June 2017 Wisconsin Holstein News

June 2017

Volume 89 No. 6

Midwest Holsteins issue Midwest Spring National Show results Junior Trip Report Breeder Profile: Garden Valley Genetics District 2 feature

Hy-Joe-Dee Holsteins invites you to the

LA CROSSE COUNTY TWILIGHT MEETING Wednesday, June 21 • 7:00 p.m.

Hwy. 162 North

1st Farm on the left

to Sparta

to West Salem Hwy. 162 South Bangor I-90 exit to Bangor

• Meal • Judging Contest • Entertainment • Door Prizes

Hy-Joe-Dee Holsteins

Joe, Deb, Joel & Emily Gerke and Jason Hauser N5359 St. Rd. 162, Bangor, WI 54614 Joe - 608.792.4214 • Joel - 608.792.7328 • Jason - 608.317-0443

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VOLUME 89 No. 6

Features: 7 Treasure Quest winners 8 Midwest Spring National Show results 12 Red & White Spring Show results 13 Championship Show information 18 Breeder Profile: Garden Valley Genetics 20 Junior Trip report MW 10-11 Gildale Holsteins to host WHA State Picnic

Departments: 6 7 7 19 22 22 23 24 25 26

National Holstein Directors From the President: Kevin Jorgensen WHA Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer Sale reports Breeder Business Cards District 2 report WHY Page Calendar of Events & Editor’s Comments Classified Advertising Index to Advertisers

On The Cover

This month’s cover features the cows in contention for Senior Champion at the 2017 Midwest Spring National Show.

For complete show results, turn to page 8.

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WISCONSIN HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION STAFF: Darin Johnson, Executive Director Laura Wackershauser, Editor/Advertising Manager Sharon Maffei, Membership Coordinator Ashley Yager, Public Relations 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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NATIONAL DIRECTOR’S REPORT Dear Holstein Breeders, Holstein USA held its March board meeting on March 30th and 31st in Brattleboro, VT. Prior to the board meeting, the Audit Committee met at the Hartford airport. They reviewed the audit report ending December 31, 2016. HAUSA has a very strong financial position. At the board meeting, a report from the Show Committee approved the judges list and the nationally recognized shows. The performance review of the 2016 business plan was also discussed. Activities and performance followed the trends that developed throughout the year. Participation in Holstein Complete is continuing to increase as more members see its benefits. The IT rebuild continues to be a “work in progress”. Every effort is being made to make this update beneficial to all parties – breeders, field staff, and office staff.

This is truly a team effort!

The Nominating Committee nominated Boyd Schaufelberger for President. Candidates for Vice-President: John Bierbaum, Minnesota, Jim Burdette, Pennsylvania, and Corey Geiger, Wisconsin. Region 3 nominees are Gerald Smith, Illinois, and Steve Moff, Ohio. Dale Drendel, Illinois, is running for his second term as director-at-large.

A By-Law amendment will be presented at the 2017 National Convention concerning animals who are located in or who are imported from countries without an official herd book. For more information before the annual meeting, contact a board member. Complete results will be given after the convention.

Looking to the future, the board and staff continue to discuss the project, “Holstein USA, Inc... 2030 and Beyond”. It is obvious that our national association, as indeed, the entire dairy industry, will look very different in the future. This discussion helps us think ahead with an open mind and prepare for the future. As always, your input is very welcome!

Your National Directors, Dale Drendel, Director Mark Kerndt, Director Boyd Schaufelberger, Vice President Paul Buhr, Director

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Wisconsin Purebred Dairy Cattle Association Plans Juding Conference The Wisconsin Purebred Dairy Cattle Association will conduct its Dairy Cattle Judging Conference on Saturday, July 1, 2017. The conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Lost-Elm Jerseys, Jason Luttropp farm, Berlin, Wis. The afternoon session will follow at 1:00 p.m. at Wilstar Holsteins, Willis and Carla Gunst, Poy Sippi, Wis. The conference leader will be Molly Sloan who has a wealth of experience juding shows across the U.S. and abroad.

To be a certified PDCA judge, placing shows from local to national levels, individuals should attend a conference on a regular basis. Judges who demonstrate appropriate skill levels at the conference are listed as PDCA RECOMMENDED with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. WDATCP maintains a listing of registered county fair judges.

For more information and the registration form please visit www.wipdca.com. The registration fee is $35 which includes lunch and beverages. Youth groups are encouraged to attend at a reduced rate of $10 per person. Reservations are appreciated by June 20. If you have a neighbor, friend, relative or other individuals interested in becoming a certified dairy cattle judge, please invite them.

For more information, contact the WI PDCA committee: Rick Bovre at 920-960-0487, Mandy Sell at 920-253-8773 or Ray Kuehl at 608-7125081.

Kelsey Lynn

Fills You In

Happy June Dairy Month Holstein friends, June is upon us, and I love June for many reasons.

I love that it brings warm, summer sunshine, and it also brings the district shows and National Holstein Convention.

I’ve always loved attending and participating in the District 6 show.

This show represents many years of fond memories showing Holsteins with my family and friends, along with a not-so-fond memory from last year that involved a spooked heifer and a smashed lip. Though my lip swelled up four times its size and turned purple, I was still able to compete in the National Holstein Public Speaking Contest just a short time after.

I’m ecstatic to attend and experience other district shows around the state this year as Princess Attendant. I wish all of you showing at your shows the best of luck! I’ve always said that this industry has given me two great things: the Holstein cow and the people involved with the Holstein cow.

These people are friends for life, and they’re also some of the best teachers that I’ve ever had. We all have someone we admired or look up to because they took the time to teach us how to appreciate a great cow, how to prepare for the show ring, and everything in between. I’d like to personally thank those who I look up to because without them I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. So, thank you to my brother Bryan, Kurt McCullough, Brian Behnke and Chris McCullough. These four dairymen have had a great influence on me, and I thank them for everything they have done for me. It’s impossible to name everyone who has helped me along the way as the list is endless, but I would like to extend a thank you to everyone who has helped me within this industry.

Once district shows are complete, several of our junior members will be traveling to Washington to compete in dairy bowl, dairy jeopardy and public speaking, as well as interviewing to be a Distinguished Junior Member finalist. Best of luck to Dodge and Shawano counties in the dairy bowl competition and those in dairy jeopardy and public speaking contests.

Finally, best wishes to national DJM semi-finalists Brooke Trustem, Kristen Broege and Carley Krull.

Remember, it is June Dairy Month, so it is our job to educate our consumers about what we do on our dairy operations. It’s also our job to encourage them to enjoy dairy products not only because they taste so yummy, but because of the benefits they have for our bodies! We are all ag-vocates and we have the power to close the gap between the public and agriculture.

So this month, enjoy milk, cheese and ice cream with your dairy friends, and I look forward to seeing you at the district shows!

Until the next time that I can fill you in, Kelsey Cramer

From your President Kevin Jorgensen Spring took its sweet time getting here in 2017 but planting is about finished and 1st crop is in full swing as I write this and it feels great to finally see the sun shining on a consistent basis.

As May arrived, I was relieved that the many WHA members that were affected by the volatile spring milk marketing scare had found new homes for their milk. It was a relief to all of us on the Board of Directors as it not only affected those 75 farms but also the confidence in the entire dairy infrastructure for all of us in the industry. Thank you to our industry leaders that worked to help find solutions at least in the short term for those farms that faced an incredibly stressful month of April.

We hosted a very successful Wisconsin Dairy Showcase the end of April and a total of 457 head from five breeds were exhibited over the weekend. Huge congratulations go out to one of our own, Chad Ryan for doing a fantastic job lining up the Holsteins and Jerseys. He did the WHA family proud.

I have some encouraging news in our situation with Alliant Energy Center in relation to the 2018 State Show. For those unaware, there is a huge Cross Fit competition that will bring millions of dollars in revenue into the Madison and Wisconsin economy in July of 2018. As good as this for the state, it conflicted with our state show dates in 2018 and we have worked over the past month to come up with a solution and have agreed to move the Championship Show in 2018 to August 17th-21st, which also gives us an extra day that we would not have otherwise had. Although this will be uncommon to have a Championship show in August, it is hopefully a one time situation that will still allow us to have the show at the best venue in the Midwest.

This time of year is also a time for graduations from both high school and college and I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to all graduates and hopefully you seize every opportunity the “real world” offers you!

Lastly, perhaps the most exciting news is that the newly crowned “Alice in Dairyland” is a WHA member who will be a great ambassador for Wisconsin Holsteins as well as all of our state’s agriculture in Crystal Siemers-Peterman! Crystal has been a tremendous leader in many of our WHA youth program and now she will be able to showcase those talents promoting WI agriculture for the next 12 months. We are very proud of you Crystal!

I look forward to seeing many of you at the many dairy related events throughout the summer.

Best Regards, KJ

2017 WHA Treasure Quest Winners Grand Prize: Sara Feldmann, Howard Grove who selected Hammertime Sid Rebel-ET, entered by Hammertime Holsteins, Poynette Other drawing winners and their TQ “Tub” Sponsors: Apple-Vue Dairy Services - Corey Geiger & Jacob Knigge Hi-Lo-Valley Holsteins - Bryan Stremcha Initial Design - R. Paul Buhr Boviteq - Shawn Nehls Indianhead Holsteins - Hetts family Hoard’s Dairyman - Dale Kranz Columbia County DHIA - Zach Endres Nasco - Andrew Greenfield Insight FS - Christopher Gunst World Dairy Expo - Josh Rynes Wisconsin Holstein Assoc. - Steve Holte wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/June 2017-7

2017 Midwest Spring National Show The 2017 Midwest Spring National Show was held at the New Holland Pavilions on the Alliant Energy grounds in Madison, Wis., on Saturday, April 29. Judge Chad Ryan placed 184 animals - 108 heifers and 76 cows.

Taking home Senior and Grand Champion honors was the winning 5-year-old, Lovhill Braxton Funky-ET owned by Joseph, Zach, Jerome and Darian Stransky of Owatonna, Minn. She got the nod over the winning 150,000 lb. Cow and Best Bred and Owned of the Show, Duckett Ross Pamela owned by Mike & Julie Duckett of Rudolph, Wis. When selecting for Senior Champion, Judge Ryan commented “If you like them balanced and square, that move exceptionally well and with a tremendous rear udder than you better like this 5-year-old. She gives me chills. She’s clean cut, dairy and has a beautiful udder.” Ryan also commented on the Reserve Champion’s tremendous frame and beautiful open rib, but gave the advantage to the 5-year-old with a little more style and more correct teat placement.

Named Intermediate Champion was the champion from the Red and White show and winning Senior 3-Year-Old, Miss Pottsdale Dfi Tang-Red owned by Golden Oaks Farm, Wauconda, Ill. Reserve Champion was the second place Senior 3-Year-Old, Duckett Sid Tizz-ET, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, Wis. Junior Champion honors went to Petitclerc McCutchen Sky owned by Norm Nabholz of West Union, Iowa. Reserve Junior Champion was the winning Spring Yearling, Still-Volk Solomon Flo owned by Olivia Decker, Oelwein, Iowa. Judge Ryan commented that the winning Fall Yearling was a “pretty easy choice for champion. She has a beautiful frame, is clean cut and dairy - today is her day.”

He also loved the frame on the Reserve heifer and her combination of dairyness and strength, giving her an advantage over the honorable mention champion with a little bit more fore rib and mid section.

Claiming top honors in a competitive Junior Show was Cowpans Esperanza Estel owned by Hope & Tanner Morrison, Peterson, Minn. She got the nod over Erbacres Atwood Divinity-ET, owned by Connor & Nathan Erbsen of Lanark, Ill. Judge Ryan admired the 5-year-old’s dairyness, angularity and tremendous udder and gave her the advantage over the Aged Cow with more width at the top of her rear udder and being a bit fuller in the crops. Intermediate Champions of the Junior Show were Megan Lauber’s Hillpine Ds Night Moves and Rachel Hellenbrand’s Ms Cd-Roth Atwood Juliet. Junior Champion honors went to Olivia Decker’s winning Spring Yearling and Reserve was Noah Bilz’s winning Summer Yearling, Petitclerc Atwood Spoutnik-ET. Judge Ryan commented that the Junior Champion heifer “puts it all together and has the advantage of having a little bit more width throughout” than the Reserve Champion.

Duckett Holsteins took home Premier Breeder honors while the partnership of Budjon Farms and Peter and Lyn Vail was named Premier Exhibitor.

The Wisconsin Holstein Association would like to thank all the show sponsors and class sponsors that helped to make the Midwest Spring National Show a success.

Following are the top 5 placings in each class. For more results, visit our website.

Winter Calf - 14: 1. Budjon-Abbott Drmn Annie-ET, Jacob & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI 2. (B&O) Fer-Crest Careyprice Cora, Brandon Ferry, Hilbert, WI 3. (1JR, JrB&O) Bzelite Freckle, Brandon & Blake Biese, Chilton, WI 4. (2JR) Ms Hillpine Doormn Krown-ET, Joseph, Zach, Jerome, & Darian Stransky & Megan Lauber, Owatonna, MN 5. (3JR) Bella-View Atwood Allstar, Jacob, Logan & Madison Harbaugh, Marion, WI Fall Calf - 35: 1. Ms Jacobs G Dream Lea-ET, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, WI 2. (B&O) Siemers Jacoby Hayasgirl-ET, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI 3. Poly-Kow Solomon Actress, Franchise, Moser & Polikowsky, Tremont, IL 4. Budjon-JK Doorman Elvina, Whitney Ebert, Algoma, WI 5. Budjon-Vail Drm Sunshine-ET, Peter & Lyn Vail & Budjon Farms, Lomira, WI (1JR) DJLPurepride MC Finelady-ET, Joseph, Zach, Jerome, & Darian Stransky, Owatonna, MN (2JR) Harvue Duckett Drmn Geni-ET, Jacob, Logan & Madison Harbaugh, Marion, WI (JrBO) Tree-Hayven Glitter Girl, Aaliyah 8–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/June 2017

Grand & Reserve Grand Champions

Grand Champions: Front - Zach & Jerome Stransky; back WHA Princess Courtney Moser, Jodi Hoynoski from Holstein USA, Daria Stransky, Pat Conroy on the halter of Lovhill Braxton Funky-ET, Mike Duckett on the halter of Duckett Ross Pamela, Julie Duckett, Judge Chad Ryan, and WHA Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

Grand Champions of the Junior Show: WHA Princess Courtney Moser, Judge Chad Ryan, Hope Morrison with Cowpans Esperanza Estel, Nathan Erbsen with Erbacres Atwood Divinity-ET and WHA Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

Borchert, Auburndale, WI Summer Yearling - 19: 1. (1JR) Petitclerc Atwood Spoutnik-ET, Noah Bliz, Dorchester, WI 2. (B&O) Siemers Slmn Haya-Kind-ET, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI 3. (2JR) Fairmont Solomon Limrick-ET, Grant Vosters, Freedom, WI 4. (3JR) Bella-Ridge Lets Get Going, J, L, & M Harbaugh & A & A Loehr, Marion, WI 5. GBM Kam Mccutchen Elvira, Kayla Ann Moret, Prairie du Chien, WI Spring Yearling - 11: 1. (1JR) Still-Volk Solomon Flo, Olivia Decker, Oelwein, IA 2. (B&O) Siemers Slm Glamr-Girl-ET, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI 3. Siemers Defiant Gifted-RedET, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI 4. Ms SmithCrest Drmn Lennox, Matt & Travis Smith & Seth Nethls, Watertown, WI 5. Bluff-Ridge Bw Bunny, Sarah M. Butler, Arrowsmith, IL (2JR, JrB&O) Knh-Endres Dempsey Oh No, Tyler, Cole & Mikayla Enders, Lodi, WI Winter Yearling - 17: 1. Ludwigs-DG Evie-ET, Majestic View, R Shore & R Connery, Sun Prairie, WI 2. (B&O) Bluff-Ridge Sid Strawberry, Sarah

M. Butler, Arrowsmith, IL 3. (1JR, JrB&O) Tree-Hayven Integral Declan, Aaliyah Borchert, Auburndale, WI 4. Macland Gold Chip Star, Scott Culbertson & James Mcfarland, Elgin, MN 5. Siemers Blake WhippingET, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI (2JR) Oakfield Bkw Char Theron-ET, Elise & Brady Bleck, Glenbeulah, WI Fall Yearling - 12: 1. Petitclerc McCutchen Sky, Norm Nabholz, West Union, IA 2. Kamps-Hollow Antarctica-ET, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 3. (B&O) Rosedale Achieverslegacy-ET, Rosedale Genetics & F & D Borba, Oxford, WI 4. (1JR) Bruins-Dale Goldchip Pinesap, Dawson Nickels, Watertown, WI 5. (2JR) Willows-Edge Door Vagabond, Joseph Opsal & Madison & Melanie Sarbacker, Whitewater, WI Junior Champion of the Junior Show: Still-Volk Solomon Flo, Olivia Decker, Oelwein, IA Reserve Junior Champion of the Junior Show: Petitclerc Atwood Spoutnik-ET, Noah Bliz, Dorchester, WI Junior Champion: Petitclerc McCutchen Sky, Norm Nabholz, West Union, IA Reserve Junior Champion: Still-Volk Solomon Flo, Olivia Decker, Oelwein, IA Junior Best Three - 2: 1. Siemers Holsteins, Newton, WI 2. Stempfle Holsteins, Maynard, IA Unfresh 2 Year Old - 2: 1. (1JR, JrB&O, B&O) Black-Rock Doorman Deb 001, Alek Krueger, Hazel Green, WI 2. Crave Beemer Azalea, Roseanna Crave, Waterloo, WI Junior 2 Year Old - 9: 1. (B&O, BU) Milksource Dft Lexus-Red-ET, Milk Source LLC & Crescentmead, Kaukauna, WI 2. Jeffrey-Way Doorman Tamelian, Jeffery A. & Kate Hendrickson, Belleville, WI 3. (1JR) RiverBridge Brokaw Truffel, Coltin & Mckenna Coffeen & Braelyn Ott, DePere, WI 4. Heatherstone Borealis, Heatherstone Enterprise Inc., Baraboo, WI 5. (2JR) Jerland Sh Goldwyn Gin-ET, Joseph, Zach, Jerome, & Darian Stransky, Owatonna, MN Senior 2 Year Old - 16: 1. (BU) Comestar Hopra Atwood-ET, Peter & Lyn Vail & Budjon Farms, Lomira, WI 2. (1JR, B&O) Hillpine Ds Night Moves, Megan Lauber, Union Grove, WI 3. Duckett Doorman Brook-ET, David & Cindy Hoese, Glencoe, MN 4. Milksource Brady Lyla, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, WI 5. Kiko Mogul Mara 1095, Norm Nabholz & Garrett Schmidt, West Union, IA (2JR, JrB&O) Lars-Acres Gwatwd Landi-ET, Brooke M., Dane J. & Luke E. Trustem, Evansville, WI Junior 3 Year Old - 8: 1. (BU, B&O) Duckett Fevr Expresso-ETS, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, WI 2. Hell-Yeah Dempsey Berry, Peter & Lyn Vail & Budjon Farms, Lomira, WI 3. (1JR) Ms Deb Brokaw DanceET, Aaliyah Borchert, Auburndale, WI 4. Radine Atwood Barberry, M & T Smith, T Mason & Tencleve Farms, Watertown, WI 5. (2JR) RBCCXtreme V Sid-Evil, Rhett, Shanelle, Wyatt & Garett D Borth, Ellsworth, WI (Prod.) Tomkins Hztry Sizln Sunshine, Brodie Bunkelman, Edgar, WI Senior 3 Year Old - 15: 1. (BU) Miss Pottsdale Dfi Tang-Red, Golden Oaks Farm, Wauconda, IL 2. (Prod., B&O) Duckett Sid Tizz-ET, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, WI 3. Penncross Theodorable-ET, Peter & Lyn Vail & Budjon Farms, Lomira, WI 4. Duckett-Dyment Bentley-ET, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, WI 5. Crestomere Golden View, Peter & Lyn Vail & Budjon Farms, Lomira, WI (1JR) Ms Cd-Roth Atwood Juliet, Rachel Hellenbrand, Cross Plains, WI (2JR) Merkline Doorman PallasET, Kim Keller, Mount Horeb, WI Intermediate Champion of the Junior Show: Hillpine Ds Night Moves, Megan Lauber, Union Grove, WI Reserve Intermediate Champion of the Junior Show: Ms Cd-Roth Atwood Juliet, Rachel Hellenbrand, Cross Plains, WI Intermediate Champion: Miss Pottsdale Dfi Tang-Red, Golden Oaks Farm, Wauconda, IL Reserve Intermediate Champion: Duckett Sid Tizz-ET, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, WI 4 Year Old - 4: 1. (BU) Farhope Sid Kizil, Austin Yoder & Matthias Swartzentruber, Lomira, WI 2. Beaverbrock Goldwyn Zoey-ET, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 3. (B&O) Springbend Windhammer Slash, Reid Stansky & Springbend Farm, Owatonna, MN 4. Comestar Hodree Goldwyn-ET, M & T Smith, Hetts, Connery, Shore, & Majestic View, Watertown, WI 5 Year Old - 8: 1. (BU) Lovhill Braxton Funky-ET, Joseph, Zach, Jerome, & Darian Stransky, Owatonna, MN 2. Cavanaleck Bg Bruin, R Connery, Majestic View Genetics & R Shore, Sun Prairie, WI 3. TK-Plain-View Ripley, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 4. Knonaudale Mudpie-ET, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 5. (1JR) Cowpans Esperanza Estel, Hope & Tanner Morrison, Peterson, MN (2JR) Bella-Ridge Gin Blossom-

