May 2011 Wisconsin Holstein News

May 2011

Volume 83 No. 5

District & Championship Show Rules & Entry Form Barn Meeting Review Breeder Profile: Voight-Acres District 7 Report

Ms Angelinas Angashock Ms Angel is by Aftershock and has a GTPI of 2045. Her dam, Ms Apples Angelina is a VG-87 2Y Stormatic from the one and only Apple-Red EX-94.

Her six nearest dams average 93 points.

Ms Angel will be flushed to Destry.

Imagine the possibilities!

Wilstar-RS Tlt Limited-Red EX-92 3-07 2x 365 37,420 4.1 1519 3.5 1292

Nominated All-American Red & White 4 Year Old 2009 All-WI 4 Year Old 2009 Limited is poised for a big 2011! Her red March 2011 3/4 sister by Redliner will soon call Bella-View home.

Limitless potential!

We have also added a fancy potential 9th generation EX Alexander fall calf, from one of Wisconsin’s finest herds Nor-Way-Pete.

And our extra-special new addition...

District 7

Madison Elizabeth arrived November 8, 2010. She is doing great & has two very proud big brothers!

“Defining Beauty” Thank you to Kamphuis Farms for purchasing and Tim & Brandon Smith for being contending bidders on our consignment that topped the Waupaca-Waushara Show Opportunity Sale!

We wish you the best of luck with your purchase. Also, thank you to Rodney Hetts, Jeff Woods, Steve Berland and their clients, as well as Mike Zahn for purchasing Bella-View Genetics.

And last but not least, thank you to Kurt & Sarah Loehr for choosing Bella-View Shot of Gin in the 2011 Treasure Quest!

Lynn & Sara Harbaugh Jacob • Logan • Madison N11912 Graetz Rd., Marion, WI 54950 920-420-1524 Lynn cell | 866-590-0241 Fax lsharbaugh@frontier.com | www.holsteinworld.com/bellaview

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VOLUME 83 No. 5

Features: 10 16 26 27 32

Breeder Profile: Voight-Acres 2011 Barn Meeting review 2011 District Show information 2011 District & Championship Show rules & entry form Junior Trip Report

Departments: 6 8 9 14 24 31 34 35 36 36 38

WHA Annual Supporters Wisconsin Holstein Briefs From the President: Corey Geiger Sale Reports District 7 report Breeder Business Cards WHY Page Classified Advertising Calendar of Events Editor’s Comments Index to Advertisers

On The Cover

This month’s cover features Gold-N-Oaks Arabell 1765-ET, the #33 Genomic cow in the U.S. scored 83 points or higher. Arabell, owned by the Arabell Syndicate, is a VG-88 Ramos and has a GTPI of +2202.

Thank you to Han Hopman of Holstein International for sharing this photo with us.

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April 2, 2011 is a day we will remember forever. We would like to thank all of our family and friends for making the Sunny-Valley Dispersal better than we could have ever imagined. Thank you to the sales crew for getting the herd looking their very best. Also, thanks to Jess McDonald and Richard Mensendike for milking and managing the barn during the sale. We wish the new owners the very best with their purchases and hope they bring you all the success possible.

Thank You! Ron, Jean, Wayne, Marcia, Sheila, Trevor and Brandon Sunny-Valley Holsteins 6–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May 2011

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Wisconsin Holstein Briefs J Congratulations to the Wisconsin Juniors who have been named Holstein USA’s DJM Semi-Finalists: Danae Bauer, Scandinavia; Mitchell Kappelman, Two Rivers; Kelly Lee, Johnson Creek; and Carl Lippert, Pittsville. Wisconsin also has two Younger DJMs: Jessica Pralle of Humbird and Crystal Siemers-Peterman of Cleveland.

I Congratulations to Michelle (Vosberg) and Casey Pickel, Lancaster, on the birth of their daughter, Ainsley Theresa on April 4, 2011.

Ainsley weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 inches long.

I Congratulations to Anne and Chris Stanton who welcomed a baby girl, Elsie Ardes, on March 19. She weighed 8 lbs. 8oz. and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Charles & Donna Dorshorst, Junction City, and David & Lori Stanton of Wisconsin Rapids.

I Another new baby in the Dorshorst family was born 20 hours later!

Nathan and Melissa Dorshorst also welcomed a new addition, Everett Nathan on March 20. He weighed 7 lbs. 11oz. and was 19 inches long. Grandparents are Charles & Donna Dorshorst of Junction City, and Roger and Karen Krall of Marshfield. He joins older brothers Braedon and Owen.

T Our condolences to the families of David Delfosse, Marion Brown and Richard Kruschke, who have passed away. Full obituaries are printed below.

The Wisconsin Holstein News encourages readers and members to submit information for the Wisconsin Holstein Briefs column. We are looking for news of a wedding, birth announcement, award winner or death that Wisconsin Holstein breeders should know about. High quality, submitted photos will be printed if space is available. Please submit your information to the Wisconsin Holstein News by mail at PO Box 49, Lancaster, WI 53813; or email to lauraw@wisholsteins.com.

Obituaries David Delfosse David Delfosse, 60, of Brussels, a most beloved Grandpa and Dad met the Lord on Monday, March 28 2011. He was born August 26, 1950 in Brussels, to Robert and Armaine Delfosse. The family farmed in Brussels.

Growing up a farm boy never left David’s soul.

In 1975 David, his wife and his one year old daughter started their own dairy in Brussels, Delstar Holsteins. Beginning with just a handful of grade cattle, David grew his farm into a Registered herd of 50 milking cattle, raising young stock and harvesting 250 acres. With hard work, successful breeding and his infatuation for the showring, David successfully showed at the County Fair, District Show, State Fair and World Dairy Expo through his years as a dairyman. David’s most prized award was his years of Progressive Breeder accomplishments.

He always believed anyone can just buy a prestigious Registered cow, but only a true heart and soul dairyman can breed the dam with correct mating, calve out a heifer, raise God’s animal and be able to praise her with honor in that showring. After ending his farming career in 1994, David lived on as a dairyman. He received his certification as a dairy judge, which his family always told him he would be great at. David judged county fairs all over Wisconsin and was always called back a second year. Children who had their cattle judged by him found comfort in his smile, patience and words of wisdom in the ring. David carried on his graces at one of his favorite places; The Door County Fair. Here, David was the face that everyone knew. He always took showing very serious and with great dedication. His grandchildren were taught to show with Grandpas hands. David was head of Little Britches every year at the fair and took on the job with joy and honor. His only son, Adam Delfosse had bought the family farm in 1996 and carried on his dad’s trait of breeding strong Registered dairy cattle. David was reborn again when he and Adam went into partnership with numerous Registered cattle. The world never knew a man so in love with the Registered holstein cow and the family farm.

David is sadly missed every day by his daughter Mindie Overbeck, son-in-law Travis and their children Mitchell, Faith and Brodie; son, Adam Delfosse, daughter-in-law Megan and their children, Ethan, Ashlyn and Aiden; daughter, Danielle Ware, son-inlaw, Tom and their children, Moriah, Gracie and Taylor.

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David’s nine grandchildren captured his heart in every way. Life will not be the same to go on without a Papa. Grandpa David was truly the best kind of Papa. He gave so many gifts to his little angels; his gift of laughter, protection, affection, cheering on, listening, and complimenting. Every basketball game will have an empty bleacher were their biggest fan always cheered, every soccer, softball, hardball game and track meet will have an empty lawn chair, every fair will miss the wash rack warrior and only his hands that could do those detailed top-lines and fix that halter for showmanship. David will live on forever in his grandchildren by the many simple gifts he gave them.

Dad always said; heaven on earth to him was either his grandchildren laughing or cows grazing with a church in the backdrop. May we all find this kind of simplicity as beautiful as he did.

Marion Brown Marion V. Brown, 81, of West Salem, passed away Friday, April 1, 2011, at Morrow Memorial Home, Sparta. She was born October 18, 1929, at home on the family farm near South Beaver Creek, Wis., to Albert and Magnhild (Arneson) Kamprud. Marion was a graduate of Melrose High School. On May 8, 1948, she married Bert Brown at the Brown Family Farm in Melrose, Wis. She and her husband farmed in Melrose and Marion also worked at the Bank of Melrose until 1956.

They then moved to a farm two miles north of West Salem, where they lived and worked until 1996 when they sold the farm and moved into their new home in West Salem. Marion was a loving and giving person who was active in, the Presbyterian Church of West Salem, the Neshonoc Walker Homemakers for over 50 years, the Lakeview Health Center Auxiliary, the Red Cross Blood Mobile, and she also volunteered at Mulder Health Care Facility. She loved cooking, sewing, gardening, quilting, reading, traveling, camping, and she especially loved her grandchildren and great-granchildren.

Survivors include her husband of almost 63 years, Bert; her daughter, Sue (Brown) Winterfield of West Salem; her grandson, Andrew (Rebecca) Lipski of Westby, Wis.; her granddaughter, Stacy (Daniel) Sandhoefner of Burnsville, Minn.; great-grandchildren, Taylor and Ryan Sandhoefner of Burnsville and Jack, Cooper, and Hudson Lipski, all of Westby; and many nieces and nephews.

Marion was preceded in death by her parents; an infant daughter, Linda; an infant son, Bruce; three brothers, Oscar, Minard, and Lester Kamprud; and four sisters, Nora Olsen, Elsie Burnett, Dorothy Gundersen, and Irene Jones.

Richard Kruschke Richard E. Kruschke age 85 a life-long resident of New Richmond died Monday, April 4, 2011 at his home. He was born the son of George and Rosetta (Ausman) Kruschke on September 24, 1925 in New Richmond. In 1943, he graduated from New Richmond High School and then served his country in U.S. Navy during WWII. On September 4, 1948, Richard married Ida Freeberg. He served on the St. Croix County Fair Board for 20+ years and was president for two years of the State Holstein Board. Richard also served on the New Richmond and Star Prairie School Boards along with serving as Chairman of the building committee when the United Methodist Church in New Richmond was built. Other boards Richard served on included, American Dairyman Board, State Vocational Board and the New Richmond Community Foundation. He was a 4-H Leader, FFA Honorary Chapter Farmer, a member of the WI Master Farmers and he won the Distinguished Holstein Breeder award. Recently, the family farm was awarded as a Century Farm in August 2010.

Richard is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Ida; sister, Dorothy Kruschke, infant brother; brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Helen Kruschke; nephews, James Freeberg and Gary Freeberg.

He is survived by his children, David Kruschke, Charles (Mary) Kruschke and Susan Gillis; grandchildren, Carrie (Joshua) Strege, Peter Kruschke, Joseph Kruschke, Jacob Kruschke, Daniel Gillis, J.C. (DeAnna) Gillis; great-grandchildren, Lillie, Mitchell, Tanner and Dalton; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Paul (Dorothy) Freeberg; nephews, Alden (Shirley) Kruschke, Byron (Cheryl) Kruschke; nieces, Jane (Dean) Scholz, Linda (Jim) Halverson; and many more relatives and friends.

From your President Corey Geiger Dear Wisconsin Holstein Association members: Our April 19 WHA board meeting was held one day before the press deadline for the May Wisconsin Holstein News. Our meeting began with a WHA portfolio review from Marsha Stewart with Merrill Lynch. Over the past eight years, the WHA Director of Operations and the WHA Board, along with help from Marsha, have developed mission statements for our seven accounts held with Merrill Lynch. These mission statements give better focus to our investment goals. Overall, our investments continue to perform strongly despite our somewhat conservative investment strategy. The combined Wisconsin Holstein Association account balance stands at $432,000 at the end of March. And during the past 14 years that our money has been invested with Merrill Lynch, we have had a 95.62 percent return on investment. That means we have nearly doubled our money.

On an annual basis, we have earned a 5.2 percent return on our portfolio. As a comparison, if we had invested in the S&P (all stocks), returns would have been 3.24 percent, and a suggested Model Portfolio for nonprofits would have returned 4.71 percent. Both those returns are lower than the actual WHA Portfolio performance. Meanwhile, investing in an Aggregate Bond Index performance would have been slightly higher at 5.62 percent. Bottom line, our Association has very stable investments despite a tight fiscal budget for this year.

Shows always seem to garner a great deal of attention at board meetings. This meeting was no exception. The WHA Board approved a clarification to the junior membership agreement by developing a rule that states animals owned by the junior, either solely or in partnership, are ineligible for all WHA-sponsored shows if a junior is in violation of the WHA Junior Member Agreement. This rule goes into effect immediately.

On another widely debated matter since last year’s Wisconsin State Holstein Show, the WHA Board decided to keep the Spring Heifer Calf Class, Exhibitor 10 & under as is for 2011. Please note, those rules include the fact that calves must be under sole control of the

person on the halter. That means no help from anyone else! As you know, this unique Spring Heifer Calf Class allows youth that are 10 and under as of January 1 to show at our State Show in a separate division.

First- and second-place open and first- and second-place junior animals in this class may compete in Class 2 which is the open division of the Spring Heifer Calf Class. We hope all our members follow the original spirit of this class when it started over a decade ago. If that occurs, there will be no need to revise rules. However, if concerns continue to surround the class, it may be brought up for discussion at next year’s annual meeting.

The very active Young Adult Committee is planning a golf outing prior to the WHA picnic hosted by Matt and Mandy Nunes’ Scientific Holsteins in Chippewa Falls, Wis., on August 27. The event is open to all Holstein enthusiasts regardless of age. It will be a nine-hole scramble contest where the best ball is used from four-member teams.

Like the bowling tournament held a few years ago at Adult Convention, this golf outing will randomly assign people to teams so everyone can meet new people. If you would like to participate, call the WHA office.

The Association would like to have major events, including Junior and Adult Conventions along with the Wisconsin Championship Show, booked three years in advance. To date, only one of three events has extended commitments. The State Show will be in Fond du Lac this year, followed

by Wood and Grant County. Adult convention will be hosted by WaupacaWaushara County next year, and one county is seriously looking at 2013.

Meanwhile, we have a county looking at hosting next year’s junior convention, and Rock County will host in 2013. Bottom line, WHA needs convention hosts to step forward for future adult and junior conventions.

Lastly, I would like to congratulate all four Wisconsin Distinguished Junior Member (DJM) candidates. All four of our nominees qualified for nationals: Danae Bauer, Scandinavia; Mitchell Kappelman, Two Rivers; Kelly Lee, Johnson Creek; and Carl Lippert, Pittsville. This marks the second straight year all four Wisconsin candidates were among the twelve national semi-finalists. Wisconsin also has two Younger Distinguished Junior Members. Congrats to Jessica Pralle of Humbird and Crystal Siemers-Peterman of Cleveland.

In dairy we trust, Your President, Corey Geiger

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BREEDER PROFILE

Voight-Acres Steve & Sue Voight & Family, Shiocton

By Ashley Julka

The Voight Family: Mitch, Amanda, Steve, granddaughter Cadyn, Sue, Hailey, Chad, Tim, grandson Gabe, Cole, Stephanie and Eric Steve keeps himself busy by feeding the animals on Voight-Acres, while Sue does the farm’s bookwork and spends time Monday through Friday with Cadyn and Gabe.

Growing up, Steve was active in the dairy project in 4-H, as well as FFA. Steve, Sue, Mitch and Tim participate in farm tours for 4-H’s “Adventures in Dairyland” program. The whole family enjoys ery few registered Holstein breeders in the industry can say they watching the Packers, Badgers and the Brewers. Steve also attended are a part of a fifth generation farming family, but that is just Fox Valley Technical College for their Dairy Short Course. Steve and what the Voight family of Shiocton, Wisconsin, has done. Voight- Sue were married on September 25, 1976.

Acres was started by Steve’s great-grandparents in 1922 and has been Steve is still an active member of the Outagamie County among family since.

