ILLINOIS HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION Officers President............................................................................................................ Jim Schumacher 8 Co. Rd. 50 N, Teutopolis, Ill. 62467; 217/857-6374 j-makerdairy@effingham.net Vice President............................................................................................... Dale Drendel 15N057 Walker Road, Hampshire, Ill. 60140; 847/683-2590 ddrendel@fvi.net Secretary/Treasurer........................................................................................... Lori Lyons 6447 Fitzgerald Road, Rockford, Ill. 61102; 815/972-0001 moolyons@aol.com
Executive Members Jerry Smith....................................................................................... Davis Joann Hartman........................................................................... Waterloo Brian Olbrich............................................................................... Harvard Kevin Wendling.......................................................................... Altamont
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Co-Editors Julie Drendel 8750 Millpond Dr. Reynoldsburg, OH 43068; 614/805-7932 julie@illinoisholsteins.com Molly Florent 2283 Knob Hill Dr. #9 Okemos, MI 48864; 815/670-3706 molly@illinoisholsteins.com
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Directors - Term Expires 2007 *Heart of Illinois................................................ Dick Muller, Washington *Lincolnland................................................... David Ruppert, Nokomis Tri-County...................................................... Dale Drendel, Hampshire Tri-County............................................................... Joe Engel, Hampshire
Boone-Winnebago.................................................. Brent Pollard, Rockford Clinton.................................................................Don Lueking, Centralia Effingham........................................................... Howard Dust, Shumway Heart of Illinois..............................................Tricia Kilburn-Zehr, Graymont Jo-Carroll.................................................................. John Erbsen, Lanark *McHenry-Lake................................................... Brian Olbrich, Harvard *McHenry-Lake............................................... Brian Wesemann, Huntley Mississippi Valley........................................................ Bill Deters, Quincy Southern........................................................... Joann Hartman, Waterloo *Stephenson......................................................... Verlo DeWall, Shannon Stephenson......................................................... Kent Smith, Orangeville
Gateway.................................................. Bruce Clanton, Mulberry Grove Boone-Winnebago.......................................... Stephanie Stout, Sharon, WI Clinton.............................................................. Jason Brammeier, Carlyle *Effingham..................................................... Kevin Wendling, Altamont Gateway ........................................................................... David Freeman *Jo-Carroll......................................................... Dennis Steffes, Elizabeth *Lincolnland................... ................................... Lee Oltmanns, Nokomis Mississippi-Valley............................................... Beth Weas Cash, Paloma *Southern................................................... Norbert Hasheider, Okawville *Stephenson................................................................. Jerry Smith, Davis
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Illinois Holstein Dutchess Contest Rules ............................. Page 8 Illinios Production Honor Roll .......................................... Page 26 State Show Rules ............................................................... Page 19 Midwest Spring Show ........................................................ Page 18 PDCA Calf Sale Summary ................................................. Page 17 Spring Thing Report .......................................................... Page 34 State Convention Preview ................................................... Page 7 Stevenson Spring Sizzler Sale Summary ............................. Page 18
REGULAR Calendar ............................................................................ Page 5 District News ................................................................... Page 26 Dutchess Domain ............................................................... Page 8 From the Field .................................................................... Page 9 From the President ............................................................ Page 6 Junior District News ........................................................ Page 35
On the Cover:
Each year the cover of the June issue is dedicated to the Illinois Distinguished Junior Holstein Members. This issue features Aaron and John Mitchell of Winnebego, Ill., the 2007 YDJM and DJM from Illinois. They are pictured here with Mi-Mi Morty Virginia, a potential 6th generation VG cow for the Mitchell family. See page 14 to read their stories of Junior Holstein Work.
** Completing an unexpired term
Holstein Association USA Regional Representative lkleiner@holstein.com 618/664/0001
Other Representatives Mike Hutjens University of Illinois Extension
Illinois Bred Cow Scores 95 ............................................... Page 25
From the Editors ................................................................. Page 5
Directors - Term Expires 2009
Larry Kleiner 850 Old Hwy. 127; Greenville, Ill. 62246
DJM Stories ....................................................................... Page 14
Adverstiser’s Index ................................................................ Page 5 309/444-2486 217/563-2846 847/683-2590 847/683-3482
Directors - Term Expires 2008
* Ineligible for re-election
Clinton County Classic Sale Summary ............................. Page 17
Stone Ridge Dairy ............................................................. Page 10
Website Reporter Karen Schaufelberger 968 Shady Grove Ave. Greenville, Ill 62246 618/664-0789
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Have a safe and exciting summer! Good luck at upcoming shows and sales! June 2007
From the Editors ... Hello everyone! We are extremely excited to present you with our first version of the Illinois Holstein Herald as the new Editors. After browsing through this issue, you will likely notice some changes. We have tried our best to respect some of the traditions of the publication, while also giving it a fresh new look. One of our additions to the Herald will be to feature a breeder in each issue. For the first round we felt it was appropriate to do the story on Stone Ridge Dairy to showcase their recent successes and preview the state picnic. In the future, we hope to cover a broad scope of the state for this feature, so please let us know if you have a newsworthy story that you would like us to cover. Additionally, we have distinguished a special section for the junior members. We feel that the juniors make some very important contributions to our state and that we should feature their most recent accomplishments We would also like to remind our readers that we would love to have as many new advertisers as possible in future issues. We will be happy to design your ads for you, so as long as you have an idea we can help you out. Finally, we appreciate any feedback that you may have on the new look of the Herald. We want to be sure it best represents the interests and goals of the membership. We look forward to meeting everyone out and about at the shows and other events this summer. Please feel free to introduce yourselves to us and we would be more than happy to meet as many new faces as possible.
Julie & Molly CALENDAR June 29 June 30 July 1 July 2 July 6 July 7 July 7 July 11 July 12 July 14 July 15 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 26 August 17 September 9 October 27 December 6-7
Heart of Illinois District Show, 10:00 Effingham District Show, 8:00 Mississippi Valley Picnic Reflections of Holbric II, Harvard, IL Stephenson County District Show Gateway District Show, Greenville, 10:00 Jo-Carroll District Show, Elizabeth, 9:30 Lincolnland District Show Southern District Show, Nashville, 10:00 Boone-Winnebago Show, Belvidere, 9:00 Clinton District Show, Carlyle, 10:30 Illinois Holstein Dutchess Contest Illinois Championship Junior Show Judge - Larry Tande Illinois Championship Show Judge - Roger Turner Mississippi Valley District Show, 10:30 Illinois State Fair Open Show, 8:00 State Picnic, Stone Ridge Dairy, Mansfield Illinois Golden Opportunity Sale, Carlyle State Convention, Sycamore Page 5
From the President... I’m sure everyone has been real busy with the spring sales, fieldwork, classification, graduation, show cattle prep, and all the other everyday happenings with farm and family. Sometimes we get so busy doing all this stuff that we neglect to stop and admire the beauty of spring itself. If you haven’t already, take some time to enjoy the sights and sounds of this creation that God has given us. It really is AWESOME!! I hope classification went well for all. Remember it’s just one person’s opinion. Good luck in the upcoming show season. Whether it’s a local, state, regional or national level, it is time to bring out your best. Consider it an honor and a privilege to do so. Remember, it is not just the animal on display, but your morals and values as well. What you do has an impact on the entire industry. We welcome Molly Florent and Julie Drendel as our new editors for the Illinois Holstein Herald. Both are excited and energetic to serve the Illinois membership, so please give them your full support. We also have had good comments on the five-state Midwest Holsteins publication. The board of directors will be reviewing the pros and cons in our upcoming June board meeting. If you have any comments about anything with the Illinois association, please contact your local
director or any of the executive board members. Your participation is greatly needed!! Our website continues to get better. Check it out, and consider putting an ad on it. Karen Schaufelberger is doing a fine job as our web reporter Give her a call and she will help you. Also, thanks to all who have made comments about the website, your encouraging words and ideas are appreciated. Keep them coming!! To clear up any misunderstandings about our state show, we have renegotiated a more REASONABLE contract with the Interstate Center. Special thanks go to Kevin Lyons for his expertise and time in this matter. Funding still remains a great concern for the show, so we will keep open the idea of joining with the Illinois State Fair. One of my greatest concerns is membership. For numerous reasons over the years, the number of breeders in Illinois continues to decline. In doing so, it is getting harder to support (financially) all the benefits and happenings that the state offers, and to continue to provide low costs to our membership. I have been talking to other states who are in our position (or have been), trying to
get ideas on what helped them and what did not. In leau of this, the executive boards of Wisconsin and Illinois met in March for an informal meeting. The main purpose was to get to know one another (start a relationship) and kick around some thoughts and ideas. The meeting was received well on both ends. Seeing what other states have gone through, I believe it is VERY IMPORTANT that we keep the lines of communication and a relationship open with our neighboring states. I know (all too well) the past couple years have been really tough on the dairy industry. I was taught to always look for a silver lining. I hope ya’ll see a few in this writing!! Following is a story I hope gives you a chuckle. Have a safe and profitable spring and summer!!
Jim
Actual Letter from someone who farms in Kansas I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured since they congregated at my cattle feeder and seemed fearless, it shouldn’t be difficult to rope one, get up to it, and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down), then hog tie it and transport it home. I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope. After about 20 minutes my deer showed up - 3 of them. I picked out a likely looking one, stepped out from the feeder and threw my rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it...it took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope and received an education. First, I learned a deer may just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, but they EXPLODE when you start pulling on the rope. Then, I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope with some dignity. A deer, no chance. That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. As it jerked me off my feet and dragged me across the ground, I realized having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I had imagined. The only up side is they don’t have as much stamina as many animals. A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point I had lost my taste for corn fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the end of that rope. I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere. At that moment, I hated that deer, and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual. Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer’s momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility for the situation we were in, so I didn’t want the deer to have it suffer a slow death. I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder - a little trap I had set before hand. Kind of like a squeeze chute. I got it to back in there and started moving up so I could get my rope back. Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist. Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go. Page 6
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2007 State Holstein Convention Hosted by the Tri-County Holstien Club December 5-7, 2007 Stratford Inn, Sycamore, Illinois
Main Program:
Other Information:
~ Marketing and Promoting in Today’s Society ~ “How to Add Value to Your Operation: Animal Business, Return For Your Dollar, Bang For Your Buck” Women’s Program: ~ Antique Shopping in downtown Genoa ~ Lunch at Crumpet’s Tea Room
~ Registration forms will be in the October Herald ~ Due November 12 to Mary Etta Lenkaitis ~ Donations are welcome, please talk to Ray Hess ~ Hospitatilty Room will be available for attendees
A deer bites you and shakes its head - almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts. The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective. It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only seconds. I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning that claim by now) tricked it. While I kept it busy tearing up my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose. Then I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day. Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp. I learned a long time ago that when an animal like a horse strikes at you with their hoove, the best thing to do is make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This will usually get them to back down a bit so you can escape. This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously such trickery would not work and I had to devise a new strategy. I screamed like woman, then tried to turn and run. I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you since there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and three times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down. Now when a deer paws at you and knocks you down it does not immediately leave. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you just cry like and cover your head. I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away. Now for the local legend. I was pretty beat up. My scalp was split open, I had several large goose eggs, my wrist and back were bleeding pretty good, though my insulated jacket protected me from the worst of it. I drove to the nearest place, which was the co-op. I got out of the truck, covered in blood and dust. The guy who ran the place saw me through the window and came running out yelling “what happened?” I have never seen any law in the state of Kansas that would prohibit an individual from roping a deer. I suspect that this is an area that they have overlooked entirely. Knowing, as I do, the lengths to which law enforcement personnel will go to exercise their power, I was concerned that they may find a way to twist the existing laws to paint my actions as criminal. I swear...not wanting to admit that I had done something monumentally stupid played no part in my response. I told him “I was attacked by a deer”. I didn’t mention that I had a rope on it. The evidence was all over my body. Deer prints on the back of my jacket where it had stomped all over me and a large deer print on my face where it had struck me. I asked him to call somebody to come get me. I didn’t think I could make it home on my own. He did. Later that afternoon, a game warden showed up at my house and asked about the attack. Surprisingly, deer attacks are a rare thing, and they were interested in the event. I tried to describe the attack as completely and accurately as I could. I was filling the grain hopper and this deer came out of nowhere and just started kicking me and BIT me. It was obviously rabid or insane or something. EVERYBODY for miles found out about the deer attack For several weeks people dragged their kids in the house when they saw deer around. Even local ranchers carried rifles when they filled their feeders. I have told several people the story, but NEVER anybody around here. I have to see these people every day and as an outsider - a “city folk,” I have enough trouble fitting in without them snickering behind my back and whispering “there is the idiot that tried to rope the deer. “ June 2007
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Dutchess Domain Hello Everybody!
Greetings from Northern Illinois! I hope everyone’s spring went well. I know it’s getting busier here at Holbric Holsteins with their sale coming up in July! First, I would like to wish my good friend Norm Heinrich an awesome birthday in June. What a great time to have a birthday considering it’s also Dairy month! For many years he was one of the most respected dairy farmers in McHenry county. That brings me to Dairy month! I contacted the radio station Q98.5 in Rockford to see if I could do a radio commercial. I’m excited to announce that every saturday in June you’ll hear it. It took a little effort to do, but I think it was well worth it. I hope next year the new Dutchess keeps it going. Calling all girls 15-21...The Dutchess contest is coming up!!! I HIGHLY recommend trying out for this! It’s a great opportunity, and lots of fun. If you have any ideas about promoting dairy, this is the spot to do it! Even if you don’t win, I’m sure you’ll have fun trying out for it. As my last job, I would like to challenge all girls to try out for this, and also, let’s make this the biggest year for entries in cattle shows! For all of you graduates, congrats and welcome to the real world! If you’re off to college in the fall, have fun this summer! Well, as I end this last article I want to say thank you for letting me serve as your Dutchess this past year, I would do it again in a heartbeat. I look forward to seeing you all this summer, and good luck at the shows!
Illinois Holstein Dutchess Contest Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Show Ring, Interstate Center, Bloomington, Illinois
Schedule: Wednesday, July 18 6:30 p.m. Girls’ presentations (3 minutes each) begin. Presentations will be followed by questions posed to contestants by judges, Personal interviews with judges follow. Thursday, July 19 8:30 a.m. Crowing of the 2007 Illinois Holstien Dutchess Eligibility Requirements Must be a member of the Illinois Junior Association. Must be single, 15 years of age, by not yet 21 by January 1, 2007. Must personally own at least one Holstein with 87% Registered Holstein Ancestry (RHA) verified on Holstein Association USA, Inc. certificate. A contestant does not have to have won her district contest to participate in the state contest. However, if her district club held a contest, she must have participated in the local contest during the current year. For girls living in districts not holding a contest, they are allowed to participate in the state contest only. Duties The state Dutchess agrees to attend the Illinois State Fair junior and open Holstein shows to assist with ribbon distribution, to attend the Illinois State Junior Convention, to submit articles to the Illinois Holstein Herald and to attend the Spring Thing. Suggested optional activities are to assist at the State Sale and PDCA Calf Sale and attend the Senior Convention and state picnic. Award A scholarship will be awarded to the 2007 Illinois Holstein Dutchess
Katelyn Kenney 2006 Illinois Holstein Dutchess
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From the Field... If you haven’t heard, I am now serving all of Illinois as Field Rep. Becky Kramer will serve all of Iowa and Mike Snyder has more of Wisconsin. Becky, Mike and Angie have done a fine job serving Northern Illinois since the departure of the infamous Scott Courtney. I have made four trips to my new area so far but have only scratched the surface to meet members. I’ll be spending a lot of time there in the near future. If you see me at any events this summer, please take the opportunity to introduce yourself. I will be more than happy to meet and visit with you. I plan to attend as many District shows as possible, and I will be at the Reflections of Holbric II sale on July 2nd in Harvard. If at anytime you have questions, call me at 217-827-3468. I will be happy to stop at your farm. While I’ll miss seeing friends and customers in Iowa, I look forward to visiting with old friends and making new ones in Northern Illinois. This spring I attended the Missouri Spring Show, which was the first in the nation to show heifers by size rather than age. Over time, the Association has had many complaints about supposedly overaged show heifers. I don’t think any of us are naive enough to believe that over-aged heifers are not shown. On the other hand, there are lots of legitimately big heifers in the show ring. However, we simply haven’t had a means to tell the difference. As with many issues, there are several ways to look the situation, and I think we need to list the pros and cons to figure out which side carries the most credibility. Pros: • It takes away incentives to change birth dates of show heifers. This would no doubt bring a higher level of credibilty. • Service and implant dates won’t have to be changed to match birth dates, meaning more days open, which is expensive. • One of the questions that always comes up in this conversa tion is “What will we do with the All Americans?” One positive may be that the All American Committee would actually pick an All American heifer. Currently, in all actuality the Expo judge picks the All American. One could have the best heifer all year but if that heifer is “off” for what ever reason on show day at Expo, it is almost impossible for her to be All American. • Judges have more opportunity to de-emphasize stature. Cons: • It puts a great deal of emphasis on people doing the measurement. It also creates additional expense. • It represents a big change. Those who have been around a while remember how controversial the change was from July/January base dates. Younger ones may not realize that change came from a resolution that the Boone-Winnebago Club brought to the state Convention by Kevin Lyons, or at least that’s what my memory tells me While pros list seems longer than cons, I am not saying I’m in favor of a change. I merely challenge you to make your own list. This issue may “die on the vine” or it may grow, but it’s an interesting debate. Have a safe summer!