Junior Champions: WHA Princess Courtney Moser, Pat Conroy on the halter of Petitclerc McCutchen Sky, Olivia Decker on the halter of Still-Volk Solomon Flo, Judge Chad Ryan and WHA Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

Junior Champions: WHA Princess Courtney Moser, Olivia Decker on the halter of Still-Volk Solomon Flo, Noah Bilz on the halter of Petitclerc Atwood Spoutnik-ET and WHA Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer ET, Rachel Bock, Brandon, WI (B&O) Big-D-Acres Atwood Shania, Dustin E. Melius, Slinger, WI 6 Year and Older - 11: 1. (BU) Strans-Jen-D Tequila-Red-ET, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 2. Rosier Blexy Goldwyn-ET, Budjon, Vail, Abbott, Van Exel & Woodmansee, Lomira, WI 3. (B&O, 1JR) Erbacres Atwood Divinity-ET, Connor & Nathan C P Erbsen, Lanark, IL 4. (2JR) Roggua Atwood Elize, Brennan Woker, Greenville, IL 5. (3JR) Go-Sho Miss Independent-ET, Tessa IV & Stella RB Schmocker, Whitewater, WI 150,000 lb. Cow - 3: 1. (B&O, Prod.) Duckett Ross Pamela, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, WI 2. (BU) Blondin Goldwyn Subliminal-ETS, Peter & Lyn Vail & Budjon Farms, Lomira, WI 3. Ludwigs-Dg Goldwyn Emmy-ET, Justin Powell, Tremont, IL Champion Bred & Owned of the Junior Show: Lars-Acres Gwatwd Landi-ET, Brooke M., Dane J. & Luke E. Trustem, Evansville, WI Senior & Grand Champion of the Junior Show: Cowpans Esperanza Estel, Hope & Tanner Morrison, Peterson, MN Reserve Senior & Reserve Grand Champion of the Junior Show: Erbacres Atwood Divinity-ET, Connor & Nathan C P Erbsen, Lanark, IL Best Udder of Show: Lovhill Braxton Funky-ET, Joseph, Zach, Jerome, & Darian Stransky, Owatonna, MN Champion Bred & Owned of Show: Duckett Ross Pamela, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, WI Senior & Grand Champion of the Show: Lovhill Braxton Funky-ET, Joseph, Zach, Jerome, & Darian Stransky, Owatonna, MN Reserve Senior & Reserve Grand Champion of the Show: Duckett Ross Pamela, Michael & Julie Duckett, Rudolph, WI Best Three Females - 1: 1. Duckett Holsteins, Rudolph, WI Produce of Dam - 1: 1. Go-Sho, Whitewater, WI Dam & Offspring - 0 Premier Breeder: Duckett Holsteins, Rudolph, WI Premier Exhibitor: Budjon Farms & Peter Vail, Lomira, WI State Herd: Wisconsin wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/June 2017-9

Winter Calf: Princess Courtney Moser, BudjonAbbott Drmn Annie-ET and Paul Siemers

Fall Calf: Princess Courtney Moser, Ms Jacobs G Dream Lea-ET and Julie Duckett

Summer Yearling: Princess Courtney Moser, Petitclerc Atwood Spoutnik-ET, Noah Bilz and Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

Spring Yearling: Princess Courtney Moser, Still-Volk Solomon Flo, Olivia Decker and Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

Winter Yearling: Randy Connery, Rhonda Shore, Ludwigs-DG Evie-ET, Kristin Olson and Princess Courtney Moser

Fall Yearling: Award sponsor Joan Judd, Petitclerc McCutchen Sky, Pat Conroy and Princess Courtney Moser

Unfresh 2 Year Old: Black-Rock Doorman Deb 001, Alek Krueger and Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

Junior 2 Year Old: Princess Courtney Moser, Annette Ostrom, Milksource Dft Lexus-Red-ET, Jim Ostrom and award sponsor Andi Cooper

Senior 2 Year Old: Princess Courtney Moser, Comestar Hopra Atwood-ET and Tom Cull

Junior 3 Year Old: Princess Courtney Moser, Duckett Fevr Expresso-ETS and Julie Duckett

Senior 3 Year Old: Princess Courtney Moser, Miss Pottsdale Dfi Tang-Red and Josh Fairbanks

4 Year Old: Princess Courtney Moser, Farhope Sid Kizil and Nicholas Schuster

Junior Best 3 Females: Siemers Holsteins

Senior Best 3 Females: Duckett Holsteins 10–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/June 2017

5 Year Old: Princess Courtney Moser, Lovhill Braxton Funky-ET and Pat Conroy

6 Year Old & Older: Princess Courtney Moser, Strans-Jen-D Tequila-Red-ET and Joe Kietzman

150,000 lb. Cow: Princess Courtney Moser, Duckett Ross Pamela and Mike Duckett

Champion Bred & Owned of Junior Show: Luke Trustem, Lars-Acres Gwatwd Landi-ET, Dane and Brooke Trustem and Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

Champion Bred & Owned of Show: Princess Courtney Moser, Duckett Ross Pamela, Mike Duckett, and Jodi Hoynoski of Holstein USA

Best Udder of the Show: Lovhill Braxton Funky-ET, Pat Conroy and Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

Intermediate Champions: Princess Courtney Moser, Gary Janssen, Josh Fairbanks on the halter of Miss Pottsdale Dfi Tang-Red, Paul Trapp on the halter of Duckett Sid Tizz-ET, Judge Chad Ryan and Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

Premier Exhibitor: Budjon Farms & Peter & Lyn Vail

Intermediate Champions of the Junior Show: Princess Courtney Moser, Megan Lauber on the halter of Hillpine Ds Night Moves, Rachel Hellendbrand on the halter of Ms Cd-Roth Atwood Juliet and Princess Attendant Kelsey Cramer

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Midwest Spring Red & White Show Madison, WI • Judge: Paul Trapp • 84 head shown: 51 heifers & 33 cows Winter Calf (10): 1. (B&O) Ms Director Lottie-Red-ET, Crescentmead & Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 2. Milksource Lvrg Tina-Red-ET, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 3. Shiloh-USA Avh Diana-Red-ET, Tim, Barb & Kyle Natzke, Fond du Lac, WI 4. (1JR) Willows-Edge Bw Pipes-Red, Rhett, Shanelle, Wyatt & Garrett Borth, Ellsworth 5. (2JR) Rosedale Latina Rose-Red, David Petersheim, Viroqua, WI Fall Calf (14): 1. (1JR) Glad-Ray-K Bw Aleen-Red, Brianne, Brooklyn & Reid Vandoske, Cleveland, WI 2. (2JR) Flower-Brook Coral-Red-ET, Kaleb, Cole & Carter Kruse, Dyersville, IA 3. (B&O) Moo-Lawn Lever Action-Red, Lindsey Lepke, Viroqua, WI 4. Firstglance Ava Denali-Red, Kyle Hanson, St. James, MN 5. Flower-Brook Cordell-Red-ET, Andrew Stuewe, Hamburg, MN (JrB&O) Brickroad Rb Azaea-Red-ET, Megan Breuch, Stoughton, WI Summer Yearling (9): 1. Hilrose Db Allie-Red-ET, Jim & Marvin Schluter, Gifford, IL 2. (B&O) Milksource Arman Carrot-Red, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 3. Ms Rosedale Prettr U-Red-ET, Lavender Farms, Quebec 4. Rosedale Weep Nomore-Red-ET, Rosedale Genetics Ltd., Oxford 5. Milksource Applejack-Red-ET, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI (1JR) Cleland Valanch Ada-Red-ET, Joey Opsal, Blue Mounds, WI (2JR) Heatherstone Reveal-Red-ET, Bailey Sersland, Reedsburg, WI Spring Yearling (10): 1. (B&O) Siemers Dft Gifted-Red-ET, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI 2. (1JR) Forest-Ridge Absl March-Red, Jacob, Logan & Madison Harbaugh, Marion 3. Rob-Sara Awe Lovelee-Red-ET, Budjon & Vail, Lomira, WI 4. Flower-Brook DestinyRed-ET, Andrew Stuewe, Hamburg, MN 5. Larochelle Raptown Shadow, Pfaffsway, Highlife-LP & Jodee Brooke, Alma Center, WI (2JR) Ms Db Rockstar-Red-ET, Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI Winter Yearling (2): 1. (B&O, 1JR) Siemers Awesome Great-Red, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI 2. Ziems Awesom RoyaltyRed-ET, Ziems Farms and Tim & Leah Ziemba, Cambridge, WI Fall Yearling (6): 1. (B&O) Siemers Lotus Jubba-Red-ET, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI 2. Macland Ts Juliet A-Red-ET, S Culbertson, J McFarland & T-Spruce, Elgin, MN 3. Kamps-Hollow Trisha-Red-ET, Reggie & Krysty Kamps, Darlington, WI 4. (1JR) Rosedale Prettyfancy In-Red, Joey Opsal & Karlee Ketelboeter, Dane, WI 5. SorgLand Redneck Party-Red, Taylor & Kelsey Riedel, Mazomanie, WI (2JR) Sunkist Heztry Ali-Red, Montana Sarbacker & Garrett Dahlk, Verona, WI Junior Champion of the Junior Show: Glad-Ray-K Bw Aleen-Red, Brianne, Brooklyn & Reid Vandoske, Cleveland, WI Reserve Junior Champion of the Junior Show: Flower-Brook CoralRed-ET, Kaleb, Cole & Carter Kruse, Dyersville, IA Junior Champion of the Show: Siemers Dft Gifted-Red-ET, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI Reserve Junior Champion of the Show: Glad-Ray-K Bw Aleen-Red, Brianne, Brooklyn & Reid Vandoske, Cleveland, WI Junior Best Three (1): 1. Siemers Holsteins, Newton, WI 2. Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI

Unfresh 2 Year Old (1): 1. (B&O) Lyons-DL Atwell Reba-Red, Michael Lyons, Castalia, IA Junior 2 Year Old (4): 1. (B&O, BU) Milksource Dft Lexus-Red-ET, Crescentmead & Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 2. Deslacs Absolute Alkina-Red-ET, Peter & Lyn Vail & Budjon Farms, Lomira, WI 3. FlowerBrook PB Haley-Red, Andrew Stuewe, Hamburg, MN 4. Lyons-DL Atwell Sassy-Red, Carly Ann Lyons, Castalia, IA Senior 2 Year Old (8): 1. (BU) Blondin Armani Stella Arto-Red, Michael & Laura Rammer, Sheboygan, WI 2. St-Jacob Bring It On-Red, Joseph Mast & Norman Nabholz, West Union, IA 3. (1JR, B&O, JrB&O) Overland Aj Graffiti-Red, McKenna & Coltin Coffeen, De Pere, WI 4. LyonsDL Mses Shortcake-Red, Michael Lyons, Castalia, IA 5. Flower-Brook Gladys-Red-ET, Andrew Stuewe, Hamburg, MN (2JR) Kamps-Hollow Ainslie-Red-ET, Macy Halverson & Rachael Darnell, West Union, IA Junior 3 Year Old (3): 1. (BU) Ms-Aol Cntndr Rookie-Red-ET, Reid Stransky & T&L Cattle Ltd, Owatonna, MN 2. Ms-Aol Cntndr ReviveRed-ET, Pierce, Abby, Kaylee & Luke Fairbanks, Anamosa, IA 3. (1JR) Lichty-Acres Htry Fire-Red, Hope & Tanner Morrison, Brooklyn, IA Senior 3 Year Old (7): 1. (BU) Miss Pottsdale DFI Tang-Red, Golden Oaks, Wauconda, IL 2. (B&O) Siemers Defnt Great-Red-ET, Jordan, Jacob, Connor & Lauren Siemers, Newton, WI 3. Miss Hot Mama-RedET, M & T Smith, Majestic View, Shore, Connery & Crailoo, Watertown, WI 4. Pelcrest Adon Popsicle-Red, Gregg Pierick, Watertown, WI 5. (1JR) Miss Simply Hot-Red-ET, Grady & Lane Wendorf, Ixonia, WI Intermediate Champion: Miss Pottsdale DFI Tang-Red, Golden Oaks, Wauconda, IL Reserve Intermediate Champion: Ms-Aol Cntndr Rookie-Red-ET, Reid Stransky & T&L Cattle Ltd, Owatonna, MN 4 Year Old (4): 1. (BU) Underwood Dusk Jazz-Red, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 2. Frozenes-LP Contdr Lark-Red-ET, Crescentmead & Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 3. Colganados D Avianca-Red-ET, Colganados Genetics, LLC & Carlos Felipe Rey, Madison, WI 4. (B&O) Heatherstone Rhinestone-Red, Chase Holschbach, Baraboo, WI 5 Year Old (6): 1. (B&O) Kamps-Hollow Asenora-Red-ET, Jordyn Kamps, Belmont, WI 2. (1JR) Paulinn Psc Meme 919-TW, Arnie, Ashley & Andy Gruenes, Richmond, MN 3. Ourway Redliner Spots-Red, Ourway Holsteins, Brooklyn, WI 4. (2JR) Jimdandy BW Glimmer-Red, McKenna & Coltin Coffeen, De Pere, WI 5. Flower-Brook Geno-Red, Andrew Stuewe, Hamburg, MN Aged Cow (3): 1. (BU) Strans-Jen-D Tequila-Red-ET, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI 2. (B&O) Probert C Bree-Ella-Red, Kate Smith, Watertown, WI 3. (1JR) Dajeda Advent Wonder-Red, Jason Richardson & Leane Dammen, South Wayne, WI 125,000 lb. Cow (0) Senior & Grand Champion of the Junior Show: Paulinn Psc Meme 919-TW, Arnie, Ashley & Andy Gruenes, Richmond, MN Reserve Senior & Reserve Grand Champion of the Junior Show: Lichty-Acres Htry Fire-Red, Hope & Tanner Morrison, Brooklyn, IA

Junior Champions of the Junior Show: Judge Paul Trapp, National R&W Princess McKenna Coffeen, Brianne Vandoske with Glad-Ray-K Bw AleenRed, Reid Vandoske, Cole Kruse with Flower-Brook Coral-Red-ET, WI R&W Princess Hannah Nelson.

Junior Champions: National R&W Princess McKenna Coffeen, Sherry Siemers, Brynn Kasten with Siemers Dft Gifted-Red-ET, Brianne Vandoske with Glad-Ray-K Bw Aleen-Red, Judge Paul Trapp, Reid Vandoske, and WI R&W Princess Hannah Nelson.

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Champion Bred & Owned of the Junior Show: Overland AJ Graffiti-Red, McKenna & Coltin Coffeen, De Pere, WI Senior & Grand Champion: Strans-Jen-D Tequila-Red-ET, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI Reserve Senior & Grand Champion: Underwood Dusk Jazz-Red, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI Champion Bred & Owned of the Show: Kamps-Hollow Asenora-RedET, Jordyn Kamps, Belmont, WI

Best Udder of the Show: Strans-Jen-D Tequila-Red-ET, Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna, WI Best Three Females: 1. Lyons-DL, Castalia, IA Produce of Dam: 1. Stransky & T&L Cattle, Owatonna, MN 2. LyonsDL, Castalia, IA Dam & Offspring: 1. McKenna & Coltin Coffeen, De Pere, WI Premier Breeder & Exhibitor: Flower-Brook, Andrew Stuewe, Hamburg, MN

2017 Wisconsin Championship Show Hotel Information Holiday Inn Express & Suites Madison Central 610 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI 53713 608-709-5050

• Reference Room Block: WI Championship Series. Room block and these rates will be held open until June 7.

• Room block for the nights of Friday, July 7 - Tuesday, July 11 - 2 queen beds - $159/night plus tax

Comfort Inn Intermediate Champions: WI R&W Princess Hannah Nelson, Ethan Heinzmann with Miss Pottsdale DFI Tang-Red, Pat Conroy with Ms-Aol Cntndr Rookie-Red-ET and Judge Paul Trapp.

722 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI 53713 608-255-7400 • Reference WI Championship Series • Room block for the nights of Friday, July 7 - Tuesday, July 11 - 2 queen beds - $129/night plus tax

Sheraton Madison Hotel

706 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI 53713 608-251-2300 Camping is also available on the Alliant Energy grounds starting on Friday, July 7. Camping is first come, first served and if needed, campers can also be parked out on Willow Island. A self-registration fee of $30 must be paid to AEC in advance. For more information, contact Connie at AEC at 608-261-9711.

Pre-Order Supplies

Straw, shavings and feed will be available. Contact Prairie View Feed (Joel) in advance to place an order: (608) 513-1316.

Note: Joel will be on the grounds from 6 a.m. - 1 p.m. daily; please have your nightly supply needs to Joel before 1 p.m.

Grand Champions of the Junior Show: WI R&W Princess Hannah Nelson, Arnie Gruenes with Paulinn Psc Meme 919-TW, Hope Morrison with Lichty-Acres Htry Fire-Red, and Judge Paul Trapp.

Supplies Available: Large straw bale, Small straw bales, Small hay bales, 18% complete dairy, Beet pulp, 37% protein pellet, Pine shavings bale, Full pallet shavings

Schedule of Events Friday, July 7 6:00 a.m.

Grounds open

Saturday, July 8

10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Cattle check-in 4:00 p.m.

All cattle must be on grounds

Sunday, July 9 8:00 a.m.

1:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

WI Championship Junior Show State Showmanship Contest Registration for All-WI Junior Judging Contest Judging Contest begins

Monday, July 10 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Grand Champions: WI R&W Princess Hannah Nelson, Annette Ostrom with Strans-Jen-D Tequila-Red-ET, John Vosters with Underwood Dusk Jazz-Red and Judge Paul Trapp.

Jersey Showmanship All-Wisconsin Red & White Show Jersey State Show

Tuesday, July 11 8:00 a.m.

