Wisconsin State Fair Junior Dairy Show had great success. We wish all of our Calumet County juniors the best in the many opportunities they chose to participate in within the dairy industry.

Our third annual Calumet County CP Feeds 3-Year-Old Futurity was held on September 3 in conjunction with the Calumet County Fair. Seventeen 3-year-olds were paraded in front of an audience of 500+ attendees at the CP Feeds Futurity. Winning the 2017 highly competitive 3-year-old Futurity was Hilrose Atwood Portrait-ET, exhibited by Hilrose Dairy LLC, the Brantmeier Family, Sherwood.

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September 2, 2018. The Calumet County Fair is held Labor Day weekend. The Holstein Breeders coordinate the trophy sponsors for dairy classes and provide financial assistance. In 2017, the Calumet County Holstein Breeders donated over $5000 in contributions to dairy related activities at the county and state level.

2018 has started off with much fanfare. Several of our CCHB junior members attended the 2018 Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention on January 5-7. Several juniors came home with awards placing in several contests including Brianna Meyer being a member of the Manitowoc/Calumet Junior Dairy Bowl team that won the state contest. The dairy bowl team advances to the National Holstein Convention in Michigan where they will represent Wisconsin in the national dairy bowl contest.

The 2018 CCHB Annual Meeting was held on January 12.

Successes were celebrated and plans were made for 2018 CCHB activities. CCHB members voted to make a donation to the 2019 National Holstein Convention giving CCHB a Copper Sponsorship status. Plans were discussed to invite 2019 National Holstein Convention attendees to tour CCHB member’s herds in Calumet County during the convention.

Fond du Lac County

2017 Adult Membership: 88; Jr. Membership: 38 Adult Association officers - President: Sarah Loehr; Vice President: Steve Kamphuis; Secretary: Kelly Rickert; Treasurer: Lorna Bock; Directors: Scott Felten, Chris Kramer & Brandy Westphal.

Junior Association officers - President: Darren Kamphuis; Vice President: Matthew Kramer; Vice President: Rachel Bock; Secretary: Kalista Hodorff; Treasurer: Kaianne Hodorff; Directors: Britney Boelk and Emily Stumpf.

The Fond du Lac County Holstein Association began their year with the annual banquet in January. Richard Julka was recognized with the Distinguished Service Award for his dedication to the county Holstein Futurity and Kelly Rickert and Brandy Westphal were elected to fill board positions vacated by retiring board members Joseta Halbur and Kurt Loehr. In February, several members headed to Appleton for the Wisconsin Holstein Convention hosted by Calumet County. FdL County member Kevin Jorgensen was reelected to WHA Board President.

In July, the county hosted its annual Holstein Futurity in conjunction with the Fond du Lac County Fair. Topping the 2-Year-Old class of 18 cows was Ryan-Vu Armani Design-Red exhibited by Mark & Chad Ryan. Five 5-Year-Olds showed, with the winning entry BellaRidge Gin Blossom, exhibited by Kamphuis Farms.

The 72nd Fond du Lac County Holstein Classic was held on September 26, 2017 and wrapped up with an average of $2398. High seller for the evening was Mystik-Kreek ATW Holiday-ET *RC, VG-85, consigned by Tom Bresser of Amity-Breeze Holsteins and was purchased by Andy & Sarah Lenkaitis, St. Charles, IL for $3500.

Special thanks go to Rick & Paula Bovre for their management and continued support of the sale.

The county is looking forward to hosting a twilight meeting again in 2018. It will be held on August 23, and will be hosted by Felten Farms of St. Cloud. The have recently built a new DeLaval robotic milking system and are looking forward to hosting visitors for the evening.

The Fond du Lac County Junior Holstein Association started 2017 with a bang at the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention in Wisconsin Dells. We had two dairy bowl teams and multiple award winners including 12 & Under awards and YDJM. Matthew Kramer and Kalista Hodorff both received a DJM award. In addition, Kati Kindschuh completed her reign as the Wisconsin Holstein Princess at the convention. The kids also surprised Joseta with a WHY Friend Award which was greatly deserved for her hard work and dedication.

January began our year of activities. We attended the Fond du Lac County Holstein Breeders banquet, where we gave a report on what had happened in the junior association in the last year. Furthermore, Kati Kindschuh was recognized as our Outstanding Member.