Holstein Breeders. And the tradition continues with his sons, Tim and Steven and Sue have four sons, Eric, Tim, Mitch and Cole, one Mitch. Tim is currently serving as the co-chairman of the Outagamie daughter, Hailey, and two grandchildren. All of their children were County Holstein Breeders Spring Sale, which is scheduled for May 20 active in 4-H and the Junior Holstein Association. The Voights also beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Outagamie County Fairgrounds in participated in the Junior Show at the Wisconsin State Fair every year Seymour. Mitch is currently serving as secretary for the Outagamie they were eligible. They boast a record of 20 years at State Fair in a County Holstein Breeders. row.

Steve got his start in the Registered Holstein industry in 1978 Their children all play a role in the success of the family farming when he purchased 13 cows from his dad. At the same time, he also operation. Eric helps on the farm by getting cattle ready for shows purchased 140 acres from his father and uncle. By the early 1990’s, and filling in as necessary. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two Voight-Acres was a 100% Registered Holstein herd. children, Cadyn and Gabe. Eric went to UW-Oshkosh and Voight-Acres currently operates on 180 acres of owned land, as graduated with a major in Radio, TV, and Film. He works for Results well as 200 acres of rented land. They maintain a herd of 85 cows, Broadcasting in Shawano and is their Station Manager. Eric’s wife, 110 heifers and 30 bulls. The family crops corn, soybeans, alfalfa and Stephanie, works for Thrivent Financial in Appleton. winter wheat. They sell about 8,000 to 10,000 bushels of corn and Tim attended UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course. beans. In addition, they custom big square bale as time allows.

He works on the farm full-time, where he milks the cows and serves Voight-Acres has a rolling herd average of 2x 22,000M 850F as the herdsman.

675P with a BAA of 110. The farm currently has 27 EX, 31 VG and Mitch attended Fox Valley Technical College for agricultural 15 GP. Of the 27 EX, they have three cows EX-94 and three cows mechanics. He also works on the farm full-time, milking cows and EX-93. specializing in crops and machinery. Mitch is getting married on The farm’s most influential brood cow is Voight-Acres Prelude May 14, 2011, and his fiancé, Amanda Osowski, works for Oshkosh Paula EX-94 5E. She has a lifetime record of 268,129M 4.9 13,018F Corporation.

3.2 8,626P. She has three Excellent Their daughter, Hailey, married daughters out of Lee, Roy and Fred, Chad Dercks in October 2010. She as well as three Skychief two-year-olds. is the farm’s number one showman.

Paula’s daughter, Voight-Acres Hailey went to NWTC in Green Fred Cassie is EX 2E and has a Bay and is now a paralegal for the lifetime record of over 200,000M. legal office of Remley & SensenAnother daughter, Voight-Acres Roy brenner, S.C. in Neenah. Hailey’s Princess is EX-91. husband, Chad, graduated from Another influential cow family UW-Platteville and is now a Civil began with Voight-Acres Durham Engineer for Omnni Associates, Inc. Daisy EX-91. She was the Reserve in Appleton.

Grand Champion at the Wisconsin Cole helps on the farm helping Junior State Fair in 2003. Daisy has get the animals ready for show, filling excellent Linjet twins. in when necessary, and designing all One of the Linjets, Voight-Acres of the farm’s advertisements. Cole Daisy Duke EX-94, was Grand attended Fox Valley Technical Champion at the Outagamie County College for graphic design and now Fair. She has a record of 5-04 2x Voight-Acres Prelude Paula EX-94 5E works for Belmark, INC. in DePere.

346 23500M 4.5 1046F 3.3 770P.

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Voight-Acres Durham Daisy EX-91

Voight-Acres Daisy Duke-TW EX-94

Voight-Acres Daisy Duke has been flushed to Goldwyn with five heifers on the ground. Being named the Grand Champion at the Outagamie County Fair is considered an honor in the Voight family because of the prestigious herds in the county. Outagamie County has six herds in the top 200 BAA. These herds include Milksource with a BAA of 113.4, Craig Krohlow with a BAA of 112.9, Claude Court with a BAA of 111.2, Russ Letter with a BAA of 110.6, Steven Voight with a BAA of 110.0 and Mark Eggert with a BAA of 109.3.

The other Linjet twin, Voight-Acres Daisy Mae EX-92, has a record of 3-03 2x 365 29,350M 4.3 1260F 3.4 990P. She has been flushed to Shottle with four heifers on the ground.

Voight-Acres considers Durham and Linjet to be their most influential sires. Their heifer pens currently consist of a majority of Sanchez and Shottle. They are also using Sid, Braxton, Guthrie, Palermo and Atwood. Their flush bulls of choice are Shottle and Goldwyn.

The family makes appearances at the Outagamie County Fair and the District 7 Holstein Show. They have also shown at the Wisconsin State Fair, World Dairy Expo, The Wisconsin State Championship Show, and Grand National in Louisville. In 2009, Voight-Acres was named the Premier Breeder at the District 7

Voight-Acres Daisy Mae-TW EX-92

Holstein Show. In 2002, they had the Junior All-American Senior Three-Year-Old and the Reserve Junior All-Wisconsin Winter Calf in 2003.

The calves on Voight-Acres Farm are raised in individual pens until three months in the solar barn built in 2002. They are then moved to group pens until breeding age.

The bred heifers and dry cows are moved to bedding-pack housing before going to be milked in the tie-stall barn with a pipeline milking system. The bedding consists of chopped straw and shaving on a mattress. The cows are fed haylage, corn silage, high-moisture corn, dry hay and protein mix.

Voight-Acres consigns to many local sales. These sales include the Outagamie County Holstein Breeders Spring Sale, the Waupaca Calf Sale, the Fond du Lac County Sale and the Badger Invitational.

At the Outagamie County Holstein Breeders Spring Sale, they will be selling a fall calf, Voight-Acres Atwood Rachel and two fresh two-year-olds, including Voight-Acres Finest Flirt.

For the future, Voight-Acres hopes to maintain their herd of 85 cows, as well as their young stock. Their current goal is to expand crop acres for more commodity crop sales.

KishHolm Summer Sensation

June 11, 2011 • 11:30 a.m. • at the farm, Lone Rock, WI Featuring outstanding individuals from true breeding high type families!

50 of the best of KishHolm plus 25 special consignments from the likes of Moondale, Kinyon, Junlyn, Lar-Lan and Crest-View! The excitement has just begun!

KishHolm Crissy VG-88

Big Time Terrason Trina EX-90

2-02 344 19,430 3.7 717 3.0 589

4-04 307 23,460 3.2 744 2.9 687

From the All-American Chanae EX-92 family this special VG-88 Durham Senior 3 sells fresh in January. Dam is an EX-90 Linjet then EX-92 Lee from an EX-91 Prestige.

Over 20 members of this true breeding family sell!

Fresh in March, this EX-90 Terrason daughter milking 126 lbs. is from a VG-89 Lee then the great brood cow Rol-Chris AJet Trixie EX-94. Several family members sell from this family which is known for making the good ones like Vangoh Durham Treasure EX-95.

March 2011 Classification: 17 EX, 18 VG, 3 GP • BAA: 111.1% • Herd Average 21,250M

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Sale catalog will be on online at www.holsteinworld.com Sale Managed by: Kranzdale Sales, Inc. Dale & Joey Kranz Ph: 920-623-2246 Fax: 920-623-0435 Cell: 920-960-2566 cckranz@earthlink.net

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THE 44TH OUTAGAMIE CO. SPRING SALE Friday, May 20th, 7:30 p.m., Seymour Fairgrounds, WI

SHOREMAR S ALICIA-ET EX-97 3E

MS KINGSTEAD CHIEF ADEEN EX-94 2E DOM

KRULL BROKER ELEGANCE EX-96 3E GMD DOM

SNOW-N DENISES DELLIA EX-95 2E GMD DOM

8-10 2x 365 38,250 4.3 1650 3.3 1270

3-05 2x 310 30,180 4.0 1209 3.6 1077

5-07 2x 365 40,950 3.7 1522 3.3 1350

7-06 2x 365 35,230 4.0 1431 2.9 1035

Alicia’s VG-85 2Y Mac granddaughter sells along with her 7/10 Man-O-Man & 9/10 Shot Al! The Mac’s dam is BKB Durham Amanda EX-92.

Fred Lang

From the Adeen family is a fresh Jasper!

Dams: EX Dundee, EX-91 Gibson, EX-91 Lee, then Adeen. Potential 6th generation EX!!

Tim Voight

Elegance’s fresh VG-88 Durham granddaughter sells. Dam is a Durham from Budjon-JK Milan Eclipse EX-94, who is sure to go EX & would make her a 7th generation EX! Milksource

A stylish 12/10 Atwood sells from EX Roy with 40,000 1500F 1300P, EX-91 Encore with 30,000 1200F then Dellia.

Rob Moede

GATEWAY-ACRES CC CHARM EX-93

MARLINA SUNSHINE EX-93 2E GMD

WILSTAR DERRY ALISSA-ET EX-91 2E GMD

PALTZER-RK LJ CRISPIES-ET EX-92

5-01 2x 364 32,354 3.4 1099 3.0 980

7-01 2x 365 39,700 3.8 1505 3.2 1288

5-08 2x 365 45,920 4.7 2151 3.0 1381

3-03 2x 309 24,159 3.9 948 3.0 726

Charm’s Damion granddaughter sells.

She calved in & looks awesome! Dam is a VG-85 Broker, will be rescored in June & will go up. Her maternal sisters are EX-94 & EX-93. A potential 8th generation EX! Bob Letter

Sunshine’s VG-85 2Y Stormatic granddaughter sells! Dam is EX-93 with over 37,000M. Potential 7th generation EX! Craig Krohlow Also selling an awesome Shottle spring yearling from VG-85 Goldwyn sister to the Stormatic.

Trent Styzynski

Alissa’s daughter, Hilrose Advent Ace, sells along with her RED 3/11 CarsonRed calf! Ace’s full sisters were Res. All-American R&W 4 Year Old & Nom. All-American R&W Milking Yearling.

Pedigree goes back to Dreamstreet Enhancer Alicia EX-94. A potential 9th generation EX! Hilrose

5 #1 Durham embryos sell from the 2010 Dist. 7 Intermediate Champion. Crispie’s VG-88 Stormatic maternal sister has a fancy 6/10 Laurin selling. Their dam EX-92 Reserve All-WI Junior 3 Year Old with over 200,000 lft. High lft. production in this family!

Paltzer/Krohlow

SHOW CALVES • A big, stylish 9/10 Atwood from VG-88 2nd calf Lou, then VG Finley & EX Rudolph. Four generations over 30,000 with high components & AI family.

Tim Voight • A 9/10 Fortune from 10 generations of EX! Same family that brought you Carnation Counselor. Rod & Anthony Fisher • RED Summer Yearling by RedLou, dams VG-85 with 1200F then three more generations of VG. Chuck Maurer • A 3/10 Lightning. Dam is a Shottle with 43,000, then two more dams over 40,000M. B-Long • 1/11 Dundee from GP-82 Champion with over 28,000M, VG Leduc then two more EX dams with high lifetime production. Willard Griesbach • A Shottle Summer Yearling! Dam is VG-85 2 year old Goldwyn with over 32,000 1600F, next dam VG-87 with over 36,000 1756F 1202P. High index family. Jeff Zwiers • RED Advent December calf! Dams GP 2Y, VG-88, EX 2E with over 100,000 lifetime & 3rd dam over 200,000 lifetime. Roger Broege • 3/10 Astrologer with PTPI +1826! Dam VG-86 Toystory, full sister is EX with sons in A.I., next dam VG, then EX-91. Olde-Homestead

• Black stylish 3/10 Lightning. Dams VG-87, VG-89 both with huge components. Mark Eggert • 10/10 Aspen from EX-91 2E Finley & 5 more VG or EX dams. A perfect Junior State Fair heifer! Hilrose • Big 9/10 Dundee, dam VG with 22,000M. Chuck Maurer • Stylish 12/10 Aftershock from VG-88 dam with over 175,000 lifetime to date. Dave Stodola • Fancy 9/10 Spearmint, dam GP-84 2Y. Lance Volkman • Nice March calf sired by AltaAvalon from VG Damion. Dave Owen • Stylish 2/11 Alexander from VG-87 EX-MS at 2Y. Craig Krohlow • A 9/10 Outbound, dam & granddam both made over 33,000M & 1000F. Allen Kohn • Another nice Damion for Junior State Fair! Born 7/10 & from EX Linjet with 35,000M & 1400F. Bob Schessler • Potential 8th generation EX Aspen fall calf! Dam Sipka Durham Topanga, EX-92 2E with over 42,000 1500F 1200P. Rob Moede • A showy 6/10 Monument from EX-91 2E Mich with records over 1000F. Ken Moeller

Sale Sponsored by:

FOR CATALOGS CONTACT: Sale Co-Chairmen, Craig Krohlow - 920-833-7507 or Tim Voight - 920-209-9372, e-mail: tkv711@yahoo.com

Holstein Breeders 12–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May 2011

SALE STAFF: Jay Jauquet, 608-279-3222 Chad Ryan, 920-960-1449 Kevin Jorgensen, 920-210-3992 Mike Rohloff, 715-853-9099 Darrell Worden, 715-842-3098

THE 44TH OUTAGAMIE CO. SPRING SALE Friday, May 20th, 7:30 p.m., Seymour Fairgrounds, WI

FROZENES BROKER VIDALIA EX-94

FOUR-OF-A-KIND ROY REBA EX-93 2E

LUCK-E JED BB EX-92

KINGSWAY DUNDEE DRUMSTICK VG-89 2-05 2x 361 29,246 3.5 1034 3.0 873 Nom. All-Ontario Senior 3 Yr Old ’10

4-09 2x 365 45,800 4.0 1835 3.0 1361

4-01 2x 365 34,800 3.7 1290 2.9 1021

5-04 2x 365 32,249 3.8 1229 2.9 934

A VG-85 2Y Linjet sells! Dam is Durham Bella EX-93 with 45,000, then Vidalia & EX-92 DOM. Frozene/Kietzman

A Million due 6/11 to Dempsey sells!

Full brother at Select Sires. Dam is EX Shottle with over 38,000 & 1400 fat, then Reba, EX-92 3E GMD & EX-91 3E GMD. Four-of-a-Kind

BB is maternal sister to Luck-E Black Ice Blizzard EX-95. BB’s fresh Dundee sells along with her stylish 3/31/10 Lou. A perfect Junior State Fair heifer!

Paltzer/Schultz

B-LONG FROSTY VG-88 EX-MS

RABUR OUTSIDE GAME EX-94 3E 97-MS DOM

ELM-PARK JANE DOE-RED EX

SE-DE MICH APPLE EX-94 2E

4-09 2x 365 42,560 3.2 1346 3.1 1319

6-02 2x 365 43,700 3.2 1420 2.8 1239

A RED 10/10 Absolute-Red sells! Dam is a nice Kite & will be scored in June, then Jane Doe. Three more EX dams with over 40,000M. Another Junior State Fair heifer!

Ken & Andrea Moeller

Apple was the All-WI Aged Cow last year and her showy 6/10 Buckeye granddaughter sells. Dam is a VG-87 2Y Durham. This heifer will catch your eye!

Milksource

3-00 2x 305 31,800 4.0 1272 3.2 1018 Frosty’s VG-86 Affirmed sells. She made 27,000M as a 2 year old. She is fresh again & making a big record & bred right back to Braxton. Huge production in this family.

B-Long

6-00 3x 365 42,120 4.6 1922 3.0 1273 Game’s beautiful Durham sells fresh!