Larry Kleiner
Stone Ridge Dairy Developing a Dairy Around Family
F or just his second year showing registered Holsteins, Carson Kasbergen had an extremely successful day at the 2007 Midwest Spring
Show. Taking home Junior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion honors in the junior show, Carson could not have been more pleased. Unlike most exhibitors with this kind of success, ten-year-old Carson has the unique experience of living on a 3,100 cow dairy in central Illinois. His parents, George and Kara Kasbergen realized it would be a challenge for their children to get involved at Stone Ridge Dairy on such a large farm among 34 Hispanic employees. Therefore, they decided to purchase a group of elite-pedigreed cattle and set up a new show barn as a separate project for their five kids. “I wanted to give my kids the chance to be involved with the dairy so that they would learn the responsibility and hard work needed to be successful in life,” George said.
Kara, George, Reese and Brooke Kasbergen with Mil-R-Mor Roy Kashana
chapter in the registered Holstein business, their dairy background began in a completely different realm.
The Path to Illinois
George was raised on his family’s dairy in Southern California after his parents immigrated to the US from Holland. George spent his Last Spring the Kasbergen family came across childhood showing grade cows in 4-H, but it the ideal opportunity to start their show herd at was difficult to stay involved as herd size con“I wanted to give my kids the Illinois PDCA Calf Sale. A fancy September the chance to be involved tinually grew larger. However, his family has calf, Mil-R-Mor Roy Kashana, caught their eye. always appreciated top-quality genetics. The Kasbergen children, consisting of Carson with the dairy so that they In 1980, George purchased half his father’s (10), Grant (8), Brooke (6), Garrett (3) and Re- would learn the responsi- herd and started milking on his own with only ese (2), quickly showed their excitement for the bility and hard work need- 75 cows. Four years later, he opened a new fanew heifer, and George knew it was time to find ed to be successful in life.” cility to milk 1,200 cows in Chino, Calif. Over more. the next ten years, he acquired two other dair“After talking with Julie Butler-Hemp and ies nearby to mange a total of 3,500 cows by Doug and Melanie Nifong, I decided to purchase more registered 1994. cattle. They helped me find cows from across the nation that would Three years later, George was ready for a new challenge, so he do well on a show basis, as well as from a marketing side,” George sold everything in Southern California and established Spring Grove said. Dairy in Brodhead, Wis. with his brother Cornell. Today the 1,700 When they began building their initial group of registered Hol- cow dairy is managed by their partner’s Dan and Mary Monson. steins, they knew it would be less than ideal to house them among With the development of Spring Grove Dairy, George’s dairy expethe other 3,100 cows on their commercial farm. Therefore, the Kas- rience in the Midwest had just begun. He wanted to operate another bergens housed them at several locations where they could have the large dairy, so he started looking for land in Illinois, which was apbest care possible. However, they quickly realized this provided less pealing because there were no other large dairies to compete for land, opportunity for the kids to work with their new purchases. Thus, feed or water. After several failed attempts, his last trip was just the one had George decided to build a new show barn this year so his kids could be more involved with the farm and for them to spend more time waited for. While in East-central Illinois, he saw a sign for the town together. Bellflower, which happened to be the same name of the town where While George and his family are just now beginning to write a new his wife grew up in California. George decided to venture off the
Getting Started
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Carson with Go-Sho Dundee Izadora, Jr. Champion Junior Show at the 2007 Midwest National Spring Show,
The Kasbergen Girls: Reese & Brooke Illinois Holstein Herald
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interstate to see what it was like. Everything seemed to fall into place from there; he fell in love with the ground that he found, so he contacted the owner and made an offer. Within a week, George owned 640 acres in Illinois. On October 1, 2002, the first cows were milked in the double-50 parallel parlor. Today, this facility accommodates the 3,100 cows at Stone Ridge that are milked three-times daily. They are currently at a 90 pound tank average, which enables them to ship 280,000 lbs. of milk daily via direct tankers to Grande Cheese in Brownsville, Wis.
Taking the Next Step
While continuing to contribute to daily operations their progressive dairy, the Kasbergens began construction in October 2006 on their show barn. The new building is 108 X 228 ft. and equipped with tie stalls, free stalls, individual and group box stalls, maternity pens and a 6-stall flat barn parlor. Currently, only heifers are in the barn, with the hope of eventually housing and milking all top-quality cows as well. “This has definitely been a learning process. I have had to ask for help along the way and will continue to,” said George of this process. George is adamant that his kids be involved with the show cows, since they are the owners. Every morning and night, they help with feeding as well as cleaning their pens. Heifers are walked several times a week with Saturdays being a day full of washing and clipping. Right now, animals are still being housed at several different locations, but will eventually all be housed in Bellflower. For George and his family, moving to Illinois has been both rewarding yet challenging. At first, the neighbors were wary of the op-
These are just a few of the elite Holsteins that the Kasbergens have purchased thus far: Allen x Nelsons Estimate Liz September Storm x Carrousel RM Rolanda Durham x Ms Kingstead Chief Adeen Dundee x Lolan Lee Mariann Lee x Starbuck x Buggs Blackstar Buffy Redmarker x Moorclose Champion Raquel Dundee x Regancrest-PR Barbie Roy x Gloryland Lana Rae Advent x Luck-E Rubens Kaylie eration, but now realize that is truly is a family operation, not a corporate company making the decisions from thousands of miles away. Press about the farm has died down, which George prefers. In order to help educate the public about his dairy, Stone Ridge Dairy has hosted many tours from different schools in the area as well as other groups. George is trying to give back to the Bellflower community and be as involved in the Illinois dairy industry as possible. One additional way that the Kasbegen family is giving back to the Holstein community specifically is by hosting the sttae picnic this fall. “We are excited to be hosting the picnic so other producers from the state can come and visit the farm and socialize with each other.”
Illinois State Holstein Picnic Sunday, September 9th @ 11:00 a.m., Stone Ridge Dairy
The Kasbergen family invites you to Stone Ridge Dairy this fall for the State Picnic. Come take a tour of their new facility and see the new additions to the herd. Lunch will feature BBQ Chicken & Tri-Tip Steak. Everything will be prepared by Mary Monson from Spring Grove Dairy. Feel free to bring a dessert. Donations have already been made from Westfalia-Surge and Kaeb Saes.
Directions to Stone Ridge: The farm is located between Bloomington and Champagin. Take I-74 to Exit 166 (Mansfield Exit). Go north for 5 miles and the farm will be on the left.
All in the Family
John and Aaron Mitchell are the 2007 Illinois DJM and YDJM Winners. These brothers reside in Winnebago, Illinois. John will represent Illinois at the National Convention in Knoxville, Tenn.
John Mitchell From those early days of riding along in
the tractor with my dad, or getting up at 7:00 on Saturday mornings to help my Grandpa feed heifers, I have always loved growing up on the farm, no matter how much I pretended to hate it sometimes. I remember more than once being forced to not help sort cows and heifers, which in retrospect was probably a good idea, but I still did not like it. And who can forget the special treat of getting to drink a pop while helping dad milk on Sunday nights? So goes the life of growing up on a Registered Holstein dairy farm. Mitchell’s Holsteins has always been a part of my life and always will be. History My great-great-great grandfather, a civil war veteran, and his family moved to Winnebago, Illinois back in 1868 and we have been there ever since. Our dairy farm was started in 1960 by my grandfather and is now a partnership between my grandmother and parents, Mike and Jan. In addition, they also farm 1,600 acres of corn, soybeans, alfalfa, oats, and wheat with my dad’s cousin. My dad was the big proponent of bringing registered cows to the farm and identifying the grades, and now all of our homebred cows are 98, 99, or 100% Registered Holstein Ancestry. The farm was started with 35 cows milking in a state-of-the-art Surge double 4 herringbone parlor with a bulk tank. Several upgrades have been made since then and the herd was expanded when my dad returned home to farm after college. The most recent highlight was April 15, 2004 when we moved into our new WestfaliaSurge Challenger 45 double eight herringbone parlor. We have witnessed a 5 pound per cow per day milk increase which we attribute to the faster throughput we are able to achieve. It also allowed us to grow our herd from 88 Page 14
cows milking to the current 104 cows. This building was also designed to have room for a double twelve parlor, which will allow it to grow with the rest of the farm. Job Responsibilities There are 6 employees at Mitchell’s Holsteins. All major management decisions are made by my father. He is very involved in every aspect of daily activities, as well. We have one other fulltime employee, Kevin McClure, who has been with us for 12 years. Kevin does all of the milking and is in charge of all related aspects, such as mastitis control, milk quality, and giving BST shots. Kevin is also key in many of the Aaron and John Mitchell holding Mi MI Mirty Virginia, a potential 6th generation VG cow other daily aspects of the farm like feed grinding and manure management. Kev- Housing and Feeding in’s brother Craig, a small local beef and grain Our herd is housed in a freestall barn with farmer, helps out with morning chores. My mattresses that is bedded with straw every day. two younger brothers, Kyle and Aaron, and The cows are fed corn silage, alfalfa haylage, I are the other three employees. We all take and a ground corn/protein mix five times a an active part in helping to complete any job day due to limited bunk space. This may not that needs to get done, whether it be scraping be an ideal condition, but it does allow us the manure, running a tractor, or unloading hay. unique ability to always have fresh feed availThe three of us are also responsible for the able, to adjust to varying dry matter intakes evening feeding each day. Because we have so very quickly, and to feed a near-0% feed remany experienced employees, we all are able fusal. In addition, our cows always have dry to do many of the tasks on the farm, which alfalfa hay available as well as access to 4 comallows for a flexible list of daily duties. I am puter-controlled grain feeders, which control currently attending the amount of feed an individual cow can school at the Uni- receive based on her current milk production. versity of Illinois Ur- Dry cows and heifers over 1 year old are also bana-Champaign, housed in freestalls. The dry cows and older which is three and a bred heifers receive corn silage, grain, and half hours away, so I baled hay. When they come with three weeks cannot be involved of calving, they are moved to a separate yard as much as I would where they are fed the same ration as the milk like to, but I try to cows, and can be quickly moved into our makeep up to speed ternity area. Heifers to be bred are fed alfalfa with what is going haylage or corn silage, grain, and baled hay. on at home and have moved into a more con- Heifers from 6 months to 1 year have access sulting-based role on the farm. I always enjoy to pasture and are fed grain and supplemenwhen I am able to get home on weekends and tal hay. Younger calves are housed on bedded breaks to help out. When I am home, my packs and fed grain and hay. Newly weaned main responsibilities include feeding, field- calves are fed a mixture of 22% protein calf starter and oats as well as hay. Pre-weaned work, and other general duties. Illinois Holstein Herald
Aaron Mitchell My story of junior holstein work started
young. From when I started showing in our district’s Pee Wee showmanship contest when I was three, to “helping” feed the calves, I have always loved the Holstein cow. Over the years, I have participated in many shows and many competitions. My favorite of all Holstein activities is the National Holstein Convention. I have attended the convention every year since 2001, and while at conventions I have participated in both dairy bowl and dairy jeopardy. I have also attended several of the national junior forums while at the conventions. My most memorable junior holstein activity moment came from the national junior forum in New Jersey, where I actually spoke, which I think is a large accomplishment for an 11 year old. Although my success at the National Hol-
Aaron Mithcell milking cows in their double-4 herringbone parlor
John Mitchell continued calves are fed two quarts of 22-20 milk replacer and 22% calf starter twice a day until weaning at 8 weeks of age. Newborn calves are given 2 quarts of refrigerated colostrum within an hour of birth and are fed another 2 quarts at the next feeding.
Breeding Program
Our breeding program is 100% artificial insemination primarily by natural heat detection. For the past 3 years we have been using Holstein USA’s MultiMate mating program, which allows for corrective mating based on production records and linear classification scoring. We are selecting bulls almost exclusively from the Top 100 Type Production Index and are also on Select Sires young sire program. We are heavily focused on milk production and positive components, as well as solid Udder and Foot and Leg Composites. Heifers are bred solely off of heat detection, while problem cows are given prostaglandin or OvSynch to help bring them into estrus. June 2007
stein Convention has been limited, I have done fairly well. In 2003, I advanced to the second round of dairy jeopardy. In 2006, we placed in the top half for the junior dairy bowl, and our second loss was to the team that went on to win. Not only have I participated in activities on the national level, but I also participate in a few Illinois Junior Holstein activities. These activities include our district’s Black and White show, the Illinois Spring Thing, and the Illinois State Show. At our district’s Black and White show, I have had little success in winning with my animals. I do enjoy participating in showmanship, which I have won three times. Although my animals usually do not win, showing remains a favorite activity. Last summer, I showed at the Illinois State Show for the first time. In the junior show, I placed third in intermediate showmanship, and had best Bred and Owned junior three-year old cow. In the Open show, my cow won the Milk Production Award as well as the Combined Fat and Protein Award for the junior three-year old class. My experience there was a great one, and I hope I can show there again this year. At the Illinois Spring Thing, like the National Holstein Convention, I have participated in both dairy bowl and dairy jeopardy. I have won the junior jeopardy contest twice. I have also been on the winning district dairy Cows are bred after a 60 day voluntary waitng period. Pregnancy checks are done by our veterinarian at biweekly herd health checks. Recordkeeping Recordkeeping on our farm is done through DHIA sheets, breeding records, and the InFARMation Dairy Manager computer program. Our herd is also enrolled in the Holstein Complete program. Calves are given a DHIA ear tag when moved to individual pens and are pictured and registered every couple of months.