In March, we started our “Milk Scarlet” dairy promotion campaign at the Fond du Lac Area Ag Showcase. We also hosted a bowling party to recruit new members and do some planning for the year. In May,

the Junior Association hosted a fitting and showing workshop at Second Look Holsteins. We want to thank the Hodorff family and all those involved, for helping plan and coordinate a great event! Later that month, a few members headed to Cow Camp in Ferryville. Next up were showmanship contests at District 10 Holstein Show in Chilton, then two dairy breakfasts where Scarlett was in attendance.

New this year, at the Fond du Lac County Fair, we hosted a bean bag toss tournament that had a great turn out! In addition, Scarlett was at the Fond du Lac County Fair. Later in the summer, was the Wisconsin State Championship show, where multiple members competed in a variety of events, such as showmanship. In September, Scarlet attended the Fond du Lac County Children’s Museum for dairy day. September also brought us the Fond du Lac County Classic, where the juniors run the foodstand at the Great Northern Sales Arena. We want to thank Rick and Paula for their continued support!

In September, we started on award forms and a dairy bowl workshop to recruit more participation. Regular dairy bowl practices returned throughout November and December to prepare for convention. We were also selling raffle tickets for the state calf raffle.

Special thanks to all members who purchased tickets! Our association makes $1/ticket back to our funds so the support is greatly appreciated. 2017 was certainly a year of growth and learning. Our membership is growing and our future looks fun and bright!

Manitowoc County

2017 Adult Membership: 75; Jr. Membership: 37 Adult Association officers - President: Matt Cracraft; Vice President: Mitch Kappelman; Secretary: Amanda Knoener; Treasurer: James Lepich; Directors: Josh Krahn, Amy Vos, Jason Miller, Angie Ulness and Vanna Leichtfuss.

Manitowoc/Calumet Junior Association officers - President: Lauren Siemers; Vice President: Clarissa Ulness; Secretary: Brianna Meyer; Treasurer: Austin Meyer; Reporter: Whitney Ulness; Junior Advisor: Amanda Smith.

Manitowoc/Calumet County Junior Holstein Association has had a very exciting year! We had very active participation at Spring Show, District 10 Show, State Show, Junior State Fair, county fairs, and even World Dairy Expo! We also had several members compete at the National Holstein Convention in Bellevue, Washington, where Brianna Meyer placed first in the intermediate speaking contest, Jordan Siemers won the senior jeopardy contest, and Clarissa Ulness placed fourth in the junior jeopardy contest.

At the Manitowoc County Fair, the Junior Holstein Association had a very successful showmanship clinic and we have plans to make this an annual event open to all youth.

At the recent Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention, the Manitowoc/Calumet junior dairy bowl team comprised of Brianna Meyer, Garrett Ulness, Clarissa Ulness, and Lauren Siemers earned first place and will be competing at the 2018 National Holstein Convention in Traverse City, Michigan. Winning senior, intermediate, and junior jeopardy at the state contest were Jake Siemers, Lauren Siemers, and Brianna Meyer, respectively. Lauren Siemers also won the Intermediate Folding Display contest. We are very proud of our Manitowoc/Calumet juniors!

The 18th annual Sheboygan County Holstein Futurity was held September 3, 2017, during the Sheboygan County Fair. We had a total of 33 animals shown. Serving as the official judge that afternoon was Kevin Jorgensen. Top 5 animals were, 1st Place: Lyn-Vale Brokaw Bellatorae owned by William Schultz III; 2nd Place: Lyn-Vale GW Atwood Martha owned by William Schultz III; 3rd Place: MissionBell Pitbull Oneida owned by Mission-Bell Dairy; 4th Place: MissionBell Chelios Dahlia owned by Mission-Bell Dairy; 5th Place: RedBrae Lucifer Kylie owned by Brady Bleck. Congratulations to all our exhibitors.

The annual meeting was held in December with new officers elected.

The Sheboygan County Junior Holstein Association had another busy and exciting year. Over 40 Sheboygan County juniors and their families recently attended the 2018 Junior Holstein Convention at the Holiday Inn in Stevens Point. Some of the activities we participated in included dairy jeopardy, dairy quiz bowl, folding display contest, advertising contest, photography contest, and drawing and painting contest. The Sheboygan County Junior Dairy Bowl team placed fifth overall and Jared Abraham had the highest score on the junior Dairy Bowl seating exam.

