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want to welcome you all to the Land of Lincoln, Illinois. Come join other dairy enthusiasts, as it will be a joint convention with Ayrshire and Brown Swiss. I commend the states that had spring sales this year. They did outstanding jobs with fabulous results. The quality has been exceptional, and the prices reflect such. We will have the best North America has to offer at the Grand National Convention Sale, so come and find something to improve your genetics. We have two tours scheduled for convention - one to show you the sights of Peoria and another to see the latest in innovation and technology in the dairy industry at River Valley Farm, one of the top Jersey herds around. Come for the comradery; and most of all, come to your national meeting for this is where your Association’s future is molded. Truly, as Ayrshire breeders, it is your future being developed. It only makes sense that attending the annual meeting should be high on all of our priority lists. Thanks to all who have made this convention possible. See you in Illinois! ~Steve McDonald
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May/June 2014 Volume 100, Number 3
The Official Publication of the Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Features Active AI Sires................................................................................. 26 Genomics......................................................................................... 6 National Convention Information.................................................24-25 Youth Record Book Winners.............................................................. 10 Scholarship Winner.......................................................................... 12 Young Sires..................................................................................... 14
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GENOMICS By: David J Kendall, Director of Genetic Development, Taurus Service, Inc, Mehoopany, PA
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he April 2013 U.S. Genetic Evaluations introduced the power of genomic evaluation to the tool chest of Ayrshire breed improvement. Last summer, Adam Oswalt gave an excellent introduction to genomics in the Digest. This article is part of the continuing education process to help you better understand and utilize this technology. As Adam wrote, genomics allows us to see pieces of the genetic inheritance that the parents, grandparents and further removed ancestors have transmitted to an animal. These pieces of genetic material are denoted by Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms or SNPs. An SNP is a change in the sequence of the amino acids that are the building blocks of DNA. It is important to know that these SNPs, in the vast majority of cases, do not directly represent a gene. Rather, through extensive statistical analysis, SNPs allow us to correlate these changes in the amino acids with changes in animal performance. Most of these changes are very small; they have to be added up across not only on an individual chromosome, but across all 30 chromosomes as well, to get a true understanding of the total potential that an animal has to both perform in its own right as well as to pass on to any offspring. Dr. John Cole at the USDA has developed a fantastic tool to help visualize how these process works. If you go the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding website, go to the left hand column under General Inquiries and click on “Get Chromosomal PTA by ID” you will get this:
If you type in the registration number of an animal that has been genomically tested, such as AY50803818 for Hidden Valley Garth’s Brandon, you will get a graph as shown below. What this graph shows us is the total contribution from each parent on each chromosome for each trait that is currently measured. This graph shows Brandon’s Chromosomal PTA for Net Merit. For instance on Chromosome 1 Brandon has inherited, as measured by the SNPs, +6.352 NM$ of value from his sire (always coded in Lavender) and -11.96 NM$ from his dam (always in peach) for a net contribution of -5.608 NM$ on this chromosome. This is repeated for each chromosome, added together and then regressed to give the Direct Genomic Value (DGV).
DGVs are the important first step of genomic evaluations. DGVs are based on comparison with the Reference Population, all the information from all the Ayrshire animals that have been tested correlated with each trait that is evaluated, such as NM$. This step does not
include any pedigree information. The second step is the inclusion of the polygenic effect. The polygenic effect is the first place where information from an animal’s traditional pedigree is incorporated. The polygenic effect is included in recognition that not all information about inheritance of genetic material is directly measured by the SNPs. SNPs measure the highlights, and they do a very good job of capturing the majority of the information, but is it not all the information. The third piece is contribution of non-genotyped ancestors, in Brandon’s case, his dam. This piece is complicated and important. Genomics does see the SNP information that a nongenotyped parent contributes, and it does measure that contribution against the reference population. The complication is that without the direct contribution of the SNPs from that animal combined with that animal’s performance it is not as accurate. This step recognizes this fact. This is where the increase in reliability will come from as more animals are tested. The result for Brandon is that of his +122NM$, +136NM$ comes from his sire as compared to the reference population, -45NM$ comes from his dam compared to the reference population for a DGV contribution of +90NM$. The 46 NM$ difference between Brandon’s DGV and official NM$ comes from inclusion of the polygenic effect and the performance of his dam and other relatives that have not been genomically tested. I hope this article helps you to better understand the process and the value of genomics. There is much more that we can learn from and apply to improving Ayrshires from this great tool. In future articles, we will look at some of those opportunities.
Breeders RoundTable on Genomics As genomic testing has become more readily available and breeders have embraced this new scientific availability, we asked four breeders to respond to a series of questions regarding their thoughts and use of genomics. Thanks to Dandy’s Cherry Knoll, Dan Carpenter, of Dansville, Michigan; BarVue Farms, John Irrthum of Wanamingo, Minnesota; Grand-View Ayrshires, Tim Busch of Cecil, Wisconsin, and Palmyra Farm, the Shank & Creek Families of Hagerstown, Maryland, who all provided input to this roundtable. How are you using genomics in your herd? Bar-Vue Farms: We are using genomics to
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compare full brothers that will be going to AI. Dandy’s Cherry Knoll: To identify the best of my herd bulls. Grand-View: We just started testing a couple of females and males from our best cow families. Palmyra: We have Ayrshires and Holsteins and currently use the genomics very differently for each breed. For both, we consider genomics a tool to be used to help make breeding and marketing decisions. The Ayrshire genomics are still in a very early stage, therefore, are not highly reliable. We are actually at a point where Holsteins were six to seven years ago. Primarily we are sampling animals to add more data to the research pool. We are sampling full siblings to compare their information amongst themselves and to their parental averages, trying to see if a particular line or animal is transmitting more consistently than another. But at this time, the genomic results are limited, and we rarely make decisions based on their values. For the Holsteins we are always reviewing and updating our mating list. We list the bulls we are considering using based on the goals of our herd production and type and then we may narrow that list down by using their genomic values. How long have you been genomic testing? Bar-Vue Farms: One year. Dandy’s Cherry Knoll: Just started this year. Grand-View: We have been doing genomics on males for about nine months now through bull studs and just started in February on our own, with males and females. Palmyra: We began testing Holsteins six years ago, soon after it became commercially available. We have been working with AI companies for over two years submitting samples to help increase the data basis for the Ayrshires. We began personally sampling Ayrshires in October 2013. Do you use genomics differently today than you did when you first started? Bar-Vue Farms: No. Dandy’s Cherry Knoll: No Grand-View: Genomics are still being used the same. Still waiting for more results to guide us into what direction we should go next. Palmyra: We have not changed our use of Ayrshire genomic data. At this time, because it is still so unreliable, we just study the results and wait to see if there are any trends within family lines. As the data increases, and it becomes more reliable, we will consider it more when making May/June 2014
breeding and marketing decisions, but it will never be our only consideration. For the Holsteins, we now put more emphasis on the genomics than we did six years ago since the reliability has greatly increased. But when we started out with the Holsteins ,we used them in much the same way we are using the Ayrshire results. However, it is still only part of our decision making process. What advantages does genomic testing provide for you? Bar-View Farms: It lets us determine the differences in the full brothers. Dandy’s Cherry Knoll: I am intrigued by the polled trait, and am working toward a polled herd with good type and production averages. Since polled breeding stock is very difficult to find—with any choice of polled sires being virtually impossible— genomic testing allows me to identify the better of my own polled bulls for future use. It should also allow me to quantify improvement from generation to generation. Grand-View: Genomics gives us just another tool to use to find what offspring are the best at a young age. Palmyra: Genomic testing gives us more insight into the genetic potential of individuals at a younger age. It can also increase the marketing value of our animals and herd. In the future, as it becomes more reliable, it can greatly add to the economic value of our animals.
breeders to identify and use more unrelated quality bulls, reducing inbreeding in the breed overall. Grand-View: Hopefully with more people using genomics we can find some different cow families with some outcross genetics. Palmyra: At this time Ayrshire breeders will not see a greatly added value to their animals as we see in some of the other breeds, but this can change as the data becomes more reliable. It will have the potential to identify which animal might transmit superior genetic traits more consistently or at a higher level and recognize this at an earlier age. An example is we recently received results on six full siblings. The evaluation showed that two of them should be far superior to the other siblings, and they were also much higher than you would expect from their parent averages. Based on this (if it were more reliable) we should use these two for AI or flushing before the other four are considered. Are there any disadvantages in your opinion about genomics and what are they? Dandy’s Cherry Knoll: 1) At least with bulls, the cost discourages its use. The individual test price may not be that high, but you’d better not let anybody else use him, or the costs jump significantly. 2)
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What advantages does genomic testing provide for Ayrshire breeders? Dandy’s Cherry Knoll: I recently did an unscientific survey of the newer Ayrshire bulls offered by commercial AI companies, and found a disturbingly large percentage to be the sons or grandsons of one or two particularly well-known bulls. While I have nothing against any of these sires, that emphasis on a very small number of sires cannot, in the long run, be good for the breed. Genomic testing could (if utilized) allow more 7
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Beginners:
Youth Record Books
8 Years of Age and Younger Winner
Emily K. Schmidt is seven. She is the daughter of Steven and Pauline Schmidt of Delavan, Wisconsin. She is a five-year junior member of ABA and owns 31 registered Ayrshires with her family under the Moy-Ayr Farm prefix. Seven of those are also in partnership with her sister and Kara Kelly of Deerfield, Wisconsin. “At home I help with chores at night,” she said. “The baby calves are my favorite. I like to help pick out the names for our calves too.” She enjoys showing and participating in events at the fair. In 2013, she showed a March calf, Moy-Ayr Le An Free Beer Lover. They won both the costume contest and Junior Champion at the Walworth County Fair. Emily says, “I have lots of friends at Ayrshire events and I always look forward to seeing my friends each year and making new ones too!” Emily plans to be a teacher. Runner-Up Whitney Dunklee is the eight-year-old daughter of Jeff and Kelli Dunklee of Vernon, Vermont. She has been a junior member of the ABA for four years and owns two calves and three cows. “My first memories are of helping feed and wash the Arrowhead Farm showstring when I was two years old,” she said. She enjoys showing and feeding calves. She also enjoys helping her father milk their 550 cows by getting towels and dipping teats on Vern-Mon Dairy Farm. She likes dairy bowl and dairy judging. She would like to be a teacher when she grows up. Andrew James Curtis Szalach is the seven-yearold son of Joseph and Diana Curtis Szalach of Cazenovia, New York. He has been a junior member of the ABA for two years and owns one Ayrshire heifer. He and his older sister Erin and younger brother Ryan are the eighth generation on Cedarcut Farm. He enjoys showing and dairy bowl and participates in Cub Scouts. “When I grow up I want to own my own farm with Ayrshires and Case IH tractors – red cows and red tractors,” he says. Amber Leigh Smith is eight and from East Dixfield, Maine. She is the daughter of Matthew and Stephanie Smith. She is in
4-H and shows dairy, swine and sheep as a clover-bud. She has three Ayrshires and has been a junior member of the ABA for four years. She helps feed calves and helps milk occasionally, now that she has learned to put the milkers on and off. When she grows up she wants to take over the family farm and be a vet.
Juniors:
Ages 9-12 Winner
Erin Nicole Curtis Szalach is a 12-yearold sixth grader from Cazenovia, New York. She is the daughter of Joseph and Diana Curtis Szalach of Cedarcut Farm. She is a junior member of the New York Ayrshire Club, ABA, New York and Madison County Holstein clubs, 4-H and currently the Madison County Dairy Ambassador. At home, she is actively involved on the farm feeding both the calves and heifers, cleaning pens, keeping updated semen and embryo inventory and mating cows and heifers. She enjoys also helping with herd health including tattooing, naming and registering the calves with her grandmother. She owns eleven registered Ayrshires which includes one Excellent and four Very Good cows. The foundation of her own herd began with Cedarcut Rawhide Candice Carly, EX-91, a CKO Rawhide daughter out of a 91-point daughter of one of their favorite cow families. She has also purchased animals to add to her herd, including Shamrock-Hills Spring, VG-89 purchased with funds won as the New York Junior Scholarship Winner. Erin enjoys showing her animals at various local, state and national shows, including World Dairy Expo, Madison and the Mid-Atlantic National Show. She has also garnered Honorable Mention All-American Winter Calf honors with Cedarcut Burdette Clove Colata. “I am so grateful to own and work with my Ayrshires and excited to continue to build my herd,” she said. “Another thing I like to do with Ayrshires is attend as many sales as I can. This is another great way to see other people’s breeding styles besides in the show ring. I love to study sale catalogs, cow and bull families. Attending Ayrshire events with my mom and grandfather is a great way to network within the breed,” said Erin. Erin’s goal is to become a large animal veterinarian specializing in dairy.
Runner-Up Joseph Real is the 12-year-old son of Steve and Kristie Real of Georgia, Vermont. This seventh grader has been a junior member of the ABA for five years and currently owns four Ayrshires that are housed at Arrowhead Farm in Milton. They milk 90 head of Ayrshires, Holsteins and Jerseys. On the farm, Joe helps feed and in the summer is more involved with feeding calves, scraping and bedding stalls, fixing fence and is currently learning how to handle and maintain farm equipment. He enjoys drawing diagrams of their farmground as well as designs for a new calf barn. “My best times on the farm are spent with grandpa, (Erwin Devino)” said Joe. “We talk for hours about cow families, bulls and sports. My grandpa has always encouraged me to participate in several activities to find out what I like to do. Basketball and baseball are my favorite sports. I also enjoy hunting, gardening, 4-H and dairy activities.” He also enjoys judging, attending sales, showing and participating in Junior ABA activities. “I enjoy working closely together with my family as it’s always been really important to us to keep our family close and involved. The farm gives me opportunities that other kids my age don’t have. It has taught me responsibility and a good work ethic.” Joe plans to someday be a custom harvester and stay active in sports. Thomas Gress is the 12-year-old son of Joe and Lisa Gress from Shreve, Ohio. He has been a junior member of ABA for seven years and owns six Ayrshires. He is active at Spring-Run Farms helping with feeding responsibilities and milking. He enjoys showing, dairy judging and quiz bowl competitions. He also enjoys restoring Oliver tractors with his dad and helping with the crop farming. He wants to be an ag engineer when he grows up. Rebecca Schmidt is ten and the daughter of Steven and Pauline Schmidt from Delavan, Wisconsin. She owns 31 head of Ayrshires on their Moy-Ayr Farm. She helps with chores at night and on weekends including feeding hay, calf feeding and watering. She has been showing since she was five and is in 4-H. She is active in Girl Scouts, Engineering Club and a student council member. Her goal is to be a teacher
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someday. Adam Wolf is nine and the son of Tim and Erica Wolf of Shreve, Ohio. He has been a junior member of the ABA for three years and owns two Ayrshires. He feeds calves at his grandparents’ Spring-Run Farms and helps with other chores as needed along with the other grandchildren. He enjoys showing and in 2012 won Mini Showmanship, received the Harold Bowman Rotating Trophy and had his picture taken with Kati Stamm, the 2009 Miss America. He plans to continue the family tradition of farming when he grows up. Cadin Valentine is the ten-year-old son of Mark and Jessica Valentine of Thurmont, Maryland. He owns 17 Ayrshires and has been a junior member of ABA for 11 years. Cadin likes to play baseball, read, ride his bike and show cattle. The family prefix is Vales-Pride and they milk 150 head of Holsteins, Ayrshires and Brown Swiss. Cadin also participates in dairy judging. He wants to someday be a truck driver and haul cattle to shows.