Five more generations of VG or EX. Jauquet Dairy

Drumstick’s full sister sells! Already VG-87, made 28,000 as a 2 Yr Old & was Nom. Jr. AA as a Fall Calf. Dam is EX Integrity, then 7 gen. of VG or EX in Canada! Sabo/Mell

FRESH COWS • Beautiful uddered Jasper senior 2 year old sells. Dam is VG maternal sister to Blondin Lyster Beauty, EX-92 Can!! Granddam EX-91, then VG87 both with high components. MilkSource • Fresh Dee sells. Dam VG-85 with 32,000 1335F 1095P at 2Y. Next dam is VG-88 with 210,000 lifetime & made over 1000F every lactation, then VG-86 GMD & VG-87 dams. Tom Anderson • Fresh Socrates, dam VG with over 30,000 - same family as Klumbs Durham Pontiac at Select Sires. Todd Halbach • Fresh Zebo from VG-87 Gibson, VG-88 Skybuck, then EX with 200,000 lifetime. Bob Gates • Fresh Dun-Did Storm Cloud from a great family. Dams VG, EX-91 3E, VG88, & EX. Dennis Christoph • Fresh Dundee from a VG-86 Wizard with over 34,000M. Next dam VG with over 34,000M 1200F. Royal Vista Holsteins • Fresh RED Rampage. Dams EX, VG-88, VG-87 & VG-87. Rick Vomastic • Fresh RED senior 2 year old Redliner. Dams GP-81 Distrigene, VG Rudolph, EX Kinglea Leader & EX Boy George. John Jens • Fresh Zenith VG-85 at 2 years that made 34,000 1178F 1120P. Dam GP with over 1000F then VG-88 with 165,000 4.3F 3.5P lifetime. Synergy • Fresh Arethusa Manhattan. Dam GP with 25,000, next is EX-93 4E GMD with 248,924 4.1 3.0 lifetime, then EX with 142,330 lifetime. Mark Madson • Fresh Jasper, dams VG-86 with 40,000M, VG-87 with 45,000M. Rick Vomastic

• Aspen bred back to Palermo from EX Dante at 7-00 with 55,714 4.0 2204 2.6 1433 and 271,000 lifetime, then GP-84, VG-85 both over 40,000M. B-Long • Fresh Mac from VG-86 Terrason, then VG-87. Toby Paltzer • Fresh Finist, dams VG-87 EX-MS Terrason, EX-91 2E with 33,000 1300F, VG-86 with 201,000 lifetime. Steve Voight • Fresh Talent from a Rubens, then VG-88 Distrigene. Joe Paltzer • Fresh Jeeves. Dave Owen • Fresh Ocean-View Seamster, dams VG Rudolph with 150,000 lifetime & VG Integrity with over 100,000 lifetime. Huge components in this family.

Mark Madson • Fresh GP-80 Manfred. Dam VG-86 in the top 10,000 CTPI list. Bernie Vanderheiden • Fresh Lotto. Dam GP-80 with 31,000 1200F. Bernie Vanderheiden • Fresh Zack. Dams VG-85 & EX. Toby Paltzer • Fresh Durham from a VG Stormatic & EX Mascot. Jim Sattler • Fresh Damion sells with her stylish 3/11 Alexander. Larry Griesbach • Fresh Dee from a Lou & VG Mich. Huge production in this family. Larry Griesbach • Fresh Buckeye from a good old Throne. Sue Haase • Fresh VG-86 Damion with 28,000M as a 2 year old. Dam GP-82 then three more EX dams. Rick Garvey

EMBRYOS • 5 #1 Fever embryos from EX-91 2E Gibson with over 33,000 then Rhineland Durham Amy, EX-95 GMD DOM with over 41,000M. Andy Wolf

• 5 #1 Shottle embryos from VG Goldwyn 2 year old with over 32,000M 1600F, then VG-87 with big time production. Full sister is selling! Jeff Zwiers wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May, 2011-13

SALE REPORTS Roma-Acres Complete Dispersal - March 16 A beautiful day and tremendous homebred herd of cattle made for an exciting sale day on March 16, 2011 at the Great Northern Sales Arena as the Roma-Acres herd was dispersed. Ron, Mary, Andy & Jake Paider of Denmark, WI bred a beautiful uddered herd with some very impressive statistics. The current herd average stood at 26,732 3.7% 996 2.9% 786 with an SCC average of 84. The classification BAA was 109.1% and the herd had received the Progressive Breeder Award for 21 years and the Progressive Genetics Award for 19 years. A large crowd was on hand for the sale and was very appreciative of the Paider’s efforts as they bid actively throughout the sale. The 58 cows sold for an average of $2,934 with the entire 106 head averaging $2,284.

Heading the price list was lot number 1, Roma-Acres SS Deuce Amber who had just been raised to EX-91 with a 92 pt. mammary only 3 weeks fresh. Backed by a VG-88 36,490 dam, she sold for $6,000 to Matthiae Dairy Farm, Marathon, WI. A key brood cow at Roma-Acres was Any-Day Outside Picatine-ET EX-92 2E with 35,120 7.1 2497 2.9 1034. Picatine is a daughter of the well-known brood cow, Jo-Clar Jess Patsy EX-93 2E DOM. This fifth generation Excellent bred to Palermo sold for $4,600 to Robert, John & Micheal Yenter, Wittenburg, WI. Another high scoring key member of the herd claimed third high selling honors at $4,200. Roma-Acres Jasper Jessie had just been raised to EX-93 3E (93-MS) at 9 years of age. This 32,650 4.9 1591 3.5 1147 Cel Jasper daughter completes nine generations Excellent and Very Good and sold to Jim & Janet Kappers, Spring Valley, MN. Jessie’s four year old Blitz daughter had just been raised to EX-90 and was milking 128 lbs. on the March test. Roma-Acres Blitz Jenna sold for $4,000 to Gerald Folcik, Wilson, MI. Cattle sold to buyers from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. with Darrell Worden handling the auctioneering duties and Rick Bovre giving the pedigree credentials. Fielding bids were Lynn Harbaugh, Kevin Jorgensen, Bob Sabo and Chad Ryan.

Milk Source Main Event - March 25 It was standing room only for the first Milk Source Main Event held March 25, 2011 at the Great Northern Sales Arena. The crowd was very appreciative of the beautiful line up of fancy heifers and select cows from both Milk Source Genetics and other prominent breeders across the country. At day’s end the 109 lots averaged $4,878 with prices remaining steady throughout the sale. Milk Source Genetics sponsored the sale which featured a fantastic group of cattle some with high genomics, some that will be strong competitors in the show ring and others that will be tremendous foundations for their new owners as they have superior type and are backed by the breed’s best cow families.

The high price of the day was $26,000 for a package of four recipients carrying female pregnancies by Goldwyn from the EX-953E-CAN Fleury Formaton Lauria. The pregnancies are full sisters to a Milk Source favorite, Brainwave Goldwyn Lauramie, VG-89 and Nominated All-American Junior Three Year Old 2010. As one might expect, Milk Source Genetics purchased the package in hopes of adding more All-American nominees to their herd! This package was consigned by David Dyment, Dundas, Ontario. Milk Source offered a first choice female from the Midwest Spring National Show Intermediate Champion, Lauramie, by either Sid, Windbrook or Braxton due later this year. This choice commanded a final bid of $20,000 from the Lauramie Syndicate, c/o Scott Armbrust, Green Bay, WI. The highly contracted Eroy family provided the next high seller at $13,000. Nova Garrett Edielou-ET sold with a GTPI +2200 to Groupe Can-Genes Group, Mirabel, Quebec.

Consigned by Nova Registered Holsteins, Inc., New Richmond, WI, this November, 2010 Garrett hails from the VG-87 DOM, highly contracted Goldwyn Edie who’s dam is the VG-87 GMD DOM Eroy with 40,330M. Eyeing the winner’s circle was Tyler Schafer, Kingfisher, OK who placed the final bid on Dark-Horse Outside 14–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May 2011

Diesel EX-93 and 4th Senior 3 Year Old at the 2009 Midwest Spring National. Diesel sold fresh one month, looking her best ever and ready to run as a fourth calf five year old. Consigned by Milk Source LLC she sold for $12,500.

A first choice Observer female offered by Gary Housner & Ronald Suhr, Elroy, WI sold for $12,200 to Ronald Hackmann, Manitowoc, WI. Ron gets first choice of four female Observers due in August from the #7 PTAT cow of the breed, Regancrest Gold Bretta-ET VG-88 DOM GTPI +2171 +3.89T. Another tanbark favorite from Milk Source provided the next high seller at $12,400. First choice Destry female from the All-American R&W Senior 3 Year Old 2010, Silvermine Adv Tally-Red-ET EX-92, sold to Wilstar Holsteins, Poy Sippi, WI. Tally’s running mate and the All-American R&W Junior 3 Year Old 2010, Budjon-Nitzy Destiny-Red-ET EX-92 provided two great opportunities. The first choice Destry female from Destiny sold for $11,800 to Squires Farm, Inc., Menomonie, WI, while her stunning summer yearling by Contender, Milksource Cntndr Diva-Red, sold to Megan Kulp, Manheim, PA for $10,200. These consignments came from the heart of the Milk Source breeding program!

The Milk Source crew hosted a wine and cheese social the evening prior to the sale which was very well attended. They also provided a complimentary breakfast prior to the sale. Jim Ostrom, John Vosters and their families are very gracious hosts. Jamie Endvick, Milk Source Herd Manager, was instrumental in coordinating sale details and having the Milk Source consignments in show ring ready condition.

Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. managed the Main Event with selections handled by Eric Olstad, Rick Bovre, Kevin Jorgensen, Paul Trapp, Joel Kietzman and Jamie Endvick. Selling the sale was Chris Hill with Roger Turner giving the pedigree updates.

The active ringmen included David Crack, Jr., Scott Courtney, Scott Culbertson, Mike Deaver, Kevin Jorgensen, Ray LeBlanc and Adam Liddle. Presenting the cattle in the ring were Carlie Ostrom, Haley & Kara Vosters, John Erbsen, Paul Trapp, Lynn Harbaugh and Tom Cull. The fitting crew of Jason Danhof, Chad Ryan, Cody Schultz, Garrett Schmidt, Perry Phend, Trent Styczynski, Kelly Lee and Ryan Krohlow had the cattle looking superb!

Sunny-Valley Dispersal - April 2 Good cattle, good people & good weather all combined for a fantastic sale day at Sunny-Valley Holsteins in Belmont, Wisconsin on April 2, 2011. Ron and Jean DeBuhr along with their son, Wayne, and daughters, Marcia & Sheila, are well respected for their efforts in breeding and developing their Sunny-Valley herd. The herd was recognized in 2008 as a Holstein USA Herd of Excellence and has received the Progressive Breeder award 15 years. The Sunny-Valley prefix can be found on 34 Excellents, nine Gold Medal Dams and four Dams of Merit. Currently the rolling herd average stood at 26,854 4.0% 1077 3.1% 835 while the latest classification yielded a BAA of 108.6%. The huge crowd, estimated at 500-600 people, bid actively and enjoyed the commentary from the auction box provided

by Chris Hill and Tim Abbott. A total of 102 Sunny-Valley cattle paraded across the sale ring shavings for an average of $3,202 with cattle going to Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri and Canada.

It was the red and white family developed from Reserve All-American Red & White, Sunny-Valley Fever-Red-ET EX-91 that provided the sale’s high sellers. Sunny-Valley A Favor-Red-ET is an impressive, young fall yearling for 2011 that claimed Reserve Junior Champion honors at the District 3 Holstein Show in 2010. By Advent, from Fever, herself, this fancy lady is backed by 6 generations EX & VG and sold for $18,800 to the Favor Syndicate, Cottage Grove, WI. A beautiful uddered granddaughter of Fever claimed the second high price of $10,000. Sunny-Valley RM Finally-Red had just scored VG-87 and is entered in the 2012 World Dairy Expo Futurity.

This Redman is backed by the EX-90 Kite daughter of Fever. Finally sold to Andrew Sell, Watertown, WI. Andrew claimed the third high seller as well at $8,500. Sunny-Valley Fiddle-Red-ET is a November Redman fall yearling from the EX-92 HM All-American Red &

White daughter of Fever, Advent Frito.

Sunny-Valley is also home of the family that produced AllAmerican and Reserve Grand Champion at the International Holstein Show in 2004, Sunny-Valley Durham Electra EX-95 GMD DOM. This family accounted for nearly 30 head in the herd and provided the fourth high seller at $6,400. Sunny-Valley Atwood Epic is a big fall calf that caught the eye of many. This Atwood is backed by a VG Shottle 2 year old from an EX Drake from a VG-88 Freelance from Electra herself. The final bid on Epic was placed by Zernickes Landstad Dairy LLC, Bonduel, WI. The sale staff was busy with phone bids as well as the active crowd. In addition to Hill & Abbott in the box, Rick Bovre, Chad Ryan, Kevin Jorgensen and Lynn Harbaugh fielded bids. The sale was managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc. with assistance from MD-Hillbrook.

Hendrickson’s Holstein Holler

Hello! My name is Breinne Hendrickson, this past January I was crowned your 2011 Wisconsin Holstein Princess. I am the nineteen-year-old daughter of Jeff and Kate Hendrickson from Belleville, where I grew up on a registered Holstein dairy farm. I have four brothers, Brandon, Trent, Trevor and Brooks, and one sister, Kelsi. I am a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in Dairy Science and Life Science Communications. While at school I am very active within the Association of Women in Agriculture and the Badger Dairy Club. I have been a member of the Junior Holstein Association since I was four years old, as well as showing since that age.

I am looking forward to the rest of the upcoming year, such as Cow Camp, various shows, traveling around the state, learning new things, teaching others about the wonderful industry I adore, and meeting many great people! I have recently attended the Adult Holstein Convention, the Breakfast on the Farm hosted by the Association of Women in Agriculture and the Midwest National Spring Show. I am looking forward to an amazing year serving as your Holstein Association Ambassador and working with Carrie Warmka, as well as many other Holstein enthusiasts! I hope to see all of you at many of the events!

Breinne Hendrickson 608-444-7340/bnhendrickson@wisc.edu High Seller, Sunny-Valley A Favor-Red-ET pictured with (front) Sheila, Ron, Jean, Marcia & Wayne Debuhr; (back) Rick Bovre, Chris Hill & Tim Abbott.

Oman 5796 is a descendant of my first 4-H calf in Miami County, Indiana.

Her VG-87 35,000M dam is sired

by Timlynn Adam and her Throne granddam has records to 30,000M and 4.2% fat lifetime.

Along with two Planet daughters born in 2011, she has pregnancies due by Shamrock, Colt, Chip, Jarvis, Burton, and Grafeeti. Oman 5796 is under contract to Select Sires, Accelerated Genetics and ABS Global and is due in September to Gold Chip.

Housed at Second Look Holsteins.

B&Z Oman 5796 EX-90 VE+EE at 3-01 +2241 GTPI +1238M +66F +51P +5.3PL +2.20DPR +1.88T 1-10 3x 307 31,470 3.7 1162 3.2 998 2-09 3x 365 45,600 3.5 1607 3.2 1469

For more information on tieing into this superb cow family, contact:

DR. JOHN ZOOK PO Box 230, Eden, WI 53019 920-904-2311 smzook@hotmail.com wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May, 2011-15

Wisconsin Holstein Breeders host Successful Barn Meetings The Wisconsin Holstein Association held a series of successful barn meetings at four farms during the last part of March and first of April 2011. The topic of discussion at each barn meeting was reproduction and the tools available to producers to help with conception and reproductive efficiency.

The first two barn meetings were hosted by Paradise-D Holsteins, the Dan and Nancy Pagenkopf family of Lancaster on Thursday, March 24, and Forest-Ridge Holsteins, Kurt and Sarah Loehr, Eden, on Monday, March 28. A large group of visitors attended each meeting and were treated to a tour of the facilities, a great herd of cows and a delicious lunch.