WHA Championship Show

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Wisconsin Holstein Looking for Event Hosts The Wisconsin Holstein Association is in need of hosts for future Junior and Adult Conventions. While this may seem like a daunting task, it’s a great opportunity for a county group to work together to promote their county while doing some fundraising at the same time. If you are interested in more information on what it takes to host one of these events, please contact the WHA office at 1-800-223-4269. To give you a better idea of what it takes to plan the Adult Convention, we asked the Calumet County Holstein Breeders to give us some insight on how they planned for the event and what the experience was like for their group.

Q

What prompted you to host the convention?

The WHA Convention was an event the Calumet County Holstein Breeders (CCHB) have never hosted, thinking we were too small of a membership base to host such a large event. The 100th anniversary of the CCHB was approaching in 2017 and it was discussed beginning in 2013 that hosting the 2017 State Holstein Convention would be wonderful way to recognize and celebrate this awesome accomplishment. Once the members of the Calumet County Holstein Breeders members made a motion to approve the hosting the convention with the 100th anniversary as our theme, the process began with planning the 2017 State Convention.

Q

How many active members do you have in your county?

Did hosting this event help to get more active members?

Calumet County is very small and at the present we are struggling with membership enrollment. In 2017, we have 30 members.

As far as recruiting new members, we did not see an increase in enrollment in our organization. Hosting the convention did initiate interest and involvement from the members within the CCHB. As the convention approached, many of our members who were not on the committee did step up and volunteer when we needed workers in order for the convention weekend to run smoothly. All and all, it helped simulate “active” members within our own organization.

Q

How did you go about fundraising for the convention?

Our committee had one person in charge of the finances, as well as the fundraising. We established a goal of how much money we would need to raise based on each committee’s budget.

Solicitation letters were mailed in June 2016 with four sponorship levels: Diamond, Platinum, Gold, and Silver. We were very pleased with the sponorships and the in-kind donations. Letters were mailed to businesses and individuals that we felt would offer us the most potential as far as a contribution. We did very well.

Q

Did you have in-person meetings or was a lot of decision making done by email? How often did you get together for planning?

We began meeting as a committee in January of 2016. In the beginning, we met every other month with our photo session taking place in February 2016 because we decided to have a winter photo. A very good decision! It was a big item that was taken care of early on, so we could

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devote the rest of our time to preparing the convention. Starting in December, we met every month, and as we approached the last months more communication was handled through emails.

Q

What was the most positive thing to come from hosting the convention?

We had a wonderful committee and we all worked very well together. Each committee member did an excellent job guiding and fulfilling their tasks to ensure a successful state convention. It was truly an honor to work with an outstanding group of men and women who had the same desire to host an event like this that we could be proud of.

It was great to see many of our members come together and become actively involved with the convention when we needed the extra help.

It also gave many of us a better understanding of our state Holstein Association and how it functions, and how it helped facilitate us throughout the entire process. Lastly, there was a great feeling of pride and accomplishment to see our county take on such a large task, and host a very successful WHA Convention. It also brought recognition to Calumet County.

Q

What would you say to encourage other groups to host?

Yes, it is a big undertaking, but a great way to build relationships and put your county on the map. It was a wonderful learning experience, and an excellent way to network with people within the dairy industry from across the state. After hosting an event like this, it gives you a better perspective on the workings of our agricultural industry. You see first hand the great appreciation the men and women share in our evergrowing industry and the need to keep the lines of communication open as we move forward.

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Midwest Holsteins SUMMER 2017

Illinois • Iowa • Michigan • Minnesota • Wisconsin

A Family Divided... ...We’re Cubs & Brewers Fans!

Here are our 5 cute grandkids and a pretty cow. What more could you ask for?!?! Pictured is Clearfield Isaak Roll-TW EX-90. She has a daughter by Doorman. I’m running for National Holstein Director from Region 3.

I will do my best to represent everyone in my region.

I would appreciate your support.

Clearfield Farm Jerry & Sharon Smith and family Davis, IL (815)275-6684

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Thank you!

Jerry Smith

THE DOMINANCE CONTINUES

Dairy judging is strong at the University of Minnesota, so strong that its teams have placed first overall in five of the six major contests in 2015 and 2016 held at: the All-American Dairy Show (Harrisburg, PA), the North American International Livestock Exposition (Louisville, KY), and World Dairy Expo (Madison, WI). The team was 2nd (to the University of Kentucky) at Harrisburg in 2016, but placed 1st in reasons by a 16-point margin in that contest.

Furthermore, over the past 7 years in these 3 contests, the University of Minnesota has placed 1st overall in 11 of the 21 contests. No other university comes close to this incredible record of success.

If you’re considering a career in dairy, CONSIDER THE U OF M. In addition to our highly successful judging teams, you can be part of the Gopher Dairy Club, where more than 100 student members gain experience and industry contacts through activities like an all-expense-paid 11-day trip to California in January for seniors.

Both inside and outside the classroom, our dairy professors make teaching and working with students their top priority.

Learn more today at ansci.umn.edu.

GO FOR THE

GOLD! The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

www.umn.edu • (612) 624-2277

• www.ansci.umn.edu

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Midwest Holsteins INDEX

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2018 National Holstein Convention.................................. 7 Albrecht Holsteins .......................................................... 17 Brenhaven Holsteins & Jerseys ........................................ 38 Clearfield Farm.................................................................. 2 Corey Geiger for Holstein USA Vice President ..............12 Farnear Holsteins/GenoSource ...................................... 41 Garden Valley Genetics .................................................. 33 Gildale Holsteins.............................................................. 12 Green Meadows Farm .................................................... 14 John Bierbaum for Holstein USA Vice President .......... 34 Larson Acres .................................................................... 22 Little Valley Dairy............................................................ 48 Marathon County ...................................................... 28-32 Minnesota Directory of Services................................ 46-47 Mystic Valley Dairy/Ke-Jo ................................................ 6 New Day Dairy................................................................ 33 Olmar Farms .................................................................. 13

ADVERTISERS Pine-Shelter Farms .......................................................... 17 Ran-Rose Holsteins ........................................................ 15 Reed Dairy ...................................................................... 38 Rho-Nic Holsteins .......................................................... 35 Rob-Cri Holsteins ............................................................ 33 Rod-er-Dic.................................................................. 24-25 Schaufine Farms .............................................................. 23 Selz-Pralle Dairy ........................................................ 18-19 Star-Summit Holsteins......................................................16 Starward Farm ................................................................ 45 Sugar Creek Dairy .......................................................... 39 University of Minnesota.................................................... 3 University of Wisconsin-Madison .................................. 8-9 Vitality Crew...................................................................... 5 Wargo Acres .................................................................... 44 WHA................................................................................ 45 Wildvale Registered Holsteins ........................................ 40

cover photo by Joey Opsal, Blue Mounds, WI

Wisconsin Holstein Association 902 8th Ave., Baraboo, WI 53913 Phone (608) 356-2114 • Fax (608) 356-6312 1-800-223-4269 darinj@wisholsteins.com To Advertise: P.O. Box 49, Lancaster, WI 53813 Phone (608) 723-4933 • Fax (608) 723-4973 e-mail: lauraw@wisholsteins.com

www.wisholsteins.com WISCONSIN HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION STAFF: Darin Johnson, Executive Director Laura Wackershauser, Editor/Advertising Manager Sharon Maffei, Membership Coordinator Ashley Yager, Public Relations Associate WISCONSIN HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS: Kevin Jorgensen, President - Waupun, 920-210-3992 Craig Carncross, Vice President - Lodi, 608-592-2560 Erica Ullom, Secretary - Bloomer, 715-933-0477 Heather Jauquet, Executive Committee - Pulaski, 920-371-7511 Pam Selz-Pralle, Executive Committee - Humbird, 715-334-3434 Bill Calvert - Cuba City, 608-759-2080 Steve Endres - Waunakee, 608-279-5952 Sara Feldmann - Howards Grove, 920-980-9704 Joseta Halbur - Eden, 715-821-9672 Craig Krohlow - Black Creek, 920-639-5388 Sherry Siemers-Peterman - Cleveland, 920-946-0123 Bryan Stremcha - Bangor, 608-790-1925 NATIONAL DIRECTOR: Paul Buhr - 608-606-3480 MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017 - 5

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Ms Apples Annesa-ET

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EX-92 2E EEEEE (new score!)

3-03 3x 365 38,815 1834F 1328P 4-07 3x 349 42,639 1934F 1450P 5-08 3x 147 18,604 888F 614P inc.

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e have 14 Annesa daughters in the herd with 7 milking. We are very excited about her Kingboy and Yoder daughters due later this summer and look for her stylish December 2016 winter calf at the shows this summer.

We believe in the Apples! In addition to Annesa’s influence, we have a super fancy Boris-Red fall calf from Apple-B and a Kingboy 2-year-old that has the look of a future star from an EX-91 Gold Chip x EX-94 Damion from Apple.

Best of luck at the shows this summer!

Mystic Valley Dairy LLC Mitch Breunig

8667 Cty. Hwy. V, Sauk City, WI 53583 | 608.963.6819 e-mail: mysticvalley336@gmail.com 24 EX, 149 VG, 161 GP, 42 G RHA: 425 cows 33,045 3.9 1288 3.02 999 6 - MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017

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Kevin Jorgensen

801 Winter Ave., Waupun, WI 53963 920-210-3992 kjorgensen@selectsires.com

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Gildale Holsteins to host 2017 Wisconsin Holstein State Picnic Erik and Brenda Gilbertson of Gildale Holsteins might just be two of the most passionate young dairy professionals in the industry today. In a world where the landscape of the family farm has evolved dramatically, the Gilbertsons are living proof there is still a place for owning and operating a successful ‘small’ farm and raising their three girls leading by example.

Gildale Holsteins is tucked into the rolling hills of southeastern Iowa County and built on three generations of Gilbertsons farming in Hollandale. Erik’s grandfather, Otis, started his dairy on a farm just down the road from the homestead. The Gilbertson’s farm currently sits on 80 acres within the village limits, and includes the 46-cow tie stall barn, machine shed, house and lush pastures for the cows to graze April through October. Just a half mile down the road is the remainder of the Gilbertson’s land, including an additional 180 acres

Brenda and Erik Gilbertson with (left to right) Elise, Makenna and Naydeen

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for yearling heifers and dry cows, crop land, and the newly constructed heifer shed.

Erik decided early on that if he couldn’t buy into the family farm by age 30, he didn’t want to be a part of it. He has worked side by side with his father, Mark, all his life. In 2008, Mark and Erik sold a portion of their cattle by public auction. They formed an LLC in 2008 that included the cattle and machinery. This year Erik turns 37 and it’s finally he and wife Brenda’s turn to take the helm. Even with the transition, Mark remains involved in the day-to-day operation of the farm.

In March of this year, Erik and Brenda officially took ownership of the farm. Erik and Brenda still own a home just a quarter mile down the road from the farm, but they are hoping to complete renovations on the farmhouse and move in prior to the fall picnic date.

The Gilbertsons are excited to raise their family on the home farm and instill the same values they had growing up. Brenda grew up on Cava-Lanes Holsteins in Manitowoc County, and her family farm roots run deep. After several years working in communications in the dairy industry, Brenda has migrated to Gildale as full-time mom and support system. She was a founding member of Dairy Girl Network when she embarked on freelancing projects. Brenda’s involvement has since evolved to focusing on growth for the dairywomen organization.

In addition, she and Erik are successful AdvoCare independent distributors – both of these positions have helped in supplementing farm income.

Brenda joked in college, telling friends she would someday meet her husband at World Dairy Expo, and that is precisely where she and Erik were formally introduced in 2006. They married in 2009, and now have three children – Makenna (6), Elise (4), and Naydeen (1). All three girls enjoy their days on the farm, and Erik, Brenda and Mark admit seeing their excitement is what it’s all about at the end of the day. Mark also admits it has been fun to see and be reminded of how experiences on the farm shape a person, and how living it is essential for understanding how it influences the kids.

Erik and Brenda grew up in the show ring in their respective

counties, and shared a similar highlight of that experience at the 1999 Wisconsin Junior State Fair. That year, Erik was named Supreme Showperson, and Brenda exhibited the Junior Champion Female, Hagen CL Broker Mariah-ET. Mariah was a cornerstone cow family from Brenda’s youth, and her family is still represented at Gildale along with four other cow families from Cava-Lanes.

Some of the barn favorites from the Cavanaugh’s cow families go back to Cava-Lanes Gibson Shannon, EX-93. Shannon was Intermediate Champion at the District 10 Holstein Show and won the Manitowoc County Culver’s Futurity in 2008. She was the pride and joy of Brenda’s brother, the late Todd Cavanaugh, who insisted Shannon left him a cow pie on his gravesite. The Cavanaugh family honored his wish and delivered a cow pie – which not only got the community talking, but honored Todd’s personality and passion for Shannon as a foundation cow.

Shannon traces back to a cow that Todd purchased from Canada in the early 1990s, which is another special connection as many influential founding cows at Gildale originated in Canada. A few of the cows Mark and Erik developed include Bridgewood Stardust Barbie EX-93, Paradigm Formation Mint EX-90, and Valleylane G D R Nutmeg EX-92. Offspring from all three of these cows are still prominent in the herd today.

In fact, Gildale Jasper Nugget EX-91, is a Jasper from EX-92 Terrason Naomi and EX-92 Nutmeg. Nugget is one of three cows the Gilbertsons will IVF in the coming weeks, and her granddam, Nutmeg, was Erik’s perennial show cow from his 4-H days. Nutmeg

Gildale Jasper Nugget EX-91

had a list of accolades a mile long, and Nugget is looking like she will follow in grandma’s footsteps.

Gildale Aftershock Maria, EX-93, is from the Mint family line. Her dam is a VG-88 Fabulous x EX-93 Storm Maire x EX-90 Formation Mint x Prelude from the Alton Lea herd. Maria is an exciting young cow that will also be IFV’d to Goldwyn this year.

In addition to Canadian cow families, the Gilbertsons have offspring from the Windy-Knoll-View Pala family that have made waves. Gildale Advent Primrose sold in the Gilbertson’s 2008 sale and is now a member of the EX-95 club for Second-Look Holsteins.

Erik and Brenda are excited to work with Gildale Damion Precious, an EX-91 maternal sister to Primrose, that will also be on an IFV program this summer.

There’s no doubt the importance of Registered Holsteins at Gildale. Erik and Brenda’s passion stems from the opportunity to milk good cows. Erik even admits he is scared walking in a barn and not being able to see good cows. With recent classification results that yielded 16 Excellent, 26 Very Good and 6 Good Plus cows and a 110.3% BAA, its not likely that Erik will have to look at ‘ugly’ cows anytime soon. The Gildale herd is on pasture more than six months of the year, and has an RHA with 46 cows at 21,000 pounds milk.

The Gilbertsons work with Gerry Laufenberg of ABS Global for AI services, and have an outstanding conception rate. Mark and Erik were once adamant about sticking to 100% bulls, but Erik has begun using a few 99% sires after being ‘backed into a corner’ genetically.

They are currently using Defiant, Dempsey, Solomon, Dundee, Gold Chip, Addiction-P, Doorman, Crush, Ammo-P and Aftershock as service sires. Erik really likes his Aftershock heifers (and cows), as well as Armani, Hypnotic, Damion, Atwood, AppleJack and Sid calves.

Picnic guests can expect to see some of the Gilbertson’s favorite young cows sired by Aftershock, Atwood, Absolute, and Goldsun.

The Gildale crew has had a great run in the show ring, a result of their desire to breed the best cows possible. They have been recognized as Premier Breeder and Exhibitor at the District 3 Holstein Show multiple times and consign to select sales each year.

The Gilbertson family is very excited to welcome Holstein breeders to Gildale Holsteins and scenic southwest Wisconsin on September 17th. For information leading up to the event, follow the Gildale Holsteins page on Facebook. There’s no doubt that visitors will find a great little red barn filled with outstanding cows and a devoted Registered Holstein family instilling passion for breeding good cows into the next generation.

Gildale Storm Maire EX-93

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The Wisconsin Holstein Association supports

Corey Geiger for Vice President of Holstein USA • Proven Leader

- Past Wisconsin Holstein Assoc. Board member & President - 6-year member of the Holstein USA Board of Directors - National Dairy Shrine President - Co-chair of 2019 National Holstein Convention

• Dedicated Volunteer - Secretary-Treasurer of Klussendorf Association - Superintendent of National Collegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest

• Industry Professional - Managing Editor of Hoard’s Dairyman - Co-owner of Ran-Rose Holsteins, Reedsville, WI “Corey Geiger would be a valuable asset to the leadership team at Holstein USA. A proven leader in Wisconsin and at the national level, he brings a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge to all of his endeavors and the Wisconsin Holstein Board of Directors strongly supports his bid for Vice President of Holstein Association USA.” - Kevin Jorgensen, WHA President

Wisconsin Holstein Association Picnic Sunday, September 17 • Gildale Holsteins, Hollandale, WI Something for everyone: Networking ~ Insightful speakers ~ Cattleman’s lunch ~ Entertainment ~ Run/walk event ~ Children’s activities ~ New heifer facility viewing ~ Tag Sale Barneveld Hwy. 151 to Madison

Erik and Brenda Gilbertson Makenna, Elise and Naydeen Mark Gilbertson 605 First Ave., Hollandale, WI • gildaleholsteins@gmail.com Erik 608.574.1031 • Brenda 608.574.2855 • Mark 608.574.8107 BAA: 110.3%

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Travel to the rolling hills of Southwest Wisconsin! Make it a weekend getaway and visit local tourist attractions.

• Mineral Point: Brewery Creek Inn, 608-987-3298 • Barneveld: Deer Valley Lodge & Waterpark, 608-924-1600, (Gildale block ends August 15) • New Glarus: Swiss Aire Motel, 608-527-2138, (Gildale block ends July 15)

or enjoy camping at one of several nearby State Parks

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Olmar Atwood Jubilee EX 90

Jubilee sports a fabulous mammary and youthfulness that will serve her well in future lactations. She has a Gambler daughter due in November and a Saloon bull available for sale.

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Olmar Kolten Dottie EX 91

Hailing from the Dazzling Star Family, Dottie has the most impressive frame. She has passed that on to her Gillespy daughter.

Also From the Dazzling Star Family

Olmar Shampoo Starry Eyes EX 92 Quote from the classifier as she was the last cow for the day, “And where has she been hiding all day?”

Olmar Shottle Desire EX - 5th gen EX

From the Bunny Family

Olmar Alexander Black Ice EX Olmar Federal Brittany Tw EX - 5th gen EX Olmar Cena Petal EX - Sister to Baby of Pearl Olmar Al Baby of Pearl EX - Sister to Petal and has a fancy Sept Goldchip A fancy third sister by Applecrisp is due in November to Incredible Red

From the Bella Family

Olmar Admiral Bella City EX - 9th gen EX with daughters by Mardi Gras and Scenario

Other Farm Favorites

Olmar Hero Excite EX Olmar Palermo Silkience EX Olmar Guthrie Fantastic EX - 35,000# 2 yr old Olmar Epic Amore EX

Phase 4 Johnes Free Herd 109.2 BAA | 31EX 75VG 35GP 46 years PBR | 24 years PGH DHIR avg: 2x 29,779 3.6% 1055 3.0% 889

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BRIAN AND JILL NELSON US Hwy 14, Sleepy Eye, MN 56085 Ph. (507) 794-2697 www.olmarfarms.com olmarfarms@sleepyeyetel.net

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Vote Corey Geiger A Leader Bringing Ideas to Life

Top to bottom, left to right: Promoting U.S. Dairy on trade missions in the Middle East, Mexico, Singapore and Vietnam; Recognizing World Dairy Expo pioneers; Brought Midwest Holsteins publication to life; Inspiring dairy youth; Breeding, showing and milking cows; Leading cow-based discussions; A homebred Hoard’s Supreme Champion - Ripp Co Braxton Dairy; Talking farming to non-traditional audiences.