Intermediate
Ages 13-15 Winner
Paige Demun of Troupsburg, New York is the 16-year-old daughter of Keith and Lisa Demun. She is the fourth generation on Fi-De Farms. She got an early start helping on the farm by making supper for the family on her Fisher-Price kitchen set. “I don’t know how good those dinners of rock, hay, grass and mud really were,” she said. But from there she learned to scrape barn floors after milking,and then graduated to helping wash and dip teats, feed calves and cows. She currently fills in milking if needed and helps with hay baling during the summer. Paige owns seven animals and is a third year junior member of the ABA. She has been showing since very young and has already won showmanship. She is currently an Ambassador and helps promote milk and other dairy products as well as doing promotional events with local programs, parades, in the schools and at the Empire Farm days. She is an FFA member and served as the New York representative at the National FFA convention this past year. She competes in the Dairy Handling Contest for May/June 2014
FFA. She plans to study to become a large animal veterinarian after high school. Runner-Up Mackensie Schofield is 13 and hails from Troy, Maine. She is the daughter of Wayne and Jennifer Schofield, who, along with her sisters, Colleen and Nicole own and operate Happy Acres Dairy Farm. She enjoys playing the trombone, 4-H, hanging out with friends, crafts, sewing, woodworking and knitting. She plays basketball and is active in the community helping place flags on veterans graves. She is a four-year junior member of ABA. She owns seven Ayrshires. She helps with feeding chores on the farm along with milking when needed and giving shots and pills to calves when required. She hopes to take an AI breeding course to help with breeding animals in the near future. She enjoys showing and working with her Ayrshires. She hopes to someday be a veterinarian. Sara Wolf is 14 and lives in Shreve, Ohio, with her parents Tim and Erica Wolf. She has been a junior member of the ABA for seven years and owns one Ayrshire. She helps, along with the other grandchildren, as needed on Spring-Run Farms with milking and feeding young stock. She enjoys showing and dairy judging. She was a 2011 National Youth Book Contest winner and won a poster contest too. She also participates on quiz bowl teams and in dairy skillathons. She served as the Ohio Ayrshire Princess in 2012. Sara hopes to be a probation officer. Aaron Dunn is 13 and from Riverview, Florida. The son of James and Michele Dunn, he has been a junior member of ABA for one year and owns one Ayrshire. He is involved in both 4-H and FFA. He purchased his first Ayrshire in the Youth Calf Sale in 2012 from the Branstetter family. Ownership of JSB-Acres Ferrari has taken Aaron to shows all over Florida and Louisville. His plans include continuing to breed Ayrshires and someday be an agricultural engineer.
Senior Division
Ages 16-21 Winner
Diane Gress is a student at The Ohio State University pursuing an education in agricultural communications. She is the 18-year-old daughter
of Joe and Lisa Gress of Shreve, Ohio. She has been an active member of the work force at her family’s farm where they milk 88 Ayrshires. Responsibilities have included milking, feeding baby calves, health care and field work. The family is also active on the show circuit and she has handled all areas of prep work, bagging and showing. An 11 year junior member of ABA, she has been actively involved in 4-H as well competing in dairy skillathon at the Ohio State Fair. Her other projects have included baking, woodworking, electricity, creative arts and more. “However,” she states, “the project that has most affected my life has been my involvement with dairy animals in the dairy heifer and cows project. I believe that the work I do on my family’s farm with the 4-H project and the activities that come with it has shaped me into the person that I am today, and I have learned, through 4-H that I am capable of doing anything I want to if I study hard and really work for it.” Diane has participated in dairy quiz bowl, dairy judging, dairy management, dairy skillathon on the state and national levels. She has been an Ohio delegate for the National 4-H Congress and an Ohio 4-H Achievement winner. She has been a member of the Ohio Ayrshire Quiz Bowl team competing at the national level multiple years. Currently she is a member of the Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow, and named on the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Dean’s List . “All of these activities, including the 4-H projects and trips, have allowed me to meet new people from all walks of life, and there is no way to describe the profound effect that has had on me,” said Diane. “Because of my participation with Ayrshires, I have had the opportunity to sample many different career choices that have ultimately changed my decisions for the future, eventually leading me to my current goal of becoming an agricultural communications specialist. The hard work that I have done my whole life has paid off by giving me the confidence to pursue my career goals, as well as my life goals.” Runner-Up Kristin Allen of Cecil, Wisconsin plans to pursue a career in the field of prototype and design. The 18-year-old daughter of Doug and Jolene Allen, she is a member of both 4-H, FFA and a junior member of ABA for 10 years. Her projects have included cake decorating, clothing, dairy, shooting sports, visual arts, swine and woodworking in both 4-H and FFA. She has been showing Ayrshires since she was 11
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seven. She currently owns five animals of which she has either purchased as live calves or embryos. She is completing a two year work assignment through school with CRI/Genex in Shawano where she has learned to breed cows, test soil, and work with semen analyzing, filling straws and preparing for distribution. “My plans for the future include expanding my herd of Ayrshires. In order to do this I need an education and some cash flow to continue doing what I love to do. I will be attending NWTC’s Prototype and design program after graduation,” said Kristen. Susan Hilton is the 19-year-old daughter of Gary and Barbara Hilton of Woodbine, Maryland. She has been a junior member of ABA for two years and works full time at a local John Deere dealer. She leases three Ayrshire and is currently the Maryland Ayrshire Queen. She is active in 4-H and an FFA alumni and secretary of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair as well as a member of various volunteer fire department auxiliaries and Maryland Farm Bureau. She enjoys gardening, playing softall and being a youth advocate for agriculture.
Julie Gress is the 17-year-old daughter of Joe and Lisa Gress of Shreve, Ohio. She owns 10 Ayrshires and has been a junior member of ABA for nine years. She has been involved with dairy skillathon, dairy judging and dairy knowledge bowls. She is active in 4-H and FFA and the Wayne County Junior Fair Board. In schools she is in German Club, Student Council and Choir. She is currently the secretary of her class and elected chairperson of the homecoming committee. She is active with her local church as well. Her plans include pursuing a career in childhood education. Garret Buckmeier is 17 and lives in Keymar, Maryland. His parents are Todd and Lorry Buckmeier. He has been an ABA junior member for six years and leases six Ayrshires. He is active in 4-H with projects including goats, poultry, shooting sports, youth council and helping with the junior dairy bowl team. He has worked on show crews for Heath Holsteins and Spring Vale Farms at the Maryland State Fair and the All-American Dairy Show. He plans to pursue a career in law enforcement.
Scholarship Winner
Samantha Ann Rathjen is the 18-year-old daughter of Bridget and Josh Geigle of Walcott, Iowa. She is currently a senior in high school with plans to attend a local college after graduation and pursue a farm management and agriculture business program. She is currently active in 4-H, FFA, has participated in school softball and local leagues, volunteered with the Muscatine Special Olympics teams, is active in the community and church activites and works at the local vet clinic. She has been showing registered Ayrshires at the local and state levels. She is currently the Iowa Ayrshire Princess and plans to run for the National Ayrshire Princess. She owns twenty-five Ayrshires and has been a junior member of the ABA for 11 years. “My ultimate goal after graduating college is to apply my degree and experience into the development of a small farm operation that is geared toward people with special needs. This type of farm will help these individuals develop life skills while participating in a farm
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setting. They will be able to interact with animals on a day to day basis. There have been many studies conducted that show the positive influence of animals and people with special needs. The most notable to me is Dr. Temple Grandin at Colorado Sate University. She was diagnosed with autism at a young age, but she worked on a ranch. She went to college, and now does extensive work on the design of livestock handling facilities. I feel if I develop such a farm, using my educationa and farm life experience, I may be able to help the next Dr. Temple Grandin.” Genomics cont. from pg. 7
Animal breeding has, and will probably always be, an art as well as a science. I’m afraid that too much emphasis on the genomic numbers may not be as successful as we may be led to believe. ,
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Grand-View: The reliabilities for Ayrshire genomics are very low right now....... there needs to be some type of an incentive for breeders to use it. Palmyra: Besides the low reliability level for Ayrshire genomics, our biggest concern is when individuals base mating, marketing and purchase decisions almost exclusively on genomic values. Even in the Holsteins, at this time, genomics are still a tool to help make decisions and should not be relied upon singularly. We are also concerned that progress toward more reliable information for the Ayrshire breed can be slowed because of the diverse bloodlines found throughout the population. Any other thoughts on the subject of genomics? Bar-Vue Farms: Yes, I think that it will narrow the genetic base even more. All the
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studs will pass over an older cow who has proven herself and possibly an out cross as a bull mother. Dandy’s Cherry Knoll: Although the science of genomics has come a long way in the last 10 years or so, I would be surprised if scientists had discovered every gene that should stay and every gene that should be eliminated. Sometimes I worry that one day we’ll turn around and realize that in our rush to genomically quantify dairy cattle we’ve inadvertently lost desirable alleles, or build up undesirable traits. Palmyra: Genomics will continue to evolve and become a very useful tool, but at this time it needs to be used as a supporting aspect of your decision making process as you develop your breeding program.
I’m running for director of Region 3. I would really appreciate your vote!! Please support the Ayrshire youth calf raffle fundraiser! Send all tickets and money to me...please...not the ABA.
PRESIDENT:
Karen Coleman l cell: 319-230-6002 l Email: kar-ayr@socket.net SECRETARY/TREASURER : Jessica Gatton-Dixon l Email: missouriayrshire@hotmail.com cell: 417-844-7217 Missouri State picnic June 8th, 2014 - 12 noon at Stil Dreamn Dairy, Conway, MO. If you are in the area, please come, everyone is invited!! We would love to see you...visit and talk Ayrshires!!
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Four J Farms Conway, MO Jeff Jensen 417-589-4232
Only had two March heifers born, and they were both sired by Burdette! Planning on doing some IVF work this spring, watch for updates!
HILLCREST FARM Started grazing around the 1st of April, watching the tank come up! Starting to have some spring babies. High hopes for everyone to have a good year! Ayrshires are our business...our only business!
LYLE UNNASCH & BRENT UNNASCH 13637 Hwy ZZ, Conway, MO 55925 417-589-6263 l cell: 608-792-8861
May/June 2014
KAR-AYR AYRSHIRES KAREN COLEMAN
6039 County Rd. 421, Palmyra, MO 63461 l cell 319-230-6002
Stil Dreamn Dairy
Brett, Jessica and Diesel Dixon
Conway MO
stildreamndairy@hotmail.com l 417-844-7217
National Convention consignment: Stil-Dreamn Ramius Chello is looking promising! Don’t miss your opportunity to add my favorite cow family to your herd! Thank you to Darren Otte and Paul & Ernestine Mitchell for buying my consignments at the KY National! Hosting this year’s MO state picnic, June 8th, looking forward to seeing everyone!
We bought 5 Ayrshires a year ago and are already excited about the business! Heifers born last fall by Ramius and Joey. Breeding now to Wingnut & Burdette and running a registered Ayrshire bull with the Holstein heifers. And my daughter Jozie is excited to start showing!
