Ayrshire Digest World Conf Issue 2016 by Cheri Oechsle

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Special World Conference Edition 2016 Volume 102, Number 5

In This Issue WAF President’s Welcome.....................................................5 ABA President’s Welcome.....................................................6 WAF Co-Chairs’ Welcome....................................................7 US Ayrshires.........................................................................9 Australia Ayrshires..............................................................16 Canada Ayrshires.................................................................26 Finland Ayrshires.................................................................20 New Zealand Ayrshires.......................................................30 South Africa Ayrshires..........................................................42 United Kingdom Ayrshires...................................................46 World Photo Contest Results..........................................60-61 ABA - US Breeders Department

Active AI Summary............................................................................................................................ 62 Advertisers Index.............................................................................................................................. 73 Calendar of Events........................................................................................................................... 24 Top 300 CPI List............................................................................................................................... 65 Young Sire List.................................................................................................................................. 63 US Breeders Directory....................................................................................................................... 68

On The Cover

Featured on the cover are five cows that represent the modern and competitive genetics of Ayrshire breeders throughout the U.S.A. They are: Cedarcut Burdette Clove Colata EX-91 3-06 305D 32,986M 4.1% 1,363F 3.3% 1,080P Unanimous All-American Sr. 3-Year-Old, 2015 World Dairy Expo Grand Champion, 2015 Owned by Erin Curtis-Szalach, NY Grand-View Burdette Diamond EX-91 The first 9th Generation Excellent Cow in US Ayrshire History Reserve All-American Jr. 3-Year-Old, 2012 Owned by Grand-View Ayrshires, WI

Palmyra Berkley P Ruth-ET VG-88 @ 2-07 2-00 Proj. 24,960M 4.3% 1,077F 3.1% 769P Nom. All-American Fall Yearling, 2015 Owned by Palmyra Farms, MD Van-De Brdt Hopscotch Pinochle VG-87 @ 2-00 1-09 365D 20,439M 4.6% 935F 3.3% 671P All-American Fall Yearling in Milk, 2015 Owned by Lynn Lee, TN Hazcroft Reality Cleopatra-ET VG-86 @ 2-06 2-01 305D 24,860M 5.2% 1,292F 3.3% 816P Owned by Coulee Crest, LLC, WI

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Greetings Everyone! It has been my pleasure to serve as the President of the World Ayrshire Federation for the last four years. And, it is my pleasure to be part of the US Ayrshire Digest special World Conference Issue. We are celebrating the 2016 World Conference that is being hosted by the US Ayrshire Breeders Association with a joint issue that includes the regular features of the Digest along with the World Ayrshire Photo Contest results and country reports from each of our 10 member countries, as well as many international advertisements. We will publish another joint issue next year that will have reviews and reports from the World Conference program. We realize that most of you were not able to join us for the conference, but we hope that this Digest will help you get to know other breeders from around the world. The WAF is devoted to promoting the Ayrshire breed. Each of the member countries appoints delegates to represent them at Federation meetings where different issues are debated and activities are shared. We maintain a website and publish a newsletter that shares interesting activities, issues and events from our member countries. It also allows you to have a little fun each year by participating in the fan judging portion of the World Photo Contest. We recently added a chart, The Ayrshire National Indexes, that breaks down the components and their value in each countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genetic evaluation system. It may be a big help to you when you are considering using international genetics in your breeding program. We encourage you to visit our website often to keep up with all that is happening in the Ayrshire world. There have been some interesting issues that have come before the board and some that are yet to be resolved, but I am very pleased with the commitment each country and each director has shown to the Federation. I hope each of you appreciates the work they do on your behalf! I have greatly enjoyed my term as president. I need to thank my family for allowing me to take extra time to attend to details and travel for the Federation. They have been very understanding and supportive. I also need to extend my appreciation to the US Ayrshire Association for supporting and funding my travels as well. I have been fortunate to have visited all of our member countries and meet many, many breeders in each country. It has been wonderful to see so many herds and view so many outstanding cattle around the world. Without question the one thing that I have realized is the passion and dedication of our breeders no matter where they are. It is a tribute to the Ayrshire cow and an omen for our future. While each of our member countries has different climates, dairy industries, political structures and laws, and may vary from small to large populations, the one thing that is definitely the same is the love for Ayrshires. I look forward to a great Conference and wish all of our breeders success. Regards, Mary S. Creek World Ayrshire Federation President Palmyra Farm Ayrshires Hagerstown, Maryland, USA

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On behalf of the Ayrshire breeders in the U.S., I welcome everyone to the 2016 World Ayrshire Conference. During these weeks you will see many different aspects of the dairy industry as well as some refreshing entertainment. The U.S. includes many different climate zones along with different landscapes. We have conventional farms along with organic farms; cattle raised on pastures and cattle raised in free stalls. We all have the same goal, and that is to treat our cows with care and provide consumers with the best dairy product possible. You will be able to see this first hand as you tour dairy farms. You will see the U.S. genetics in progress. We have outstanding herds that have used the right combination of Ayrshire genetics which produce milk with high components. Here in the U.S. the carbon footprint to produce milk has declined by 63 percent over the last 60 years, and dairy cows contribute only 0.54 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gases. This is a big accomplishment and the industry will continue to decrease this percentage. Milk is priced according to the four classes of milk. Class I is beverage milk; Class II is soft manufactured products; Class III is hard cheese and cream cheese and Class IV is dry milk products and butter. Most Ayrshire milk is in the Class III market and is priced according to three components: butterfat (butter); protein (cheddar cheese) and other solids (dry whey). Our premiums include a quality adjustment (using 350,000 somatic cell count as a base) and quantity (pounds shipped). Most processing plants add a premium for not using hormone injections because of consumer concern. Prices are also adjusted to what region you produce your milk. All 50 states produce milk, but the states are grouped in 12 different regions. It is a complicated system and has been questioned about its fairness. When the conference is over, our goal and desire is to give you a better understanding of the U.S. agriculture business. This way of life is known for sharing knowledge, opening its doors to competitors, hosting farm tours and having answer/question sessions. We share our success stories along with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;not-so-successfulâ&#x20AC;? endeavors. The largest examples of this will be on full display during the World Dairy Expo where you can see the latest technology and techniques available in the dairy industry. Jim Tentinger US Ayrshire Breeders Association President Ten-Ayr Dairy Remsen, Iowa, USA

Becky Payne, Executive Director Arlene Crosser, Records Coordinator 1224 Alton Darby Creek Rd., Suite B Columbus, OH 43228 (614) 335-0020 v Fax: (614) 335-0023 Email: info@usayrshire.com www.usayrshire.com OFFICERS Jim Tentinger, President 40913 200th St., Remsen, IA 51050 (712) 786-2302 l Expires 2017 Tom Fenton, Vice President 22050 SR 136, Winchester, OH 45697 (937) 823-8815 l Expires 2017

Region 1 Tom Gillette 5137 Old Route 12, Lyon Falls, NY 13368 (315) 982-7707 l Expires 2017

Region 3 Lloyd Machin 6614 Iowa St., Newton, IA 50208 (641) 792-9523 l Expires 2017

Dale Maulfair 400 South Center St, Jonestown, PA 17038 (717) 865-6439 l Expires 2018

Linda Hanson 35400 St. Hwy 1 NE, Goodridge, MN 56725 (218) 378-4588 l Expires 2018

Cindy Crawford 165 Sawyer-Needham Rd., Whiting, VT 05778 (802)623-6934 l Expires 2019

Janet Jarratt 2104 Los Lentes Rd SE, Los Lunas, NM 87031 (505) 620-1136 l Expires 2019

Region 2 Mary Creek 18811 Wagaman Rd., Hagerstown, MD 21740 (301) 471-0726 l Expires 2017

DIRECTORS

Rhonda Patrick-Winkler 2980 Woodbine Rd, Woodbine, MD 21797 (410) 489-9369 l Expires 2019

Director at Large Donna Mertz 13970 County Road P18, Blair, NE 68008 (920) 382-7678 l Expires 2018

Mark Valentine 15621 B Kelbaugh Rd, Thurmont, MD 21788 (240) 674-6092 l Expires 2018

Ex-Officio Board and Executive Committee Member Doug Evans 4106 Davenport Rd., Georgetown, NY 13072 (315) 837-4777 l Expires 2017 Expires at election of new president

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Welcome Ayrshire Family, Our breeders in the USA have worked diligently and given financially so that you will enjoy your visit with us for the World Ayrshire Conference. We all have made many lifelong friends because of the Ayrshire cow, and we hope we will continue to make many more. The world economy and the current condition of the dairy industry has made it difficult for many to attend. We have planned for this with Dairy Agenda Today accompanying us for the entirety of the conference, and you will be able to follow along daily with their reports. Beginning at the Big E, the breeders from the East have worked to ensure that your first two days will be exciting. A big thank you to all those involved. On to the breeders who are hosting farm tours, who are pulling out all the stops for you to see their breeding programs and also serve you some fine American cuisine. A big thank you to all of those breeders. On to Wisconsin Dells, which will be a very relaxing venue, but most importantly the meetings that will enable us to grow as a breed. Finally, World Dairy Expo. There is so much to see and learn at this event. A thank you to the staff at World Dairy Expo for putting on such a first-class event. Thank you to all of the committee members who have worked to make this a great conference for the world to attend. We certainly can’t thank everyone enough for their efforts to make this a successful world conference. We would be remiss if we didn’t thank your World Ayrshire Federation President Mary Creek for all of her efforts. And lastly our US Ayrshire Executive Secretary Becky Payne for her endless work to make all of this happen. Steve & Deb McDonald Co-Chairs, 2016 World Ayrshire Conference Mack-Ayr Farm Princeton, Illinois, USA

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Special thanks to Jenny Fenton of Emerald Farms, Ohio, for the use of her many beautiful scenic shots throughout this issue.

CHAIRMAN NEAL SMITH

4724 Seminary Rd., Smyrna, TN 37167 (615) 417-0759 Term expires June 2018

TREASURER SHARON TENTINGER

40913 200th St., Remsen, IA 51050 (712) 786-2302 Term expires June 2019

JOHN RODGERS

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JOHN DALTON

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DOUG FENTON

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Combining the forces of nature -

Blue Spruce Farm

By Cheri Oechsle

here is a farm in Vermont just shy of its 60th birthday that offers a unique blend of creative diversity to its farming practices. The Audet family prides itself in the operation it is continuing to develop. “Our renewable energy project is a partnership between the farm, the utility and the community, utilizing an existing waste stream, protecting the environment and providing added value products for both the farm and community,” said the Audets. “Cow Power goes a long way to ensure social, environmental and economic sustainability for the future of our farm. Dairy farming is allconsuming, hard work, and we are fortunate that our fellow Vermonters recognize our contributions to the community, our landscape and our state’s culture by stepping up with creative solutions to help our farms remain viable.” Norman and Mary-Rose Audet purchased the Blue Spruce Farm when they married in 1958. Previously, Norman had worked on his family farm in Orwell, Vermont. Over the next seven years, the Audets produced five children. Together, with this energetic, built-in workforce, Norman and Mary-Rose set off to update and grow the farm. In 1970, they experienced a devastating barn fire. While grateful that the herd of 80 cows was saved, they lost the entire barn and a recently installed pipe line milking system. But this setback didn’t keep “Stormy Normy” (as he was affectionately called in his younger years) from investing in a state-of-the-art free stall barn and milking parlor— which was built to accommodate the short stature of his workers, as the kids were not yet teenagers! The team at Blue Spruce includes the second and now third generations of Audets. Norman and Mary-Rose’s son Eugene is in charge of cows and the herd, along with the next generation of cousins, Nathan and Troy. Eugene’s wife Marie is the farm bookkeeper. His brother Ernie manages the crop division of the business with cousins Tyler and Nicholas. These three also handle the manure management, water quality, and keeping up on all the Vermont regulations for those applications, along with the third brother, Earl who is the man in charge of all things mechanical. Their sister Elaine helps part time and in the summer, and her husband Brian is a contractor that builds barns and houses as needed for the business and family. The third generation’s spouses are also involved in areas of social media and helping as needed.

As the second generation grew older, they had dreams of building a barn focused on the cows’ comfort. Tapping into modern dairy information and technology that had been gained over the years, the first of three new barns was constructed in 1996, with a milking parlor that could handle 48 cows at a time. The herd was gradually increased to 500 milking cows. A second barn was completed in 2001 providing better accommodations for dry cows and springing heifers. A third barn was added for young stock in 2009. The milking herd is now at 1500, along with 1500 young stock, comprised of registered Holsteins and Ayrshires. The barns are open and airy. The cows have free access to fresh feed, clean beds and water. A slow moving scraper that looks like a squeegee on wheels is constantly moving across the soft rubber coated barn floors collecting manure for their digester. They believe the digester allows them to capitalize on the huge feed investments by collecting the leftovers that the cows don’t utilize as part of their natural digestion. Blue Spruce Farm was the first Cow Power farm in Vermont. They built their first digester with the belief in creating a more sustainable operation. In 2000 they began looking for ways to create more bedding for the cattle and reducing the odor of the farm for their neighbors. “We wanted to be better neighbors, and the digester seemed to fit the order,” said Eugene. Marie commented, “This was not something we decided to just do – our desire came from Norman who believed in the need to produce quality milk, be good for environment and good for the community.” The Audets talked with many state people and farmers and Ernie visited some farms with digesters and “saw some failures.” But Eugene and Marie’s son was attending school

in Wisconsin, so on a visit, they took a whole group of people including some from the state, utilities and farmers and visited farms putting in successful DVO digesters and, as they say, the rest is history. Currently, over 30,000 gallons of manure is produced by the Audets’ cows. All the waste from the farm is collected and pumped into a biodigester. The biodigester looks like a concrete in-ground swimming pool with a concrete cover. Using excess heat from the generator, the digester is kept at the same temperature as a cow – simply continuing what was happening in the cows’ stomachs. The 16-foot-deep digester is filled up to 14 feet with manure, allowing the naturally occurring methane gas to collect at the top. That methane gas is used to power generators that push enough electricity onto the grid for about 300+ homes. Throughout each day, the freshest manure pushes the older manure around in the plug-flow digester system. After this 21-day cycle, the manure is pumped out of the digester and goes through a mechanical separator that squeezes the liquid apart from the undigested plant fibers. These plant fibers, having been cooked in the digester at 100 degrees for 21 days, are the consistency of peat moss, and they are used as bedding for the cows – replacing a tractor-trailer load of sawdust each week. This contributes to their carbon reduction simply by keeping a tractortrailer off the road to the farm and by reducing trips to the fields to spread that amount of sawdust with manure-based fertilizer. Because they produce plenty of bedding, they bed liberally, providing additional comfort for the animals. Blue Spruce Farms uses half of these separated plant fibers; the rest is sold to other farms for bedding and to gardeners and landscapers as a nutrient-rich, weed seedfree fertilizer. Every spring they have a supply

Pictured top left to right: Santana and Troy Audet, Tyler and Ashley Audet, Eugene and Marie Audet, Elaine (Audet) and Brian Desforges, Nora and Earl Audet, Nicholas Audet. Bottom: Ernest and Melissa Audet, Sarah and Nathan Audet. Photo submitted

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of finished compost for sale that is available until they run out, adding another income to the farm’s bottom line. After the bedding fibers are separated, the remaining liquids are stored in the manure pit until they can be used as an improved liquid fertilizer that is applied to the fields with an aerator onto the growing hay crops. This also effectively reduces potential for runoff and reduces the need to purchase commercial, fossil fuel-based fertilizers. The aerator application uses a piece of equipment to poke small holes into the ground, injecting the liquid directly into the soil at the root level. The liquid manure is pumped from the storage area through a hose that can go up to two miles, eliminating hundreds of hours of manure trucks on the road and on fields, further reducing the carbon foot print and reducing soil compaction. Another interesting fringe benefit of their renewable energy project comes from harnessing the excess heat from the methanepowered generator. Excess heat is captured through a heat exchanger, and used to keep the digester at 100 degrees, along with providing hot water to the farm for the daily cleaning of the milking system, and for radiant floor heat in the office and milking parlor in the winter. And because they simply just can’t stand to throw anything away, the used oil from the generator is utilized to run a waste oil furnace that heats the farm equipment repair shop. This entire process, affectionately called “Cow Power,” allows the Audets to be better neighbors by reducing farm odor, reducing the carbon footprint, removing methane emissions from the air, and generating electricity for their fellow Vermonters. With a Cow Power project, there are no fossil fuels consumed to make energy, therefore, the carbon released from the generators is considered global warming neutral. In May 2013, the Audets commissioned a Northern Power community-sized wind turbine to add to their renewable portfolio. “We have developed a good working relationship with the utility because of Cow Power and they were trying to evolve their wind energy portfolio and needed land. We have the land and we believe in renewable energy so we asked our neighbors about adding a turbine and they were all fine with it. We get some

power from it and it increased that portfolio for our business.” As far as they know, they are the only farm in the US that’s producing renewable electricity from Cow Power and from wind power. “People are always asking us ‘why don’t all farmers do this?’ Many of us in the dairy industry believe that any size farm can build a digester, and eventually most will. The barriers are the sizeable initial investments, and locking in a reliable revenue from the power sales. Operating a Cow Power facility also requires new skills, and more labor. But when a community gets together, these challenges can be met,” said the Audets. Eugene offered this piece of advice regarding implementing a digester to your program: “Have a key person who is mechanical. If it was just me,

“Our focus historically has been on efficiency and we’ve done a heck of a job we think. Now we are shifting from cows to the soil. We are making incredible changes on how we grow crops based on the changing climate and water quality. Our focus will be on that.” we probably would not be as successful. You need to have someone on staff or in the family that is mechanical.” Marie added, “It requires a new skill set. But who better than dairy farmers who are always using and learning new skill sets with the constantly-changing industry.” The Audets believe that along with cow comfort is growing the highest quality feed possible to provide their girls with a balanced, nutritious diet. They farm 3000 acres and are transitioning to more no-till for better soil health. The crops are, of course, used to maintain their 1300-cow dairy. The Audets currently have 60 Ayrshires that include 45 in milk with a rolling herd average over 21,000M. In the summer of 2006, they purchased an impressive young

heifer, Scapeland BBBK Cream Angel-ET from Cindy and James Crawford of Scapeland Farm. Soon after, they purchased an additional 15 milking cows and 15 yearlings from the Crawfords, creating the foundation for their Ayrshire herd today. Eugene laughed and said, “I call it a mid-life crisis. Instead of a girlfriend or an $80,000 car, I went and bought an Ayrshire heifer. Cindy and I were in 4-H as youngsters and we met up again at the county fair. They had a fancy heifer that I really liked so I bought her. That’s what got us started.” The Audets have shown their Ayrshires at local, state and national levels, resulting in many blue ribbons and All-American nominations. “We have found it is a little less expensive to show the Ayrshires than the Holsteins. It is also difficult to do the show circuit with two breeds so we try to stick to just one,” said Eugene. “We are working hard to make sure they are good sound cattle and milk well. We are starting to merchandize – we just sold some to Iowa and our goal is to someday put some in bull studs. We have IVF’d six cows per year a couple of times each – mostly to get more of these daughters to get pedigrees on the ground, put some in sales and get daughters in the herd. We do have the advantage of lots of recipients available,” said Eugene. As for future goals, Marie stated, “Our focus historically has been on efficiency and we’ve done a heck of a job we think. Now we are shifting from cows to the soil. We are making incredible changes on how we grow crops based on the changing climate and water quality. Our focus will be on that.” Eugene added, “Every good herdsman keeps records and the bulk tank keeps telling the milk balance. As we are shifting to crop efficiency, we are measuring every acre making it as profitable as possible.” Marie jumped back in with, “We are at the age of the middle generation – like we did, the next generation is taking over and the shift to making that happen and keeping all happy will be a major focus as well.” The Audet family has an educational and comprehensive website available at www. bluesprucefarms.com or you can find them on Facebook at Blue Spruce Farm for more information about their cattle or sustainable energy programs.

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USA Ayrshires US Ayrshire Highlights… A Year In Review The last year has been marked by successes as U. S. Ayrshire breeders strive to breed and develop cows that exhibit the desired traits of outstanding production, functional type, longevity and low somatic cell counts. The actual lactation average for the breed increased from 2014 to 2015 by 640 pounds of milk, 16 pounds of butterfat and 19 pounds of protein with an actual breed production average of 17,894M (8,117 kg). The Mature Equivalent (ME) average per cow is 19,191M (8,705 kg). The production winners and Elite Cow Performance Index (CPI) cows show the adaptability of the Ayrshire cow in the variety of climates and management systems used in the U.S. U. S. Sires Bulls on the Active AI list provide breeders with options in their breeding programs to focus on areas for improvement in production, type or health traits with 18 to 20 bulls listed. Anmar Passeli Passion-ET has topped with the list in the past year with PTAs of over 2,000 pounds of milk. A strong group of young sires also provide the opportunity to use the genetics from the top sires and outstanding maternal lines. Elite CPI Cows In the United States, Ayrshire cows are ranked by Cow Performance Index (CPI) three time a year (April, August and December) with the genetic evaluations calculated by the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB). The CPI formula is based on six traits with the following emphasis: 25% butterfat, 25% type, 6% daughter pregnancy rate (DPR), 5% udder depth and 4% somatic cell. A list of the top cows is published. Cows must be documented 87% Ayrshire or higher to qualify for the list. The August 2016 Elite CPI list featured five

Van-De Orrko Caitlin Corky #1 High-CPI

cows carrying the Van-De prefix. Topping the list is Van-De Orrko Caitlin Corky. Corky is scored EX-92 2E and produced at 5-10 355D 34,150M 4.2% 1,432F 3.3% 1,117P. Her daughter, Van-De Phoenix Corky Arizona, an EX-90 Van-De Puiha Phoenix daughter, ranks 2016 World Conference Edition

Van-De Phoenix Corky Arizona #2 High-CPI

as the #2 cow. Arizona has a best record of 3-01 360D 24,980M 4.2% 1043F 3.6% 895P and is the dam of 7 Oaks Burdette Alaska, a young sire being sampled by Taurus-ST. The

Van-De Orkko Cricket Crouqet #3 High-CPI

#3 cow is Van-De Orkko Cricket Croquet, a VG-85 Purolan Orkko daughter, who produced 23,920M 3.9% 925F 3.4% 820P in 305 days at 5-05. All of these animals were bred by John and Amy Vanderstappen, Transfer, PA and are currently owned by the Hazeltine family of Janesville, Wisconsin. The #4 CPI cow is Conebella Percy’s Tiva who was bred and is owned by Donald Gable of Elverson, Pennsylvania. This VG-88 point Kildare Percy-ET daughter completed a 365day lactation at 3-01 with 25,290M 5.1% 1,286F 3.9% 978P. Gable is also the breeder of the # 8 and # 10 cows. Mackinson Ristourn Paisley, a 93-point Lagace Ristourn daughter owned by Matthew Mackinson of Pontiac, Illinois, ranks as the #5 cow. Paisley’s Special K dam has lactations over 24,000 pounds of milk. Hawksfield Modem Bronara Rose, an EX91 Lagace Modem daughter, ranks as #6. She is owned by Charles Sayles, Perry, Michigan. In her third lactation at 3-11, she produced a lactation of 20,970D 4.0% 842F 3.3% 699P in 305 days. Bronara Rose is the granddaughter of Hawksfield Bronara-ET, EX-94 4E, who is a past recipient of the ABA Living Lifetime Production award and has lifetime production credits of 352,302M 15,073F and 11,824P.

