GENEX Honors Herds for Excellence in Genetics & Reproduction Learn from these industry leaders By Anne Davison, Director of Dairy Sales Support, GENEX
Annually, GENEX recognizes members and customers for their astounding accomplishments through the Excellence in Reproduction & Genetics Awards. Dairies across the USA, and now around the globe, are nominated for the awards by their GENEX representative. Each year the performance level of the nominated and award-winning dairies gets better and better, and the competition gets tougher and tougher. This is truly a testament to the commitment dairy teams have for continual improvement. When the nomination period opens each year, the nominations start flying in from GENEX representatives. Many times, in addition to the nomination form, those representatives share a short note about why they feel the dairy
deserves the award or what makes the dairy special. These notes make it clear how committed GENEX staff are and how excited they are to nominate a customer. Of course, the award placings are based strictly on the dairies’ numbers, but the commentary still provides a great sneak peek into the dairy operation. This year’s platinum, gold, silver and honorable mention winners are listed below. Get your sneak peek into the platinum award-winning dairies on the following pages.
Congratulations to the 2019 Excellence in Reproduction & Genetics Award Winners! < 500 Cows
500-2,000 Cows
2,000+ Cows
Heifers
Platinum
Truttman Dairy LLC
Maple Ridge Dairy
Omro Dairy
Plymouth Dairy Farms, Inc
Gold
Dorrich Dairy
Strassburg Creek Dairy
Spring Breeze Dairy LLC
Lakeview Farms
Silver
Weisenbeck Farms LLC
Schilling Farms
Hudson Dairy
Jauquet’s Hillview Dairy
Blanchardville, Wisconsin
Glenwood, Minnesota
Durand, Wisconsin
Stratford, Wisconsin
Wittenberg, Wisconsin
Darlington, Wisconsin
Stoney Springs Farms Reilly Family Farm Darlington, Wisconsin
Bryant, Wisconsin
Hudson, Michigan
LeMars, Iowa
Bakersfield, California
Luxemburg, Wisconsin
Medina Dairy
Appleton, Wisconsin
Honorable Mention
Omro, Wisconsin
Hudson, Michigan
Jauquet’s Hillview Dairy
Darlington Ridge Farms
Hinsch Farm Inc
Dykstra Dairy
Luxemburg, Wisconsin
Goodhue, Minnesota
Darlington, Wisconsin
Dykstra Dairy Maurice, Iowa
Maurice, Iowa
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