Dream View Heifer Sale

In keeping pace with the times, Jersey Marketing Service (JMS) conducted business a little differently on April 20, 2021, when it dispersed Kevin and Rhonda Blount’s heifers through JerseyAuctionLive. com. In just 41 minutes, 703 head of Registered Jersey females sold by the truckload to four buyers from California, Texas, and Wisconsin. The heifers sold for an average of $629.49 in 16 lots that ranged from 26-63 head per lot. Heifers ranged from four-months-old to springers due within a month of sale day.

The Dream View Heifer Dispersal was conducted from a facility in Crows Landing, Calif., with JMS Manager Greg Lavan reading pedigrees and Chuck Cozzitorto crying the sale.

The Blounts operate Dream View Jerseys in Turlock, Calif. The herd has been enrolled on REAP for 25 years and nationally recognized for production. Dream View has also been recognized for strong fertility in the herd. The 2020 lactation average (m.e.) on 907 milking cows is 17,684 lbs. milk, 861 lbs. fat and 653 lbs. protein.

More than 150 of the heifers that sold had genetic evaluations with P-level 7 or higher. The bulls most often cited as sires or service sires include JX Aardema Jones {3}, GJPI +75; JX Crosswind Avon Kazan {3}-ET, GJPI +58; JX Faria Brothers Jack Bauer {3}-ET, GJPI +1; JX Pine-Tree Decade {5}-ET, GJPI +54; JX Pine-Tree Fresca {3}-ET, GJPI +82; River Valley Circus Craze-ET, GJPI +61; and JX Wilsonview Skyman {6}-ET, GJPI +87. Other popular sires include JX CDF JLS Pilgrim Thrasher {6}-ET, GJPI +126; DP Kilowatt Amp-ET, GJPI +118; JX Faria Brothers Ronaldo {3}ET, GJPI +19; River Valley Cece ChromeET, GJPI +101; and River Valley Charley Cheddar-ET, GJPI +98.

The high selling lot was a group of 46 bred heifers due mid-July through late August, purchased by Sunrise Farms of Dalhart, Texas, for $1,275 each. Two-thirds of them were bred using sexed semen. In all, the dairy purchased 95 lots for $113,775.

Channel Islands Dairy Farms LLC, Corcoran, Calif., was the volume buyer, purchasing 526 head for $257,155. Other dairy producers to make purchases were Stephen Pederson of Westby, Wis., and Eden Vale Dairy, Lemoore, Calif.

Number Sale Analysis

Avg. Price Total Value

244 Bred heifers

$1,085.55 $264,875 54 1st Trimester 814.81 44,000 117 2nd Trimester 1,147.22 134,225 73 3rd Trimester 1,186.99 86,650 30 Open yearlings 551.67 16,550 429 Heifer calves 375.54 161,105

703 Lots Median price $629.49 $442,530 $525.00

Sale Management: Jersey Marketing Service Auctioneer: Chuck Cozzitorto

Jersey Marketing Service conducted the Dream View Heifer Dispersal a little differently than previous sales. In just 41 minutes, 703 heifers sold as truckload lots through JerseyAuctionLive.com, the real-time, online auction service.

Kevin and Rhonda Blount operate Dream View Jerseys in Turlock, Calif. The herd has been enrolled on REAP and used other services from the American Jersey Cattle Association for more than 25 years.

Sales $1,275 and Over

Sunrise Farms, Dalhart, Texas

JX Dream View Hall 6190 {5}, bred heifer 22 mos...... $1,275 JX Dream View Norbert 6223 {4}, bred heifer 22 mos.. 1,275 Dream View Promo 6243, bred heifer 22 mos.............. 1,275 Dream View Striker 6253, bred heifer 21 mos.............. 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6301 {4}, bred heifer 21 mos... 1,275 JX Dream View Striker 6302 {5}, bred heifer 21 mos. .. 1,275 JX Dream View Hall 6309 {1}, bred heifer 20 mos........ 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6311 {4}, bred heifer 20 mos... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6314 {4}, bred heifer 20 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6315 {4}, bred heifer 20 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6320 {4}, bred heifer 20 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Amp 6321 {6}, bred heifer 20 mos. ..... 1,275 JX Dream View Amp 6329 {6}-Twin, bred heifer 20 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Cheddar 6356 {6}, bred heifer 20 mos.1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6385 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6387 {4}-Twin, bred heifer 19 mos. ......................................................................... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6388 {4}-Twin, bred heifer 19 mos. ......................................................................... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6400 {4}-Twin, bred heifer 19 mos. ......................................................................... 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6404 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6406 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6407 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6412 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6416 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6417 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6422 {4}, bred heifer 19 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6423 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6424 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6426 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos... 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6428 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6430 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6431 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6432 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6433 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6434 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6435 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jack Bauer 6438 {4}, bred heifer 18 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6445 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6446 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6447 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6448 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6451 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Fresca 6452 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6456 {4}-Twin, bred heifer 17 mos. ................................................................................. 1,275 JX Dream View Kazan 6458 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6476 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275 JX Dream View Jones 6479 {4}, bred heifer 17 mos.... 1,275

Wisconsin State Sale

(continued from page 47) (Jeff Huff, Sharon, Wis.) Van Dell Disco 417 {2}, cow 3 yrs................................. 1,350 (Vandell Farms Inc., Sharon, Wis.) Van Dell Ko 541, cow 2 yrs. .......................................... 1,350 (Vandell Farms Inc.)