Fellow Holstein Breeders, my life and industry experiences, including serving as national director and on the Wisconsin Holstein board for 8 years, twice as President, have prepared me to represent you and lead Holstein Association USA.

Ran-Rose Holsteins I ask for your support and your vote for Vice President at this year’s National Holstein Convention in Washington.

Randall and Rosalie Geiger Corey Geiger and Krista Knigge Jonathan Petersheim, herdsman 4227 Hickory Hills Rd., Reedsville, WI 54230 Corey cell: (920) 650 0294; cgeiger@uwalumni.com 25,228M 935F 760P • 9 EX, 39 VG, 12 GP • 19 consecutive years under 100,000 SCC MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017 - 15

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We love our Crush Calves!

They are tall and dairy with a lot of body and they stand out in pens.

15 Crush heifers registered so far, with more coming They will be in the show ring this year!

Pine-Shelter Cheyenne EX-95-3E 4-08 3x 365d 40,820 3.4 1376 3.0 1238 •WDE Grand Champion 2003

Crush’s Maternal Line: Dam: Edg Claire Cling-ET Gdam: Pine-Shelter Claire Wood-ET 3rd Dam: Pine-Shelter Chelsy Sho-ET 4th Dam: Pine-Shelter Cheyenne

farms

Alberts Brothers

Dave: cow/bull info: (507) 356-8625 or (507) 269-3084

Pine-Shelter Chelsy Sho-ET VG-86 2-00 3X 365D 32,050 3.7 1174 3.1 978

#CRUSHINIT

WOW! 50 Years Ago

Jan Kurth became Extension Home Economist in Carver County 50 years ago in June 1967.

Jan is pictured at a 4-H banquet in 1968 with FRANK QUILICI, 2nd Baseman for the 1965 American League Champion MN Twins Frank worked the off season for OAK GROVE DAIRY in Norwood. Frank later was the manager of the TWINS and then was the play by play broadcaster for the TWINS The cow head pictured on the logo is MN’s first 4-E cow owned by us. Sandy Kee Ivanhoe Boots-EX-92-4E

Jan (Kurth) Albrecht will recieve her 40yr NATIONAL HOLSTEIN MEMBER AWARD in Bellevue, WA in June.

Jan & Jerry Albrecht sponsor the 40yr National Holstein Member Award Congratulations to AUSTIN SCHMITT on being named a DJM National Semifinalist and ISAAC NESLON on being named a YDJM National Finalist in 2017. Jan & Jerry sponsor the MN DJM and YDJM Awards.

HOLSTEINS

Gerald F. and Janice K. Albrecht 5325 Co. Rd. 10 N. Watertown, MN 55388 (952)-955-1772

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51 EX 117 VG 112 GP 10 G 290 classified cows average VG 86.5

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O SELZ-PRALLE DAIRY Scott & Pam Selz-Pralle, Ryan, Jessica & Nicole N4621 Hwy. 12, Humbird, WI 54746 • (715) 334-3434 • E-mail: selzpralle@centurytel.net 18 - MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017

ur cows average 105 pounds of 4% milk each day and look good doing it! Last year, 13 cows finished over 50,000 and 72 made records over 40,000.

Pictured is Joliam Shot Pepper 3729-ET, EX-94 2E (95, 94, 100, 92, 93). She made at 5-06 365 37,686 5.4 2031 3.3 1349.

We’re living the dream high milk production from high scoring cows!

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Joliam Goldwyn 3404-ET EX-91 3E

EX-92 92, 90, 92, 90, 93

3-06 365 39,257 4.2 1664 3.1 1230

8-07 365 44,075 3.9 1710 3.2 1405 Lifetime to date: 224,180 9428 7108

Joliam Shottle Mystik 3768-ET

Joliam WB Mirage 4145

EX-93 2E 97, 94, 97, 88, 92

EX-91 90, 90, 92, 92, 91

4-08 365 45,724 3.9 1779 2.7 1241

4-02 344 42,864 3.7 1595 2.9 1255

Joliam L Picante 4197-ET

Joliam Atwood Frisco 4105-ET

EX-92 92, 93, 88, 92, 92

4-01 365 43,057 4.4 1889 3.3 1402

EX-93 92, 94, 87, 90, 94

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2017 Iowa Holstein Convention Highlights The 2017 Iowa Holstein Convention was held February 25 at the Backwoods Bar & Grill, McGregor.

Officers elected for 2017 are Trent Henkes, President; Carl Mensen, Vice-President; and Kevin Fossum, Joe Gibbs, Mark Knudtson, Dan Moon, Jess Rediske, Katie Stoll and Walt Wessel as Directors-at-Large.

Following the annual meeting, the standing committees met followed by the board reorganization meeting. Jeff Hammerand, Mark Knudtson and Dan Moon were elected to serve on the Executive Committee The Friday evening banquet was attended by approximately 110 people. The emcee for the evening was Mark Knudtson.

Jessica Stempfle, the 2016 Iowa Holstein Princess crowned Jenna Chapman as the 2017 Iowa Holstein Princess. Kathy Demmer presented the Iowa Holstein Auxiliary Scholarship to Alyssa Dougherty.

The Iowa Holstein Auxiliary Hall of Fame Award recipient was Trent Henkes.

Jeff Hammerand presented the Young Distinguished Junior Member Awards to Regan Demmer and Ben Scott and the Distinguished Junior Member Awards to Andy Dougherty and Kate Stewart.

Trent & Leslie Henkes, Trent was the recipient of the Iowa Holstein Auxiliary Hall of Fame Award.

Mark Knudtson recognized the recipients of the Progressive Breeders Registry Award and the Progressive Genetics Herd Award.

The Top BAA Herds and Top Production Herds were recognized by Carl Mensen. This year’s 40-Year Members of the National Association were Steve Gerlach, Patsy Kerndt, Henry & Barbara Runde, Kenneth Shatek, Philip Specht, and Alan Steffens.

Leslie Henkes presented the Linda Pagel Scholarship to Andy Dougherty. Mary Scott and Nathan Arthur were the recipients of the Iowa Holstein Association scholarship.

Blake and Jordan Hansen, who were unable to attend, were honored with the Outstanding Young Holstein Breeder Award. Paul Schmitt received the Master Breeder Award posthumously. Linda Pagel presented the award given in memory of Russel Pagel to Kay Schmitt. Ron Lenth received the Distinguished Service Award from Trent Henkes.

We would like to thank District 1 for hosting this year’s convention. The 2018 Iowa Holstein Convention will be hosted by the Iowa Holstein Association with a date and a location to be determined.

2016 Alternate Iowa Holstein Princess Sally Hamlett, 2017 Iowa Holstein Princess Jenna Chapman, 2016 Iowa Holstein Princess Jessica Stempfle

Linda Pagel Scholarship recipient Andy Dougherty and Linda Pagel Ron and Kathy Lenth - Ron received the Distinguished Service Award Young Distinguished Junior Members Ben Scott and Regan Demmer Iowa Holstein Association Scholarship recipients Mary Scott and Nathan Arthur

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2017 Iowa Distinguished Junior Members

Andy Dougherty, 21, is the son of Ron and Julie Dougherty of Epworth, Iowa. He has two younger sisters, Alyssa and Amanda.

Andy grew up just a few miles from Farnear Holsteins which his grandparents, Joe and Virginia Simon started in 1962. Now his uncles Tom and Rick Simon and families own and operate Farnear Holsteins. Andy states that Farnear Holsteins is what “a family farm is all about.” Spending time on the 120 cow Registered Holstein herd with 300 replacements has taught Andy responsibility, dedication, and hard work and has made him who he is today.

Andy started his involvement with the Iowa Holstein Association when he showed a calf in the novice class at his district show. He continued showing Holsteins at the district and state level. Andy participated in various contests at the National Junior Holstein conventions. He has competed in Junior and Senior Dairy Bowl, Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Jeopardy, Digital Historian, and the State Scrapbook Contest. He was also a 2013 YDJM Finalist. Andy has served as Treasurer, Reporter, Digital Historian, and District 8 representative of the Iowa Junior Holstein Association.

This summer, Andy will represent Iowa in his last year as a Junior member in the senior jeopardy contest in Washington.

Currently, Andy is a junior at Iowa State University majoring in Dairy Science. He is involved in the Iowa State Dairy Science Club. He helps with the ice cream mixing, Dairy Coalition, and Intramurals. Andy is also a member of the Agricultural Marketing and Management Organization. This past summer, Andy had completed an internship for R-John Holsteins in California. He currently works for Farnear Holsteins during school breaks and on weekends when he is home.

After graduation from Iowa State, Andy would like to pursue a career in the A.I. industry. He wants to continue building his herd of registered Holsteins and promoting the Dairy Industry. He plans to become actively involved with the Iowa Holstein Association after completing his Iowa Junior Holstein membership.

2017 Iowa Holstein Association Board of Directors

Front Row l to r: Walt Wessel, Vice President Carl Mensen, President Trent Henkes, Katie Stoll, Jess Rediske Back Row l to r: Secretary Paula Smith, Paul Stempfle, Dave Chapman, Jeff Hammerand, Kevin Fossum, Doug Lyons, Mark Knudtson, Lance Schutte, Treasurer Shellie Volker, Dan Moon

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Kate Stewart, 20, is the daughter of Matt and Diana Stewart from Oelwein, Iowa. Along with her four older siblings, Jared, Lindsey, Mike, and Dan, Kate grew up on the 295-acre fifth generation family farm. Following in her brothers and sisters’ footsteps, Kate became active in the Iowa Junior Holstein Association at age 9. She participated in Junior Quiz Bowl, Junior and Intermediate Jeopardy, Folding Display Contest, Prepared Public Speaking, and Scrapbook. These events allowed Kate to explore the history of the Holstein breed, to see how far it has come, and to dream of where it will go.

“My adventure began with the Holstein cow. It has taken me to my fair share of shows, inspired me to share the dairy farmer’s story as the 2015-2016 Iowa Dairy Princess, and has allowed me to help raise hundreds of dollars for the Great American Milk Drive.

But my adventure didn’t end when I left for college, I’ve climbed mountains in Panama to visit dairy farms and learn the farmer’s stories, I’ve visited farms in China and learned how policies impact an industry. My love for the Holstein cow has given me a world view, broadening my vision and instilling in me a passion for helping people,” Kate Stewart said.

“Being a member of the Iowa Junior Holstein Association has shown me that no obstacle is too great when you are surrounded by a community that is continuously working together for the betterment of the product, animal welfare, and their neighbors. Having had the opportunity to travel and speak with farmers from across the country at National Holstein Conventions it became evident that it wasn’t just the Iowa Junior Holstein Association that had this support, it was simply how the dairy community worked.”

Currently, Kate is a sophomore at Iowa State University dual majoring in Global Resource Systems and Agronomy. She is actively involved in the Iowa State Blood Drive, Global Health and AIDS Coalition, and Dairy Science Club – especially volunteering with Food at First, helping serve meals to those in need in the Ames community. She is also an ambassador for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Global Resource Systems, and the Peace Corps. Kate is currently serving as the Vice President of Community Service for Kappa Delta Sorority as well as leading a small group for St. Thomas Aquinas Church.

This summer, Kate will be in Uganda with the Iowa State University – Uganda Program. Along with students and faculty, she will be developing a school garden for an elementary school in the Kamuli District, teaching curriculum in agriculture, science, and nutrition to grades 1 through 7, as well as participating in one or more bi-national team projects that support the school garden program such as irrigation, beekeeping, and agroforestry.

“I am rooted in the dairy community in which I love for that is where my adventure began - with the Holstein cow, and after graduation I plan to use my dairy knowledge as well as my knowledge gained from my degrees to best help people in developing countries increase crop and livestock yields in sustainable practices. I can only dream of where my adventure will take me next.”

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Lars-Acres Gwatwd Landi-ET VG-87 VVVVV at 2-06 Champion Bred & Owned of Junior Show, Midwest National Spring Show 2017 ~ owned by Brooke, Dane & Luke Trustem

Dam: Biljean Bolivia Lyndi-ET EX-91 EX-MS 5-10 3x 235 28,530 3.7 1066 2.7 765 2nd Dam: Biljean Gibson Lyric EX-91 EX-MS 4-05 2x 365 28,100 3.9 1095 3.1 860 3rd Dam: Biljean Durham Lovely-ET EX-92 DOM 3-00 2x 345 30,150 3.1 941 3.2 965 4th Dam: Biljean Juror Lovely EX-93 5th Dam: Biljean Target Lovely-ET VG-85 6th Dam: Castleholm Star Lass Love-ET EX-91 DOM 7th Dam: Biljean Valiant Job Lass EX-92 GMD DOM 8th-10th Dams: VG-86 DOM, VG-88 GMD DOM, EX-90

Congratulations to Brooke on being a National Distinguished Junior Member Semi-Finalist! ~ Freshman at UW-Madison ~ Badger Dairy Club Outstanding Freshman ~ Badger Dairy Club Outreach Officer ~ World Dairy Expo Milkhouse Co-Chair ~ AWA Breakfast on the Farm Food Co-Chair ~ Magnolia 4-H Queen

Brooke, Dane & Luke Trustem 18218 W State Road 59, Evansville, WI 53536 www.larsonacres.com brooke@larsonacres.com 22 - MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017

ank you to the buyers of our spring sale consignments - best of luck with your purchases!

Blessed!

Thank You

The past few months have involved many changes for our family. December 2, 2016 was a day that closed a chapter of our lives that so greatly molded who we are as people and what we had known as every day life for the past 40 years. But, that day we were again reminded of the many blessings that lifestyle has provided us. Though we no longer milk cows, we look forward to continuing our involvement in the holstein industry. We are so thankful for the support of our many friends, family and fellow breeders that made the Legacy Showcase at Schaufine a success. We wish the best for all of the buyers and look forward to following your successes in the future!

-Boyd, Sandy & Amy

Congrats to The Hoovers!

Legacy Showcase

In March we welcomed Brad Hoover to the family!

We wish Brad and Amy the very best and look forward to spending more time in Pennsylvania visiting them and the rest of Brook Corner Holsteins.

Breeding age bulls for sale

Boyd, Sandy &Amy Schaufelberger

Boyd: 618.267.2011 Amy: 618.267.1899 schaufine@att.net

www.schaufinefarms.com

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Minnesota Brood Cow Profile: Saintville Shottle Masie-EX-92-3E Rick Haler from Norwood Young America, Minnesota built his herd, Saintville Holsteins, on the foundation of great cows, and of these cows is Shottle Masie EX-92-3E. Haler entered Saintville Shottle Masie into Minnesota’s Brood Cow contest for 2017. Masie is very deserving of the title 2017 Minnesota Holstein Brood Cow.

the world in 2015.

Saintville Iota Mareen, another Mallory daughter, went EX-90 as a 3-YrOld and was a dam of merit in 2016.

Mareen is the dam of Saintville Lisa who sold at the World Classic Sale in 2016 for $55,000.

Saintville Supersire Marasire, another Mareen daughter has two sons over +2700 gtpi going to AltaGenetics.

Masie is a true foundation cow for the Haler family. She has proven herself both in milk and in offspring and is truly deserving of being the 2017 Minnesota

Saintville Shottle Maisie is a Shottle daughter from Saintville Roy MercedesVG-89 x Saintville Zepulin Melody VG89. Masie is currently in her 9th lactation and her 8th lactation consisted of 35,833 lbs of milk with a 3.7 fat and 3.3 protein.

Not only does Masie produce well but she also has a list of impressive offspring.

Masie has two sons currently in A.I. Saintville Jeeves Magic and Saintville Robust Mitch. Masie’s daughter Saintville Megaman Mallory VG-86 sold at the 2010 Minnesota National Convention for $19,000. Mallory’s offspring include Miss Bookem Marly GP-83 owned by T-Spruce Holsteins who has sons in AI and progeny milking in Japan. ST-M Sterling Mindy-ET who had a #1 ranking megasire daughter in

Saintville Shottle Masie EX-92-3E

Minnesota Holstein congratulates Austin Schmitt - 2017 DJM finalist

Austin Schmitt, son of Mark & Natalie Schmitt lives on a dairy farm near Rice, Minnesota. They currently milk 90 registered Holsteins and manage 500 acres of corn, alfalfa and soybeans. Austin is a student at the University of Minnesota and is pursuing a degree in Animal Science with an emphasis in Dairy Production and minors in Agronomy and Agriculture Food Business Management.

Austin has been involved in Minnesota 4-H where he enjoyed project bowl as well as dairy judging. Austin also attended the National 4-H dairy conference in 2012.

Austin is very active in the Minnesota Junior Holstein Association and spent many years on the MJHA board, most recently as president of the association.

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Minnesota Holstein Feature Story The full story can be found in the Minnesota Holstein News

Rodash-View Holsteins WANAMINGO, Minn. – Although David Friese grew up on a dairy farm, his love for dairy cows didn’t fully develop until a little later in life.

“When I was young I showed one calf, but the day of the show she was in heat,” David said of his slightly traumatic first time showing. “I switched to sheep.”

However, his stint with the smaller species didn’t last long and he returned to bovines, the animals that truly captured his attention. Over the years, David and Becky Friese along with their family have built a registered herd of Holsteins on their 75-cow dairy, Rodash-View Holsteins, near Wanamingo, Minn.

On June 9, the Friese family will host the annual Minnesota Holstein Association Field Day in conjunction with being a tour stop for the National Red and White Convention.

“It’s always fun to get together with people in the Holstein business and share what [animals] we have,” Becky said.

With classification only two days before their tour, the Frieses will have the

(LtoR) David & Becky Friese with sons Marshall & Josh (Photo courtesy of Dairy Star)

barn ready, and the animals clipped and cleaned for a fun-filled day for the two events.

Their herd will be on display in their tunnel-ventilated tiestall barn they built in 2006. Cows display the traits the Frieses use in their breeding philosophy – structurally big cows with lots of dairy strength, good feet and legs, strong ud-

ders, and longevity. Showing has always been a part of their yearly routine.

“We’re looking for sound, functional cows and if they’re good enough to show, we’ll go,” David said.

(Full story can be found on pages 6-7 of Minnesota Holstein News)

Minnesota Holstein congratulates Isaac Nelson - 2017 YDJM finalist Isaac Nelson, son of Brian & Jill Nelson lives on a dairy farm near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. They currently milk 150 registered Holsteins, raise 150 heifers and 60 bulls.

Isaac has worked alongside his parents for as long as he can remember. Isaac is also very involved in 4-H and FFA. Isaac also competed in 4-H Dairy judging in Harrisburg, WI in the fall of 2016.

Isaac is very active in the Minnesota Junior Asssociaiton including showing at the state shows, attending junior conventions and being a member of the quizbowl team and a dairy jeopardy participant.

Congratulations Isaac on all of your accomplishments!

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MARATHON COUNTY HOLSTEIN BREEDERS Come visit us at the cheese curd stand!

• Athens Fair August 17-20 • Edgar Steam Engine Show - August 26-28

Classification Update: Dream Team Atwood Sometime VG-87 at 2Y Tree-Hayven Atwood Petal EX-90 at 4Y

Dream Team Holsteins Don, Jenna, Malayna, Kendra & Kase Fahey 11360 Rainbow Dr., Merrill, WI 54452 715-537-0820 jennafahey23@gmail.com

GRANDEUR HOLSTEINS BLIVEN FAMILY R865 Mount View Lane Athens, WI 54411 Phone: 715-257-7255 e-mail: jbliven@semexusa.com

Behling Family Dairy Home of

TRAVIS & BROOKE BEHLING R238 Lovers Lane, Athens, WI 54411 • 715-210-5138

Gary’s Dairy

Good-Time registered Holsteins

Gary Stankowski, Owner Home: (715) 693-3197 3860 Sugar Bush Rd., Mosinee, WI 54455 Farm: (715) 693-0799 543 Hwy. S, Mosinee, WI 54455

Introducing our new “C” line!

