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Do you have any news or announcements to share? Email Karen Knutsen with the information. Please include your name and a phone number where you can be reached. (These will be held confidential) We look forward to hearing from you! Be sure to visit the Breeder Tour for full site descriptions! * This search is Case Sensitive
May 13, 2008 FANCY FRESH SHOTTLE SELLS in the Pride of the South Sale along with a Damion from the Adeen family, an early Pronto, several pick of flush and over 275 embryos. Click here to view the online auction hosted by Dairyauctions.com For more info, call CanAm Sales Management Inc. at 616-822-0101 It's Richmond time! Cattle started moving into the Richmond Fairgrounds yesterday for this week's Western Spring National Show, to be held Thursday and Friday. Holstein World will be presenting the show online as Judge Mark Rueth presides over the event. Online coverage with class placings and photographs by Randy Blodgett will begin May 15-16 at 9:30am both days. Be sure to check out the All Breeds Blog as well, as World staffers Kathleen O'Keefe and Karen Knutsen will be doing herd visits and covering all the week's events. Thank you to our sponsors for online show coverage - Utah Holstein Association, Oregon Holstein Association, Washington Holstein Association and California Holstein Association. As promised, the Elite Opportunity Spring Sale in Sioux Center, IA was comprised of the very best from Great-Heritage Holsteins, Simple-Dreams Genetics and several guest consignors. Sale hosts Leroy Eggink and Jim Vierhout put together an exceptional group of cattle that attracted bidding from local dairymen and enthusiasts from across the country to result in a final sale average of $4,790 on 100 live lots. The final bid of $13,500 on Lot 14 - Larcrest Chenille-ET was the high seller for the day. The 3/1/07 Lou daughter hails from the Larcrest herd in MN and is backed by Oside Champagne (VG-87) and then Juror Chanel (3E-93). Chenille sold with an AI contract and will now make her home in Bay City, WI with Mark and Tracy Nelson. She was consigned by Jon Larson of Albert Lea, MN. Second high of the day was Jen-D Talent Raeanna-Red at $13,000. Fresh in March, Raeanna scored VG-86 @ 2-00 and was 1st Jr. 2-year-old at the Mid-West Spring National R&W Show 2008. Backed by several VG and EX dams, Raeanna's 6th dam is C Continental Scarlet-Red 3E-95 GMD. The consignment of Jeni Dingbaum and Reid Stransky of MN, Raeanna is now owned by Chris Hongslo, SD and Jim Stoutjesdyk, IA. Three more lots exceeded $10,000. They were an EX-92 Durham from 2 EX dams, a Goldwyn heifer bred to Shottle whose granddam is Pine-Shelter Lexus Morty-ET (EX-90 DOM) and an EX-90 Durham from the Blackrose Family. The sale was managed by Dykshorn Dairy Sales & Services with John Hager serving as auctioneer. Scott Courtney, Scott Culbertson and Paul Trapp handled bids while Randy Kath & Associates cared for and fitted the animals. More here Western New York Spring Preview Priceless! Selling Wednesday, May 14 in the UW-Madison Department of Dairy Science Golf Classic auction is an authentic Badger football game helmet signed by Barry Alverez and Brett Bielema, former and current coaches of the UW football team. Over the last 17 years Alverez and Bielema have led the Badgers to unprecedented success on the football gridiron. Four prime tickets to the Illinois Homecoming game on October 28, 2008 will also be up for grabs at the event. The auction features a variety of dairy-related items and sports memorabilia. Among the auction items are two NFL authenticated Brett Favre prints and a Sports Illustrated memorabilia package of the famed former Green Bay Packer quarterback. All of the Sports Illustrated magazines feature Favre on the cover. A registered Holstein calf has also been donated by Lloyd