DeMents Jerseys, Kenney, Ill.

Sellcrest-SG Maui Emmie, heifer calf 10 mos. ............. 1,375 (Grace Fremstad, Sam Pitterle and Mandy Sell, Watertown,

Wis.)

Jar Kids, Milton, Wis.

JX KB Cottage 25205 {6}, heifer calf 5 mos.................. 1,325 (Katzman Bros., Whitewater, Wis.)

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Waterman Dairy Changes Part of Bigger Plan

Changes for the Registered Jersey herd at Waterman Dairy at Ohio State University (OSU) are part of a bigger plan to showcase the breadth of Ohio agriculture in a central, urban location.

Soon, the 130-cow Jersey herd will reside with other agricultural animals in a new Multi-species Animal Learning Center (MALC) at the Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory. Situated on the west side of the Columbus campus, the 261-acre tract of land includes the dairy farm and several other university programs.

The MALC will house dairy and beef cattle, horses, goats, sheep, hogs, poultry, and companion animals. It will integrate the planned remodeling of the existing dairy facility, which includes robotic feeding and milking technology. Early designs also include a show arena, research and education wings and a visitor’s education center.

A goal is to encourage animal-human interactions by bringing people and animals together for hands-on learning, public events, and programs from OSU extension. Among the features are second floor viewing, where people can look down into the barns and see modern animal agriculture at its finest.

Waterman will also include a Controlled Environment Food Production Research Complex which will support research on agriculture and food production using smart technology and artificial intelligence to increase energy, water, and food system efficiencies.

Waterman is also home to the new Kunz-Brundige Franklin County Extension Building. Among the early garden-based programs being built around this hub is The Garden of Hope, which has grown to more than 400 participants and uses “dirt therapy” as a means of helping people battle major diseases like cancer.

In Memoriam 4-H leader in Montgomery and Bradford Counties. He was also active with the Collegeville Rotary. He was an avid hunter Earl R. Waltemyer and a knowledgeable horticulturalist and

Earl R. Waltemyer, Wyalusing, Pa., 85, landscaper. passed away on May 3, 2021, at home. He will be missed by his wife of

He was born in the Pennsylvania nearly 34 years, Denise; children Robert township of Springfield on April 3, 1936, Waltemyer, Marc (Jessica) Waltemyer, son of the late James Henry and Marie Alice Cynthia Ann Batchelder, Karen Lynn (Mummert) Waltemyer. He was a graduate (Richard) Mayberry, Allison Marie (Mark) of Glenrock High School and attended Chadwick, Margaret Louise (Mark) Crick, Pennsylvania State University. He was a Michael Theodore (Rachel) Wilkinson; 14 member of the National Guard and always grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, willing to serve others and his community. Merle and Shirley Waltemyer; two aunts;

He was a lifelong dairy farmer, and a niece and nephew. establishing Walebe Farm Inc. in He was preceded in death by a brother, Collegeville, Pa., in the late 1970s. He and James (Margaret) Waltemyer, three uncles his family developed a herd that was well- and two aunts. known for production and merchandising Memorial contributions are suggested of elite animals in the early days of to your local FFA or 4-H club or the embryo transfer. Among them were Alzheimer’s Association. several standouts from The All American Jersey Sale. The breed’s former high- Melvin L. Helmuth seller, Valentino, was syndicated in 1980 Melvin L. Helmuth, Hudson, Ind., for $72,000. The following year, Walebe 74, passed away unexpectedly of natural MC Nuance-ET sold for $28,000, the high causes on May 10, 2021, at Cameron price for an uncalved female at the time. Hospital in Angola, Ind.

Waltenmyer was among the first to He was born on March 24, 1947, in use a rotary milking parlor. He sold milk LaGrange, Ind., to the late John I. and through the All-Jersey program for some Sovilla (Kaufman) Helmuth. He grew time and operated a farm store that earned up on the family farm, which milked accolades for having the “best ice cream.” Holsteins and raised hogs. He graduated

In October 2000, Earl and his wife, from high school in 1965 and married Denise, established the Gypsy Hill Farm Marcia Boots two years later at Salem in Orwell Township. Center Presbyterian Church.

He was a member of the Holstein Living his lifetime in the area, he Association and mentored youth as a worked at Kraft and Fan Coach and then began farming. In 1974, he and Marcia purchased 32 acres of the farm owned by her grandparents and farmed with her father. The couple established M & M Dairy in 1978 with three Jersey cows: Dopey, Droopy and Susie. Their son, Delmuth, later purchased the herd and bred Registered Jerseys using the DLH prefix. Melvin fed calves until the cows were sold in 2014.

The family purchased additional farmland over the years and raised corn, beans, and wheat on 320 acres. Melvin was planting corn within two days of his unexpected passing.

A true workaholic and well respected in his community, he also worked as a press operator for Moore’s and then R. R. Donnelley. In retirement, he enjoyed socializing with other farmers and friends at a local coffee shop.

In addition to his wife of 53 years, Marcia, and son Dyon, an appraiser with the American Jersey Cattle Association, and his wife, Lisa, of Hudson, he is survived by another son, Mitch (Dawn) Helmuth, also of Hudson; a daughter Angel (Brian) Duwell of Coldwater, Mich.; five grandchildren; three greatgrandsons; and a brother, Eli Helmuth, and his companion, Connie Pipher, of Wolcottville, Ind.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Ervin Lee and Stanley J. Helmuth.

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