Activities
My first experience with Holsteins was showing in PeeWee Showmanship at the Boone-Winnebago District Holstein Show, which was always exciting because everyone gets a trophy. My first real involvement in the show ring came in my first year in 4-H. One of the heifers I showed that year was Mi-Mi Leadman Star, a winter yearling, who went on to become the Junior Champion of the 4-H show at the 1995 Winnebago County
bowl team several times, and been selected for the Top Ten three times. At home, I have tried to implement my knowledge of what I’ve learned in dairy bowl and jeopardy to help improve the family farm. My main job on the farm is to feed our yearling heifers along with another group of heifers a month or so older than newly weaned heifers. On our employee’s days off, I help my dad milk the cows. On occasion, I also feed our cows, along with other groups of animals. Over the past few years, I have also started to learn different types of fieldwork. I have helped rake hay and bale it for the past few summers. I also learned how to chop hay and corn for silage this past summer. Most recently, I have learned how to drive around our grain cart to help with corn and to chisel plow after we were done. Although my degree of involvement on the family farm is not very high, I have been increasing my workload over the past few months. Fair. Ever since then, I have been hooked on showing. Star left a great legacy on my herd, having four daughters who were all good milk cows. One of these, Mi-Mi Majic Starbright had six daughters of her own and was recently named my first Dam of Merit. Two of these daughters have earned me Junior Progressive Breeder stars, and one of them, Mi-Mi Ito Starla is currently on the locator list. My best show cow and the matron of my other big family was Mi-Mi Satisfaction Vivian, who became notorious for her size and ability to push me around in the show ring. She was the calf champion at the 1999 Winnebago County Fair as a January 14th calf, and her success continued from there. I showed Vivian for seven years, garnering a Reserve Junior All-Illinois award, and a Reserve Grand Champion and Honorable Mention Grand Champion at our county fair. No matter how poorly my other animals did, she was always there to pick me up, never placing below 2nd on the local level. I also always enjoyed people (continued to page 14) Page 15
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of dairy cattle and the dairy industry to grow ing in amazement at her size when they saw immensely. I have more recently been able to her 64” 1,900 pound frame. Vivian currently use this as a springboard into further involvehas two daughters and two granddaughters in ment in the Illinois Junior Holstein Associaour herd, including a Morty daughter who tion, where I currently serve as the State Presiwon the fall yearling class at the county fair dent and am a past Vice President. I branched out into the Dairy Jeopardy contest and the this past summer. My biggest involvement in the Holstein Prepared Public Speaking contest at last year’s National ConvenAssociation, however, tion, placing 3rd in has come as the result of the senior division dairy bowl. I started doin each of these ing dairy bowl in my first contests. I was also year of 4-H, and attendhonored by the ed my first Illinois Junior National Holstein Holstein Association Women’s ScholarSpring Thing in 1999. ship Organization In 2000, I was selected at the Convenfor my first state level tion. team, and it has been a John Mitchell clipping a hefier at the PDCA Sale At school, I am great ride ever since. I have competed at 5 National Holstein Con- the President of the Illini Dairy Club and the ventions, 2 World Dairy Expos, the North First Vice President of the Midwest American American International Livestock Exposi- Dairy Science Association- Student Affiliate tion, the National Ayrshire Convention, and Division. I was a member of the Dairy Judgthe Midwest ADSA-SAD Regional Meeting. ing Team this past fall, which allowed me to This has been highlighted by top 3 finishes at grow immensely in another area. I also com7 of these 10 competitions, with me serving peted in the Midwest Dairy Challenge, with as team captain for 4 of these. My participa- my team being a Platinum Award winner. tion in dairy bowl has allowed my knowledge My other activities include the Hoof n Horn
Club and the Alpha Gamma Rho Professional/Social Fraternity.
Future Goals
All of these activities are pointed toward fulfilling future goals. I will be graduating in May 2008 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Sciences. My ultimate career goal is to return home to manage Mitchell’s Holsteins. Prior to this, however, I plan on working in the dairy industry to obtain a better understanding of the business world, hopefully learning many new concepts and abilities to bring home with me. My goals for the herd are to have a 30,000 pound Rolling Herd Average and to breed a 40,000 pound Excellent cow. By utilizing all of the knowledge I have gained over the years and will continue to gain, I believe I can be one of the best dairy herd managers out there, and I will continue to strive for this goal until I get there. The experiences I have had have shaped me as a person perhaps more than anything else could have. I have been blessed to grow up on a farm: getting to live this life has been more than I could ever ask for. It has taught me the value of hard work and given me the perseverance to follow my dreams. The Holstein cow is a part of me and always will be.
Clinton County Classic March 31, 2007 • Clinton County Fairgrounds • Carlyle, Ill.
Sale Summary: 93 lots averaged $3,025 Ledaw Freelance Ethel-ET...............$3,500
Taylor & Kiera Grove, Billings, Mo. (Aaron Jorgenson), Webberville, Mich.
Echo-L-DD SS Emely-ET..................$5,600
Karg Bros., Coulterville, Ill. (Jerry Gaffner), Greenville, Ill.
Net-A-Way Marion Piper-ET...........$5,200
Lavern & Irene Jansen, Damionsville, Ill. (Julie Drendel), Hampshire, Ill.
Rolling-Lawns Zen Inloe.................$5,000
Ben Willenborg, Vandalie, Ill. (Gueldener Farms), Moro, Ill.
Golden Oaks Sept Ten....................$4,700
Rich Rademacher, Penfield, Ill. (Eric & Cynthia Netemeyer), Germantown, Ill.
Ri-Val-Re Goldwyn Tiara................$4,200
Brad Bauman, Nakomis, Ill. (Roeschley Bros.), Flanagan, Ill.
Radine Bret Poinsetta....................$3,900
Bill Jansen, Damionsville, Ill. (Steve & Emily Laesch), Greenville, Ill.
Luck-E Morty Kamera....................$3,850
Bill Jansen, Damionsville, Ill. (University of Illinois), Urbana, Ill.
K-Lane Jordan Carmello.................$3,600
Jessica Huelsmann, Trenton, Ill. (Bailee Whitehead), Conway, Mo.
Jason Brammeier, Greenville, Ill. (Echo-L, Inc. & Billy & Diana Adams), Fulton, Mo. Roger Arns, New Glarus, Wis. (Eric & Cynthia Netemeyer), Germantown, Ill. Richard Koehn, Peotone, Ill. (Neal Turley), Greenville, Ill. Jessy Huelsmann, leadsman with top seller, Seagull-BayShottle 2712; Larry Kleiner, pedigrees; Jason Lamoreaux, auctioneer; Jerry Gaffner, consignor; Mark Dall, buyer of high seller
Seagull-Bay Shottle 2712-ET...........$7,700 Mark Dall, Aviston, Ill. (Jerry Gaffner), Greenville, Ill.
R-Way SS Leigh-ET..........................$6,700 Eric & Cynthia Netemeyer, Germantown, Ill. (R-Way Holsteins), Springfield, Ill.
J B-Milkyway S Storm Regan-ET......$6,400 Erin Marotz, Mead, Neb. (Johnathon Schneider), Greenville, Ill.
Ri-Val-Re Shottle Aeriel-ET.............$6,200
Eric & Cynthia, Germantown, Ill. (Golden Oaks), Wauconda, Ill.
Ben Willenborg, Vandalia, Ill. (Aaron Jorgenson, Webberville), Mich.
Net-A-Way TL Pretend-Red-ET........$3,330 Roes-Mor Durham Lora.................$3,250 Schaulane Rubens Emerald............$3,200
Whitehead Astronomical Rose.......$3,100
Bill Jansen, Damionsville, Ill. (Joe Engel), Hampshire, Ill.
Spring Brook Farms, Marshall, Ind. (Richard Koehn), Peotone, Ill.
April 7, 2007 • Univerity of Illinois Roundbarns • Urbana, Ill.
Gueldener Throne Mona...............$3,400
Ms Sunmade Strdst Boots-ET.........$3,100
Karg Bros., Coulterville, Ill. (Harlan & Judith Borman), Kingdom City, Mo.
59th PDCA Calf Sale
Lindale Morty Felicity....................$3,500
Bright-Side Outside Jacey...............$2,975 Orville Kemink, Brandon, Wis. (Jason Oertel), Brighton, Ill.
Sale Summary: 20 lots averaged $2,458 Golden Oaks Aspen Heifer.............$1,750 Brad Bauman, Nokomis, Ill. (Golden Oaks), Wauconda, Ill.
Dair-E-Land Norman Heifer...........$1,750 Garrett Edwards, Payson, Ill. (Dair-E-Land Holsteins), Shobonier, Ill.
Luck-E Champion Audit.................$1,550 Kate Trail, Thomasboro, Ill. (Matt Engel), Hampshire, Ill.
Brumstead Damion Ilene 62..........$1,500 U of I Dairy Club members with Timmerman and Miller families and the high selling heifer
Bri Sheehan, Orangeville, Ill. (Steven Brummer), Wheeler, Ill.
Mil-R-Mor Durham Perla...............$7,100
Roes Mor Lheros Fran...................$2,900
Ryan Sheehan, Orangeville, Ill. (Scott Bass), Orangeville, Ill.
Luck-E Typemaker Kahlua..............$6,250
Team Stormatic Indigo..................$2,700
Oertel SS Heifer.............................$3,850
Tibute Heifer Calf..........................$2,300
Gueldener Damion Shave..............$3,700
Silver View Lane SS Ranchers........$2,000
B-J-Grove Blitz Monica..................$3,200
Lindale Roy Joyce..........................$1,800
Merlin & Carol Timmerman & Family, buyers of top-selling hefier, Mil-R-Mor Durham Perla Car-Mer Farm, Galena, Ill. (Robert Miller), Orangeville, Ill. Taylor Redeker, Onarga, Ill. (Joe Engel), Hampshire, Ill.
Matthew Lyons, Rockford, Ill. (Oertel Farms), Brighton, Ill.
Kaleb Preumer, Shelbyville, Ill. (Gueldener Farms), Moro, Ill.
Rachel Koehn, Peotone, Ill. (Lucas Clanton), Mulberry Grove
Oertel Farms, Brighton, Ill. (Roes Mor Holsteins), Flanagan, Ill.
Samuel Vonderheide, Stewardson, Ill. (Team Holsteins), Hampshire, Ill. Samuel Vonderheide, Stewardson, Ill. (Stanley Keeney), Casey, Ill. Allison Telgmann, Strasburg, Ill. (Scott Woker, Greenville, Ill.) Sarah Sheehan, Orangeville, Ill. (Julie Drendel), Hampshire, Ill.
Bass Talent Heifer..........................$1,250 Doll Wildman 671.........................$1,200 Dutchman Farms, Wadesville, Ind. (Dolls Dairy), Pocahontas, Ill.
Downalane Outside Icee...............$1,150 Dutchman Farms, Wadesville, Ind. (Downalane Dairy), Pocahontas, Ill.
Lenkaitis Total Heifer.....................$1,150 John Heinsohn, Kirkland, Ill. (Lenkaitis Holsteins), St. Charles, Ill.
J-Maker Stormatic Destiny............$1,050 Jed Haage, Peoria, Ill. (Jim Schumacher), Teutopolis, Ill.
K-Lane Marion Katrina..................$1,000 JJ Sheehan, Orangeville, Ill. (Laverne H. Koehn Estate), Peotone, Ill.
Stephenson Spring Sizzler May 11, 2007 • Stephenson County Fairgrounds • Freeport, Ill.
Sale Summary: 35 Holsteins averaged $2,824
Budjon-Dannys Gib Avalon-ET.......$4,800
Erbacres Outside Chance...............$2,900
Jeffrey-Way Logan.........................$4,200
Macomber Advent Karla-Red.........$2,800
Rosedale Lupy...............................$3,700
Clearfield PC Roy Enya...................$2,700
Reedale Rubens Charm.................$3,600
Lund-Land-RH Goldwyn Jan...........$2,600
Hantke Shadow Jewel....................$3,600
Rock-I Sky Roy Sattelite..................$2,600
Jerry Smith, Davis, Ill. (Nathan Hartwig), Monroe, Wis.
Gail Reeverts, Rockford, Ill. (Kelsi Hendrickson), Belleville, Wis.
Whitney & Courtney Lipply, Plymouth, Ind. (Rosedale Holsteins), Oxford, Wis. Gail Reeverts, Rockford, Ill. (Todd Irwin), Beason, Ill.
Barb Klinger, Pecatonica, Ill. (Kevin Erbsen), Lanark, Ill.
Zander Endress, Pearl City, Ill. (Michael Macomber), Lena, Ill. Billy Miller, McGregor, Tex. (Brent Pollard), Rockford, Ill.
Steven Mitchell, Winnebago, Ill. (Hoesly & Lund), Brodhead, Wis.
Nate Goldenburg, buyer; Brian Behnke, pedigrees; Rob Gunderson, consignor of high seller a Goldwyn from Budjon-JK Derry Epiphany; Tom Morris
Gail Reeverts, Rockford, Ill. (William & Mary Hantke), Orfordville, Wis.
Goldfawn Dundee Dana................$3,500
Davidsonview Tarason Rita............$2,500
Goldwyn Heifer Calf.....................$7,100
JB-Milkway SStorm Ronni..............$3,400
Ms Haas-Acres Talent Rosi.............$2,400
Rotesown Astrical Annalisa...........$3,200
Meier-Meadows Astro Diploma.....$2,300
Hantke Dundee Dee Dee...............$3,000
Hylite Heifer Calf............................$2,300
Abbi & Adam Goldenburg, McGregor, Tex. (Rob Gunderson), Shannon, Ill.
LaClar Merchant Gracie.................$5,500 Barb Klinger, Pecatonica, Ill. (Alissa Koester), Dakota, Ill.
Hi-View Corners Champagne.........$5,000 Scott Bass, Orangeville, Ill. (Kristi Dinderman), Orangeville, Ill.
Glen Meier, Ridott, Ill. (Goldenburg & Gunst, McGregor, Tex.) Candace Schneider, Glen Carbor, Ill. (Jonathon Schneider), Greenville, Ill. Gail Reeverts, Rockford Ill. (Carley Rote), McConnell, Ill.
Scott Courtney, Decorah, Iowa (Amy Hantke), Orfordville, Wis.
B.L.T. Whitehead, Conway, Mo. (Rock-I Farms), Orangeville, Ill.
Gail Reeverts, Rockford, Ill. (Steven Berning), Warrenville, Ill.
Robert Miller, Orangeville, Ill. (Aaron & John Haas), Evansville, Wis. Garrett Koelsch, Locust Grove, Okl. (Jason Meier), Ridott, Ill. Brett Zimmerman, Winnebago, Ill. (HyLite Holsteins), Fox Lake, Wis.
Midwest National Spring Show - Illinois Results Saturday, April 14, 2007 • Madison, Wis. • Judge - Hank VanExcel
Winter Calves (12 shown) 10. B-J-Grove Stormatic Whatsrname-TW Lucas Clanton; Mulberry Grove, Ill. Fall Calves (27 shown) 2. Sapa Ska Astro Sidney-ET Jeff Butler; Chebanse, Ill. 5. Miss Astro Passion Price and Meyer; Manteno, Ill. 8. B-J-Grove Blitz Rosetta Lucas Clanton; Mulberry Grove, Ill. Summer Yearling Heifer (23 shown) 2. Go-Sho Dundee Izadora (1st Junior) Carson Kasbergen; Mansfield, Ill. 6. B-J-Grove Mailing Mermaid Lucas Clanton; Mulberry Grove, Ill. 9. Erbacres Goldwyn Peace (3rd Junior) Connor Erbsen; Lanark, Ill. 10. Androscoggin SS Cashmere-ET Stephanie Aves; Poplar Grove, Ill. Spring Yearling Hiefer (22 shown) 1. Above Par Dundee Penny-ET Carson Kasbergen; Mansfield, Ill. 6. Four-M-Acres Dur Cookie-TW (Jim & Jeff Butler and Mark Butz; Chebanse, Ill.) Page 18
10. MS Kathys S Storm Kacie-ET Mardale, R&D Carprio & Meyer; Manteno, Ill. Winter Yearling Heifer (13 shown) 2. Sapa Ska Astro Sundance-ET Jeff Butler, Chebanse, Ill. 3. Engelking Elp Clover Price, Carpio, Meyer; Manteno, Ill. 10. Luck-E Dundee Jenna Blake Meyer, Manteno, Ill. Fall Yearling Heifer (12 shown) 4. Rocklan Dundee Marriet Jeff & Jim Butler and Mark Butz; Chebanse, Ill. 5. Scenic-Edge Joyful-Red-ET (1st Junior) Stephanie Aves; Poplar Grove, Ill. 6. Ms Rd Mango Price and Meyer; Manteno, Ill. Senior Two Year Old (16 shown) 1. Reedale Roy Felicia Carson Kasbergen; Mansfield, Ill. 2. Quality-Ridge Spirte Anita (1st Junior) Carson Kasbergen; Mansfield, Ill. 4. Erbacres Hi Metro Dee John Erbsen; Lanark, Ill.