Dr. Chris Booth spoke at both meetings and gave a presentation on improving reproductive efficiency. He started the talk by saying everyone’s situation is different with different goals for their reproductive program and how success is measured, whether by conception rate, pregnancy rate or percent pregnant at vet check. There are several factors that contribute to cow fertility and management for nutrition, disease, milk production is very important along with environment and a cow’s genetics.

Dr. Booth shared results from past studies that show about one in four cows are not cycling at 65-75 days in milk. There are several synching programs that have been developed to help get cows cycling.

He pointed out that with any program there are three steps to setting up a successful synching program: 1. How and when are cows submitted for first AI and what is the voluntary waiting period. 2. How and when are open cows to the first AI identified and submitted for second AI (heat detection, pregnancy check, etc.). 3. Repeat set two until pregnant or you stop trying.

Dr. Booth went through several synching programs and the protocols for each. He stressed that with any program, the timeliness of the shots is key to maximize fertility. Some of the benefits for presynchronizing cows for first service include getting more high producing cows ready for first service, a 10-15% increase in conception rate with presynch versus no set-up (natural heat or just starting Ovsynch protocol), and a 5% increase in conception rate using a 14-11 Presynch vs. 14-14 Presynch protocol. Dr. Booth also pointed out several reasons why Ovsynch doesn’t “work” for some herds, including that people only use Ovsynch on problem cows, starting cows during the wrong stage of their cycle and lack of compliance when giving shots.

If producers are having reproductive problems, they are also encouraged to review their AI techniques and to work with their veterinarian, nutritionist and other advisors as a team.

Ralph and Sharon Bredl of Harmony-Ho Dairy, Stratford, hosted a meeting on Wednesday, March 30, and attendees were treated to a tour of their facilities as well as a tasting of several variety of cheeses produced by Harmony Speciality Dairy Foods.

Steve Dewall, Genex Dairy Specialist, was also on hand to point out some of Harmony-Ho’s Genex Genesis cows.

The Ralph and Sheila Petersheim family hosted the final meeting on Friday, April 1, at Welsh-Edge Holsteins near Viroqua.

Visitors were able to see a great herd of homebred cows, highlighted by the Ginger family including Durham Gingerheart and her Excellent and Very Good daughters.

Dr. Matt Dorshorst was the speaker at both Harmony-Ho Dairy and Welsh-Edge Holsteins. He encouraged breeders to monitor the nutrition of their herd and work with their nutritionists to keep cows on the right track as fifty-percent of dairy cows experience one health crisis during the transition period, which can cause conception rates to be less than 35 percent. He also pointed out that the general management of your herd affects your reproductive success.

Dr. Dorshorst shared that studies show 70 percent of heats occur from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., which is why synching protocols have been developed. He also stressed that with any program, all shots and the timing of the shots is critically important for the success of the program. Also, pre-screening and ultrasounding cows will help to identify cows that are good candidates for a synching program.

Dr. Dorshorst briefly discussed technologies used for pregnancy diagnosis and stated that ultrasound offers the most advantages regarding determination of fetal viability, twining and fetal sexing. He 16–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May 2011

also urged everyone to consult with their veterinarian about reproduction protocols as there are a lot of options and your vet will know best what will work in your situation while considering your goals and limitations.

The Wisconsin Holstein Association would like to extend a huge thank you to each of the barn meeting hosts and our speakers for putting on a fantastic group of meetings. If anyone is interested in hosting a future meeting or would like to suggest a topic of discussion, please contact the WHA office.

Rock Solid Family 3 Genomic Tested 3 Outcross Pedigree

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Ron-Nene Jammer Destiny-ET VG-86 VG-MS at 3-10 2-00 2x 365 25,500 3.7 936 3.0 759 3-08 2x 365 34,460 3.6 1230 2.9 996 GTPI +2096 +4.4PL +577NM PTA +1178M +46F +33P +2.19T 5.3 EFI Sired by Ridge-Star Jammer-ET ~ In good company - housed at Sunshine Genetics ~ Calves by Bowser ~ Pregnancies by Bookem (due in early May) & Beacon ~ Heavily contracted ~ Lots of international & AI interest

Ron-Nene Burt Deana-ET VG-86 VG-MS at 2-08 2-03 2x 365 31,060 3.7 1152 3.1 948 GTPI +1832 +367NM PTA +605M +47F +34P +1.40T Sired by Lutz-Brookview Burt-ET ~ Sons at Select Sires & Accelerated Genetics ~ Daughters by Champ, Jake & Les ~ Pregnant & carrying ultrasounded female

by Tonic

Their maternal sisters: Ron-Nene Mac Dusty-ET GP-82 VG-MS at 2-09 Ron-Nene Burt Dandy-ET VG-85 3Y 1-11 2x 365 27,870 3.8 1072 3.1 875 GTPI +2104 PTA +164M +26F +15P +555NM +5.4PL Sired by Regancrest-HHF Mac-ET

2-00 2x 365 28,520 4.1 1158 3.0 850 3-04 2x 365 31,370 4.0 1259 3.1 960 GTPI +1901 PTA +992M +61F +42P +405NM

~ Calves by Man-O-Man & Parker ~ Carrying ultrasounded male by Ravish ~ Owned by Ron Killam, housed at Level Plain Holsteins

~ Pregnant to Bookem ~ Daughters by Planet & Gerard ~ Ravish pregnancies due in May

Dam: What-If Garter Danielle-ET VG-86 VG-MS GMD DOM 2-01 2x 365 33,530 4.0 1331 3.0 995 2nd Dam: Mohrfield Rudolph Dena-ET VG-85 VG-MS 2Y 2-03 2x 365 34,527 4.4 1528 3.1 1083

Sired by Lutz-Brookview Burt-ET

3rd Dam: Regancrest Melwood Dinah-ET VG-86 VG-MS DOM 4th Dam: Snow-N Denises Dellia EX-95 2E GMD DOM 5th Dam: Snow-N Dorys Denise EX-90 2E GMD DOM

Level Plain Holsteins Keith & Nicole Nettekoven N8350 Kesler Rd., Menasha, WI 54952 • 920-989-3773 • knnette@tds.net wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May, 2011-17

Krause-Acres Complete Dispersal JIM & PAT KRAUSE Thursday, May 26 • 11:00 a.m. at the farm - W230 Blueberry St., Edgar, WI 54426 (2 miles south of Edgar on County H, 3/4 mi. west on Blueberry St.)

Selling 130 head of Registered Holsteins • RHA 19,756M on 58 cows, 2x milking no TMR, no BGH • All A.I. breeding for the last 42 years; top sires represented: Talent, Mich, Best, Mac, Buckeye, Durham, Blitz, Toystory, Pronto, Pontiac, Sanchez, Braxton & more • Young herd, 43 cows are only 1st or 2nd lactation • Heifer lot is full of well-grown heifers sired by some of the breed’s best All cows & heifers sell; good honest cattle that are 100% homebred. Call sale manager for catalog.

HONEYCREST BOLTON GLOSS VG-86 GTPI +2053 1-10 2X 365 28,673 4.0 1139 3.1 897 Actual Herd Dev.: +7466M +394F +294P

Christensen Sales, Abbotsford, WI - Clerk & Sale Manager 715-223-6345 Registered Wisconsin Auction Co. #33 website: www.christensensales.com email: info@christensensales.com Tim Schindler, Curtiss, WI - Auctioneer 715-223-4014 Registered Wisconsin Auctioneer #191

MATT-DARI ELEGANT DOLLY-ET VG-88 GTPI +1835 2-00 2X 365 31,700 4.2 1331 3.0 965

Gloss has a Bowser son at Alta, a Russell at CRV, a Paddy going to Accelerated, and pregnancies by Attack, Bookem, Shamrock, Sherac, Trigger, and Gold Chip with AI contracts for each. Gloss also has a Bowser daughter, Honeycrest Bowser Glisten at +2476 GTPI - that’s #20 of the breed. She’s attracting a lot of interest, and has NO Shottle, Goldwyn, Rudolph, or Durham in her pedigree.

Dolly has sons in A.I. and completes 8 generations of EX or VG with over 30,000M and over 1100F. Six of those are GMD or DOMs. Her daughter Bosside Massey Mabel (the BUY of the 2010 Wisconsin Futures Sale), comes in at +2208 GTPI, and currently carries four A.I. contracts. She is being flushed. Mabel has NO Shottle, Goldwyn, or Oman in her pedigree.

Tease has a Massey granddaughter, Honeycrest Massey Amelia, via a VG-87 Fritz that’s +2012 GTPI, is contracted and will be flushed this spring.

She has NO Shottle, Goldwyn, Oman, Marshal, Durham, or Rudolph in her pedigree.

HONEYCREST OUTSIDE TEASE-ET MOR-YET GOLDWYN 682-ET EX-91 EX-92MS GTPI +2213 13th highest genomic Goldwyn in the country 1-11 3x 365 39,008 3.6 1388 3.5 1291 3-05 3x 365 42,613 3.5 1502 3.2 1365 ~ Bulls in A.I. & carrying multiple contracts ~ Pregnancies by Beacon, Explode, Observer & Hill ~ Embryos by Shamrock Offspring: • Royal-Vista Pronto Eleanor VG-85 at 2Y GTPI +1892 • Royal-Vista Shottle Elsa-ET GTPI +2215 • Royal-Vista Jeeves Elisa-ET GTPI +2119 • Royal-Vista Million Eve GTPI +2085

VG-85 GMD Sons in A.I. 2-01 2X 31,080 3.5 1098 2.9 895 We’ve always tried to run “the road less traveled” in our breeding program, feeling that the breed needs a little diversity. Seems we can still achieve high genomics by concentrating on GREAT cow families with logical matings.

You’ll note that the homebred features above are from the ‘Everything But Famous’ Kathryns, as is Dolly’s sire, Elegant. Also check out 29HO13694 Missile, our most recent graduate to the ABS active line-up.

He is +1348M +50F +43P +1.42T +1890 GTPI, also from the Kathryn family.

N6842 Cty BB Spring Valley, WI 54767 Ben, Jane, Michael & Courtney Hughes 1289 County Rd. M, Pickett, WI 54964

www.holsteinworld.com/royal-vista

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920-589-2203 home 920-420-4722 Ben cell 920-589-2222 fax benhughes@centurytel.net

neycrest Ho The Traynors

Farms, Inc

e-mail: honeycrestfarms@svtel.net

715.778.5807 Bob 715.778.5860 Barn 715.778.4960 Fax

www.holsteinworld.com/honeycrest

Bosside’s Best Genomics Har-Dale-Acres Sho Bobbi-ET EX-90 EX-MS

GTPI +1688

3-07 2x 365 28,830 5.0 1455 3.0 875 Dam: Har-Dale-Acres Lynch Bugsy VG-88 EVEVV 3-03 3x 336 23,610 4.3 1017 3.5 826 Her son at Alta Genetics: Sire: Wa-Del Sebastian

Bosside Sebastian Boris-ET

GTPI +2281 PTA +771M +64F +32P +3.08T +631NM Her son at Semex: Sire: Charlesdale Superstition-ET

Bosside Super Burke

GTPI +2255 PTA +1707M +85F +52P +3.36T +606NM Her son at TAG: Sire: Wa-Del Sebastian

Bosside Sebastian Bowie-ET

GTPI +2142 PTA +916M +53F +32P +2.37T +582NM

Matt-Dari Elegant Dolly-ET VG-88 EX-MS at 2-11

GTPI +1835

2-00 2x 365 31,700 4.2 1333 3.0 965 Dam: Dev-Lin Dana Out Daisy-ET EX-90 EEEVE GMD DOM 3-10 2x 365 37,390 3.9 1444 2.8 1059 Her son at Select Sires: Sire: Co-op Bosside Massey-ET

Bosside Massey Delivery-ET

PTPI +2012 PTA +1012M +47F +35P +2.01T +3.7PL

At International Protein Sires:

Bosside Active Attaboy

Sire: Alpag Iron Active-ET

GTPI +2054 PTA +925M +64F +41P +1.75T +4.0PL +575NM

At CRI:

Bosside Massey Master-ET

Sire: Co-op Bosside Massey-ET

GTPI +2318 PTA +1327M +77F +55P +2.03T +5.9PL +823NM

Dam: Bosside Shottle Dodie VG-86 VG-MS 2-02 2x 365 32,810 4.1 1346 2.9 965

Dam: Twin-B-Dairy Electra-ET VG-85 5-00 2x 365 33,480 4.7 1569 3.0 1017

Bosside Breeds True-ET

Bosside Freddie Felix

Sire: Diamond-Oak Armstead-ET

GTPI +1825 PTA -242M +34F -5P +1.77T +3.7PL +349NM Dam: Any-Day Outside Panda-ET VG-89 DOM 4-04 2x 365 36,390 4.4 1611 3.3 1210

At Alta Genetics:

Bosside Super Natural-ET

Sire: Charlesdale Superstition-ET

GTPI +2219 PTA +1643M +56F +49P +2.62T +5.4PL +621NM Dam: Bosside Shottle Paige VG-87 DOM 2-02 2x 365 31,499 5.0 1577 3.2 1014

At CRV:

Bosside Freddie Fareed-ET

Sire: Badger-Bluff Fanny Freddie

GTPI +2075

Sire: Badger-Bluff Fanny Freddie

GTPI +2105 PTA +1175M +49F +40P +1.38T +6.0PL +667NM Dam: Co-op Bosside B Belinda

Contracted to CRI:

Bosside Domain Duane-ET

Sire: Ronelee Toystory Domain-ET

GTPI +2278 PTA +1073M +35F +23P +2.35T +7.1PL +734NM Dam: Co-op Bosside Yelonda GP-84 VG-MS 2-00 2x 365 28,390 4.9 1386 3.4 955

Bosside Domain Drifter-ET

Dam: Co-op Bosside Yelonda GP-84 VG-MS 2-00 2x 365 28,390 4.9 1386 3.4 955

Bosside Domain Memphis-ET

Dam: Bosside Shottle Sherry

Sire: Ronelee Toystory Domain-ET

GTPI +2134 PTA +1142M +30F +27P +2.66T +6.3PL +587NM Sire: Ronelee Toystory Domain-ET

GTPI +2225 PTA +2056M +56F +52P +2.78T +5.3PL +656NM

At ABS Global:

Bosside No Doubt-ET

Sire: Bomaz Boulder-ET

GTPI +2023 PTA +1217M +68F +38P +1.83T +3.5PL +581NM Dam: Co-op Bosside Yelonda GP-84 VG-MS 2-00 2x 365 28,390 4.9 1386 3.4 955

Dam: Bosside Michael Marcella

Bosside Rvn Vladimir-Red

Sire: C&M-R-Run LB Satchel-Red-ET

GTPI +2033 PTA -592M +40F +14P +2.45T +4.9PL +505NM Dam: T-C-G Advnt Rhapsody-Red-ET VG-85 1-11 2x 365 23,460 4.7 1095 3.5 827

John & Tineke Boschma F4513 Townline Rd., Colby, WI 54421 PH: 715-223-0534 Fax: 715-223-1114 E-Mail: bossideholsteins@hotmail.com RHA: 150 cows 2x 27,725 1141F 860P

Watch for our next ad with numbers and pedigrees on some interesting females.

For more news, check out our website www.bossideholsteins.com wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May, 2011-19

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District 7

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Proud of the Door County Junior Members!

There’s Nothing Better than Hittin’ the Jackpot!