The #7 cow is another Van-De bred cow, Van-De Obliques Cricket Crazy. She is now owned by Lynn Lee and Dave Koss of Epworth, Iowa. The EX-90 Jelyca Oblique daughter produced 22,190M 4.8% 1,73F 3.4% 755P in 305 days at three years and six months. Conebella Percy’s Jancy, VG-86, owned by Emerald Farms, Winchester, Ohio, is the #8 cow. Jancy is sired by Kildare Percy-ET and her EX-90 dam has lifetime credits of 154,590M 5,609F and 4,900P. Silver Shea Burdette Casino ranks as the #9 High CPI cow for her owner Kristen Allen, Gillette, Wisconsin. This 86-point Burdette daughter completed a first lactation of 2-04 305D 21620M 4.4% 941F 3.5% 755P. Three cows tied for the #10 ranking. One is a Van-De bred cow, Van-De Orkko Firefly Foxfire, EX-90, who is currently owned by Fabian Almedia, Cleburn, Texas. Foxfire is the dam of Ecuafarm Burdette Firefox, a young sire being sampled by Genex/CRI. Another #10 High CPI cow is Donald Gable’s Conebella Percy’s Lavonia, a first lactation VG-83 Percy daughter. Her 88-point dam has two lactations over 20,000 of milk. The third #10 ranking cow is S&M-Ayr Burdette’s Dixie, an EX-90 Burdette daughter with a best lactation of 6-05 305 days 25,040M 4.4% 1,113F 3.2% 801P. Dixie is owned by Mike Zook, Honey Brook, Pennsylvania. Shows Autumn in the United States is the season for colorful leaves, football, bountiful harvests and national Ayrshire shows. Four national shows are held in locations in the eastern, mid-western and southern parts of the country. The 2015 show season could be described as “youthful” as many of the champions were young cows and many of the owners were youth. The influence of Palmyra Tri-Star Burdette-ET was evident as three of the four grand champions were Burdette daughters.

Four Hills Tdent Snoopy 2643

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held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at the AllAmerican Dairy Show in mid-September. Chris Lahmers placed the 120 head shown. Lahmers selected his first-place aged cow, Four-Hill Tdent Snoopy 2643 as his Senior and Grand Champion for youth owner Britney Hill of Bristol, Vermont. An EX93 Trident daughter, Snoopy has records to 40,030M and is a two-time Unanimous AllAmerican. The Reserve Grand Champion was the Intermediate Champion and first-place Sr. Three-Year-Old owned by Erin Curtis Szalach, a youth from Cazenovia, New York. Cedarcut Budette Clove Colata is an EX-92 Burdette daughter. The Eastern States National Ayrshire Show followed at Big E in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Judge Garnet Schellen lined up the 87 entries. The winning Sr. Two-Year-

winning ways as she was named Intermediate and Grand Champion of both the open and junior shows for owner Erin Curtis Szalach of Cazenovia, New York. Colata’s production credits include 2-07 299D 21,946M 4.3% 951F 3.4% 750P The Reserve Grand Champion was the second place Sr. Three-Year-Old and Reserve Intermediate Champion, Ski-Pal L G Kalista. She is the granddaughter of an EX93 Lot who earned multiple All-American honors.

Hi-Ayr-View Burdette Andie-ET

Oake Knoll Burdette’s Hideway

Old, Oake Knoll Burdette’s Hideway, was named the Intermediate and Grand Champion for owner Ashley Owen of Huntington, Massachusetts. The VG-86 Burdette daughter is backed by an Excellent granddam and third dam. She was followed into the championship line by the second place Sr. Two-YearOld, Morning-Mist Ramius Mercedes-ET, owned by Cian Quinn of Whiting, Vermont. Mercedes is a Galney-EPC Galant Ramius daughter out of a VG-88 BBBK, with over 100,000M lifetime and two Junior AllAmerican nominations. The spotlight turned to Madison, Wisconsin, for the International Ayrshire

Cedarcut Burdette Clove Colata

Show at World Dairy Expo where 265 head were paraded before Judge Mary Creek of Hagerstown, Maryland and her associate Selwyn Donald of Featherston, New Zealand. Cedarcut Burdette Clove Colata continued her

The final 2015 National Ayrshire Show was held in Louisville, Kentucky at the North American International Livestock Exposition where 110 animals were placed by Judge Joe Sparrow of Kentucky. The first and second place 4-Year-Olds were selected as champions. Hi-Ayr-View Burdette Andie-ET, shown by Brian and Kristi Dinderman of Orangeville, Illinois earned the Grand Champion Banner. Andie is the EX-92 Burdette daughter of an EX-92 Kellcrest Harmony-ET with over 120,000M lifetime. Earning the Reserve Champion banner was Felton’s Burdette Magic Moose, VG-88 shown by Emerald Farms, Winchester, Ohio. Production Winners The 2015 national production awards were presented at the 2016 National Convention in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mainstream Real Bethany was the recipient of the Ayrshire Trophy, which is based on the highest 305-day, 4% fat record, for owner Mark Kortus of Lynden, Washington. Bethany’s award-winning lactation was 4-05 305D 38,550M 4.7% 1,822F 2.8% 1,081P. She is classified EX-93 2E and is the Palmyra Tri-Star Reality daughter of an Ex-90 Poker with over 158,000M 6,400F 4,980P lifetime. Bethany was also the recipient of the Total Performance Award, which is based on a formula of 60% for Energy Corrected Milk, 25% final score, 5% for bred and owned, and 10% net merit. The 4-05 lactation coverts to 43,984 Lbs. Energy Corrected Milk. She was also recognized with the Maurice Benson Protein Award in the Four-Year-Old category. The Rodriguez and Skiff Memorial Trophy is presented based on the highest actual 305day lactation completed in the calendar year. Muellers BBBK Calista was recognized with this award for lactation of 8-05 305D 38,790M 2.9% 1,125F 3.4% 1,306P. She also was

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recognized with a Maurice Benson Protein Award in the aged cow category. Calista is scored EX-94 4E and has earned numerous All-American and Jr. All-American awards. Calista is owned by Dakota Hall and Leanne Vanderlaan of Cushing, Oklahoma, Maurice Benson Protein Awards were also presented to the following cows for the highest protein production in their age category. Yearling – Canoe Ridge Dreamer Babie owned by Dalton, Dillon & Breanne Freeman, Bremen, Indiana Two-Year-Old – Hidden-Valley DW Rashi owned by Josh & Jen Hupp, Croton, Ohio Three-Year-Old – Blind Buck Vall O Rusty-ET owned by Dakota Hall, Cushing, Oklahoma. The Living Lifetime Production Award, which is based on the highest lifetime milk production with the most recent lactation completed in the calendar year, was presented to Family-Af-Ayr Kellogg Lacy-ET, EX-94 5E, owned by Family-Af-Ayr Farm LLC, Caledonia, Illinois. Lacey’s lifetime credits are 230,750M 3.3% 7,696F 2.9% 6,760P. French Trophy awards were presented to the top two herds in four size categories for the highest Energy Corrected Milk (ECM) production for lactations completed in 2015. Receiving the awards in the 80 cows and more category were Palmyra Farm, Hagerstown, Maryland and FamilyAf-Ayr Farm, Caledonia, IL. Jack Miller, Bradner, Ohio and Tim and Katie Busch, Cecil, Wisconsin received the awards in the 40-79 cow category. In the 15-39 cow category the awards were presented to Doug Evans, Georgetown, New York and Jereczek Homestead Dairy, Dodge, Wisconsin. Mark Kortus, Lynden, Washington and Dalton, Dillon & Breanne Freeman, Bremen, Indiana received the awards in the 5-14 cow category. Breeder Awards Each year the Ayrshire Breeders’ Association recognizes breeders for their achievements and contributions to the breed. The 2016 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award was Lynn Lee of Smyrna, Tennessee. Lee has served on the Board of Directors for 15 years and held positions of vice president and president. In addition to his leadership, particularly in the area of type traits evaluation, he has served as an ambassador for the breed in his travels and 2016 World Conference Edition

work as an auctioneer and judge. The 2016 Master Breeder Award was presented to Darryl Keehner, Sharward Farm, of Guttenberg, Iowa. Keehnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breeding philosophy focused on maintaining or increasing milk production, maintaining the 87% Ayrshire status, and using young sires. The success of Keehnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breeding program has been demonstrated by the accomplishments of cattle he bred for buyers. Sharwards Calimero Megan EX-94 2E completed records over 28,000M and is a four-time All-American. Sharwards Ashlyn EX-92 2E was the winner of the Rodriguez & Skiff Memorial Trophy in 2015 for a record of over 41,000M in 305 days. The list of young sires includes a number of bulls with Sharward breeding. Jessica Gatton-Dixon, Conway, Missouri, was recognized with the 2016 Young Breeder Award. Jessica and her husband, Brett, operate a 70 dairy of Ayrshires, Guernseys and Holsteins with a rolling herd average of over 16,000 pounds of milk on a grazing program. In addition to operating the dairy, Jessica is the mother of a three-year-old son and serves a DHIA tester once a month for a large commercial dairy. She has served one term on the ABA Board of Directors and is the secretary of the state association and involved in the planning of the 2018 ABA convention.

ABA President Jim Tentinger (left) presented the Ayrshire Distinguished Service Award to Lynn Lee.

ABA Vice President Tom Fenton (left) presented the Ayrshire Master Breeder Award to Darryl Keehner.

Ayrshire Young Breeder Award winner Jessica GattonDixon, with her son Diesel and husband Brett.

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Submitted by Mike Hentschke, Australian Ayrshire Cattle Society As Ayrshire enthusiasts gather in the United States for the 2016 World Conference, it reflects the worldwide interest in this breed of dairy cattle. Ayrshires have had a place in Australia since colonisation in 1788, and the Ayrshire Cattle Society was formed in 1891. This was commemorated with a tour of Australia in 1991 for the Centenary show at Shepparton in Victoria. In 2015, Australian Ayrshires was formed with the amalgamation of the two bodies responsible for the promotion of Ayrshires in our country. This has been wellreceived by our membership and generated considerable momentum for our breed in our country. Australia is a large country with a most diverse range of climates, yet Ayrshires are found in almost all dairy regions in our country, ranging from the sub-tropical climate in Queensland in the North to the cold, temperate climate in Tasmania to the South. Most cattle are found in the coastal regions of the country or in irrigation areas, as water availability is critical in the driest continent in the world. However, one can always be assured of a warm welcome from Australian members and we are proud of the quality of animals in our country. There are studs that have been breeding Ayrshires for more than 100 years, with our oldest member Roly Canobie celebrating his 100th birthday in March this year. While it is exciting to have history, the number of young breeders associated with Ayrshires across the country is a positive sign for our breed. They regularly feature in the finals of all dairy youth competitions across the country. Many of these have established their own Ayrshire studs, which is a strong sign for our future. While Ayrshires are one of the minor breeds in Australia based on herd numbers, our members are renowned for their promotion of the breed on the show circuit. In some cases, we are the breed with the largest number of entries at major shows. Each January we meet at Tatura for International Dairy Week, which is Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest dairy cattle show. Breeders travel from all parts of the country

to participate in this event, with 130 head of Ayrshires being presented for judging. An elite sale is held here and we also have a successful show and sale at Camperdown, which is the longest-running multi-vendor sale in the country. International visitors always comment positively on the quality of

animals presented at our shows. Results from the World Photo Competition indicate that our animals are competitive on the world stage, and reflect the breeding goals of our members to breed quality, productive animals. Breeders utilise genetics from across the world in their breeding with a high proportion of semen used being imported from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. A major change in recent times has been the importation of embryos which has allowed breeders to introduce new cow families to our genetics, and the full impact of this technology is still to be seen as we wait for these new cow families to develop. Currently we are experiencing difficulty fully utilizing technology as genomic testing is not currently available for Ayrshires in Australia. As we have a small number of Ayrshires in our country, we will need to link with other countries to be able to access this information for our cattle. Current milk prices are a concern for Australian dairy farmers as the cost of production is above income in many areas, and this will provide challenges for our breeders, but hopefully the efficiency and hardy nature of the Ayrshire cow will help our members through this time. On behalf of all Australian members, we wish you a successful conference tour which fosters the global fellowship of Ayrshire breeders.

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Submitted by Mike Hentschke, Australian Ayrshire Australian Ayrshire members look to invite Ayrshire enthusiasts from across the world to visit us in January 2020 for the next World Conference. We look to the opportunity to showcase our cattle to the world and extend Australian hospitality from our members. Our members have chosen to hold the tour in January to coincide with International Dairy Week, which is the largest showcase of dairy cattle in our country. This has been the major show for Ayrshires and brings the best animals from across the country into one show ring. Members felt this show would provide the best opportunity to present our animals to international visitors. The tour would commence in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. Adelaide is located close to the world-renowned Barossa Valley and Southern Vales wine districts. The majority of Ayrshires in this state are located within an hour of the city, allowing easy access for visits. Travel to Victoria will include the historic Blue Lake of Mount Gambier viewed from the edge of an extinct volcano before hugging the coastline along the Great Ocean Road. Visits will include the historic gold mining areas at Ballarat where you can try your hand at finding gold at Sovereign Hill. Victoria will be the location of International Dairy Week at Tatura which will be followed by a tour to Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital city Canberra, and then to Sydney. The Harbour Bridge and the Opera House are significant attractions in this city, the largest in Australia. A short distance from Sydney is Camden, which was the home of many well-known Australian Ayrshire studs. Organisers of the tour will try to give visitors the opportunity to visit Queensland and the Gold Coast to conclude their tour. Following our tour, it may be possible for visitors to continue to New Zealand for their Dairy Expo, a major all-breeds dairy cattle show. Visitors will be able to visit Ayrshire herds along the tour as we pass through the major dairy areas in Australia and also access many of the coastal tourist attractions along the way. We look forward to facilitating Ayrshire fellowship to members from across the globe.

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2011 Reserve 12-18mth: Regal Park Sugar—D & S Mayo Honourable Mention 18-24 mths: Werombi Trident Ellie _ Hayter Family Winner 2 yrs in milk: Woodburn Park Trifle - AC & DE Biffin Honourable Mention 3yrs in milk: Regal Park Special Solaire—Mayo & Timbs Reserve 5 yrs in milk: Kendi Spring Blossom—Spring Blossom Partners Reserve 8 yrs + in milk: Tasman BBG Aara—Boldview Farms

2012 Reserve 8 yrs + in milk—Tasman Park BBG Aara—Boldview Farms Winner Popular Vote 8 yrs + - Tasman Park BBG Aara—Boldview Farms

2013 Honourable Mention 12-18 mths: Mayfield Farms Reality Roxy—P & V Timbs Winner 2 yrs in milk: Regal Park Saige—D & S Mayo Equal Honourable Mention 4 yrs in milk: Regal Park Special Solaire—Mayo & Timbs Honourable Mention 5 yrs in milk: Paschendaele Pinot Noir—Eagles Partnership Reserve 6 & 7 yrs in milk: Kendi Spring Blossom—Spring Blossom Partners Reserve 8 yrs + in milk: Boldview Armadilla—Boldview Farms

2014 Honourable Mention Under 6 mths: Liddel R2 Skye—S & R Cole Winner 6-12 mths: Hurlstone Majors Finale—Hurlstone Agricultural High School Winner 12-18 mths: Boldview Dream Alter—Boldview Farms Honourable Mention 3 yrs in milk: Liddel Poker Eva—S & R Cole Equal Honourable Mention 4 yrs in milk: Auchenroad Poker Sukey—S & B Wadley Equal Reserve 8 yrs + in milk: Paschendaele Wee Vicki 2nd—Eagles P’Ship

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Reserve 6-12 mths: Liddel R2 Skye—S & R Cole Winner 12-18 mths: Regal Park Reality Solax—S & R Cole Reserve 18-24 mths: Mayfield Farms Show Lou—P & V Timbs Honourable Mention 4 yrs in milk: Gordonvale Remarkable—S Gordon Reserve 5 yrs in milk: Mayfield Farms Poker Spot—P & V Timbs Reserve 6 & 7 yrs in milk: Cher-Bar Rippa Lasselle—C Liebich Reserve 8 yrs + in milk: Blue Gum Park Ice Dust—J Mathews

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Finland Ayrshires International Ayrshire Show

Submitted by Mirja Koljonen, Chairwoman of the Finnish Ayrshire Breeders Society The Finnish Ayrshire Breeders Society organized the International Ayrshire Show 2008 during the World Ayrshire Conference in Finland. With over 120 entries, it was the biggest breed display for decades. After this success and the experience to organize a show event indoors, the Society decided to develop this idea further. As a joint enterprise with Sarka Expo, the first Ayrshire Winter Show took place in January 2010. Mrs. Mary Creek from the United States judged Ayrshire classes with over 100 animals and Mr. Duncan Hunter from the United Kingdom was in charge of the showmanship classes. Thanks to the enthusiastic and committed group of member breeders, the Society has been able to raise its standards and offer breeders and public a memorable show each year. To improve the publicity of the breed, the show is livestreamed via internet and video recorded is available to everybody at the Society website. Junior and Youth activities are nowadays a significant part of the Winter Show. Almost every year, the Winter Show has hosted international youth events, such as the Scandinavian Red Showmanship 2014 and the World Federation Youth Tour in 2015. The Sale of Stars auction with quality Ayrshires has proven to be an important part of the event as it gives a good price level for consignments and widely interests the public. The next Ayrshire Winter Show will take place in January 26th -28th in 2017 at Seinäjoki Arena. The program will include a International Ayrshire Seminar, the National Ayrshire Show, a Scandinavian Youth Event

and the Sale of Stars. We are ready to organize herd visits for the international visitors. Welcome to Finland!

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Submitted by Minna Kotila, board member of the Finnish Ayrshire Breeders Society The Finnish Ayrshire Breeders was established in September 2000 to advance the Ayrshire breeding in Finland and to promote the Ayrshire cow. In 2003, the Finnish Ayrshire Breeders were accepted as a member of the World Ayrshire Federation and the international cooperation is very important to our association. There are nine members in the board of Finnish Ayrshire Breeders. Board members in 2016 are: Mirja Koljonen (chairwoman), Vilma Pohjola, Minna Kotila, Saija Räikkonen, Kristiina Iivarinen, Heli Teiskonlahti, Juha Rinkinen, Sanna Rintala and Hannakaisa Heikkinen. Ayrshire in Finland There have been Ayrshire cows in Finland since 1845. For many decades already the Ayrshire breed has been the most important dairy breed in Finland. There are about 8,450 dairy farms in Finland which have about 286,000 dairy cows in total, and 55 per cent of them are Ayrshires. So there are about 157,000 Ayrshire cows in Finland today. Average 305 days production for Ayrshire cows in Finland is 8,750 kilos of milk [19,290 pounds] with 3.55 % protein and 4.41 % fat. Ayrshire Finland Classification Ayrshire Finland Classification (AFClass) was started 12 years ago in 2004. Yves Charpentier from Ayrshire Canada is doing the classification by using the Canadian system and over 10,000 Ayrshire cows have been classified at least one time during the years. This is the most important member service of Finnish Ayrshire Breeders. AF-classification helps the breeders to do the mating decisions

and to develop the Ayrshire breed in Finland. In July 2016 Yves Charpentier classified 572 Ayrshire cows in Finland of which one was Excellent, 3.84 % Very Good and 42.3 % Good Plus. Best Ayrshire Herd The Finnish Ayrshire Breeders organises the Ayrshire Winter Show (pictured below) in Seinäjoki and in that event also the Best Ayrshire Herd competition awards are given. Best Ayrshire Herd is the herd that has had highest percentage of All Star cows compared to the total number of cows in that herd during each year. An All Star cow is an Ayrshire cow

AWS Champion Shady Walnut Gold-Moria ET owned by Laura & Jouko Laiholahti

that is classified Good Plus or better and has milked more than 9500 kilos [20,944 pounds] in 305 days. Best Ayrshire Herd 2015 was Joukolan Ayrshire owned by Laura and Jouko Laiholahti. Joukolan Ayrshires Submitted by Nina Nieminen Joukolan Ayrshires, Laura and Jouko Laiholahti and their family, is the 2015 Best Ayrshire Herd in Finland. Joukolan Ayrshire herd is also a living show-window for the breed due to successful appearances at exhibitions, fantastic home sites, several animals sold for breeding, open house days and for being an object for farm visits. Laura

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is one of the people that founded the Finnish Ayrshire Breeders and she belonged to the board for 10 years, nine of them as secretary. Jouko Laiholahti started his path as a farmer in 1989 with seven cows. Very soon after Laura joined him, they started focusing on breeding and increased the number of cows. In 2002 a new free stall was built, but it was destroyed in a fire during Easter 2009. Luckily all the animals were saved and a new, improved free stall was built in 2009. The new stalls have curtain windows and a sloped straw bed, forage feeding and kiosks, a 2x8 herringbone parlour and room for 70-80 cows. Laura, as one of the founders of the Finnish Ayrshire Breeders, remembers it like this: “The World Ayrshire Conference in the United Kingdom in the year 2000 was very important to Finland. It gave the participants Mirja Koljonen, Sari Alhainen and AnnaMaija Pohjola a very clear vision that Finland needed an Ayrshire breed association of its own. They all, individually, gathered interested breeders together to a meeting, and the Finnish Ayrshire Breeders association was founded in September 2000.” Laura was selected secretary of the association and says that through that she got a good view into the Ayrshire world. The most important thing, according to Laura, is that as a member of the association she has been able to work for the breed. “The association isn’t there for me; I am there for the association.” According to Laura, the Finnish Ayrshire Breeders are so important to the breed that without them the breed would be in great trouble, and that’s why she appreciates all the breeders who voluntarily work for the association. When it comes to her own herd, Laura has a clear goal. The realization of the breeding is seen in the herd. The animals born have to be productive and work well in the cow barn. It isn’t enough that they are good on paper. Even if you perhaps never get the perfect cow, the breeder has to know where they are going and hold on to the goals; old ways can be forgotten. At Joukola the breeding was totally changed 10 years ago when they started to use Canadian sires. If you want a herd that is equal in exterior and production, you can’t go on changing the goals. If you use a bit of everything, you get a bit of everything, and in the end there aren’t many who want such a division in their herd. Even if the different results and reports are important, the breeder, who wants to be successful, has to know the breed, the families and the different animals, and you have to watch and watch the animals again and again, because only by watching you can learn. When you know your animals and see what kind of progeny the sires leave, you can learn to choose the right mate for your cow. When Laura, due to many commissions, has been away from home, the support and work contribution from her family have been 2016 World Conference Edition

crucial. Laura is happy that the whole family values the Ayrshire Breed and that no one has tried to limit her actions, as they have been considered important for the breed. Of the children in the family, Lilli is the one who has been most involved in the practical work with the cows, in the work with the exhibitions and in all the other activities concerning the cows. Laura is content that there is one other person in the family who is totally absorbed by Ayrshire Breeding. With Lilli there have been many a good conversations about the cows in the herd, pondering about which cows to take to the exhibition and discussing small details in the cows’ exteriors. Finally, Laura is delighted about the Ayrshire world which is

Two A Linne’ daughters from Asmo Nucleaus herd

Pay it forward The best genomic-tested heifers are brought to VikingGenetics for flushing. Nordic breeders think “pay it forward,” and usually are willing to sell good heifers to embryo production. What goes around comes

Joukulan Z-Isolde AF EX-90

an outstanding international collection of likeminded people and an enormous reward. This Ayrshire assembly has been a bonus to both the Joukola farm and to all Ayrshire Breeders who breed this outstanding breed.