This past year was also a very successful year for the Sheboygan County juniors both in the show ring and at dairy judging contests.

All ages of youth exhibited at district and state show, state and county fair and on the colored shavings at World Dairy Expo. Some of the highlights were Ava Booth placing third in the Junior Showmanship contest at World Dairy Expo. Also, Elise Bleck was the top individual overall and won oral reasons at the North American International Livestock Exposition dairy judging contest in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Sheboygan County juniors also participated in fundraising opportunities throughout the year. First was the Wisconsin Holstein Association Junior Calf Raffle fundraiser. All families sold at least four packs of tickets in order to earn funds to attend the junior convention. Thank you to Sandy Valley Farms of Scandinavia for making this opportunity possible. The junior association also provided volunteers to work the county fair races fundraiser along with the adult association.

Finally, the Sheboygan County Junior Holstein Association is excited to host the 2019 Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention at the Blue Harbor Resort and Conference Center located on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. The theme for the convention is “Sailing to Sheboygan in 2019” and the dates are Friday, January 4-Sunday, January 6. We would like to invite everyone to attend the convention and celebrate the accomplishments of the outstanding and talented Wisconsin Junior Holstein Members.

Sheboygan County

2017 Adult Membership: 70; Jr. Membership: 37 Adult Association officers - President: Luke Gartman; Vice President: Bryan Mauk; Secretary: Kara Abraham; Treasurer: Katie Ulezelski; Directors: John Helmer, Adam Huibregtse, Jerry Jens, Robert Schuricht & Chris Widder.

Junior Association officers - President: Sarah Henschel; Vice President: Holly Obbereich; Secretary: Campbell Booth; Treasurer: Jared Abraham; Historian: Macie Abraham; Directors: Brady Bleck & Ava Booth.

The Sheboygan County Holstein Breeders had another successful year. This past May the adult association worked at the Plymouth Dirt Track Races in the concession stands to help support our Sheboygan County Dairy Youth (scholarships, funding for trips, etc.). The summer was filled with many members showing at the district and state shows.

Winnebago County

2017 Adult Membership: 22; Jr. Membership: 12 Adult Association officers - President: Joe Hughes; Vice President: Josh Silverthorn; Secretary: Michael Bradley; Treasurer: Cathy Silverthorn; Junior Advisor: Mary Bradley.

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Your Summer Anthem!

Headed to the River Falls Falcon Premier Sale on Saturday, March 3...

HELMERS CORVETTE ANTHEM ~ potential Junior 2-year-old for late summer and fall, due in mid-July to Mr Big

Her dams: Helmers Dorcy Amber, VG-85 (pictured) x Helmers Alexander Ava EX-90 Don’t miss this fantastic heifer with loads of show potential!

District 10 breeders Manitowoc Winnebago

THE HElMERS

Calumet

Fond du Lac

Sheboygan

John, Lynn, Bill, Judy, Erica & Andy N6325 State Hwy. 67, Plymouth, WI 53073 920-946-0929 BAA: 107.0% RHA: 28,749M 3.6 1034F 3.2 919P

National Dairy Shrine Award Applications due March 15

Denmark, Wis.: National Dairy Shrine is again seeking nominations for its most prestigious awards: Guest of Honor, Pioneer, Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder, Progressive Commercial Dairy Manager, and Graduate Production Award.

The Guest of Honor is given to a contemporary dairy leader for outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the dairy industry.

It has been awarded every year since 1949 when Dean H. Kildee was named the first Guest of Honor. Also each year, three to four living or deceased Pioneers of the dairy industry are honored by National Dairy Shrine for their service and leadership in the dairy industry. Meanwhile, the Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder is an award which recognizes active, progressive dairy producers who, through their expertise in managing a dairy breeding herd based upon sound genetics and business principles, serve as a model of success for fellow breeders throughout the country. All these award winners’ accomplishments are on permanent display in the National Dairy Hall of Fame at the National Dairy Shrine Museum in Fort Atkinson, Wis. The Progressive Commercial Dairy Manager recognition is given to producers ages 21 to 50 who have introduced and applied effective management and business practices that help achieve more profitable dairy businesses, as well as contributing leadership to dairy organizations. The Graduate Dairy Production Award recognizes and assists qualified two-year and four-year agricultural college graduates efforts to pursue a career in commercial dairy farming and to gain ownership of dairy cattle with the intent of growing their dairy herd.