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Jay Jensen u 417-650-0068 u Conway MO 13
APRIL 2014 U.S. Ayrshire Young A.I. Sires ACCELERATED GENETICS, BARABOO, WI 14AY29 HAYNES-FARM WINGNUT 68867588 GPTA: +449M +8F +13P +2.83SCS +2.2PL +1.4DPR +254NM$ +1.2TYPE PVALUE: P7 SIRE: PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 DAM: HAYNES-FARM MAR WISTERIA 65000575 DAM’S SCORE: 90 MGS: ROSAYARE BB MARSHALL 100166264 DAM’S BEST: 3-02 332D 23010M 3.6% 835F 3.0% 690P DAM’S PTA: +479M -4F +1P +190NM$ Semen EU qualified for export 14AY30 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
FAMILY-AF-AYR REM DBL BARREL-ET 100601945 97.68% AYRSHIRE -285M -16F -6P +3.23SCS +1.5PL +0.9DPR -19NM$ +1.6TYPE NA MAPLEBURN REMINGTON-ET 10316238 (CAN) FAMILY-AF-AYR CALIMERO DYNAMO 100470495 95.37% AYR 93-2E MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847 (CAN) 90.75% AYRSHIRE 3-11 365D 28400 3.8% 1075F 3.0% 862P +262M +13F +2P +43NM$ Semen EU qualified for export
14AY31 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
PALMYRA CALIMERO BLACKJACK-ET 69261843 95.37% AYRSHIRE +744M +19F +18P +2.96SCS +0.9PL -0.1DPR +185NM$ +1.2TYPE P6 MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847 (CAN) 90.75% AYRSHIRE PALMYRA TRI-STAR BROOKE-ET 65000848 90 PALMYRA TRI-STAR 150440 2-05 365D 26070M 3.9% 1013F 3.2% 837P +764M +21F +21P +207NM$ Semen EU qualified for export
14AY33 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
MAPLE-DELL BURDETTE DEMPSEY-ET 65302787 +291M +24F +21P +2.76SCS +2.2PL +0.3DPR +322NM$ +1.9TYPE P9 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 MAPLE-DELL TRIDENT DEE-ET 100510791 91 #45 HIGH CPI COW ARDROSSAN EV KATES TRIDENT 144136 3-05 365D 26890M 4.5% 1208F 3.4% 906P +415M +40F +24P +309NM$ Semen EU qualified for export
14AY34 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
SELWOOD VISSERDALE SIGMA 11333395 (CAN) 89.43% AYRSHIRE +1183M +44F +32P +2.94SCS +1.4PL +0.3DPR +313NM$ +0.2TYPE P8 SELWOOD GAMMA 9756870 (CAN) 90% AYRSHIRE VISSERDALE NOR SUNBEAM 8955850 (CAN) 88.87% AYR 92 (CAN) DUO STAR NORMANDIN 100317070 (CAN) 77.75% AYRSHIRE 3-11 365D 22946M 3.5% 809F 3.3% 765P +2016M +59F +57P +469NM$
14AY35 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
BAR-VUE BUTCH-ET 70514670 95.97% AYRSHIRE +490M +32F +19P +2.74SCS +5.0PL +1.0DPR +451NM$ +1.0TYPE P7 JELYCA OBLIQUE 7407843 (CAN) 91.95% AYRSHIRE BAR-VUE BURT SARA 64343543 90 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 3-07 303D 20234M 3.5% 706F 3.2% 648P +693M +14F +25P +385NM$ Semen EU qualified for export GENEX/CRI, SHAWANO, WI
1AY341 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
ANMAR JUPITER JOEY 1010 840003007525611 86.42% AYRSHIRE +1275M +55F +40P +2.74SCS +2.1PL +1.5DPR +433NM$ +0.3TYPE P9 KILDARE JUPITER-ET 101034046 (CAN) 82.85% AYR ANMAR HUMOUR JOSEPHINE-ET 62953781 90% AYRSHIRE 85 KELLCREST HUMOUR 103193691 (CAN) 80% AYRSHIRE 1-08 288D 22930M 5.2% 1187F 2.9% 656P +1632M +75F +47P +433NM$ Semen eligible for export excluding EU
1AY342 PA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
CONEBELLA PERCY’S SIREN 70479091 96.5% AYRSHIRE +1299M +56F +43P +2.57SCS +1.1PL +0.1DPR +408NM$ +0.7TYPE NA KILDARE PERCY-ET 103036515 (CAN) 93% AYR CONEBELLA BURDETTE’S SEREN 100486069 91-2E PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 5-11 305D 23470M 3.6% 849F 3.1% 722P +632M +23F +20P +258NM$ Semen eligible for export including EU
SELECT SIRES, PLAIN CITY, OH 7AY93 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
PALMYRA BENDIG BERKELY-ET 69261805 +1622M +72F +47P +2.84SCS +1.1PL -1.7DPR +421NM$ +1.4TYPE P9 PALMYRA JERRY BENDIG-ET 100323168 PALMYRA REALITY BONNIE-ET 65003767 88 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 4-08 365D 25080M 4.3% 1079F 3.5% 883P +1419M +71F +41P +408NM$ Semen eligible for export
7AY96 840003007525668 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
ANMAR JUPITER NEPTUNE 1067 91.42% AYRSHIRE +1483M +55F +42P +2.75SCS +2.3PL +0.1DPR +411NM$ +0.3TYPE P9 KILDARE JUPITER-ET 101034046 (CAN) 82.85% AYRSHIRE ANMAR KOOL JONI 100449345 91 #65 HIGH CPI COW EMERALD-FARMS PARDNER KOOL 100339358 2-11 358D 29170M 3.7% 1087F 3.3% 971P +1608M +55F +43P +329NM$ Semen eligible for export
7AY97 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
PALMYRA REALITY GIBBS-ET 69261849 +1048M +40F +21P +2.91SCS +1.2PL -0.3DPR +262NM$ +1.1TYPE P7 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 PALMYRA RAVEN S. GINGER 100330199 89 GALNEY-EPC RIPKEN RAVEN 100203204 4-06 365D 35760M 4.5% 1626F 2.9% 1052P +1705M +41F +39P +331NM$ Semen eligible for export
7AY100 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
RIPPLING-BROOK BURDETTE HUBERT 70399674 96.68% AYRSHIRE +1359M +42F +39P +2.99SCS +0.9PL +0.5DPR +306NM$ +0.5TYPE P8 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BUREDETTE-ET 100419568 RIPPLING-BROOK CHAL HILDA 100474613 93.37% AYRSHIRE 82 KILFENNAN CHALLENGE 61772 (NZ) 86.75% AYRSHIRE 3-02 364D 30880M 3.2% 1002F 3.2% 973P +1859M +48F +49P +257NM$ Semen eligible for export
7AY101 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
BLIND-BUCK-VALLEY TRI PRIDE-ET 100644003 +656M +12F +20P +2.85SCS +0.5PL -0.4DPR +152NM$ +0.5TYPE P5 PALMYRA TRI-STAR 150440 BLIND BUCK VALL SOL REDPEPPER 100428210 94-2E MAPLE-DELL SOLDIER-ET 144929 5-08 323D 29360M 4.0% 1186F 3.1% 897P +412M +9F +16P +138NM$ Semen eligible for export
7AY102 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
MONT COMI SOUNDWAVE-ET 106182235 (CAN) 98.84% AYRSHIRE +635M +29F +17P +2.99SCS +1.4PL -0.2DPR +233NM$ +0.8TYPE P6 PALMYRA BINGO-ET 104295176 (CAN) MONT COMI REALITY SWAN 103011279 (CAN) 97.68% AYR 91 (CAN) PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 3-10 355D 24280M 4.0% 979F 3.4% 831P (CAN) +1018M +38F +28P Semen eligible for export
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7AY103 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
SHARWARDS DIPLOMAT 70984512 87.03% AYRSHIRE +726M +33F +29P +2.83SCS +1.8PL 0.0DPR +304NM$ +0.3TYPE P6 KAMOURASKA MANDARIN 103388551 (CAN) 85.19% AYR SHARWARDS NORMANDIN DELTA 100515899 88.87% AYR 85 DUO STAR NORMANDIN 100317070 (CAN) 77.75% AYR 3-08 345D 24820M 3.8% 937F 3.4% 833P +795M +26F +28P +303NM$ Semen eligible for export
7AY104 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
BAR-VUE BUCKY-ET 71705772 95.97% AYRSHIRE +635M +39F +25P +2.85SCS +5.2PL +0.8DPR +464NM$ +0.8TYPE P8 JELYCA OBLIQUE 7407843 (CAN) 91.95% AYRSHIRE BAR-VUE BURT SARA 64343543 90 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 3-03 303D 20234M 3.5% 706F 3.2% 648P +693M +14F +25P +385NM$ Semen eligible for export
7AY105 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
SHARWARDS RIGGINS DARRYL 100654466 97.68% AYRSHIRE +213M +27F +8P +2.95SCS +1.3PL +0.3DPR +211NM$ +1.2TYPE P5 PALMYRA POKER RIGGINS-ET 65459499 SHARWARDS CALIMERO KERRY 100515880 95.37% AYR 92-2E #105 HIGH CPI COW MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847 (CAN) 90.75% AYR 3-03 272D 17180M 4.7% 804F 3.5% 600P +395M +44F +19P +339NM$ Semen eligible for export
TAURUS SERVICE, INC., MEHOOPANY, PA 76AY0754 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
PALMYRA RAVEN BENEVOLA-ET 66596063 +544M +31F +22P +3.08SCS -0.6PL -0.8DPR +112NM$ +0.9TYPE P8 GALNEY-EPC RIPKEN RAVEN 100203204 PALMYRA JERRY BETHANY-ET 100323122 90 KILDARE JERRY-ET 10002432 (CAN) 3-05 365D 36090M 4.2% 1510F 3.3% 1194P +645M +42F +30P +392NM$ Semen eligible for export
76AY0755 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
HIDDEN-VALLEY GARTH’S BRANDON 50803818 +18M -1F +4P +2.78SCS +1.2PL +0.1DPR +122NM$ +0.5TYPE NA HIDDEN-VALLEY GARTH 100135646 HIDDEN-VALLEY WILTON BROOKE 100432819 88 LABRIE WILTON-ET 10304106 (CAN) 3-08 327D 15900M 4.0% 629F 3.1% 499P -55M -3F +0P -33NM$ Semen eligible for export
76AY0756 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
FAMILY-AF-AYR POKER DUNCAN-ET 100561069 -98M +12F -3P +2.84SCS +1.6PL +0.3DPR +141NM$ +0.4TYPE NA DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET 8401621 (CAN) FAMILY-AF-AYR CORNELIUS DAISY 100136647 94-4E FOREVER SCHOON MM CORNELIUS-ET 782514 (CAN) 9-06 365D 25650M 4.2% 1069F 3.2% 812P -58M +14F +2P +104NM$ Semen eligible for export
76AY0757 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
PALMYRA REALITY BRADOCK-ET 69261803 97.68% AYRSHIRE +1116M +58F +35P +2.94SCS +1.3PL -0.2DPR +361NM$ +1.2TYPE P9 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 PALMYRA CALIMERO R. BAILEY-ET 65003048 95.37% AYR 91 #10 HIGH CPI COW MARGOT CALIMERO 10310847(CAN) 90.75% AYR 6-02 365D 33200M 4.7% 1566F 3.3% 1090P +1380M +63F +45P +328NM$ Semen eligible for export
76AY0758 PTA: PVALUE:
HARESFOOT ELEGANT 03000006181396 (GBR) +371M +37F +3P +2.99SCS +0.50PL 0.0DPR +135NM$ -0.6TYPE NA
May/June 2014
SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
SHADY WALNUT CONN 10304939 (CAN) HARESFOOT ELLA 47 03000001463248 (GBR) 94-3E (GBR) CUTHILL TOWERS AUTUMN GOLD-ET 030000000179274 10-01 305D 25002M 4.7% 1182F 3.1% 774P (GBR) +632M +20F +14P
GBR
76AY759 100609185 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
BLIND-BUCK-VALLEY POKERS PEDRO-ET +461M +20F +18P +2.83SCS +2.5PL 0.0DPR +271NM$ +0.7TYPE P6 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 +412M +9F +16P +138NM$ Semen eligible for export
76AY0760 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
FAMILY-AF-AYR REALITY DAZZLE-ET 100605350 +548M +39F +13P +2.76SCS +2.8PL +0.3DPR +343NM$ +1.3TYPE P7 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 FAMILY-AF-AYR CORNELIUS DAISY 100136647 94-4E FOREVER SCHOON MM CORNELIUS-ET 782514 (CAN) 9-06 365D 25650M 4.2% 1069F 3.2% 812P -58M +14F +2P +104NM$ Semen eligible for export
76AY0761 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
PLUM-BOTTOM BURDETTE RYDER 100662014 +417M +16F +17P +2.88SCS +0.2PL -0.1DPR +154NM$ +0.7TYPE NA PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 PLUM-BOTTOM LENNON RHODIE 100582064 81 PLUM-BOTTOM REWARD LENNON 100065385 3-07 316D 15310M 3.4% 524F 3.2% 492P +516M +14F +21P +105NM$ Semen eligible for export
76AY0762 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
7 OAKS BURDETTE ALASKA 72511710 94.92% AYRSHIRE +1238M +63F +47P +2.85SCS +2.3PL +0.4DPR +497NM$ +1.6TYPE P9 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE-ET 100419568 VAN-DE PHOENIX CORKY ARIZONA 67341233 89.85% AYR 87 #1 HIGH CPI COW VAN-DE PIUHA PHOENIX 100541300 84.71% AYR 1-10 305D 19430M 4.6% 889F 3.4% 669P +1628M +82F +64 +663NM$ Semen eligible for export SEMEX USA, MADISON, WI
200AY00716 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
DE LA PLAINE PRIME 106061020 (CAN) +718M +49F +26P +2.79SCS +2.0PL -0.7DPR +364NM$ +1.1TYPE P9 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100639452 FOREVER SCHOON PING 9591001 (CAN) 94 (CAN) LAGACE MODEM-ET 8389304 (CAN) 5-02 365D 27236M 4.4% 1210F 3.6% 972P (CAN) +345M +35F +20P +338NM$ Semen eligible for export
200AY00351 GPTA: PVALUE: SIRE: DAM: DAM’S SCORE: MGS: DAM’S BEST: DAM’S PTA:
FOREVER SCHOON EXTRA 11119940 (CAN) +812M +61F +32P +3.03SCS -1.0PL -0.9DPR +241NM$ +0.7TYPE P9 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY 100369452 FOREVER SCHOON ENCORE 7813372 (CAN) 87 (CAN) SHADY WALNUT CONN 10304939 (CAN) 5-11 358D 27046M 5.1% 1387F 3.6% 983P (CAN) +812M +69F +38P Semen eligible for export
*GPTA - Genomic Evaluation
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Vermont Ayrshire Club, Inc. Dates to remember:
Vermont Ayrshire Club Summer Picnic Sun. July 13, Arrowhead Farm - The Devino Family, Milton, VT NE Ayrshire Sale - October 18 at the Fairgrounds, Rutland, VT
VT Ayrshire Club Annual Meeting October 25 - Grange Hall, East Bethel, VT
President: Linwood Huntington (802) 866-5438 Vice President: Lori Before (802) 334-8198 Secretary/Treasurer: Arlene Conant (802) 728-5283
Vermont - a good place to buy good Ayrshires...
STEEL WHEEL DAIRY Kelly & Renee Burke
Visitors are always welcome! Gordon and Sons (802) 866-5439
149 Stewart Rd., Berlin, VT 05602 (802) 223-7927 - farm l (802) 793-6199 - cell
Only an Ayrshire will do!
Lin & Florrie (802) 866-5438
CR Farm
3661 Route 5 North on U.S. Rt. 5 Newbury, VT 05051 Fax: (802) 866-5429
Our cows make their milk on 75% home grown roughage corn silage, haylage and hay. We plan on the cows lasting in our herd. 54% of cows are in the third or more lactation. Contact us for more information
Breed Promotion
OCTOBER 18, 2014 NE Ayrshire Club Sale
What’s the purpose of Ayrshire clubs? Our industry has changed and will continue to change. Shouldn’t our state and regional clubs continue to evolve? What’s the mission, the need, the effectiveness? The creation of the Ayrshire Foundation and the upcoming U.S. hosted World Ayrshire Federation Conference make state clubs vital. Let’s have some meaningful dialouge about this.