Increased focus on embryos in Finland and Sweden

Submitted by Johanna Aro, Coordinator – VG heifer and embryo program, VikingGenetics VikingGenetics (VG) has embryo production centers in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. During the last couple of years, there has been more emphasis on ET (Embryo Transfer) due to high genetic capacity among the females. VG buys top heifers and owns facilities for embryo production. They also make flushing contracts with farmers. Breeders in VG countries are very eager to genomic test young calves, which is good starting point for searching right candidates for breeding program. Quality embryos VG produce embryos by flushing and OPU (Ovum Pick Up) method. Co-operating with research has been important to reach good level in OPU production - focus on embryo quality and freezing. However, many of the embryos are implanted as fresh to recipients to shorten the generation interval as much as possible, and Viking has entered contracts with specific herds to take the fresh embryos. VG has worked together with Faba to construct the recipient embryo network. VG has put effort also to the overnight embryo transport.

Lupiinii - One of the best heifers in the 2015 VG flushing program.

around, and farmers receive profit by getting back good embryos and using the newest genetics. In heifer purchasing, focus is on high NTM, meaning long-lasting cows with high production, good health, good fertility and good conformation. One good example is the Ayrshire heifer Asmo Matami, gNTM +25 (VR Erkki x Pellpers). The first donor cow from this cow family was Tabor Sally from Sweden. The bull Asmo Andrei comes from this family and we can celebrate that his dam now has produced 100,000 kilos [220,462 pounds] of milk! At the moment we are

One of the Finnish bull dams, Asmo Kuutamo (Yrite x Ullimulli) from Luke Jokioinen

flushing daughters of VR Faabeli, VR Wand, VR Falcon and VR Yves. Profitable cows by using ET bulls The final goal is to get top ET bulls for our breeding program. Our breeding goal is 21

a profitable cow; that means high production, good health and functional conformation. VikingGenetics is unique when it comes to health traits, and that is what we believe in and have the power to work with because of our high partici-pation from the farmers in Denmark, Sweden and Finland in milk recording. ASMO Sale ET was one of the first Ayrshire bulls from the ET program who was used worldwide; since then it has been, for example, Siirakki, Tosikko, Taara, Ullimulli and Vauhti. Ullimulli was the bull who in-fluenced a lot to the later generations, leaving many sons to the breeding program. Among the others, VR Uudin ET, one of the Ullimulli’s sons, is a heavily used proven bull. In Finland, the nucleus herd is soon to celebrate their 20-year anniversary. Many guests have visited dur-ing the years and it

has been fruitful to discuss Ayrshire breed with breeders all over the world. Thank you and you are welcome to visit! VikingRed – the strongest red breeding program in the world Submitted by Pirkko Taurén, Faba Since 2009 Finland (Finnish Ayrshire), Sweden (Swedish Red) and Denmark (Danish Red) have had a common Red breeding program. These three countries have had lot in common among cattle breeding for many years. They all are pioneers of collecting health recording data since the 1980s. Finland, Sweden and Denmark also have a common system to evaluate breeding values. This is done by NAV (Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation). VikingRed is the world-leading red breeding population. VikingRed has highest production of all red dairy breeds and is famous for outstanding udder health, good fertility and easy calvings. Thanks to the high production, unique health and fertility VikingRed cows keeps milking year after year, giving you the best profit.

nucleus herd since 1997. • Over 30 years´ experience in breeding for health traits. Statistics 2015 (VikingRed = Finnish Ayrshire, Swedish Red, Danish Red) Milk, kg 8,855 [19,521 pounds] Fat, kg 386 [851 pounds] Fat, % 4.35 Prot., kg 316 [697 pounds] Prot., % 3.57 Be Red for future!

Breeding population of 260,000 cows in milk recording. • 3,000 genomic bulls tested and 100 bulls for progeny test annually. • Intensive embryo program and Asmo VR Umbro - one of the most popular genomic sires in 2015-2016.

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Haaralan Kaiku Daughter of VR Tuomi VikingRed is the world-leading red breeding population consisting of Finnish Ayrshire, Swedish Red and Danish Red. VikingRed has highest production of all red dairy breeds and it is famous for its outstanding udder health, good fertility and easy calvings. Less problems, more freedom and more profit!

Rokkilan Laikku VG-88 Daughter of VR Uudin

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Iskolan Kismitys VG-87 Daughter of VR Tuomi

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Calendar DEADLINES: Oct. 12 - Ad deadline for Nov./Dec. Digest Nov. 30 - All-American Contest Deadline Dec. 31 - REWARDS program discount sign-up SALES: Oct. 1 - World Ayrshire Embryo Sale, Wisconsin Dells, WI Oct. 7 - World Ayrshire Event Sale, Madison, WI Oct. 15 - New England Fall Sale, Rutlland, VT Nov. 19 - Ohio Fall Sale, Wooster, OH June 24 , 2017 - Grand National Ayrshire Sale, Altoona, IA MEETINGS: Sept. 20 - Oct. 9 - World Ayrshire Conference, USA Jan. 6-8 - ABA Director & Committee Mtgs., Columbus, OH June 21-24 - National Ayrshire Convention, Altoona, IA SHOWS: Sept. 19 - Mid-Atlantic National Jr. Show, Harrisburg, PA Sept. 21 - Mid-Atlantic National Show, Harrisburg, PA Sept. 22 - Eastern States National Show, W. Springfield, MA Oct. 6-7 - International Show, Madison, WI Nov. 5 - Southern National Jr. Show, Louisville, KY Nov. 8 - Southern National Show, Louisville, KY

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Canada Ayrshires The Canadian Ayrshire Breed: Resolutely Focused on Improving Its Performances By: Michel Boudreault, Ayrshire Canada More than 20 years ago, the Canadian Ayrshire breed adopted a well-structured and focused genetic program. Under the leadership of Ayrshire Canada’s Breed Improvement Committee, breeders agreed upon specific objectives and enabled the implementation of the means to not only achieve them but also stay the course. At that time, we were facing a lack of genetic diversity and a level of production that was restricting our competitiveness. We did, however, have excellent conformation and health. Health is an important part of profitability, but it hasn’t always been fully recognized here in Canada. So we met with all A.I. centres present in Canada and provided Ayrshire genetics to explain our objectives. We can indeed rely

on their excellent cooperation. Semex, which is owned by Canadian breeders, is our main genetic supplier. We contributed to the development of genetic tools that allow breeders to better understand the impact of genetics on performances. One of these tools is readily available to all Canadian breeders and makes it possible to compare, for each herd, the genetic potential (genotype) of females and their performances at the farm (phenotype). This tool enables us to show and raise greater awareness of the importance of better selecting females. The table below outlines comparative performance results for production at 305 days and conformation for the breed’s highest 10% (90th percentile) vs. the breed’s lowest

10%, for a selection based on LPI and cows in first lactation. The breed’s best sires are available to all. The best possible genetic gain to improve herd performances is accomplished by selecting the best females of each herd. Imagine the incredible improvement we could achieve if every Ayrshire herd in the country didn’t breed their herd’s lowest 10% anymore… The breeders’ acceptance and better understanding of the breed’s objectives and genetic tools now allow us to see results on the farms. Our genetic gain in Fat and Protein Yield has been, for the last three years, the best across all Canadian breeds. Our global conformation level has increased, to the great benefit of our Feet & Legs. And our SCC is the lowest among all dairy breeds in Canada, which enables us to focus on fertility. Below are last year’s results of Base Changes calculated by Canadian Dairy Network:

Genomics now constitute a key tool

The arrival of genomics enabled breeders to better select genetics – male and female - intended for the AI industry. Our breeders quickly adopted it and, today, it is commonly used to select females in the herds. In this regard, the Ayrshire breed displays the highest percentage of genotyped females across all Canadian dairy breeds. While its reliability is not as precise as for other major Canadian breeds, it has been beneficial to improve the accuracy of the young sires’ genetic evaluations. The use of young Ayrshire sires has followed the same trend as other breeds and has been increasing since the arrival of genomics, despite an impressive list of proven sires. Both the improvement of our production yield and the upholding of our excellent conformation probably have contributed to maintaining our number of registration entries over the last four years. We could sit idly by as herds leave the industry, but rather I bet on our good work by multiplying our efforts as well as the number of good Ayrshires among new herds. The growth of mixed herds also seems to be gaining in importance and this represents an excellent business opportunity for our Association. We are confident that our breed will gain in popularity with the means implemented. Our cows are indeed more profitable and ready to face tomorrow’s market.

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New Genetic Reference Tool

The World Ayrshire Federation recently published “Three Components in Ayrshire National Indexes Relative Emphasis,” a genetic reference tool. This tool allows us to compare the composition of the main selection index for each country member of the World Ayrshire Federation and countries where Ayrshires can be found and genetic evaluations are calculated. It summarizes in percentages the importance given to each of the three main components for every national index.

Despite their different names, these indexes all share a common objective: to enable the ranking and identification of the best “overall performing” animals of a country. Criteria entered into this calculation should thus take into account the needs of the industry, the genetic reality, the breed’s performance, and, finally, improvement goals. Although this tool is useful to know which animals are the best in any given country, we must make sure to know each index’s composition in order to use it successfully. Take, for example, the following three countries: Canada, United-States, and New Zealand. They have similar emphases for the “Production/Efficiency” component: 51%, 60%, and 52.2%, respectively. Yet, we can notice a difference in the importance given to each individual element composing their “Production” components. For example, in New Zealand, 12.3% of the

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total index is dedicated to Milk yield, while in America Fat yield and Protein yield have more influence. Looking at “Longevity/Type/Body”, Sweden and Finland attribute 12.4% to the Mammary system, among the highest percentages across all countries. Therefore, it could be assumed that they wish to improve their cow udders. The classification criteria for a good udder probably differ in these 2 countries; we would actually have to dig deeper to know the exact composition of their respective classification sheets and which criteria they assess.

As for the “Functional” component, all countries agree on the importance of Daughters’ fertility, applying to it percentages varying between 6%, for the United States, and 20.7%, for England. The other point gathering unanimous support is mastitisrelated traits, namely Somatic Cell Score and Clinical Mastitis. In order to gain a better understanding and better compare animals across all countries, an adequate tool would be MACE (Multi-Trait Across Country Evaluations) evaluations. This methodology collects the data of one animal in his country of origin and produces new genetic evaluation data based on your own country’s criteria. The newly calculated evaluation then reflects the domestic genetic expectations of your own country. It is obviously not as precise as a domestic evaluation, as its accuracy may be influenced, among other things, by the quality of the data collection. In some cases, indexes will not be published if their reliability doesn’t meet a country’s minimum standards.

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1st & Best Udder 100,000 lb. Cow Sr. Champion , 2015 Intâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l Ayrshire Show

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1st 4 Year Old, 2008 Central National 1st 5 Year Old, 2009 Southern National 9X Nominated All-American 2X All-World, 4X Res. All-American Harley, at age 12 and pregnant with her 9th calf, is among the most complete cows in North America. Plan to see Harley in Madison during the 2016 World Ayrshire Conference.

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New Zealand Ayrshires Dairy Farming in New Zealand Traditionally, New Zealand’s temperate climate lends itself to a pasture-based grazing system. A pasture production profile that allows farm system to operate with relatively low input means that New Zealand farmers have relied on grazed pasture to feed their cows although over the past few years it has become more common to feed additional supplement. Most cows calve in a short period at the end of winter, with peak lactation during the period of high pasture production in spring. The index system in New Zealand is Breeding Worth (BW), which is used to rank bulls and cows on their expected ability to breed replacements that are efficient converters of feed into profit (for more information see www.dairynz.co.nz/animal/ animal-evaluation/interpreting-the-info/). The New Zealand dairy industry encourages higher rates of genetic gain for protein and fat than liveweight and volume. In the 2014-15 season the average herd size in New Zealand was 419 cows with an average yield of 377 kilograms [831 pounds] milk solids per cow. With over 11,900 herds nationwide, over 600 herds milk over 1,000 cows each. Ayrshire New Zealand Founded in 1909, the first Herd Book (a record of all registered pedigree Ayrshires by year) was published in 1910 and the first magazine in 1937. In 2016 we celebrate the 100th issue of the Herd Book. The first Ayrshire bull “Rob Roy” arrived in New Zealand in 1848 on the immigrant ship “Philip Lainge” in Glasgow, arriving in Otago carrying the main body of the first Scottish settlers to New Zealand and founding the settlement of Dunedin. The first cow arrived

the following year. Ayrshires now make up 0.6% of the national dairy herd in New Zealand, from a total population of 5.1 million herd tested cows. Cross breeds make up 45% of the national herd, followed by Holstein-Friesian at 35% and Jerseys at 11%. With a registered Ayrshire pedigree population of almost 18,000 females including young stock, over 13,600 cows were herd tested in the 14-15 season. Within this framework, Ayrshire New Zealand registers 5,700 animals per annum on a five-year rolling average, and classifies 3,500 cows per annum. Ayrshire New Zealand membership currently stands at approximately 375 members, and 43% of those members actively register stock. Ayrshire New Zealand is governed by a Board of eight Directors, elected on a geographical basis, and led by President Donald Green. Donald and his wife Anne farm over 1100 cows at Leeston, Canterbury, in partnership with their sons Chris and Tim (see story). Donald has been particularly active in the youth area during his time on the Board, chairing the Youth Committee for a number of years and implementing a number of new youth initiatives. In 2013, Ayrshire New Zealand took on the contract administration for the New Zealand Milking Shorthorn Association, and both Associations were administered by sole charge manager Pam Goodin. In early 2015 Pam took a management role with Jersey New Zealand, and subsequently Ayrshire New Zealand and Jersey New Zealand entered into a Memorandum of Understanding, where Jersey New Zealand now undertakes all administration for both Ayrshire New Zealand

and the New Zealand Milking Shorthorn Association. Each Association remains a separate entity with their own Board and finances, Annual Conference, website, magazines, publications and Facebook page, but all activities are administered by Pam and her team. This allows for greater synergy across the Associations and efficiencies for members. Ayrshire Youth Ayrshire New Zealand has developed a number of youth initiatives over recent years, which have seen the participation of youth members in Association activities increase. As an Association, we encourage participation in all youth activities from the children, employees and show helpers of existing members up to the age of 20 before they must join the Association. We maintain a database of youth (both members and non-members) who receive all youth-related notifications. In the show ring, Ayrshire New Zealand operates three competitions for our youth participants. The Arran Trophy is presented to the winner of the Ayrshire Young Judge competition at the NZ Dairy Event annually. The first and second placegetters of that competition go on to represent the breed in the World Wide Sires All Breeds Young Judge Competition, with Ayrshire representatives winning this competition for the past three years – Michael Gilbert in 2014 and Kylee Perrett in 2015 and 2016. Kylee has also won the Arran Trophy a record four times. The Fredrickson and Greenlane Trophies are for senior (13-25) and junior (5-12) young handler classes, respectively. Both trophies are competed for twice in each season – at the North Island and South Island Championships. The Ayrshire Youth Achiever Competition is a points-based competition for all youth up to 25 years of age, split into three age classes. Entrants gain points based on show, breed and farm based activities relating to their age group. This competition is also keenly contested. The Ayrshire Seminar has been a particular success in more recent years. Moving to a different area each year, this three- or fourday seminar is for those 18 and over actively involved on farm. It involves a mixture of commercial and pedigree workshops along with some great social bonding. Ayrshire New Zealand also provides subsidies to youth members with opportunities to travel overseas. Most recently, Amy White visited Sweden in 2015. For this World

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Conference, Imogen Steiner, Brookview Ayrshires, Tokoroa, has been selected to attend as the Ayrshire New Zealand Youth Ambassador with our assistance.

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In October 2016, youth member Hannah Lawson will travel to Hobart, Tasmania (Australia) where she will represent New Zealand at the Royal Show handler competition, against the winner of each Australian state. Hannah gained this honour by representing her District at the New Zealand Royal Show, and winning the RAS National Dairy Young Handler Competition. Annual Conference 2016 Hosted by the Bay of Plenty Ayrshire Club and held in the tourist mecca of Rotorua in early June 2016, the Awards night was memorable for the awards presented to our younger members. The Kiteroa Trophy for the member who contributed the most to the Ayrshire breed was presented to Kylee Perrett, Sentinal Ayrshires, Stratford (see story) and the Bell Booth Achiever Awards were presented to Hannah Lawson, Kylee Perrett, winner of the Starshine Ayrshires, Kiteroa Trophy Woodville, and Alicia McPike, Montrose Ayrshires, Waiuku. The inaugural Rob McIntosh Memorial Trophy for show encouragement was presented to Robyn Gordon of Inglewood. Distinguished Member awards were presented to Diarmid Somerville, Mayo Ayrshires, Reporoa and Graeme Leech, Aotearoa Ayrshires, Tirau. Ayrshire New Zealand was thrilled to host World Federation President Mary Creek at our Conference. Mary took part in all activities, attended part of the Board meeting and addressed the delegates at the Annual General Meeting. Semayr Breeding Services Semayr Breeding Services is the marketing division of Ayrshire New Zealand. Established in 1987, Semayr increased their Progeny Testing in 1998 when Ayrshire progeny testing was dropped by LIC. Between 1998 and 2010, an average of 25 young bulls were 2016 World Conference Edition

progeny tested by Semayr Breeding Services annually. That has now dropped to around 12-15 bulls per annum. At an international level, Semayr is second only to Finland in this area for the Ayrshire breed. In 2003, Semayr entered a joint venture with LIC and since that time all bulls, both proven and unproven, have been marketed solely by LIC. Semayr is also the only agency marketing unproven Ayrshire semen in New Zealand to run a formal Progeny Test Scheme. To encourage the use of Ayrshire Progeny Test bulls, the Association also offers free registration to all progeny of Semayr Progeny Test bulls and free TOP Classification where a minimum of 20% or two years olds are sired by Semayr Progeny Test bulls. Ace Herd In 1999, the Association implemented the Ayrshire Open Nucleus Herd. With the objective of hastening the rate of genetic improvement within the Ayrshire breed, the Nucleus Herd animals were selected from members’ herds, of high genetic ancestry with emphasis on a higher level of conformation. These animals were farmed on three different properties under commercial conditions. Once calved at two years, they were evaluated from their level of production and conformation with the best of these animals being considered as bull dams. It became evident that an expansion in one way or another was needed, and in 2001 the three groups of animals came together to form the basis for the Ace Herd, a 50/50 sharemilking venture in Taranaki, milking a total of 230 cows. In brief, the landowner allows us to put our herd of cows on his property, the owner supplies the fixed assets (e.g. Cowshed, milking plant etc) and we (the Ayrshire Association) supply the herd, tractor etc. The owner receives 50% of the income derived from milk supplied to the Dairy Company and we receive the other 50% of the income. From our share we have to pay for a lower order sharemilker who milks and does all stock work and farm maintenance. This equates to approximately 20% of the farm income so the final outcome is that the Association would receive approximately 30% of the total income derived from the milk produced. The herd was given the prefix ACEAYR, and in its first season of operation set a new farm-best production record, which was then broken again in two subsequent seasons. In 2008 the Ace farm moved from Taranaki to a new sharemilking position near Clinton, South Otago. The herd size was increased to 450, with many members taking the opportunity to sell a cow to the Association for $1000NZ ($721 USD) (at a time of recordhigh cow values) in return for receiving free registrations on all female stock born from 2008 onwards. The herd was successfully farmed at Clinton until the sharemilking

contract ended at the end of the 2014-15 season. With no new contract available, the cows from the herd have since been leased out. The Board are currently working with an investor in anticipation of being able to take on a new contract and bring the herd back together again for the 2017-18 season. All animals in the herd are now owned by Ayrshire New Zealand, which has added significantly to the assets of the Association. Website: www.ayrshire.org.nz Facebook: Ayrshire New Zealand AYRSHIRE PEDIGREEE SHINES THROUGH By Sue O’Dowd, reprinted courtesy The Taranaki Daily News, New Zealand A young Taranaki woman’s life-long love for Ayrshire cattle has been recognised with a national award.

Kylee Perrett has won Ayrshire New Zealand’s prestigious Kiteroa Trophy for her contribution to the breed. The daughter of prominent Ayrshire breeder and exhibitor Ivan Fredrickson, she has inherited her father’s love of breeding, showing and judging cattle. As soon as she was old enough she fed calves, shifted cows and joined her father on the show circuit, grooming animals and ensuring they were fed. She’s now a New Zealand Ayrshire Association junior judge and is well on the way to establishing herself on the show circuit. A four-time winner of the Arran Trophy at the New Zealand Ayrshire Association youth judging competition at the New Zealand Dairy Event (NZDE) in Feilding, she is the only person to have won it more than once. She has also won the NZDE All Breeds Young Judge Competition twice, beating all placegetters in the Ayrshire, Jersey and Holstein-Friesian contests. Perrett said she would not have the eye for dairy cattle if it was not for her father. She and husband Danny bought her parents’ 260-cow Sentinal herd, which includes 220 pedigree Ayrshire cows, in the 2014-15 dairy season and are sharemilking on their 95 hectare [235 acre] (effective) farm at Ngaere in Central Taranaki, where their annual production exceeds 100,000 kilograms [220,462 pounds] of milk solids. Their cow, Fairleigh BS Bluebell, was 31

named 2015-16 Taranaki Ayrshire Cow of the Year, was the breed champion at last year’s Hawera and Stratford A&P shows and reserve champion at this year’s New Zealand Dairy Event. The five-year-old cow, bought as an in-calf heifer, produced 632 kilograms of milk solids last season. “I love the Ayrshire breed so it’s not hard to promote it,” said Perrett, who’s been Taranaki Ayrshire Club secretary for six years. She keeps in regular contact with the 40-strong membership and encourages breeders to take part in on-farm type and progeny competitions, farm walks and awards evenings. As the club’s delegate to the Egmont and Stratford A&P Associations, she helps prepare the show schedules. The Stratford A&P Association junior vice-president is following in the footsteps of her father who was president for eight years until he retired in 2010. “Ayrshires are what I’ve grown up with. They’re a hardy breed and calving’s a breeze. They have a great temperament and good longevity.” The couple’s Ayrshires maintain a low somatic cell count - the average of just 78 last season was achieved without dry cow therapy. Facing their third season of a low farmgate milk price, the couple were frugal in their spending, she said. “We just have to roll with it.” The part-time job she inherited from her father as a sales representative for Semex, the world’s largest artificial insemination company, tops up their farm income. “It’s surprising how many farmers have a few Ayrshires in their herds,” she said. GLENMORE AYRSHIRES By Pam Goodin, first printed in the New Zealand Ayrshire Bulletin #165 April 2016 What a difference six years makes! The last time the Ayrshire Bulletin included an article on Glenmore Farms was in Autumn 2010. Then, the farm covered 260 hectares, the family milked 500 cows out of one shed and Donald had just joined the Board of the Association. In October 2015 when the family was interviewed again, the farm was

320 hectares, they calved down 1100 cows at the start of the 2015-16 season, milk out of two sheds and Donald Green is the President of the Ayrshire Association. The Glenmore herd is now the largest Ayrshire Donald Green operation in New Zealand. The driving force behind the increase in scale has been the return to the farm of Donald and Anne’s sons, Chris and Tim. While they were already on farm back in 2010 and the expansion was already underway, the rate of increase has surprised them all. But with more land becoming available on neighbouring properties, the family have taken the opportunity to continue to expand to ensure the unit remains viable for both Chris and Tim into the future. Indeed, they have purchased even more neighbouring land in recent weeks, and will again be looking for more cows. The Green family have been on their farm near Leeston in Canterbury since 1962. Originally farming in partnership with his father Colin from 1972, Donald and Anne took over the land in 1982 and were farming in their own right by the late 1980s. In 2000 a 40-aside herringbone was built, and a couple of years ago another herringbone shed was added adjacent to the house. The locations of the two sheds clearly split the farm into two herds. Chris and Tim each now manage a separate herd at the height of the season. With the herd mixed for winter grazing on farm, the start calving date is 1 August and the herds are split based on calving date. All of the cows calve up the road in the older shed, and the first 500 or so will remain at that shed for the remainder of the season. The balance of the cows will move down to the new shed after calving. While that sees one herd in action a bit earlier than the other, at the end of May the herds are swapped around, again based on calving date, so that the earlier calvers are dried off first and they drop back to one shed in operation for the final weeks of the season.