Cora Mary Ann - born September 19 9 lbs. 2 oz., 20 1/2 inches

5117 CTH “N”, EDGAR, WI 54426 • 715-352-3656 Mike & Linda King Kevin & June King

Visitors welcome by appointment

The Best Things come in 92’s!

Keith & Cassi Bauman Korbyn, Karsyn & Chase W615 Cty. Hwy. N, Edgar, WI 54426 715-615-3552

Dal-Ski Toystory Pnutbutter EX-92 7-03 365 39,272M 1449F 1074P

Stetzerlann Toystory Bonnie

Ded-Dit Holsteins

EX-92 2E EX-95MS ~ 7 calves at 10-00

Latest family to join the Ded-Dit herd: Rob-Cri Corvette Tacoma ~ from the Talk-About Linjet Try family; Corvette x Bradnick x VG-86 Atwood sister to Vangoh Durham Treasure

Doug Dittmar 6006 - 3 Birch Street, Schofield, WI 54476 715-571-0843 28 - MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017

DAL-SKI HOLSTEINS David & Paulette Lemanski

Devin, Alex & Danielle 715-352-3382 dpadski@gmail.com 3475 Cardinal Lane, Marathon, WI 54448 Visitors Welcome

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MARATHON COUNTY HOLSTEIN BREEDERS

REIBER ACRES LLC SCHCustom Calf & Heifer Raising

Galen & Marlene 2193 Wuerztburg Rd., Athens, WI 54411 715-223-4534 Cell: 715-316-1968 schreiberacres@gmail.com

Bart, Brittany, Bailey & Brett 2213 Wuerztburg Rd., Athens, WI 54411 Cell: 715-721-6116

Moo-dy Acres Mike, Barb, Madison & Abigail Borchardt W4370 Wien Drive, Edgar, WI 54426 715-352-2448

4 daughers of Har-Dale-Acres-JP-Pride-ET Peach +2568 GTPI Polly +2479 GTPI Prancer +2477 GTPI Pizza +2462 GTPI Pizza is now fresh and milking.

We have sold our milking herd and now will be selling their daughters as they get close to freshening throughout the year. All Select Sires breeding including Spur, McNuggets, Gold Chip and McCutchen.

Call Russ at 715-573-0521 for more information.

Fred, Lynne & Matt Harder

Russ & Rosie Bauman

8470 Hwy. H, Athens, WI 54411 Phone/Fax: 715-257-7480 • Matt cell: 715-316-7332

Edgar, WI • 715-573-0521

Dan and Michelle Mielke

A Grass-Based dairy farm with Strong Cow Families

She is the core of our herd!

An Armitage granddaughter of Apple

F2171 Huckleberry Rd, Colby, WI 54421 715-223-4371 Cell: 715-255-2356 email: mielke@pcpros.net

For Sale: Milkyhill Dairy

Ms Brandys Bella now EX-92 DOM 3-06 2x 364 37,350 3.9 1471 3.1 1149 +2228 GTPI - 1st 4 milking daughters by Defiant & AltaJackman are all VG-85 or VG-86 Sam & Jenn Zimmermann Mason, Adelle, Neah & Garrison E2259 County Rd. Q, Ringle, WI 54471 Cell: 715-218-8619

• 150 ft. barn, large stalls, show place • 4 bedroom house, 1.5 baths • landscaped yard • north side of Fenwood, WI

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MARATHON COUNTY HOLSTEIN BREEDERS

April 2017 Classification Update

Miss Langs Twin-B Kboy 5106 NOW VG-85 VG-MS at 2-06 +2633G +1498M +55F +45P +659NM +5.8PL +3.20T +2.71UDC

• 24 new VG cows • 3 new EX cows, including: Nor-Way-Pete Stl Karin EX EX-MS 6-02 346 40,333 4.7 1884 2.8 1121 172,000 lifetime to date 4th generation EX

• 1 at 4E, 1 at 3E, 2 more went 2E

Dam: Langs-Twin-B Mogul 4915-ET VG-88 DOM +2394G 2-03 365 30,560 4.0 1233 3.1 934 2nd Dam: Ralma Shottle Oreo-ET VG-85 DOM

NOR-WAY-PETE FARMS, INC.

Floyd & Lloyd Baumann

1751 Cherry Drive, Eland, WI 54427 4/17 RHA: 3x 29,710 3.93 1168 3.01 895 Chad & Andy Peterson, owners 715-302-0482 Visitors Always Welcome!

Marathon, WI Ph: 715-443-3595 Fax: 715-443-3833

Lang’s Twin Elm Farms, Inc. Fred Lang Wausau, WI Ph: 715-675-0896

New Excellent 3-Year-Old! Owned by: Thomas & Florine Bunkelman Brooke, Brent & Brodie

Tomkins Hztry Sizln Sunshine EX-90

Sky-Reach Day Dream EX-90 EX-91MS Gameday Attic Lorin VG-86

F4680 Walnut Rd., Edgar, WI 54426 Ph.: 715-581-6460 E-mail: tomkinsfarm@yahoo.com 30 - MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017

Sire: Minnigan-Hills Day-ET Dam: Sky-Reach Al Wilma EX-90 91-MS 2nd Dam: Friesian-Knoll Durham Winnie EX-92 2E, 210,000 lft.

Day Dream has a VG-87 sister by HMV Lancelot & a sister by Claynook Tonka.

HOLSTEINS Hank, Shannon, Gabe & Jonah Boschma Athens, WI 715-205-7303

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MARATHON COUNTY HOLSTEIN BREEDERS Newest Addition at Fustead Holsteins

Bosside Shottle Dodie EX-90

205,528 lbs. lifetime in 5 lact. ~ due September 1 with a Mr Salvator heifer We are looking for a “share milker” to share the workload and the milk check with potential to take over the complete operation with a 15 year contract.

Call for more details.

John & Tineke Boschma H4370 Townline Rd., Colby, WI 54421 PH: 715-223-0534 Fax: 715-223-1114 E-Mail: bossideholsteins@hotmail.com RHA: 31 cows 24,723M 965F 817P BAA: 107.8%

Savannah Emma 6 lbs. 11oz and 20 inches long born February 6th to Tyler and Shannon, she joins siblings Sarah and Tanner

FUSTEAD HOLSTEINS Tyler, Shannon, Sarah & Tanner Brian & Wendy Fust Adam & Jennifer, Aiden, Wausau, WI Bailey & Connor 715-842-5868/Ph; 715-848-0465/Fax

Keeping the Procky Family Going Strong Peru is turning into a great individual!

Samway Baltimor Grace VG-85 at 2-03 2-01 2x 216 16,323 3.3 540 3.0 491 inc.

Another promising 2-year-old at Sam-Way Dairy!

Grace is due in September with an Airlift heifer calf.

Wayne, Samantha & Justin Giese F1761 Huckleberry Rd., Edgar, WI 54426 715-352-2972 home 715-965-7147 cell samwaydairy@yahoo.com

L-L-M-Dairy SS Peru-ET VG-88 GTPI +2482 2-00 2x 365 29,705 4.4 1309 3.2 961 Peru is a Supersire from Procky that is going strong. We just calved in a Kingboy daughter from Peru that scored VG-85. She has daughters up to +2644G and granddaughters up to +2780G. Leon & Lyle Matthiae E916 Hwy. Q Ringle, WI 54471 715-297-8485 Leon 715-297-8483 Lyle www.llmdairy.com Visitors always welcome MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017 - 31

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MARATHON COUNTY HOLSTEIN BREEDERS

Introducing...

Sam-Way Dairy

Samantha and Wayne Giese were married in the fall of 2004 and, at that time, had no intentions of ever owning a dairy farm. They were both content with their jobs - Wayne was an agronomist at the local co-op and Samantha was working at a cheese factory. In 2005 Wayne’s parents, Russ and Barb, decided to take some time away from the farm and go on vacation to visit their daughter in Florida while Wayne and Samantha took care of the family’s farm. Little did they know that those five days of working with the animals would stir up a desire in them to want to do it as a lifestyle.

Their son Justin was born the following February so Samantha quit her job and together they began looking at various farms in the area that were for sale. That summer Wayne’s parents decided that 2006 would be their last year dairy farming, so their search for a farm was over.

On January 1, 2007, Wayne and Samantha purchased the herd of cows, began leasing the line of equipment, and rented the buildings and land in order to keep their overhead cost at a manageable level. Any replacements that were needed were purchased from his parents until their own replacements became available. In the fall of 2008 they purchased the farm which consisted of 80 acres. The following spring an additional 40 acres of land was purchased from a neighbor and a new calf shed was built that summer allowing them to add a few more cows in the barn. In the spring of 2012 they purchased another 75 acres of land and currently rent an additional 40 acres from Wayne’s parents, giving them a current total of 204 tillable acres.

Today, their herd consists of 54 total cows as well as 70 head of youngstock. Samantha and Justin enjoy taking care of the calves and younger heifers and Wayne focuses most of his time on the cows, and together they make sure the fieldwork gets done. The breeding decisions are primarily focused on type, but they also realize that milk production pays the bills with the current rolling herd average at 26,394 pounds of milk with a 3.6% butterfat and a 3.1% protein. High type genomic bulls are most commonly used but they still believe that some of the older, proven bulls cross really well with the daughters of these younger bulls. The bulls currently being used are Doorman, Solomon, Devour *RC, Defiant *RC, Lotus *RC, Jordy-Red, Durham and Dempsey. Samantha also puts together a show string of heifers each year, and together her and Justin travel to about half a dozen shows throughout the year.

One cow that looks to leave a mark in the Samway herd is Samway Palermo Osbourne. She scored VG-87 as a 2-year-old and was flushed to both Brash and Doorman.

She also knows how to pay some bills with lactation totals as a 2-year-old of 30,313 pounds milk with 1353 pounds of butterfat and 1122 pounds protein. She’s fresh again in early May and has begun this lactation even stronger than the previous one. Wayne and Samantha plan on flushing Sam-Way Palermo Osbourne VG-87 her to Doorman again and then IVFing her to Goldwyn this fall.

Wayne and Samantha admit that they have met a few individuals who have taught them more than they could have imagined about the Holstein industry. They would like to thank Krista Luedtke and Tony Mayer for their willingness to share your knowledge and expertise with us. Tony is also a partner on a couple of the heifers at Sam-Way Dairy.

Lastly, the Giese’s would like to thank the Marathon County Holstein Breeders Coop for sponsoring this ad.

Wayne, Samantha & Justin Giese F1761 Huckleberry Rd., Edgar, WI 54426 715-352-2972 home 715-965-7147 cell samwaydairy@yahoo.com 32 - MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017

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Introducing the newest member of Team GVG Sadie Rae Daniels ~ born 1/10/17

Thank you for all the support and buyers at our sale. Good luck with your purchases!

Welcomed with love by Justin, Darci, big brother Weston and all the ladies at Garden Valley Genetics.

Justin & Darci Daniels Weston & Sadie

ROB-CRI HOLSTEINS

N9958 North Branch Rd., Hixton, WI 54635 715-896-5780 Like us on Facebook!

Robert & Christine Barden 6487 Eckels Road, Plover, WI • rob_cri40@yahoo.com Bob cell: 715-340-5013

New-Day Detour Magdelena born 7/26/15 +2507G +3.3PL +0.3%P +.14%F +3.07T +2.52UDC ~ ready to flush this summer!

Dam: New-Day Saloon Monica VG-85 at 1-11 2nd Dam: Family-Affair Mixr Milly-TW GP-80 2-01 296 24,535 761F 788P 3-00 365 41,904 1263F 1239P 3rd Dam: R-E-W Daz Bonita-ET GP-83 4th Dam: Regancrest G Bedazzle-ET EX-91 5th Dam: Regancrest-PR Barbie EX-92 (pictured)

Robert, Kena, Emanuel & Evan Strack

New Day Dairy

Athens, WI 715-680-1668 | rstrack@hotmail.com RHA: 108 cows 31,035M 1108F 962P BAA:105.2% MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017 - 33

John Bierbaum Bio:

for Holstein Association USA Vice President

John Bierbaum, of Burnsville, Minn., earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration – accounting from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Business. He worked as a CPA for Arthur Andersen & Co., served as Pohlad Companies Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and then Treasurer and CFO of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

He retired in March 2013, but remains active in dairying with Johnan Holsteins in Mantorville, Minn. They milked 60 Holsteins until their dispersal in May 2017. The herd has a 107.6 BAA and has been a recipient of the Progressive Genetics Herd award. Bierbaum served two terms as director at large on the Holstein Association USA board. During that time, he chaired the Audit committee, and served on the Executive and Governance committees. He served as chairman on the Holstein Foundation board of Trustees, chaired the 2010 National Holstein Convention, is a former president and director of Minne-sota Holstein Association and is a part of the organizing committee for the 2017 Red & White National Convention. He has received the Person of the Year, President’s award, and Long-time Meritorious Service award from the Minn-esota Holstein Association.

He also received the Friend ofMinnesota Junior Holtsein Association award. John is a former chair and program director of Leadership Minneapolis and was honored as Alumni of the Year.

He and his wife, Nancy, have three children and two grandchildren.

Q&A:

Name one key attribute you possess that will bring value to the Holstein AssociationUSA membership and board of directors, if elected.

I believe I understand the role of elected officers serving in a useful and productive manner. My style of leadership is to help the people around me be willing contributors and to encourage them to give their best in action and thinking. My skill traits have developed through maturity and experience and include business and financial management and long-term strategy. HAUSA is blessed with skilled staff and committed board members. The talents of those and future folks will be needed to keep HAUSA at the fore-front of a changing industry; an industry where change is likely to accelerate. I think I can help with that challenge.

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Support:

MHA Endorses John Bierbaum because of the first hand view at his management skills when John Bierbaum steered the association out of legal and financial difficulty. MHA also endorses John because of his strong support and interest in the juniors, his successful chairing of the 2010 National Convention and his passion and drive for the association and industry.

Minnesota Holstein Association is asking for your support in the election of John Bierbaum for the Holstein Association USA Vice President position. ~MHA Board of Directors

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Michigan At A Glance Relief Spreads Like Wildfire from Michigan Dairymen

By Bev Berens

Some left Michigan one truck at a time, others in multi-truck convoys. Their destination and goal: to deliver hay, feed, supplies and especially hope, to ranchers three and four states away who had lost everything but hope in wildfires that blasted Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado the first week of March.

Thousands of cattle could not escape wind-whipped flames that consumed the plentiful dried grass intended to feed them until spring pasture. Thousands more had to be put down after the fires, from injury and suffering beyond recovery. Stacked hay, homes, barns, shops and sheds in harm’s that happened to be spared, were saved only by miracle.

“There’s not a lot extra in the dairy industry today,” said Clint Marshall, Ogemaw County dairy farmer. “But we, the farmers of all kinds are the people who truly care about animals and livestock. We stepped up and did what we could. The help was badly needed down there.”

His community of Ogemaw County gathered enough hay, grain, fencing supplies, and equipment to fill a combination of nineteen semi-trucks and flatbed trailers with hope. A pallet full of brand new farm boots in various sizes even showed up for the trip, delivered by men whose own shoes needed repair.

Enough money was donated to cover all the fuel for each truck’s round trip, with

Smoke preceeded the fires, turning day sky to night as the fire approached the town of Knowles, OK. Ten homes in town were lost in the fires. (Shala Underwood photo.)

$5700 left. “In all, about $65,000 came out of this community in a very short time in the form of inventory, fuel and donated trucks and trailers,” said Roy Smith, co-organizer for the group and herd manager at Rosebrugh Dairy. Jock Kartes was also a co-organizer and both men recruited help from their respective farm clerical staff to track donations, arrange fuel permits, handle money and paperwork.

The left-over money has been sent directly to a fence supply retailer in Oklahoma, purchas-

Michigan: Your ‘ConVAcation’ Spot

The 2017 National Holstein Convention is upon us and that means we are just one short year away from the 2018 National Holstein Convention hosted by the Michigan Holstein Association in the heart of cherry country! The Traverse City area is known for its beautiful agricultural bounty and the sandy shores of Lake Michigan.

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a rich blend of adventure and relaxation Traverse City is true North! Our tours will have you biking around Mackinac Island, sailing on tall ships, fishing in fresh waters, hiking on sand dunes, tasting local wines and shopping in unique stores. And the best part- visiting with some of the most progressive Holstein breeders in the nation!

Drive through our beautiful state on your way to the northwest corner or fly into the Traverse City Regional Airport. Kill two birds with one stone and combine your summer vacation with the national convention then mark down June 29-July 3rd as your “Summer Convation!”

Visit our website www.MichiganHolstein.com often for updated information and details of the 2018 National Holstein Convention as you plan to Explore The Shore, Michigan Holsteins and More!

ing materials for the ranches to which the group originally delivered.

Smith’s idea hatched on March 19th while tending fresh cows. He and a friend would each bring a load of supplies with Smith’s father riding along for father-son time. Miller Feed collected donations for eighteen ton of calf and grower grain mixes.

Miller and Smith agreed to make up any shortfall from their own pockets that donations didn’t cover.

Word spread nearly as quickly as the fires did on March 6th. As supplies, truck and a driver for one truck were committed, more donations rolled in, snowballing the need for additional trucks, drivers and fuel, growing by two, five and seven trucks at a time. With each commitment of supplies, another truck and driver volunteered their services, and enough fuel money (approximately $1200 per truck) fell into place. The group left on March 31st; each tractor-trailer had two drivers and each driver and truck was committed to a regular load on Monday morning.

“Whether you donate inventory or purchase supplies or fuel to go down there, the most touching thing to me was the display of unity that this community showed,” said Marshall. “A small community that is obviously going through difficult economic times themselves, they didn’t think twice. People just stepped up and did what they could; every ten-dollar donation was just as important as a thousand dollars.”

Relief Spreads Like Wildfire from Michigan Dairy Farmers

Tera Baker of Tri-Koebel Farm in Three Rivers, shared the sentiment that all donations large and small added together to make a big impact that helped fellow agriculturalists with cattle to feed and no feed to give them. Baker’s husband, Shawn, and his father, Roger, piloted a truck that left on April 2nd with donations from southwest Michigan. Berrien County Farm Bureau, ADM Nutrition and EDJ Transport helped make the donation possible. Caregivers for orphaned calves grouped on ranches were thrilled with donations of high quality milk replacer on the load.

And it was no surprise that hungry, range raised beef cows devoured every last stem of high quality dairy hay delivered by Ogemaw County dairy farmers.

The trip for all was emotional. “We were overwhelmed by what we saw,” Smith said. “Eight miles out of Ashland(Kansas) and we didn’t see anything that looked like fire had burned it. Then we topped a hill and as far as you could see it was black--forty miles of just black.” The remains of equipment and vehicles stood where they disintegrated in the remains of a shop; a crumbling chimney and ash, the only signs that a home once stood in place

Baker delivered his load to a collection point in Knowles, OK. Shawn and Roger were served breakfast in a community center while their truck was unloaded. Smith and Kartes decided early on to deliver goods directly to ranches. Smith delivered to the Giles ranch which lost 89 percent of the ranch’s 44,000 grass acres, three homes and 850 head of cattle in less than an hour and a half.

“We talked cows, where they get their

semen; they had just set up 700 heifers to breed AI which would be suicide on a dairy.

She was surprised that we AI every day,” Smith said. “It was a pleasure to see her forget per pain even for just twenty minutes.”

Smith admitted to struggling with the why. “Why did God allow this this to happen to good people,” he said. “It made me frustrated.”