Rutland, VT To advertise in Ayrshire Digest, information on consignments needs to be in hands of sale manager by August 1. Pedigrees for sale catalog need to be sent to Sale Manager by September 1.
For catalogs & information, contact...
Lin Huntington, Sale Mgr.
Arrowhead Farm
(802) 866-5438 ph/ (802)356-2710 cell/(802) 866-5429 fax
The Devino Family l Milton, VT l 802.343.0966
3661 Rte. 5N Newbury, VT 05051
Cows Scored Excellent February - March 2014
Score Animal 94 GRAND-VIEW SUMTOTAL DIVOT F100505762 93 FAMILY-AF-AYR KELLOGG LACEY F100331903 92 MACKINSON WILTON SHANIA F100558210 91 FAMILY-AF-AYR REM TASHA F100567122 90 BROWN-BROOK RENO RUBY F100583627 90 MILLER’S CONN CHRIS F63970278 90 TOPP-VIEW PANDA VIXEN F100510399 90 FAMILY-AF-AYR BONANZA ALISHA F100417306 90 JASPER ETRO BETTY F100667680 90 ROYALE-DIVIDE WILTON MYRA F100576922 90 MILLER’S LUCKEY TRINA F66707416 90 FAMILY-AF-AYR CALIMERO DARA F100557367 90 MILLER’S BURT BLANCH F63970259 90 MILLER’S LUCKEY BRENDA F66707379 90 FAMILY-AF-AYR CALIMERO DOT F100591369 90 FAMILY-AF-AYR POKER LEAHA F100583186 90 MACKINSON RISTOURN PAISLEY F100585142
Date Scored 12/9/2013 1/7/2014 11/18/2013 1/7/2014 2/17/2014 2/18/2014 2/23/2014 1/7/2014 11/19/2013 11/18/2013 2/18/2014 1/7/2014 2/18/2014 2/18/2014 1/7/2014 1/7/2014 11/18/2013
BAA 110.50 109.40 108.20 107.00 106.90 105.80 105.80 105.80 106.90 106.90 106.90 105.80 105.80 105.80 106.90 106.90 106.90
Born 10/6/2007 10/12/2003 9/3/2008 5/12/2009 11/16/2009 4/5/2009 6/1/2007 8/13/2005 7/2/2009 6/14/2009 2/2/2010 1/7/2009 4/25/2008 7/12/2009 9/5/2009 12/1/2009 3/2/2010
Owner BUSCH, TIMOTHY H. & KATIE, CECIL, WI BORCHARDT, GREGG & PATRICIA, CALEDONIA, IL MACKINSON DAIRY, PONTIAC, IL BORCHARDT, GREGG & PATRICIA, CALEDONIA, IL FREEMAN, DALTON+DILLON+BREANNE, BREMEN, IN MILLER, JACK A., BRADNER, OH TOPP VIEW FARM, BOTKINS, OH BORCHARDT, GREGG & PATRICIA, CALEDONIA, IL JASPER HILL FARM, GREENSBORO, VT MACKINSON DAIRY, PONTIAC, IL MILLER, JACK A., BRADNER, OH BORCHARDT, GREGG & PATRICIA, CALEDONIA, IL MILLER, JACK A., BRADNER, OH MILLER, JACK A., BRADNER, OH BORCHARDT, GREGG & PATRICIA, CALEDONIA, IL BORCHARDT, GREGG & PATRICIA, CALEDONIA, IL MACKINSON DAIRY, PONTIAC, IL
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Ohio Ayrshire Breeders’ Association Dates to remember:
Thank You to all buyers and consignors for helping to make the Ohio Ayrshire Spring Sale a big success! Tom & Vivian Wolf & Family of Spring-Run Farms in Wooster, Ohio, will host the 2014 Ohio Ayrshire Annual Picnic & Meeting on July 13 with a carry-in lunch @ Noon followed by the meeting. President: Tom Wolf - 330-749-9046 Secretary: Patti Kennedy - 419-234-7013
Elm-Ayr Farm Ron & Patti Kennedy & Family 9440 Sugar Creek Rd. Harrod, OH 45850 419.234.7013 kennedyelmayr@embarqmail.com
In memory of..... Paul Rinebold,
an Ayrshire enthusiast known by all, his knowledge and passion for the breed will be greatly missed, our deepest sympathies to Ardith and his family
Brittnie Droste,
unborn daughter of Jennie and Mike Droste, our thoughts are with the family during this difficult time
Spring-Run Farms Tom Wolf & Family 5729 Brown Road Shreve, Ohio, 44676 330-567-3417 vwolf4141@embarqmail.com
We are pleased to be hosting the Ohio Ayrshire Summer Picnic! We welcome Ayrshire breeders from all over to come visit us on July 13 for food and fellowship.
Emerald Farms
22050 SR 136, Winchester, OH 45697 l 937-695-0697
Classification Schedule 2014 To participate in the classification program, breeders must submit an application to the ABA by the tour deadlines listed below. Contact the ABA office at 614-335-0020 if you need assistance. 2014 Classification Tour*
Month June
Area PA, NJ, MD, DE
Apps. Due 4/10/14
July
New England & Southeast 5/10/14
August Wisconsin
6/10/14
September WA, OR, MT, WY, ID, UT, CA,NV, AZ, NM
7/10/14
May/June 2014
October
OH, MI, WV, Northern IN
8/10/14
November
New York
9/10/14
December
MN, ND, SD, IA Northern IL 10/15/14
17
The Ayrshire Future QUEEN’S Corner
Happy Spring!!! Finally, all the snow is melting, syrup is boiling, and the t-shirts are emerging! As this spring comes around, I find myself scrambling for finals and finishing off scholarship applications. Some things I am sure my fellow college students can easily relate to. As my reign as your National Queen is quickly coming to a close, I have been squeezing in some time to reflect on this past year. As an individual, I have had the chance to grow a lot (or at least I feel I have). It’s crazy to think that, at this time last year I was filling out my application and preparing myself for what competing would be like. To some people, being Queen just may be wearing a crown and looking pretty in the pictures. For me, the Ayrshire breed is partially responsible for where I am. Without the ever amazing breed I would never have gotten involved with dairy cattle, and I never would have considered studying in agriculture. Being National Queen has opened many doors for
me. I have been able to meet so many people, and gotten to know people I have met even better. It has given me a chance to network within the breed, which is a very valuable resource! I really see the breed as more of a family now, like a giant connected web. One of the benefits of being able to wear the crown as it does draw attention to you. By doing that, you are able to meet even more people than if you were just walking around. And who wouldn’t love to see the smile and awe on little girls faces when they see the sparkle of the crown and ask you questions with such admiration. It really makes you feel special, and I hope that I can convince those little girls that someday they can wear the same tiara, because once upon a time, I was just like them. I still remember the night at my first Ayrshire convention when I stayed awake on my mom’s lap just long enough to see who was crowned the princess. It has been amazing. I never would have thought that my reign would have been like this. I always thought the personal
Meet Your National Ayrshire Youth Board Xavier Altmeter, Director-at-Large Xavier Altmeter, 19, hails from Arcade, New York, and is our National Youth Board Director-atLarge. Xavier is currently a freshman at the State University of New York at Cobleskill, where he is a major in agricultural engineering with a minor in dairy science. The Altmeter’s milk their 85 head of various breeds in a tie-stall barn in Wyoming County in Western New York. “Even though both my parents grew up on farms, we are a first generation dairy farm which in today’s economics, has had some challenging times,” said Altmeter. Xavier’s family attempts to grow all of their own forages, however, competing land issues with large dairies makes this difficult. The herd receives a TMR consisting of corn silage; haylage; dry hay and a purchased grain supplement. During the warmer months the herd is grazed. Xavier owns 28 head of Ayrshires of which 18 are cows and 10 young stock. He owns one cow who is classified Excellent. Xavier is very involved on his family farm as the work force is made up of his family who includes his parents, Cory and MaryAnn, and brother Zac. “Zac shows one of the other breeds we own and has done equally well
- Diana Curtis, youth committee
with his project” said Altmeter. Xavier’s responsibilities include the daily tasks of running the farm when he’s not at college. His favorite task is mixing the TMR ration for the various groups. “I like the responsibility of making the right mix for the milking herd, versus the dry cows or heifers. Xavier also has learned how to breed the cows artificially and he “feels accomplished when pregnancies are confirmed to matings that I feel will improve the next generation.” Xavier and his family show at various shows. He has showed at the Wyoming County Fair as a 4-H member for 10 years where he has been awarded various championships. His goal is to win Supreme Champion. Xavier also has showed at the New York State Fair for several years. Xavier explained that his busy schedule has limited his show schedule. He has attended the Royal, which he truly enjoyed, and hopes to attend World Dairy Expo in the near future. Xavier has been a very active member of both the New York Junior Ayrshire Club and the Junior Ayrshire Breeders’ Association. He has attended four national conventions, with his favorite being hosted by Maryland, where he had the opportunity to meet breeders from all over the world. On a national level, Xavier has participated in the photography contest, folding display contest, dairy bowl and dairy jeopardy. He also has been a participant in
interactions I would have would be very formal and professional. But I have been able to really get to know some of the breeders, and hear all about their own passions. From pretty cows, to special cows, or ones who milk like crazy, everyone has their preferences, and everyone’s story is truly unique. I can honestly say this year has made me so proud to be a part of the breed, and as my months tick away I am excited for convention but sad to put my crown and sash away. Hopefully, I will be able to give back to the breed as much as they have given to me. Have a lovely spring, and I hope the sun is shining wherever you are! ~Ashlie the National Youth Book Contest and was the winner in the senior division, which led him to being named 2013 National Outstanding Ayrshire Youth. Xavier has been a member of the New York Spring Sale work crew and an active member during the state annual meetings; fund raising and breed promotion at the New York State Fair. He promotes the Ayrshire on all levels and at a variety of agricultural related events and helps younger 4-H members with their projects. Xavier was a very active member of the Pioneer Chapter of FFA where he competed at all levels of competition. He is a Empire Degree recipient; proficiency award winner for ag mechanics and was the Ayrshire dairy breed winner. He also placed second in the dairy proficiency. Xavier competed in agricultural business competition at the national level and received the silver award. As a 10 year member of Wyoming County 4-H, Xavier has participated in all the 4-H dairy events but states showing his Ayrshires has been his favorite. Altmeter would like to work for an agricultural firm on the corporate level designing new prototypes of equipment and eventually have his own Ayrshire dairy farm. On his farm, Xavier would focus on quality over quantity with an emphasis on components and production.