10. Zehrview Bango Pretty Russell Zehr; Graymont, Ill. Junior Three Year Old (12 shown) 6. Luck-E Bizar Talent; Matt Engel, Hampshire, Ill. Four Year Old (12 shown) 3. Shoremar BKB S Alicia2-ETN Alicia 2 Syndicate, Butler; Springfield, Il 4. Holbric Tornado Appolla Brennan Wolker, Mulberry Grove, Ill. Dry 3 and 4 Year Old (1 shown) 1. Cache-Valley Lead Champion Stephanie Aves, Poplar Grove, Ill. Dam & Daughter (2 shown) 1. Luck-E Holsteins; Hampshire, Ill. JR. CHAMPION - JUNIOR SHOW Go-Sho Dundee Izadora; Carson Kasbergen, Mansfield, IL RES. SENIOR & GRAND CHAMPION - JUNIOR SHOW Quality-Ridge Spirte Anita; Carson Kasbergen, Mansfield, IL Illinois Holstein Herald
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Rules and Regulations
All exhibitors must be members of the Illinois Holstein Association, Inc. Entries for the state championship show are to be prepared and handed to the show chairman or his representative upon check-in at the show. Entry forms will be available from your local show chairman. Only original entry forms will be accepted. Entry fees are $15 per head and are to be paid upon check-in. State health rules must be observed and health and identification papers must accompany all animals (including ET spring heifer calves) to show. All animals exhibited must be identified by official certificate verifying at least 87% Registered Holstein Ancestry (RHA) on Holstein Association USA, Inc. certificates. Ownership shall be established by the name listed on the identification certificate, or the presentation of the certificate, along with a signed and completed transfer and fee to be retained by the state show chairman and forwarded to Brattleboro, VT. No calls will be made to Brattleboro to confirm ownership. Cattle may arrive no earlier than 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 17 and must be off grounds by 6 p.m. Friday, July 20. Animals being exhibited must be checked in by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18 to be in the show catalog. Identification papers MUST be in hand at the district and state shows unless the animal is a recent purchase, then Rule #4 shall apply. Every district show must use the same classes as described, but may add additional classes. Every animal over 30 months of age must have calved within the past 18 months or have a signed veterinarian statement that she is safe in calf. An exhibitor is defined as “all animals owned, or jointly owned, managed and maintained as a farm unit in Illinois shall be considered as one exhibitor.” The owner of the dam at the time of service shall be considered the breeder of the animal. Where a herd is registered in the names of different members of a family, and when the herd is one unit, all entries may be considered as exhibits of one breeder if they carry the same prefix. An exhibitor must exhibit at least one animal at a district show to be eligible to exhibit any number at the championship show. The interpretation of the rules or any other decision regarding the show will be the responsibility of the local committee. The same policy applies to the championship show except the state show committee is responsible. Premier exhibitor points on partnership animals will go to the exhibitor who pays the entry fee and where entry is tied with his string. Eligibility for bred and owned award will include an animal owned by the breeder in partnership with one other Illinois Holstein Association member. EXHIBITOR’S HERD - Five (5) head, owned by exhibitor, three (3) to have been bred by exhibitor. Two (2) females over 2 years of age (milking), two (2) under 2 years of age and one (1) any age. Premier Breeder and Exhibitor awards will be based on a total of six (6) head using the following point system. Heifers (classes 1-7) and dry cows (classes 9 and 10) - 1st, 7; 2nd, 6; 3rd, 5; 4th, 4; 5th, 3; 6th, 2; 7th, 1. Cows, 2 Years and Over - 1st, 10; 2nd, 9; 3rd, 8; 4th, 7; 5th, 6; 6th, 5; 7th, 4; 8th, 3; 9th, 2; 10th, 1. Production awards will be presented in the Open Show in classes 9, 10, 13-18. In the 125,000# class the award will go to the highest lifetime producer. In the other classes the animal with the highest official DHI 305d 2x actual milk, or combined fat and protein record (CFP), regardless of age when made, shall be the winner. Official lifetime or lactation sheets must be presented for verification. First and second best udders will be designated at the Illinois Championship show in each milking class. First place Bred and Owned animal are recognized in classes 1-7 & 9-18. A Junior Champion and Reserve Junior Champion will be chosen from classes 1-7. Following selection of Junior Champion, all first place nonmilking age bred and owned animals (classes 1-7) will be shown for Junior Champion Bred and Owned. An Intermediate Champion and Reserve Intermediate Champion will be chosen from classes 11, 12, 13, 14 following class 14. A Senior Champion and Reserve Senior Champion will be chosen from classes 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18 after class 18. Following selection of Grand Champion, all first place milking-aged bred and owned animals (classes 9-18) will be shown for Champion Bred and
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Owned. 19. Milk sales are used to pay for the use of the fairgrounds. Please do not dump good milk. Please don’t put milk from treated cows in the tank! 20. It is recommended that a partnership animal be shown at only one state show, that being where it is primarily housed. 2006 Show Base Dates and Classes 1. Spring Heifer Calf - March 1, 2006 and after 2. Winter Heifer Calf - Dec. 1, 2005 to Feb. 28, 2006 3. Fall Heifer Calf - Sept. 1, 2005 to Nov. 30, 2005 4. Summer Yearling - June 1, 2005 to Aug. 31, 2005 5. Spring Yearling - March 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005 6. Winter Yearling - Dec. 1, 2004 to Feb. 28, 2005 7. Fall Yearling - Sept. 1, 2004 to Nov. 30, 2004 8. Jr. Best 3 Females - Bred by & at least 1 owned by exhibitor 9. Dry, 3 & 4 Year Old - Sept. 1, 2001 to Aug. 31, 2003 10. Dry Aged Cow - Before Sept. 1, 2001 11. Junior 2 Year Old - March 1, 2004 to Aug. 31, 2004 12. Senior 2 Year Old - Sept. 1, 2003 to Feb. 29, 2004 13. Junior 3 Year Old - March 1, 2003 to Aug. 31, 2003 14. Senior 3 Year Old - Sept. 1, 2002 to Feb. 28, 2003 15. 4 Year Old - Sept. 1, 2001 to Aug. 31, 2002 16. 5 Year Old - Sept. 1, 2000 to Aug. 31, 2001 17. Aged Cow - Before Sept. 1, 2000 18. 125,000# Cow - Bring DHI or DHIR to verify 19. Dam and Daughter 20. Best 3 Females - Bred by and at least one owned by exhibitor 21. Produce of Dam. 22. Exhibitor’s Herd 23. Futurity 24. 5 Year Old Futurity #15 Ribbons and Trophies State Open Show: Ribbons to first ten (10) places; medallion to first and second place animals; rosette to first bred and owned animal; ribbon to first and second place best udder in milking classes; ribbon to second place udder; award to grand champion female and reserve; award to senior champion and reserve; award to intermediate champion and reserve; award to junior champion and reserve; trophy to senior champion bred and owned and award to junior champion bred and owned; award to champion udder. State Junior Show: Ribbons to first ten (10) places in heifer classes; ribbons to first eight (8) places in milking classes; trophies to champions; medallions to first-place bred and owned animal in each class; trophies to champion and reserve bred and owned. Plaques to Junior All-Illinois winners and Reserve Junior All-Illinois winners. Ribbons and Trophies: Provided by the Illinois Holstein Association. Trophy donations are accepted from any business or breeder. Notify state secretary if desiring to be a contributor.
Holstein Association USA, Inc. Show Ring Policies
The showing of Officially Identified Holstein cattle is an important part of the promotion, merchandising and breeding program of many breeders. Additionally, it is an important part of the program of Holstein Association USA, Inc. to stimulate and maintain interest in breeding Officially Identified Holstein cattle. This relates both to spectators and exhibitors. In this connection, the Board of Directors of the Holstein Association USA, Inc. believes it is in the best interest of the breeders of Officially Identified Holstein cattle to maintain a reputation of integrity and to present a wholesome and progressive image of their cattle in the show ring. It recognizes that there are certain practices in the proper care and management of dairy cattle shows that are advisable to keep them in sound, healthy condition so that they might be presented in the show ring in a natural, normal appearance and condition. Conversely, it recognizes certain practices in the cataloging, handling and presentation of cattle in the show ring which are unacceptable A. The following practices or procedures are considered unacceptable and defined as being fraudulent and/or unethical in the showing of officially Identified Holstein cattle. 1. Misrepresenting the age and/or milking status of the animal for the class in which it is shown. 2. Treating the animal, particularly in the udder, internaly or externally, with an irritant or ounter-irritant, or other substance to artifically improve the conformation.
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Surgery or insertion of foeign matter under the skin, performed to change the natural contour or appearance of the animal’s body, though not to preclude pactices required or involved normal management. 2. Crticizing or interfering with the judge, show management, or other exhibitors while in the ring, oro ther conduct detrimental to the breed or show B. Setting teats or manipulating a teat to alter its normal position such as to unnaturally hold it plumb or to alter its length is unacceptable and shall be given slight to serious discrimination by the judge. C. The following practices and procedures are considered to detract from the image of the show ring when carried to excess and will be given slight to serious discrimination in placing animals within the class. 1. Excessive manipulation of hair. 2. Use of artificial hair except for false switches. 3. Unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of the showmen. 4. Improper fitting practices such as over filling or over bagging. D. Practices which should be encouraged to enhance image of the show: 1. Establish uniform dress code for exhibitors in the show ring. 2. Recognize good herdsmanship and exhibits in the barn. In keeping with the basic philosophy of the Association, 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’s Bylaws. Enforcement of the Holstein Show Ring Policy Though the position on setting teats has been modified, it is the position of the Board of Directors that the practice should not be condoned and will be treated with slight to serious discrimination by the judge and show management. It is the responsibility of Holstein show judges at all levels of shows to take appropriate action if any teats are set or in any way manipulated to an unnatural position. While all milking animals must be subject to examination, the judge is instructed to closely examine the top five animals, not only for set teats, but for any other form of tampering requiring discrimination or disqualification.
General Rules
The Holstein Show Committee and the Illinois 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 matters, questions, or differences in regard thereto or otherwise arising out of, or in connection with the Shows. In the event a question arises concerning the animal’s age, the Show Committee Chairperson may request that an individual registration certificate be checked at ringside.
Illinois Holstein Association Show Ring Policy
The following practices or procedures are unacceptable in the showing of registered dairy cattle: i. Criticizing or interfering with the judge, show management, other exhibitors, or other conduct detrimental to the breed or show; ii. Misrepresenting the age or ownership of an animal or the number of calvings and/or stage of lactation; iii. Filling an animal’s rumen unnaturally with liquid (tubing); iv. Balancing the udder by any means other than leaving naturally produced milk in any or all quarters; v. Treating the udder internally with an irritant, counterirritant, or any other substance to temporarily improve conformation; vi. Overfilling or over bagging of udders; vii. 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 or shortening teats); viii. Roping udders and the use of objects to physically improve definition of the suspensory center ligament; ix. Administering epidural anesthesia (blocking tails) and/or applying any irritant either externally or internally to the perineal (rectum and vagina) area; x. Inserting foreign material/articles under the skin, into the topline or on the feet (administration of acceptable medications is permitted); xi. 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, horns, clipping and dressing of hair and trimming of hooves; xii. Draining of fluid from hocks unless authorized by show veterinarian xiii. 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 intimate hair; Page 20
xiv. Mistreatment of animals; xv. Any un-sportsmanship like conduct during the event.
Monitoring Procedures:
The Ethics Committee, as defined below, shall have the authority to inspect all animals to determine if violations of Illinois 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: An ultrasound examination of the udder of selected animals imi. mediately upon completion of respective milking class competition. It shall be the exhibitor’s responsibility to deliver the selected cow to the designated testing area. Within a reasonable time following said testing, the ultrasound official shall submit his/her report to the Illinois Holstein Association. ii. A milk out of any individual cow and/or iii. The collection and testing of any of the animal’s body fluids and/or iv. 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. v. 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 exhibitor for analysis.
Enforcement Procedures:
The Illinois Holstein Association Board of Directors shall appoint an Ethics Committee to monitor violations at all state sponsored shows. The Ethics Committee shall consist of at least three members. ii. Complaints of alleged violations must be presented in written and signed form to the Show Chairman of respective show no later than the final day of the respective show, except ultrasound results iii. If it is suspected that a violation will occur if an animal is shown the Show Chairman will inform the exhibitor that the showing of that animal may result in a violation of the Illinois Holstein Association Show Ring Policy. If the exhibitor decides not to show that animal, no violation will have occurred. iv. All complaints of alleged violations (as is designated in Enforcement Procedures point #2) received by the Show Chairman must be presented in written and signed form to the IHA for review of the Ethics Committee within five (5) days of receiving that notice of alleged violations, with the Ethics Committee to make a decision on the violations within ten (10) days. v. The Illinois Holstein Association President will notify the accused exhibitor immediately of the decision that a violation has occurred and all the supportive evidence will be shared with the exhibitor. Within thirty (30) days the Illinois Holstein Association Show Committee shall review the findings from the Ethics Committee and make a recommendation to the Illinois Holstein Association Board of Directors of the disciplinary action. The exhibitor will be able to participate in the Show Committee meeting. The Illinois Holstein Association Board of Directors shall meet the same day to review findings of the Ethics Committee, recommendations from Show Committee and hear presentations the exhibitor wishes to present. vi. The accused exhibitor must notify the Illinois Holstein Association within seven (7) days of receiving the violation notice of their intent to participate in the Show Committee meeting and/or the Illinois 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. vii. If the alleged violator is found in violation of the Illinois Holstein Association Show Ring Policy, the Illinois Holstein Association Board of Directors, at its discretion may pass onto the violator(s) its costs associated with violations, enforcement and review of violations(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 Illinois Holstein Association and therefore be denied any and all membership benefits of the association (voting, showing, etc.). viii. Illinois Holstein Association Board of Directors and/or the Show Committee may consider previous violations by an exhibitor in their decision of disciplinary action. ix. During this entire process the Directors of the Illinois Holstein Association Board, the Ethics Committee, the Show Committee, and members will not be obligated to maintain confidentiality. i.
Illinois Holstein Herald
REFLECTIONS OF
Monday, July 2nd
HOLBRIC GIBSON CHRISTINE-ET EX-92 EEEEE 3-11 2x 248 21,987 4.7 1036 3.2 711 Inc Christine completes 10 gens of EX from the Gray-View B D Crissys, and sells serviced to Goldwyn! Many more from the Crissy family also sell.
HOLBRIC ENCOUTER AFOAMY-RED
HOLBRIC REDMAN ALISSA-RED
Show time! This Summer Yearling is fancy! EX90 dam was All-American R&W Summer Yearling, then 2E-90 with 1261F and 158,810 LT, 4th gen EX Boots 2E-93, and All-American & All-Canadian Regal Arlene-Red 2E-90.
Alissa, a 12/05 Redman-Red, sells from a VG Red-Marker. Alissa’s dam is Awesome-Red VG89 VEEVV with 37,970 4.4 1675F, then 2E Arlene, a 3rd gen EX. Alissa’s a 3/4 sister to the Int Champ WDE R&W 2006, Rubens Aspen.
HONEYCREST SHOTTLE FAITH-ET
MAARS SHOTTLE BRITT
KINGSMILL REBEL REYNA-ET
Bred to Goldwyn, this Shottle sells from a VG Blitz with 39,910 1483F at 2-01. Next dam VG-86 GMD with 32,200 1287F, then Aerostar Mary 2E-90 GMD DOM with 47,470 1766F. The Everything but Famous Kathryns!
Britt sells bred to Bolton. Her dam is a VG-85 VG-MS 2Y Morty with 26,140, then a VG-87 Convincer with 30,310 1148F, she’s the dam of Grandview at ABS. Next dam 2E-94 GMD DOM Hero Greta with 40,550 1788, next 8 of 9 dams VG/EX, four over 200,000 LT.
2nd Summer Yearling IL State Fair 2006 She is a Dundee from the world’s first 13th gen EX, Rebel. Reyna is due in July to Roy! A potential 14th gen EX! Reyna’s 1st choice Stormatic also sells, PGs due in June.