One rancher tearfully accepted the supplies, apologizing for having to take help

On the Giles ranch, fire swept within 150 feet of a dry lot housing heifers. Heat melted the hose from the diesel pump, but the heifers and hay stacked next to the lot were spared. “One of the sisters told me, ‘I guess God just wanted us to get up and feed cattle again the next day’,” Smith said.

“Sometimes in life we have to just be thankful for what didn’t happen.”

“In the world we live in today, the major media groups focus on division---politics, race, what have you,” Marshall said.

“This was a good example of how our industry can unite, without any agenda, just purely out of the goodness of people’s hearts. The media and everyone ought to pay attention to that.”

Oklahoma rancher mingle with Michigan farmers and truck drivers as supplies arrive in Knowles, OK on April 1.

Roger and Shawn Baker attaching American flag to their gift of hay and supplies.

(Tera Baker photo)

Off the

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FARM KIDS UNITE!

Matt Van Dyke and Madeline Meyer took a study break during finals week at Michigan State University to pose for a picture.

Madeline is a familiar face as she is a former Michigan Dairy Ambassador while Matt’s mug is well known as the famed walk-on player for Tom Izzo’s Spartan Basketball team.

What do Matt and Madeline have in common? They are farm kids. Madeline is from a dairy farm west of East Lansing and Matt is from a lettuce farm, northeast of East Lansing and hopes to one day take over the family farm. Matt credits his success from a walk-on player to earning considerable playing time, to his work ethic developed from growing up on a farm. In an article posted on the Spartan Athletics website he said, “I have been helping before I can even remember. Ever since I could walk I would be out in the fields pulling weeds. I probably wasn’t getting much done when I was younger, but I was still out there,” laughed Van Dyke. “You start out with smaller jobs then you progress as you get older. I just knew I always wanted to be with my dad out on the farm.” Photo credit to Madeline Meyer MIDWEST HOLSTEINS, Summer 2017 - 37

SJ REED DBACK

RHIANNON Great Lakes Spring Show Reserve Junior Champion Summer Yearling

Look for us at the Michigan Dairy Expo!

989.277.2078 sjreed57@msn.com

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mS Sugar-C aLEXndr QuEEn-ET Queen’s daughter by Coyne-Farms Jabir-ET, she’s fresh again at 2-11 and milking 124 lbs. per day with 4.2%F and 3.8%P at 46 days fresh.

She has a View-Home Monterey daughter at +2354G.

gp-82 at 2Y 1-10 3x 365 30,420 4.1 1235 2.8 865

Sugar-C Jabir E LizzY

Empress is pregnant to View-Home Cardinal and milking 88 lbs. with 4.0%F and 3.3%P. She has a VG-85 Supersire daughter - Sugar-C SS Easy, +2373G and 2-02 3x 128 11,400 4.5 515 inc. Easy has a +2632G Denver & 2 daughters by Ferdinand-ET, +2630G & +2514G.

EX-90 VEVVE at 3Y +2131g 3-02 3x 365 37,890 4.5 1700 3.2 1209

Sugar-C unO EmprESS-ET

Pregnant to Doorman. She has 2 Teacher daughters: Sugar-C Silky-ET VG-87 VG-MS, +2386G, proj. to 30,000 & bred to High Octane; and Sugar-C T Sultry-ET VG-85 VG-MS, +2246G, proj. to 34,000 & due to Wa-Del Bourbon. Also has a +2201G Mack fresh with a Flagship heifer, a +2469G OCD Jabir Heisenberg-ET, and 6 heifers by Diamondback.

Sugar-C unO ESSaY-ET EX-90 EVEEE at 4Y +2172g 2-03 3x 365 36,570 4.1 1505 3.1 1138 3-00 3x 265 27,500 4.2 11573.3 900 inc.

photos by Lea McCullough

RHA: 33,200 4.0 1320 3.1 1030

1/16 BAA: 105.5%; 10 EX, 160 VG, 245 GP

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Wildvale Holsteins 12838 N Hubert Road, Winslow, IL 61089 Kris & Theresa Wild Kris Cell - 608.214.3259 Theresa Cell - 608.214.3260 Robert & Shirley Wild - 815.868.2202 Cows, heifers and bulls available at most times!

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Thank you!

Thank you to all those who helped make the Genetic Fiesta Dos Sale a success! We couldn’t have done it without our generous consignors, buyers, sale staff and farm crew. We appreciate all of your support and can’t wait to hear about the success of your purchases. We are so glad you could take some of the party home with you!

PEAK EXOTIC KB 961-ET VG-85-2YR

Kingboy x VG-86 Supersire x VG-87 Shottle +2585 GTPI, 706 NM$, +1298M, +2.28 T, 6.8% SCE Currently working KB 961 and her +2831G and +2728G Deltas, +2690G Mega-Duke and +2661G Charismatic

RIVER-VALLEY BARBARA 5-ET RC EX-90

Goldwyn x Rainyridge Talent Barbara EX-95 Female Embryos available by Jordy-Red & Doorman Nom Junior All-American Junior 3-Year-Old 2016 3rd Junior 3-Year-Old, International Jr Show 2016

Embryos always available, inquiries welcome!

October 5th, Mark your calendars! GS Auctions will be hosting a sale at the Sheraton, Thursday night of World Dairy Expo!

Selections are underway, call or email to consign!

Good Luck to all the Iowa Juniors who are heading to National Convention!

10476 Cemetary Road, Farley, Iowa 52046 farnear@hotmail.com Tom Simon: 563-599-9183 | Rick Simon: 563-744-3541 Mark Simon: 563-542-1297 | Bill Rauen: 563-607-0694

2188 78th Street, Blairstown, Iowa 52209 genosource.com | timrauen@genosource.com Tim Rauen: 563-451-5866 | Kyle Demmer: 563-451-5376 Mark Butz: 319-350-1426 | Amanda Hauck: 570-765-0536

Emily Irwin Selected as 2017 National

As a little 8 year old eager for my first year of 4-H and a calf of my very own to show, my parents gave me a calf which I affectionately named Princess. When I received R-Vision Dundee Princess, I became more interested in helping out around the farm and getting involved in the Junior Holstein Association.

R-Vision Holsteins is a 200 acre family owned and operated dairy farm located in Belvidere, Illinois. The farm is home to 70 cows and 65 heifers. We have our 180 acres of crops custom farmed which allows us to concentrate on cow comfort and management. The other 20 acres are buildings and pastures which house the heifers and cows. The crops are used to feed our animals, and any excess is sold. Cows are milked in a 51 stall stanchion barn, but spend the majority of their time in the sand bedded freestall barn or the pasture. Dry cows and heifers are housed in open housing facilities. Our current DHIA rolling herd average is 27,687 pounds of milk, 1,113 pounds of fat, and 889 pounds of protein.

I have always loved being outside working with the cows; one of the first jobs I was able to do, and continue to enjoy, is caring for the baby calves. Calves are given colostrum for the first 2 feedings and are then switched to an accelerated milk replacer. After a week of being bottle fed, they are put on the bucket and given free choice water and calf starter grain. Throughout the calf raising process, I keep the hutches well bedded with straw, and carefully monitor calf health being sure to treat a calf if necessary. I take the responsibility of calf care seriously because if the calf doesn’t have a healthy start, she will take longer to reach breeding weight and not produce to her potential as a cow.

One of my favorite jobs on the farm is managing and taking care of the show animals with my brothers. This job entails feeding, watering, bedding, breaking to lead, and clipping the show animals. When feeding the show animals, I carefully manage their daily feed intake on an individual basis and ensure they have access to plenty of water. Other important aspects of show animal care are keeping the heifers clean and breaking the animals to lead. I allow adequate time to break the heifers to lead, at least 3 weeks before the first show of the season, to ensure they are well trained. I also wash them many times so they get used to that. I do my own body clipping and I work on toplines. It takes a lot of time to get the animal clipped correctly but it is very important because it helps them look their best in the show ring.

Although taking care of baby calves and managing the show herd are my primary duties on the farm while I’m home from college, it doesn’t stop there. I help with moving heifers when they outgrow their pens, vaccinating, feeding grain and hay to heifers, and milking. I also help with additional jobs like cleaning the pipeline and putting straw in the mow.

Working with my show herd has brought me many memories. One of these memories was in 2010 when Darcy was Reserve Grand Champion of the Illinois Jr. Championship Holstein show as a Jr. 3 Year Old. After Darcy won Reserve Champion honors, we decided to have her pictured.

I was given the opportunity to hold Darcy’s head for the picture which was a huge task for short little me. To my surprise, I was able to hold her head long enough for the photographer to take a really great picture!

Another show memory that I have was in 2014 when my fall calf Petunia won Supreme Junior Champion Overall Breeds of my county fair’s Junior

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Show. This was very special to me as I received a banner in memory of one of my mentors that passed away.

When I joined 4-H, I also joined the Illinois Junior Holstein Association, and I started attending Dairy Bowl practices. In addition to practicing for the dairy bowl and dairy jeopardy contests, another opportunity that I took advantage of was participating in the folding display contest.

Making folding displays are a great way for me to learn more about dairy topics that interest me and to educate the public about dairy. I have made five folding displays and have won at the state level each year, and have also competed in the national contest.

The first year that I went to Illinois’ Spring Thing, the qualification contest for National Convention, I won the Junior Jeopardy contest. I went on to attend my first National Holstein Convention in Tennessee where I participated in the Junior Jeopardy contest, and even though I did not place, I was proud to answer one question correctly. Attending my first convention in Tennessee motivated me to continue working hard to earn trips to compete at future conventions. Over my junior Holstein career, many of my favorite memories have been made at the nine National Holstein Conventions that I have had the pleasure of attending.

I earned the opportunities to participate in and win both the Junior and Intermediate Jeopardy contests, and at last year’s convention in New York I placed 2nd in Senior Jeopardy. I have also competed in the Junior Quiz Bowl Contest three times where my team has placed in the top 5.

The 2015 National Convention in Illinois was my favorite convention not only because Illinois hosted it, but also because I was a member of

Distinguished Junior Member Semi-Finalist the winning Senior Dairy Bowl team! It was a neat experience to see how much planning and work goes on behind the scenes by convention volunteers and sponsors to make the convention run smoothly. Another one of my more memorable conventions was when I was named a National Holstein Young Distinguished Junior Member at the 2012 Convention in Missouri! I love attending conventions and competing in dairy bowl and dairy jeopardy, but jeopardy is my favorite because I can read the question fast and buzz in with an answer right away.

An important part of being in the Illinois Junior Holstein Association is participating in the fundraisers. Our organization needs funds in order to continue doing activities, especially to help finance trips to National Conventions. Over the years, I have sold Butterbraids and Pizza Kits, assisted with the embryo shuffle, was “sold” in the Junior worker auction, chaired the Railbird judging contest, modeled live auction items at the Sizzler Sale, worked the food stand at the Illinois Golden Opportunity Sale, sold cow jewelry, and donated silent auction items to the Junior auction at the Illinois Holstein Convention. I also helped organize an adult showmanship contest at the Illinois State Show to raise money for the 2015 National Holstein Convention.

Once I got involved in a few IJHA activities, I decided that I wanted to contribute more to the organization by taking a leadership position as an officer. The first office position I was elected to was the reporter. As the reporter, I was responsible for taking pictures at IJHA events throughout the year and then making the paper and digital scrapbooks to compete in the contest at National Holstein Convention. My paper scrapbook won 1st place and the digital scrapbook placed 4th! The following 2 years I served as the secretary. This position entailed attending and taking notes at the spring and fall meetings and turning in minutes to the Illinois Holstein Herald. I took on a much larger role the next year when I was elected vice president. In the IJHA, the vice president is responsible for organizing and serving on all of the committees as well as planning and executing all aspects of the Illinois Junior Championship Holstein Show. Being the person in charge of the State Junior Show requires getting sponsors for all of the awards, ordering the awards, lining up a judge, and securing volunteers to help with animal check in and show ring cleanliness. Thankfully, after all of my hard work and preparation, the show went very smoothly! After being part of the officer team for 4 years, I gained the confidence to run for the president. I served as the IJHA president for 2 years. During this time, I created the meeting agendas, ran the meetings, communicated closely with the adult advisors, and oversaw the rest of the officer team.

Another opportunity within the IJHA that I decided to take advantage of is the Illinois Holstein Dutchess Contest. The Dutchess contest, held at the Illinois Championship Holstein Show, consists of a speech, impromptu dairy related question, and a personal interview. I was honored to be selected as the Illinois Holstein Dutchess in 2014! As the Dutchess, I handed out awards at the Illinois Holstein Championship Junior and Open Shows and Illinois State Fair Junior Holstein Show, passed out slips at the Illinois Golden Opportunity Sale, and attended the Junior Spring Thing among other Illinois Holstein events. During my reign as Dutchess, the National Holstein Convention was held in Illinois, so I was given the opportunity to be the emcee at the Junior Banquet.

Being Dutchess gave me a wonderful opportunity to be a role model for younger Illinois Holstein members, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time as Dutchess!

In 2013, I was selected to be on the Illinois 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl

Team which competed at NAILE. I gained a lot of new knowledge from practicing, and I earned the captain spot for my team which placed 3rd in the contest. The next day, we participated in the 4-H division of the dairy judging contest at NAILE. Prior to this, I had only participated in local judging contests and had only given reasons a few times. Needless to say, my first experience in a big judging contest didn’t yield the results I wanted, but it sparked my interest to become more involved in dairy judging. The next fall I was selected for the Illinois 4-H Dairy Judging Team that competes at the National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest at the World Dairy Expo! My team and I put a lot of time in preparing for this contest, and as a result we placed 5th high team and I placed 4th high individual, earning an All-American distinction! Judging for the Illinois 4-H team at World Dairy Expo and NAILE helped me develop a passion for judging. This interest and success helped me make the choice to attend Kaskaskia College earning a dairy judging scholarship. At KC, I had the privilege of working with a very talented coach and team, and I enjoyed traveling the state and country for workouts and contests. As a result of my dedication to the judging team, I placed in the top 10 individually at all 3 national postsecondary contests with my team placing 2nd at each contest.

In a quest to gain a more diverse dairy work experience, I worked at a neighboring 140 cow dairy farm this past summer. My job entailed milking and feeding calves and supervising the high school employees.

I enjoyed this opportunity because I experienced different management strategies and facilities such as feeding calves pasteurized waste milk and milking in a double 8 herringbone parlor, and working with the PC DART program. In order to expand my dairy farm work experience even more, I will be completing an internship this summer with Riverview Dairy on one of their 19,000 cow dairies in South Dakota!

Currently, I am a junior at Iowa State University majoring in Dairy Science. I have become involved with several organizations on campus. I am actively involved in the Dairy Science Club, the Dairy Judging Team, and Collegiate 4-H. Being involved in student organizations on campus has enhanced my educational experience at ISU by allowing me to meet a variety of new people. I have also had the opportunity to be a teaching assistant for the dairy cattle evaluation course. With this responsibility, I organize picture classes, assist with listening to reasons, and help grade assignments. This experience has improved my own judging and will hopefully pay off when I judge this fall! Once I graduate from Iowa State, I hope to either become a herdsman for a dairy or to go into the industry working in reproduction.

As the end of my junior Holstein career quickly approaches, I realize my experiences with the Holstein Cow and the Holstein Association have been instrumental in forming who I am today and the future that I plan to pursue. I love being a part of the dairy industry, and I am thrilled to be Illinois’ DJM!

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Obituaries Austin Martin

Austin Joseph Martin, 13, of Milton, Wis., passed away peacefully at UW Children’s Hospital on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017, with his family by his side after a 3 ½-year battle against cancer. Austin was born January 1, 2004, to Joe and Bonnie Martin. Austin was a seventh-grade student at Milton Middle School, where he enjoyed going to class, playing his trumpet and hanging with friends. Austin lived life to the fullest. He was involved in many sports including football, basketball and baseball. He truly enjoyed his time at the Rock County 4-H Fair every year and last year at the Wisconsin State Fair showing his dairy cattle and chickens. He looked forward to being with his dad doing anything farm-related. He was the king of Legos, finishing any kit in no time flat. Austin loved music and knew the words to practically every song. He enjoyed playing with friends on X-Box, especially his farming simulator game. Austin, his sister, Abigail, and his brother, Evan, enjoyed spending time up north at the cabin each summer, hiking, biking, campfires and eating ice cream.

Austin’s infectious smile and kind heart will be missed by all those whose lives he touched. He taught us a lot about living life and giving to others. Austin’s journey led him and his family to many amazing places and many wonderful people that will always be close to our heart.

Austin is survived by his parents, Joe and Bonnie; sister, Abigail; and brother, Evan; grandparents Oscar and Norma Bjugstad of Evansville and Ann Martin of Edgerton; aunts and uncles, Brian and Renee Bjugstad, Evansville; Bruce Bjugstad (Stephanie Douglas), Janesville; Phyllis Broege, Janesville; Roger and Marlys Martin, Milton; Tom Martin (Brianna Powell), Edgerton; cousins Tom and Maria Bjugstad; Dylan, Darian, Dustin and Declan Bjugstad; Kristen, Jenna and Nicole Broege; and John Martin. He is preceded in death by grandfather Harold Martin, Edgerton; great-grandmother Stella Krumwiede, Evansville; Uncle Steve Broege, Janesville; and cousin Daeja Bjugstad, Evansville.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the UW Kids Cancer Fund in Austin’s name.

Maurice Cooper

Maurice E. Cooper, age 88, passed away on Friday April 21 at the Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, Wis., with his daughter and grandson present. A man born with a smile on his face, a sunny disposition and a passion for the Chicago Cubs and Green Bay Packers, Maurice was in good health and living at home on the family farm with his son Bill, daughter-in-law Pam and their family until a sudden illness befell him a week prior to his passing.

Maurice was born November 28, 1928 the seventh, and youngest, child of Walter and Winifred (Butler) Cooper. Maurice grew up on the family dairy and hog farm in Whitewater, Wis., living through both the Great Depression and World War II in his youth. Always bright, Maurice graduated Whitewater City High School in 1945 at the age of seventeen and attended the UW-Madison Short Course in the late 1940s. It was at a Short Course dance that Maurice met the love of his life Geraldine (“Gerry”) Sommer. Maurice and Gerry were married on February 18, 1950 at the Emanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church in Arlington, Wis. After a brief time working at the Pabst Farm in Oconomowoc, and then renting a farm in Brooklyn, Maurice and Gerry settled in at the Sommer family farmstead in Token Creek where they raised six children and a prominent herd of Registered Holsteins, Moss-Oak Farm.

Throughout his lifetime, Maurice was an active member, supporter, and leader of 4-H, and local, state, and national Registered Holstein associations. He served as an active board member of: World Dairy Expo, Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Association, American Dairy Association, Dane County Holstein Association, Dane County Farm Bureau, and the Wisconsin Holstein Association. Civically, Maurice served over 20 years as board member of the DeForest School District, and five years as chairman of the Windsor Town board. Maurice and Gerry were both charter members of the Token Creek Lions Club. Maurice received the Ag Source Distinguished Leadership Award in 1999 and the Distinguished Service Award from the WI Holstein Association in 2004. Maurice and Gerry both received the Distinguished Holstein Senior Breeder Award, the Wisconsin Master Agriculturist Award, and belonged to the Wisconsin Master Farmers Group.

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Maurice is survived by a large and loving family which includes his children, Bonnie Cooper of North York, Ontario, Canada, Donna (James) Humphreys of Clayton MO, Barbara (Roger) Sherman of Twin Lakes, William (Pamela) Cooper of DeForest, Raymond (Tracy) Cooper of Lakeville, MN, and David (Cindy) Cooper of Sun Prairie; grandchildren, Andi, Vicki (Kenny), Juli, Ami, Luke, Matthew, Rachel, Sarah, Cameron (Amy), Jordan, Austin, Morgan, and step-grandchildren: Kim (Steve), Lindsay and Michael (Megan); great-grandchild Abbigail; sisters-in-law Betty Lou Smith, Elizabeth Cooper, and Helen Cooper and an extended family including generations of many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; grandchild, Ashley Cooper; brothers, Francis Cooper, Walter Cooper, and Alan Cooper; sisters, Ruth Cooper, Lucile Cooper, and Elizabeth (Edwin) Messmer; sister-in-law and brothers-in-law, Verna (Francis) Cooper, Edwin Messmer, and Merwyn Smith.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association Scholarship Fund.