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18 Ayrshire Digest
Ayrshire High DHIR Lactations
The published 'high lactations' are those 305-day lactations completed February 2014-March 2014 with either Milk, Fat, or Protein values at least 25% higher than last year's breed averages. Cows included are from herds enrolled in either the Ayrshire Breeders' Association GOLD or REWARDS programs. FIVE TO TEN YEAR OLDS
Age
Milk
% Fat
Fat
% Prot
MILLER’S BURT BRAN MUFFIN 05-01 27300 6.5 1798 3.1 MILLER’S TRI-STAR BURT MILLER, JACK A., BRADNER, OH MILLER’S DREAM CINDY 06-09 25000 3.9 998 3.2 MILLER’S BBBK DREAMER MILLER, JACK A., BRADNER, OH CONEBELLA CARLOS’ JEVON 06-01 26020 3.3 869 3.0 CONEBELLA PARDNER’S CARLOS GABLE, DONALD C., ELVERSON, PA PALMYRA RAMIUS R. BLUSH 05-03 23120 3.8 893 3.3 GALNEY-EPC GALANT RAMIUS CREEK, MARK ALLEN, HAGERSTOWN, MD KORNBAU ACERS TAMI 08-10 21920 4.3 949 3.0 CARMELGLEN EDBERG NZ KORNBAU, WILLIAM C., SALEM, OH TENTINGER DEACON LABEL 07-03 22350 4.0 910 3.2 MOY-AYR BBBK DEACON TENTINGER, JIM & SHARON, REMSEN, IA CONEBELLA BURDETTE’S SEREN 05-11 23470 3.6 849 3.0 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE GABLE, DONALD C., ELVERSON, PA TENTINGER LUNDGE CANDY 05-08 22200 3.7 835 2.7 BAJ LARO LUNDGE TENTINGER, JIM & SHARON, REMSEN, IA HARDY FARMS WILTON JEZZABELLE 06-05 18380 4.7 873 3.1 LABRIE WILTON-ET HARDY, ASHLIE NICOLE, FARMINGTON, ME SENIOR FOUR YEAR OLDS
Age
Milk
% Fat
Fat
% Prot
MAULFAIR ACRES TRIDENT ATHENA 04-09 26950 3.8 1033 3.1 ARDROSSAN EV KATES TRIDENT *TF MAULFAIR, DALE E., JONESTOWN, PA CONEBELLA ORKKO’S LINA 04-06 22780 3.4 786 3.6 PUROLAN ORKKO FI GABLE, DONALD C., ELVERSON, PA SPRING-RUN DILLIGENT DAISE 04-11 21010 4.1 868 3.2 VISSERDALE DILLIGENT-ET WOLF, THOMAS A., SHREVE, OH AUTUMN-AYR GORDY SAMANTHA 04-06 21870 3.1 698 2.8 KELLER, CRAIG M., MT. HOREB, WI JUNIOR FOUR YEAR OLDS
Age
Milk
% Fat
Fat
Age
Milk
% Fat
Fat
871
38482
803
26881
789
25443
781
24748
676
24325
718
24263
722
23868
615
22501
572
21434
Protein
28281
823
23553
678
22992
633
20748
% Prot
Protein
JUNIOR THREE YEAR OLDS
Milk
% Fat
Fat
% Prot
CON-LIN’S RISTOURN TEAL 03-00 25460 3.9 997 2.8 LAGACE RISTOURN ULLMER, DAMIAN & KILEY, SEYMOUR, WI RIPPLING-BROOK CAP RACHEL 03-03 23700 3.8 913 3.0 FOREST-PARK K. CAPPUCCINO VARNER, DEAN E., SHIRLEYSBURG, PA
27875
658
23108
May/June 2014
% Fat
Fat
% Prot
Age
Milk
% Fat
Fat
% Prot
Protein
ECM
1061
33384
693
22231
Protein
VALES-PRIDE REALITY ODEILIA 02-00 21090 4.8 1028 2.8 604 PALMYRA TRI-STAR REALITY VALENTINE, MICHAEL & DENISE, EMMITSBURG, MD PALMYRA BURDETTE ROSY 02-04 22650 4.0 907 3.1 714 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE CREEK, EVAN P., HAGERSTOWN, MD FOREST-PARK NORMANDIN ZELANTRA 02-00 22320 3.7 828 2.8 634 DUO STAR NORMANDIN HEIMS, JAMES D., JR & JUDY, ANAMOSA, IA CON-LIN’S T TAFFY 02-02 18750 4.8 904 3.2 600 CON-LIN’S TYRESE ULLMER, DAMIAN & KILEY, SEYMOUR, WI
ECM
24558
24293
22586
22158
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ECM
23287
22386
Protein
Milk
24379
ECM
799
Protein
Age
HEIMS JJ46F BURDETTE REB REBEL 02-11 34810 3.1 1109 3.0 PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE HEIMS, JAMES D., JR & JUDY, ANAMOSA, IA ROSEY’S RUMBLE 222 02-06 21400 3.6 791 3.2 LIBBY’S LOCHINVAR HABERMANN, TODD, MANITOWOC, WI JUNIOR TWO YEAR OLDS
24404
ECM
846
% Prot
MILLER’S BARRY TITAN 03-06 20910 4.1 871 3.4 718 MILLER’S TOTAL BARRY HUMMEL, ALLISON, BLOOMDALE, OH RIPPLING-BROOK B SKY SLIPPY 03-06 19610 4.4 876 3.2 643 HAWKSFIELD BLUE SKY VARNER, DOUGLAS E., SHIRLEYSBURG, PA age
ECM
MAINSTREAM COPPER ZANA 04-02 26150 4.0 1048 3.0 BIRGHDALE COPPER KORTUS, MARK RANDALL, LYNDEN, WA SPRING-RUN PHILLIP ISSADORA 04-05 18240 5.2 958 3.6 SANROSA ROYAL PHILLIP WOLF, THOMAS A., SHREVE, OH SENIOR THREE YEAR OLDS
Protein
P&A NORM CECILIA 03-01 27160 2.8 765 2.8 780 DUO STAR NORMANDIN BUSCH, TIMOTHY H. & KATIE, CECIL, WI VALES-PRIDE DYLAN ECHO 03-00 20040 5.1 1029 3.1 625 R-LYN GARTH JO’S DYLAN VALENTINE, MARK & JESSICA, THURMONT, MD SENIOR TWO YEAR OLDS
ECM
732
26507
728
24815
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20 Ayrshire Digest
1 VAN-DE PHOENIX CORKY ARIZONA F67341233 2 VAN-DE ORKKO CRICKET CROQUET F100558304 3 PALMYRA BENDIG R BONNIE F69261802 4 CONEBELLA PASSION’S STARRY F69458688 5 FAIRBURN SOAPY F100561171 6 VAN-DE ORKKO FIREFLY FOXFIRE F67541035 7 BLIND BUCK VALL O RUSTY F100609112 8 VAN-DE ORKKO CAITLIN CORKY F100545377 9 PALMYRA-RAGIMORE-EV B GIGI F70270039 10 PALMYRA CALIMERO R. BAILEY F65003048 11 VAN-DE CONN CRICKET FIREFLY F100524635 12 HAWKSFIELD MODEM BRONARA ROSE F100605855 12 MAPLE-DELL OBLIQUE DARLENE F65302703 12 S&M-AYR BURDETTE’S DIXIE F100551772 15 PALMYRA RAMIUS L BOBBI F65459494 16 MAPLE-DELL OBLIQUE DIVE F65302700 17 COVEY-FARMS FLINT JESSY F100257614 18 MACKINSON RISTOURN PAISLEY F100585142 18 MAPLE DELL REALITY DEVINE F65302711 18 MARIAMS CAP MOLLY F55543964 21 ANMAR GARTH PAULINE F840003005646800 21 PALMYRA BURDETTE R GINGER F69261859 23 PALMYRA BOSTON M BETHANY F69261799 24 PALMYRA REALITY GIANNA F69261848 24 PALMYRA TRI-STAR J BETHANY F66596089 26 PALMYRA RAVEN J BETHANY F66596064 27 PALMYRA-SA BENDIG BROOKLYN F69261861 28 RIPPLING-BROOK BUR SPARKIE F100517211 29 ANMAR HUMOUR JACQUELINE F62953784 29 NEL-AYR POWER GERRY F100581942 29 PALMYRA REALITY BAILEY F69261804 29 PALMYRA TRI-STAR J. BIRTHDAY F62000152 29 VAN-DE ORAVA MALLORY MANDOLYN F100572393 34 FOREST-PARK CAPPUCCINO BROWNIE F100451157 34 GOOD-VUE POWER LISETTE F840003000764072
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PL DPR SCORE NM$ %AYR
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(CPI Order - Top 125 Cows - Calved within last 27 mos) NO. ------- MILK AND FAT ------- NO - --- PROTEIN ---- COW NAME REG # SIRE # CPI REC REL MILK % FAT REC REL % PRO PTAT UDDP SCC
HAZELTINE, MARGARET L. HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY CREEK, MARK ALLEN GABLE, DONALD C. MAULFAIR, DAVID & RACHEL ALMEIDA, FABIAN VANDERLAAN, SHANNON HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY PALMYRA FM CATTLE PART., EDMUN CREEK, JORDAN E. HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY SAYLES, CHARLES MURRAY, DEVIN PATRICK ZOOK, MIKE S. CREEK, MARK ALLEN MURRAY, MORGAN SCHWARZ-TOLLENAAR, TAMI A. MACKINSON, MATTHEW MURRAY, DEVIN PATRICK HABERMANN, TODD SCHWARZ-TOLLENAAR, TAMI A. PALMYRA FM CATTLE PART. CREEK, MARK ALLEN PALMYRA FM CATTLE PART. CREEK, MARK ALLEN CREEK, MARK ALLEN EVANS, GREGORY & CREEK, MICHAE VARNER, DEAN E. SCHWARZ-TOLLENAAR, TAMI A. NELSON, BRUCE V. CREEK, JORDAN E. CREEK, MARK ALLEN ALMEIDA, FABIAN NELSON, GLEN M. HANSON, LYNN C. & NORMA L.
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Ayrshire high cpi Cow list for april 2014
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
May/June 2014
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+46 +35 +38 +36 +35 +25 +24 +26 +37 +39 +24 +35 +28 +27 +44 +35 +46 +32 +31 +32 +39 +37 +29 +25 +35 +33 +29 +35 +35 +43 +39 +39 +30 +28 +24 +26 +27 +27 +36 +38 +27 +32 +25 +46 +46 +32 +36 +24 +36
+0.6 +1.1 +0.6 +0.3 +1.1 +1.3 +1.7 +1.2 +0.7 +0.6 +1.6 +0.6 +1.6 +1.5 +0.5 +0.4 -0.3 +1.1 +1.4 +0.4 +0.3 +1.2 +1.8 +1.4 +0.7 +0.6 +0.8 +0.7 +0.9 -0.3 0.0 0.0 +0.8 +1.1 +0.9 +1.9 +1.7 +1.1 +0.5 +0.3 +0.6 +0.8 +1.3 +0.2 -0.5 +1.1 -0.1 +1.1 +0.6
0.0 S0.1 S0.3 S0.7 D0.6 S2.0 S1.9 S0.1 S0.2 S0.9 S1.5 S0.1 S0.5 S1.4 D0.3 D0.4 D0.2 S1.3 D0.1 S0.4 S0.1 D0.6 S1.9 S0.8 S0.3 S1.2 S1.6 D0.1 S0.2 D0.3 D0.3 S0.4 S1.5 S0.6 S1.2 S1.2 S0.6 D0.1 D0.2 D1.1 S1.4 S0.8 S0.3 D0.7 D1.0 S0.9 D0.2 S0.8 S1.1
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(CPI Order - Top 125 Cows - Calved within last 27 mos) NO. ------- MILK AND FAT ------- NO - --- PROTEIN ---- COW NAME REG # SIRE # CPI REC REL MILK % FAT REC REL % PRO PTAT UDDP SCC
88 88 86 83 88 92 87 86 84 86 91 91 90 93 86 85 80 89 89 85 86 90 92 88 86 90 90 88 90 91 84 87 87 91 85 93 91 83 87 84 90 91 89 87 86 90 82 88 84
+201 +400 +471 +553 +410 +410 +360 +357 +323 +241 +309 +365 +338 +283 +321 +358 +429 +245 +229 +488 +437 +225 +177 +368 +334 +239 +254 +199 +275 +329 +273 +376 +326 +358 +358 +229 +175 +308 +337 +407 +303 +175 +298 +225 +284 +318 +587 +182 +296
100 100 94.4 96.0 100 100 100 100 100 90.8 100 100 100 100 95.0 96.7 87.5 88.9 100 90.4 91.4 100 100 100 100 95.4 100 95.4 92.9 100 92.8 95.7 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 91.4 100 100 100 100 100 95.4 93.6 97.7 91.4
PL DPR SCORE NM$ %AYR
-1.8 -1.5 +2.1 .0 +3.3 +0.5 +5.6 +1.4 +2.4 -0.4 +2.8 .0 +2.7 +0.8 +1.5 -0.8 +1.6 .0 -0.1 +0.4 +1.2 -0.4 +1.6 +0.7 +2.0 -1.0 +1.7 +0.5 +1.2 +1.1 +1.0 +0.3 +1.7 +1.7 -0.1 -0.5 +0.5 -1.3 +4.5 +0.6 +3.4 +0.1 -0.2 -0.9 +0.3 -0.5 +2.2 -0.2 +1.2 +0.4 +0.1 -0.5 +0.5 -1.6 -0.3 -0.3 +0.5 +0.2 +0.7 -0.3 -0.1 +0.1 +1.5 +0.4 +2.0 +0.1 +2.8 +0.7 +1.5 -0.6 +1.3 -0.1 .0 +0.2 +0.6 +0.4 +1.5 -0.6 +2.2 +1.0 +1.2 -1.4 -1.0 -0.3 +1.4 +0.2 -1.1 +0.5 -1.4 -0.3 +2.7 .0 +6.4 +2.4 -0.6 -0.4 +1.7 .0
OWNER
PATRICK, DAVID CREEK, MARK ALLEN VAN DE AYRSHIRE BLUE SPRUCE FARM INC TRINKLE, MATTHEW CREEK, EVAN P. CREEK, EVAN P. VALENTINE, MICHAEL & DENISE CREEK, MARK ALLEN GABLE, DONALD C. MURRAY, DEVIN PATRICK WOLF, KURT HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY CREEK, EVAN P. HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY ALMEIDA, FABIAN ENNIS, JOHN BRENNER, SCOTT & JENNIFER CREEK, MARK ALLEN LYNN LEE, DAVID KOSS & GABLE, DONALD C. CREEK, JORDAN E. BEAR-AYR FARM - DONNA J MERTZ PALMYRA FM CATTLE PART. CREEK, JORDAN E. NELSON, GLEN, LOIS & GRETA COALE, ROYSTON G. III GABLE, JOSEPHINE L. JASPER HILL FARM SCHWARZ-TOLLENAAR, TAMI A. GABLE, DONALD C. NELSON, GRETA K. CREEK, EVAN P. OFFER, JOHN & SHAUNA SHANK, KAYLEIGH P & CREEK, MCDERMOTT, MITCHEL & COALE, ROYSTON G. III NELSON, BRUCE V. PALMYRA FM CATTLE PART. MILLER, MICHAEL L. YARRABEE COWS LLC ULLMER, DAMIAN & KILEY LONG, DEREK VARNER, DOUGLAS E. VARNER, DEAN E. CREEK, JORDAN E. VINKEMEIER, JEFF, TINA,COURTNE EVANS, DOUGLAS E. GLEN FARM INC.