and Daphne Holterman, Rosy-Lane Holsteins, of Watertown, WI for the "Holstein-In-One" event. Golfers can take their chance to be the first one to make a hole in one to win their choice of Boliver twin heifer calves. Their dam is a first-calf Oman with 27,000 pounds of milk and 1257 pounds of fat. The next two dams are sired by Terry and Johnson, both with over 219,000 pounds of milk lifetime. If the calf is not won, she will be auctioned off later in the afternoon during the live auction. More here May 12, 2008 The MOTHER of all contests - AllBreed Access is proud to announce the launch of its Brood Cow Contest! The contest was organized to promote and recognize cows in each breed that have made a significant impact. The contest will start with a nomination process which will allow AllBreed Access visitors to nominate one cow per breed. The nominations will close on June 1st and the top three individuals in each breed will be presented on the pages of the July AllBreed Access issue. In July, AllBreed Access visitors will again have the opportunity to voice their opinions as they will narrow down the field of three to the Brood Cow winner for each respective breed. The winners of each breed will be featured on the cover of the September AllBreed Access - which will also be inserted in the Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey and Milking Shorthorn catalog at World Dairy Expo! Be sure to vote for your favorite ad in the May issue! Winners of the online voting contest will receive $200 credit towards their next ad. Send your votes to Karen Knutsen and watch for the winner's announcement in the June issue of Holstein World. Located in the beautiful rolling hills of southwestern Wisconsin, the Gildale & Company Sale was held on Saturday, May 10th in Hollandale. Mark & Erik Gilbertson, owners of the Gildale Holstein herd, were sale hosts and consigned 50 head to the sale. Three fellow herds consigned approximately 15 head each – Bur-Wall Holsteins (Wallace Behnke family); Kamps-Hollow Holsteins (Richard Kamps family) and Kinyon Holsteins (Marty & Trudy Kinyon). Lot #1 was the high seller on the day. Miss Gildale Roy Tabitha, a gorgeous four-year-old Roy daughter fresh in April and rescored two days before the sale to EX-92 93-MS brought $13,200 from Jason Gruenenfelder of Blanchardville, WI. Close behind at $13,000 was a stylish September ’07 Stormatic granddaughter of Kinyon Linjet Ideal (EX-96 2E) out of an EX-92 2E dam, Kinyon Integrity Indian-ET. The winning bid for Kinyon Stormatic Inez-ET came from Todd Stanek of Our-Favorite Holsteins, Fall Creek, WI. Kamps-Hollow Amen-ET, a VG-85 VG-MS *RC Goldwyn from Kamps-Hollow RR Aurora (EX-92) brought $12,300 from Wallace Behnke, good for 3rd high. Right from the heart of Advent’s family, EX-92 Aurora is the Red-Marker maternal sister to EX-95 Kamps-Hollow Altitude, the dam of Advent. The sale was smoothly managed by Tom Morris, Ltd and 93 head passed through the sale ring for an unofficial average of $3,971. More here Beatyview Holsteins of McDonald, TN, had a limited classification on April 24th and report a very exciting day! The Beaty family now has their first 94-point cow, Beatyview Durham Cindy. There were also three multiple Es - a 2E-94, 3E-94, and a Lee daughter raised to 2E-91. Brian reports that they also had one new Excellent and four Very Good 2-year-olds - one VG-88, EX-MS Durham Jr. 2, a VG-87, EX-MS *RC Allen from Rosario, a VG-87, 88-MS Redman-Red, and a VG-85 Skyfame. Overall they scored 53 head: 6 EX, 15 VG, 26GP, 6G. Click here to visit their website! The Liddleholm Holstein Dispersal, held May 10th in Argyle, NY, wrote a big page in Holstein history as the sale soared to a $7,573 average on 154 full lots and a sale top of $54,500 on Liddleholm-R Shottle. This offering was a 7/07 Picston Shottle from Miss Ridgedale Rhonda-ET (2E-92). Rhonda