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VOLUME 33
FEBRUARY 2022
Your Source for Lambda Influence
EDITORIAL
Unexpected! The news was truly unexpected: Sandy-Valley Holsteins will be sold. Sandy-Valley! One of the phenomenal names in the Holstein breed! Not just now, but already for many decades! Yes, Sandy-Valley owned by the Bauer family of Wisconsin has been a reliable source for top genetics during many years. No wonder that Sandy-Valley conquered a top-10 placing in Holstein International’s recent and prestigious competittion of the World’s most influential Breeders of the last 25 Years. Did you know Sandy-Valley had 13 sires in the Daughter Proven Section of the “Red Book” 2021? And 11 young sires in the Genomic Bulls Section? Did you know that Rubicon, the world’s highest Mogul son, and the very first bull in the breed to pass a half million of units of sexed semen, is out of Sandy-Valley Robust Ruby EX-90, a direct daughter from the unequalled brood cow Sandy-Valley Sapphire? And of course you know millionaire Sandy-Valley Bolton, but did you know he was one of the “fastest” millionaires ever, with 3 incredible seasons of around 300,000 units sold? And Bolton was not just selling units: through his popular son Dorcy he became grandsire of the legend Mogul, while through his daughter Unique-Style Bolton Money EX-93 he became grandsire of millionaire Montross, sire of the current superstar S-S-I Montross Duke. Where would the breed have been without Sandy-Valley’s contributions? Time to say a “Big Thank You” to Sandy-Valley and the Bauers family!
Jan Bierma
Madison, Wisconsin 608-838-2504 www.boviteq.com
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7HO15524 Handshake
Tropic x GP-83 2Y Lambda 2831G & +2.99T 7HO15085 Parfect
Renegade x EX-91 Lambda 2990G & +2.35T 7HO15523 Parsly Town x EX-91 Lambda 2864G & +1.57T
Multiple Es.
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200HO12276 Roztac Zasberilla x EX-91 Lambda 2892G & +2.35T 200HO11782 Hanley Challenger x VG-88 Lambda 2877G & +2.27T
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288HO216 Haniko Lambda x VG-86 2Y Monterey 2612G & +3.54T
They Run In Our Families. We take great pride in our multiple Es as we build our cow families. When we scored in October, we added 8 new ones to our tally. The following group all go back to the family of Inspiration Egypt EX92 5E GMD DOM 301k life Armani Estelle EX90 2E 93 4E Linjet x EX92 3E Stardust x Inspiration Egypt
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