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* All records are reported as TRUE PROTEIN
84 M-R POKER’S DAHLIA F100577594 84 PALMYRA BENDIG R BRITTANY F66596116 84 PALMYRA BURDETTE R GREER F70270067 84 SPRING-RUN PASSION ROSALINDA F100602106 89 CONEBELLA ORKKO’S CASSARA F100552607 89 GOOD-VUE BENDIG CARMELO F840003006892497 89 MILLER’S BURT BRAN MUFFIN F63970258 89 RIPPLING-BROOK SAFIR MAIDEN F69638090 93 BONERT PATRIOTS VANNA F64616444 93 SHARWARDS CLASSIC MOMENT F66726853 93 SHARWARDS LANDSCAPE DALILA F66726812 93 VAN-DE BURDETTE DRAMA CUPCAKE F67441171 97 C-JAIZ SWEDMARK PIXIE F100594595 97 FAVRE’S POKER FIONA F55086874 97 PALMYRA BENEVOLA GINGER F70270052 97 PALMYRA RIGGINS B BETHANY F69261822 97 S&M-AYR DILLIGENT’S DAISY F100479252 97 SKI-PAL NORMANDIN-KALLEY F70708601 103 DALTONDALE DILLIGENT ASHLEY F100442375 103 PALMYRA ROMEO CARLEY F62000110 105 KINGSWOOD POWER ZILLA F100589258 105 SHARWARDS CALIMERO KERRY F100515880 105 VAN-DE ORAVA CELESTE CORA F100572405 108 CONEBELLA CARLOS’ DASHER F100480568 108 FAMILY-AF-AYR CALIMERO DOT F100591369 108 JACKSON-HILL PETE TANYA F100513972 108 PALMYRA BURDETTE RR BLUSH F70270018 108 PALMYRA TRISTAR R GINGER F65003772 108 RONDE DREAMER MIYOKI F100571310 114 ETHIER-ACRES CALIMERO QUICK F100556825 114 KINGSWOOD ORAVA VARUNA F100575547 114 MAULFAIR ACRES PROWLER BONNIE F100522053 114 PALMYRA BURDETTE ROSY F69261856 114 SPRING-RUN MASTERPIECE KATE F100592397 119 BRICKER FARMS CINDERELLA F100564307 119 CONEBELLA BENDIG’S CASTILE F69458716 119 GREEN LANE LIBBY F64356891 119 KINGSWOOD DREW ZIPPY F100589276 119 PALMYRA BURDETTE P H LOVER F70270054 119 VAN-DE T-STAR CONNIE CONSTANCE F100433847 119 ZAM-AYR SEANNA SIESTA TSO F100594326
X8401621 M100323168 M100419568 M64394220 X41531 M100323168 M63970243 X43311 M100342572 M100515657 X103846246 M100419568 M100212415 X8401621 M66596063 M65459499 X10311365 X100317070 X10311365 M100010086 M64394151 X10310847 X41611 M100392456 X10310847 M100416855 M100419568 M150440 X103734662 X10310847 X41611 M100360716 M100419568 M100273481 M100419568 M100323168 M100273427 M100511514 M100419568 M150440 X100317070
514 514 514 514 513 513 513 513 512 512 512 512 511 511 511 511 511 511 510 510 509 509 509 508 508 508 508 508 508 507 507 507 507 507 506 506 506 506 506 506 506
2 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 1 4 2 4 1 2 3 1 5 5 2 4 3 5 2 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 5 1
53 54 49 41 58 47 51 48 54 42 49 57 51 57 40 53 56 48 59 64 49 59 54 56 56 50 49 67 39 54 54 53 47 50 54 48 54 49 49 61 42
+1184 +1300 +728 +1786 +910 +1224 +626 +1161 +830 +1096 +1455 +877 +998 +1046 +742 +838 +704 +1050 +597 +1262 +533 +395 +1015 +1271 +661 +823 +837 +765 +757 +550 +1332 +795 +927 +1515 +807 +1125 +980 +800 +621 +952 +937
-.03 -.07 +.01 -.14 +.08 +.04 +.12 .00 +.11 +.04 -.03 .00 -.01 +.05 +.06 .00 +.08 .00 +.07 -.04 +.12 +.15 +.09 +.03 +.01 +.04 -.03 +.07 +.08 +.05 +.02 +.12 -.02 -.11 +.01 +.04 +.05 +.07 +.01 .00 -.01
+40 +37 +29 +41 +50 +56 +47 +44 +54 +50 +51 +33 +38 +49 +41 +33 +43 +40 +37 +41 +43 +44 +56 +55 +28 +40 +27 +43 +45 +30 +55 +53 +31 +37 +33 +51 +48 +44 +26 +37 +34
2 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 1 4 2 4 1 2 3 1 5 5 2 4 3 5 2 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 5 1
53 -.06 54 -.04 49 +.02 41 -.08 58 +.08 47 -.04 51 +.01 48 +.01 54 .00 42 +.02 49 -.01 57 +.03 51 +.02 57 .00 40 +.03 53 +.02 56 +.03 48 +.03 59 +.04 64 -.01 49 +.05 59 +.04 54 +.01 56 +.02 56 +.01 50 +.01 49 +.01 67 -.02 39 +.02 54 +.04 54 -.04 53 -.01 47 .00 50 -.10 54 -.01 48 -.01 54 -.01 49 .00 49 +.01 61 -.01 42 -.01
+26 +34 +26 +40 +44 +30 +21 +39 +26 +38 +44 +33 +35 +32 +29 +30 +29 +38 +27 +38 +26 +19 +33 +44 +23 +28 +29 +20 +27 +25 +34 +23 +29 +28 +24 +34 +30 +26 +21 +28 +27
+1.1 +1.1 +1.3 +0.3 -0.5 +0.7 +1.1 0.0 +0.6 0.0 -0.6 +0.9 +0.3 +0.1 +0.9 +1.1 +0.7 +0.3 +0.9 +0.3 +0.6 +0.9 -0.4 -0.8 +1.1 +0.3 +1.3 +1.3 +0.7 +1.3 -0.2 +0.4 +1.1 +0.6 +1.2 +0.1 -0.3 +0.8 +1.5 +0.7 +0.7
S0.6 D0.3 S1.0 D0.3 D1.2 D0.8 S0.6 D0.2 S0.6 D0.1 D0.5 S0.1 0.0 S0.6 S0.1 S0.7 0.0 0.0 S1.3 D0.8 S0.5 S1.3 S0.8 D0.2 S2.0 S1.5 S0.2 S0.2 S0.3 S1.0 D0.4 S1.7 D0.4 S1.4 S0.4 D0.4 S0.7 0.0 S0.8 S0.4 S1.3
+2.85 +2.96 +2.86 +3.01 +2.78 +2.97 +2.84 +2.94 +2.96 +3.12 +2.83 +2.95 +2.85 +2.80 +2.92 +3.27 +3.02 +2.94 +3.10 +2.88 +2.86 +2.77 +2.84 +2.86 +2.94 +2.85 +3.13 +2.86 +3.00 +3.04 +2.98 +2.93 +2.91 +2.81 +2.91 +2.85 +2.73 +2.82 +2.82 +2.94 +2.78
(CPI Order - Top 125 Cows - Calved within last 27 mos) NO. ------- MILK AND FAT ------- NO - --- PROTEIN ---- COW NAME REG # SIRE # CPI REC REL MILK % FAT REC REL % PRO PTAT UDDP SCC
86 87 87 82 82 85 93 82 90 83 82 87 86 81 85 90 88 84 91 84 84 92 82 81 90 93 83 91 89 92 78 88 84 84 88 82 81 88 86 90 86
+324 +175 +265 +242 +414 +173 +337 +366 +284 +256 +359 +233 +286 +340 +201 +287 +229 +241 +207 +341 +243 +339 +410 +443 +316 +353 +297 +272 +218 +265 +326 +381 +261 +274 +292 +332 +480 +226 +245 +250 +316
100 100 100 92.8 95.3 97.7 100 87.2 100 97.7 95.7 87.5 90.8 100 100 98.8 90.8 88.9 90.8 100 90.0 95.4 91.6 100 95.4 100 100 100 94.9 95.4 91.6 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 88.9
PL DPR SCORE NM$ %AYR
+2.1 -0.6 .0 -1.9 +0.9 +0.4 +0.3 -0.2 +2.4 +1.1 -0.9 -1.5 +1.9 +0.1 +2.0 +1.0 +0.7 -0.5 +0.4 +0.4 +0.4 +0.3 .0 -0.2 +0.6 +1.1 +1.8 .0 -0.4 -0.6 +2.4 +0.2 +0.1 +1.0 -0.7 -0.4 +0.4 +0.2 +2.1 .0 -0.1 +1.0 +1.8 +0.5 +1.8 +0.4 +3.1 -0.7 +2.4 +0.9 +2.4 +0.9 +2.4 +0.3 +1.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1 +2.1 -0.4 +0.9 +0.9 +3.0 -0.8 +1.2 +0.3 +0.7 -0.6 +2.1 +0.1 +1.4 -1.1 +3.5 +2.1 .0 -0.9 +1.1 +0.2 +0.2 +0.7 +1.5 -0.3
OWNER
LEWIS, JEANIE CREEK, MARK ALLEN SHANK, ERIN LEE GRESS, EILEEN C. & GABLE, DONALD C. HANSON, MICHAEL, LINDA, MILLER, JACK A. VARNER, KATHY JO BONERT, MATTHEW F. TENTINGER, JIM & SHARON TILL, ALLAN W. & KAREN L. ALMEIDA, FABIAN WRATTEN, JASMINE HABERMANN, TODD PALMYRA FM CATTLE PART. CREEK, JORDAN E. ZOOK, MIKE S. STANFORD, MCKENZIE ULLMER, DAMIAN & KILEY ALMEIDA, FABIAN ENNIS, JOHN SKI-PAL, YARRABEE, FAIRBANKS HAZELTINE, MARGARET L. GABLE, DONALD C. BORCHARDT, SARAH ATHERTON, JEFF CREEK, MARK ALLEN PALMYRA FARM & CREEK, MIKE + WOLF, TED BLUE SPRUCE FARM INC ENNIS, JOHN MAULFAIR, DALE E. CREEK, EVAN P. GRESS, JULIE & SPRING-RUN FARM HUFF, JADE GABLE, DONALD C. BOZLINSKI, PHILIP ENNIS, JOHN PALMYRA FM CATTLE PART. HAZELTINE, ROBERT & TIFFANY ALMETER, XAVIER
Pennsylvania Ayrshire Breeders’ Association For more info contact any state officer or visit our website: www.paayrshires.com
We are looking forward to the PA ABA Summer Picnic & Bred Heifer Sale July 12 at the Hameau Farm, Belleville.
Gay Rodgers and the girls who attend her summer camp will be our hosts for this time of fun and fellowship. ~ Hope to see you there! 55 memberships in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
President: Dan Baumgardner , Dillsburg, PA Phone 717-432-3169 Vice President: Sharon Nolan, Cochranville, PA Phone: Home- 610-593-7465 Secretary/Treasurer: Lori Baumgardner, Dillsburg, PA Phone:717-432-3169
Semen Available
Maulfair Acres Sniper
P9 +552 Burdette X Fairburn Soapy, EX-93 Elite P9 +577 NM$ 401 PTA +1171m +81f +43p PTAT +1.0 #5 High CPI List (4/14)
For the past three months, our top cow on DHIA test day has been an Ayrshire! Actually, three different Ayrshires: Sunrise-Ridge Farah Barrens-View J-Man Ferrari King & Queen KB Vesper are the reigning “Queens of the Barn.” Who says they can’t compete with Holsteins?!
She is 100% Ayrshire
Dale & Pattie Maulfair Jamie, Daryl, Jennifer, David & Rachel Maulfair
400 S. Center St. Jonestown, PA 17038
(717) 865-6439
May/June 2014
The Baumgardner Family
Dan, Lori, Justin (Jud), Amy, Nate, Katie, and Rebekah Dillsburg, PA 717-432-3169 l wildcowz@ptd.net Visitors Always Welcome!
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Brown Swiss and Ayrshire National Convention
Wednesday, June 25 - Friday, June 27 Embassy Suites, East Peoria, Illinois (All events except tours and golf outing will be held at the Embassy Suites)
Peoria Loop Tour
Convention Tours
The shopping and sightseeing tour will provide an opportunity for a leisurely, on-your-own day. The bus will leave the hotel lobby at 9:00 am and return to pick up or drop off, every hour, making a loop of the three stops. Feel free to stop or ride until the last pick up of the day. The ride back to the hotel will be along Grandview Drive, dubbed by Teddy Roosevelt as the "world's most beautiful drive." The bluff is lined with mansions built during the early 1900's overlooking the Illinois River Valley. Meals are on your own. 1) Downtown Peoria Caterpillar Visitors Center - Spend an hour or an afternoon at the Caterpillar Visitors Center where you can experience Caterpillar on a self-guided journey at your own pace. You will find interactive displays and exhibits sure to engage and entertain visitors of all ages. www.caterpillar.com/visitors-center Peoria Riverfront Museum - The museum is a one-of-a-kind experience that lets you take a peek into the past of Peoria. See how humans have changed the Illinois River, catch a movie on the giant screen, or gaze into the stars and watch a laser light show at the planetarium. The museum is also home to an expansive collection of fine art and folk art. www.peoriariverfrontmuseum.org
Riverfront Museum 2) Glen Oak Park Peoria Zoo is open all year long and home to more than 100 species of animals from around the world, including several which are endangered. The zoo is located in beautiful Glen Oak Park, located in the heart of the city, preserving ancient trees with plenty of playground
areas. www.peoriazoo.org Luthy Botanical Gardens - A gorgeous spot which features five acres of landscaped gardens and a tropical conservatory. www.peoriaparks.org/luthy-botanicalgarden
3) Peoria Heights Shopping - Stroll the quaint streets of Peoria Heights and discover the unique businesses and speciality shops lining the historically beautiful downtown area. Clothing, fun accessories, wine, gourmet food, custom-made jewelry, gifts or fine art. Restaurants and a park are also available or view the river valley from the top of the Tower. The River Valley and Mackinaw Winery Tour will also depart from the hotel at 9:00. The first stop will be River Valley Dairy. The group will then travel to the Mackinaw Winery for lunch followed by wine tasting.
River Valley Dairy Owned by the Gregg Sauder family and located near Tremont, Illinois, the feature of this stop will be the robotics used on the dairy. There will also be a chance to take a look at one of the nation’s special Jersey herds. A trip to a Wisconsin sale in 2004 and the purchase of two animals “kicked things in gear for the family.” In 2006 Greg and Cindy Sauder moved to their current location with their family of seven children and nine Jersey cows being milked with a vacuum pump and one milker. Shortly thereafter they purchased 50 cows from an Iowa herd and they were off. Since the entering the showring on the national level in 2007, they have had numerous All-American honorees and several Grand Champions at both World Dairy Expo and The All American Jersey Show in Louisville, open and/or junior shows. They strive to work with cows that are going to impact the breed both in the genomic world and the show ring. In January 2012 the larger part of the herd moved into a new robotic milked freestall barn. The barn has the capacity
River Valley Dairy
(Pictures provided by Holstein World)
to hold 300 milking cows. The four Lely Astronaut robots are equipped with activity monitors, rumination sensors and other management tools. The cows are being milked on an average 3.8 times daily on the robots. The spacious freestall barn is equipped with gel mattresses, large alleyways and a drive through feed alley. Feed is pushed up once an hour by a robotic feed pusher.