The applicant must be employed in a herd management role on a commercial dairy when completing the award application. The winner will receive a $2,500 award from National Dairy Shrine.

Nominations or applications must be submitted on official forms

by March 15. If you know someone who should be nominated for these awards, please visit the NDS website at www.dairyshrine.org and click on “Adult Awards” to view a complete listing of each award form. Then you can download the application for the respective award desired.

District 10 breeders Manitowoc Winnebago

Calumet

Fond du Lac

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Wisconsin Holstein Young Adult Members Trent-Way Genetics, Trent & Kelsey Hendrickson

by Jill Seiler, WHA Summer Intern Amongst the rolling hills of Southwest Wisconsin, two young breeders are making a name for themselves. Trent and Kelsey Hendrickson of Trent-Way Genetics near Blanchardville are busy at work creating a herd that they are proud to walk in the barn to.

“We want our cows to produce a lot of milk, but our goal isn’t to do everything possible to achieve high production. We want a wellbalanced cow that breeds back right away,” Trent said.

In the six years that Trent-Way has been in operation, the herd has grown dramatically. After graduating from UW-Platteville with dairy science degrees, Trent and Kelsey began their herd with 50 animals from Trent’s parents at Jeffrey-Way Holsteins. That small herd has grown to the 150 milking cows currently on the operation.

To accommodate such a rapidly expanding farm, the Hendricksons built a 110-cow freestall barn in the spring of 2017. This barn is home to several recipient cows as well as larger-framed show cows and is in addition to the 30-cow tie-stall barn down the hill where all of the animals are milked.

The farm also has 300 head of youngstock that it cares for. Along with replacement heifers, Trent and Kelsey also raise about 20 breeding bulls each year that get tested for A.I. or sold to local producers.

In addition to the 80 acres the Hendricksons own, they rent about 300 acres of hay, 150 acres of corn and 200 acres of pasture to grow feed for the animals. Cows receive a mixed ration and heifers spend time on the pasture during the summer. The rolling herd average at Trent-Way is 26,000 pounds with 3.8 butterfat and 3.2 protein and a somatic cell count under 150,000. With the new barn, the average age is 2 years and 11 months with 75-80 percent of the animals being 2-year-olds.

Kelsey currently works off the farm for a dairy equipment company but hopes to be able to come back to the farm full-time in the future. Trent and their herdsman Cole Syvrud run the operation during the day with the assistance of some part-time help.

But at the heart of their growing operation, Trent and Kelsey are breeders.

“I always had a passion for the animals,” Trent said. “Through showing and the Holstein events I got interested in breeding and I

Kelsey & Trent Hendrickson with Jeffrey-Way Advent Dynasty EX-95 wanted to be a breeder and develop a herd of cows.”

Three cow families the Hendricksons are currently developing are Early Autumn Golden Rae EX-93 (a red carrier eighth generation Roxy), Jeffrey-Way Tamiko EX-94 and Jeffrey-Way Advent Dynasty EX-95. Dynasty was the second place 5-year-old at World Dairy Expo in 2015. And Tamiko’s daughter, Trent-Way Tamikos Taffy was AllWisconsin as a spring calf in 2013.

The Hendricksons breed about 10 percent of the herd and use the rest as recipient animals. They have diversified their breeding program with a high type line and a high genomic red line that goes back to the Golden Rae animal. Each year they sell show heifers and high genomic animals through private treaties and consignment sales.

With their eyes ever on the future, Trent and Kelsey recognize that there will be challenges in the future. Nervous about the future of small farms and the rapidity of the changing industry, the Hendricksons do everything they can to adapt to changes and stay sustainable as a small operation. With a passion for the industry, the hunger to be successful, and the energy necessary, Trent-Way will continue to be a breeder herd to keep an eye on.

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2018 JAC Committee Members Hannah Ullom – Northwest

My name is Hannah Ullom and I am elated to be serving as your Northwest JAC. I am a senior at McDonell Area Catholic School and will be attending Chippewa Valley Technical College this fall. If you have any questions, don’t be afraid to contact me. I am excited to meet and work with all of you.