Each herd will milk 550 cows at peak. Tim (at the new shed) has two full time workers, including Association member Sarah Greig, and Chris has one full time staff member and one milker. The main farm is 320 hectares (310 hectares effective) [790 acres, 766 effective]. The Green family have taken on a lease support block of 140 hectares over the river and approximately 10 kilometers [6.2 miles] away by road. The cows are wintered there, and the young stock also grazed there. While the young stock return to the home farm in time for mating, the cows are walked to and from the support block. This block has more free draining soils than the home farm and is also used for making baleage. Around 85% of the total farm area is now under irrigation from a total of eight centre pivot irrigators across both the home farm and the lease block. The balance of the farm is irrigated using rotorainers and sprinklers in the corners. The water is sourced from eight to nine bore wells throughout the farm, and there is approximately four kilometers [2.5 miles] of pivot irrigation. Donald, Chris and Tim grow most of their own supplement, only buying in some straw and palm kernel. The cows receive palm kernel at 1.5 kilograms [3.3 pounds] per day for around 130 days (approx. 200 kilograms [440 pounds] per cow). They are also dabbling with feeding molasses in the shed during calving, as it seems to help get the cows into the shed. The family are still growing fodder beet, and the 10 hectares [24.7 acres] sown last season yielded 250 tonnes of edible bulb. This is harvested, stored on-farm and fed out in the spring. Fodder beet is high in energy so it works to supplement grass and at a cost of only $0.19 per kilogram DM it is also costeffective. The young cows learn from the way that the older cows eat it. The Greens have entered the crop in the local A & P Winter Feed Competition for the last couple of years, with their crop of fodder beet beating out the local cropping farms. This competition is based on quality and yield, Glenmore achieves a yield of 32 tonne per hectare.

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Glenmore also enter the local A & P heifer competition. A conformation-based competition, the Glenmore heifers have won the Ellesmere section twice and also went on to win the Canterbury Competition in 2015. While neither of the boys is really interested in showing at this stage, Donald is still a regular at the local Ellesmere A & P Show. With a long string of Glenmore Champions coming from the farm, the latest is the 201516 South Island Reserve Champion Cow Glenmore B Lara, A8-8, a two-year-old cow sired by Palmyra Tri-Star Burdette-ET. Over the years, Glenmore has produced 15 South Island Ayrshire Champions and Reserve Champions dating back to the 1973-74 show season. Despite the huge increase in cow numbers over the last few years, the family has worked hard to maintain a rate of 95% Ayrshires. More replacements are kept each year, and in the 2015-16 season they also have approximately 150 cows on lease from the Ayrshire Association’s Ace Herd. Usually Donald will cull on mastitis and empty cows. The herd finally reached full capacity last season, but that was including the cows leased from the Ace Herd, so there were plenty of replacements reared last spring. Indeed, the only culling taking place now is a couple on temperament. In the 2014-15 season, the herd of 432 pedigree Ayrshire cows averaged 5,266 litres milk, 223 kilograms fat and 194 kilograms protein (417 kilograms milksolids) in 273 days [11,610M 4.2% 492F 3.7% 428P; 919 pounds milk solids], and the total herd supplied 352,000 kilograms [776,027 pounds] milksolids to the factory. In the current season they have supplied 350,000 kilograms [771,617 pounds] milksolids to the factory up to 20 March.

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The cows are mated to AI, mostly Ayrshire. A firm believer in the need to prove young Ayrshire sires, Donald also uses Semayr sire proving bulls alongside proven Ayrshire bulls. Donald has used Jersey over the heifers, and they come back onto the milking platform for 10 days of AI mating and are finished with an Angus bull. Donald will also use some short gestation Jersey for late matings, and the resultant calves are not retained as replacements. No calves are kept from any late calvers. Up to 10 Ayrshire homebred bulls are used on the farm to tail off the herd, and some will also have semen taken off for home use. The family have formed a four-way partnership between Donald, Anne Chis and Tim. The land is owned by a company with all four parties in the company holding shares. The cows are owned by a trading partnership, also owned by all four partners. This is an important step to provide a succession plan for Chris and Tim, ensuring their future on the farm. One of the reasons that the partnership within the family is so successful, according to Anne, is that each of the main players has different strengths and areas of interest. Donald enjoys the breeding side of the business, so all breeding decisions are left up to him. Chris carries the calculator, Tim the tools and father and sons all complement each other and work well together. Anne works off farm as the Practice Manager for the local medical centre. The boys prefer to grow the grass, feed the cows and harvest the milk. Chris is a former banker, and his financial skills are invaluable to the operation, although both sons are involved with finances and budgeting alongside Donald. Tim was a builder prior to

returning home to the farm, another skill that has proven to be invaluable. Tim built the new cowshed, extended both yards last winter and has built other buildings on the farm. Chris married partner Emma in January, while Tim is still single. Both boys are involved in the local young farmers club, and while Chris has now retired from rugby, Tim still plays his “last year” every year. Donald has been on the Board of Ayrshire New Zealand since 2009, representing members in the Canterbury ward. He was elevated to President in 2015. He is both a Senior Judge and TOP inspector. He has served for a number of years as Convenor of the Youth Committee and is attributed with the success of the youth programmes implemented in the Association over recent years. He has been a staunch behind-thescenes supporter of the Ayrshire seminars. Donald is also past President of the Ellesmere A & P Association and the local rugby club. The Glenmore setup is an excellent example of a family farming for the future. Their succession plan has been set up early and all parties to the partnership are benefiting from the structure. Donald and Anne have more time to explore interests off farm (Donald’s presidency being the prime example), and Chris and Tim have clear pathways to future farm ownership.

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South Africa Ayrshires National Championships

Melkhout Free Beer 11 is the first Ayrshire Heifer to have won five shows. Among others, she was crowned National Heifer, National On Farm Champion and the interbreed heifer at Sandringham show. She also won several awards at the Swellendam show, Agri Megaweek 2014, Sandringham Show 2014 and the Mega National Championships. The National De Heus Ayrshire herd competition took place all over the country this year. Judge Walter Finlayson undertook the huge task and visited all the participants’ farms within two weeks. He viewed six different classes of cows in their working clothes and participants welcomed him onto their farms with open arms. We would like to thank all the breeders for their hospitality during the judging, as well as our main sponsor, De Heus. We would also like to congratulate Kevin Lang for the amazing year he has had and all the highlights which make him stand out as the premier breeder of the year. • He bred and showed for three of the six champions and reserves during the National Championships in Bredasdorp. • At the 2015 National De Heus Ayrshire Herd Competition, Kevin was appointed as

the overall winner. • During the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin in the United States, Kevin Lang received the International Person of the Year

presented at Agri Mega Week, 16-18 September 2015 History was made at Bredasdorp during Agri Mega Week when the South African Ayrshire Cattle Breeders’ Society for the first time presented their National Championships with all animals being housed indoors. The public could view the 130 animals and could also attend daily milking sessions. Woolworths’ exhibition at the show created Grace-Valley Burdette’s Petal - Reserve Young and Reserve Grand huge interest by inviting the public to taste Champion exhibited by Rhino Ridge various Ayrshire products such as yogurt, milk and cheese. The first judging took place on Thursday evening with the heifer exhibition. New Zealand judge Selwyn Donald crowned the heifer Melkhout Free Beer 11, owned by the Blom Brothers (Bredasdorp), as the Champion Heifer of the evening. The Reserve Champion heifer was Grace Valley Burdette’s Lady Bee, owned by Kevin Lang from Howick in Kwa Zulu-Natal. The judging of the senior cows took place the next day. Grace Valley Reality’s Hellbent, own by Kevin Lang, was named Young Cow Champion, and Grace Valley Burdette Grace-Valley Burdette’s Wilma 5th - Senior Champion Cow Petal, exhibited by Edmund Els and Robert exhibited by Rhino Ridge Blom, was the Reserve Young Cow Champion. The Senior Champion Cow Grace Valley Burdette’s Wilma 5th was exhibited by Edmund Els and Robert Blom. Reserve Senior Cow, Raigmore Doreen 29, was exhibited by Edmund Els. Grace-Valley Reality’s Hellbent, Grand and Young Cow Champion The highlight of the day was the bagpipe player’s accompaniment to the crowing of the Golden Cup winner of the 2015 National Ayrshire championships. The holder of this year’s cup is Grace Valley Reality’s Hellbent, owned by Kevin Lang, with the reserve cow prize going to Grace Valley Petal, owned by Edmund Els and Robert Blom.

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Award. • He is the first person who has won the Golden Cup five times. Congratulations Kevin, with your huge success and an outstanding 2015!

Grace-Valley Reality’s Hellbent - Udder Champion, Junior & Grand Champion Cow owned by Kevin Lang

Melkhout Free Beer 11 owned by Rhino Ridge. Also the new South Africa record price at the Ayrshire Elite Auction when sold for R60,000 to Rhino Ridge.

Team behind the scenes of the show. Pictured L-R: Jannie Nel (Jersey); John Terblanche, Hannes Prestorius (Holstein); Tessa Opperman (Jersey); Olene Van Vuuren (Ayrshire); Susan van Niekerk & Herman Duvenhage (Holstein); Widus van de Merwe (Alta Genetics) and JD Marais (Ayrshire).

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Bloemfontein, April 23, 2015 It was a first in the history of Bloemfontein show that three dairy societies made an effort to unite and presented the Meadow Northern Dairy show in conjunction with Jersey, Holstein and the Ayrshire Society. Walter Finlayson officiated as Ayrshire judge for the 2015 Meadow Northern Dairy Show. Walter has been a member of the Ayrshire Society since 1952 and has won the Gold Cup at the Ayrshire National Show four times; the first time in 1963 and most recently 2012. In addition to the national championship trophies his “Raigmore” prefix has won countless show titles over the years and Walter has also served on the Ayrshire society council as member and President for many years. This championship was presented by six Ayrshire, six Jersey and 10 Holstein exhibitors. Results: Class 1: Heifer 8 – 12 Months 1 Jawilco Garmin Sue - Jac 14 006 - Owner Jawilco Stud – Sire -Web Ayr Garmin Et 2 Grace Valley Burdette’s Ladybee Kl 140058 - Owner Kd Lang - Sire - Palmyra Tri-Star Burdette-Et 3 Ruma Bethany Dk 14005 - Owner Dr De Kock – Sire - Melkhout Norman Class 2: Heifer 12 - 16 Months 1 Ruma Nor’s Tulpie – Dk14002 - Owner D R De Kock - Sire - Melkhout Norman 2 Jawilco Garmin Alidia – Jac 14004 -Owner Jawilco Stud - Sire Web Ayr Garmin Et 3 Belle Vashes Jackie 3 – B 140038 - Owner Belle Vashes Trust-Sire - Duo Star Normandin Class 3: Heifer 16 - 20 Months 1 Homsek Hayley 15- A 130457 - Owner Anton Homsek Family Trust - Sire - Palmyra Tri- Star Burdette-Et Class 4: Heifer 2 - 24 Months 1 Grace Valley Dreamer’s Derry -Kl130054 - Owner Ayr- Genetics Bk - Sire - Nexus Dreamer 2016 World Conference Edition

Homsek Pentium 7 - Reserve Grand Champion exhibited by Franz Homsek

2 Ruma Dm Anita - Dk13006 -Owner Dr De Kock - Sire - Palmyra Bendig Berkely Et 3 Ruma Debbie 2 - Dk13007- Owner Dr De Kock - Sire - Haynes- Farm Wingnut Class 5: Champion Heifer Grace Valley Dreamer’s Derry – Ayr Genetics Reserve Champion Heifer Ruma Nor’s Rulpie - Dr De Kock Honourable Mentioned: Homsek Haley 15 Anton Homsek Family Trust Class 6: Cow, Under 2½ Years 1 Jawilco Alricka Flash- Jac120010 - Owner Jawilco Ayrshires – Sire – Milkyway Flashy Class 7: Cow, 2 ½ - 3 Years No Entries Class 8: Cow, 3 - 3½ Years 1 Grace Valley Reality’s Hellbent Kl120013 -Owner Kd Lang – Sire – Palmyra Tri-Star Reality 2 Jawilco Fios - Jac 110013 - Owner Jawilco Ayrshires – Sire – Kellcrest Happiness 3 The Ridge Ehe1214 - Ehe120014 - Owner Jawilco Ayrshires – Sire – Kleynrivier Js 07 10 Class 9: Cow, 3½ – 4 Years 1 Homsek Pentium 7 – A 110334 - Owner Anton Homsek Family Trust – Sire – AyrPhoe Ideostar Et 2 Halcyon Lulu 2 – Vt110319 -Owner Bk Macaskill – Sire – Palmyra Tri-Star BurdetteEt 3 The Ridge Reality’s Jemina –Ehe 110011 Owner Jawilco Trust – Sire – Palmyra Tri-Star Reality Class 10: Junior Champion Udder Grace Valley Reality’s Hellbent - Kd Lang Class 11: Junior Champion Cow Grace Valley Reality’s Hellbent- Kd Lang

Reserve Junior Champion Cow Homsek Pentium 7 Anton Homsek Family Trust Class 12: Cow, 4 - 5 Years No Entry Class 13: Cow, 5 - 6 Years 1 Ruma Poker’s Tulpie 9 - Owner Dr De Kock – Sire – Des Chamois Poker-Et Class 14: Cow, 6 - 8 Years 1 Grace Valley Bbbk’s Judy - Kl080093 Owner Dr De Kock - Sire – Blackaddar Bb Kellogg 2 Jawilco Lashe – Jac080002 - Owner Jawilco Ayrshires - Sire – Milkyway Flashy Class 15: Cow, 8 Years And Older No Entry Class 16: Senior Champion Udder Ruma Poker’s Tulpie 9 Dr De Kock Class 17: Senior Champion Cow Grace Valley Bbbk’s Judy Dr De Kock Reserve Senior Champion Cow Ruma Poker’s Tulpie 9 Dr. De Kock Class 18: Grand Champion Grace Valley Reality’s Hellbent Kd Lang Reserve Grand Champion Homsek Pentium 7 Anton Homsek Family Trust

Come and join us in South Africa for 10 days as we celebrate the centenary of our Ayrshire breed. Highlights include: • National show and sale • Cape Town including Table Mountain and winelands • Arniston fishing village • Ayrshire farms • 3-day Botswana safari

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United Kingdom Ayrshires Considering the downturn in the world milk market over the last year in particular, we at the Ayrshire Cattle Society in the UK have seen a continued growth of interest in our breed that as we all know can thrive under any system utilising forage economically. A number of new members have joined our breed over recent years and we had the pleasure to include one of these herds at our annual conference in May of this year.

Richard Harris of Harris Family Farm

The Harris family purchased Alkmonton Old Hall Farm in October 2008, and then Middleton Park Farm in August 2011 to create their farm today of 520 acres. The farm is near Ashbourne in the Derbyshire Dales. Until 2013 they farmed commercial breeding ewes, a pedigree Limousin suckler herd and arable. A relatively modern milking parlour was already installed in one of the buildings, so they decided that dairying was the way forward. After looking at various breeds of cows, and wanting to steer away from the Holstein, they eventually decided that Ayrshires were the cows for them. The herd has major influences from the Stamford, Willhome, Castern, Pylon and Oathall herds, with cows also purchased from Tessvale, Hunnington, Whitecroft and Gwynnog, to mention a few. Two and half years from the first cows arriving on the farm, their own heifers have just begun to calve into the herd, the first being Alkmonton Napier Maria who also had a heifer calf by Hilltown Oblique. The family were all very excited to say the least! The farm is approximately 200 acres arable and 320 acres grass, with roughly 100 acres of the grass grown as a two-year ley for silage as part of the arable rotation. The cows are fed in the winter on a TMR diet feeding for 20 litres [44 pounds], which is then topped up in the parlour feeding the higher-yielding cows. The cowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diet includes grass silage, whole crop wheat, rolled beans, wheat and barley which is grown on the farm. During the summer the diet feeder is parked up for around four months, and the cows are expected to do

what Ayrshires do best - walk to the fields and graze! The herd is currently averaging 6,821 kgs milk [15,037 pounds], 3.77% F 3.34% P. The herdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yields and solids are improving all the time! The herd is being bred as pure Ayrshire, as they are a low-maintenance, trouble-free cow with a real willingness to milk, both in a grazing and more intensive system. They feel that the Ayrshire has a lot to offer the modern dairy farmer. Looking forward they plan to build on some of the cow families they have purchased, and continue to improve them with modern genetics using British, American and Canadian blood to try to open up the gene pool without cross breeding and compromising the breed. They have recently classified and had four cows go Excellent. These are all families they would like to grow and improve in their herd - Stamford Flash Girl 37 EX 90, Stamford Flash Girl 39 EX 92, Pylon Magenta EX 91 and Castern Tulip 70 EX 90. A Limousin sweeper bull is used with around 40 cows being bulled to beef each year. Only the heifer calves are reared, with all bulls sold under 42 days old. The Limousin cross heifers are reared to use as recipients for embryos in their pedigree Limousin herd. They also plan to create a high health status herd, and are currently working closely with their vets and the SAC to become accredited for BVD, IBR and Johnes Disease. This in turn would hopefully enhance the value of their stock as potential buyers could purchase with piece of mind. In 2015 they had their first attempt at showing, starting with Stafford Show where Pylon Magenta took overall Champion Ayrshire which they were delighted with. They then headed to Leek Show with Whitecroft Ruth 120 and Hunnington Rose where they were the Interbreed Champion Pair. UK News Features & Events Yet another superb Ayrshire Young breeders event took place in Cheshire in April this year. This is an event where all of our young breeders get together for competitions and fun for three days. The competitions held are stock judging, bull mating, clipping and showmanship. Points are gained for each competition which go towards our Hugh Stevenson trophy for the highest-placed Young member over the three days. The winner also gets the opportunity to go overseas either on the World youth trips or on pre-arranged trips with another member country. The 2016 winner was Matthew McLean

Matthew McLean receiving the Hugh Stevenson Trophy

from Northern Ireland who will travel to New Zealand in January 2017. At our recent AGM in Derbyshire welcomed our new President to office, Mr. Gilmour Lawrie from Monkton in Scotland, who runs the famous Brieryside herd. Vice President is Mr Philip Williams (Willhome Ayrshires) from Havorfordwest in Wales and the Junior Vice President is Mr Keith Davidson (Halmyre herd) from Castle Douglas in Scotland. A number of prestigious awards and accolades are presented during this time. Mr Chris Window Gilmour Lawrie (Hunnington) won a lifetime achievement award for his work to the breed and the society throughout his lifetime. The premier breeder award for the 2015 year was won by the Lawrie family at Cuthill Towers.

Chris Window - recipient of the Lifetime Achievement

Much work has been done in finding the best cow families in the UK and monitoring their breeding going forward with the Breed Heritage programme. In many cases the Breed Heritage team suggest and supply the semen for the matings to secure the development of the breed in the UK for the future. Over 140 animals are now included on our watch list, which continues to grow as each female calf born is added. 2016 World Conference Edition

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Many of the top show Supreme Interbreed champions in the UK have been won by our members in 2016. The photos will speak louder than any words.

Sanderson George Evergreen 310

Horseclose Joanna

Cuthill Towers Crown Ray

Cuthill Towers Premier Breeders 2015 Cuthill Towers Classic Ellie

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October 1, 2016 Kalahari Resort Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA

CHALUKA NEMO XIOLO-ET EX-93

3-04 365D 21,840M 3.8% 833F 3.5% 776P 3 embryos x De La Plaine Blink! This ‘15 All-Can 4-yr-old is sired by Beau Lac Nemo-ET out of Lagace BB Blandie-ET VG-88. ~ Ferme Charest Inc.

DE LA PLAINE BURDETTE BLING-ET VG-89 3-02 343D 27,240M 4.3% 1,184F 3.6% 992P 3 Embryos by Kamouraska Big Star or Ruisseau Clair Adidas! An award winning Burdette dtr of 2E-94 AA & All-Can Forever Schoon Ping! ~ Ferme Charest, JP Charest & De La Plaine

GRAND-VIEW BBBK DREAMER EX-94-4E

8-02 365D 26,050M 3.6% 948F 3.3% 856P Conv. embryos by Burdette or IVF rev. sorted by Dempsey. AA nom. Aged Cow 2015 she is sired by BBBKellogg and backed by gen. of EX dams ~ Grand-View Ayrshires

HAZCROFT GIGI GABRIELLA-ET VG-89

PALMYRA-RAGIMORE-EV B GIGI EX-90

2-02 305D 19,340M 4.3% 829F 3.0% 572P 4 embryos x De La Plaine Viking! Sired by Berkely out of EX 90 Poker backed by AA granddam! ~ Palmyra & Hansen

3-02 365D 22,450M 4.5% 1,003F 3.4% 754P Embryos x Predator sell! Mult. AA honors for this Burdette dtr out of 90-pt Poker backed by AA granddam ~ Palmyra, Els, Raigmore Trust & Volschenk

SUNNY-ACRES RIGGINS RAMONA EX-93

FOREVER SCHOON PING EX-94-2E

MARILIE CALIMERO MELINA EX-90

FAMILY-AF-AYR CAL DOMINIQUE EX-91

4-00 305D 24,750M 3.9% 976F 2.9% 715P 5-02 365D 27,240M 4.4% 1,210F 3.6% 972P Embryos by De La Plaine Viking! Sired by Riggins, 3 Embryos by Kamouraska Big Star or Ruisseau this Res. AA 4-year-old is out of a VG Jackson Clair Adidas! Multiple AA & All-Can award winner backed by a 3E-93 granddam over 243,000M Life. sired by Lagace Modem and out of a 93-pt dam. ~ Sunny Acres Farm ~ Ferme De La Plaine

7-05 305D 27,234M 4.4% 1,208F 3.5% 952P Proj. 4 embryos by Palmyra Tri-Star Reality! A Calimero daughter of Marilie T-B Midrya. ~ Julie and Mario Lacerte

4-01 305D 23,960M 4.1% 982F 3.0% 712P Embryos out of Mapleburn Remington. Sired by Calimero this 2013 AA nominee is backed by multiple AA winners! ~ Family-Af-Ayr Farm LLC

Exciting genetics! Exciting offerings! Bid Last October 1!!