HOLBRIC ATTRACTION CAUGHT VG-86 VG-MS 2Y
GOLDFAWN-HOL MELONIE-RED-ET
MISS MORTY MIRIAM-ET
This P9 PTPI +1558 11/06 Rampage sells from VG-86 VG-MS 2-02 2x 208 12,645 3.7 474 3.1 393 Inc an EX-90 EX-MS 3Y nom R&W All-Am Jr 2 Yr +2269M +80F +83P CTPI +1811 Due in Sept to Rampage, Caught is from a Warden Old Paradox with 1155F from Factor Miata 2E2-03 2x 266 23,325 4.5 1053 3.4 793 Inc with 25,600 4.1 1045F, then VG with 25,580. 94 HM All-American R&W Aged Cow 2003. She sells open and ready to flush to the bull of Then six more gens of VG or EX. your choice! Dam is a VG-86 VG-MS R Marshall with 32,310 1273 3.7P, then 4th gen Holbric HE LBRICH AMILY EX Mason Malory EX-92 GMD DOM with Holsteins 1213 Rt. 23 • Harvard, IL 60033 42,650 from All-American Mark Maui 2E-95 Est. 1929 815-943-5512 • fax -3551 • holbricholsteins@hotmail.com GMD DOM with 53,590. Also selling 3 Marsh 815-482-3821 Mark • 815-482-7426 Brian • www.holsteinworld.com/holbric calves and a 1st choice Offroad due in June. 4 miles south of Harvard, IL on IL Rt 23, 1 hour from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
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HOLBRIC RAVAGE COLLETTE *RC 2E-91 EEVEE
3-01 2x 351 20,460 5.5 1132 4.0 809 Fresh again and ready for the 4 Yr Old Class! Dams are VG-87 EVEVV with 204,000 4.1 3.4 LT, VG-87 EX-MS, & 2E-90 215,990 LT.
1-10 2x 365 24,354 3.7 899 3.0 734 Dam is VG-86 VG-MS 35,130 4.2 1487 3.5P, then VG-87 VG-MS. Also selling Liz’s Allen sister, a potential Milking Yrlg for WDE, carrying a Rudy embryo from Gigi’s VG-88 Storm.
3-09 2x 349 29,460 4.6 1344 3.2 940 Collette’s maternal sister sells, she is a full-aged 6/06 Stormatic. Their dam is VG-87 with 34,500 1348F, then a VG-85 VG-MS Stardust with 24,460 1041F.
HOLBRIC GENUINE BLACK EX-91 EEVVE
HEDGE-ROW MARK KELLI EX-91 EEVVE
HEDGE-ROW MARA-THONBW LILLY VG-88 EX-MS
4-01 2x 63 6,577 4.3 283 3.1 206 Inc The beautifully-balanced 4 yr old has been serviced to Final Cut. Her dam is EX with 30,170 4.3 1283 3.4P, then VG. Next six dams VG or EX, all over 100,000 LT, two over 217,000.
C DUPLEX INSPIRATION GIGI 3E-95 EEEEE 8-11 2x 365 35,160 4.9 1724 3.2 1125 Gigi was 1st 4 Yr Old at the Spring National 1995. Gigi’s VG-88 EX-MS Rudolph sells fresh as a Sr 3 Yr Old. Also selling a VG-86 VVVVV Attraction bred to Final Cut from Gigi’s VG-86 VG-MS Windstar.
6-03 2x 365 36,080 3.5 1271 3.0 1080 Kelli’s Forbidden sells due in the Sept to HiMetro. Next dam 4E-92 with 275,740 LT, then VG-85.
We’ve carefully selected 100 head right off the top of the herd. If you are looking to stock your show string, add foundation individuals backed by famous families, or just looking to fill your bulk tank, join us on July 2! More than 100 top shelf embryos will sell!
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1-11 2x 365 34,890 3.6 1270 2.9 1017 She is fancy! Dam a GP-83 2Y Jolt, then 4E-90 GMD with 232,720 LT. Next 4 dams VG or EX, two over 200,000 LT! Lilly sells and is bred to Dundee, her 11/06 Damion also sells. Also, a 6/06 Zenith, a fresh Astronomical, and a 3/06 Blitz sell from this family.
HEDGE-ROW BLITZ BLISS A 9/06 Blitz from an EX-90 EX-MS 1344F dam, then EX-90 EEEEE 3Y. 3rd dam is Mars Joyce 6E-93 GMD with 307,880 11,464 LT, then 3E-90 with 192,610 LT.
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Illinois Bred Cow Scores EX-95
ach year, only a small group of cows have the rare distinction of being classified Excellent. Even fewer cows make it to Excellent 95. However, this spring a well-known show cow bred in Illinois was one of the few to receive this recognition. Luck-E Blackice Blizzard-ET, bred by Luck-E Holsteins of Hampshire, Ill., scored 95 points for her current owners, Budjon Farms and Joel Kietzman of Lomira, Wis on April 27th. Blizzard is a 6-year-old daughter of Browndale Black Ice. Her dam is Luck-E Mandel Bobbi (VG-88 @ 2 yrs). “Bobbi was the best all around cow we had ever bred, until her daughters turned out even better,” explained Joe Engel of Luck-E Holsteins. “Unfortunately, Bobbi was lost to hardware shortly after calving the second time.” The grandam in Blizzard’s pedigree is an Excellent Lincoln, a very balanced and powerful cow with two records over 30,000lbs. The next dams are sired by Inspiration and Warden. “We used Black Ice on Bobbi because she was a Mandel x Lincoln, which crosses Canadian and American breeding and Black Ice is Stardust x Juror which also crosses Ca-
LUCK-E BIZAR TALENT (VG-87 VG-88 MS @ 2yr) 6th Jr. 3-year-old Midwest Spring Show 2007 Talent daughter from Blizzard
LUCK-E JED BIKINI (EX-92 EX-93 MS) 2/07 CTPI +1890 PTA +1760M +88F +56P 4-02 365d 49,061M 4.9% 2,391F 3.4% 1,666P Jed sister to Blizzard June 2007
nadian and American breeding. This used to work really good back when it was an option,” said Joe. “This gave Blizzard a very balanced sire stack. Mandel added milk to the power in the pedigree and Black Ice contributed the Stardust strength and the Juror dairyness.” With the precise mating used to create Blizzard, the Engel family was not surprised with LUCK-E BLACKICE BLIZZARD-ET EX-95 the impressive calf that 5-04 2x 365d 46,315 3.5 1631 2.9 1346 All-Wisconsin 5-year-old 2006 resulted. 1st 5-year-old Midwest National Spring Show 2006 “Blizzard always 1st 4-year-old & Best Udder Midwest National Spring Show 2005 caught our eye,” Joe Grand Champion NAILE 2004 said. “As a heifer we admired her deep rib, long body and overall that does it easy, her daughters at Luck-E size. When she calved we knew she could be Hoslteins are now doing the same. one of the best cows we ever had. She was The Engels flushed Blizzard once, resultbig, silky and had a tremendous will to milk. ing in two Talent heifers, Luck-E Talent BlizWhile here, Blizzard lived in a freestall barn zard (VG-86 EX-MS 2yr) and Luck-E Bizar with 150 other cows.” Talent (VG-87 VG-88 MS @ 2yr). During the summer of 2004, Blizzard “Both daughters have a lot in common began to catch the eye of several others, in- with their dam and look to have a bright fucluding Joel Kietzman from Wisconsin, who ture ahead of them. Bizar is probably even purchased Blizzard that year. better than Blizzard was at that age,” said Shortly after, she was exhibitied at Iowa Joe. State Show by her new owners where she was Blizzard had one brother go to A.I., Lucknamed Grand Champion. She then made the E Bobbi. He was released in the ABS active trip to her present home at Budjon Farms in lineup last year. Lomira, Wis. “At first, Blizzard was a tall three-year-old this who was deep bodied and ultra-dairy with a ke to take e the Engel li ld u o w great udder, but lacked a little in front end We ulat to congrat g 95 points. y it n u and openness throughout,” said Kelli Cull of t r o p op goin Blizzard Budjon Farms. “Today, she is a deep, wide, nt! amily on F mplishme t to not o c c a strong cow with an enormous amount of t a e r It is a g great asse . She a n style and flair.” e e b s ha ur herd Blizzard Blizzard has not only developed well from ing, but o ith and r t s w o h s rk w a type standpoint, but also she has been an only our cow to wo e who s u o d n e m e on enjoyable cow to work with, according to her is a tr s of every ngly in d a e h s n r owners. always tu m. We believe stro “Blizzard is a very peaceful cow that is very far tstand visits the eloping ou ryone at v e d easy to get ready for anything. In a period s e e r deep pedig ls and so does eve of less than a month we bagged her for clasua ing individ lsteins. Congrats! sification in mid-April, then for committee ble Ho the end of April, and then for picturing the her availa g Luck-E in k a m r u fo early part of May. She did all of this fresh 15 Thank yo man months,” said Kelli. Joel Kietz o us. & t y il m a While Blizzard has proven she is a cow he Cull F
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District News Clinton County
Greetings from Southern Illinois! As the first half of 2007 nearly passes us by, once again, we look back on the activities of our Clinton County Holstein family. On March 31, 2007 the 33rd annual Clinton County Classic was held in Carlyle, Illinois. Perfect weather and quality consignments drew a large crowd to see over 90 live animals and choices sell - animals and embryos consigned from 8 states including 59 from Illinois, 24 from Missouri, 5 from Indiana, 4 from Michigan, 4 from Wisconsin, 2 from Pennsylvania, 1 from Massachusettes, and 1 from North Carolina. Topping the sale at $7,700 was a heifer from Jerry Gaffner of Greenville, Seagull-Bay Shottle 2712-ET, purchased by Mark Dall of Aviston. Second high individual was R-Way SS Leigh-ET, consigned by Lance Ruppert of Springfield and purchased by Eric and Cindy Netemeyer of Germantown or $6,700. The live animals and choices sold for a sale average of $3,025. Of added interest to the sale, were two animals donated by Eric and Cindy Netemeyer of Germantown, who offered to share 75% of sale proceeds of a cow and her calf with the national winning Post Secondary Contest Kaskaskia College Dairy Judging Team and the Clinton County Juniors. Marvin Helbig of Oakdale paid $2,500 for Net-A-Way Machoman Smila and H & R Associates purchased her calf, Net-A-Way Phoenix Stephie-RC for $950. The judging team will use the proceeds to help pay for their trip to judge at the Scottish Royal Highland Show in Scotland this summer. Congratulations to the team and a big thank you to the Netemeyers for their generosity in donating to that cause! Thank you to the following donors for their support of the Clinton County Classic: Clinton County Highway Department, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., Fruendly Acres Genetics, Stanley Huels Embroys, Lee Oltmanns, Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc., Select Sires, Semex, and Southwestern Illinois Electric. A big thank you to all who supported the Elaine Fruend Memorial Bowling Tournament in March. An astonishing $10,000.00 was raised over the two day tournament and will be given to the Clinton County Relay for Life (American Cancer Society) in Elaine’s name! As if the Spring season isn’t busy enough, several Clinton County families have focused on classification. Best wishes to all! Page 26
Illinois DHIA Milk Production Honor Roll 305 Day 2x Junior Two Year Old MS Neu-Way Morty C Allie Neu-Way Zack Allie-ET Sandy-Valley Hersh Benji
2-02 44270 2-03 38260 2-05 37680
2.5 1122 3.4 1302 4.3 1608
3.1 1362 3.2 1220 3.1 1159
Neu-Way DB C Amber Scheidairy Dane Britnea Klassic Forbidden Lizzy
2-05 34070 2-00 33930 2-04 33860
MS Neu-Way Morty C Allie Neu-Way Zack Allie Sandy-Valley Hersh Benji
2-02 49930 2-03 45100 2-05 43570
Klassic Forbidden Lizzy Neu-Way DB C Amber Scheidairy Dane Brittnea
2-04 40300 2-05 40030 2-00 39910
Neu-Way Convincer Amber Mil-R-Mor Integ Rolua Carters-Corner Bombay Penny
2-11 40570 2-08 35770 2-09 35470
Scheidairy Warrior Alyse Scheidairy Cooper Sierra Scheidairy Publitzer Cooper
2-06 40900 2-11 36850 2-11 36400
Neu-Way Convincer Amber Carters-Corner Bombay Penny Mil-R-Mor Integ Rolua
2-11 45750 2-09 43220 2-08 40870
Scheidairy Warrior Alyse Appenrose James Shauna Star-Brook Shanks B-3 W-182
2-06 43550 2-08 40440 2-11 40390
BDG-Genetics Amel Myra Vijon News Lily H-R-Z Oscar Bessie
3-02 42730 3-03 42030 3-01 41000
Golden-Oaks Lavinia Scheidairy Bubba Abigail Scheidairy Theo Anika
3-03 40430 3-02 39490 3-01 38490
BDG-Genetics Amel Myra Vijon News Lily H-R-Z Oscar Bessie
3-02 50250 3.8 1906 3.1 1577 3-03 47890 3.5 1684 2.9 1368 3/01 47500 4.5 2119 3.4 1599
Scheidairy Benwood Stephani Scheidairy Excel Agali Golden-Oaks Macho Guida
3-01 3-02 3-00
J-Don Bailee Mabel-Red Mil-R-Mor Marilee Logganlane Sky Matilda
3-09 3-09 3-06
Scheidairy Goldengate Elisa Scheidairy Convincer Dona Scheidairy Cooper Seirra
3-07 3-07 3-11
J-Don Bailee Mabel-Red Logganlane Sky Matilda Mil-R-Mor Marilee
3-09 3-06 3-09
2/06 7/00 8/04
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton O-Bee Holsteins, Dakota
8/05 7/05 1/06
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Doug Scheider, Freeport Golden Oaks, Wauconda
4/06 9/00 10/04
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Dennis Neuhaus Hoyleton O-Bee Holsteins, Dakota
3/06 10/05 9/05
Golden Oaks, Wauconda Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Doug Scheider, Freeport
12/03 4/03 4/05
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Carters Corner, Greenville
8/06 10/05 7/05
Scheidairy, Freeport Scheidairy, Freeport Scheidairy, Freeport
2/04 6/05 6/03
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Carters Corner, Greenville Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville
9/06 7/03 9/03
Doug Scheider, Freeport Golden Oaks, Wauconda Shanks, Garden Prairie
3/03 12/99 8/97
Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Nathan Babler, Rock City Carters Corner, Greenville
11/03 12/03 6/05
Golden Oaks, Wauconda Scheidairy, Freeport Scheidairy, Freeport
305 Day 3x Junior Two Year Old 3.4 1149 3.0 1015 3.5 1183
3.2 1097 2.8 961 3.0 1016
365 Day 2x Junior Two Year Old 2.6 1277 3.5 1571 4.2 1830
3.1 1551 3.2 1448 3.1 1365
365 Day 3x Junior Two Year Old 3.3 1336 3.4 1349 3.1 1256
3.0 1227 3.2 1288 2.8 1135
305 Day 2x Senior Two Year Old 3.7 1486 3.8 1372 3.0 1073
3.2 1316 3.1 1124 2.9 1041
305 Day 3x Senior Two Year Old 2.9 1180 2.9 1070 2.8 1033
2.6 1044 2.8 1031 2.9 1071
365 Day 2x Senior Two Year Old 3.7 1708 3.1 1325 3.9 1587
3.3 1508 3.0 1282 3.2 1305
365 Day 3x Senior Two Year Old 2.9 1274 3.3 1330 3.4 1355
2.6 1122 2.8 1139 2.9 1168
305 Day 2x Junior Three Year Old 3.9 1646 3.4 1421 4.6 1868
3.1 1337 2.8 1166 3.4 1376
305 Day 3x Junior Three Year Old 3.8 1554 3.0 1199 2.7 1053
2.6 1059 2.8 1093 2.7 1033
365 Day 2x Junior Three Year Old 5/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville 2/07 Nathan Babler, Rock City 10/97 Carters Corners, Greenville
365 Day 3x Junior Three Year Old 43620 3.2 1394 2.9 1259 42440 2.5 1062 2.8 1181 42370 3.4 1446 2.9 1227
7/03 4/04 3/07
Scheidairy, Orangeville Scheidairy, Orangeville Golden Oaks, Wauconda
305 Day 2x Senior Three Year Old 47520 3.2 1528 2.6 1232 44720 4.6 2062 3.0 1341 44680 4.9 2169 3.0 1331
7/99 Elm Farms, Okawville 7/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville 11/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
305 Day 3x Senior Three Year Old 42120 3.0 1268 2.8 1169 41030 4.8 1964 2.9 1170 39010 3.5 1353 2.8 1111
6/06 7/05 10/06
Doug Scheider, Freeport Doug Scheider, Freeport Doug Scheider, Freeport
365 Day 2x Senior Three Year Old 54190 3.2 1752 2.6 1420 49900 4.8 2383 3.0 1582 49100 4.7 2287 3.0 1477