Brudies GVC Jackpot born 2/20/11 Jacob Brey, Matt Olson, Alex Kruswick, Brandon Kruswick, coaches Richard Olson & Clarice Brey

2011 Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention: • Jacob Brey named Wisconsin Holstein Boy • Senior Dairy Bowl team placed third • Door County won the Digital Scrapbook contest • Matt Olson won a People’s Choice Award in photography

We’re proud of all of your efforts!

SAVE THE DATE! August 20, 2011 - Door County Twilight Meeting, hosted by Bryersquart Farm, Forestville, WI. Door County Holstein Association

Glen-Valley Captain x Brudies F3 Janice (not classified) 2nd Dam: Brudies Aristides Jade VG-89 3rd Dam: Buettner Target Jane VG-88 4th Dam: Buettner Adler Janice EX-92 5th Dam: Buettner Rok Janie VG-87 6th Dam: Buettner Three Vee Jo VG-85 This silky, special calf was purchased by Matt at a recent dairy sale. After picking her out of a group of calves, it wasn’t until later that night with some research that her rich history and impressive lineage was discovered. Her first 10 dams all were bred in Shawano County, and the 11th dam is Mayers Duchess Fern Molly VG-85, descending from the great Christ Mayer herd. She already stands out among her herdmates and we are excited to develop her! Thank you to Bruce Buettner for sending her to the sale!

GOERS FAMILY DAIRY Home of Da-Lynn-Jema Registered Holsteins

The Goers Family Herdsman: Matthew Goers, cell (715) 584-0367 e-mail: goers_dairy@hotmail.com W10248 Winkle Rd., Shawano, WI 54166 3/11 RHA: 140 cows 24,426 920F 763P • 81,000 SCC

District 7

Our Newest Addition:

Sandy-Valley Michl Bliss-ET born 5/17/2010 GTPI +1954 PTA +1446M +42F +34P +395NM +2.2PL +2.58T Sired by Lutz-Brookview Michael-ET - purchased at the Waupaca-Waushara Show Opportunity Sale

Her Dam (pictured):

Regancrest Brynna-ET VG-88 EEEVV

GTPI +1814

PTA +962M +29F +27P +3.52T +3.12UDC +2.00FLC (4/11) 2-04 2x 365 32,060 3.6 1166 3.2 1019 2nd Dam: PR Barbie EX-92 GMD DOM 3rd Dam: Juror Brina EX-92 GMD 4th Dam: Aerostar Bert EX-90 GMD DOM

Car-Cor Holsteins Cory & Clare Biely • Cara Biely District 7

N3687 County Road SS, Pine River, WI 54965 Farm: W6898 Porters Lake Rd., Wautoma, WI 54982 Cory cell: 920-901-0090 Cara cell: 920-323-7442

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And... (drumroll please)... We are finally milking!!!

Thank you to Lynn Harbaugh, Bob Gates, the Bart & Jody Kasten family, and John and Cindy Jarvis for helping us along through the process! We are looking forward to our first herd classification in June.

Visitors always welcome!

T&L-Haven Dawstn

Teralyn

EX-94 2E (EX-97 in frame)

4-11 2x 365 36,940 3.1 1154 2.9 1055 Lifetime: 1277 109,880 3.2 3571 3.0 3242 Dam: T&L-Haven Brett Tiffany EX-91 2E 6-03 2x 365 35,460 3.4 1199 3.2 1122 Gr’Dam: T&L-Haven Trea EX-90 (by Durham) 5-06 2x 365 31,010 3.9 1210 3.2 990 Teralyn is our first homebred 94 point cow. She is backed by two Excellent dams and has an EX-90 3Y daughter by Goldwyn and granddaughters by Sydney & Laramie.

We are excited to watch this family develop.

Other Classification Highlights: • T&L-Haven MrSam Fonda EX-90 3Y • T&L-Haven Buckeye Tate EX-90 3Y • T&L-Haven Matson Fern VG-86 2Y • T&L-Haven Pagewire Brooks VG-85 2Y • T&L-Haven Goldwyn Tipper EX-92, Man-O-Man son • Chapa-Way Affirmed Miranda VG-85 2Y at Accelerated Genetics with +2229 TPI • T&L-Haven Regency Tulip VG-85 2Y (only daughter of Tipper)

BAA: 109.8% ~ 9 EX, 18 VG, 9 GP

Chapa-Way Holsteins Chad, Diana, Ava & Grace Paider

433 Harvesthill Drive, Denmark, WI 54208 Ph: 920-863-1775 email: chadpaid@aol.com

Visitors Always Welcome

T&L Haven Holsteins District 7

Tom & Linda Paider E652 Langes Corners Road, Denmark, WI 54208 Ph: 920-863-6542 email: cowspaider@live.com wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May, 2011-23

The Outagamie County Holstein Breeders will be holding their annual Outagamie Spring Sale on May 20 at 7:30 p.m. Other activities held during the year include the Annual Banquet in December where they give Production, Breeder and Service Awards and the Spring Farm Tour. There will also be a Holstein Futurity in the open class show at the Outagamie County Fair.

District 7

Shawano County

District 7 Report Watch for your chance to advertise & promote your county association in future issues. The June issue will feature District 10 - Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Sheboygan & Winnebago Counties.

2010 Adult Membership: 56; Jr. Membership: 14 Adult Association officers - President: Dave Owen; Vice President: Jay Jauquet; Secretary: Jane Robaidek; Treasurer: Jamie Owen; Directors: Jim Robaidek, Don Zernicke, Ken Moeller, Garrett Holewinski; Junior Advisors: Pete & Brenda Bricco.

Brown County

Waupaca/Waushara Counties

2010 Adult Membership: 33; Jr. Membership: 3 Adult Association officers - President: Robert Sabo; Vice President: Tom Ronk; Secretary: Anthony Cappelle; Treasurer: Mark Allen.

Door County 2010 Adult Membership: 23; Jr. Membership: 11 Adult Association officers - President: Tony Brey; Vice President: Pete Brickner; Secretary: Scott Jeanquart; Treasurer: Tracy LaCrosse; Junior Advisor: Shelly Olson.

Junior Association officers - President: Matt Olson; Secretary: Claire Olson; Treasurer: Alex Kruswick.

The Door County Holstein Breeders continue to be very active in Holstein activities. Already this year, we had great representation at the Junior Holstein Convention with many award winners. The Door County Juniors are full of enthusiasm and interest. In March of 2011 Door County took our annual spring tour to Shawano County. We visited Synergy Dairy Farm, Go-Make Holsteins, and Horsens Dairy Farm. The tour was enjoyed by all, and we would like to extend our thanks to these breeders for hosting us. We are looking forward to summer activities highlighted by our Door County Twilight meeting.

This year’s host is Bryersquart Holsteins and the meeting is planned for August 20. We hope you can join us.

Kewaunee County 2010 Adult Membership: 35; Jr. Membership: 12 Adult Association officers - President: Kevin Gaedtke; Vice President: Paul Wallace Jr.; Secretary: Chad Paider; Treasurer: Dennis Christoph; Advisor: Steve Selner.

The Kewaunee County Holstein Breeders are looking forward to hosting the 2011 District 7 Holstein Show June 13-15.

Marinette County 2010 Adult Membership: 10; Jr. Membership: 0 Adult Association officers - President: Rob Rhode; Vice President: Phil Finger; Secretary/ Treasurer: Frances J. Lewandowski; Junior Advisor: Kris Charapata.

Oconto County 2010 Adult Membership: 16; Jr. Membership: 0

Outagamie County 2010 Adult Membership: 67; Jr. Membership: 23 Adult Association officers President: Bruce Long; Vice President: Jeff Zwiers; Secretary: Mitch Voight; Treasurer: Jim Kortz; Membership: Jed Court; Dairy Promotion: Ben Muenster; Nominating: Toby Paltzer; Breed Improvement: Craig Krohlow.

Junior Association officers - President: Alex Court; Vice President: Cody Owen; Secretary: Bethany Marks; Treasurer: Amanda Stingle; Junior Advisor: John Vosters.

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2010 Adult Membership: Waupaca - 44, Waushara - 15; Jr. Membership: Waupaca - 19, Waushara - 10 Adult Association officers - President: Justin Hintz; Vice President: Cory Biely; Secretary: Brenda Long; Treasurer: Carla Gunst.

Junior Association officers - President: Bret Long; Vice President: Anna Blake; Secretary: Danae Bauer; Treasurer: Kayla Krueger; Advisor: Brenda Long.

Waupaca/Waushara Counties will be hosting the 2012 State Holstein convention in Waupaca, this coming February. Our annual county sale was held on March 19 with an average just over $1700.

Three $1000 grants were given to county youth to assist them in the purchase of a Registered holstein show calf at the sale.

Our annual Holstein picnic was held at Gateway Acres and hosted by Bob and Sherry Gates. A silent auction was held with over $1100 raised for our county junior association and we had WHA President Jim Rickert as a guest speaker.

Waushara county will also be hosting the 2011 Alice in Dairyland finals in May.

DeNance Farm M H D ILKING DEAN &

ERD ISPERSAL NANCY KRUGER

Located at H2523 Huckleberry Rd., Colby, WI

Ph: 715-223-2702

Monday, June 20 • 11:30 a.m.

50 Registered Holstein cows sell along with a few select springing heifers & calves

Krull Outside Elite-ET EX-90 5-04 365 29,793 3.4 1003 2.8 820 Dam: Krull Elegant Rose-ET EX-93 GMD DOM Granddam: Krull Broker Elegance EX-96 3E GMD DOM Next dams: EX-90 GMD DOM, EX-90 DOM, EX-92 2E GMD DOM, EX-92 4E GMD

• 3 Baxters from Elite sell & 2 will be fresh by Aftershock by sale time • Langs-Twin-B Zenith Candy-ET, VG-87 EX-MS, sells along with 2 two-year-old Baxters currently milking over 100 lbs.

• Several beautiful uddered young cows by Pronto, Bolivia, Shottle Ryman, Talent, Goldwyn & Destry • Current herd average: 23,545M 857F 741P Watch the next issue of the News for more information.

Catalogs available from Christensen Sales Corp., Abbotsford, WI - 715-223-6345 Tim Schindler, Curtiss, WI - Auctioneer 715-223-4014 Registered Wisconsin Auctioneer #191

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2011 WHA District Show Information Please read the Rules for 2011 Wisconsin Holstein Shows as there are some new rules to be aware of: General Rules, #2 - Out of state partners must also be paid members of the Wiisconsin Holstein Association in order to show a partnership animal(s) at any Wisconsin Holstein Association show. Along with the $40 membership fee, there is a $50 show fee that must be paid before any animal owned by the out of state member is shown at a District or State Show.

General Rules, #6 - The full entry fee must accompany any entry for District or Championship Show in order for that animal to be considered an entry; otherwise, late entry fee schedule applies.

General Rules, #8 - Substitutions with-in class by the same exhibitor may be made at check-in time; any other new entries will be considered a new or late entry and must pay the appropriate entry fees.

District 1 Date: June 16 Pierce County Fairgrounds, Ellsworth Entries Due: June 1 Entry Fee: $10 Late Fee: $15 Mail Entries to: Tracy Nelson, W5364 410th Ave. Ellsworth, WI 54011 Checks Payable to: Pierce-Pepin County Holstein Breeders District Chair: Bonnie Van Dyk, (715) 246-5454 Local Chair: Peter Coyne, (715) 760-1140 Check-In Deadline: 10 p.m., Wednesday, June 15 Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.

Judge: Kevin Jorgenson Veterinarian: Pierce Vet Clinic, Dr. Frank During (715) 273-4632 Grounds Open: 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 14 Showmanship: Wednesday, June 15 at 7:00 p.m.

Classes offered at this show in addition to standard classes: 3 & 4 Year Old Dry Cow, 5 Year & Older Dry Cow County Twilight Meeting, evening of June 15

District 2 Date: June 20 Trempealeau Co. Fairgrounds, Galesville Entries Due: June 4 Entry Fee: $15 Late Fee: $20 Mail Entries to: Larry Nelson, 5821 Chester Circle, Fitchburg, WI 53719 Checks Payable to: Trempealeau County Holstein Breeders District Chair: Paul Trapp, (608) 525-2075 Local Chair: Bob Hart, (608) 797-4359 Check-In Deadline: 8 a.m., Monday, June 20 Starting Time: 9:30 a.m.

Judge: Dave Schmocker Veterinarian: Whitehall Vet Service, Jay Olendorf, DVM (715) 538-4476 Grounds Open: 7 a.m., Sunday, June 19 Showmanship: Monday, June 20 at 9 a.m.

No Dry Cow classes

District 3 Date: June 29 Richland Co. Fairgrounds, Richland Center Entries Due: June 1 Entry Fee: $10 Late Fee: $50 Mail Entries to: Richland County UW-Extension 1000 Hwy 14 West, Richland Center, WI 53581 Checks Payable to: Richland County Holstein Association District Chair: Angela Brown, (608) 574-7756 Local Chair: Beth Storms, (608) 739-2298 Check-In Deadline: 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 28 Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.

Judge: Chad Ryan Veterinarian: Shireman Vet Clinic, (608) 647-6333 Grounds Open: 8:00 a.m., Monday, June 27 Showmanship: Tuesday, June 28, 6:00 p.m.

No Dry Cow classes

District 4 Date: June 23 Athens Fairgrounds, Athens Entries Due: June 1 Entry Fee: $10 Late Fee: $50 Mail Entries to: Michelle Berdan, C4162 Wiesman Rd, Stratford, WI 54484 Checks Payable to: Marathon County Holstein Association District Chair: Scott Pralle, (715) 533-0901 Local Chair: Michelle Berdan, (715) 897-4651 Check-In Deadline: 8:00 a.m., Thursday, June 23 Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.

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Veterinarian: Athens Vet Service, (715) 257-7003 Grounds Open: 7:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 22 Showmanship: Wednesday, June 22, 7:00 p.m.

No Dry Cow or Unfresh 2 Year Old classes

District 5 Date: June 16 Juneau County Fairgrounds, Mauston Entries Due: June 1 Entry Fee: $10 Late Fee: $20 Mail Entries to: Teresa Field, E5552 Herritz Rd, Reedsburg, WI 53959 Checks Payable to : Juneau County Holstein Breeders District Chair: Chris Davis, (608) 254-8102 Local Chair: Richard Sheahan, (608) 985-7161 Teresa Field, (608) 524-8863 Check-In Deadline: 8:00 a.m., Thursday, June 16 Starting Time: 10:00 a.m.

Judge: Dan Cnossen Veterinarian: Sunrise Vet Clinic, John Laukant, (608) 768-2697 Grounds Open: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., June 14 for bed-down only; Cattle may arrive at 8:00 a.m., June 15 Showmanship: 8:30 a.m., Thursday, June 16 No Dry Cow classes

District 6 Date: June 21 Rock County Fairgrounds, Janesville Entries Due: May 27 Entry Fees: $12.50 Late Fee: $20 Mail Entries to: Nicole Miller-Speich, 3703 Nelson Road, Orfordville, WI 53576 Checks Payable to: Rock County Holstein Breeders District Chair: Todd Hoesly, (608) 897-4446 Local Chair: Jason Cleland, (608) 751-1542 Check-In Deadline: 4:00 p.m., Monday, June 20 Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.

Judge: Brian Olbrich Veterinarian: TBA Grounds Open: 8:00-Noon, June 19, bed-down only; Cattle may arrive 8:00 a.m., June 20 Showmanship: 7:00 p.m., Monday, June 20 Classes offered at this show in addition to standard classes: 3 & 4 Year Old Dry Cow, 5 Year & Older Dry Cow, 3 Year Old Futurity An exhibitor meeting will be held immediately following the showmanship contest.