VISSERDALE SELENA 3 EX-90

3-09 365D 34,322M 4.5% 1,559F 3.5% 1,204P 4 embryos by Des Fleurs Perfect! Sired by Kamouraska Rockstar and out of Visserdale Selena 2-ET. ~ Visserdale Farms Ltd Catalogs will be available prior to the sale at

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1224 Alton Darby Creek Rd., Suite B, Columbus, Ohio 43228 +1 (614)335-0020 ~ info@usayrshire.com WDE Show winners may be drafted for the sale. The sale will be broadcast LIVE at www.cowbuyer.com. Sale updates & Catalogs will be available prior to the sale at www.usayrshire.com

Steam-Valley Wilton Magic Bri, EX-94 2E 5-11 364D 32,470M 3.3% 1058F 3.0% 977P 2x All-American • 2011 WDE Grand Champion A unique offering of choice of 4 BURDETTE Dec 2016 heifers, 2 out of Bri and 2 out of Bri’s Calimero dtr, Bikini Also selling Bri’s FRANCIS spring calf.

Visserdale Nor Sunbeam, EX-92 4E 6-04 305D 23,656M 3.7% 871F 3.2% 756P Over 125,000M lifetime BERKELY winter yearling sells carrying Flashy x Royal Flush BC Alona embryo due March

Hazcroft Reality Cleopatra-ET, VG-86 @ 2-06 2-01 305D 24,860M 5.2% 1292F 3.3% 816P Ranked #18 on 8/16 Elite CPI list Next dam, EX-92 2E, Ranks #1 on 8/16 Elite CPI list with records to 5-10 355D 34,150M 4.2% 1432F 3.3% 1117P. Cleopatra’s FACYKIE fall calf sells.

SALES FORCE: Auctioneer: Lynn Lee (615) 390-6312 Pedigrees: Neal Smith (615) 417-0759 Steve McDonald • (309) 712-5969 Donna Mertz • (920) 382-7678 Dave Koss • (563) 543-0440 Damian Ullmer • (920) 639-2375 Tim Busch • (920) 609-7476 Mark Creek • (301) 471-2311

Sharwards Calimero Megan, EX-94 2E 7-06 365D 28,120M 4.6% 1303F 3.1% 884P Over 130,000M Lifetime 4x All-American VOLVO June 2016 granddaughter sells

Palmyra-Ragimore-EV B Gigi, EX-90 2-00 365D 25,910M 4.3% 1111F 3.3% 862P 3x Res. All-American • #44 8/16 Elite CPI list Next dam EX with records over 24,000M PREDATOR summer yearling sells

Grand-View Sumtotal Divot, EX-94 3E 5-10 365D 29,390M 3.8% 1113F 3.2% 942P All-American honors Selling fresh REALITY fall yearling in milk, potential 9th gen EX.

Faucher Loto Opa, EX-96 4E Daltondale Pardner Kasey-ET, EX-92 3E Miss Palmyra Dreamer Gretchan-ET VG-88 @ 2-08 6-08 365D 31,610M 4.6% 1451F 3.4% 1063P 6-00 305D 24,310M 4.0% 970F 3.6% 864P This fresh DREAMER Sr. 2 yr old sells. Res. All-American Many All-American honors in this family. Dam is VG & next 2x Grand, RAWF • Many All-Canadian honors DREAMER winter calf granddaughter sells out of EX Spring Yearling granddaughter by PREDATOR sells dam is EX-91 with records to 23,340M 5.0% 1176F 3.2% 741P. From the same family as GIBBS at Select Sires. OBLIQUE with records over 22,000M & Nom All-Canadian. from VG BURDETTE dam with records to 29,290M 4.6% 1345F 3.0% 890P •

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EMBRYOS SELLING:

DREAMER embryos from VG BERKELY with 2-00 365D 26,430M 4.8% 1256F 3.3% 870P & sister to REAGAN & ROUSH at Select Sires. Next dam EX-92 POKER with over 26,000M. All-American honors in this family. GENTLEMAN embryos from EX LOTO with over 19,000M. Next dam is EX ICE MAN & 3rd dam is the EX-94 5E Family-Af-Ayr Cornelius Daisy, AA with over 220,000M lifetime. VICKING embryos from the one & only EX-96 2E Valevue BBK Minerva, 5x All-American, 3x WDE Grand Champion with over 219,000M lifetime REALITY embryos from a Calimero heifer, Sco-Lo Last Memory. She is the full sister to the 2015 AA Winter Calf, Fall Calf & Sr. 2-Year-Old. Next dam has over 25,000M.

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• • • Geminaecho Showstar Shirley, EX-91 4-10 365D 22,210M 4.1% 913F 3.3% 722P 3x All-American Nominee ~ NEMO spring calf sells

ALSO SELLING:

A VG-87 fresh ROCKSTAR Jr 2 sells with an awesome udder. VG Burdette dam with 1-11 290D 18,900M. Next dam has 3-03 296D 24,540M. A Sept 2016 PRIDE IVF heifer sells out of POKER EX dam with records over 27,000M. The next dam is VG PETERSLUND with records over 21,000M. An OBLIQUE spring yearling sells from a VG REALITY with All-American honors and records to 20,620M 4.6% 956F 3.1% 640P.

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World Photo Contest Winners 2015 Winner up to 6 months

Winner 6-12 months

Reserve

Mowryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gibbs Cayenne Jordan Helsley, USA

Vieux Village Predator Apple

Sco-Lo Dream Mistress ET Tyler Bruchey, USA

Florent, Vicky & Bianca Foley, Canada

Winner 2-Year-Old in Milk

Thornton Park SPG Beretta Michael & Susanna Booth, New Zealand

Heineman Burdette Classic Angela Fuller, USA

Winner 5-Year-Old in Milk

Winner 3-Year-Old in Milk

De La Plaine Burdette Bling ET Ferme Charest, JP Charest & Ferme De La Plaine, Canada

Mayfield Farm Pokers Spot Paul & Vicki Timbs, Australia

Cedarcut Burdette Clove Colata Erin Curtis-Szalach, USA

Winner 6 & 7-Year-Old in Milk

Reserve

Arran Risto Tinker Arran Trust, New Zealand

Liddel R2 Skye Stewart & Rebecca Colie, Australia

Vieux Village C. Diamond Florent, Vickey & Bianca Foley, Canada

Cher-Bar Rippa Lasselle Cheryl Liebich, Australia

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Winner 18-24 months

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Regal Park Reality Solax Stewart & Rebecca Colie, Australia

Family-Af-Ayr Cal Marcie Family-Af-Ayr Farm, USA

Winner 4-Year-Old in Milk (tie)

West Meadow Dreamer’s Vyda ET Neil Kittle, Canada

Mayfield Farm Show Lou Paul & Vicki Timbs, Australia

Winner 4-Year-Old in Milk (tie)

Reserve

Mowry’s Burdette Summer Jordan Helsley, USA

Gordanvale Remarkable Sam Gordon, Australia

Hunnington Fragy 16 C & L Window, UK

Winner 8 & Over in Milk Judges Reserve

Right-Angle T Harley Yarrabee Farms & Ski-Pal Ayrshires, USA

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Scott Braendler Norman Boswall Anu Ahlholm Donald Green Edmond Els Anja Dalhog Michael Broadley Michael Creek

Australia Canada Finland New Zealand South Africa Sweden UK USA

Bluegum Park Ice Dust Jake Matthews, Australia

A Y R S H I R E

B R E E D E R S Reg No.

92.0 X7407843 86.4 M84000300752561 85.6 M64394220 M100419568 95.0 X504534 M100543021 M66596063 91.7 M100541298 95.4 X507515 95.4 M69261843 X106061020 97.7 M69261831 95.4 M100516902 M100561069 M100605350 97.7 M100601945 M69261805 M100531732 M68867588 95.4 X106437377

% Ayr.

200AY329 1AY341 1AY337 7AY84 190AY10 7AY90 76AY754 1AY338 190AY15 14AY31 200AY716 29AY7659 76AY750 76AY756 76AY760 14AY30 7AY93 14AY28 14AY29 80AY4015

NAAB Code

G G G G G G G G G G G

G G G

G G G G

Genomic Eval.

+502 +491 +483 +478 +460 +460 +458 +452 +443 +438 +436 +436 +431 +420 +420 +420 +405 +394 +389 +388

PTI

+0.6 -0.1 -0.8 +1.8 -1.1 +1.6 +0.5 -1.3 -1.3 +1.1 +1.0 +1.2 +1.3 +0.8 +0.9 +1.5 +1.0 -0.1 +1.0 +0.4

PTAT

1491 6784 17 41 36 73 1105 3830 911 6619 129 233 20 37 57 132 7 23 27 38 352 655 34 41 93 173 30 48 21 28 39 72 150 233 26 48 52 80 128 222

No. No. Hrds Dtrs

20 41 15 19 9 5 14 8 61 53 26 64 16 25 43 53 20 6 38 39

% Rip

+.14 -.09 -.09 -.02 +.13 -.16 +.05 +.02 +.20 -.13 +.10 +.04 +.05 +.14 +.06 -.07 .00 -.04 +.01 -.10

+43 +28 +45 +6 +44 +1 +28 +29 +47 -3 +12 +4 -1 +9 +5 -28 -2 +8 -24 -9

+.02 -.03 -.05 +.03 +.07 -.08 .00 +.07 +.06 -.03 +.01 +.01 +.01 +.04 -.03 +.04 -.04 -.06 +.05 -.06

+18 +32 +40 +14 +30 +10 +15 +33 +20 +11 -2 -1 -6 -4 -10 -3 -9 +1 -12 -4

-------------------PTA’s-----------------Milk % Fat % Prot

95 +410 78 +1162 86 +1582 99 +261 87 +504 92 +816 80 +463 91 +636 66 +245 79 +541 91 -146 72 -80 89 -266 83 -424 75 -110 85 -346 91 -31 83 +363 86 -638 88 +222

Rel % SCS

+2.86 +2.67 +3.11 +2.88 +3.41 +3.00 +3.12 +2.83 +3.02 +3.07 +2.75 +2.86 +3.05 +3.05 +2.86 +3.14 +3.06 +2.94 +2.92 +3.00

+2.4 +2.0 -1.2 +1.2 -0.7 -0.5 .0 +3.3 -5.2 -1.8 +2.1 .0 -1.8 +0.3 +1.7 -0.9 +1.2 +0.2 +0.6 -1.6

+2.1 +1.2 -0.1 +0.2 +2.8 -0.6 -1.2 +1.5 +2.0 -1.3 -1.9 -0.4 +0.8 -0.4 +0.8 +2.8 +0.1 -1.8 +0.9 -2.3

DPR

NM$

+323 +314 +185 +155 +190 +45 +121 +328 +79 -18 +129 +45 -77 +28 +66 -112 +22 +5 -63 -121

Sire’s Name

KILDARE TORNADE S-ET KILDARE JUPITER-ET RANTA-AHON PASSELI PALMYRA TRI-STAR HIRVIVAINION JULLI PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE GALNEY-EPC RIPKEN RAVEN PUROLAN ORKKO FI SANROSA ROYAL PHILLIP MARGOT CALIMERO PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY MARGOT CALIMERO DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY MAPLEBURN REMINGTON -ET PALMYRA JERRY BENDIG DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE MARGOT CALIMERO

62 X104347733 X105115743 X105252735 X105650307 X106306758 X106530705 X106675549 X107079948 X107377013 X506544 X507656 X508503 X508671

Reg No.

G G G G G G G G G

Genomic Eval.

BREED AVERAGE (%) 19% 47% 31% 3% 0% 0%

200AY680 200AY699 200AY691 200AY702 200AY728 200AY734 147AY8115 200AY352 200AY758 97AY6544 97AY7656 190AY16 97AY8671

NAAB Code

Ayrshire % of Breed Breakdowns for August 2016

FINAL SCORE EXCELLENT (90-100) VERY GOOD (85-89) GOOD PLUS (80-84) GOOD (75-79) FAIR (65-74) POOR (50-64)

87.22 78.64 91.42 88.87 97.68 87.22 100 95.97 94.18 97.5 100 93.71 96.68

KAMOURASKA ROCKSTAR KAMOURASKA DECAF-ET DES FLEURS PERFECT-ET LESSARD JUMPER-ET DUO STAR GENTLEMAN-ET KAMOURASKA VOLVO-ET FAUCHER OPPORTUNITY-ET LABRIE JUKEBOX DUO STAR ARMANI-ET PA HILL BRODY JEOPARDY WAERENGA BLAZE ASTUTE HOLYROOD PRINCE HUGHIE PA HILL SPB NATHAN

G = GENOMIC EVALUATION

% Ayr.

Bull Name

+523 +547 +479 +522 +399 +489 +398 +549 +565 +427 +428 +483 +418

PTI

+0.5 +0.0 +0.7 +0.6 +1.5 +0.5 +0.6 +0.5 +1.0 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4 -0.8

PTAT

316 52 93 46 79 78 29 34 33 265 102 120 82

No. Hrds

87 80 82 78 82 82 71 71 72 56 55 55 52

Rel %

+.01 .00 +.04 -.01 +.09 +.11 +.09 +.03 -.04 +.05 +.13 +.12 +.26

+46 +57 +44 +38 -13 +38 -1 +56 +54 +14 +21 +40 +24

+.08 +.02 -.06 +.01 +.02 +.06 +.02 +.01 -.02 +.07 +.07 +.08 +.11

+2.75 +2.98 +2.90 +2.84 +3.05 +2.85 +3.05 +2.83 +2.77 +3.40 +3.04 +3.14 +2.91

SCS

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* Figures based on bulls born in the last 8 years

PTA Milk +1716 +1303 +413

+39 +50 +17 +34 -20 +25 -12 +43 +47 +17 +10 +28 +2

-2.5 +1.0 -3.6 +0.6 +1.0 -0.9 +0.1 +0.1 +1.4 +1.4 +2.5 +4.3 +3.4

DPR

PTA Fat +67 +42 +25

+1.5 +1.9 +1.3 +0.8 +0.9 +1.8 0.7 +2.4 -0.9 -3.4 -4.1 -3.1 -1.9

NM$ +559 +354 +205

LAGACE MODEM-ET KILDARE JUPITER-ET DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET DUO STAR NORMANDIN PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY JELYCA OBLIQUE KILDARE PERCY-ET CARMELGLEN BRODY VALENDALE BLAZE SANROSA ROYAL PHILLIP SEMAYR PAHILL BLADE

Sire’s Name

PTA Protein +52 +36 +17

+375 +437 +248 +331 -45 +282 -51 +461 +384 -34 -10 +150 +75

NM$

Ayrshire Average PTA Values for August 2016

+668 +1400 +908 +992 -757 +453 -465 +1328 +1640 +109 -87 +415 -591

-------------------PTA’s-----------------Milk % Fat % Prot

Difference Between Active AI / Non-AI Difference Between Young AI / Non-AI Difference Between Active AI / Young AI

643 68 136 53 114 128 35 40 42 1145 364 510 367

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International Ayrshire AI Sires Marketed in U.S. List for August 2016

JELYCA OBLIQUE ANMAR JUPITER JOEY 1010 ANMAR PASSELI PASSION PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE CARMELGLEN BRODY LIBBY’S LOCHINVAR PALMYRA RAVEN BENEVOLA VAN-DE ORKKO ORION MAYO RF QUINNELLA PALMYRA CALIMERO BLACKJACK DE LA PLAINE PRIME PALMYRA REALITY BRAZIL FAMILY-AF-AYR DOUBLWHAMMY FAMILY-AF-AYR POKER DUNCAN FAMILY-AF-AYR REALITY DAZZLE FAMILY-AF-AYR REM DBL BARREL PALMYRA BENDIG BERKELY SCAPELAND POKER SAWYER HAYNES-FARM WINGNUT TERRACE BANK FREE BEER

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AUGUST 2016 U.S. AYRSHIRE YOUNG A.I. SIRES ACCELERATED GENETICS, BARABOO, WI 14AY33 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

MAPLE-DELL BURDETTE DEMPSEY-ET 65302787 -235M +5F +9P +2.80SCS +2.3PL +0.5DPR +187NM$ +1.9TYPE P8 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 MAPLE-DELL TRIDENT DEE-ET 100510791 94 #91 HIGH CPI COW ARDROSSAN EV KATES TRIDENT 144136 6-06 365D 30610M 4.5% 1392F 3.3% 1016P -241M +20F +10P +226NM$ Semen available for export including EU

14AY34 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

SELWOOD VISSERDALE SIGMA 11333395 (CAN) 87.68% AYRSHIRE +1036M +35F +28P +2.86SCS +0.1PL +0.7DPR +240NM$ -0.3TYPE P9 SELWOOD GAMMA 9756870 (CAN) 90% AYRSHIRE VISSERDALE NOR SUNBEAM 8955850 (CAN) 85.37% AYRSHIRE 92-4E (CAN) DUO STAR NORMANDIN 100317070 (CAN) 77.75% AYRSHIRE 5-01 365D 25602M 3.5% 895F 3.3% 851P (CAN) +1866M +55F +54P +435NM$ Semen available for export excluding EU

14AY35 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

BAR-VUE BUTCH-ET 70514670 95.97% AYRSHIRE +322M +22F +13P +2.76SCS +3.1PL +1.0DPR +275NM$ +0.8TYPE P8 JELYCA OBLIQUE 7407843 (CAN) 91.95% AYRSHIRE BAR-VUE BURT SARA 64343543 90-2E PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 4-07 365D 24516M 3.9% 957F 3.3% 799P +330M +2F +15P +240NM$ Semen available for export including EU

14AY37 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

HAWKSFIELD JAMISON P *TF 100674161 +145M -2F +2P +2.86SCS -0.3PL +0.3DPR +18NM$ +0.9TYPE NA PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 ELITE-HAWK JESSAMINE P-ET 100511907 92-2E ANDERLINI’S KODIAK-ET 150012 5-08 365D 23616M 3.2% 756F 2.9% 683P +562M +7F +10P +28NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU GENEX/CRI, SHAWANO, WI

1AY342 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

CONEBELLA PERCY’S SIREN 70479091 96.5% AYRSHIRE +923M +45F +32P +2.65SCS -0.4PL -1.0DPR +277NM$ +0.6TYPE P9 KILDARE PERCY-ET 103036515 (CAN) 93% AYRSHIRE CONEBELLA BURDETTE’S SEREN 100486069 91-2E PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 5-11 365D 25720M 3.6% 929F 3.1% 792P +319M +14F +9P +141NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

1AY344 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

SELWOOD VISERDALE SUNSPOT-ET 11739856(CAN) 86.29% AYRSHIRE +1117M +33F +39P +2.83SCS -0.6PL -1.3DPR +254NM$ +0.1TYPE P7 KAMOURASKA ROCKSTAR 104347733(CAN) 87.22% AYRSHIRE VISSERDALE NOR SUNBEAM 8955850(CAN) 85.37% AYRSHIRE 92-4E (CAN) DUO STAR NORMANDIN 100317070 (CAN) 77.75% AYRSHIRE 5-01 365D 25602M 3.5% 895F 3.3% 851P (CAN) +1866M +55F +54P +435NM$ Semen available for export excluding EU

7AY103 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

SHARWARDS DIPLOMAT 70984512 87.03% AYRSHIRE +445M +22F +20P +2.89SCS +0.5PL +0.2DPR +192NM$ 0.0TYPE P7 KAMOURASKA MANDARIN 103388551 (CAN) 85.19% AYRSHIRE SHARWARDS NORMANDIN DELTA 100515899 88.87% AYRSHIRE 85 DUO STAR NORMANDIN 100317070 (CAN) 77.75% AYRSHIRE 3-08 345D 24820M 3.8% 937F 3.4% 833P +496M +18F +20P +229NM$ Semen eligible for export, EU collection possible

7AY104 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

BAR-VUE BUCKY-ET 71705772 95.97% AYRSHIRE +352M +26F +18P +2.87SCS +3.19PL +0.6DPR +284NM$ +0.6TYPE P8 JELYCA OBLIQUE 7407843 (CAN) 91.95% AYRSHIRE BAR-VUE BURT SARA 64343543 90-2E PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 4-07 365D 24516M 3.9% 957F 3.3% 799P +330M +2F +15P +240NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

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7AY105 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

SHARWARDS RIGGINS DARRYL 100654466 97.68% AYRSHIRE +140M +23F +8P +2.98SCS +1.9PL +1.3DPR +195NM$ +0.7TYPE P7 PALMYRA POKER RIGGINS-ET 65459499 SHARWARDS CALIMERO KERRY 100515880 95.37% AYRSHIRE 92-2E MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847 (CAN) 90.75% AYRSHIRE 5-06 365D 34660M 4.6% 1583F 3.2% 1107P -23M +29F +12P +189NM$ Semen eligible for export excluding EU

7AY106 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

BEAR-AYR DREAMER DANTE-ET 840003012232005 94.9% AYRSHIRE -15M +18F +4P +2.91SCS -0.3PL -0.7DPR +59NM$ +0.5TYPE NA NEXUS DREAMER 103734662 (CAN) 89.81% AYRSHIRE SHARWARDS MODEM DEMI-ET 66726818 88 LAGACE MODEM-ET 8389304 (CAN) 6-02 310D 24260M 4.3% 1044F 3.6% 863P +266M +22F +10P +247NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

7AY107 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

PALMYRA BENDIG ROUSH-ET 71350693 +679M +40F +24P +2.96SCS +1.4PL -1.1DPR +284NM$ +1.3TYPE P8 PALMYRA JERRY BENDIG-ET 100323168 PALMYRA POKER LH ROSY-ET 66596106 92 DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET 8401621 (CAN) 3-00 365D 26100M 4.4% 1161F 3.5% 910P +581M +40F +22P +413NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

7AY109 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

MAPLE-DELL O DIXON-ET 65302749 95.97% AYRSHIRE +128M +37F +19P +2.87SCS +2.8PL +0.7DPR +318NM$ +1.2TYPE P9 JELYCA OBLIQUE 7407843 (CAN) 91.95% AYRSHIRE MAPLE-DELL TRIDENT DEE-ET 100510791 94 #91 HIGH CPI COW ARDROSSAN EV KATES TRIDENT 144136 6-06 365D 30610M 4.5% 1392F 3.3% 1016P -241M +20F +10P +226NM$ Semen eligible for export excluding EU