9/99 Doug Scheier, Okawville 1/05 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 9/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville
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365 Day 3x Senior Three Year old Scheidairy Goldengate Elisa Golden-Oaks Lavender Scheidairy Cooper Seirra
3-07 48630 3-07 45700 3-11 45180
Luck-E Jed Bikini Elm-Nor-Way Lionel Waffle Carters Corner Promise More
4-02 42670 4-03 41720 4-05 41570
Shanks Frmtn Beans W-64 High-Star Sam Serendipity Glenkeen Clark Lisa
4-01 42810 4-00 40780 4-05 40670
Luck-E Jed Bikini Jo-Ed Vanguard Mary Elm-Nor-Way Lionel Waffle
4-02 49070 4-03 47620 4-03 47190
High-Star Sam Serendipity Shanks Frmtn Beans W-64 Scheidairy Emerson Stephani
4-00 46600 4-01 46570 4-04 46390
Mil-R-Mor Rudolph Scarlet Luck-E Mason Karlie Mil-R-Mor Pauleta
4-10 50470 4-06 50250 4-10 46660
Star-Brook Johsn Carly-Red Golden-Oaks Quik Silver Lucky-King Venus Hally
4-11 41740 4-09 39770 4-07 38110
Luck-E Mason Karlie Mil-R-Mor Rudolph Scarlet Mil-R-Mor Pauleta
4-06 56630 4-10 54090 4-10 51520
Golden Oaks Quick Silver Star-Brook Johnsn Carly-Red Lucky King Venus Hally
4-09 46410 4-11 44740 4-07 44190
Logganlane Sky Augustine Luck-E Skychief Arizona J-Maker Emory Bell
5-01 49100 5-01 49020 6-03 49010
Lucky-King Luke Janet Kroeger Buck Glory Star-Brook Dianthus Dodi
5-03 43960 6-00 43350 5-02 41450
Loganlane Sky Augustine J-Maker Emory Bell Luck-E Skychief Arizona
5-01 57030 6-03 56570 5-01 56280
Star-Brooke Dianthus Dodi Lucky-King Luke Janet Carrousel Rotate Beulah
5-02 49510 5-03 48170 5-02 46760
3.2 1534 3.4 1574 3.4 1541
2.8 1372 2.8 1296 2.9 1302
8/06 12/03 12/06
Doug Scheider, Freeport Golden Oaks, Wauconda Doug Scheider, Freeport
305 Day 2x Junior Four Year Old 4.8 2037 5.0 2072 3.2 1329
3.1 1311 3.1 1291 2.7 1128
1/06 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 8/02 Elm Farms, Okawville 7/95 Andy Carters, Greenville
305 Day 3x Junior Four Year Old 3.6 1530 2.4 986 3.5 1425
3.0 1272 2.8 1149 3.0 1224
9/03 11/02 1/07
Shanks, Garden Prairie Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda
365 Day 2x Junior Four Year Old 4.9 2391 3.1 1499 4.9 2328
3.2 1573 2.9 1382 3.1 1476
3/06 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 3/96 Dean Zierer, Hampshire 9/02 Elm Farms, Okawville
365 Day 3x Junior Four Year Old 2.6 1216 3.7 1707 2.9 1366
2.9 1342 3.0 1407 2.7 1267
1/03 10/03 12/06
Shanks, Garden Prairie Shanks, Garden Prairie Doug Scheider, Freeport
305 Day 2x Senior Four Year Old 4.0 1998 5.0 2532 3.5 1630
3.0 1500 3.0 1531 2.8 1324
4/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville 10/03 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 8/02 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville
305 Day 3x Senior Four Year Old 2.8 1172 3.7 1458 2.9 1111
2.8 1178 2.7 1086 2.8 1086
8/03 3/04 8/06
Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda Lucky-King, Centralia
365 Day 2x Senior Four Year Old 5.0 2838 4.0 2140 3.5 1783
3.2 1785 3.0 1616 2.8 1462
12/03 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 5/03 Mil-R-Mor, Hampshire 10/02 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville
365 Day 3x Senior Four Year Old 3.6 1656 2.9 1287 3.0 1311
2.8 1277 2.8 1274 2.9 1298
5/04 Golden Oaks, Wauconda 10/03 Shanks, Garden Prairie 10/06 Lucky-King, Centralia
305 Day 2x Mature Cow 4.4 2173 5.0 2472 3.9 1895
3.2 1569 3.1 1500 2.7 1345
8/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 4/01 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 1/07 Jim Schumacher, Teutopolis
305 Day 3x Mature Cow 3.0 1331 2.7 1171 3.2 1320
2.6 1161 2.9 1240 2.8 1171
10/05 9/06 12/03
Lucky-King, Centralia Westridge Dairy, Red Bud Shanks, Garden Prairie
365 Day 2x Mature Cow 4.3 2474 3.9 2213 5.1 2872
3.3 1874 2.8 1563 3.1 1749
10/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 3/07 Jim Schumacher, Teutopolis 6/01 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
365 Day 3x Mature Cow 3.2 1562 3.0 1453 3.3 1559
2.9 1425 2.7 1282 2.8 1332
2/04 Shanks, Garden Prairie 12/05 Lucky-King, Centralia 2/93 Carrousel Farms, Orangeville
305 Day 2x 12 and Over Mil-R-Mor Simon Verina Maplewood Lane Dora Mega Lordale Glen Ivanhoe Betty
14-08 16-04 15-01
32450 25250 25040
3.6 1164 2.9 745 3.7 914
2.9 957
7/01 9/74 11/97
Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Jim Beane, Godfrey Loren Zimmerman, Eureka
3/93 9/82
Marvin Meyer, Liberty Rock-I, Orangeville
9/01 11/74 2.9 831 1/98
Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Jim Beane, Godfrey Loren Zimmerman, Eureka
2.9 719
305 Day 3x 12 and Over FRHM Walkway Patsy Janice 14-04 Rock-I Alcarta Fancy K Jamie 16-06
12740 7950
3.4 434 3.7 295
2.7 338
365 Day 2x 12 and Over Mil-R-Mor Simon Verina Maplewood Lane Dora Mega Lordale Glen Ivanhoe Betty
June 2007
14-08 16-04 15-01
37920 28730 28260
3.5 1334 3.0 855 3.7 1051
2.9 1110
With mother’s day just past and father’s day approaching, ‘tis is the time of year, once again, to reflect on our families. Congratulations to Aaron & Jennifer Heinzmann on the birth of their new baby girl! Congratulations to the families of Jason & Dena Brammeier and Doug & Shiela Lueking as both of their families will be growing yet this year! Congratulations to Jessy Huelsmann and her fiancée, Mike Schomaker, on their upcoming wedding and on purchasing their first homestead - a former dairy farm! At the regional 4-H/FFA Dairy Judging Contest in April, Adrienne Brammeier placed in the top ten in the junior division. Josh Huelsmann and Chris Kollmann placed in the top ten in the senior division. Congratulations to our juniors! Clinton County Black & White Show Days this year will be held on Sunday, July 15 (open show) and Monday, July 16 (junior show). Judges this year will be Mike Jones of Jonesboro, Ind. (open show) and Bruce Clanton of Mulberry Grove, Ill. (junior show). Come on down and spent the day with us in Southern Illinois! Continued well wishes to Dave Fisher on his recovery and Doris Brammeier on her knee replacement surgery! In closing, best wishes and good luck to the Kaskaskia College Dairy Judging Team as they travel abroad for the contest. Safe travels and know that Clinton County is cheering you on! Submitted by Tracy Harpstrite-Grayling & Dena Brammeier
Effingham
Hello from Effingham County! We had a nice start to spring in this part of the state with the warm weather, but then the late frost really hurt our 1st cutting hay later on. We still need rain pretty bad, but otherwise things have been well in the area. The district show is scheduled for June 30th at 9:00 in Newton. The judge will be Lora Hilgendorf. Congratulations to Stan Keeney and his family who had a bull make the active lineup at Select Sires. Glenkeen Adam Surge-Red is an Adam-Red from a Mandel. Also, congratulations to Stan and Dee who welcomed their new son, Owen Glen, into their family on March 9th. The classifier was in the area in May. While results were scattered, Alan Koebele was pleased to have his heavily contracted Oman two-year-old score VG. Finally, congratulations to Bethany and Sean Ealy who were married on May 27th. Page 27
Bethany is the daughter of Dan and Marilyn Burrow of Altamont. The couple is currently living in Champaign. Compiled by Kevin Wendling
Gateway
Hello everyone! It seems many of you finished planting and have moved on to hay. We’ll still have to see about the wheat. The district show will be held Saturday, July 7, 2007 at the Bond County Fairgrounds in Greenville. It begins at 10:00 a.m. with showmanship directly South Dakota. Kevin Devore is the new ABS Sales Representative replacing Shad Kleiner, who gave up his route to become dairy herd manager at Diekemper Brothers Dairy in Carlyle. Karen Schaufelberger became the Illinois Holstein Website Reporter. News sent to her is compiled and sent to New York to be put online. The website can be visited at www.Illinoisholsteins.com. Respectfully submitted, Tammie Siebert Speechpath2003@yahoo.com
Jo-Carroll
Hello from the Jo-Carroll club! We would first like to congratulate everyone graduating from our club, including Amy Durward from Western Illinois University and Nathan Foltz from Western Carroll High School. Pauline Erbsen is pleased to announce the birth of her first great grandchild born May 15th. Justin and Brena Opperman are the proud parents of the new baby girl. John and Conner Erbsen participated in the Midwest Spring Show in April and had a successful day. Conner was 9th and 3rd junior with his Golwyn summer yearling. John also stood 4th with his Hi Metro Sr. 2-year-old. Both animals were homebred by Erbsens. Congratulations to Darcy Steffes who finished 3rd overall at the JoDaviess County Juding Contest. Finally, LeRoy and Ronny Getz reported that they will be hosting a few students on their farm this summer in Carroll County. Good luck to everyone at the summer shows! Compiled by Carol Timmerman
McHenry-Lake
Well, summer is upon us again. There have been some exciting things happening in our club, and I hope the summer continues just as well. First, we have a new Holstein member. Congratulations to Tim & Cindy Shanks on the arrival of their son, Justin Douglas, on April 13, 2007. Also, congratulations to Debbie Olbrich, DVM. She graduated from Page 28
Illinois DHIA Fat Honor Roll 305 Day 2x Junior Two Year Old Sandy-Valley Hersh Benji Golden-Oaks Krulls La-La Hart-Lyn Prelude Taffy
2-05 37680 2-04 26060 1-11 26060
Golden-Oaks Plum Pie Golden-Oaks Sindee Jenshirley Metro Penny
1-11 27900 2-00 31500 2-03 32490
Carter-Corner Tag Apple Sandy-Valley Hersh Benji Hart-Lyn Prelude Taffy
2-04 40630 2-05 43750 1-11 39330
Bosside Bacculum Catherine Golden-Oaks Chp Valence Golden-Oaks Plum Pie
2-00 39030 1-11 36700 1-11 29500
Rotestown Jolt Rosa Probstland Elysia Eyvete Neu-Way Convincer Amber
2-09 32160 2-11 34390 2-11 40570
Golden-Oaks Acee Golden-Oaks Amag Alli Golden-Oaks Plum Pie
2-10 27600 2-11 31160 2-11 26560
4.3 1608 6.1 1602 4.7 1542
3.1 1159 3.0 789 2.9 948
8/04 6/02 9/96
O-Bee Holsteins, Dakota Carters Corner, Greenville Lenkaitis, St. Charles
10/03 3/06 7/03
Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
5/03 10/04 11/96
Carters Corner, Greenville O-Bee Holsteins, Dakota Lenkaitis, St. Charles
3/05 11/06 10/03
Carters Corner, Greenville Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
4/03 7/06 12/03
Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Probstland Dairy, Wheeler Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton
5/06 11/06 10/04
Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
6/03 9/06 2/04
Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Probstland Dairy, Wheeler Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton
12/04 7/06 7/06
Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
305 Day 3x Junior Two Year Old 4.9 1366 4.2 1321 3.9 1253
3.2 900 2.8 891 2.9 957
365 Day 2x Junior Two Year Old 4.7 1923 4.2 1830 4.6 1806
3.3 1323 3.1 1365 2.8 1112
365 Day 3x Junior Two Year Old 4.0 1550 4.0 1478 5.0 1475
3.0 1180 2.9 1070 3.3 964
305 2x Senior Two Year Old 5.2 1661 4.6 1599 3.7 1486
3.3 1046 3.2 1108 3.2 1316
305 3x Senior Two Year Old 4.8 1334 4.0 1258 4.7 1247
3.5 958 3.0 946 3.5 931
365 2x Senior Two Year Old Rotestown Jolt Rosa 2-09 36420 Probstland Elysia Eyvete 2-11 40250 Neu-Way Convincer Amber 2-11 45750
5.2 1908 4.6 1863 3.7 1708
3.3 1203 3.3 1341 3.3 1508
365 Day 3x Senior Two Year Old Golden-Oaks Plum Pie Golden-Oaks Acee Sharp Haven Blitzen Elaine
2-11 30530 2-10 30210 2-06 36250
JWB-Haven Emily Lyric H-R-Z Oscar Bessie Luck-E-Mason Karlie
3-05 35220 3-01 41000 3-03 38810
Golden-Oaks Lavinia Bur-Wall Leader Wilda Golden-Oaks Truda
3-03 40430 3-02 28900 3-02 29230
H-R-Z Oscar Bessie JWB-Haven Emily Lyric Luck-E Leduc Trudy
3-01 47500 3-05 39400 3-05 37010
Bur-Wall Leader Wilda Golden-Oaks Black Satin Golden Oaks Lavinia
3-02 32100 3-04 34950 3-03 41160
Logganlane Sky Matilda Mil-R-Mor Marilee Sharp Haven Catherine Rub
3-06 44680 3-09 44720 3-09 43180
Willsona Lee Allena Palm-Sky Mark Abby Golden-Oaks Ginny
3-10 32440 3-10 37660 3-07 37160
Logganlane Sky Matilda Mil-R-Mor Marilee Sharp Haven Catherine Rub
3-06 49900 3-09 49100 3-09 48840
4.8 1467 4.8 1461 3.9 1419
3.6 1084 3.5 1052 3.2 1154
305 Day 2x Junior Three Year Old 5.5 1943 4.6 1868 4.5 1748
2.9 1019 3.4 1376 3.2 1256
11/03 Elm Farms, Okawville 8/97 Carters Corner, Greenville 7/02 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
305 Day 3x Junior Three Year Old 3.8 1554 5.2 1501 5.0 1464
2.6 1059 3.1 904 3.0 866
11/03 Golden Oaks, Wauconda 12/00 Briar Holsteins, Poplar Grove 3/04 Golden Oaks, Wauconda
365 Day 2x Junior Three Year Old 4.5 2119 5.3 2101 5.3 1975
3.4 1599 3.0 1169 3.3 1224
10/97 Carters Corner, Greenville 1/04 Elm Farms, Okawville 5/05 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
365 Day 3x Junior Three Year Old 5.2 1656 4.6 1599 3.8 1580
3.2 1042 3.1 1082 2.6 1082
2/01 Briar Holsteins, Poplar Grove 1/04 Golden Oaks, Wauconda 11/03 Golden Oaks, Wauconda
305 Day 2x Senior Three Year Old 4.9 2169 4.6 2062 4.6 1992
3.0 1331 3.0 1341 3.3 1427
11/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 7/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville 6/05 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
305 Day 3x Senior Three Year Old 4.9 1586 4.2 1567 3.9 1438
3.3 1068 2.9 1109 3.0 1131
9/04 Golden Oaks, Wauconda 4/91 Carrousel Farms, Orangeville 9/06 Golden Oaks, Wauconda
365 Day 2x Senior Three Year Old 4.8 2382 4.7 2287 4.6 2237
3.0 1502 3.0 1477 3.4 1638
1/05 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 9/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville 8/05 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
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365 Day 3x Senior 3 Year Old
Willsona Lee Allena Palm-Sky Mark Abby Pojan Brock Ollie
3-10 38050 3-10 41150 3-06 40220
Luck-E Rubens Kaylie Elm-Nor-Way Lionel Waffle Luck-E Jed Bikini
4-05 38660 4-03 41720 4-02 42670
Shanks Frmtn Beans W-64 Mel-Est Elton Rozalyn Luck-E Lincoln Click
4-01 42810 4-02 35590 4-05 32340
Luck-E Jed Bikini Elm-Now-Way Lionel Waffle Bardholm Trust Lee
4-02 49070 4-03 47190 4-02 40590
Shanks Frmtn Beans W-64 Mel-Est Elton Rozalyn Golden-Oaks Granite Surie
4-01 46570 4-02 40250 4-04 44950
Luck-E Mason Karlie JWB-Haven Emily Lyric Mili-R-Mor Rudolph Scarlet
4-06 50250 4-10 42500 4-10 50470
Golden-Oaks Quik Silver Star-Brook Johnson Valley Bluemist Nobel Cara
4-09 39770 4-06 33950 4-07 33710
Luck-E Mason Karlie JWB-Haven Emily Lyric Mil-R-Mor Rudolph Scarlet