District 7 Date: June 15 Kewaunee County Fairgrounds, Luxemburg Entries Due: June 1 Entry Fee: $10 Late Fee: $25 Mail Entries to: Dennis & Shari Christoph, N4617 Cty Rd V, Luxemburg, WI 54217 Checks Payable to: Kewaunee County Holstein Association District Show information continued on page 31

RULES FOR 2011 WISCONSIN HOLSTEIN SHOWS

ANIMAL HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS/DAIRY CATTLE ALL CATTLE - Health requirements for the Wisconsin District and Championship Shows are the same as the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture’s requirements for intrastate movement of cattle.

Please visit the DATCP website for the most recent rules - http://datcp.wi.gov/uploads/Animals/pdf/ 2011FairRules.pdf It is highly recommended that all animals shown at the District and Championship Show be vaccinated for BVD according to your Veterinarian’s recommendations. It is also highly recommended that animals be tested for Persistently Infected (PI) BVD animals. This is a once in a lifetime test to insure that the animal is not a PI or shedder animal carrying the BVD Virus.

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

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

Ribbons and Trophies: Ribbons for the District Shows are available from the Wisconsin Holstein office. Trophies are optional for District Shows and the responsibility of each District Show host. The Championship Show ribbons will be provided by the Wisconsin Holstein Association and the Wisconsin Junior Activities Committee.

Junior Ownership: Junior exhibitors shall be in competition with Open Class Cattle. To compete for junior awards the exhibitor shall not have passed his or her 21st birthday before January 1 of the year of the show.

Junior leased animals must follow Holstein USA rules to be eligible for junior awards. TO COMPETE FOR JUNIOR RIBBONS AND TROPHIES, ALL JUNIOR EXHIBITORS MUST HAVE THE ANIMAL’S OWNERSHIP REGISTERED OR TRANSFERRED BY THE HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION INTO THE INDIVIDUAL NAME OF THE JUNIOR EXHIBITOR ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1st. NO JUNIOR TRANSFER APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE SHOWS. a. Partnerships between two juniors are allowed if both members are current WI Holstein Association Junior members. No other partnership qualifies for Junior Recognition. b. Junior exhibitors must be sole leadsperson for their animals in order to receive recognition. If a junior has more than one junior owned animal in one individual class, the junior exhibitor must designate which of the animals will be led by the exhibitor. The animal led by the junior exhibitor will be the animal eligible for Junior Recognition. c. Managerial projects may be exhibited in Open Class competition. However, they are not eligible for Junior awards. d. To be considered for Junior Awards, exhibitors must identify themselves as a qualified junior member on the entry form and upon check-in to show management. e. It is the responsibility of the Junior owner to prove ownership of animal by hard copy (on the registration paper).

Bred and Owned: This award is to be given at the Wisconsin Championship Show and is optional at the District Shows. An award will be given in all the female classes for the highest placing animal bred and owned by exhibitor; partnership animals are eligible for Bred & Owned award as long as original breeder(s) and owner(s) maintains part ownership. Breeder is to be determined as the owner of the dam at the time of the service; where a herd is registered in the names of different members of a family residing on one farm, and everyone is using the same prefix, all entries may be considered as Bred and Owned by Exhibitor.

Junior Bred and Owned: To be eligible for Junior Bred & Owned, the name(s) listed as breeder and owner on the registration certificate must be the same. Adult-Junior partnerships are not acceptable. Family unit or farm partnerships will not qualify for Junior Bred & Owned awards unless all partners are Junior members and listed on the certificate under breeder and owner.

Production Awards: This award is optional at the District Show. In all cow classes, except the Jr. & Sr. 2 Year Olds, the cow with the highest 305 day milk production will be recognized. The recognition will be based solely on total pounds of milk production without regard to the milking frequency or the testing program. Records should be entered on the entry form and verified at the time of check-in with an official test sheet or an official pedigree.

Best Udder: This award is optional at the District Show. At the State Championship Show a Best Udder ribbon will be awarded in all milking cow classes. The Best Udder cow in each of the milking classes will compete to select the Best Udder Cow of the Show.

Dry Cow Classes: THERE WILL BE NO DRY COW CLASSES AT THE WISCONSIN CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW OPTIONAL AT DISTRICT SHOWS. Any cow that was last fresh 280 days or more, prior to the date of the show, may be shown at the option of the exhibitor in either the Dry or Milking Cow Class. A cow milked less than 280 days must show in the Milking Class, unless she is recorded as dry on the DHI sheet. The DHI sheet must ccompany animals to be shown in the Dry Cow Classes.

Premier Breeder Award: The breeder winning the most points on four (4) animals, all exhibited in the single classes, shall be designated Premier Breeder. Premier Breeder form is to be filled out at time of check-in to be eligible for this award. No entry fee is required. The winner of this award need not be an exhibitor at the Show, or need not be the current owner of any of the point winning animals. In case of a tie, additional animals will be counted, one at a time, until the tie is broken.

Breeder Defined: The owner of the dam at the time of service shall be considered the breeder of the animals.

Where a herd is registered in the names of different members of a family, and where the herd is one unit, and everyone is using the same prefix, all entries may be considered as exhibits of one breeder. Otherwise, when animals are bred in partnership, each unique partnership is considered a unique breeder.

Premier Exhibitor Award: The exhibitor winning the most points on four (4) animals, all owned and exhibited by exhibitor in the open, single classes, shall be designated the Premier Exhibitor. Premier Exhibitor form is to be filled out at time of check-in to be eligible for this award. No entry fee is required. In case of a tie, additional animals will be counted, one at a time, until the tie is broken.

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

Premier Breeder and Exhibitor points will be awarded to the top 10 animals in each class. In classes with 10 or less animals, no more than two head per breeder or exhibitor will be counted toward premier points. If the class has more than 10 animals, then a single breeder or exhibitor may obtain points on more than two animals if the animals stand in the top 10 placings of the class.

The point system for determining Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor Awards: Placing JR Females Points Milking Female Points 1 10 20 2 9 18 3 8 16 4 7 14 5 6 12 6 5 10 7 4 8 8 3 6 9 2 4 10 1 2 GENERAL RULES 1. Owners of all animals exhibited at District and Championship Show must be state association members in good standing. Renewal memberships must be paid before June 1, 2011. If renewal of membership is not paid by June 1, 2011, a $10 late fee will be added.

2. Out of state partners must also be paid members of the Wisconsin Holstein Association in order to show a partnership animal(s) at any Wisconsin Holstein Association show. Along with the $40 membership fee, there is a $50 show fee that must be paid before any animal owned by the out of state member is shown at a District or State Show.

3. All animals exhibited at the District and Championship Show must be accompanied by the registration certificate or faxed copy of the registration paper directly from the Holstein Association USA; no photocopies will be accepted. All animals exhibited must be Holstein Registered or Qualified by the Holstein Association USA, Inc. or registered with the Holstein Association of Canada with 87% or greater purity.

4. Ownership shall be established by the name listed on the registration certificate; or the presentation of the certificate of registration along with a completed transfer & the appropriate fee, which will be retained by the Chairperson of the show & forwarded to the Holstein Association USA, Inc. 5. Animals shown at the Wisconsin Holstein District Shows and the Wisconsin Championship Show are not to be shown at any other state’s District or State Show. Any animal may be shown in the District where it is owned or housed, but not in both.

6. The full entry fee must accompany any entry for District or Championship Show in order for that animal to be considered an entry; otherwise, late entry fee schedule applies.

7. Once cattle are checked into a class, there will be absolutely no switching of classes (such as 125,000 lb. to Aged Cow). Absolutely no additions or switching after the check-in deadline.

8. Substitutions with-in class by the same exhibitor may be made at check-in time; any other new entries will be considered a new or late entry and must pay the appropriate entry fees.

9. The WI Holstein Association Standard Agreement for Owners to Exhibit must be signed to be an eligible entry.

Championship Show Eligibility: (Also see General Rule #1) Any exhibitor showing at their District Show is eligible to show at the Wisconsin Championship Show. The exhibitor is allowed to exhibit in the Championship Show up to the actual number shown and placed at District Show. These animals may or may not be the same as shown at the District Show. Partnerships that did not exhibit an animal in that partnership at a District Show but wish to exhibit partnership animals may show at the State Championship show as a substitution animal for one of the animals shown and placed by one of the partners at a District Show. The spirit of these rules is to encourage exhibitors to show the best animals they have at the time of their District Show and at the Championship Show.

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

DISTRICT SHOWS 1. The Wisconsin Holstein Show Ring Policy is in effect at all Wisconsin District Shows.

2. Starting time for individual District Shows shall be determined by the Districts.

3. Check-in deadline for the District Show is at the option of the District. Check-in deadline will be listed in the section listing location and starting time for each District. Exhibitors should check and be aware of the check-in deadlines at their respective District Show. It is the exhibitor’s responsibility to comply with the respective District Show check-in time.

4. The District Show committee will determine all fees pertaining to their show and submit these fees to the Wisconsin Holstein office for publication.

5. Optional classes for District Shows are Unfresh 2 Year Old and Dry Cow classes.

6. Production awards and Bred and Owned awards are optional at the District Show.

CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW Entry Fee Schedule $20 for heifers if made at respective District Show $25 for milking age females if made at respective District Show $50 per head if entry made by mail, fax or email and received in the WHA office before 7/1/2011 $100 per head if entry made at Championship Show or by mail, email or fax & received after 7/1/2010 1. A representative of the Wisconsin Holstein Association will be on hand for not less than one hour after the conclusion of the last class at each District Show. It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to make sure the entries are made in this time frame.

2. All cattle for the Championship Show shall be in place by 2:00 p.m., Sunday, July 10, 2011 in order for the registration certificates, health papers and production records to be checked. The fairgrounds will not be open for cattle arrival before 7:00 am, Saturday, July 9, 2011. Bedding cattle stalls and leaving equipment on grounds may be done between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2011. Exhibitors in violation of this rule must pay a $1000 fine to the WI Holstein Assoc. prior to the first class entering the ring at the 2011 WI Championship Show. If the fine is unpaid, the violators will be disqualified from the 2011 WI Championship Show.

3. Starting time for the Championship Show shall be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, July 11, 2011, with the Heifers and Junior Champion selection. The show will resume at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 12, 2011 with the Milking Cows.

4. An exhibitor meeting will be held Sunday, July 10, 2011, at noon in the show arena.

5. Awards: The first and second place animal in each class will receive a plaque and will be designated All-Wisconsin and Reserve All-Wisconsin animals of their respective class. Open Show ribbons will be awarded to

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the 3rd-10th place exhibitors in the Heifer and Milking Cow Classes. Ribbons will be awarded to the 3rd-5th place exhibitors in the Group Classes. One rosette ribbon will be given for the Best Udder in each of the Milking Cow Classes. One rosette ribbon will be given to the Best Bred & Owned animal in each of the classes. JUNIOR SHOW ribbons will be awarded to the 3rd–5th exhibitors in the Heifer and Milking Cow Classes. The first and second place Junior exhibitors in each female class will be designated Junior All-Wisconsin and Reserve Junior All-Wisconsin (except Class 1). The top two Open Show and Junior Show animals in Class 1 may choose to compete in Class 2 for All-Wisconsin Awards.

It is recommended that all animals in the barn have identification signs for the convenience of visitors and to enhance marketing opportunities.

HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION USA, INC. SHOW RING POLICY Showing cattle is an important part of promoting, merchandising and breeding Registered Holsteins for breeders and Holstein Association USA, Inc. It is also in the best interest of Registered Holstein breeders to maintain integrity and present a positive and progressive image of themselves and their cattle in the showring. Holstein Association USA works cooperatively with the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association (PDCA), show management, exhibitors and judges to give encouragement, direction, and uniformity to the National Holstein Show program.

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

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

Please visit the Holstein Association USA website at www.holsteinusa.com to read their complete Show Ring Policy.

WISCONSIN HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION SHOW RING POLICY The following practices or procedures are unacceptable in the showing of registered dairy cattle: 1. criticizing or interfering with the judge, show management or other exhibitors, or other conduct detrimental to the breed or show, any unsportsmanship like conduct during the event.

2. misrepresenting the age or ownership of an animal or the number of calvings and/or stage of lactation; 3. filling an animal’s rumen unnaturally with liquid (tubing); 4. balancing the udder by any means other than by leaving naturally produced milk in any or all quarters; 5. treating the udder internally with an irritant, counter-irritant, or any other substance to temporarily improve conformation; 6. overfilling or over-bagging of udders; 7. treating the udder externally with an irritant, counterirritant, or any other substance to temporarily improve conformation (allowable practices/substances include sealing and setting teats, but not shrinking/ shortening of teats); 8. treating the animal, particularly the udder, internally or externally, with a an irritant or counter-irritant, or other substance to artificially improve the conformation (this is to include any external pressure applied to the udder crease to artificially enhance it, i.e. roping) icing of the udder will be allowed ONLY when the ice is placed in a plastic bag (such as a zip-lock bag), ice MAY NOT be placed in any other foreign objects; 9. administering epidural anesthesia (blocking tails) and/or applying any irritant either externally or internally to the perineal (rectum and vagina) area; 10. inserting foreign material/articles under the skin, into the topline or on the feet (Administration of acceptable medications is permitted.); 11. performing surgery of any kind to change the natural contour of appearance of the animal’s body, hide or hair. Not included is the removal of warts, teats and horns, clipping and dressing of hair and trimming of hooves; 12. draining fluid from hocks unless authorized by a veterinarian at the show; 13. Excessive manipulation of hair and/or the use of any hair not naturally attached to the animal or the use of any substance or material which is intended to resemble or imitate hair; 14. mistreatment of animals; 15. any unsportsman-like conduct during the event.

MONITORING PROCEDURES 1. The Ethics Committee, as defined below, shall have the authority to inspect all animals to determine if violations of Wisconsin Holstein Association Show Ring Policy have occurred. To help in this regard, the Ethics Committee has the authority to perform and review results of the following: a. An ultrasound examination of the udder of selected animals immediately upon completion of each respective milking class competition. It shall be the exhibitor’s responsibility to deliver selected cow to the designated testing area. Following said testing, the ultrasound official shall submit a report to the show chairman if any violations have occurred. If an animal fails to show up for ultrasounding with a full udder at the Midwest National Spring Show &/or the WI Championship Show, show placings will be revoked and reported to Holstein USA and Holstein World. b. a milk out of any individual cow and/or c. the collection and testing of any of the animal’s body fluids and/or d. the use of any other technology that may be useful in determining if a violation in any animal based on placement, random selection, or suspect characteristics. e. the Ethics Committee or Show Chairman may, at any time, require the delivery to them of any hair samples or hypodermic syringe, needle, or other device, swabs, cloths, or other material, or samples or any medicine, preparation, or substance, whether in liquid or other form, in the possession or control of exhibitor, fitters, agents or person acting on behalf of the exhibitor for laboratory analysis.

ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES 1. The Wisconsin Holstein Association Board of Directors shall appoint an Ethics Committee to monitor violations at all state sponsored shows. The Ethics Committee shall consist of two WHA Board members and one non-board member; this committee will be anonymous.

2. Complaints of alleged violations must be to the Show Chairman of respective show immediately.

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

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

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(10) days of receiving such notice.

5. The Wisconsin Holstein Association Director of Operations will notify the accused exhibitor immediately of the Ethics Committee decision that a violation has occurred and all the supportive evidence will be shared with the exhibitor. Within thirty (30) days Wisconsin Holstein Association Show Committee shall review the findings from the Ethics Committee and make a recommendation to the Wisconsin Holstein Association Board of Directors of the disciplinary action. The exhibitor will be able to participate in the Show Committee meeting.

The Wisconsin Holstein Association Board of Directors shall meet on the same day to review the findings from the Ethics Committee, recommendations from the Show Committee and hear any presentation the exhibitor wishes to present.