7AY110 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

PALMYRA PREDATOR BOOTH 840003123620601 97.68% AYRSHIRE +599M +34F +21P +2.76SCS +0.7PL -0.3DPR +255NM$ +0.9TYPE P8 FOREVER SCHOON PREDATOR 11119921 (CAN) PALMYRA CALIMERO R. BAILEY-ET 65003048 95.37% AYRSHIRE 91 MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847 (CAN) 90.75% AYRSHIRE 6-02 365D 33200M 4.7% 1566F 3.3% 1090P +411M +34F +20P +165NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

7AY111 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

PALMYRA BERKELY REAGAN-ET 840003123620602 +427M +28F +14P +2.96SCS +3.7PL -0.9DPR +299NM$ +1.5TYPE P8 PALMYRA BENDIG BERKELY-ET 69261805 PALMYRA POKER LH ROSY-ET 66596106 92 DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET 8401621(CAN) 3-00 365D 26100M 4.4% 1161F 3.5% 910P +581M +40F +22P +413NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

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7AY112 MR SHARWARDS ROCKSTAR KARL-ET 840003013185216 91.29% AYRSHIRE GPTA: +351M +31F +23P +2.80SCS -0.3PL -1.4DPR +210NM$ +0.6TYPE PVALUE: P8 SIRE: KAMOURASKA ROCKSTAR 104347733 (CAN) 87.22% AYRSHIRE DAM: SHARWARDS CALIMERO KERRY 100515880 95.37% AYRSHIRE DAM’S SCORE: 92-2E MGS: MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847 (CAN) 90.75% AYRSHIRE DAM’S BEST: 5-06 365D 34660M 4.6% 1583F 3.2% 1107P DAM’S PTA: -23M +29F +12P +189NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU 7AY114 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

SELWOOD PETITION 11978645 (CAN) 93.61% AYRSHIRE +780M +50F +33P +2.78SCS +1.0PL -1.2DPR +355NM$ +0.6TYPE P9 KAMOURASKA ROCKSTAR 104347733 (CAN) 87.22% AYRSHIRE FOREVER SCHOON RED PRETTY-ET 11333384 (CAN) 91 (CAN) PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 4-03 276D 16722M 4.0% 666F 3.4% 569P (CAN) +1076M +56F +37P +379NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

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Young Sires cont. from pg. 63 7AY115 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

VISSERDALE SECURE 11565012 (CAN) 74.6% AYRSHIRE +1526M +54F +54P +3.20SCS +0.9PL +1.0DPR +401NM$ +0.1TYPE P9 ORRARYD 914334 (SRB) 52.74% AYRSHIRE VISSERDALE REM SUNRAY-ET 100701382 (CAN) 96.5% AYRSHIRE 90 MAPLEBURN REMINGTON-ET 10316238 (CAN) 3-00 315D 24656M 3.3% 805F 3.2% 794P (CAN) +1624M +42F +48P +219NM$ Semen eligible for export excluding EU SEMEX USA, MADISON, WI

TAURUS-ST, MEHOOPANY, PA (SEXING TECHNOLOGIES) 76AY0757 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

PALMYRA REALITY BRADOCK-ET 69261803 97.68% AYRSHIRE +200M +30F +7P +3.04SCS +0.3PL -0.1DPR +151NM$ +0.6TYPE P8 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 PALMYRA CALIMERO R. BAILEY-ET 65003048 95.37% AYRSHIRE 91 MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847(CAN) 90.75% AYRSHIRE 6-02 365D 33200M 4.7% 1566F 3.3% 1090P +411M +34F +20P +165NM$ Semen eligible for export

76AY759 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

BLIND-BUCK-VALLEY POKERS PEDRO-ET 100609185 +189M +10F +12P +2.83SCS +1.1PL 0.0DPR +158NM$ +0.5TYPE P5 DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET 8401621 (CAN) BLIND BUCK VALL SOL REDPEPPER 100428210 94-2E MAPLE-DELL SOLDIER-ET 144929 5-08 323D 29360M 4.0% 1186F 3.1% 897P +6M -5F +5P +11NM$ Semen eligible for export

76AY0761 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

PLUM-BOTTOM BURDETTE RYDER *TF 100662014 +272M +10F +13P +2.92SCS -0.9PL +0.2DPR +75NM$ +0.4TYPE NA PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 PLUM-BOTTOM LENNON RHODIE 100582064 90 PLUM-BOTTOM REWARD LENNON 100065385 3-07 316D 15310M 3.4% 524F 3.2% 492P +319M +5F +15P -8NM$ Semen eligible for export

200AY00778 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

DE LA PLAINE VICKING-ET 107961868 (CAN) +145M +23F +12P +2.61SCS +1.7PL -0.5DPR +224NM$ +1.1TYPE P8 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 FOREVER SCHOON PING 9591001 (CAN) 94-2E (CAN) LAGACE MODEM-ET 8389304 (CAN) 5-02 365D 27236M 4.4% 1210F 3.6% 972P (CAN) +163M +29F +15P +273NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

200AY01003 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

FOREVER SCHOON PERFECTER 11721987(CAN) 91.29% AYRSHIRE +582M +40F +26P +2.81SCS +1.1PL -0.6PR +308NM$ +0.7TYPE P7 KAMOURASKA ROCKSTAR 104347733 (CAN) 87.22% AYRSHIRE FOREVER SCHOON PERFECTA-ET 9590992 (CAN) 95.37% AYR 96-2E (CAN) MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847 (CAN) 90.75% AYRSHIRE 6-04 365D 29899M 4.8% 1422F 3.5% 1036P (CAN) +749M +52F +31P +321NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

200AY01015 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

DUO STAR REVOLVER 108752413 (CAN) 90.44% AYRSHIRE +836M +40F +23P +2.95SCS +1.2PL +0.2DPR +276NM$ +0.7TYPE P7 KAMOURASKA VOLVO-ET 106530705 (CAN) 87.22% AYRSHIRE DUO STAR ATHENA-ET 107377034 (CAN) 93.66% AYRSHIRE 88 (CAN) JELYCA OBLIQUE 7407843 (CAN) 91.95% AYRSHIRE 2-01 365D 24851M 4.2% 1041F 3.1% 774P (CAN) +1280M +60F +34P +445NM$ Semen eligible for export excluding EU

76AY0762 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

7 OAKS BURDETTE ALASKA *TF 72511710 94.92% AYRSHIRE +783M +44F +34P +2.90SCS +1.4PL 0.0DPR +346NM$ +1.6TYPE P9 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 VAN-DE PHOENIX CORKY ARIZONA 67341233 89.85% AYRSHIRE 90 #2 HIGH CPI COW VAN-DE PIUHA PHOENIX 100541300 84.71% AYRSHIRE 3-01 360D 24980M 4.2% 1043F 3.6% 895P +1051M +63F +48P +499NM$ Semen eligible for export

200AY01027 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

DES COTEAUX RUBICOM-ET 109287246 (CAN) 88.04% AYRSHIRE +1665M +61F +51P +2.76SCS +1.9PL +0.1DPR +496NM$ +0.5TYPE P9 LESSARD JUMPER-ET 105650307 (CAN) 88.87% AYRSHIRE KAMOURASKA POKER RUBIS-ET 106653683 (CAN) 87.22% AYR 87 (CAN) DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET 8401621 (CAN) 3-07 365D 22780M 4.1% 939F 3.3% 756P (CAN) +1459M +63F +42P +430NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

76AY0770 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

VISSERDALE SPECIFIC *FC 11565007 (CAN) 79.34% AYRSHIRE +1025M +64F +45P +2.84SCS +1.8PL +1.3DPR +498NM$ +0.7TYPE P9 R FACET 36324(RDM) 67.4% AYRSHIRE VISSERDALE SELENA 3 10957143 (CAN) 91.29% AYRSHIRE 90 KAMOURSAKA ROCKSTAR 104347733 (CAN) 87.22% AYRSHIRE 3-09 365D 34322M 4.5% 1559F 3.5% 1204P +1268M +80F +52P +497NM$ Semen eligible for export

200AY01028 PTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

LA SAPINIERE CHELYOTE 109397772 (CAN) 81.17% AYRSHIRE +435NM$ +0.3TYPE P5 DES FLEURS PATRIOTE 106611191 (CAN) 72.06% AYRSHIRE LA SAPINIERE CHELYO 107791609 (CAN) 90.29% AYRSHIRE 87 (CAN) KAMOURASKA VOLVO-ET 106530705 (CAN) 87.22%AYRSHIRE 2-01 365D 20377M 5.1% 1045F 3.6% 732P (CAN) +547M +59F +30P +376NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

200AY01034 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

RUISSEAU CLAIR ADIDAS 109166299 (CAN) 90.24% AYRSHIRE +1077M +53F +32P +2.95SCS +1.8PL +0.8DPR +386NM$ P9 KAMOURASKA BIGSTAR-ET 107821541 (CAN) 86.82% AYRSHIRE DUO STAR ATHENA-ET 107377034 (CAN) 93.66% AYRSHIRE 88 (CAN) JELYCA OBLIQUE 7407843 (CAN) 2-01 365D 24851M 4.2% 1041F 3.1% 774P (CAN) +1280M +60F +34P +445NM$ Semen eligible for export excluding EU

200AY01035 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

DES FLEURS PARRAIN-ET 109052043 (CAN) 79.64% AYRSHIRE +1277M +71F +49P +2.84SCS +0.8PL -1.5DPR +466NM$ P9 KAMOURASKA ROCKSTAR 104347733 (CAN) 87.22% AYRSHIRE DES FLEURS ORRARYD PARDON-ET 106611170 (CAN) 72.06% AYR 85 (CAN) ORRARYD 91433 (SRB) 52.74% AYRSHIRE 2-00 365D 24626M 4.5% 1109F 3.4% 866P (CAN) +1984M +90F +66P +619NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

TAG-ST, ST-HYACINTHE, QUEBEC (MARKETED BY SEXING TECHNOLOGIES IN US) 147AY08111 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

FOREVER SCHOON PREDATOR-ET 11119921 (CAN) +779M +38F +24P +2.78SCS +0.5PL -0.7DPR +268NM$ +1.1TYPE P8 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 FOREVER SCHOON PRETTY 7441960 (CAN) 93-2E (CAN) KILDARE JERRY-ET 10002432 (CAN) 6-07 365D 26026M 4.6% 1206F 3.4% 884P (CAN) +404M +39F +20P +276NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

147AY08112 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

FAUCHER MIDAS-ET 107379169 (CAN) 97.68% AYRSHIRE +512M +23F +13P +2.93SCS -0.6PL -0.2DPR +129NM$ +1.3TYPE P8 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 FAUCHER CALIMERO MEDIA 103504307 (CAN) 95.37% AYRSHIRE 93-2E (CAN) MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847 (CAN) 90.75% AYRSHIRE 4-07 365D 35003M 4.5% 1565F 3.3% 1162P (CAN) +1155M +42F +25P +164NM$ Semen eligible for export excluding EU

147AY08113 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

PALMYRA BURDETTE LH RONDO-ET 70270075 +240M +9F +7P +2.85SCS +1.9PL +0.5DPR +153NM$ +1.1TYPE P8 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 GALNEY-EPC L.H. ROSY-ET 100110610 90 PALMYRA LOVER’S HELIGO’S-ET 145622 4-06 365D 32980M 3.8% 1238F 3.1% 1014P +257M +12F +1P +161NM$ Semen eligible for export excluding EU

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1 VAN-DE ORKKO CAITLIN CORKY F100545377 2 VAN-DE PHOENIX CORKY ARIZONA F67341233 3 VAN-DE ORKKO CRICKET CROQUET F100558304 4 CONEBELLA PERCY’S TIVA F70479086 5 MACKINSON RISTOURN PAISLEY F100585142 6 HAWKSFIELD MODEM BRONARA ROSE F100605855 7 VAN-DE OBLIQUES CRICKET CRAZY F65391683 8 CONEBELLA PERCY’S JANCY F70479143 9 SILVER SHEA BURDETTE CASINO F71726073 10 CONEBELLA PERCY’S LAVONIA F79809363 10 S&M-AYR BURDETTE’S DIXIE F100551772 10 VAN-DE ORKKO FIREFLY FOXFIRE F67541035 13 BLIND BUCK VALL O RUSTY F100609112 14 HAZCROFT REALITY CHERRY F72511695 15 PALMYRA RAMIUS L BOBBI F65459494 16 HAZCROFT BURDETTE CAMILLE F70588371 17 PALMYRA RAVEN J BETHANY F66596064 18 HAZCROFT REALITY CLEOPATRA F72511712 18 PALMYRA BURDETTE P RAYNA F72394511 20 PALMYRA ACLAIM BOBBIE F70270047 20 SHADY-DALE RIGGINS ARTIE F840003006972769 20 VAN-DE BURDETTE GOTCHA GODETTE F67381509 23 JACKSON-HILL PETE MOUSE F100514030 23 SPRING-RUN RAMIUS CANDENCE F100640625 25 DAVIS RAMIUS PORK F100633612 25 PALMYRA BERKELY P RITA F72394522 27 GOOD-VUE BURDETTES CHATTER F840003006892514 27 SPRING-RUN BURDETTE DEMZELA F100636455 29 CON-LIN’S BURDETTE TURTLE F100662386 30 FOREST-PARK OBLIQUE BLAZE F100638680 31 S&M-AYR BURDETTE’S NEVADA F100655328 32 MACKINSON POOH F72088300 32 RIPPLING-BROOK BURDET RAINIE F72652769 34 M-R POKER’S DAHLIA F100577594 34 MAPLE-DELL OBLIQUE DARLENE F65302703

X41531 M100541300 X41531 X103036515 X101501602 X8389304 X7407843 X103036515 M100419568 X103036515 M100419568 X41531 X7407843 M100369452 M100216624 M100419568 M100203204 M100369452 M100419568 M100323083 M65459499 M100419568 M100416855 M100216624 M100216624 M69261805 M100419568 M100419568 M100419568 X7407843 M100419568 M100419568 M100419568 X8401621 X7407843

565 563 558 557 554 539 537 533 527 525 525 525 524 521 520 518 515 514 514 512 512 512 511 511 510 510 509 509 508 507 506 505 505 504 504

(CPI Order - Top 125 Cows - Calved within last 27 mos) COW NAME REG # SIRE # CPI

5 4 4 2 4 3 2 1 2 1 4 4 2 2 5 2 4 1 1 3 3 3 5 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 3

59 +1201 49 +1051 57 +1000 53 +1052 42 +1318 55 +814 57 +775 42 +1654 43 +884 45 +1365 56 +452 56 +1002 48 +761 55 +660 57 +748 57 +594 59 +1231 52 +677 50 +378 51 +949 54 +971 56 +706 38 +908 41 +738 44 +660 55 +472 49 +461 48 +795 42 +1162 43 +494 46 +882 41 +1084 48 +244 56 +1158 47 +73

+.06 +.11 + .05 +.09 -.03 + .08 + .12 -.06 + .03 + .04 + .10 + .02 + .04 + .08 + .09 .00 -.02 + .13 + .06 + .03 +.05 + .05 + .08 + .06 + .07 + .08 + .06 -.04 -.11 + .09 -.04 -.11 + .09 -.05 +.18

+58 +63 +48 +58 +46 +48 +53 +52 +40 +62 +37 +43 +38 +42 +46 +24 +44 +52 +26 +43 +48 +37 +50 +40 +40 +34 +29 +24 +24 +36 +27 +20 +26 +35 +36

5 4 4 2 4 3 2 1 2 1 4 4 2 2 5 2 4 1 1 3 3 3 5 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 3

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92 90 85 88 93 91 90 86 86 83 90 90 90 86 90 88 91 86 88 90 87 90 90 83 88 86 87 90 84 85 89 90 85 86 91

+457 95.0 +499 89.9 +527 89.4 +398 94.2 +405 91.4 +467 +418 90.4 +276 96.5 +320 +235 96.5 +258 95.4 +408 92.2 +268 96.0 +349 97.5 +412 +256 97.5 +319 +326 97.5 +296 +373 +349 87.5 +226 87.2 +440 +282 +530 +345 +280 95.4 +196 95.4 +5 +358 96.0 +262 96.7 +181 95.7 +293 90.0 +308 +254 96.0

HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY HAZELTINE, MARGARET L. HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY GABLE, DONALD C. MACKINSON, MATTHEW SAYLES, CHARLES LYNN LEE, DAVID KOSS & JODREY, COREY & CODY & JAMISON ALLEN, KRISTIN A. GABLE, DONALD C. ZOOK, MIKE S. ALMEIDA, FABIAN HALL, DAKOTA LEIGH HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY CREEK, MARK ALLEN HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY CREEK, MARK ALLEN COULEE CREST LLC CREEK, EVAN P. CREEK, MARK ALLEN SHADY DALE FARMS, LLC ROWLEY, STEVEN ATHERTON, JEFF WOLF, THOMAS A. BOGARDUS, ERIC CREEK, EVAN P. HABERMANN, TODD GRESS, THOMAS C & SPRING-RUN WINGERT OF 7-AYR-S FARMS, COLT OPITZ, ELINOR ZOOK, MIKE S. MACKINSON, MATTHEW VARNER, DEAN E. LEWIS, JEANIE MURRAY, DEVIN PATRICK

NO. ------- MILK AND FAT ------- NO - --- PROTEIN ---- REC REL MILK % FAT REC REL % PRO PTAT UDDP SCC PL DPR SCORE NM$ %AYR OWNER

AYRSHIRE HIGH CPI COW LIST FOR AUGUST 2016

The CPI formula is based upon six traits with the following emphasis: 25% fat, 35% protein, 25% type, 6% daughter pregnancy rate (DPR), 5% udder depth and 4% somatic cell. Milk yield is not included as a separate trait in the formula because it is highly correlated to protein and fat yields. The top 125 cows are listed below.

Ayrshire Breeders’ Association Cow Performance Index (CPI) for Production, Type and Health Traits

U S

A Y R S H I R E

B R E E D E R S

36 CONEBELLA OBLIQUE’S LEWA F70479118 X7407843 36 MAPLE-DELL B DEVA F71900178 M100419568 36 NEL-AYR ETRO ANDREA F100511149 X10315763 39 CONEBELLA PASSION’S STARRY F69458688 M64394220 39 RIVER-VALLEY GAVIN BRITTANY F72508772 M100635070 41 CONEBELLA DILLIGENT’S CALATHEA F100523634 X10311365 41 SCAPELAND BURDETTE JULIET F100653223 M100419568 43 SHARWARDS OBLIQUE SHEENA F70984489 X7407843 44 HAWKSFIELD B IDA 59 STARLIGHT F100641112 X104295176 44 PALMYRA-RAGIMORE-EV B GIGI F70270039 M100419568 46 DALTONDALE BBK KUDDLES F100483655 X777850 47 CONEBELLA OBLIQUE’S COLWYN F70479111 X7407843 47 MAPLE-DELL BURDETTE DORA F65302792 M100419568 47 SHADY-DALE NEPTUNE BEAUTY F840003010601016 M840003007525668 47 STEAM-VALLEY BURDETTE IZZY F100630918 M100419568 47 VALES-PRIDE REALITY ODEILIA F100608214 M100369452 52 BURR-AYR-FARMS HUMOUR SABLE F71142735 X103193691 52 FAWNWOOD DREW RUDY F67351659 M100511514 52 FOUR-HILLS BURD BONBON F72302764 M100419568 52 PALMYRA BENDIG T BOBBIE F72394498 M100323168 56 HAWKSFIELD T BRONARA F100651575 M144136 56 S&M-AYR ROCKSTAR’S MONA LISA F100690143 X104347733 58 CEDARCUT BURDETTE CLOVE COLATA F100634136 M100419568 58 FOUR-HILLS BURDETTE SOUR 4567 F72302586 M100419568 58 RIVER-VALLEY GAVIN’S BROOKE F72508771 M100635070 61 AYRDELL’S JAZZY F69915858 M100419568 61 CONEBELLA NORMANDIN’S DARAY F70479083 X100317070 61 PALMYRA POWER GLORY F72394510 M64394151 61 SHADY-DALE AMIGO IONE F840003006972695 M100372470 61 SHADY-DALE AMIGO JASMINE F840003007826979 M100372470 61 VAN-DE ORKKO CONSTANCE OLYMPIA F100558292 X41531 67 FRONTIER BROOK LULU F70684558 M100419568 67 MAPLE DELL REALITY DEVINE F65302711 M100369452 67 MAPLE-DELL OBLIQUE DIVE F65302700 X7407843 67 RONN-AYR BURDETTE KALEY F70708475 M100419568 67 SHARWARDS OBLIQUE ANNIE F70984521 X7407843 72 CONEBELLA PERCY’S GEOVANY F70479094 X103036515 72 GRAND-VIEW BURDETTE RITA F100641671 M100419568 72 XAVIER’S RAVING EMERALD F100531264 M100203204 75 CONEBELLA ORKKO’S TITO F100552513 X41531 75 DALTONDALE BURDETTE ASHEN F100644647 M100419568 75 DREAMNOL POWER MARISSA F100636549 M64394151 75 JASPER ETRO BETTY F100667680 X10315763 75 MARBRAE MODEM JASMINE F100570980 X8389304 75 PALMYRA BURDETTE R GREER F70270067 M100419568 75 RIPPLING-BROOK JOEY RENEE F73328416 M840003007525611 75 TOPPGLEN PRIME WISHIN F100666746 X106061020 83 BARRENS-VIEW TSB MARGARITA F71088368 M100419568 83 SHARWARDS BURD SHEENA 75 KEEN F840003013724298M100419568

503 503 503 502 502 501 501 500 499 499 498 496 496 496 496 496 495 495 495 495 494 494 493 493 493 492 492 492 492 492 492 491 491 491 491 491 490 490 490 489 489 489 489 489 489 489 489 488 488

2 1 4 3 1 5 2 2 1 3 5 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 5 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 5 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 3 1

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D0.2 S0.8 D0.4 D1.9 S0.1 S0.5 S0.3 S1.2 D0.7 S0.6 S1.6 S1.0 S0.3 D0.6 S0.6 D0.1 S0.5 S0.4 S1.2 D0.5 D0.3 D0.1 S0.7 D1.3 S0.9 D0.3 D0.3 S0.7 S0.5 D1.1 D0.6 D0.6 S1.3 S0.9 S0.1 S0.6 S0.5 S1.7 D0.8 D0.5 S1.4 S0.3 D0.1 S1.4 S0.6 D0.4 S1.1 S0.6 S0.5

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88 87 87 84 88 86 90 86 83 90 92 88 85 87 90 87 78 83 87 87 86 83 91 82 87 91 84 87 86 85 86 88 90 86 89 82 83 91 88 83 84 88 90 91 89 85 86 91 86

+264 96.0 +251 +193 +147 88.2 +174 +197 90.8 +207 95.4 +356 93.7 +291 +200 +141 +150 93.7 +193 +162 95.7 +192 +370 +338 90.0 +318 92.8 +200 +308 +146 +289 93.6 +196 +237 +137 +236 +342 88.9 +202 90.0 +311 87.5 +431 +197 95.0 +273 92.8 +260 +240 96.0 +197 +293 96.0 +84 96.5 +195 +189 +345 95.3 +240 93.4 +222 90.0 +146 92.9 +216 +178 +299 92.0 +207 +130 +225 96.8