is a Skychief daughter of Hanover-Hill-R Rhonda-ET (4E-94 GMD-DOM). R Shottle’s dam is a 6tj generation EX from the “Roxy” family. She will stay in the Tri-County Holstein Club area and move to Married Well Holsteins of Valley-Falls, NY. The gavel fell at $45,000 for her 3/31/07 Advent maternal sister, recently off a Junior Championship at the NY Spring Junior Show. She will travel to Farmington, AR, on a winning bid from Bob Spears. Third high was the Comestar Lee, Liddleholm Emerald-ET (EX-92) a 5th generation EX and an 8th generation VG or EX from the Ridgdale Fond Example (3E-95) family. Robert & Joyce Hoffman of Berlin, PA, paid $42,500 to add her to their breeding and merchandising program. The other sale entry to reach the $40,000 or better price was Ridgedale-T Roxy Royale (EX-90). A Shoremar James daughter and a maternal sister to the 1st and 2nd high animal in the sale. She was offered by Liddle and Ridgedale and claimed by David King, Waddington, NY, for $40,000. More here May 11, 2008 Reuters: Canada Confirms Bovine Tuberculosis In Manitoba May 10, 2008 Regancrest Dellstar's highest scored daughter to date is Josan Dellstar Misty, now 2E-93, EEEEE. Misty is from a 2E-90 Regency daughter, then Leadman and Inspiration dams. Owned by Joe Pavelski of Susquehanna, PA, Misty has a lifetime to date of 171,530 3.9 6623 3.2 5519. Eurogenes will host an online auction of world-class embryos from Monday, May the 12th to Friday May the 16th, 2008. This online auction will include embryo packages out of proven genetics from consigners located all over the world. Over 30 Black and Red Holstein embryo packages will be sold to the highest bidder via the web-based auction system. This is an amazing opportunity for breeders around the world to introduce outstanding genetics into their herds. Embryos will be sold at every price range providing a unique opportunity for all breeders. May 9, 2008 DFA uncovers unathorized $1 million payment in 2001 Gildale Holsteins received a visit from the classifier just in time for the Gildale and Company Sale in Hollandale, Wisconsin, tomorrow. Lot 1, Miss Gildale Roy Tabitha is now EX-92 as a 3-year-old. Other exciting highlights included the new Excellents selling, Gildale Champion Kelly and Ozark-Royal Champion Millie. A pair of Outside, Excellent cows raised a point each, with offspring selling were Gildale Outside Laura EX-92 2E, and Gildale Outside Brook EX-91 2E. Two nice, young 2-year-olds went Very Good; Gildale-Tal-J- SS Marlee from the Murphy's, along with Kinyon Goldwyn Benji. Gildale-KJ Exhibit Classy went up 2 points dry and is due June 1st to Talent. Classy along with many more from the Dodge-View Integrity Crissy EX-93 family could be yours tomorrow! Gildale Rudolph Daisy was raised 3 points to VG-87, Homtosta Marker Kyla went VG-87, Backwoods Kite Lena is VG-88, Gildale Talisman Victoria scored VG-87, and they all sell. Plus, many daughters from the now Very Good, 3-year-old, from the Renitas, Elm-Mound Tlnt Roxy-Red are available to you. Two new lots added to the May 10th sale is the 2nd winter calf of the 2008 Midwest Spring National Show, Go-Sho Advent Izellas Ilule, and from Kamps-Hollow Holsteins they are offering a package of five #1 embryos, your choice of Jasper or Shottle from EX-95 Alitutude's VG-86 @ 2-11, Champion daughter. Click here to see the catalog! Several RED and RC Embryos sell in the online Pride of the South ET Sale hosted by www.dairyauctions.com and managed by CanAm Sales Management Inc. along with fresh Shottle and several heifers and pick of flush opportunities. Top sires include Goldwyn, Jasper, Advent, Debonair, Damion, Dundee, Bolivia, Pronto, Fortune, Socrates, Jet-Red from Adeen, Elegance, Roxy, Carlow Leader, Calico, Feather-Red, and Saturday families. All embryos sell ready for immediate shipment starting at $150. For bidding, www.dairyauctions.com