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

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

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

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

10. Under the Rules of the Show, the exhibitor agrees to accept as final and abide by the decision of the WI Holstein Board of Directors. If the appeal of the exhibitor results in a modification of the position of the WI Holstein Board of Directors, the exhibitor will be notified of the change in writing at such time.

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

Violations Penalties (Penalties for violations at the Wisconsin Holstein Association sponsored shows.)

1. 1st Offense – a minimum of one year probation to a maximum of one year suspension for the animal(s), owner(s), and/or fitter(s) or their representatives either individually and/or a combination thereof from all Wisconsin Holstein Association state sponsored shows.

2. 2nd Offense – minimum one year suspension to a maximum of three years suspension for the animal(s), owner(s), and/or fitter(s) or their representatives either individually and/or combination there of from all Wisconsin Holstein Association state sponsored shows.

3. 3rd Offense – minimum of five years suspension to a maximum of barred for life for the animal(s), owner(s), and/or fitter(s) or their representatives either individually and/or combination there of from all Wisconsin Holstein Association state sponsored shows. *Violations prior to 1/1/2004 shall not apply; any violations after 1/1/2004 shall be cumulative.

CLASSES

1. Spring Heifer Calf, Exhibitor 10 & Under - born after February 28, 2011. This class is limited to juniors 10 years of age and younger as of January 1 of the year of the show. Calves in Class 1 must be under control of the 10 & Under Exhibitor (the exhibitor must be the sole person on the halter).

1st and 2nd open animals and 1st and 2nd Junior animals in this class may compete in Class 2 for All-Wisconsin & Junior All-Wisconsin honors.

2. Spring Heifer Calf - born after February 28, 2011. (Open to exhibitors of any age) 3. Winter Heifer Calf - born December 1, 2010 - February 28, 2011.

4. Fall Heifer Calf - born September 1 - November 30, 2010.

5. Summer Yearling Heifer - born June 1 - August 31, 2010.

6. Spring Yearling Heifer - born March 1 - May 31, 2010.

7. Winter Yearling Heifer - born December 1, 2009 - February 28, 2010.

8. Fall Yearling Heifer - born September 1 - November 30, 2009.

9. Junior Champion Bred & Owned of the Junior Show 10. Junior & Reserve Junior Champion (Junior Show) 11. Junior & Reserve Junior Champion (Open Show) 12. Junior Best Three - fall yearlings & under. All to have same prefix and at least 1 owned by exhibitor.

Each exhibitor limited to 1 entry.

13. Junior Two Year Old Cow – born after March 1, 2009.

14. Senior Two Year Old Cow - born September 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009.

15. Junior Three Year Old Cow - born March 1 - August 31, 2008.

16. Senior Three Year Old Cow - born September 1, 2007 - February 29, 2008.

17. Intermediate Champion Female (Open Show) (Optional at District) 18. Four Year Old Cow - born September 1, 2006 - August 31, 2007.

19. Five Year Old Cow - born September 1, 2005 - August 31, 2006.

20. Six Year Old and Older Cow - born before September 1, 2005.

21. 125,000 lb. Cow Class - Must bring proof of production to check-in; cows may only be switched from another milking cow class to the 125,000 lb. class with additional paid entry fee.

22. Senior Champion Bred & Owned of the Junior Show 23. Senior & Reserve Senior Champion Female (Junior Show) 24. Grand & Reserve Grand Champion Female (Junior Show) 25. Senior & Reserve Senior Champion Female (Open Show) 26. Grand & Reserve Grand Champion Female (Open Show) 27. Best Udder of Show 28. Champion Bred & Owned of the Show 29. Best Three Females – made up of 3 cows having at least 1 calf, all bred by the exhibitor with at least 1 owned by exhibitor. Each exhibitor is limited to 1 entry.

30. Produce of Dam - 2 animals, any age, & the progeny of 1 cow; dam must be named.

31. Dam & Offspring - dam and one offspring, any age.

32. Premier Breeder 33. Premier Exhibitor 34. Premier Sire (8 Animals Earning Points as in Premier Exhibitor)

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District Exhibiting In:

Protein _______

Dam: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Please check if applicable: Owner (as appears on Registration paper): ______________________________________________ ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Leased

Sire: ________________________________________________________

Protein _______

Date of Birth ________________ Reg. # ___________________

Production Record of Animal 305 days or less: No. of Days: _____ Age ______ Milk ___________ Fat _______

Class # _______ Animal’s Name _____________________________________________________________________

Dam: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Please check if applicable: Owner (as appears on Registration paper): ______________________________________________ ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Leased

Sire: ________________________________________________________

Production Record of Animal 305 days or less: No. of Days: _____ Age ______ Milk ___________ Fat _______

Date of Birth ________________ Reg. # ___________________

Entry Fee Schedule for Championship Show: $20 for heifers and $25 for milking age females entered at the respective District Show. $50 per head if entry made by mail, fax or email & received in the WHA office before 7/1/2011 $100 per head if entry made at Championship show or by mail, fax or email & received after 7/1/2011

Class # _______ Animal’s Name _____________________________________________________________________

CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW 2011 - July 11 & 12, Fond du Lac

*Must be signed and dated for entry to be eligible

Cell:

Premise ID #:

Complete the entry blank (make sure the Show Agreement is signed) and mail, along with correct entry fees, to the designated person of your District Show. Please see the District Show information in the MAY News starting on page 26 for the correct fees and entry info.

Full Address:

E-mail:

Phone:

Name of Exhibitor/Owner

Date

SIGNATURE OF OWNER OR OWNER’S AGENT:

I HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THE Standard Agreement for Owners to Exhibit at Wisconsin Holstein Association sponsored shows.

America; and 2. no owner of the entered animal, whether direct or indirect, is currently barred from showing any other animal at any future dairy show in North America; and 3. that he/she will not knowingly employ any fitters or agents to represent him/her or his/her animal(s) that may be barred from any dairy show in North America.

DISTRICT SHOWS 2011

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

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

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

The undersigned further certifies that: 1. any animal entered is not currently barred from showing at any future dairy show in North

Standard Agreement for Owners to Exhibit at Wisconsin Holstein Association sponsored Shows

2011 Wisconsin Holstein Shows Entry Form

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

Date: _____________________ Date: _____________________

Junior Member Signature: _________________________________________________________

Junior Member Name: (please Print) ____________________________________________

I have read and discussed the above rules and agree to accept and faithfully abide by them as a member of the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association.

For the purposes of the observance of the rules of membership herein, there is established a Board which shall consist of the Director of Operations of the Wisconsin Holstein Association, the President of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Holstein Association and the Chairman of the Wisconsin Holstein Association Junior Activities Committee. The purpose of this Board shall be to oversee the fair application of the rules of membership and afford the right of due process to all members.

Due process shall be afforded by: explaining the evidence against the member, giving the member an opportunity to explain his/her version of the facts, thereafter, it is a matter of discretion by the Board whether to have the accuser/observer summoned and whether to permit cross examination of said individuals, due process must be initiated within 120 days of receipt of membership revocation.

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

Members and/or their parents/guardian shall accept any financial responsibility for the enforcement of the provisions herein.

The following rules shall apply to all members: 1. Use or possession of any alcoholic beverage or controlled substances strictly prohibited.

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

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

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

5. All members shall recognize the right of the Wisconsin Holstein Association’s Junior Activities Committee, the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Holstein Association and its staff, adult advisors and chaperones to have the authority to enforce the rules as established and authorized herein.

The Junior Holstein Association is open to membership for those persons under the age of 21 as of January 1st of the membership year. The purpose of this organization is to encourage youthful interest in the promotion of the Registered Holstein industry. To be eligible for membership, all juniors must sign this agreement and agree to abide by the rules hereinafter set forth. Failure to honor any of these rules will subject the junior member to immediate revocation of membership status, including the opportunity of participation in WI Holstein Association sponsored activities and events.

Junior Member Agreement

Dam: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Please check if applicable: Owner (as appears on Registration paper): ______________________________________________ ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Leased

Sire: ________________________________________________________

Protein _______

Date of Birth ________________ Reg. # ___________________

Production Record of Animal 305 days or less: No. of Days: _____ Age ______ Milk ___________ Fat _______

Class # _______ Animal’s Name _____________________________________________________________________

Dam: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Please check if applicable: Owner (as appears on Registration paper): ______________________________________________ ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Leased

Sire: ________________________________________________________

Protein _______

Date of Birth ________________ Reg. # ___________________

Production Record of Animal 305 days or less: No. of Days: _____ Age ______ Milk ___________ Fat _______

Class # _______ Animal’s Name _____________________________________________________________________

Dam: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Please check if applicable: Owner (as appears on Registration paper): ______________________________________________ ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Leased

Sire: ________________________________________________________

Protein _______

Date of Birth ________________ Reg. # ___________________

Production Record of Animal 305 days or less: No. of Days: _____ Age ______ Milk ___________ Fat _______

Class # _______ Animal’s Name _____________________________________________________________________

Dam: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Please check if applicable: Owner (as appears on Registration paper): ______________________________________________ ❏ Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Owned ❏ Junior Bred & Owned ❏ Junior Leased

Sire: ________________________________________________________

Protein _______

Date of Birth ________________ Reg. # ___________________

Production Record of Animal 305 days or less: No. of Days: _____ Age ______ Milk ___________ Fat _______

Class # _______ Animal’s Name _____________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS ______________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP _________________________________________________________________________________

FARM NAME __________________________________________________ EXHIBITOR’S NAME _____________________________________________________________________________

District 7 (continued from page 26) District Chair: Craig Krohlow, (920) 833-7507 Local Chair: Dennis & Shari Christoph, (920) 366-9047 Check-In Deadline: 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 15 Starting Time: 10:00 a.m.

Judge: Paul Trapp Veterinarian: Dairyland Vet, (920) 837-7766 Grounds Open: Monday, June 13 Showmanship: 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 15 No Dry Cow classes

District 8 Date: June 29 Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Jefferson Entries Due: June 15 Entry Fee: $15 Late Fee: $30 Mail Entries to: Cheryl Ehrke, N3169 Trieloff Rd, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 Checks Payable to: Jefferson County Holstein Breeders District Chair: Todd Wendorf, (920) 988-3323 Local Chair: Cindy Krull, (920) 648-3720 Check-In Deadline: 9:00 a.m.

Starting Time: 10:00 a.m.

Judge: Reid Stransky Veterinarian: TBA Grounds Open: 8:00 a.m., June 28 Showmanship: 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 29 No Dry Cow classes

District 10 Date: June 17 Manitowoc County Expo, Manitowoc Entries Due: June 1 Entry Fee: $10 Late Fee: $25 Mail Entries to: Brian Herr, 14222 Hwy 42, Newton, WI 53063 Checks Payable to: Manitowoc County Holstein Association District Chair: Sarah Loehr, (608) 792-7013 Local Chair: Brian Herr, (920) 693-8186 Check-In Deadline: 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 16 Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.

Judge: Chris McCullough Veterinarian: Veterinary Associates, (920) 754-4307 Grounds Open: Set-up times: June 15, 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Cattle can arrive: June 16, 8:00 a.m.

Showmanship: 6:00 p.m., Thursday, June 16 No Dry Cow classes

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2011 Junior Trip Report Kinyon Holsteins, Marty & Trudy Kinyon Our first stop was Kinyon Holsteins, owned and operated by Marty & Trudy who recently went into partnership with their daughter Jill and son-in-law Lisi. Jill & Lisi have two kids who make up the 4th generation on the farm. Marty’s father bought the farm in 1947.

Kinyon Holsteins breed mostly for type and don’t focus on genomics.

Their extraordinary herd has a BAA of 109.7, with a 25,000 lb. herd average for a little more than 100 cows. We saw a Goldwyn daughter of Budjon-JK Fallen Embers that is VG-85, a three year old Roy who won their district show in 2010 and a few spring consignments which included an 88 pt. Toystory daughter who will be selling in the Milksource sale. She is a herd favorite of the Kinyons. We would like to again thank everyone at Kinyon Holsteins for taking time to show us their operation.

Finally we saw the cows. We saw the amazing Glystal cow and her daughter who also looked good. After the tour the family treated us to ice cream sundaes and gave us some gifts from the farm. The tour was a fun experience and showed us this amazing farm & family. We thank the Pagenkopf family for allowing us to visit.

Stone-Front Farm, Andy & Lyn Buttles Stone-Front Farm is the breeder of Stone-Front Iron Pasta. Pasta traces back to one of Andy’s first show calves. Pasta’s dam is 14 years old and still kickin’. She is a 92-2E cow. Pasta currently still has plenty of offspring running around including twin Talents and three Jaspers due to calve within the next seven weeks. Stone-Front Farm originated in Racine County but is currently located in Lancaster. Over the last five years they went from having a herd of 60 to 500 milking. They have a double-10 herringbone parlor, milking two times a day. They run 1,000 acres of land. Stone-Front was by far a very moving experience for us young dairymen of Wisconsin.

Nordic-Ridge, Kurtis & Deon Amundson We visited Nordic-Ridge Holsteins, home of the Amundson family - Kurt, Deon, Mitch & Mason. They currently milk 105 cows on 2 times a day milking. They moved to Wisconsin from northeast Iowa. Every building on the farm but one has been redone. They raise their calves in a greenhouse and have not lost a calf in four years.

They currently milk in a swing 8 parlor, averaging around 80 pounds/day and had an average SCC in 2010 of 71,000. They have 187 acres tillable and feed a TMR. They breed for longevity, udders, feet and legs. We thank them for allowing us to visit their farm.

Moorclose Holsteins, Bill & Kelle Calvert To start Sunday, we went to Moorclose Holsteins, owned by Bill and Kelle Calvert. They are located outside of Cuba City. They milk about 75 cows three times a day. Their cows average 101 pounds of milk in the tank every day. They have a BAA of 108.4 with a RHA of 28,000. They sell about 30-40 cows a year. They have a greenhouse where they have 20 individual pens and two small group pens. Their calves then go to a shed that was an old free-stall barn. They bed with sawdust. They scrape every other day. They also have a dry cow barn.

We want to thank the Calverts for hosting a tour.

Paradise-D Holsteins, Dan & Nancy Pagenkopf Paradise-D Holsteins is the home of Dan and Nancy Pagenkopf and their children, Craig, Andrea & Scott. Craig started our tour of the family farm by showing us their bulls and explaining how they sell the seventy bulls they raise each year. Next the family showed us their heifer shed and explained the rotation for a calf and their feed plans.

After the heifer shed we were able to look in the new calf barn and they showed us their protection for bio-security for their calves.

Kamps-Hollow, Richard Kamps Family After our stop at Moorclose we made our way to Belmont, home of the Kamps-Hollow Genetics and Altitude. Kamps-Hollow is owned and operated by Richard & Carol Kamps along with their son Ryan. Eighty-two cows, most of which trace back to Altitude, call this home and eat feed grown on 800 acres owned and farmed by the Kamps. The cows are milked in a traditional tie-stall barn with a unique addition built in 2002. This was done to make it easier to conduct tours, and show off bigger cows. It has 20 stalls and three boxstalls. The stalls are raised 10 inches off the ally, designed to get a 32–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/May 2011

skid loader through for scraping. Cows are housed in loose pack barns when outside.

Our time at KampsHollow concluded with an opportunity to see the dam of Advent and Apple, Altitude.

She and her Prelude dam are housed in a newly built pack barn with 40 descendants.

At 11 years old, Altitude looks excellent as does her 18 year old Prelude dam, Alicia. Kamps-Hollow was a unique experience that all of us were grateful to see.

Hardwood Holsteins, Chuck Jinkins Hardwood Farms in Livingston is owned & operated by Chuck Jinkins.

The farm was started 40 years ago by Chuck’s dad as a hobby. It grew into a family operation. The farm started with 40 cows and grew to 50. In 2004 he added on to the barn and it grew to 80 Registered Holsteins. He bought a Bootmaker calf in 1972 and 70% of his herd can be traced back to that calf.