David Preder

David L Preder, age 64, of rural Plymouth was called home to eternal rest to join his Lord Jesus and son Adam Preder on April 29 after a courageous battle with primary colon cancer. David was born on October 5, 1952 in Plymouth, Wis., the second oldest child of the Late Edwin “Eddie” and Bernice Preder. In June 1972, David married Bonnie Lautenschlaeger. They had two children, Cathy Jo Linda (Brass) and the late Adam Preder.

On September 27, 1987, David was united in marriage to Yvonne (Bohnhoff). David and Yvonne went after their dream of building a hobby farm from its beginning on land made available to them from Yvonne’s father, the late Wilbur Bohnhoff. Hence the name of the farm was ScenicMoraine; as the contour of the land lies amongst the well-known Kettle Moraine State Forest.

David graduated from New Holstein High School in 1970 and attended the UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course in. Upon graduation, David utilized his talents as a herdsman/herd manager for well-known Registered Holstein breeders such as Lakeside Farms, Illingdale Farms, and Siemers Holsteins. In February 1994 David followed his dream of becoming an artificial insemination technician for NorthStar Select Sires and provided and represented the finest of bovine genetics for farmers in Sheboygan and Manitowoc counties. For 23 years he bred cows and worked every holiday and weekend to provide the best service he could for his respected clientele. His nickname “golden arm” in his earlier days of breeding held true to his attention to detail.

David also fulfilled his dream of breeding and owning the finest in Red and White Holstein genetics as a partner with his wife Yvonne and brother-in-law Rodney Bohnhoff. These genetics, known as Scenic-Edge Holsteins, won numerous All-American nominations and received the prestigious award of Junior Champion at the largest dairy show on earth; World Dairy Expo in 2009. David’s two highly accomplished awards include Sheboygan County Distinguished Holstein Breeder in 2004 and the Larry Moore Master Breeder Award presented by the National Red and White Dairy Cattle Association in 2010. David was also very proud to have bred and owned the 2011 and 2012 Sheboygan County Holstein Futurity winners. David was also a yearly supporter of the Sheboygan County 4-H Fair Junior Dairy Division and the Sheboygan County Holstein Futurity. David was a lifetime member of the county, state, and National Holstein Associations and the Red and White Dairy Cattle Association (RWDCA).

David is survived by: his wife, Yvonne, of 29 years; daughter, Cathy Jo (Mark) Brass; grandson Logan Brass; sister Nancy Krahn (special friend Bruce Froh); brothers: Garry (Kim), Roger (Debra), and Donald Preder; sisters-in-law: Maribeth Witkowski and Francha (Dean) Dallman; brothers-in-law: Gene (Kathy) Bohnhoff, Randy Bohnhoff and Rodney Bohnhoff. He is further survived by his godfather, Lloyd (Darlene) Rumpff, and godmother, Lorraine Meyer, along with other aunts, uncles numerous nieces, nephews and friends around the world. Preceding David in death were: his son, Adam; parents, Eddie and Bernice Preder; godson, Jeremy Krahn; and mother and father-in-law, Jeanette and Wilbur Bohnhoff.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund is being established is David’s name.

The family of David L Preder would like to thank the oncology staff at the Aurora Cancer Care of Grafton; notably, Dr Corey Shamah and the RN staff of Ann, Chris, Tara, and Amy. Aurora Hospice-At-Home

and its staff of RN Karen and NA Jessica. Your kind words and gentle hands made the journey much easier to walk.

Jason Lindner

Jason L. Lindner, age 24, of Greenwood, passed away on Thursday, May 4 as the result of a farming accident. Jason was born on February 4, 1993 in Marshfield, the son of Terry and Carmella (Landini) Lindner.

He was raised on the family farm in the Town of Eaton, rural Greenwood, and received his education in the Greenwood School District, graduating from Greenwood High School in 2012. During high school, Jason was active in the FFA and football, was a member of the 2011 Division 7 State Championship Football team, and was proud to host the June Dairy Breakfast on the family farm. He then enrolled at Chippewa Valley Technical College and earned a degree in Diesel Mechanics in May 2014. Jason began his own manure hauling business, as a junior in high school, that grew into J. Lindner Ag Services, LLC, which he still owned and operated at the present time.

He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Greenwood FFA Alumni, and the Professional Nutrient Applicators Association of Wisconsin. Jason had many interests, but especially loved farming, deer hunting and ice fishing.

He will be deeply missed by his parents: Terry and Carmella Lindner of Greenwood; his sister: Paige Lindner of Greenwood; his grandparents: Louis and Gwen Landini & Donald and Mary Ann Lindner, all of Greenwood; his aunts & uncles: Robert Landini of Greenwood, Leilani (Bea) Landini of Loyal, Donna Opelt of Neillsville, Gary and Nancy Ewoldt of Greenwood, Martin and Kathleen Nigon of Greenwood, Dean and Traci Lindner of Greenwood; many cousins and friends. Jason was preceded in death by an uncle, Kevin Opelt.

In lieu of flowers, Jason’s family asks that donations be given for a memorial to be established at a later date.

Doris Hetts

Doris W. Hetts, 94, of Fort Atkinson passed away peacefully on May 6 at Aster Senior Living in Fort Atkinson. Doris was born October 16, 1922 to Clarence and Christina (Becker) Trieloff.

Doris was the salutatorian for her high school graduating class in 1940. After high school she worked for James Manufacturing as a receptionist-switchboard operator for one year. She then became secretary for the Wisconsin Dairymen’s Association for four years before marrying her high school sweetheart, Allen C. Hetts on June 30, 1945 and coming to Crescent Beauty Farm.

Along with raising five children and keeping a beautiful farmstead, Doris’ activities were many and varied. Doris was a lifelong member of St. John’s Communtiy Church serving as Secretary for the Ladies Aid Society for many years. She was a member of both the State and National Holstein Associations and served as a delegate to the National Convention. She spent many hours volunteering at the Dairy Shrine Museum, Fort Atkinson Hospital, American Red Cross, The Nearly New Thrift Shop just to name a few.

Doris was an incredibly hard worker. Along with the usual chores of a farm wife and mother, she handled all of Allen’s correspondence, advertising, and promotion materials necessary for their business. Upon Allen’s untimely death in 1973, Doris continued the dairy farm with sons Roy and Rodney until 1988 when the Crescent Beauty Herd was dispersed.

In 1985 Doris was honored at the World Dairy Expo, being named “National Dairy Woman of the Year.”

Doris was known as “Mom” to over 40 Japanese trainees that came to Crescent Beauty Farms to work and learn farming and the dairy industry in the United States. Consequently, she made seven trips back to Japan over the years to further support and represent Crescent Beauty Farms and also visit her Japanese “family”.

Doris is survived by her children, Randy (Timothy) Connery, Cottage Grove; Rhonda Shore, Sun Prairie; Roy (Karen) Hetts, Fort Atkinson; Renee (Jack) Beilke, Sun Prairie; and Rodney (Kelli) Hetts, Fort Atkinson.

Also survived by her brother Carroll (Jean) Trieloff, Fort Atkinson. Proud grandmother of 10, great-grandmother of six, and nieces and nephews.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Allen C. Hetts,

infant son Ralph Lee, and sister Lurline Borchardt.

As an expression of sympathy, memorials can be made to St. John’s Community Church in Fort Atkinson and Rainbow Hospice, Johnson Creek. The family of Doris Hetts would like to thank Aster Senior Living and Rainbow Hospice for their loving care.

Byron Bruins

Byron “Bart” Bruins, 73, of Waupun, died Saturday, May 6 at UW Hospital in Madison. Bart was born February 26, 1944 in Fond du Lac the son of Wayne and Aleita Van Loo Bruins. Bart graduated from Waupun High School in 1962. He then attended Central College in Pella, IA for a year before being drafted into the military. He served two years in the US Army with one year of service with the infantry in Vietnam as a sergeant.

Upon discharge from the Army, he went to UW-Oshkosh where he received his bachelor’s degree.

On October 24, 1970 he married Renee Longua at Alto Reformed Church. They resided in the Waupun area all of their married lives. Bart worked for the US Post Office in Waupun for a few years and then began farming in 1976. As a dairy farmer, he was very passionate about his herd of Registered Holsteins. Bart was a basketball coach at Central Wisconsin Christian High School in Waupun for 13 years. During that period they were WISAA State Champions one year and runner-up for two years.

Bart was one of the founders of a recreational basketball league in Waupun, played baseball for Waupun in the Rock River League, and very instrumental in softball and other sports in Waupun. He was an avid Packer, Badger, Brewer and Buck’s fan. He enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, and shared his bounty generously with others. Bart was an active member of Alto Reformed Church where he served as an elder, deacon, Bible study leader, and Sunday school teacher. He and Renee enjoyed traveling. He loved his family and grandchildren dearly.

Bart is survived by his wife, Renee Bruins of Waupun; two sons: Brett (Carrie) Bruins of Waupun, and Scott (Melanie) Bruins of Waupun; a daughter, Becky (Steve) Schertz of Manawa; five grandchildren: Megan (Klint) Vande Zande, Tyler DeBoer (special friend Madi Farr), and Zachary, Liberty and Adelyn Schertz; two great-grandchildren, Klayton and Karter Vande Zande; three sisters: Connie Bruins of Waupun, Judy (Phil) Reinke of Oconomowoc, and Mary (Jim) Nummerdor of Waupun; a brother, Randy (Marcene) Bruins of Waupun; and nieces, nephews, and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wayne and Aleita Bruins.

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BREEDER PROFILE

Garden Valley Genetics Justin and Darci Daniels, Hixton

by Amber Yager

Darci and Justin Daniels with Weston and Sadie

he wonderful thing about our beloved dairy industry, especially here in Wisconsin, is that each and every operation has its own tale to tell. The Daniels family, currently residing in central Wisconsin, is the epitome of hard work and dedication to an operation that just made its debut in October of 2013.

This power couple is no stranger to the dairy industry. Justin grew up on a 150-cow grade Holstein herd in Kenosha County in southeast Wisconsin, where his dad and two uncles had a partnership together. After attending UW Farm and Industry Short Course, Justin went back to the home farm and joined the partnership for seven years. Justin attended the Dairyland Hoof Care Institute in 2005 and has been trimming ever since.

Darci grew up on a 50-cow Registered Holstein and Brown Swiss farm in Crawford County in southwest Wisconsin. She graduated from UWMadison in 2011 and worked as a nutritionist for a feed mill for three and a half years. She now works from home doing independent nutrition work for several farms in their area. Not only does working off the farm help with cash flow during harder times, but it also gives Justin and Darci the opportunity to see other operations and what is and is not working for them. They have found that communication is the key to getting everything done in a day, and that means prioritizing what needs to get done first. They set a schedule as far out as possible, but as dairy farmers they know plans may change and so they adapt to them.

The Daniels are currently milking 55 Registered Holsteins and Brown Swiss (75% Holsteins) in a tie stall barn. They have a combined RHA of 27,000 pounds milk, with 3.9% fat and 3.2% protein. Their current diet contains 67% forage, which is composed of about 26 pounds of dry matter

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BMR corn silage and 12 pounds of dry matter Italian Rye baleage. Their most recent test average was a 4.2% fat and a 3.25% protein.

Justin and Darci purchased the bulk of their original herd from the Dorshorst Family in Junction City. They sought out cow families that they had long admired, including Barbie, Ariel, Debutante, Desire and Elegance, and most recently purchased three cows at the Indianhead Dispersal Sale. Buying granddaughters of cows from other breeders they respect such as Charlie and Katie Bue, Selz-Pralle, Our-Favorite, Scientific, Butlerview and Milksource have also attributed to the foundation they have built for themselves today.

The Daniels’ current Holstein BAA is 107, with six Excellent cows and two more hopefuls to be added in June. When breeding, they emphasize strong type, positive DPR, positive fat and protein and positive milk. Some current sires they are using include Silver, Monterey, Kingboy, and Chief.

Their focus is to produce strong-well balanced cows with outstanding udders and the will to milk.

One of the barn favorites is EDG Dominique MCC 2147. She is a VG-87 EX-90MS McCutchen in her second lactation. Her granddam is Ladys Manor Allanas Dora EX-93. In her first lactation in 371 days she produced 27,462 pounds milk with 4.4% fat & 3.3% protein.

Another herd favorite is Ms Ariels Robust Avatar, VG-88 EX-91MS at 5-02 and +2110 GTPI. She is a Robust daughter from Ms Atlees Goldwyn Ariel-ET EX-92. She has a VG-86 McCutchen 2-year-old with a VG-87 mammary. She is also the dam of Justin and Darci’s first McGucci

Darci and Justin with EDG Dominique MCC 2147 VG-87

and first Kingboy (+2494 GTPI) to freshen and both have beautiful udders for only being a few months fresh in their first lactation.

The couple’s future goals include breeding more Excellent cows while still increasing their milk production and utilizing their forage as much as possible. Some of their best young type cows in the herd are sired by McCutchen. They also like their two Bradnicks and are pleased with the udder on the first McGucci they recently calved in.

There are several people who have helped the Daniels on their journey to where they are today.

Loyd and Daphne Holterman have always shared useful information, not only to encourage them forward but also to challenge them to think outside the box. Shelly Mayer has been another very helpful resource, as she has always been just a phone call away and a great cheerleader.

Perhaps the greatest inspiration of all to this young couple is their two children, Weston (19 months) and Sadie (4 months). They feel that there is no better place to raise them than on a dairy farm. Justin and Darci hope to create something they are proud to be a part of and if interested, something they can pass on to them someday.

At this time the Daniels are members of PDPW, the Holstein and Brown Swiss Associations and Justin is a member of the Hoof Trimmers Association.

The author is a recent graduate of UW-River Falls with degrees in Dairy Science and Animal Science with an equine emphasis and a minor in Ag Business. She now works as a Livestock Production Specialist for Purina Animal Nutrition at Premier Coop in Mineral Point.

Yager worked with Justin and Darci through the PDPW Mentorship Program and enjoyed seeing what a day in their life is like.

SALE REPORTS Quest for Success III - March 31

A large crowd gathered on March 31, 2017 at Bella-View Holsteins, Marion, Wis., for the third edition of the Quest for Success sale. The performance of previous purchases from this sale series has been impressive to say the least. Past buyers along with many others hoping to make that purchase that would be successful for them made for an active sale with bids coming from within the standing room only tent as well as the many prospective buyers accumulated outside. At day’s end the 100 lots sold averaged an impressive $8,119 with cattle going to 15 different states as well as Canada.

Topping the sale was the much talked about 2-year-old by Mountfield SSI Dcy Mogul-ET. Recently scored VG-88 and tabbed as one of the finest 2-year-olds to sell this spring, Kiko Mogul Mara 1095, certainly looked the part! She sold for $47,000 to Norman Nabholz and Garrett Schmidt, West Union, Iowa. Claiming the title as second high seller was the consignment of Larson Acres Inc., Evansville, Wis. Lars-Acres Jedi Ferrari is +2839G and +908 DWP$ in addition to being +8.1PL +933NM. This promising Jedi from a GP-83 VG-MS at 2Y Racer sold to Peak Genetics, Watertown, Wis., for $31,000.

The All-American Fall Heifer Calf from 2016 was one of the standouts in the row of yearlings and looks to be ready to defend her title in 2017. Glamourview, Walkersville, MD, paid $30,500 for Frohland Galaxy Contrast consigned by Bowen, Doeberiener & Schilling, Decatur, Mich.

Another heifer that looked to be in the “hunt” all year was Duckett Solomon Faye, the Solomon summer yearling from the Frosty family consigned by Duckett Holsteins, Rudolph, Wis. When the gavel fell, Izzy Bohrer, Walkersville, MD won out with a final bid of $25,000.

A highlight in the genomic line-up was the consignment of Rickert Bros. LLC, Eldorado, Wis. The Rickerts offered choice of two heifers, a +2773G Exactly who is the #1 Exactly heifer in the breed or her Modesty sister who is +2822G +2254M +80F +64P +924NM. Their dam is a VG-87 Montross 2-year-old at +2636G who is heavily contracted. Jauquet Holsteins, Luxemburg, Wis., paid $25,000 for the right to choose between these money-making prospects. The consignment of Siemers Holstein Farms, Inc., Cleveland, Wis., sported an impressive GLPI of +3376 and +2855 Pro$ in Canada. Siemers Jedi Jipseeny-ET, +2784G, is a flush age Jedi backed by 13 generations EX or VG and was purchased by Select Sires, Plain City, OH, for $24,000.

The sale offered an incredible line up of red and whites and several red factor offspring as well. Leading the list of high sellers in this group was the awesome summer yearling consigned by Hilrose Dairy LLC, Sherwood, Wis. This Diamondback from the 2016 Reserve All-American Aged Cow, Hilrose Advent Anna-Red-ET EX-94 2E, was the choice of Jim and Marvin Schluter, Gifford, Ill., at $14,500. A favorite among the older yearlings was Bella-On-Q Lotsofluv-Red-ET who was a Junior All-American nominee in 2016. This Lotus winter yearling was the selection of Ferme Intense, Bridgitte des saults, Quebec at $13,500. Consigned by the

Zimmermans & Harbaughs, Ringle, Wis., Lotsofluv’s dam just scored Very Good as a 2-year-old and is a sister to the 2011 International R&W Show Reserve Grand Champion, Wilstar-RS Tlt Limited-Red-ET EX-94 2E. Izzy Bohrer, Walkersville, Maryland paid $11,700 to own the big, deep ribbed Diamondback winter calf from Unanimous All-American Summer Yearling in 2015, Jerland SH Dir Nixie-Red-ET. Ms RV QM GV Dbk Nan-Red-ET was the consignment of Lindsay Bowen, Amy Ryan and Glamourview, West Salem, Ohio. The 2016 Unanimous All-American Milking Yearling, Sunnyside Candy Heztry-Red VG-87, sold for $10,900 to T&L Cattle Co. and Stranshome, Owatonna, Minn. Consigned by Sunnyside Dairy Farms LLC, Valders, Wis., Candy is due back in June to Diamondback.

Quest for Success III was hosted by Lynn & Sara Harbaugh of BellaView Holsteins and Chad, Amy, Mark and Mary Ryan of Ryan-Vu Holsteins. Chris Hill sold the sale with Norman Nabholz providing the pedigree commentary. Fielding bids from the large crowd were Rick Bovre, Scott Culbertson, Tom DeGroot, Kyle Demmer, Kevin Jorgensen, Nick Raggi, Ron Roskopf, Paul Trapp & Bob Sabo. Tom Cull, Michael Heath, Ryan Matheron and Reid Stransky were busy on the phones. Aaron Ray Tompkins handled several bids via Cowbuyer.com as well. Presenting the cattle in the ring were Mandi Bue, Chelsea Holschbach, Christy Oehmichen, Brandon Ferry and Andy Steinhagen. The cattle were expertly prepared by Jason Danhof, Mikayla & Tyler Endres, Pat Heeren, Travis Krohlow, Dawson Nickels and Garrett Schmidt. Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. managed the sale.

Purple Ribbon Classic - March 4

The Purple Ribbon Classic, hosted by the Wood Area Holstein Breeders, took place on Saturday, March 4 this year and we are so thankful for all of the support. We had an official average of $2,425 on 44 live lots. The sale crew fielded bids and sold heifers from California to Arkansas to British Columbia!