and for jlam3244@hotmail.com or 616-822-0101. R.F. (Bob) Brown, father of Doug Brown of Browndale Farms, died yesterday, May 8th. There will be a visitation on Sunday night and funeral the next day on Monday (times to be announced later) at the Wm Kipp Funeral Home, 184 Grand River St. N. Paris, Ontario N3L 2N1. Canterbury Collection Sale 2008 - Christchurch New Zealand 7th May It had been ten years since judge Perry Phend, from Wisconsin, U.S.A., last attended the Holstein Québec Spring Show. He said he was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the livestock shown, particularly the cows. Mr. Phend even added that those that placed last in the various classes could easily win top honours at many other shows. A mid-Michigan dairy producer was critically injured last Saturday. Mike Schwab of Pineview-Ridge Dairy, Standish, MI, fell through the milking parlor ceiling , sustaining broken ribs, a punctured lung and some brain injuries. He remains in serious condition and is on a ventilator. Milk Market News from dairyline.com Holstein Canada is pleased to announce the addition of Jill McCallum, Stratford, ON to its marketing department in the role of Field Service Coordinator. May 8, 2008 Updates for the Elite Opportunity Sale, being held tomorrow in Sioux Center, IA, are online - including new lots! Click here to see them. As billed in the advertising, the Mill Wheel Milking Herd & Show Heifer Sale offered an exceptional line up of Brown Swiss, Jersey and Holstein show prospects as well as a tremendous group of big, open ribbed, high quality cows that were in full flow of milk and transmitted great type! Grant and Katie DeBruin and Maureen, Kelly and Wyatt Lee had done an excellent job in developing their herd over the past 7 years at the Johnson Creek, Wisconsin location and their efforts were appreciated by buyers from Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, California, Arizona, Kentucky and New York. A total of 67 registered cattle sold on May 3rd at the Great Northern Sales Arena, Fond du Lac, WI for an average of $3,707 with 6 additional grade cows averaging $2,271. Claiming top honors were the outstanding group of 26 Brown Swiss who averaged $4,106. Excalibur Sires added two new young sires to their bullpen. Henkeseen Expression-ET and Henkeseen Exotic-ET are full brothers sired by the breed's #1 TPI sire, Picston Shottle from the heart of the Hillary family. Click here for pedigree information! New HSUS undercover video to focus on downer cows at sale barns
(as reported in Feedstuffs by Sally Schuff) May 7, 2008 The Pinnacle of Paulo-Bro Sale was held April 19 in Hanford, CA. Topping the sale was Gen-Ace Zenith Papoose-ET, sold to Henry Grossi, Petaluma, CA, for $13,700. Other high sellers included: A Hot Sale In Northeast Pennsylvania! Spring has officially arrived in the Upper Midwest, and with it comes the Elite Opportunity Spring Sale in Sioux Center, IA on Friday, May 9 at 11:30 am. A special late addition to the sale will be a raffled print of Bonnie Mohr's "Pride n' Joy". A beautiful picture capturing the essence of spring and new arrivals on the farm, your opportunity to own the painting can be realized by purchasing a raffle ticket for $20 a piece. Half of the funds generated from the sale of the raffle tickets will be given to the Holstein Foundation and the other half will be given to Collin's Fund. This special fund is dedicated to the memory of IA Junior Holstein member, Collin Harbaugh, and will be used to benefit Holstein youth from across the country as they gather in Iowa for the 2014 National Holstein convention. To purchase tickets, please contact Leroy Eggink at 712-758-3643 or ghholsteins@mtcnet.net. World Dairy Expo is pleased to announce that Laura Herschleb of Beaver Dam has accepted the position of Dairy Cattle Show Manager. “Laura brings a unique perspective to