He feeds no TMR and buys all of his hay and some corn. He milks with a hired hand two times a day with eight machines. We really enjoyed visiting his farm and getting the opportunity to see all of his Excellent cows.

Gildale Holsteins, Mark & Erik Gilbertson Gildale Holsteins is located in Hollandale, where they milk 42 cows in a stall barn. This farm is 4th generation, owned & operated by Mark, his son Erik and daughter-in-law Brenda.

They feed no TMR, just hay and corn silage and a haylage mixture. They sold out in 1996 but started up again in 1997 when they bought some of a herd from Canada. They are breeding for type and also have had a couple of AllAmericans. Mark & Erik are volunteer firefighters. They also have another farm where some of their heifers are housed. They milk two times a day. Their cows are on city water. This was a very good learning experience.

Kellercrest Holsteins, Tim, Sandy & Mark Keller Kellercrest Holsteins is owned and operated by Tim, Sandy and Mark Keller, and Tim & Sandy’s children are Andy and Kimberly. Their farm is located in Mt. Horeb. They milk 282 cows in a double-12 parallel parlor, two times a day. Their herd is 100% Registered and 98% homebred. They run 150 acres of corn and alfalfa. They have a BAA of 106.2 which is 5th or 6th in the country. Currently there are 40 Toystory two year olds milking that scored well and milk really well. In their herd they have about 100 descendants that go back to their cornerstone cow, Kellercrest Winken Lusty.

We were really impressed with their herd and greatly appreciate getting the opportunity to see their awesome herd of cows.

The University of

WISCONSIN MADISON Dairy Science STUDENT PROFILE Name: Jade Buchholz Hometown: Westfield, WI High School: Pioneer Westfield High School Class Size: 110 Farm: So-Fine Bovines, LLC Major: Dairy Science

Why did you decide to attend UW-Madison?

Madison has a great reputation for producing future leaders in the dairy industry, like the Holstein Association members I looked up to when I was younger. I also knew that by coming to Madison I would be exposed to a variety of opportunities to succeed and given the chance to learn from experts in their field.

What has been your most memorable college experience? Being a member of the Badger Dairy Club – it has given me the opportunity to work closely with World Dairy Expo, gain leadership experience and responsibility with officer positions, and learn more about the dairy industry through club trips and farm touring.

What has been your favorite course?

Dairy Science 375 – Reproduction with Milo Wiltbank and Jerry Guenther because it is a very practical and hands-on class and both Milo and Jerry really care about the success of their students. They are willing to go the extra mile to help them reach their full potential.

What are your future career goals? After graduation I will be working with Ag Consulting Team, Inc. doing on-farm dairy nutrition in northeast Wisconsin.

UW-Madison Dept. of Dairy Science

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1675 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 Ph. 608-263-3308 Fax 608-263-9412 www.wisc.edu/dysci/ Contact: Ted Halbach

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Junior Holstein Calf Raffle Thank you Sandy Valley Farms!! The Bauer family has generously offered to donate a 2011 Registered Holstein heifer calf to the WI Holstein Juniors to benefit all participating counties in selling the WHA Junior raffle tickets.

The tickets will be mailed in late May or early June to the county junior advisors. If the WHA office does not have a junior advisor listed for your county we will be sending tickets directly to each individual junior in that county.

We thank Sandy Valley Farms for their support!

SANDY

ALLEY FARMS

WHA Youth Showmanship Contest This year all the WHA District Shows will be holding a Youth Showmanship contest. The contests will have Junior and Senior age divisions with the 10 & Under age division being optional at each District Show. Ages are as of January 1st of the year of competition.

Junior is 11 to 15 and Senior is 16 to 20.

Youth may sign up for the showmanship contest at check-in time and up until ½ hour before the actual showmanship contest time at your District Show. All Youth must be WHA Junior members in order to participate in the contest.

Each District may send their top 3 individuals from the Junior and Senior age divisions onto the WHA State Championship Show Contest. At this time, the 10 & Under will not be held at the WHA State Championship Show.

Cow Camp Did you forget to send in your registration? Yes, the deadline was April 29 but we will hold it open until Thursday, May 12. The registration form was in the March News or is available on the WHA website in the Junior Journal. You may also call the WHA office at 1-800-223-4269. Come learn, have “dairy” fun and meet new dairy friends!

Emails needed!

We need your email address! Please send an email to either Chris at chrisw@wisholsteins.com or Sharon at sdm@wisholsteins.com.

We would appreciate it – we will be sending out reminders and membership renewals will come out by email this fall.

Older WHA Junior Members A Reminder that we have the Mentorship program which you can apply for at any time throughout the year. WHA Juniors also can participate in the Embryo Share Program. Call the WHA office at 1-800-223-4269 or email Chris at chrisw@wisholsteins.com for more information. Visit the website for information www.wisholsteins.com.

$$$ May Holsti-Bucks $$$ Do you know?

1. Name the 4 new JAC of 2011 and their farm and hometown 2. Name the 4 new WHA Board members for 2011 and their farm and hometown 3. Name the 2011 Princess and Princess attendant and their farm and hometown Submit to WHA, 902 8th Ave, Baraboo, WI 53913 or e-mail sdm@wisholsteins.com by June 1 with answers.

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2011 Junior Calendar of Events May 7 Chippewa & Dunn Counties Fitting Clinic, Colfax Fairgrounds 21-22 Cow Camp, Sugar Creek - Ferryville, WI 24 Animart & JAC Fitting Clinic, Dodge Co. Fairgrounds June 15 15 16 16 20 20 22 22-25 28 29

District 7 Youth Showmanship Contest, 9:00 a.m.

District 1 Youth Showmanship Contest, 7:00 p.m.

District 5 Youth Showmanship Contest, 8:00 a.m.

District 10 Youth Showmanship Contest, 6:00 p.m.

District 2 Youth Showmanship Contest, 9:00 a.m.

District 6 Youth Showmanship Contest, 7:00 p.m.

District 4 Youth Showmanship Contest, 7:00 p.m.

National Junior Holstein Convention, Richmond, VA District 3 Youth Showmanship Contest, 6:00 p.m.

District 8 Youth Showmanship Contest, 8:00 a.m.

July 11 Junior Judging & Classification Contest 11 State Showmanship Contest 11-12 WI Championship Show, Manitowoc August 4-6 WI Junior State Fair Breed Shows & Showmanship 13 WHA Futurity 27 WHA State Holstein Picnic, Scientific Holsteins, The Nunes Family, Chippewa Falls, WI For more information on upcoming events - visit the website or WHA Facebook fan page!

ANIMART & WHA Clinic ANIMART, Inc. and the WI Holstein JACs will be conducting a clinic on fitting and showmanship on Tuesday evening, May 24, 2011, at the Dodge County Fairgrounds from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

This event is authorized for youth to earn points toward their educational component for eligibility to show or sell their animals at county fairs. It is open to all juniors interested in the fine art of fitting and the skill of showmanship.

A professional fitter will provide a demonstration and Laurie Winkelman will be teaching showmanship skills. A hands-on workshop for all attendees will follow giving participants a chance to fit and lead live animals. Please be sure to bring your fitting supplies!

This year’s door prizes include Oster MiniMax Trimmers and Andis AGC Super 2-Speed Clippers.

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OTHER CHARGES Full Color (4 Color Process) - $200.00 Second Color - Page $60.00 50-60% Page - $45.00 < 50% Page -$30.00 Photos - $8.50 each Acquiring Photos $5.00 each, plus costs Call Laura with questions or for Commercial Rates.

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ACKY WPoint of View Editor’s Comments

Thank you to the four super families that hosted WHA Barn Meetings this spring. Each meeting had a large crowd in attendance and visitors were treated to great hospitality and some great herds of cows. The Breed Improvement committee will be thinking about next year’s meetings in the near future, if you are interested in hosting or have a topic suggestion, please contact the WHA office.

Another committee that is working hard on some special events is the Young Adult Committee. The 4th Annual Milwaukee Brewer Outing is coming up quickly on Sunday, May 15.

At this time, there are still tickets available so if you are interested in joining the group please give me a call at 608-723-4933. Cost is $25 per person and this includes your ticket, meat for the cookout and a bus ride to the game.

A new project we are excited to be putting together is a 4-person best ball golf tournament for the morning of the WHA State Picnic, Saturday, August 27. Cost will be $40 per person and all ages & skill levels are invited to join us! More information will come in the next issue, but if you’d like to get signed up early, give us a call at 608723-4933 or 1-800-223-4269.

Next month’s issue will be our annual Red & White issue and will also be distributed at the National Convention in Virginia... a great opportunity to expand your advertising coverage at no extra cost! If you’d like to reserve an ad space for this issue please give me a call by May 10.

As the summer draws near and you’re planning County Twilight or Daylight meetings, please remember to give us a call to get your event on our calendar of events in the News and on our website. We’ll also try to get a WHA staff or Princess to attend, as our schedules allow.

CALENDAR

OF

EVENTS

May 2011 Classifying in Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Marquette, Rock & Walworth counties 7 Vernon County Sale, Vernon County Fairgrounds, 7:30 p.m.

14 Hardwater Holsteins Complete Dispersal, Brian Berg, owner; managed by Tom Morris, Ltd., Ellsworth, 11:00 a.m.

15 YAC Brewer game outing 16 Jennelane Holsteins Complete Dispersal, Larry Jenneke, managed by Courtney Sales, LLC, Chetek 20 44th Annual Outagamie County Spring Sale, Seymour, 7:30 p.m.

21-22 Cow Camp, Sugar Creek Bible Camp, Ferryville 23 Ladinodale Dispersal, Dennis Gunst & Family, owners, managed by Great Northern Land & Cattle Co., Inc., Fond du Lac, 11:00 a.m.

24 Animart/WI Holstein Fitting & Showing Clinic, Dodge County Fairgrounds, 6:00-8:30 p.m.

26 Krause-Acres Complete Dispersal, Jim & Pat Krause, Edgar, managed by Christensen Sales, 11:00 a.m.

June 2011 Classifying in Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara & Winnebago counties 11 KishHolm Summer Sensation, hosted by Ken & Ashley Kishman, Lone Rock, 11:30 a.m.

15 District 7 Show, Luxemburg, 10:00 a.m.

16 District 1 Show, Ellsworth, 9:00 a.m.

16 District 5 Show, Mauston, 10:00 a.m.

17 District 10 Show, Manitowoc, 9:00 a.m.

20 District 2 Show, Galesville, 9:30 a.m.

20 DeNance Farm Milking Herd Dispersal, Dean & Nancy Kruger, Colby, managed by Christensen Sales, 11:30 a.m.

21 District 6 Show, Janesville, 9:00 a.m.

22-25 National Holstein Convention, Richmond, Virginia 23 District 4 Show, Athens, 9:00 a.m.

29 District 3 Show, Richland Center, 9:00 a.m.

29 District 8 Show, Jefferson, 10:00 a.m.

July 2011 Classifying in Adams, Crawford, Juneau, LaCrosse, Monroe, Portage, Richland, Sauk, Vernon, & Wood counties 11-12 WI Championship Show, Fond du Lac, 2:00 p.m. Mon./9:00 a.m. Tues.

21 Central Wisconsin Summer Event, hosted by Twin-B Dairy, Marathon, sponsored by WI District 4 Holstein Breeders August 2011 Classifying in Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix & Trempealeau counties 4-5 Wisconsin Junior State Fair Dairy Show 13 25th Anniversary WHA Futurity, West Allis, 5:00 p.m.

20 Door County Twilight Meeting, hosted by Bryersquart Farm, Forestville 27 WHA State Picnic, hosted by Scientific Holsteins, Matt & Mandy Nunes family, Chippewa Falls

Upcoming Issues June Red & White feature & National Convention issue, District 10

Ads due May 10

July/August Until next time...

Cow Family Feature - Scientific Debutante Rae; Twilight meetings, District 1 Ads due June 10 Call Laura to reserve your ad space in any of this year’s issues - 608-723-4933

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morris

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One of Wisconsin’s Best-Kept Secrets!

HARDWATER Holsteins Complete Dispersal 90 Exceptional Homebred Registered Holsteins sell Saturday, May 14, 2011 • 11:00 AM • Ellsworth, WI This beautiful young Bolton is an 8th gen VG/EX and sells ready to flush.

Her full sister and 6 maternal sisters also sell. Their VG-86 BW Marshall dam has 39,100 3.9 1512 3.4 1326.

Next dams EX-91 GMD DOM 1554F; 2E-93 GMD DOM 203,000 LT; 2E-92 GMD 1502F; 2E GMD DOM 173,000 LT; VG DOM 911F; 3E-90 GMD DOM 208,000 LT.

HARDWATER MARCHITA-ET VG-87 VG-MS • GTPI +1945 2-6 3x 365 39,326 3.6 1424 3.0 1173

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS ABS Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Alpha Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Bella-View Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Bosside Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Car-Cor Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Chapa-Way/T&L Haven Holsteins . . . . . . 23 Cybil Fisher Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 DeNance Farm Dispersal . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Door County Holstein Breeders . . . . . . . . 22 Genex/CRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Goers Family Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Holstein International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Honeycrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Initial Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 International Protein Sires/Our Help . . . . IBC KishHolm Summer Sensation . . . . . . . . . . 11 Koepke Farms, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

This magnificent Mac sells bred to SS Deuce. 6 VG/EX dams all are over 125,000 LT. Her VG-87 Outside dam has 2120F, is bred to AltaIota, and also sells. Next dams EX 1721F; EX GMD DOM 1530F; VG-86 DOM; VG-87 DOM; and 3E-95 GMD DOM.

Kranzdale Sales, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Krause-Acres Dispersal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ladinodale Dispersal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Level Plain Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Misty Meadows Wood Products . . . . . . . 35 Morris Ltd., Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

HARDWATER DERICA catalog online at www.tommorrisltd.com Owner:

An exceptional homebred herd in every way!

Watch the May Cattle Connection for more, including new classification scores!

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Outagamie County Sale . . . . . . . . . . 12-13 Pete’s Auction & Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Rickert Bros. LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Royal-Vista Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Rural Mutual Ins./Brian Greenman . 25 & 35

Brian Berg & Family • N3823 750th St • Ellsworth, WI 54011 • 715-220-5253

Second-Look Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Good Sales Don’t Just Happen - They’re Managed

Sunny-Valley Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Holstein Association Representatives

Taurus Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Practice Veterinary Services . . . . . . . 35

Sarah Trapp W16080 Merlin Road, Taylor, WI 54659 608-525-2901 cell: 608-628-1978 e-mail: strapp@holstein.com

Tricor Insurance/Kim Esser . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chris Lyons W 5979 Lee Dr., Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 920-563-1082 cell 920-723-2406 e-mail: clyons@holstein.com Dennis Devore 1905 9th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 cell: 319-270-5038 e-mail: ddevore@holstein.com

Voight-Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21

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CAN 9748330 100% RHA-NA aAa: 312456 DMS: 234, 123 #1 Type R&W Young Sire

CAN 10935962 100% RHA-NA aAa: 312546 DMS: 126, 561 #1 Type Red Factor Young Sire

according to R&W Holstein Association listings April 2011

according to R&W Holstein Association listings April 2011

Sire: Deslacs Shaquille *RC

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3rd Dam: Raverley Briana Milan EX 2E 3 6-03 2x 365 27,075 3.4 928 3.2 862 4th Dam: Rainyridge Tony Beauty EX 5E 10-05 2x 365 29,081 3.5 1005 3.1 913 All-Canadian Mature Cow ’92, ’93, ’95, ’99 All-American Aged Cow, ’92, ’95, ’99 Grand Champion, World Dairy Expo 1999

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