GABLE, DONALD C. EVANS, DOUGLAS E. NELSON, BRUCE V. GABLE, DONALD C. ALLEN, RANDY L. GABLE, DONALD C. CRAWFORD, JAMES & CINDY HEIMS, JAMES D., JR & JUDY SAYLES, JONATHAN MARK & PALMYRA FM CATTLE PART., EDMUN BEAR-AYR FARM - DONNA J MERTZ GABLE, JOSEPHINE L. EDWARDS, SUSAN & SHADY DALE FARMS, LLC ATHERTON, JEFF VALENTINE, MICHAEL & DENISE BURR, KIMBERLY ANN MASON, P. THOMAS HILL, BRITNEY + MEGAN + BRADLE CREEK, MARK ALLEN SAYLES, CHARLES ZOOK, MIKE S. CURTIS SZALACH, ERIN NICOLE HILL, BRITNEY ALLEN, RANDY L. ROUSELL-AYR FARM-KEN+SHEILA+ GABLE, DONALD C. SHANK MEYERS, ERIN SHADY DALE FARMS, LLC SHADY DALE FARMS, LLC HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY WOLCOTT, ZACHARY MURRAY, DEVIN PATRICK MURRAY, MORGAN RONN-AYR FARMS TENTINGER, JIM & SHARON GABLE, DONALD C. BUSCH, TIMOTHY & MACKINSON, MA ALMETER, XAVIER GABLE, DONALD C. BEAR-AYR FARM - DONNA J MERTZ NOLAN SMITH, REBECCA JASPER HILL FARM COALE, ROYSTON G. III SHANK MEYERS, ERIN VARNER, DEAN E. TOPP, LOGAN BAUMGARDNER, REBEKAH HEIMS, JAMES D., JR & JUDY

NO. ------- MILK AND FAT ------- NO - --- PROTEIN ---- REC REL MILK % FAT REC REL % PRO PTAT UDDP SCC PL DPR SCORE NM$ %AYR OWNER

A Y R S H I R E

(CPI Order - Top 125 Cows - Calved within last 27 mos) COW NAME REG # SIRE # CPI

U S

2016 World Conference Edition

* All records are reported as TRUE PROTEIN

83 SHARWARDS HUMOUR DORA F66726887 83 TRINKLE FARMS DREW HANAH F70496163 87 CONEBELLA OBLIQUE’S DACEY F70479128 87 GOOD-VUE MANDARIN BRENDA F840003009378971 87 PALMYRA BERKELY P RUTH F72394521 87 RIPPLING-BROOK SAFIR MAIDEN F69638090 91 CONEBELLA NORMANDIN’S SHANDA F70479057 91 HAZCROFT KANSAS CANADA F70588377 91 MAPLE-DELL TRIDENT DEE F100510791 91 PALMYRA TRISTAR P ROSY F72394491 91 TENTINGER MARLAN LAVONNE F66878478 96 CONEBELLA BURDETTE’S CHLORIS F72809367 96 DE LA PLAINE POKER PIPPA F100641738 96 KINGSWOOD KANSAS SKYLAR F100646201 96 KINGSWOOD PIUHA URANIA F100568413 96 MAPLE BOTTOM RAMIUS TEKE F68689871 96 OLD BANKSTON REALITY MODEL F69949918 96 PALMYRA DREAMER R GINGER F71350669 96 S&M-AYR PERCY’S MARBLE F100670297 96 SPRING-RUN MANDARIN B’DAYSE F100669329 105 BAR-VUE OB VICKI F70514671 105 CONEBELLA NORMANDIN’S PEACOCK F70479071 105 CONEBELLA PERCY’S SALINA F72809346 105 GOOD-VUE MANDARIN LAWREL F840003012556035 105 SPRING-RUN BURDETTE KATHERINE F100669262 105 VAN-DE POKER CRICKET HOPSCOTCH F67541118 111 CONEBELLA BENDIG’S SENNA F70479144 111 FOREVER SCHOON REAL PRETTY F100663864 111 HAYNES-FARM ROLL OUTTHE BARREL F72451390 111 HEINEMAN BURDETTE BUGATTI F100630646 111 KINGSWOOD BENDIG LAUREL F100655793 111 KINGSWOOD BURDETTE VIOLET F100655823 111 PALMYRA POWER B ROSY F72394503 111 RIVER-VALLEY RISTOURN REJOICE F100642908 111 SHADY-DALE BURDETTE BEAUTY F840003005699456 120 PALMYRA JUPITER BETHANNE F66596093 120 PINE-KNOLLE RISTOURN HANNAH F100587957 120 R-LYN PISTOL VICTORIA F100659957 120 RIVER-VALLEY POKER BONJOVI F66502663 120 SHADY-DALE AMIGO ARTIE 2 F840003010600985 120 SHAW-AYR BERKELY AMAZON F71846713

X103193691 M100511514 X7407843 X103388551 M69261805 X43311 X100317070 X103829197 M144136 M150440 M65391710 M100419568 X8401621 X103829197 X41713 M100216624 M100369452 X103734662 X103036515 X103388551 X7407843 X100317070 X103036515 X103388551 M100419568 X8401621 M100323168 M100369452 M100601945 M100419568 M100323168 M100419568 M64394151 X101501602 M100419568 X101034046 X101501602 M100627075 X8401621 M100372470 M69261805

488 488 487 487 487 487 486 486 486 486 486 485 485 485 485 485 485 485 485 485 484 484 484 484 484 484 483 483 483 483 483 483 483 483 483 482 482 482 482 482 482

(CPI Order - Top 125 Cows - Calved within last 27 mos) COW NAME REG # SIRE # CPI

3 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 5 1 5 1 2 2 5 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 5 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 4 5 4 1 3 2 1

49 47 46 48 55 53 51 54 62 49 46 44 42 46 52 39 52 48 40 44 47 49 43 44 45 54 46 61 39 49 43 48 47 51 56 51 51 29 54 52 39

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3 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 5 1 5 1 2 2 5 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 5 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 3 4 5 4 1 3 2 1

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ARIZONA

BRUCHAG AYRSHIRES RIO BRAVO DAIRY

Alastair Morrison PO Box 980, Stanfield AZ 85172 (520-560-6459) Email: ally.riobravo@yahoo.com ARKANSAS

BUCKNER-AYR FARM

Cell: (309-712-5969) E-mail: mackayr1@yahoo.com

MACKINSON DAIRY FARM

Anamosa IA 52205 (319-480-0304) Phone: (319-462-3315)

Email: slabaugh@hotmail.com (319-683-2540)

IOW-AYR/YARRABEE

The Maynard Lang Family 1832 400th Ave Brooklyn IA 52211 Eric (641-990-6977) Dane (641-990-5096)

Todd Johnson 29503 Kale Ave (farm) Guttenberg IA 52052 (563-880-4077) Email: tjohnson@alpinecom.net

SCOTCH HAVEN FARM

IOW-SHIRE FARM

Jim & Sharon Tentinger 40913 200th Street, Remsen IA 51050 (712-786-2302) Jim's Cell (712-540-2562) E-mail: tenayr@midlands.net Randy & Melissa Wedo, Kendyl Wedo 567 Big Foot Rd., Monona IA 52159 Randy Cell (563-380-3398) Melissa Cell (563-380-2667) E-mail: wedoehr@hotmail.com

Don & Betty Buckner 3228 Buckner Rd Charleton AR 72933 (479-965-2405) • Cell (479-650-6143)

William Langel Family 21689 E 00 North Rd. Cropsey, IL 61731 (608-358-6892) Email: lang0578@gmail.com

Lloyd Machin 6614 Iowa St. Newton IA 50208 (641-792-9523) Cell: (641-417-8680)

CONNECTICUT

INDIANA

IOWA STATE AYRSHIRE CLUB

KINGSWOOD FARM

APRILL FARMS

John Ennis 289 Providence Rd. Brooklyn CT 06234 (860-779-1513)

LILLYS LANE FARM

Joseph Adgalanis 5 Waterman Rd, PO Box 77 Lebanon CT 06249 Joe (860-608-9197) Email: Lillieslane@yahoo.com Farm address: 234 Goshen Hill Rd.

TOLL-GATE FARM

Scott Davenport 149 West Salem Road Salem CT 06420 (860-460-7325) Email: davenportsj@yahoo.com ILLINOIS

CAIN DAIRY

Tim & Grace Aprill 12765 E 100 N Greentown IN 46936 (765-628-3901) Email: gkaprill@gmail.com

ELITE GENETICS

C. Dru & Sara Mercer 4173 E SR 67 Bryant IN 47326 (260-997-1495) E-mail: druandsara@bright.net Cell: 574-727-9192

FLOWER LAND

Rex Eiler 1399 South 700 West Larwill IN 46764 (260-610-5993) E-mail: eilerr@hotmail.com

KLEIN FARM

Emily Cain 321 North 300 Street, Patoka IL 62875 (618-432-7780) Email: ecain12@hotmail.com

James Klein and Family 5191 S St Rd 1, Milton IN 47357 (765-478-3398) Cell: (765-265-1538)

DOUBLE A FARM

OTTE DAIRY

Doug & Jane Murray, Gwen & Ryan Clark, Amanda & Matthew Dynes 3393 St. Rt. 17, Toulon IL 61483 Phone/Fax (309-286-5521) E-mail: jdmurray72@gmail.com

FAMILY AF-AYR FARM

Gregg & Pat Borchardt Heidi, Luke, Daniel, Sarah & Matthew 2880 Krupke Rd. Caledonia IL 61011 (815-765-2506) Website: www.familyafayrfarm.com

ILLINOIS AYRSHIRE CLUB Pres. Beth Weas Cash 1841 East 1600th Street Paloma, IL 62359 (217-491-1286) Cowbelle82@yahoo.com V. Pres. Kristi Dinderman 3307 W. Orangeville Rd. Orangeville IL 61060 (815) 821-2066 hiayrview@hotmail.com Sec./Treas. Judy Lubben 202 Shelley Dr., Thomasboro, IL 61878 (217-377-7608) jlubben@illinois.edu

MACKAYR FARM

Steve McDonald 12114 2050 E St, Princeton IL 61356 (815-875-3516)

STJ HOLSTEINS

Donald & Rita, Mary & Jesse, Matt & Amy, & David Mackinson 17427 E. 2125 N. Rd., Pontiac IL 61764 Mary Cell: (309-533-1814) Matt Cell: (815-830-4464) E-mail: mackinson.mary@gmail.com

Darren, Laura, Harris, Libby & Charlotte Otte; Eric Otte 3165 W 950 S Columbus IN 47201 (812-530-6932) E-mail: darrenotte@gmail.com

Karen Koss, Sec./Treas. PO Box 302 Epworth IA 52045 (563-543-4302) President: Dane Lang Brooklyn, IA (641-990-5096) Vice President: Donna Mertz Blair, NE (920-382-7678)

IOWAYSIDE FARM

Molly Mc Hone & Stacy Sickles 5904 Valley Rd Ames IA 50014-9370 (515-290-0587) Stacy - Phone: (319-240-5715) Email: hbholsteins@iowawatelcom.net Email: lmchone@mchsi.com

ONWORD SWISS & CATTLE CO

Dennis & Joan Worden & Family 17195 45th St. Oelwein IA 50662-9415 (319-283-4544) Noah cell: (563-920-9947) Jacob cell: (319-238-1477) Jonna cell: (563-537-0092) E-mail:onwordcattlecompany@gmail.com

P&A AYRSHIRES

BAJ FARM

Tom & Sara Kruse, Kaleb, Cole and Carter 1507 300th Ave. Dyersville IA 52040 (563-875-7495) Sara’s cell: (563-920-6084) Tom’s cell: (563-920-4901) E-mail: pandaayrshires@gmail.com

BRIJ-AYR FARM

Larry Sears Auctioneer 1617 Spencer St., Grinnell IA 50112 (641-236-5544)

IOWA

Blake Bieber 733 Hodgin Rd., Springville IA 52336 (319-480-6263) Gene Rathjen & Family & Samantha Rathjen 3157-140th St., Wilton IA 52778-9311 (563-732-3603) E-mail: brjayr@gmail.com Judy Cell: (563-299-2397) Gene Cell: (563-299-2403) Samantha Cell: (563-299-2714) Bridget Geigle: (563-340-2373)

BRONE-AYR FARM

Wade & Jennifer Brunsman 3317 160th St Dyersville IA 52040 (563-543-3451) E-mail: broneayr@yahoo.com

HEIM’S FARM

James D. Jr. & Judy Heims 8954 Forest Chapel Rd

LARRY SEARS

SHARWARD FARM

Darryl & Teresa Keehner & Sons 32057 Leaf Rd. Guttenberg IA 52052 (563-252-1018) E-mail: redcows@alpinecom.net

SKI-PAL AYRSHIRES

David & Karen Koss, Allison, Robin & Kaylee 23820 E Pleasant Grove Rd Epworth IA 52045 Cell: 563-543-0440 Email: skipalayr@aol.com

SLABAUGH DAIRY FARM Daryl & Viola Slabaugh 2895 500th St. SW Iowa City, IA 52240

TEN-AYR DAIRY

WEDO-EHR FARM

KENTUCKY

COIN-HILL FARM

Joey, Heather & Joseph Price 1195 Coin Rd., Somerset KY 42503 (606-274-4163) Cell (606-305-5521) Email: ayrprice@yahoo.com

DIXON TOWN FARM

Dan & Shirley Shearer 118 Colonial Dr. Versailles KY 40383 (859-338-2644) Email: danshirfarms@sindstream.net

JSB ACRES

Billy, Melinda, Emily & Joey Branstetter 2392 Roberts Road Hardyville KY 42346 (270-565-4751) E-mail: billyb@scrtc.com

KENTUCKY AYRSHIRE CLUB

Billy Branstetter, Sec/Treas 2392 Roberts Rd, Hardyville KY 42746 (270-565-4751) Pres: Larry Yeager Phone: 859-734-0671 Vice Pres: Bobby Elliott Phone: 859-265-0565

PALISADES APPALOOSAS

Elizabeth Estridge 1601 Bowmans Bottom Rd Lancaster KY 40444 (859-227-0763) E-mail: mitchaelestridge@live.com MAINE

CASTONGUAY AYRSHIRES

Adelard & Ruth Castonguay 39 Richmond Hill Rd. Livermore ME 04253 (207-897-3724) Chris, Peter & Mary Castonguay Email: marycastonguay@hotmail.com

DEER HILL FARM

Beverly J. Donovan & Richard Caverly 117 Wyman Road, Benton ME 04901 (413-695-0819) E-mail:deerhillfarmayrshires@yahoo.com Richard Caverly: (207-660-8182)

HARDY FARM

Henry, Teresa, Marjorie, Ashlie, Andrew & Ashley Hardy 360 Weeks Mills Rd.

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Farmington ME 04938 (207-778-6446) Henry cell: (207-491-6789) Teresa cell: (207-491-8667) Email: ayrshiresr1@gmail.com

NICKARYE AYRSHIRES

Nick Ridley 10 Wilson Lane Shapleigh ME 04083 Cell (207-252-9239) E-mail: nickridley@rsu57.org

WILSHORE AYRSHIRES

Trudy Graffam 85 HurricanRd., Falmouth, ME 04105 (207-749-9816) MARYLAND

LEN-KNOLL FARM

Denton, Shari & Kandice Lenhart 8529 Ramsburg Rd. Thurmont MD 21788 (301-898-5982) Kandice Cell: (240-315-3972) Denny Cell: (301-471-2542) E-mail: sharilenhart@aol.com

MAPLE DELL FARM

The David Patrick Family 1960 Daisy Rd., Woodbine MD 21797 (410-489-4160) Fax: (410-489-4486) E-mail: patrickmilk@aol.com

MARYLAND-DELAWARE AYRSHIRE CLUB

Amanda Dennis, Sec./Treas. 16940 Bollinger School Rd Emmitsburg MD 21788 (301-788-2254) President: Roy Coale 406 Bobcat Rd, Newville PA 17241 (717-580-4356) E-mail: littleredcows@aol.com Vice President: Mark Creek 18811 Wagaman Rd. Hagerstown MD 21740 Phone: (301-471-2311)

PALMYRA FARM

Ralph W. Shank & Family 18811 Wagaman Rd. Hagerstown MD 21740 Phone/Fax: (301-733-9255) Ralph Jr.: (301-739-1960) Mary Creek: (301-739-2729)

SPRING-VALE FARM

Jeff, Patti, Jeffrey Jr., Jonathan Joshua & Joseph Hubbard 8735 Ramsburg Rd. Thurmont MD 21788 (301-401-5000) Jeff: (301-401-5000) Jeffrey: (301-401-5211)

STEEL FIRE FARM

Jeff, Rhonda, Alexis, Cecilia & Jeffrey Winkler 2980 Woodbine Rd Woodbine MD 21797 (410-489-9369) Email: steelfirefarm@yahoo.com

VALES-PRIDE FARM

The Valentines 16901 Bollinger School Rd. Emmitsburg MD 21727 (301-788-2254) Michael & Denise Valentine & Jessica & Samantha Phone: (301-447-6816)

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Paul & Amanda Dennis Phone: (301-788-2254) Robert & Madeline Valentine Phone: (301-898-9014) Mark & Jessica Valentine & Cadin & Gavin Phone: (240-674-6092)

MINNESOTA AYRSHIRE CLUB

MASSACHUSETTS

NEW-VUE AYRSHIRES

LEGACY LANE FARM

Steven & Mary Woodis & Sons 82 Northwest Rd. Spencer MA 01562 (508-885-4316) E-mail: legacylanefarm@hotmail.com

LONE BIRCH AYRSHIRES

Bill Woodis Family 19 Forest Street North Brookfield MA 01535 (508-735-1720) Amy Woodis: 508-864-5275 Email: amywoodis@hotmail.com

RIDALE GENETICS

Marjorie & Ryan Rida 32 Lyman Flatt Rd. Cummington MA 01026 Mailing address: PO Box 527 Worthington, MA 01098 Marjorie: (413-588-6446) Ryan: (413-695-5218) E-mail: marj.hardy@gmail.com

WINE RIDGE FARM

Len Woodis Family, Kristin Woodis Lapierre & Timothy Ayotte 230 Wine Rd New Braintree, MA 01531 Kristin: (508-243-3540) Wineridgefarm@yahoo.com MICHIGAN

DANDY'S AYRSHIRES

Dan Carpenter 3405 Parman Rd. Dansville MI 48819 (810-397-4825) Email: hobsickle@aol.com

HAWKSFIELD FARM

Charles Sayles & Grace Miriam Sayles 150 E. Braden Road Perry MI 48872-9545 Cell: (517-290-6627) Email: ayrhawk2@gmail.com MINNESOTA

BURR OAK FARMS/ BANG FAMILY FARMS Gene Bang 49298 100th Ave Kenyon MN 55946 (507-251-7606)

DAGGETT BROOK FARM

Mary & Tracy Nelson 18152 10th St. Winthrop MN 55396 (507-647-2540) Tracy: (320-583-4268) E-mail: dmnelson@means.net

GOOD-VUE AYR FARMS Micheal & Linda Hanson David, Matthew & Steven 35400 St Hwy 1 NE Goodridge MN 56725 (218-378-4588) E-mail: miliha@gvtel.com

John Irrthum, President (651-380-0185) Karla Smieja, Sec/Treas. 15241 50th Ave Little Falls, MN 56345 (320-339-5684)

Elinor Opitz 9602 County Rd. 8 NW Maple Lake MN 55358 (320-266-0315) E-mail: NewVueAyrshires@gmail.com www.newvueayrshires.com

RED HAVEN DAIRY

Tony Hackbarth 29895 Elfmanns Drive Winona MN 55987 (507-459-6425) E-mail: redhavendairy@gmail.com Rihana Rothering MISSOURI

BENAYR FARM

Donald Benson 5521 CR 1750 West Plains MO 65775 (417-257-3175) E-mail: global@centurytel.net

FOUR J FARMS

Jeff, Jade & Jarica Jensen 2088 Marble Rd Conway MO 65632 (417-589-4232)

HILLCREST FARM

Lyle Unnasch & Brent Unnasch 13637 Hwy ZZ Conway MO 65632 (417-589-6263) Cell: (608-792-8861)

KAR-AYR AYRSHIRES

Karen & Emma Coleman 6039 County Road 421 Palmyra MO 63461 (573-406-5531) Cell: (319-230-6002) E-mail: karayrayrshires@gmail.com

LORREDA SWISS FARM

Ernst Roth 8630 Loring Road Grovespring, MO 65662 (417-462-9502) E-mail: lorreda@centurytel.net

STIL DREAMN DAIRY

Jessica Gatton-Dixon & Brett Dixon PO Box 39 Conway MO 65632 Phone: (417-844-7217) E-mail: stilldreamndairy@hotmail.com NEBRASKA

BEAR-AYR FARM

Donna, Casey & Haley Mertz 13970 County Road P18 Blair NE 68008 (920-382-7678) E-mail: hansendvm@hotmail.com

HI-FASHION FARM

Bruce & Kristy Kempkes, Kourtney & Kaleb 17505 Pine Lake Rd, Walton NE 68461 Cell: (402-304-0751) Farm: (402-782-8746) Email: bruce.kempkes@yahoo.com

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FENCROFT LLC

Brian, Judy, Stevie & Zachary Smith 701 Daniels Road Pike NH 03780 (603-989-9886) E-mail: bbsmith@myfairpoint.net Cell phone: (603-520-0244)

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NEW JERSEY

DRAKE'S ACRES

Keith H. Drake 475 Shades of Death Rd Great Meadows NJ 07838 (908-852-2196) NEW YORK

ALMETER FARMS

Cory & Maryann Almeter, Xavier & Zach 7508 Hiram Rd. Arcade NY 14009 (585-492-3975) Maryann cell: (585-969-2952) Xavier cell: (585-322-5447) Email: xalmeter@gmail.com Home of Zam-Ayr & XLA Ayr Cattle

BARBED-WIRE FARM

Amanda Aker 56 Nellis St Nelliston NY 13410 (518-993-4981) Email: cowgurl481@yahoo.com

B R E E D E R S

BELTAVERN FARM

Jim & Debbie Patsos 214 Rt 414 Waterloo NY 13165 (315-568-2470) Cell (315-775-3379) E-mail: dpatsos@seneca.net

BURR AYR FARMS, LTD.