the job with her strong dairy background and work experience in the dairy communications and marketing fields,” says World Dairy Expo’s General Manager, Mark Clarke. Semex USA adds two to sales force MSU To Offer Series Of Cow Camp Clinics In May, June May 6, 2008 A compilation of the best from Regancrest and other breed-leading herds from across North America, the consignments on the Regancrest Command Performance V Sale captured and held everyone's attention on Saturday, May 3rd. At the end of the day, 90 lots averaged $16,768. A new online contest has begun at holsteinworld.com. Each month, we will be asking for your opinion on your favorite ad! That's right - you can now vote online and let us know which ad in the May issue was your favorite - whether it was colorful, great pictures, catchy headline, lots of information, etc....it doesn't matter. Just vote for your favorite and the winning advertiser in each issue's contest will receive a $200 credit towards their next ad. Email kknutsen@dairybusiness.com and vote for your favorite May ad today! Winners will be announced in the June issue. Red dominated the recent limited classification highlights from Starlight Acres, in Little Falls, MN. TJ-Pollema Advent Sheena - Red, All-MN Winter Yearling in 2007 scored VG-87 @ 2-05, Havencrest Rampage Lust-Red scored VG-85 @ 2-01, just fresh, and her dam Crestbrooke CD Lolah-Red-ET, went EX-90, 2nd calf. Notables from the Black and Whites include: Havencrest Durham Bunny (VG-89, EX-MS @ 3-02), Baron Hill Brass Carley (EX-90, 92-MS), and an E for new purchase Rock-Home Durham Annika, now 2E-92. At the end of the day, of the 15 animals scored, there were 4 VG 2-year-olds, 4 2nd lactation cows at 90, 90, 89 & 87, and 3 multiple E's. Watch for updates to their website by clicking here! Canadian influence in Spain Western Spring National information With a strong passion for dairy cattle and dedication to those in the industry, Hap Allen has served members and customers of Genex Cooperative, Inc. for 17 years. May 5, 2008 The online catalog for the Pride of the South Online ET Sale is online. Dairyauctions.com and CanAm Sales Management Inc. are proud to present this online auction that will begin Wednesday, May 7th. Fresh Shottle, Heifers, and Pick of Flush lots sell along with over 275 embryos. For more information or questions, contact Jason Lamoreaux jlam3244@hotmail.com. Holstein breeders from northeast Pennsylvania gathered Saturday for the Northeast Spring Classic Sale held at the Harford Fairgrounds. Click here for a complete list of high sellers and here for photos! It was another busy sales weekend, but you can catch up on all the latest by visiting the All Breeds Blog. Be sure to check out pre and post sale photos and information from the very successful Regancrest Command Performance Sale, held Saturday in Waukon, IA. More details coming soon! Cherry Kreek/ Red Vision had a Delit-ful day on 4/29/08 at the General Kelly Farm. When the classifier left, Delit-Red, the EX-91 Factor daughter who had been nominated as the Global Red Cow of the Year by Holstein International in 2007 had added the 6th EX daughter (all in 2nd lactation) to her line of progeny. Danish, the latest EX daughter, is a Durham 3-year-old, who had just scored 90 with a 91 pt. mammary @ 3-10. She has made many friends in the last several months with a super udder & tremendous production. Her 5 milk test weights have resulted in 100, 126, 137, 166, and 178 pounds. For a review of her five EX sisters, click here. Also noteworthy was a *RC VG-87 EX-MS 2nd lact. Talent from the Feebe-Red cow; VG-87 2nd lact. Storm from EX-95 Penn-Gate Finesse cow (in milk 60 days); *RC VG-87 1st lact. Talent from Dundee's full sister; *RC VG-88 EX-MS @ 2-10 Canyon Breeze Allen daughter of Pinehurst Britney who completes 7 generations of EX dams back to | ||||||||||||||||||||||