Our top seller was Lot 3 from Sandy-Valley Farms, a +2708 GTPI Jedi from the same family as the top female in the breed, +3011G Highlight. When the gavel finally came down, she commanded $5,100 to head to Royal Vista Holsteins of Pickett, Wis. Cary Moser of Dream Prairie Holsteins sent a summer yearling Monterey going back to Starbuck Ada. She’s going to have to get her passport out because she’s heading to T&L Cattle Company in British Columbia for $5,000. Next up was the red Armani consigned by Jason Danhof that had the whole sale buzzing. From an EX Ladd-P and then Seisme, the Spears family of Arkansas paid $4,600 to take lot 6 back to Arkansas with them.

To our consignors, bidders and buyers, a heartfelt Thank You. We are forever grateful for your support. To the Wood County Juniors and their parents, you are the reason why we do this and the driving force in getting all of the work done for the sale. See you all in March of 2018 for the 30th edition of the Purple Ribbon Classic! wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/June 2017-19

r i T p m r F a r o i n u J 7 201 Genetic Futures

by Joey Opsal Genetic Futures was formed by the Duckett, Dyment and Butts families in 2009. The next year they added a TransOva satellite center. The farm’s herd is 95% genomic with the rest being high type animals. The main purpose of the operation is to flush the elite individuals on the farm and produce live calves for their customers. The farm is milking 200 cows twice a day with that milk being used to feed the calves. Genetic Futures prides themselves with the health and welfare of their animals. All cattle are tested before being allowed on the farm to ensure herd health. It was a great experience to visit this amazing operation. Thank you to Wes Vomastic for the great tour!

Tree-Hayven Holsteins

by Danielle Warmka Our second stop on the trip was Tree-Hayven Holsteins. Tree-Hayven is owned and operated by Adam Borchert, who was this year’s Distinguished Young Breeder. Adam bought his farm right out of high school from the guy he worked for. At the time, the farm consisted of a house and the barn that was half the size it is now. Since purchasing the farm, he expanded the tie-stall barn and built a heifer shed. Tree-Hayven milks about 65 cows and focuses on type and milk when milking their breeding decisions. One of their best cows is Peppermint Patty, who is EX-93 and has produced daughters that are VG-86 or better as two-year-olds. They also showed us some of their prospective heifers for this upcoming show season. Overall, this was a great tour and we enjoyed viewing a barn full of great cows! Thank you to Tree-Hayven for allowing us to come and see your farm!

Marieke Gouda

by Allie Breunig For our next stop we visited Marieke Gouda in Thorp, which is in Clark County. Kim Bremmer gave us a tour of the farm and their cheese plant. Marieke and Rolf Penterman both immigrated from the Netherlands 20–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/June 2017

in order to farm. Marieke had always loved Holland’s Gouda cheese and wanted to start her own business in the states, so she decided to become a cheesemaker. In 2006 she made her first batch of raw milk Gouda and won an award at the National Cheese Championships.

Today, they milk 350 Holsteins, Red and Whites, and Brown Swiss that milk an average of 91 pounds per day. Overall, they have won 127 awards for their cheeses and each variety has won at least one medal. Their Foenegreek cheese has won the most out of any of their cheeses, and Marieke Gouda was the National Cheese Champion in 2013. At the end of the tour we sampled their cheese and got a chance to check out their store. The juniors that attended the trip strongly recommend a visit to their farmstead or checking out their delicious Gouda at their local grocery store or Costco!

Scientific Holsteins

by Jake Siemers For our final stop on Saturday, we visited the Nunes family at Scientific Holsteins in Chippewa Falls. Matt and Mandy are both California natives that have moved all over the country before settling on the current farm 14 years ago. In the early days, the family milked in a tie-stall barn for over 12 years while building up their young herd, most of which traces back to C Glenridge Citation Roxy. Through the years, they had many accomplishments thanks to Debutante Rae and her descendents, including Matt’s favorite homebred bulls, Destry and Defiant.

The unique part of this farm was the Lely robotic milking system.

They installed two robots 16 months ago as well as building a brand new freestall barn. This allowed for them to concentrate on keeping their large cows comfortable, as well as milk them 3.2 times per day with an average of 91.7 pounds per cow. In an ideal world, 120 cows could pass through the robot but because they are still adjusting only 107 were in the barn when we visited.

According to the Nunes family, the system is fairly simple, but intimidating and slightly difficult to transition to. All in all, the stop was amazing for genetic, historical and technological lessons and is highly recommened if you’re ever in the area.

Mayerlane Holsteins

by Alli Walker Mayerlane Holsteins is operated by Don and Liz Mayer along with their two daughters Erica and Sam and their families. The Mayer family has farmed on the same six acres for the last 27 years. They milk 65-70 Registered Holsteins that are fed a ration of high moisture corn, protein, haylage and corn silage. The Mayers do most of the labor themselves, along with the help of four local part-time high school and college students.

Over the past 27 years, they have hosted numerous trainees from Japan, Germany, Holland and Denmark.

The Mayerlane herd stems from a few different influential cow families. Thiersant Lili Starbuck-ET, EX-94, is in the pedigree of many well developed cows and heifers in the herd. Mayerlane Catamount-ET is an EX-92 Atwood granddaughter of Lili and is a promising second lactation cow. Catamount has an EX full sister and a two-year-old Goldwyn sister. Another proven brood cow is Mayerlane-SA Durham Mae-ET EX-92, a daughter of Whittier-Farms Lead Mae-ET EX-95. Thank you to Mayerlane Holsteins for showing us around your impressive herd!

Crisdhome Farm

by Claire Olson & Maddie Zutz Crisdhome Farm in New Richmond was founded in 1910 by the Kruschke family. This is the fifth generation on the farm. Currently, they milk 95 cows twice a day in a 100 tie-stall barn. The cows are sired

by Atwood, Dempsey, and Gold Chip. They have a BAA of 112. They added a calf shed in 2013 and they also switched from silos to bunkers.

The Crisdhome Farm is focused on their cows’ type and improving their genetics.

Johnson’s Dairy

by Jared VanderWeelen & Collin Wille At Johnson’s Dairy, genomics plays a huge role in reproduction selection. They have 300 cows in milk and since they switched to the strictly genomic based system, they’ve seen an upswing in higher scoring two-yearolds and improved their components from +3.5 to +4.3. With this improved genetic performance they are enabled to export large amounts of embryos and produce quality young bulls.

11 years ago the Johnsons installed a parlor that holds 30+ cows in their old tie-stall barn. This move has allowed the herd to have a 27,000 pound rolling herd average. Milking cows are housed in a sand bedded freestall barn that was added onto the old barn. The Johnsons are always looking towards better efficiency with hopes of building more productive facilities in the future.

Alfalawn Farm

by Mitchell Schroepfer & Kenni Bores The last farm that we stopped at was Alfalawn Farms in Menomonie.

The 2,000 cow dairy is run by the three Styer brothers and their families.

In 2015 they switched from a parallel parlor to a 60-stall DeLaval rotary parlor. They pride themselves on the high quality milk that they ship to DFA in the Twin Cities, which is bottled and sold as fluid milk. The families work a lot with the community hosting school tours. They also work a lot with conservation of water, using each gallon three to four times. They have worked to bring down the water usage per cow to 38 gallons per day.

The Styers also recapture their sand bedding at 98 percent being recaptured and only buying 16 loads since implementing this practice. Once calves are born they are moved into pens until they’ve been drinking from a bottle three times on their own or once they’re about seven days old. They are then moved to group houseing with automatic calf feeders.

Overall, Alfalawn Farm is very impressive.

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Monroe County

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District 2 Report Watch for your chance to advertise & promote your county association in future issues. The July/August issue will feature District 5 - Adams, Columbia, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette and Sauk counties.

2016 Adult Membership: 51; Jr. Membership: 10 Adult Association officers - President: Bryan Stremcha; Vice President: Lee Pierce; Secretary: Aaron Schmitz; Treasurer: Keith Giraud; Directors: Adam Schmitz, Drew Johnson, Mike Parr; Junior Advisor: Amy Schmitz.

Trempealeau County

Buffalo County

2016 Adult Membership: 27; Jr. Membership: 14 Adult Association officers - President: Bob Hart; Vice President: Allan Lundberg; Secretary: Shelly Hart; Treasurer: John Giemza; Junior Advisor: Larry Nelson.

Junior Association officers - President: Megan Nelson; Secretary: Chris Killian; Treasurer: Reece Lehman.

Jackson County

Vernon County

2016 Adult Membership: 10; Jr. Membership: 9 Junior Association officers - President: Jordon Dittrict; Secretary: Korlen Dittrich; Treasurer: Barbara Dittrich; Junior Advisor: Don Dittrich.

2016 Adult Membership: 27; Jr. Membership: 21 Adult Association officers - President: Jerry Schmidt; Vice President: Charlie Bue; Secretary/Treasurer: Sara Larson; Junior Advisor: Carla Stetzer.

La Crosse County

2016 Adult Membership: 34; Jr. Membership: 9 Adult Association officers - President: Randy Holthaus; Vice President/ Secretary: Jeff Heuer; Treasurer: Jody Hoyer; Director: Don Langehr.

2016 Adult Membership: 47; Jr. Membership: 29 Adult Association officers - President: Eric Swiggum; Vice President: Trent Erickson; Secretary: Bob Nigh; Treasurer: Anna Wendorf; Junior Advisors: Rob & Kari Anderson.

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WI Holstein National DJM Spotlight Below are the 2017 national DJM semifinalist candidates from Wisconsin that submitted materials for Holstein USA’s National DJM contest, in addition to a response of one personal view question they were asked on the state application. Good luck at National Convention!

Kristen Broege - National DJM Candidate

Kristen Broege is the 20 year old daughter of Phyllis and the late Steve Broege, Janesville. Kristen owns and shows Rock-Edge Holsteins with her two younger sisters, Jenna and Nicole. She just completed her junior year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in Dairy Science.

How would you explain to a person who has no experience with agriculture the purposes a dairy cow serves on your farm?

“The easiest way to explain what we do to most kids is to compare it to a sport. First and most important, we raise cattle because we love it. Just like any sport started at a young age, we all fell in love with our hobby early on in life and we were hooked. Additionally, we learn many skills we can apply later in life, including responsibility, teamwork, and many other attributes. Similar to scoring the winning basket, when the judge pulls us in first or gives us that champion handshake, the feeling of accomplishment is irreplaceable.

Moreover, one of my favorite parts of working with my heifers is knowing I’ve had a small part in feeding this ever-growing world. All of our heifers eventually turn into cows, produce milk and feed consumers. It is without a doubt I can say my proudest moments are when we have newborn calves, knowing I had some part in bringing them into this world. We care for our animals to give them the best life possible, its as simple as that.”

Carley Krull - National DJM Candidate

Carley Krull is the 19 year old daughter of Cindy Krull-Begeman and the late Brian Krull of Lake Mills.

Carley grew up on her family’s dairy and crop farm with her mom Cindy, sister Cassy, and brother Bryce. Carley is a freshman at Iowa State University where she is majoring in Dairy Science.

If you were to take over the operation that your Holsteins are currently housed at as the sole manager tomorrow, what is the first change you would implement to try and improve the operation and why?

“The first thing I would do is utilize technology and implement a record keeping system to improve management practices and herd health. The breeding record portion of our system is accurate and well-kept, so I would stick to focusing on vaccination and health protocols. As of right now, our vaccinations are recorded in a notebook and kept in the barn for reference. Since we’re a smaller farm, it would not take too much to keep vaccination and health protocols in an excel spreadsheet, word document or other program so we know what each animal on the farm has been treated for, vaccinated for/with, and other health protocols such as hoof trimming. Recording these things could be beneficial for the future of that animal. A prime example is mastitis – if you keep record of mastitis this will help with future treatment decisions, if it’s a chronic issue in the animal, and if the treatment you used the previous time was effective or not.”

Brooke Trustem - National DJM Candidate

Brooke Trustem is the 18 year old daughter of Sandy Larson and Jim Trustem. She is a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she majors in Dairy Science. Her two brothers are Dane and Luke.

Brooke and her extended family farm together at Larson Acres Inc. You have been given a two-minute television spot on your local news station as part of their “June Dairy Month” promotions to do an interview that helps spread a positive message about the dairy industry to your local community. You can focus on any area that you choose, but your goal is to improve consumer perception about the dairy industry. What would you do with your TV spot?

“ ‘Hello everyone! It’s June Dairy month and the thousands of dairy farmers throughout Wisconsin are ready to show you what the dairy industry is all about in our great state. My name is Brooke Trustem and I am here to invite you to the second annual Blue Devil Farm-To-Table Dinner! The dinner is all about connecting consumers and producers together in an elegant meal setting, with a five-course meal, cheese reception, tour of a 2,400-cow milking dairy farm and children’s area to show people of all ages what agriculture is all about.

See you there!’

This would be my commercial advertisement for my second annual Blue Devil Farm-To-Table Dinner. My first dinner took place my senior year for my senior graduation project and I am very proud of how the event turned out! I wanted to focus on connecting the consumer to the producer and I feel that I executed that by bringing them all together through a five-course meal provided by the producers from the local area, for example, I had squash from a fellow Evansville FFA member’s vegetable farm, apples from an apple orchard and dairy products from both where my family farm ships their milk and other local cheese producers. I also had a dairy consultant, my own speech on dairy and economics and speeches from the producers that provided for the dinner talk during the event between the courses, along with having the tour, cheese reception, and children’s area that I talked about in the commercial. The children’s area consisted of making Farm Charms, which are “mini farms” kids wear around their neck to remind them of their time on the farm, for example, green glitter is used to represent the plants in the fields and for the animals!

I am very happy with how the Farm-To-Table turned out because I originally planned for 48 people but ended up with around 50 altogether. This event allowed me to showcase the agriculture industry, especially the dairy aspect and I am really looking forward to hosting another Farm-To-Table, hopefully, in the near future!”

2017 Junior Holstein Raffle

Thank you to Sandy-Valley Holsteins for donating this year’s raffle calf ! The heifer will be available to the raffle winner, to be chosen at the 2018 Junior Convention in Stevens Point. The Junior Holstein raffle tickets will be sent to Junior Advisors the first week of June. If you need tickets, please feel free to contact us and we would be happy to send them directly.

We are hoping to have tickets in everyone’s hands before the bulk of the June events. Contact the office at any time to have more tickets sent.

A Note from your JACs

Hey Junior Members!

It’s summer time again, which means district show, county fairs and state fair is right around the corner! Summer schedules can be packed with clipping clinics and camps, but the JAs would like to remind you that the DJM, YDJM, and 12 & Under forms are out this month! So, we’d like to tell you about a few rule changes for the 2017 forms.

The first one is that you now can use managerial animals for the inventory section if you do not own any animals yourself. The important thing of this section is to learn about health and breeding protocols, so make sure you are help out with vaccinations and other protocols with your project animals! The second change is the due date, moving it to September 20th. This gives everyone a few extra days to tidy up their applications in the fall since summers are usually packed full.

I hope that everyone fills out these forms this year. They are a great way to learn many skills and lessons! If you have any questions about the forms and how to fill them out, or about the changes, please feel free to contact any of the JACs. Good luck to all in the show ring this summer!

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ACKY WPoint of View Editor’s Comments

Spring is finally here to stay and I hope that means most of you are done planting corn. We had another successful weekend for the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase at the end of April. With the addition of the Milking Shorthorn and Ayrshire shows, we had over 450 head on the grounds for all the shows. If you weren’t able to join us in Madison, you can read about the Holstein and Red and White results in this issue. Next up is our District and Championship Show series starting on June 13 with District 1 and concluding with the Championship Shows in Madison, July 9-11. Good luck to everyone at the summer shows!

All of the sales this spring offered a great opportunity for Holstein breeders to add some new genetics to their herds.

Did you make a purchase that you’re excited about? Want to sell some offspring? Give me a call or email and I can talk you through putting together an eye-catching ad that will help market your herd.

I also want to remind everyone that we’ve expanded our services to include website development. If you’ve been considering a website for your farm, please contact Ashley or I. Websites will have a professional look with your own domain name and included in the yearly price is monthly updates.

Thanks to all of the advertisers who continue to support our Midwest Holsteins issues. Our next MW issue will be the October issue and will be handed out at World Dairy Expo. If you are interested in advertising in that issue, or any of our upcoming issues, please give me a call or email anytime.

Are you hosting a Twilight or Daylight meeting this summer? Let us know and we’ll add it to our calendar of events.

We’ll also do our best to get a staff member or summer intern to your event.

If you’ve picked up this issue at the National Convention, I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about Wisconsin and Midwest Holsteins! If you’d like to become a regular subscriber to the News, you can call the WHA office at 1-800223-4269 anytime or download a subscription form from our website.

Hope to see you at one of the Holstein events this summer!

Until next time...

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CALENDAR

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EVENTS

June 2017 Classifying in Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix, Trempealeau counties 1 Shawnee Holsteins Complete Dispersal, Dan Dantoin & family, Fond du Lac, 10:00 a.m.; managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co. 11 Outagamie County Dairy Breakfast, hosted by Voight Acres LLC, Shiocton, 8 a.m.12 p.m.

13 District 1 Show, Ellsworth, 9:30 a.m.

19 District 2 Show, Viroqua, 10 a.m.

20 District 6 Show, Janesville, 8:30 a.m.

20 District 7 Show, Sturgeon Bay, 9 a.m.

21 District 5 Show, Baraboo, 10 a.m.

21 District 10 Show, Chilton, 9 a.m.

22 District 4 Show, Marshfield, 9 a.m.

22 District 8 Show, Jefferson, 10 a.m.

25 Calumet County “Sundae” on a Dairy Farm, hosted by Faust Farms, W3563 County F, Chilton, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

26 District 3 Show, Lancaster, 9 a.m.

27-July 1 National Holstein Convention, Bellevue, Washington July 2017 Classifying in Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Iron, Lincoln, Marinette, Oneida, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Vilas, Washburn counties 9 Wisconsin Junior Championship Show, Showmanship & Judging Contest, 8 a.m.

10 Wisconsin Championship Red & White and Jersey Shows, 9 a.m.

11 Wisconsin Championship Show, Madison, 8 a.m.

August 2017 Classifying in Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington counties 12 Wisconsin Holstein Futurity, West Allis, 5:30 p.m.

18 Barron County Twilight Meeting, hosted by Jeff & Debbie Wille, Rice Lake, 7:30 p.m.

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alpha Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Biozyme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cybil Fisher Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Go-Show Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Great Northern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Initial Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 International Protein Sires/Our Help . . . . . . . . IBC Koepke Farms, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 LaCrosse County/Hy-Joe-Dee Holsteins . . . . . . IFC Mayer Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 NorthStar Cooperative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Origin Reproduction Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Rickert Bros. LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 River Valley Vet Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Rural Mutual Ins./Brian Greenman . . . . . 15 & 25 Second-Look Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STgenetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC & 25 Ultrascan, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Useful Farm Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

MIDWEST HOLSTEINS ADVERTISERS Garden Valley Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Geiger for Vice President of Holstein USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Gildale Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Larson Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Marathon County . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-32 Mystic Valley Dairy/Ke-Jo . . . . . . . . . . . 6 New Day Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Ran-Rose Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rob-Cri Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Holstein Association Representatives Sarah Trapp W16080 Merlin Road, Taylor, WI 54659 608-525-2901 cell: 608-628-1978 e-mail: strapp@holstein.com Chris Lyons W 5979 Lee Dr., Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 920-563-1082 cell 920-723-2406 e-mail: clyons@holstein.com Mandi Ramsburg 1510 Silverstone Trail #2, De Pere, WI 54115 cell: 920-530-5023 e-mail: mramsburg@holstein.com 26–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/June 2017

Selz-Pralle Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19 Sugar Creek Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 UW-Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Wargo Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44