Ken Burr 5939 Burr Rd. Trumansburg NY 14886 (607-387-9004) Fax: (607-387-9880) Email: kcburr5959@yahoo.com

CEDARCUT FARM

Jim & Joan Curtis & Family 3552 East Rd. Cazenovia NY 13035 (315-655-8909) Email: jcurtis29@gmail.com

D I R E C T O R Y

D L AYRSHIRES

Derek L Long 9252 West Waneta Lake Road Hammondsport NY 14840 (814-386-0259) Email: longdl@hotmail.com

ETHIER ACRES

Alain Ethier 40 Summit Lake Rd. Spur Argyle, NY 12809 (518-638-6597) E-mail: alainethier@nycap.rr.com

FALLS PRIDE DAIRY

Brian, Tracey, Lucas & Emma Poole 2012 Augusta Solsville Rd. Oriskany Falls NY 13425 (315-843-4852) Email: fallspridedairy@yahoo.com

GOLD-N-AYR FARMS William Walley

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1856 Cty. Hwy. 47 Walton NY 13856 (607-865-5665)

GRAZE-AYR PASTURE ACRES

Carol & Rob DeClue 351 Cooley Lake Rd, Norwich NY 13815 (607-334-9879) E-mail: graze-ayrpastureacres@outlook.com

HAYNES FARM LLC

Scott Haynes 1436 State Route 11A Tully NY 13159 (315-439-7777) Email: haynesfarm@live.com

JACKSON HILL FARM

Sheldon Atherton Jeff, Kelly, Jade & Kayla Atherton 3121 Co. Rt. 31 Canisteo NY 14823 (607-698-4464) E-mail: wsa60@hotmail.com Jeff & Kelly (607-792-3732) Jeff & Kelly E-mail: jacksonhill@localnet.com

KLER-VU DAIRY

Tom Gillette 5137 Old Route 12 Lyonsfalls, NY 13368 (315-982-7707) E-mail: jgillette@southlewis.org

MANDACRES FARM

Amanda Licata-Rottingen 263 Petkewee Rd. Cooperstown NY 13326 (607-293-7392) E-mail: amandalicata@yahoo.com

MATOON POND FARMS

John R. Bell & Family 164 Spragueville Road Gouverneur NY 13642 (315-287-1219) Melody Hoffman - Phone: (315-430-7569)

RD FARM

Richard P. Dudden 1126 Co. Rt. 10, Penneville NY 13132 (315-569-7446) bigd81089@yahoo.com

ROUSELL-AYR FARM

D I R E C T O R Y

Ken, Sheila, Ken II, Christine & Jenna Rousell 2334 State Road 11B North Bangor NY 12966 (518-483-4777)

ST LAWRENCE AYRSHIRE CLUB

Melody Hoffman, Treasurer 259 Spragueville Road Gouverneur NY 13642 (315-430-7569) Frank Graves, President & State Director 19202 Marsh Hill Road Adams Center NY 13606 (315-232-3528) John Bell, Secretary 164 Spragueville Road Gouverneur NY 13642 (315-287-1219)

4106 Davenport Rd. Georgetown NY 13072 (315-837-4777) E-mail: sunnyacresayrshires@gmail.com Andrew Cell (315-750-0719) Gregory Cell (315-456-8283) OHIO

AYR-KNOLL FARM

Troy Knoll Family 415 Old State Rd North Fairfield OH 44855 Cell: (419-681-0751) Email: knolltroy@yahoo.com

BEAM FARMS

Kent & Keith Beam & Family 3728 Old US 68 S, Xenia OH 45385 (937-372-4838) Kent Cell: (513-582-6403) Keith Cell: (937-776-2502)

CONRAD FARM

Donald L. Conrad 13205 Clarksburg Pike New Holland OH 43145 (740-495-5124) Greg: (740-495-5067)

EMERALD FARMS

Fenton Bros. 22050 SR 136, Winchester OH 45697 (937-695-0697) Doug Phone: (937-205-1209) Tom Phone: (937-823-8815) Ron Phone: (937-725-5333) Joann Phone: (937-217-0697)

J-M-HOW FARM

John & Marla Howman 13808 Kimmens Rd. SW Massillon OH 44647 John Cell: (330-317-4306) Marla Cell: (330-317-4305) Email: jmhowman@gmail.com

LITZENBERG FARMS

Richard & Marilyn Litzenberg & Family 8228 Bishop Rd. Centerburg OH 43011 (740-625-5366) Lori & Rodney Houck: (740-625-5784) Lisa & Jason Wilson: (740-392-8175)

JACK MILLER FAMILY Jack & Mick Miller 12261 Pemberville Rd. Bradner OH 43406 (419-288-2834) Mick: (419-288-2210)

MILL VALLEY FARMS

Mr. & Mrs. John Greiwe & Family 5965 SR 29 E, Sidney OH 45365 (937-492-7209) John’s Cell: 937-658-0382 Email: millvalleyfarms@woh.rr.com

OHIO AYRSHIRE BREEDERS’ ASSOC.

STEELE ACRES

Tom Wolf, President 5729 Brown Rd. Shreve OH 44676 (330-567-3486) Sec.: Patti Kennedy, 9440 Sugar Creek Rd. Harrod, OH 45850 Phone: (419-643-6255)

SUNNY-ACRES FARM

Joyce Downerd & Family 994 Newmans Cardington Rd Prospect OH 43342

Michael Steele & Sons 1861 Horton Brook Rd Roscoe NY 12776 (607-498-6199) steeleacres@frontiernet.net Doug & Kathy Evans & Family

SHADY VIEW FARM

(740-251-7344) Mark (740-251-7280)

SHIREDALE FARM

Randall Jump 5081 CR 20, Ada OH 45810 (419-231-1269)

SPRING-RUN FARM

Thomas A. Wolf 5729 Brown Rd. Shreve OH 44676 (330-567-3486) Tim Wolf: (330-749-9047) Lisa Gress: (330-567-3417) Email: vwolf4141@embarqmail.com OKLAHOMA

HALL’S AYRSHIRES

Gene Hall Jr & Patrick Myers & Family 346494 E. 760 Rd. Cushing OK 74023 (Gene: 405-740-3085)

SHIMMER-AYR

Leanne, John & Dorane Vanderlaan 21360 CR EW 181, Frederick OK 73524 (508-335-5932) Cell (580-418-8741) Email: leannevanderlaan@yahoo.com PENNSYLVANIA

BARRENS VIEW FARM

The Baumgardner Family 237 W Barrens Church Rd Dillsburg PA 17019 (717-432-3169) Nathan's cell (717-357-2563) Justin's cell (717-357-2524) E-mail: wildcowz@hughes.net

CONEBELLA FARMS

Don & Pam Gable, Joshua, Tyler & Kevin 337 Chestnut Tree Rd. Elverson PA 19520 (610-286-2967) Cell: (484-824-2164) www.conebellafarm.com E-mail: gable@conebellafarm.com

CROWN-QUEST FARM

Shawn Hernley 31 Hernley Lane, Lebanon PA 17046 (717-865-5782) E-mail: khernley@comcast.com Shawn cell: (717-269-0138)

DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY 700 East Butler Ave Doylestown PA 18901 (215-489-2277) Cell: (267-218-2024) Fax: (215-489-2406) Email: darrin.mayer@delval.edu Website: www.devalcol.edu

Bessemer PA 16112 (724-730-0022) E-mail: swamp180@yahoo.com

HIDDEN VALLEY FARM

Royston G. Coale III 406 Bobcat Rd, Newville PA 17241 (717-309-7022) E-mail: littleredcows@aol.com

JEMS AYRSHIRES

Jennifer & Janel Zinn 115 Shady Rd, Newburg PA 17240 (717-423-6014) Janel: (717-377-0755) Jennifer: (717-360-3058) E-mail: jems5@embarqmail.com

JENNY'S AYRSHIRES

Jennifer Poole 783 Ruffsdale Alverton Rd Mt Pleasant PA 15666 (724-696-4119) Farm Phone: (724-438-5023)

KING & QUEEN FARM

Thomas E. & Dale F. Smith 1600 West Route 897 Denver PA 17517 (717-336-0553) Mary & Scott Shuman Email: kingnqueen@dejazzd.com

KOZY KOUNTRY FARM

Charles & Kim Clark 1478 Sheldon Hill Rd Springville PA 18844 Home: (570-965-2138) Charlie's Cell: (570-479-5877) Email: kozykountry95@yahoo.com

MAULFAIR ACRES

Dale Maulfair 400 South Center St. Jonestown PA 17038 (717-865-6439) Dale & Patti Cell: (717-821-6266) David & Rachel Cell: (717-926-5341)

MOWRY HOMESTEAD

Jason Mowry 259 Sheepskin Rd. Roaring Springs PA 16673 (814-215-1492)

MY-LINE AYRSHIRES

Dave & Jill Kopfer 529 East Wesner Rd. Blandon PA 19510 (610-587-9877) Email: missmyline@hotmail.com

PENNSYLVANIA AYRSHIRE BREEDERS ASSN.

Donald S.Walters 14934 Rt 522 Beavertown PA 17813 (570-837-3376)

Jason Mowry, President 259 Sheepskin Rd. Roaring Springs PA 16673 (814-215-1492) Vice President: Shawn Hernley 31 Hernley Lane, Lebanon PA 17046 (717-865-5782) Secretary/Treasurer: Lori Baumgardner 237 W Barrens Church Rd Dillsburg PA 17019 (717-432-3169)

DREAMNOL AYRSHIRES

PLUM BOTTOM FARM

DON-ANN FARM

Rob & Sharon Nolan & Family 34 Schapansky Road Cochranville PA 19330 (610-593-7465) Sharon cell: (610-505-5201)

Audrey Gay Rodgers 6364 SR 655 Belleville PA 17004 (717-667-3731) Web: www.hameaufarm.com

HENRY FARMS

RIPPLING-BROOK FARM

Jeff Henry 228 E. Beechwood Rd.

Douglas Varner 16567 Loves Valley Rd.

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Shirleysburg PA 17260 Dougâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Phone: (814-477-3691) Dean's Phone: (814-542-5417)

Martin & Lori (802-334-8198) Email: moonshine_in_the_moonlight@ hotmail.com

S&M AYR FARM

BLUE SPRUCE FARM

Mike Zook 300 Poplar Street Honey Brook PA 19344 (610-273-7245)

Eugene & Nathan Audet 1796 VT RTE 22A, Bridport VT 05734 (802-758-2179) Nathan cell: (802-989-0649) Troy cell: (802-989-9634) Eugene home: (802-753-2359) Email: bsf@gmavt.net

ST GENETICS

PO Box 164 Mehoopany PA 18629 (570-833-5123) E-mail: info@taurus-st.com Susan Young Edwards & Family 320 Prange Road West Grove PA 19390 (610-869-8286) Barbara Young Rudy, 10321 G24 Hwy., Indianola, IA 50125 Phone: (515-205-5317) Ann L. Young: (610-869-2360) E-mail: sye701@yahoo.com

RIVER VALLEY FARM

The Allen Family 5151 East Hubbard Rd Castleton VT 05735 (802-273-2415) Randy's Cell (802-353-3019)

c/o Charles Ennis 23 Ennis Road Brooklyn CT 06234 (860-774-5378) E-mail: ns06234@sbcglobal.net

SCAPELAND FARM

Kurt Anechiarico & Cindy Crawford 165 Sawyer-Needham Rd Whiting VT 05778 (802-623-6934) E-mail: ayrgraze@sover.net

TENNESSEE

LEE'S DIXIELAND

Lynn Lee P.O. Box 1229, Smyrna, TN 37167 (615-390-6312) E-mail: lee_lynn@bellsouth.net

NAUTA FARM

Larry & Jonathan Johns 8305 Jackson Ridge Rd Rockvale TN 37153 (615-556-2245) Jonathan: (931-308-0898) nautafarmjohns@att.net

VERMONT AYRSHIRE CLUB

President: Lori Before, 152 Prevost Rd, Newport, VT 05855, Phone: (802-334-8198) Vice President: Randy Allen, 5151 E Hubbardton Rd, Castleton, VT 05735 Phone: (802-353-3019) Secretary/Treasurer: Tina Spaulding, 1467 Gilman Rd., Bethel VT 05032 Phone: (802-234-9588)

TEXAS

ECUA FARM

Fabian Almeida, 5620 Woodard Ave Cleburn TX 76033 (206-714-5853) UTAH

CACHE VIEW

David & Richard Hansen 2326 W 6550 N, Amalga UT 84335 (435-563-9052) David Cell: (435-770-0141) E-mail: daveghansen@gmail.com

WASHINGTON

HIDDEN ACRES AYRSHIRES

COULEE CREST LLC

Kurt & Scott Peterson 28752 Navajo Rd Cashton, WI 54619 Kurt: (608-633-2321) Email: couleecrest@hotmail.com

DALTONDALE FARM John Dalton 9210 Hwy 83 Hartland WI 53029 John (262-391-5195)

FOGGY-VALLEY FARM

John, Shauna, Hunter, Peyton & Tanner Offer 1768 Rangeline Rd Auburndale WI 54412 (715-384-4383) Home: (715-387-0960) Cell: (715-305-6024) E-mail: shauna_offer@hotmail.com

FOREST PARK AYRSHIRES Glen Nelson 2229 170th St., PO Box 294 Milltown WI 54858 (715-825-4220) Email: forestpk@lakeland.ws

GRAND-VIEW AYRSHIRES

Tim & Katie Busch N6470 County Road C Cecil WI 54111 (920-609-7476) E-mail: tb1972@frontiernet.net

INDIES-VIEW FARM

Garrett Schmidt & Jessica Peter W14344 W Indies Rd Melrose WI 54642 (608-865-0266) Email: indiesviewgw@gmail.com Jess: (563-380-9925) Jess email: jpeter@accelgen.com

MAINSTREAM AYRSHIRES

JERECZEK HOMESTEAD DAIRY INC

VERMONT

AGAWAM FARM

WEST VIRGINIA

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Craig M. Keller 1439 Keller Road Mount Horeb WI 53572 (608-437-5156) E-mail: farming53572@yahoo.com

Corby & Cristina Groen Steve & Sheri Groen 1004 Barnhart Rd. Lynden WA 98264 Corby (360-201-0921) Steve (360-708-2123) E-mail: corbygroen@live.com

Mark Kortus 2350 Main St., Lynden WA 98264 (360-354-5266) Email: mainstrm1@hotmail.com

Rachel Before; Martin & Lori Before 152 Prevost Rd. Newport VT 05855 Rachel (802-673-7649)

7 OAKS DAIRY

AUTUMN-AYR

James Jr. and Tina Spaulding 1467 Gilman Rd. Bethel VT 05032 (802-234-9588) E-mail: tina@promotingjustice.com

RHODE ISLAND AYRSHIRE CLUB

WISCONSIN

CR FARM

GOOD OAK FARM

DIAMOND RIDGE FARM

Pamella J. Jeffrey, Christopher Burne and Family 1674 A Ministerial Road Wakefield RI 02879 (401-782-0044) E-mail: pjeffrey@verizon.net

H. Louis Winters 10625 National Road Valley Grove WV 26060 (304-547-1396)

Kelly & Renee Burke; Raymond Burke 83 Stewart Rd. Berlin-Montpelier VT 05602 (802-223-7927) The Huntingtons 3661 Route 5 North Newbury VT 05051 (802-866-5438) Lin & Florrie - Phone: (802-866-5438) Fax: (802-866-5429) Lin Cell: (802-356-2710) Gordon Cell: (802-356-7418)

RHODE ISLAND

WINTER-AYR FARM

Margaret Hazeltine & Rob & Tiffany Hazeltine 2828 Kessler Road Janesville WI 53548 (608-756-2913)

BURKE FARM

TIMBERLAWN FARM

Parkersburg WV 26101 (304-615-0305) Email: patrick_parsons01@hotmail.com

SUNSPAR FARMS

Parsons, Patrick 1231 Kesterson Road

Ken, Diane, Paul & Mark Jereczek N21242 Cty Rd G Dodge WI 54625 (608-539-4333)

LAZY M FARM

Michael Maier 4426 Countryside Lane Stitzer WI 53825 (608-732-8275)

U S

MAPLE-AYR FARM KOLASKE FAMILY FARMS Bill & Carrie Kolaske W3831 Landstad Road Bonduel WI 54107 (715-758-6420) Cell: (920-639-2397)

A Y R S H I R E

MAPLETON VALLEY FARMS

The Agnew Family W359 N8470 Brown St Oconomowoc WI 53066 (920-474-4349) Tom cell: (608-347-4948) Katie cell: (920-273-9324) Email: mapletonvalley@gmail.com

MEADOWDALE FARM

Chris, Janice, Carley & Charlie Richards 1950 Richards Road Linden WI 53553 (608-623-2834) Chris cell: (608-341-7472 Email: cjrichards4@gmail.com

MOY-AYR FARM

Perry & Dorothy Moyer 1205 West Melrose St. Whitewater WI 53190 (262-473-4095) Steven & Pauline Schmidt, W7864 Territorial Rd., Delavan, WI 53115 Phone: (608-883-6822)

B R E E D E R S

MUELLERS AYRSHIRES

James, Tami & Brian Mueller 1659 HWY Z Cuba City WI 53807 (608-744-3543) Cell - Jim: (608-732-5015) Tami - (608-732-0122) Brian - (608-732-0653) E-mail: mueller@mhtc.net

NEL-AYR FARM Bruce V. Nelson N4626 Cty I Tony WI 54563 (715-532-3819)

OLE-AYR

Mort O'Leary 220 Depot St Footville WI 53537 (608-931-6656)

RED ROCK AYRSHIRES

D I R E C T O R Y

Mina Gumieny & Rick Schwoerer, Wade, Brooklyn & Colby F1369 Huckleberry Rd. Edgar WI 54426 (715-352-3154) Cell: 715-370-3832 E-mail: redrock_ayrshires@hotmail.com

SCHWITTAY FARMS LLC

Jeremy & Monica Schwittay W5314 Town Hall Rd Peshtigo WI 54157 Monica: (920-980-5722) Jeremy: (715-923-1756) Email: heifer.solutions@yahoo.com

ULLMSTAR DAIRY

Damian & Kiley Ullmer N9268 State Hwy. 55 Seymour WI 54165 (920-833-2995) Cell: (920-639-2375)

WISCONSIN AYRSHIRE CLUB President: Bill Kolaske W3831 Landstad Road

U S A Y R S H I R E B R E E D E R S D I R E C T O R Y

Bonduel WI 54107 (715-758-6420) Vice President: Margaret Hazeltine 2828 Kessler Road Janesville WI 53548 Phone: (608-756-2913) Secretary/Treasurer: Sandra Ellenbecker, 908 Borneur Ct., Neenah WI 54956 Phone: (920-915-0400)

SOCIETE AYRSHIRE DU QUEBEC

INTERNATIONAL

Contact the Ayrshire

3955 Boul. Laurier Ouest St. Hyacinthe, Quebec CAN J2S 3T8 (450-778-4334) Fax: (450-778-9637) Email: ayrqc@ayrshire-canada.com www.ayrshirequebec.com

AYRSHIRE BREEDERS ASSN. OF CANADA

4865 Boul. Laurier St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada J2S 3V4 (450-778-3535) Fax:(450-778-3531) www.ayrshire-canada.com Email: info@ayrshire-canada.com

Breeders' Association at 614-335-0020 if you would like to participate in the Breeders' Directory

www.usayrshire.com Young Sires cont. from pg. 64 147AY08115 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

FAUCHER OPPORTUNITY-ET 106675549 (CAN) -465M -1F -12P +3.05SCS -0.7PL +0.1DPR -51NM$ +0.6TYPE P6 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 FAUCHER LOTO OPA 102635126 (CAN) 96-4E (CAN) FAUCHER LOTO-ET 100310616 (CAN) 6-08 365D 31610M 4.6% 1451F 3.4% 1063P (CAN) -48M +6F +9P -32NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

147AY08116 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

DES COTEAUX VOLKA-ET 108212350 (CAN) 87.31% AYRSHIRE +822M +50F +35P +2.90SCS +2.2PL +0.1DPR +393NM$ +0.4TYPE P9 KAMOURASKA VOLVO-ET 106530705 (CAN) 87.22% AYRSHIRE LAGACE OBLIQUE MONICA 106261731 (CAN) 87.4% AYRSHIRE 83 (CAN) JELYCA OBLIQUE 7407843 (CAN) 91.95% AYRSHIRE 4-06 365D 19811M 4.8% 941F 3.8% 758P (CAN) +848M +68F +42P +491NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

147AY08117 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

MONT COMI SHOCKWAVE-ET 106182247 (CAN) 98.84% AYRSHIRE +426M +18F +4P +2.89SCS +1.5PL -0.4DPR +155NM$ +0.5TYPE P5 PALMYRA BINGO-ET 104295176 (CAN) MONT COMI REALITY SWAN 103011279 (CAN) 97.68% AYRSHIRE 91 (CAN) PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 3-10 355D 24280M 4.0% 979F 3.4% 831P (CAN) +723M +32F +22P +194NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

147AY08118 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

VISSERDALE SELECTION-ET 11565002 (CAN) 95.64% AYRSHIRE +623M +46F +19P +2.86SCS +1.0PL +0.1DPR +296NM$ +0.6TYPE P7 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 VISSERDALE SELENA 3 10957143 (CAN) 91.29% AYRSHIRE 90 (CAN) KAMOURASA ROCKSTAR 104347733 (CAN) 87.22% AYRSHIRE 3-09 365D 34322M 4.5% 1559F 3.5% 1204P (CAN) +1268M +80F +52P +497NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

147AY08119 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:

DU MURIER LEMKEN 108181662 (CAN) 96.83% AYRSHIRE +127M +34F +14P +2.85SCS -0.9PL 0.0DPR +155NM$ +0.6TYPE P6 FOREVER SCHOON PREDATOR-ET 11119921 (CAN) DU MURIER LICORICE-ET 106973858 (CAN) 93.66% AYRSHIRE 87 (CAN) JELYCA OBLIQUE 7407843 (CAN) 91.95% AYRSHIRE 2-05 365D 20097M 6.5% 1314F 3.7% 750P (CAN) 0M +38F +10P +138NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU

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Advertising Index ABA Embryo Sale..................... 58

Missouri ABA............................ 22

ST Genetics.........................38-39

ABA World Event Sale............... 59

Moy-Ayr Farm.......................... 13

Stil Dreamn Dairy..................... 19

Australia Ayrshires................... 17

Myline Ayrshires....................... 35

Stillmore Cattle Co................... 40

Ayrshire Ambassadors Coop..... 24

Ohio ABA................................. 54

Stylin Genetics......................... 37

Ayrshire Canada...................... 28

Palmyra Farms......................... 76

TenAyr Dairy............................ 22

Ayrshire New Zealand.............. 34

Ridale Genetics........................ 74

Timberlawn Farm..................... 36

Ayrshire UK.............................. 47

S&M Ayrshire Farm................... 52

US Ayrshire Breeders Assoc...... 14

Barrens View Farm................... 56

Select Sires......................... 45,73

Viking Gnetics.......................... 23

Blue Spruce Farm....................... 8

South Africa Ayrshires.............. 44

Yarrabee Farms........................ 29

Cedar Cut Farm....................... 18

Spring Run Farm...................... 24

Coulee Crest Farm................... 18 CR Farms................................. 53 Dandy’s Ayrshires.................... 48 Dream On Ayrshires................. 41 Emerald Farms........................... 2 Fastrack................................... 54 Fight-Bac................................. 50 Grand View Ayrshires............... 51 Hall’s Ayrshires.......................... 3 Hardy Farm.............................. 25 Hawksfield Ayrshires................ 55 Iowa Ayrshire Breeders............. 75 Jack Miller Family..................... 52 Jems Ayrshires......................... 52 Kar-Ayr Ayrshires...................... 48 Lee’s Dixieland......................... 57 Locust Spring Farm................... 51 MackAyr Farm.......................... 49 Maple Dell Farm...................... 36

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