Mackinaw Valley Vineyard Following lunch at the winery, you will have the opportunity for a wine tasting with over 20 wines from which to choose. Situated on a glacial moraine with a natural high point, the winery’s tasting room provides an amazing 30 mile view of the valley and farms below, a beautiful and relaxing experience. Visit the convention website at: www.swissayrconvention.com
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Updates, More Info and a Map for your trip to East Peoria June 25-27 t Registration will be open on Tuesday evening. t Thursday’s Peoria Loop tour will depart at 9:30 a.m. t During the annual meetings on Friday morning, there will be a place for younger kids to go. Movies, games, etc. will be available in the youth room. Older youth are encouraged to attend the annual meetings and see the adult members attending to business. t Friday evening’s meal will be a Family Style dinner served at your table between the two national sales. Two meats, two vegetables, salad, rolls, drink and dessert - all for $20! tOver a mile of riverside walk adjacent to the hotel!
t The Caterpillar museum and Riverfront museum - again just across the river. The Riverfront Museum features a planetarium, children's discovery center, folk art and changing exhibits. www.peoriariverfrontmuseum.org The Caterpillar Visitors Center is a fascinating look at the company, the iron and the people making sustainable progress possible around the world. From the humble beginnings of the first tractor to the company's present-day leadership in building infrastructure and powering the planet - it's all right here on Peoria's beautiful riverfront. http://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/visitors-center.html
Come Early, Stay an Extra Day!!!
t Within 5-10 minutes of Embassy Suites are an assortment of stores and restaurants.
t The Peoria Chiefs, Class A Minor League Affiliation of the St. Louis Cardinals, have a home game Tuesday evening, June 24. Ticket information online at http://www.peoriachiefs.com/
The Embassy Suites has an excellent restaurant, but before and after the convention others close by include:
t Cruise the Illinois River on the Spirit of Peoria Paddle Boat on Saturday. The 1½ hour long cruise begins and ends at the riverfront dock in downtown Peoria (across the river from the hotel) with the Spirit cruising up and down the Illinois River. No reservations required. More info at www.spiritofpeoria.com ($3.00 coupon on website.)
May/June 2014
T EE R 3T ON T NG I SH 7A
The Illinois Ayrshire and Brown Swiss Associations welcome you to the National Convention in Central Illinois! The Embassy Suites sit on the bank of the Illinois River - spend a few days with us relaxing, visiting and conducting breed business.
Peoria: Two25 , Jim’s Downtown Steakhouse Kelleher's Irish Pub and Eatery, One World Cafe Martini's on the Water (in the old Train Station) East Peoria: Granite City Food & Brewery Jonah’s Seafood House Restaurant Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse Several in the Levee District of East Peoria
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26 Ayrshire Digest
85.6 100 92.0 80.0 100 91.7 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 95.4 100 100 95.4 100 100 100 100 100 100
M64394220 M100323168 X7407843 M64394151 M100419568 M100541298 M66596063 M100465354 M100543021 M65459499 M65003921 M100184275 X8401621 M65866439 M100516902 M100427602 M100531732 M100545162 M100283741 M100273481 M100135646 M100391754 M100511523 M100444050
Reg No.
Genomic Eval.
1AY337 G 200AY922 G 200AY329 G 7AY87 G 7AY84 G 1AY338 G 76AY754 G 1AY330 G 7AY90 G 7AY89 G 1AY335 G 76AYY735 200AY580 G 1AY339 G 76AY750 G 76AY749 G 14AY28 G 76AY751 G 76AY741 G 76AYY739 G 76AYY732 G 76AY743 G 76AY748 G 76AY746 G
NAAB Code
+580 +545 +541 +529 +527 +489 +485 +481 +480 +468 +464 +463 +458 +452 +449 +444 +436 +433 +428 +424 +402 +402 +398 +382
-0.3 +0.9 +0.8 +0.5 +1.9 -0.4 +0.9 -0.3 +1.6 +1.3 +0.8 -0.2 +0.7 -0.2 +1.3 +1.7 +0.4 +0.7 +0.7 +0.7 +0.2 +0.2 -0.1 -0.7
21 34 440 734 621 1878 38 71 290 594 16 38 11 21 20 30 34 57 153 254 20 34 20 30 916 3474 15 23 30 46 22 46 9 17 65 102 46 92 106 170 70 175 28 47 43 57 22 26
No. No. PTI PTAT Hrds Dtrs
41 33 74 17 30 89 76 13 61 46 29 10 17 78 35 43 59 31 9 15 14 9 21 15
74 91 91 86 97 74 67 77 81 92 76 76 98 66 77 79 65 84 89 93 91 83 84 75
+2513 +1384 +790 +761 +647 +658 +544 +900 +590 +269 +294 +398 +350 +656 -44 +1007 +540 +411 +329 +526 -340 +30 -439 +18
-.12 +.03 +.17 +.11 .00 +.04 +.05 +.05 -.10 +.09 +.05 +.08 +.07 -.04 +.04 -.22 -.01 -.06 -.01 -.04 +.03 +.03 +.06 +.05
+74 -.06 +60 -.02 +63 .00 +51 +.05 +25 +.03 +35 +.09 +31 +.02 +44 -.01 +4 -.03 +28 .00 +22 +.03 +30 +.04 +26 -.02 +20 -.02 +6 +.01 -4 -.15 +18 -.05 +5 -.04 +12 -.06 +12 -.12 -8 +.04 +5 -.02 -5 +.04 +11 .00
+67 +40 +26 +32 +26 +38 +22 +28 +13 +9 +15 +20 +8 +18 +1 +5 +7 +6 -1 -6 -3 -4 -6 0
% Rel - ------------------PTA’s-----------------Rip % Milk % Fat % Prot
+3.06 +2.82 +2.82 +2.92 +2.84 +2.72 +3.08 +2.99 +2.89 +3.31 +2.89 +2.36 +2.81 +2.70 +2.97 +3.09 +2.85 +3.03 +2.85 +2.76 +2.54 +2.98 +2.54 +3.02
SCS
+0.3 +1.2 +5.7 +2.4 +2.0 +2.8 -0.6 +1.6 +1.0 -0.8 +1.2 +1.4 +1.8 +1.9 +1.8 +0.1 +0.7 -0.2 +3.8 +1.8 +3.3 +0.5 +4.1 +0.1
+0.5 -1.3 +1.6 +1.2 +1.0 +0.2 -0.8 -0.6 +0.3 -0.2 -1.1 -0.5 -0.7 -0.5 +0.2 -1.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.7 -1.5 +0.8 .0 +0.8 -0.2
+399 +357 +568 +380 +330 +381 +112 +278 +175 +50 +188 +285 +225 +261 +96 -36 +119 +24 +219 +112 +226 +41 +252 -1
PL DPR NM$
Sire’s Name
RANTA-AHON PASSELI KILDARE JERRY-ET KILDARE TORNADE S-ET PETERSLUND PALMYRA TRI-STAR PUROLAN ORKKO FI GALNEY-EPC RIPKEN RAVEN WOODLAND VIEW PARDNER-ET PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET LAGACE MODEM-ET PALMYRA LOVER’S HELIGO’S WOODLAND VIEW PARDNER-ET DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET MARGOT CALIMERO COVEY-FARMS RENO DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET MARGOT CALIMERO WOODLAND VIEW PARDNER-ET WOODLAND VIEW PARDNER-ET BONNIE BRAE HELIGO WOODLAND VIEW PARDNER-ET LAGACE MODEM-ET MCCORNICK NELSON
FINAL SCORE EXCELLENT (90-100) VERY GOOD (85-89) GOOD PLUS (80-84) GOOD (75-79) FAIR (65-74) POOR (50-64)
Genomic Eval.
BREED AVERAGE (%) 19% 52% 26% 3% 0% 0%
200AY622 G 200AY652 G 200AY643 G 200AY664 G 200AY680 G 200AY699 G 200AY691 G 200AY687 G 200AY702 G 76ay752 G 97ay6544 97AY7656
NAAB Code
Ayrshire % of Breed Breakdowns for April 2014
G = GENOMIC EVALUATION
Reg No.
93 X103036515 89.81 X103734662 80 X103829197 95.37 X104202837 87.22 X104347733 78.64 X105115743 91.42 x105252735 83.31 X105342984 88.87 X105650307 100 X03000006180947 97.5 x506544 100 X507656
% Ayr.
+579 +487 +573 +523 +575 +594 +529 +510 +582 N/A +471 +453
SCS
PL DPR NM$
Sire’s Name
PTA Milk +533 +606
* Figures based on bulls born in the last 8 years
Number of Bulls 24 151
PTA Fat +23 +29
PTA Protein +15 +20
Ayrshire Average PTA Values for April 2014 Active AI Non-AI*
NM$ +210 +213
89 81 +1932 .00 +74 -.01 +61 +2.53 -2.7 -0.1 +350 KANGASSALON KELLI 63 78 +787 +.04 +36 -.02 +19 +3.08 -0.7 +0.2 +133 MARGOT CALIMERO 64 80 +1244 +.15 +77 +.05 +48 +2.86 +3.6 +1.1 +558 PETERSLUND 73 79 +1049 +.01 +43 +.01 +34 +3.25 -3.3 -1.9 +48 MARGOT CALIMERO 96 81 +1216 +.08 +62 +.05 +49 +2.78 +1.0 -1.5 +423 LAGACE MODEM-ET 54 75 +1813 +.02 +75 +.01 +61 +3.03 +1.6 +0.7 +479 KILDARE JUPITER-ET 57 77 +1382 +.03 +58 -.07 +29 +2.97 +3.2 -0.4 +429 DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET 59 77 +925 -.01 +35 -.02 +24 +2.75 +4.8 +0.8 +482 DUO STAR NORMANDIN 50 73 +1626 .00 +62 +.02 +55 +2.86 -0.1 -0.8 +402 DUO STAR NORMANDIN 585 81 -23 +.02 +3 +.01 +1 +2.69 +2.0 +0.2 +182 MEIKLE LAUGHT TRIPLE CROWN 565 60 +635 +.05 +35 +.07 +34 +3.22 +0.5 +0.7 +188 CARMELGLEN BRODY 78 55 +516 +.14 +47 +.07 +29 +3.02 -0.8 -1.3 +164 VALENDALE BLAZE
-0.1 60 +0.8 55 +0.2 50 +1.1 63 +1.1 70 +0.4 42 +0.8 45 +1.0 48 +0.8 42 N/A 203 -0.6 164 -1.1 23
No. No. Rel -------------------PTA’s-----------------PTI PTAT Hrds Dtrs % Milk % Fat % Prot
International Ayrshire AI Sires Marketed in U.S. List for April 2014
KILDARE PERCY-ET NEXUS DREAMER HAUTPRE KANSAS RONICK SIMBAD KAMOURASKA ROCKSTAR kamouraska decaf-et DES FLEURS PERFECT-ET D’ALBANEL MARLOW-ET LESSARD JUMPER-ET ARDMORE CROWN NAPIER PA HILL BRODY JEOPARDY WAERENGA BLAZE ASTUTE
Bull Name
ANMAR PASSELI PASSION PALMYRA JERRY BENDIG JELYCA OBLIQUE ANMAR PETER POWER PALMYRA TRI-STAR BURDETTE VAN-DE ORKKO ORION PALMYRA RAVEN BENEVOLA BROW-AYR PARDNER NORTHSTAR LIBBY’S LOCHINVAR PALMYRA POKER RIGGINS PALMYRA BURNSIDE LOCUST-LANE SAVIOR DES CHAMOIS POKER-ET BROW-AYR POKER NITRO FAMILY-AF-AYR DOUBLWHAMMY FAMILY-AF-AYR RENO DOZER SCAPELAND POKER SAWYER DU PETIT LAC HAMMER SUNNY-ACRES JURISPRUDENCE LONE BIRCH MASTERPIECE HIDDEN-VALLEY GARTH POLLY’S PLUTO MAPLE-DELL MODEM DIEGO GRAND-VIEW NELSON DEMOCRAT
% Ayr.
Ayrshire Active AI Bull Evaluation List for April 2014
Ranked in PTI Order Bull Name
New York Ayrshire Breeders Jim Curtis, President 315.655.8909 | Jim Patsos, Jr., Vice-President 315.568.2470 Joan Curtis, Secretary 315.655.8909 Kathleen Haynes Randall, Treasurer 315.696.8353 | Diana Curtis, Youth Director 315.289.3074
KLER-VU FARM Tom Gillette
5137 Old State Rte. 12, Lyons Falls , N.Y. 13368 315.348.8681
Sunny Acres Farm
email: jgillette@southlewis.org
Kler-Vue Ramius Christmas EX-92 1st 4-Year-Old New York Spring Show ‘14 All-American Senior 3-Year-Old ‘13
Doug & Kathe Evans & Family
4106 Davenport Road, Georgetown, NY 13072 315.837.4777 Andrew: 315.750.0719 Greg: 315.456.8283 sunnyacresayrshires@gmail.com
She’s is fresh again and we are excited!
Thank you to all of the consignors, buyers and supporters of the New York Spring Ayrshire Sale. We appreciate your continued support of our club and sale. ~The New York Junior and Senior Ayrshire Clubs. For more information on the New York Ayrshire Club please go to www.nyayrshire.com
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We’re proud to support the dairy industry and the producers who wake up before the sun rises and work long after it’s set. That’s why Zoetis has worked for two years to secure the approval for FACTREL Injection (gonadorelin injection) to be used with LUTALYSE (dinoprost tromethamine) Sterile Solution for fixed-time artificial insemination. The approval allows you to use products you’ve trusted and relied on for years. Visit DairyReproSolutions.com to learn more. ®
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FOR FACTREL INJECTION: FACTREL Injection is for use in cattle only. Please see full Prescribing Information on Page X. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FOR LUTALYSE: Women of childbearing age and persons with respiratory problems should exercise extreme caution when handling LUTALYSE. LUTALYSE is readily absorbed through the skin and may cause abortion and/or bronchiospasms, therefore spillage on the skin should be washed off immediately with soap and water. Aseptic technique should be used to reduce the possibility of post-injection clostridial infections. Do not administer LUTALYSE in pregnant cattle unless cessation of pregnancy is desired. See full Prescribing Information on Page X.
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2.125x9.75 NADA 139-237, Approved by FDA
LUTALYSE
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brand of dinoprost tromethamine sterile solution Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. For intramuscular use for estrous synchronization, treatment of unobserved (silent) estrus and pyometra (chronic endometritis) in cattle; for abortion of feedlot and other non-lactating cattle; for parturition induction in swine; and for controlling the timing of estrus in estrous cycling mares and clinically anestrous mares that have a corpus luteum.