Emma Buss – Southwest My name is Emma Buss and I am super excited to serve as your Southwest JAC. I am a senior at Belmont High School and am attending UW-Platteville next fall for Ag Business. I am the daughter of Brad and Roberta Buss and the late Laurie Runde. This has been a dream of mine for awhile and I can’t wait to get started. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any of my fellow JACs.

Mason Jauquet – Northeast

Hi! My name is Mason Jauquet and I am beyond excited to serve as the new Northeast district JAC. I am from Pulaski, located in Shawano County. My parents are Jay and Heather Jauquet and we farm at Synergy Dairy. I am a freshman at UW-River Falls majoring in Agricultural Education. Feel free to contact me with any questions or requests you have of me.

Josh Gerbitz – Southeast

My name is Josh Gerbitz and I’m very enthused to be a new member of the JAC. I’m from Milton in Rock County and currently attend Immanuel Lutheran High School in Eau Claire. I look forward to attending UW-Madison in the fall to study dairy science. I can’t wait to see you guys and encourage you to contact me with any comments, questions or concerns.

JAC Contact Information Sam Minch, Vice Chair – sam.minch123@gmail.com Hannah Ullom - hannaheliz2199@gmailcom Southeast Carley Krull, Chair – carleykrull@gmail.com Josh Gerbitz - gerbitzj21@gmail.com Southwest Jessica Steger, Secretary – jessicasteger0@gmail.com Emma Buss - emmabuss1999@gmail.com Northeast Caleb Hamm, Financial Chair – chamm@wisc.edu Mason Jauquet - 17majauquet@gmail.com *If you have an event that you would like a JAC member to attend, please fill out a request form available on the Junior page of the WHA website.

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The 2018 Wisconsin Holstein Scholarship applications are due March 1, 2018. All Holstein Association members pursuing a college degree are encouraged to apply, with agriculture majors given the highest consideration. Applications can be found on the Wisconsin Holstein website at www.wisholsteins.com/scholarships and should be mailed to WHA, 902 8th Ave, Baraboo, WI 53913. Please read the form carefully, follow all guidelines and be sure to include all required materials.

There are several additional memorial scholarships available, including the Brad Fust Memorial Scholarship, John Klossner Memorial Scholarship, John Selz Memorial Scholarship, and memorial scholarships for two-year and short course schooling, the Marlowe Nelson Memorial Scholarship, Doris Morris Memorial Scholarship, and Geraldine Cooper Memorial Scholarship.

Also available is the John and Isabelle Ames Memorial Scholarship. The John and Isabelle Ames Memorial Scholarship requires a separate application process from the Wisconsin Holstein sponsored awards.

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Grand Prize Winner of Heifer Calf from Sandy Valley Farms, the Bauer Family, Scandinavia – Doug Ditmar, Schofield Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board gift basket – Easton Nelson Caleb Hamm’s Below Zero basket – Brock Nelson Ghiradeli Chocolate basket – Tracey Walters 5 units of Diamondback from East Central Select Sires & NorthStar Cooperative – Calli Storms 5 units of Tatoo from East Central Select Sires & NorthStar Cooperative – McKenna Muckler Jessica Steger’s basket – Dennis Voss Nasco gift tub – Jesse Schultz UW-River Falls gift basket – Gunnar Sperle Berres Brothers coffee basket – Rita Noble Alta Genetics gift bag – Selz Farm Inc. Family movie basket from ABS Global – Todd & Kara Abraham Holstein World 3-year subscription - Todd Bores Joey Opsal Photography basket – Jeff Jenson IPS package of vest and 10 units of Redneck-Red – Jessica Steger Campfire basket – Hannah Hensel $100 certificate for advertising in Cattle Connection – Kenadee Weigel Cargill clothing – Louis Steger Country Today subscription – Paul Grulke Have Holsteins? from Bonnie Mohr – Lauren Siemers Movie Night basket – Judy Wubbenhorst Boehringer Ingelheim basket – Kenny Kleinhans Half-page ad in Holstein World – Nick Bohl Holstein World 1-year subscription – Mark Brown Jetstream Genetics basket – Jonathan Thruk Snack gift basket – Ben Chappa Vita Plus calf starter – Austin Stumpf Bonnie Mohr Celebration of Cows – Jessica Steger Movie basket – Lauren Siemers Animart gift basket – Kathy Lewison Holstein World 2-year subscription – Deb Jones First Christmas from Bonnie Mohr – Rita Schultz World Dairy Expo “We Need a Show!” package – Joe Casper Metal cow decoration from Nicole Pralle – Krull Farms Coloring/Drawing Package from Katie Bauer – Travis Behling wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/February 2018-27

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2018 is off to a fast start and the calendar of events is starting to fill up.