4-06 56630 4-10 49130 4-10 54090
Bluemist Nobel Cara Golden-Oaks Quik Silver Star-Brook Balance Vivian
4-07 40020 4-09 46410 4-07 39720
Luck-E Skychief Arizona Loch-An Brae Storm Libra Logganlane Sky Augustine
5-01 49020 5-02 42330 5-01 49100
Luck-King Thor Pretzel High-Star Starboy Stacy Baugo-Maple Joyce Mark Jewel
5-05 30590 5-02 32420 5-03 37890
Loch-An Brae Storm Libra Luck-E Skychief Arizona Logganlane Sky Augustine
5-03 50440 5-01 56280 5-01 57030
High-Star Starboy Stacy Elms Valient Mindy BMG Metro Minnie
5-02 34390 8-10 39560 5-03 45560
5.7 2186 5.0 2072 4.8 2037
3.4 1302 3.1 1291 3.1 1311
305 Day 3x Junior 4 Year Old 3.6 1530 4.3 1525 4.5 1445
3.0 1272 3.1 1096 3.1 999
365 Day 2x Junior Four Year Old 4.9 2391 4.9 2328 5.3 2165
3.2 1573 3.1 1476 3.3 1341
365 Day 3x Junior Four Year Old 3.7 1707 4.2 1681 3.7 1648
3.0 1407 3.1 1254 3.0 1332
305 Day 2x Senior Four Year Old 5.0 2532 5.2 2220 4.0 1998
3.0 1531 2.9 1249 3.0 1500
305 Day 3x Senior Four Year Old 3.7 1458 4.2 1439 4.3 1438
2.7 1086 2.9 984 3.0 1011
365 Day 2x Senior Four Year Old 5.0 2838 5.2 2535 4.0 2140
3.2 1785 3.0 1479 3.0 1616
365 Day 3x Senior Four Year Old 4.3 1703 3.6 1656 4.1 1629
3.0 1213 2.8 1277 3.0 1201
305 Day 2x Mature Cow 5.0 2472 5.6 2387 4.4 2173
3.1 1500 3.2 1356 3.2 1569
305 Day 3x Mature Cow 5.4 1645 4.9 1603 3.8 1455
3.2 976 3.1 995 2.7 1008
365 Day 2x Mature Cow 5.7 2890 5.1 2872 4.3 2472
3.2 1636 3.1 1749 3.3 1874
365 Day 3x Mature Cow
FRHM Walkway Patsy Janice 14-04 Rock-I Alcarta Fancy K Jamie 16-06
June 2007
3.3 1270 3.0 1217 3.1 1228
305 Day 2x Junior 4 Year Old
Mil-R-Mor Simon Verina 14-08 Lordale Glen Ivanhoe Betty 15-01 Ensign Triple Magic Myra-Red 14-10
Mil-R-Mor Simon Verina Lordale Glen Ivanhoe Betty Ensign Triple Magic Myra
4.9 1867 4.1 1691 4.2 1685
14-08 15-01 14-10
4.9 1691 4.2 1676 3.5 1611
3.1 1060 3.0 1196 3.0 1371
305 Day 2x 12 and Over 32450 25040 20250
3.6 1164 3.7 914 4.4 884
2.9 957 2.9 719 3.1 633
305 Day 3x 12 and Over 12740 7950
3.4 434 2.7 338 3.7 295
365 Day 2x 12 and Over 37920 28260 22910
3.5 1334 3.7 1051 4.4 1002
2.9 1110 2.9 831 3.2 724
11/04 Golden Oaks, Wauconda 6/91 Carrousel Farms, Orangeville 7/93 Golden Oaks, Wauconda
1/07 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 8/02 Elm Farms, Okawville 1/06 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
9/03 11/03 9/06
Shanks, Garden Prairie Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda
3/06 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 9/02 Elm Farms, Okawville 2/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
10/03 1/04 12/02
Shanks, Garden Prairie Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Hampshire
10/03 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 4/05 Elm Farms, Okawville 4/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville
3/04 9/03 7/06
Golden Oaks, Wauconda Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda
the Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital at University of Wisconsin-Madison this spring. We wish her the best of luck in her exciting new career. Congratulations to Walter Shanks who graduated from Harvard High School this year. Good luck to Levi Martin, Grace Shanks, Adam Watkins, and Philip Shanks. They will be attending the National Convention in Knoxville, Tenn. Also, Happy Birthday to Norm Heinrich, long time friend and Holstein breeder in the McHenry-Lake club! The show season has officially kicked off here with the Harvard Milk Days Show on June 3rd. The show has been a local tradition for years and typically brings in juniors from McHenry, Boone and Winnebago Counties. The champion of the show is pictured below. We wish everyone a successful show season and look forward to seeing everyone soon. Respectfully, Amy Shanks
12/03 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 6/15 Elm Farms, Okawville 5/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville
9/06 5/04 12/03
Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda Shanks, Garden Prairie
4/01 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 5/04 Holbric Holsteins, Harvard 8/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
7/95 Lucky-King, Centralia 11/03 Shanks, Garden Prairie 12/92 Carrousel Farms, Orangeville
7/04 Holbric Holsteins, Harvard 6/01 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 10/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
1/04 Shanks, Garden Prairie 1/94 Carrousel Farms, Orangeville 7/06 Golden Oaks, Wauconda
7/01 11/97 9/90
Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Loren Zimmerman, Eureka Tri-D, Inc.
3/93 9/82
Marvin Meyer, Liberty Rock-I, Orangeville
9/01 1/98 11/90
Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Loren Zimmerman, Eureka Tri-D, Inc.
L to R: Harvard Milk Days Queen; Jackie Florent, Judge; Kole Kenny, exhibitor of the Supreme Champion; Bill Olbrich, Show Chairman; and Katleyn Kenney, 2006 Illinois Holstein Dutchess
Mississippi-Valley
My how time flies! Our barn meeting, hosted by Jim and Jackie Schlutter of Silver Creek Dairy, was held March 24 with about 25 people in attendance. Scholarships were awarded to David Koch for $300, and receiving $200 each were Keith Koch, Andrew Mowen, Niki Neisen, Ty Meyer, Olivia Edwards, Aaron Weiman, Lindsey Edwards and Leigh Thorman. Congratulations to these juniors! We have had several graduates this spring, including Niki Neisen from Keith Koch-high school Also, our college graduates included Tana Meyer and Daniel Koch. Daniel Koch, along with Andy Lenkaitis, are members of a U of I research team that won a research competition for the EPA. The team is conducting a study to develop a filPage 29
tration system that reduces nutrients draining off agriculture fields. The team received a $75,000 grant to move Phase II of the research to South Farms. The Western Illinois Dairy Promotion Committee is busy planing the annual banquet for June 27. The annual picnic is at Wavering Park in Quincy on July 1, with Frank and I as hosts. Our district show is July 26 during the Adams County Fair with Ted Dement as our official judge. Our condolences are sent to the family of Pauline Meyer; survivors include son Marvin and family, and daughter Dolores Maas, who is a DHIA technician. Congratulations to long time member Albert Bastert who won the Hoard’s Dairy Judging contest. FOUR points from a perfect score! I pray that the rains come in a timely fashion this summer, for a higher milk price and corn prices going down. Until next time God Bless. Submitted by Beth (Weas) Cash cowbelle82@yahoo.com
Stephenson
Hello from the desert northlands of Stephenson County. Things are getting rather dry around here. However the one upside is that Sharon doesn’t have to mow the lawn as often as she usually does. On April 4th, the Stephenson County club had our barn meeting at LaClar Farms near Dakota. A crowd of over 200 members and guests saw a fine group of cows that Dan & Dave Koester and Family had ready to view. The junior bake sale went well as always... from what I heard. I wasn’t there. I was at Miller Park witnessing a miracle as the Cubs beat the FIRST PLACE Brewers. As they say, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. The Spring Sizzler was held on May 11th. We had an excellent sale with an average of $2,824 for the Holsteins. Rob Gunderson’s Goldwyn calf out of Elegance’s daughter was the top at $7,100. The six Jersey’s averaged $1700. Maybe that’s why it’s a Holstein sale. The 2007 Stephenson County Holstein show will be July 6th at 9:30 in Freeport. Mark Rueth of Oxford, Wis. will be the judge. Hope to see you all there. We would also like to extend our thoughts and prayers to our friends at Rock-I farm, and the family of Gideon Bastian. Submitted by Jerry Smith
Tri-County
Illinois DHIA Protein Honor Roll 305 Day 2x Junior Two Year Old Ms Neu-Way Morty C Allie Neu-Way Zack Allie Sandy-Valley Hersh Benji
2-02 44270 2-03 38260 2-05 37680
Neu-Way DB C Amber Klassic Forbidden Lizzy Golden-Oaks Ginny
2-05 34070 2-04 33860 2-04 31610
Ms Neu-Way Morty C Allie Neu-Way Zack Allie Sandy-Valley Hersh Benji
2-02 49930 2-03 45100 2-05 43570
Neu-Way DB C Amber Klassic Forbidden Lizzy Golden-Oaks Formica
2-05 40030 2-04 40300 2-04 36790
Neu-Way Convincer Amber Mil-R-Mor Integ Rolua Probstland Elysia Eyvete
2-11 40570 2-08 35770 2-11 34390
Golden-Oaks Form Tiffany Star-Brook Shanks B-3 W-182 Appenrose James Shauna
2-11 33040 2-11 34360 2-08 34010
Neu-Way Convincer Amber Probstland Elysia Eyvete Mil-R-Mor Integ Rolua
2-11 45750 2-11 40250 2-08 40870
Star-Brook Shanks B-3 W-182 Sharp Haven Blitzen Elaine Golden-Oaks Form Tiffany
2-11 40390 2-06 36250 2-11 37560
H-R-Z Oscar Bessie BDG-Genetics Amel Myra Probstland Erdo Elysia
3-01 41000 3-02 42730 3-02 35640
Vikalo Megan Emory Meg Golden-Oaks Fayanne Golden-Oaks Macho Guida
3-00 34390 3-02 35350 3-00 37750
H-R-Z Oscar Bessie BDG-Genetics Amel Myra Probstland Ergo Elysia
3-01 47500 3-02 50250 3-02 41660
Golden-Oaks Glen Gabrielle Golden-Oaks Fayanne Golden-Oaks Guenna
3-03 41870 3-02 39700 3-02 40800
Sharp Haven Catherine Rub Mil-R-Mor Marilee Logganlane Sky Matilda
3-09 43180 3-09 44720 3-06 44680
Mel-Est Elton Legit Linda BMG Metro Minnie Golden-Oaks Lantz Bev
3-11 35290 3-11 37970 3-09 36920
Sharp Haven Catherine Rub Logganlane Sky Matilda Mil-R-Mor Marilee
3-09 48840 3-06 49900 3-09 49100
2.5 1122 3.4 1302 4.3 1608
3.1 1362 3.2 1220 3.1 1159
2/06 7/00 8/04
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Dennis Neuhaus, Hoylteon O-Bee Holsteins, Dakota
8/05 1/06 6/05
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
4/06 9/00 10/04
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Dennia Neuhaus, Hoyleton O-Bee Holsteins, Dakota
10/05 3/06 2/05
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
12/03 4/03 7/06
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Probstland Dairy, Wheeler
7/03 7/03 5/03
Golden Oaks, Wauconda Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda
2/04 9/06 6/03
Dennis Neuhaus, Hoyleton Probstland Dairy, Wheeler Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville
9/03 7/06 9/03
Shanks, Orangeville Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
8/97 3/03 9/04
Carters Corner, Greenville Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Probstland, Wheeler
5/04 11/03 1/07
Wayne Toelke, Ridott Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
10/97 5/03 11/04
Carters Corner, Greenville Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Probstland, Wheeler
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Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
305 Day 3x Junior Two Year Old 3.4 1149 3.5 1183 3.9 1220
3.2 1097 3.0 1016 3.2 1002
365 Day 2x Junior Two Year Old 2.6 1277 3.5 1571 4.2 1830
3.1 1551 3.2 1448 3.1 1365
365 Day 3x Junior Two Year Old 3.4 1349 3.3 1336 3.5 1301
3.2 1288 3.0 1227 3.2 1195
305 Day 2x Senior TwoYear Old 3.7 1486 3.8 1372 4.6 1599
3.2 1316 3.1 1124 3. 1108
305 Day 3x Senior Two Year Old 3.7 1220 3.3 1146 3.3 1127
3.0 1003 2.8 977 2.8 964
365 Day 2x Senior Two Year Old 3.7 1708 4.6 1863 3.9 1587
3.3 1508 3.4 1341 3.2 1305
365 Day 3x Senior Two Year Old 3.4 1355 3.9 1419 3.7 1373
2.9 1168 3.2 1154 3.1 1154
305 Day 2x Junior Three Year Old 4.6 1868 3.9 1646 5.3 1533
3.4 1376 3.1 1337 3.6 1280
305 Day 3x Junior Three Year Old 3.6 1255 3.4 1212 3.4 1293
3.2 1084 3.0 1071 2.8 1066
365 Day 2x Junior Three Year Old 4.5 2119 3.8 1906 4.3 1798
3.4 1599 3.1 1577 3.6 1509
365 Day 3x Junior Three Year Old 3.5 1471 3.5 1407 3.9 1576
3.0 1238 3.1 1232 3.0 1231
305 Day 2x Senior Three Year Old 4.6 1992 4.6 2062 4.9 2169
3.3 1427 3 1341 3 1331
6/05 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 7/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville 11/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
305 Day 3x Senior Three Year Old 3.1 1107 3.7 1422 3.1 1148
3.4 1187 3.1 1160 3.1 1146
7/03 1/05 3/05
Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
365 Day 2x Senior Three Year Old 4.6 2237 4.8 2383 4.7 2287
3.4 1638 3.0 1502 3.0 1477
8/05 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 1/05 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 9/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville
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365 Day 3x Senior Three Year Old Star-Brook Dianthus Dodi BMG Metro Minni Golden-Oaks Ginny
3-10 42980 3-11 42270 3-07 42330
Luck-E Jed Bikini Luck-E Rubens Kaylie Elm-Nor-Way Lionel Waffle
4-02 42670 4-05 38660 4-03 41720
Shanks Frmtn Beans W-64 Glenkeen Clark Lisa High-Star Sam Serendipity
4-01 42810 4-05 40670 4-00 40780
Luck-E Jed Bikini Elm-Nor-Way Lionel Waffle Elm-Nor-Way Heath Phoebe
4-02 49070 4-03 47190 4-04 43720
Shanks Frmtn Beans W-64 High-Star Sam Serendipity Golden-Oaks Granite Surie
4-01 46570 4-00 46600 4-04 44950
Luck-E Mason Karlie Mil-R-Mor Rudolph Scarlet Mil-R-Mor Pauleta
4-06 50250 4-10 50470 4-10 46660
Star-Brook Johnsn Carly-Red Golden-Oaks Quik Silver Golden-Oaks Lavender
4-11 41740 4-09 39770 4-10 36650
Luck-E Mason Karlie Mil-R-Mor Rudolph Scarlet Leepaul Supersire Pebbles
4-06 56630 4-10 54090 4-08 47880
Golden-Oaks Lavender Golden-Oaks Quik Silver Star-Brook Johnsn Carly-Red
4-10 43430 4-09 46410 4-11 44740
Logganlane Sky Augustine Leepaul Supersire Pebbles Luck-E Skychief Arizona
5-01 49100 6-01 48477 5-01 49020
Star-Brook Dianthus Dodi Carrousel Rotate Beulah High-Star Romeo Romantic
5-02 41450 5-02 41350 5-01 39790
Logganlane Sky Augustine Luck-E Skychief Arizona Leepaul Supersire Pebbles
5-01 57030 5-01 56280 6-01 55703
Star-Brook Dianthus Dodi BMG Metro Minnie Carrousel Rotate Beulah
5-02 49510 5-03 45560 5-02 46760
2.1 899 3.7 1571 3.8 1626
3.1 1335 3.1 1314 3.1 1305
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Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
305 Day 2x Junior Four Year Old 4.8 2037 5.7 2186 5.0 2072
3.1 1311 3.4 1302 3.1 1291
1/06 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 1/07 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 8/02 Elm Farms, Okawville
305 Day 3x Junior Four Year Old 3.6 1530 3.5 1425 2.4 986
3.0 1272 3.0 1224 2.8 1149
9/03 1/07 11/02
Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda Shanks, Garden Prairie
365 Day 2x Junior Four Year Old 4.9 2391 4.9 2328 4.9 2154
3.2 1573 3.1 1476 3.2 1391
3/06 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 9/02 Elm Farms, Okawville 10/02 Elm Farms, Okawville
365 Day 3x Junior Four Year Old 3.7 1707 2.6 1216 3.7 1648
3.0 1407 2.9 1342 3.0 1332
10/03 1/03 12/02
Shanks, Garden Prairie Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda
305 Day 2x Senior Four Year Old 5.0 2532 4.0 1998 3.5 1630
3.0 1531 3.0 1500 2.8 1324
10/03 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 4/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville 8/02 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville
305 Day 3x Senior Four Year Old 2.8 1172 3.7 1458 3.6 1326
2.8 1178 2.7 1086 2.9 1070
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Shanks, Garden Prairie Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda
365 Day 2x Senior Four Year Old 5.0 2838 4.1 2140 3.5 1688
3.2 1785 3.0 1616 3.1 1482
12/03 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 5/03 Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville 3/02 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
365 Day 3x Senior Four Year Old 3.5 1537 3.6 1656 2.9 1287
3.0 1286 2.8 1277 2.8 1274
3/05 5/04 10/03
Golden Oaks, Wauconda Golden Oaks, Wauconda Shanks, Garden Prairie
305 Day 2x Mature Cow 4.4 2173 4.1 1970 5.0 2472
3.2 1569 3.1 1504 3.1 1500
8/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 7/03 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 4/01 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire
and dairy friends to the 2007 Holstein Convention to be held in Sycamore, Ill. Preliminary plans will appear elsewhere in this issue, and registration materials will be available in the October Herald and on the website. Be assured that our club is working hard to prepare a convention that will not only be filled with information that will help you “prepare for the future,� but also will be fun as well! And, ladies, be prepared for shopping! Did you know? Mark Drendel ran in the Boston Marathon placing 3941 out of 24,000 runners; Michael Drendel, winner of the Kane County Farm Bureau scholarship and the FFA State Farmer degree, will continue his studies after high school at Kishwaukee College in the diesel program; Andy Lenkaitis, who finished his graduate work at the University of Illinois, has taken a job with Surge/Westphalia in Naperville; Julie Drendel graduated from the University of Illinois and will be working with the Jersey Journal in Reynoldsburg, Ohio; Vicki and Ryan Stohlquist are expecting their first child in September.; Kevin and Leslie Kriegel are the proud parent of a new baby girl born this spring named Autumn; Al Lenkaitis, Jr. is in the midst of a two year training program with the Illinois Agriculture Leadership Foundation. It has defiately been a busy spring for the Tri-County Club and this summer will be just as exciting! Good luck at the shows and have a safe summer. Submitted by Linda Drendel
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305 Day 3x Mature Cow 3.2 1320 3.3 1344 2.5 998
2.8 1171 2.8 1156 2.9 1150
12/03 12/92 10/02
Shanks, Garden Prairie Carrousel, Orangeville Shanks, Garden Prairie
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365 Day 2x Mature Cow 4.3 2474 5.1 2872 4.0 2226
3.3 1874 3.1 1749 3.1 1734
10/04 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 6/01 Luck-E Holsteins, Hampshire 9/03 LuckE Holsteins, Hampshire
365 Day 3x Mature Cow 3.2 1562 3.5 1611 3.3 1559
2.9 1425 3.0 1371 2.8 1332
2/04 Shanks, Garden Prairie 7/06 Golden Oaks, Wauconda 2/93 Carrousel Farms, Orangeville
305 Day 2x 12 and Over Mil-R-Mor Simon Verina Lordale Glen Ivanhoe Betty Manro Ned Seven-Up
14-08 15-01 14-07
32450 25040 22310
3.6 1164 3.7 914 3.4 758
2.9 957 2.9 719 3.1 694
7/01 11/97 3/85
Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Loren Zimmerman, Eureka Gorney; South Wayne, WI
3/93
Marvin Meyer, Liberty
9/01 1/98 1/95
Mil-R-Mor, Orangeville Loren Zimmerman, Eureka Golden Oaks, Wauconda
305 Day 3x 12 and Over FRHM Walkway Patsy Janice
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3.4 434
2.7 338
365 Day 2x 12 and Over Mil-R-Mor Simon Verina Lordale Glen Ivanhoe Betty Golden-Oaks Willow Ellie
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37920 28260 28050
3.5 1334 3.7 1051 3.5 974
2.9 1110 2.9 831 2.7 760
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Illinois Junior Journeys Illinois Junior Holstein Association Officers President: John Mitchell 58 E. Gregory Dr. Champaign, IL 61820 (815) 703-5614 cell jmitche6@uiuc.edu Vice President: Erin Lyons 302 E. Armory St. Champaign, IL 61820 elyons2@uiuc.edu (815) 988-7141 cell Secretary: Kelly Sheehan 6111 Ridgeview Dr. Huntley, IL 60142 (847) 370-3892 cell ksheeha3@uiuc.edu Treasurer: Kyle Koester 1099 E. Angle Rd. Dakota, IL 61018 (815) 821-3344 koester2004@hotmail.com Reporter: Melinda Kollman 403 Althea Ln. New Baden, IL 62265 (618) 520 8011 cell holsteinlover_87@hotmail.com
Spring Thing
Top 12 Junior Dairy Bowl Finalists: Front: Philip Shanks, Aaron Mitchell, Levi Martin, Sarah Sheehan, Colleen Ziller, Grace Shanks. Back: Kelsey Zettle, Lindsey Zettle, Justin Crull, Haley Lyons, Morgan Bollech, Bailey Grunder
Top 10 Senior Dairy Bowl Finalists: Front: Mike Drendel, Luke Brinkmeier, Chris Kollmann, Adam Watkins, Kyle Mitchell. Back: Kyle Koester, Laura Lyford, Melinda Kollmann, Kelly Sheehan, Brent Koester
The Illinois Junior Holstein Association held their annual Spring Thing festivities March 3-4, 2007 at the Hawthorne Suites in Champaign. There were about 50 junior members that made the weekend trip to participate and meet with friends. Saturday morning started off with speeches and written tests for the dairy quiz bowl contest. As the day progressed, members worked their way into challenging matches of dairy quiz bowl and dairy jeopardy. Later that evening, the banquet featured the ever-popular Top 10 contest, where the top dairy experts competed for seats on the dairy bowl teams that head to Knoxville, Tenn. for the National Convention. The members then enjoyed a night of bowling and also raised money for their Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser, which will help cover travel costs for National Convention. On Sunday morning, the juniors held their board meeting that discussed fundraisers and transportation for national convention. Also, awards were handed out to the winners of each event. The intermediate speech winner was Sarah Sheehan and the two seniors that will be speaking in Knoxville are Laura Lyford and Kelly Sheehan. The senior division dairy jeopardy winner is John Mitchell and the junior winner was Emily Irwin. Also Emily Irwin and Miranda Kollmann will be presenting their poster in the first ever dairy poster contest at national convention. John Mitchell will be representing Illinois with his DJM book. The Spring Thing was wonderful even with the big snow storm the night before. Congratulations to all contestants and good luck in Tennessee! The juniors would like to thank all the chaperones that helped that weekend, and a big thanks to Illinois Jr. Dairy Bowl Team Dave Fischer, Mike Hutchens, Gene McCoy and Levi Martin Rod Stohl for their help that weekend. Aaron Mitchell By Melinda Kollmann, IJHA Reporter
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Sunday. March 4, 2007. President John Mitchell called the meeting to order at 9:30 am. Kelly Sheehan announced that the secretary minutes from the November annual meeting were printed in the Herald. Luke Brinkmier and Adam Olbrich approved and seconded the minutes. Kyle Koester read the treasurers report and Laura Lyford and Adam Watkins approved and seconded it. Julie Drendel, our JAC representative, announced that a contest is being held to increase National Junior Holstein members. The state that gains the most new national
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Spring Thing members will win. In old business, it was announced that we earned $574.50 at the silent auction. The BowlA-Thon earned $635. It was discussed how the Spring Thing weekend went; everyone liked the hotel and it was agreed that we would try to get the same one for next year. Earl Moeller was the recipient of the Jr. Service Award. The Tracy’s sold a calf in the State Sale and donated their $400 they earned to the Junior Association. Brian Olbrich also earned $400 from that calf, and he donated it back to the Juniors through the Bowl-a-Thon. We thank the Tracy’s and the Olbrich’s for their generosity. In new business, this year’s National Holstein Convention was the first topic discussed. Those going will most likely be taking vans to Knoxville. Costs will be determined by the advisors and coaches when registration and transportation costs are figured. Grace Shanks and Adam Watkins volunteered to create the state banner. Karen Schaufulberger talked about the Illinois Holstein website and said the deadline to get news posted is the first of each month. The State Junior Show will be on July 19th and the judge will be Larry Tande. Erin Lyons is looking for trophy sponsors. Kelly Sheehan and Cheri Conro volunteered to chair Spring Thing along with Erin Lyons’ help. Erin then talked about the Holstein Royalty raffle. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. Raffle will be drawn at the Senior Convention. Dennis Devore from Alta has Speech Contest winners; Sarah offered to hold a special semen sale and donate profits to Sheehan, Laura Lyford, Katie the Juniors. Kelly Sheehan offered to chair the silent aucBoesch, Kelly Sheehan tion event that at the State Sale. It was agreed that railbird judging would be held again this year during State Open Show and Kyle Mitchell will chair it. The slave auction was discussed; most people agreed that it might go over better at a different event so this year we will try holding it at the State Picnic this fall. Kelly Sheehan volunteered to chair it. Melinda Kollman will work on another fundraiser called “Guess that Rear” which will be held at State Show. Awards were given out next. Two names were picked for the heading of the Junior news section; Aaron Mitchell submitted Illinois Junior Journeys and Josh Laesch submitted Udder Moos. Josh Laesch and Kyle Mitchell proposed taking two senior speeches since there were no junior entries. Sarah Sheehan motioned to adjourn the meeting and Kyle Mitchell seconded it. By Kelly Sheehan, IJHA Secretary
Junior Raffle Fundraiser
The Ill. Jr. Holstein Association will be selling raffle tickets for the “Holstein Royalty” print painted by Larry Schultz. Tickets are being sold for $5 each or 3 for $10. For this small investment, the winner will receive either the print or a cash prize. The drawing will be held at the State Senior Convention in Sycamore, Ill. on December 6-7. Contact a junior member today to help support the Illinois Junior Holstein Association through your ticket purchase!! June 2007
The Udder Moos Clinton County
Hope the start of the summer is going well for everyone. The Clinton County Juniors would like to thank the Clinton County Classic committee for the opportunity to help the day of the sale. We would also like to congratulate our graduates! Melinda Kollmann graduated from Kaskaskia College and will be transferring to Southern Illinois University. Chris Kollmann graduated from Wesclin High School and will be attending Kaskaskia College. Kurt Thole graduated from Carlyle High School. With summer upon us now the juniors are working very hard to get their cattle ready for the upcoming show season. Hope everyone is excited about the show season and that everyone has safe travels and an enjoyable summer! Jessica Huelsmann, (618)604-7291 jhuelsmann06@yahoo.com
Stephenson
Hello from the Stephenson County Juniors. Thank you to the Dan Koester family for hosting the county barn meeting. Everything looked great! The bake sale was a big success, again raising $600.00. Thank you to all of you who donated food! Spring Thing was the first weekend in March. Hopefully all who attended had a fun learning experience. A BIG thank you goes out to the drivers for getting the kids there safely through the snowstorm. Also, thanks to Excel Dairy Systems for their donation to the Bowl-A-Thon. The juniors has a great time with the new activity. In the senior dairy bowl division, Luke Brinkmeier, Kyle Koester, Brent Koester, Laura Lyford and Alissa Koester were all in the Top 10. We had 9 juniors there who all did really well. Three made it in the Top 10. They were Lindsey Zettle, Kelsey Zettle and Bailey Grunder. Kyle, Brent and Luke will be going to the National Convention for quiz bowl and Laura Lyford will be going for the speech competition in Knoxville, Tennessee. Good luck to you all! The Stephenson Spring Sizzler was May 11th at the Stephenson County Fairgrounds. A big thank you to all semen donors: Prairie State Select Sires, Accelerated Genetics, Alta Page 35
Genetics, ABS Global, Semex, Genex/CRI and Ray Hess. The silent auction made $500, so thank you to all who donated any items to make it a success. Dairy judging has started. Anyone interested should call Jason Meier at 815-275-2869. The Stephenson County District Show will be held on July 6th at the Stephenson County Fairgrounds. We hope to see everyone there! Our deepest sympathy goes out to the Bass family on the passing of Paul on May 18th. Respectfully submitted, Carley Rote (815)868-2243
Tri-County
Greetings from Tri-County! I would first like to congratulate some former junior members of the Tri-County club that are graduating this spring. Julie Drendel is graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in Animal Sciences. Julie will be working as the Assistant Editor of Production with the American Jersey Cattle Association in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Andy Lenkaitis graduated from the University of Illinois with his masters degree from the Ag Engineering program. He will be working with Westfalia-Surge out of Naperville. Mike Drendel graduated from Hampshire High School and will be attending Kishwaukee Community College. Additionally, a few members are doing some exciting summer internships. Lorilee Schultz is interning with ABG, Agribusiness Group, a consulting company that does education for agriculture. Lorilee will be writing training programs for large ag companies out of Indianapolis. JJ Sheehan is doing an internship in Colorado working on ranches in the mountains. Sarah and Ryan Sheehan recently made it to the state track meet and did quite well. Sarah competed in the 4x200m relay and they both did pole vault. Finally, the Mil-R-Mor pool in Orangeville is almost ready for use this summer! Look for many parties throughout the summer. Sarah Sheehan (847) 669-3892 sescows@yahoo.com
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