Factrel
Fort Dodge Animal Health
® Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 USA
GONADORELIN HYDROCHLORIDE For Injection For the treatment of cystic ovaries in cattle. CAUTION Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. DESCRIPTION FACTREL (gonadorelin hydrochloride) is a sterile solution containing 50 micrograms of synthetic gonadorelin (as hydrochloride) per mL in aqueous formulation containing 0.6% sodium chloride and 2% benzyl alcohol (as a preservative). Gonadorelin is the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) which is produced by the hypothalamus and causes the release of the gonadotropin luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) from the anterior pituitary. FACTREL (gonadorelin hydrochloride) has the identical amino acid sequence as endogenous gonadorelin; 5-oxo Pro-His-Trp-Ser-TyrGly-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly-NH2 with identical physiological activities. The molecular weight of gonadorelin is 1182 with a molecular formula of C55H75N17O13. The corresponding values for gonadorelin hydrochloride are 1219 (1 HCI) expressed as C55H75N17O13HCI, or 1255 (2 HCI) expressed as C55H75N17O13 2HCI. MECHANISM OF ACTION Follicular cysts are enlarged non-ovulatory follicles resulting from a malfunction of the neuroendocrine mechanism controlling follicular maturation and ovulation. Exogenous administration of agents possessing luteinizing hormone (LH) activity, such as pituitary extracts or human chorionic gonadotropin, often causes ovulation or regression of follicular cysts. FACTREL induces release of endogenous luteinizing hormone (LH) to produce this same effect. No significant differences have been demonstrated in days from treatment to conception, frequency of cows conceiving at first or subsequent heats, or conception rates among treated or non-treated control animals. INDICATIONS FACTREL (gonadorelin hydrochloride) is indicated for the treatment of ovarian follicular cysts in cattle. The treatment effect of FACTREL when used in cattle with ovarian follicular cysts is a reduction in the number of days to first estrus. DOSAGE The recommended dosage of FACTREL is 100 mcg/ cow intramuscularly. RESIDUE WARNING Because FACTREL is identical to endogenous GnRH such that both are rapidly metabolized without detectable levels in milk or tissue, no withdrawal period is required. STORAGE CONDITIONS Store at refrigerator temperature 2° to 8°C (36° to 46°F). SAFETY AND TOXICITY In cows the intramuscular administration of up to 25 times recommended dosage (2,500 mcg/day) of FACTREL for 3 days did not affect any physiological or clinical parameter. Likewise, single intramuscular doses of 5 times recommended dosage (500 mcg) did not interfere with pregnancy. No evidence of irritation at injection site was found in any animal. HOW SUPPLIED FACTREL (gonadorelin hydrochloride) solution 50 mcg/mL is available in 20 mL multidose vials (box of one). NDC 0856-4311-02 – 20 mL – box of 1 Fort Dodge Animal Health Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 USA
INDICATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE Cattle: LUTALYSE Sterile Solution is indicated as a luteolytic agent. LUTALYSE is effective only in those cattle having a corpus luteum, i.e., those which ovulated at least five days prior to treatment. Future reproductive performance of animals that are not cycling will be unaffected by injection of LUTALYSE. 1. For Intramuscular Use for Estrous Synchronization in Beef Cattle and Non-Lactating Dairy Heifers. LUTALYSE is used to control the timing of estrus and ovulation in estrous cycling cattle that have a corpus luteum. Inject a dose of 5 mL LUTALYSE (25 mg PGF2 ) intramuscularly either once or twice at a 10 to 12 day interval. With the single injection, cattle should be bred at the usual time relative to estrus. With the two injections, cattle can be bred after the second injection either at the usual time relative to detected estrus or at about 80 hours after the second injection of LUTALYSE. Estrus is expected to occur 1 to 5 days after injection if a corpus luteum was present. Cattle that do not become pregnant to breeding at estrus on days 1 to 5 after injection will be expected to return to estrus in about 18 to 24 days. 2. For Intramuscular Use for Unobserved (Silent) Estrus in Lactating Dairy Cows with a Corpus Luteum. Inject a dose of 5 mL LUTALYSE (25 mg PGF2 ) intramuscularly. Breed cows as they are detected in estrus. If estrus has not been observed by 80 hours after injection, breed at 80 hours. If the cow returns to estrus breed at the usual time relative to estrus. Management Considerations: Many factors contribute to success and failure of reproduction management, and these factors are important also when time of breeding is to be regulated with LUTALYSE Sterile Solution. Some of these factors are: a. Cattle must be ready to breed — they must have a corpus luteum and be healthy; b. Nutritional status must be adequate as this has a direct effect on conception and the initiation of estrus in heifers or return of estrous cycles in cows following calving; c. Physical facilities must be adequate to allow cattle handling without being detrimental to the animal; d. Estrus must be detected accurately if timed Al is not employed; e. Semen of high fertility must be used; f. Semen must be inseminated properly. A successful breeding program can employ LUTALYSE effectively, but a poorly managed breeding program will continue to be poor when LUTALYSE is employed unless other management deficiencies are remedied first. Cattle expressing estrus following LUTALYSE are receptive to breeding by a bull. Using bulls to breed large numbers of cattle in heat following LUTALYSE will require proper management of bulls and cattle. 3. For Intramuscular Use for Treatment of Pyometra (chronic endometritis) in Cattle. Inject a dose of 5 mL LUTALYSE (25 mg PGF2 ) intramuscularly. In studies conducted with LUTALYSE, pyometra was defined as presence of a corpus luteum in the ovary and uterine horns containing fluid but not a conceptus based on palpation per rectum. Return to normal was defined as evacuation of fluid and return of the uterine horn size to 40 mm or less based on palpation per rectum at 14 and 28 days. Most cattle that recovered in response to LUTALYSE recovered within 14 days after injection. After 14 days, recovery rate of treated cattle was no different than that of nontreated cattle. 4. For Intramuscular Use for Abortion of Feedlot and Other Non-Lactating Cattle. LUTALYSE is indicated for its abortifacient effect in feedlot and other non-lactating cattle during the first 100 days of gestation. Inject a dose of 25 mg intramuscularly. Cattle that abort will abort within 35 days of injection. Commercial cattle were palpated per rectum for pregnancy in six feedlots. The percent of pregnant cattle in each feedlot less than 100 days of gestation ranged between 26 and 84; 80% or more of the pregnant cattle were less than 150 days of gestation. The abortion rates following injection of LUTALYSE increased with increasing doses up to about 25 mg. As examples, the abortion rates, over 7 feedlots on the dose titration study, were 22%, 50%, 71%, 90% and 78% for cattle up to 100 days of gestation when injected IM with LUTALYSE doses of 0,1 (5 mg), 2 (10 mg), 4 (20 mg) and 8 (40 mg) mL, respectively. The statistical predicted relative abortion rate based on the dose titration data, was about 93% for the 5 mL (25 mg) LUTALYSE dose for cattle injected up to 100 days of gestation. Swine: For intramuscular use for parturition induction in swine. LUTALYSE Sterile Solution is indicated for parturition induction in swine when injected within 3 days of normal predicted farrowing. The response to treatment varies by individual animals with a mean interval from administration of 2 mL LUTALYSE (10 mg dinoprost) to parturition of approximately 30 hours. This can be employed to control the time of farrowing in sows and gilts in late gestation. Management Considerations: Several factors must be considered for the successful use of LUTALYSE Sterile Solution for parturition induction in swine. The product must be administered at a relatively specific time (treatment earlier than 3 days prior to normal predicted farrowing may result in increased piglet mortality). It is important that adequate records be maintained on (1) the average length of gestation period for the animals on a specific location, and (2) the breeding and projected farrowing dates for each animal. This information is essential to determine the appropriate time for administration of LUTALYSE. Mares: LUTALYSE Sterile Solution is indicated for its luteolytic effect in mares. This lutelytic effect can be utilized to control the timing of estrus in estrous cycling and clinically anestrous mares that have a corpus luteum in the following circumstances: 1. Controlling Time of Estrus of Estrous Cycling Mares: Mares treated with LUTALYSE during diestrus (4 or more days after ovulation) will return to estrus within 2 to 4 days in most cases and ovulate 8 to 12 days after treatment. This procedure may be utilized as an aid to scheduling the use of stallions. 2. Difficult-to-Breed Mares: In extended diestrus there is failure to exhibit regular estrous cycles, which is different from true anestrus. Many mares described as anestrus during the breeding season have serum progesterone levels consistent with the presence of a functional corpus luteum. A proportion of “barren”, maiden, and lactating mares do not exhibit regular estrous cycles and may be in extended diestrus. Following abortion, early fetal death and re-sorption, or as a result of “pseudopregnancy,” there may be serum progesterone levels consistent with a functional corpus luteum. Treatment of such mares with LUTALYSE usually results in regression of the corpus luteum followed by estrus and/or ovulation. In one study with 122 Standardbred and Thoroughbred mares in clinical anestrus for an average of 58 days and treated during the breeding season, behavioral estrus was detected in 81 percent at an average time of 3.7 days after injection with 5 mg LUTALYSE; ovulation occurred an average of 7.0 days after treatment. Of those mares bred, 59% were pregnant following an average of 1.4 services during that estrus. Treatment of “anestrous” mares, which abort subsequent to 36 days of pregnancy, may not result in return to estrus due to presence of functional endometrial cups. USER SAFETY (HUMAN WARNINGS) Not for human use. Women of childbearing age, asthmatics, and persons with bronchial and other respiratory problems should exercise extreme caution when handling this product. In the early stages, women may be unaware of their pregnancies. Dinoprost tromethamine is readily absorbed through the skin and can cause abortion. Accidental spillage on the skin should be washed off immediately with soap and water. RESIDUE INFORMATION No milk discard or preslaughter drug withdrawal period is required for labeled uses in cattle. No preslaughter drug withdrawal period is required for labeled uses in swine. Use of this product in excess of the approved dose may result in drug residues. Not for horses intended for human consumption. ANIMAL SAFETY (WARNINGS) Severe localized clostridial infections associated with injection of LUTALYSE have been reported. In rare instances, such infections have resulted in death. Aggressive antibiotic therapy should be employed at the first sign of infection at the injection site whether localized or diffuse. PRECAUTIONS • Do not administer intravenously (I.V.) as this route may potentiate adverse reactions. • No vial stopper should be entered more than 20 times. For this reason, the 100 mL bottle should only be used for cattle. The 30 mL bottle may be used for cattle, swine, or mares. • As with all parenteral products, careful aseptic techniques should be used to decrease the possibility of post-injection bacterial infections. The vial stopper should be cleaned and disinfected prior to needle entry. Only sterile needles should be used and the same needle should not be used more than once. • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may inhibit prostaglandin synthesis; therefore this class of drugs should not be administered concurrently. Cattle: Do not administer to pregnant cattle, unless abortion is desired. Cattle administered a progestogen would be expected to have a reduced response to LUTALYSE Sterile Solution. Swine: Do not administer to sows and/or gilts prior to 3 days of normal predicted farrowing as an increased number of stillbirths and postnatal mortality may result. Mares: LUTALYSE Sterile Solution is ineffective when administered prior to day-5 after ovulation. Pregnancy status should be determined prior to treatment since LUTALYSE has been reported to induce abortion and parturition when sufficient doses were administered. Mares should not be treated if they suffer from either acute or subacute disorders of the vascular system, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory system, or reproductive tract. ADVERSE REACTIONS Cattle: Limited salivation has been reported in some instances. Swine: The most frequently observed side effects were erythema and pruritus, slight incoordination, nesting behavior, itching, urination, defecation, abdominal muscle spasms, tail movements, hyperpnea or dyspnea, increased vocalization, salivation, and at the 100 mg (10X) dose only, possible vomiting. These side effects are transitory, lasting from 10 minutes to 3 hours, and were not detrimental to the health of the animal. Mares: The most frequently observed side effects are sweating and decreased rectal temperature. However, these have been transient in all cases observed and have not been detrimental to the animal. Other reactions seen have been increase in heart rate, increase in respiration rate, some abdominal discomfort, locomotor incoordination, and lying down. These effects are usually seen within 15 minutes of injection and disappear within one hour. Mares usually continue to eat during the period of expression of side effects. One anaphylactic reaction of several hundred mares treated with LUTALYSE Sterile Solution was reported but was not confirmed. NADA #108-901, Approved by FDA
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Rev. Apr. 2003
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Advertising Index All-American Dairy Show.......................2 Arrowhead Farm................................... 16 Barrens View Farm............................... 23 CR Farm.................................................. 16 Double A Farm.............................12& 38 Elm-Ayr Farm......................................... 17 Emerald Farms....................................... 17 Exchaliber Insurance............................. 37 Four J Farms........................................... 13 Good-Vue Ayr Farm...............................8 Grand National Sale........................... 39 Gretchen Partners................................. 27 Hall’s Ayrshire...........................................3 I-90 Hillcrest Farm................................ 13 Hi-Ayr-View........................................... 23 Jasper Hill Farm.......................................9 Kar-Ayr Ayrshires.................................. 13 Kler-Vue.................................................. 27 Lin Huntington........................................ 16 Mandacres Farm................................... 27 Maple Dell Farm......................................8 Maulfair Acres Ayrshires..................... 23 Miller Family.............................................9 Missouri Ayrshire Assoc........................ 13 Moy-Ayr Farm....................................... 54 New York Ayrshire Breeders’.............. 27 Ohio ABA................................................ 17 Pennsylvania ABA.................................. 23 Plum Bottom Farm..................... 7, 19, 23 Ritchie Fountains.................................... 29 Select Sires............................................. 37 Spring-Run Farms.................................. 17 Steel Wheel........................................... 16 Stil Dreamin’ Dairy............................... 13 Sunny Acres............................................ 27 Trij-Ayr.................................................... 13 Vermont Ayrshire Club......................... 16 Walcher Family..................................... 17 Zoetis................................................. 35,36
Calendar DEADLINES June 1, 2014 - National Ayrshire Youth Jeopardy, Quiz Bowl, Photo, Display & Queen contest applications due SALES May 10, 2014 - Spring for Colors Sale, Elkhorn, WI June 27, 2014 - Grand National Ayrshire Sale, East Peoria, IL MEETINGS June 8, 2014 - Missouri Ayrshire Association Picnic, Stil Dreamn’ Farm, Conway, MO June 25-27, 2014 - National Ayrshire Convention, East Peoria, IL July 12, 2014 - Pennsylvania ABA Summer Picnic, Hameau Farm, Blum Bottom Ayrshires, Belleville, PA
July 13, 2014 - Ohio ABA Annual Picnic & Meeting, Spring Run Farm, Wooster, OH July 13, 2014 - Vermont Ayrshire Club Summer Picnic, Arrowhead Farm, Milton, VT
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