Coming up first is the WI Holstein Convention on February 16 and 17 in Wisconsin Dells. We’re looking at a fun, educational weekend with great entertainment and an interesting discussion panel prior to the annual meeting on Saturday, followed by some great farm tours. I hope you’ll be able to join us in the Dells for at least a portion of the convention.

The juniors wrapped up their annual convention in January and it was another great convention for all in attendance. The junior convention is always a fun weekend full of energy, tough competitions and wonderful camaraderie amongst all the juniors.

Full results will be printed in our March issue.

March will also be a Midwest Holsteins issue and with a shortened month, ads will be do earlier in the month. If you have a spring sale consignment or herd update you’d like to market to the upper Midwest, give me a call by February 7 to reserve your ad space.

Thank you to all of the entries for our annual cover contest! We had 30 GREAT entries this year and it was hard for our committee to pick just three winners. You’ll see more of these photos in future issues. If you have something that you think would be a good submission for this year’s contest, please feel free to send it at any time.

Included in this issue is the rules and entry form for April’s Wisconsin Dairy Showcase. Please take a moment to read through the rules prior to making your entries. You can mail your entries to the WHA office (all breeds) or use the online entry system which will be available after March 1. If you have any questions, please call the office at 1-800-223-4269.

With a busy spring season coming up, let us know if you have an event you’d like added to our calendar of events.

And if your county has an annual meeting that they would like a WHA staff member to attend, give the office a call.

Until next time...

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February 2018 Classifying in Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Iron, Lincoln, Marinette, Oneida, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Vilas and Washburn counties 1 Treasure Quest calf entries due to WHA office 16-17 WHA Convention, Wintergreen Resort, Wisconsin Dells 16 WHA Futures Sale, Wintergreen Resort, Wisconsin Dells, 7 p.m.

March 2018 Classifying in Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Ozaukee, Sheboygan and Washington counties 1 WHA Scholarship form due to WHA office 3 UW-River Falls Falcon Premier Sale, UWRF Mann Lab Farm, 12 noon 3 Purple Ribbon Classic, Marshfield, 11:30 a.m.

17 Waupaca-Waushara Show Opportunity Sale, Weyauwega 17 Green County Heart of the Wheel Sale, Green County Fairgrounds, Monroe, 12 noon 24-25 WHY Lead youth leadership conference, Wintergreen Resort, Wisconsin Dells 24 The Pursuit of Excellence, Great Northern Sales Arena, Fond du Lac April 2018 Classifying in Dane, Green, Iowa & Lafayette counties 6 Spring Selections at the Northern, Fond du Lac 7 MilkSource Select Sale, Kaukauna 14 RedFest with a Touch of Black, hosted by Crescentmead, Ixonia 27-28 Wisconsin Dairy Showcase, Madison May 2018 Classifying in Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Kenosha, Marquette, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth & Waukesha counties 5 Crest-View-Acres Dispersal, Steve & Kay Holte, Westby, 10:30 a.m.; managed by Scott Courtney Sales 19 Define Your Destiny, Budjon Farms, Lomira 19-20 Cow Camp, Mt. Morris Camp & Conference Center, Wautoma June 2018 Classifying in Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara & Winnebago counties 15 District 1 Show, Menomonie 18 District 2 Show, West Salem 20 District 5 Show, Westfield 21 District 7 Show 22 District 10 Show, Plymouth 25 District 3 Show, Lancaster 26 District 6 Show, Monroe 28 District 4 Show, Wausau June 29-July 3 National Holstein Convention, Acme, Michigan Future Dates August 17-21, 2018 April 26-27, 2019 June 24-27, 2019 July 5-9, 2019

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