SELECTIONS - Winter 2004
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BERRETTA Daughters Sets Record
Mainstream Berretta Joy, a Very Good (88) daughter of
7JE254 Mason Boomer Sooner BERRETTA owned by Melissa
Kortus, Lynden, Wash., set the world record for Jersey
milk production when she completed her 4-9 lactation of
365d 44,930M 5.0% 2,267F 3.4% 1,516P. With this record
Joy also becomes the first Jersey cow to complete two
consecutive records over 40,000 pounds of milk in American
Jersey Cattle Association production-testing history.
FORBIDDEN National Leader
DeBoer Forbidden Snowflurry, Very Good (88-VG-MS), is the
national leader for fat production among senior 3-year-olds
with 3-10 365d 43,320M 6.0% 2,590F 3.7% 1,583. The
daughter of 7HO5687 Sandy-Valley FORBIDDEN-ET*TV is owned
by Paul DeBoer, Corona, S.D.
Very Good JORDAN-RED
Hurtgen-Vue Jordan Judy-Red is now Very Good (85-VG-MS).
Hurtgen-Vue Dairy, Monroe, Ore., owns the daughter of
6HO0817 Ja-Bob JORDAN-RED-ET*TV.
Excellent WINCHESTER
Poly-Kow Winchester Bobbi-ET scored Excellent (91) for
Aurora-Ridge Dairy, Aurora, N.Y. Bobbi is sired by
7HO4637 Ladys-Manor WINCHESTER-ET*TV.
OTHELLO Daughter Named Wisconsin Cow of the Year
Sterryan Style 445301, a daughter of 7MS340 Kuszmar Alfairs
OTHELLO, was named the 2003 Wisconsin Cow of the Year by
the Wisconsin Purebred Dairy Cattle Association. Style
is owned by Ryan Sterry, Osseo, Wis.
OTHELLO was awarded the Ted Krueger Premier Sire award at
this year’s World Dairy Expo.
DECLO Intermediate Champion
Piedmont Declo Belle, a Very Good (85-Can.) daughter of
7JE386 Barbs MBSB DECLO, was named intermediate champion
at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. She is owned by
Gary and Maureen Bowers, Coaticook, Quebec.
Select-Sired Cows Top Sales
The top-three selling consignments at the Holstein World
Century Celebration Sale, held Aug. 6 in Waterloo, N.Y.,
were all progeny of Select bulls.
Leading the sale at $50,000 was a clone of Vandyk-K Integrity
Paradise, Excellent (2E-96-E-98-MS). Paradise, a daughter of
7HO4213 Robthom INTEGRITY-ET*TV, was supreme champion of
the 2000 and 2002 World Dairy Expos. The December calf was
consigned by Vandyk-K, Lyndale, Wash. & Rosedale, Deerfield, Wis.
and was purchased by the Century Syndicate, Kuna, Idaho.
Following the high seller at $18,000 was a first-choice heifer
sired by 7HO6349 Hidden-View BEST*TV and out of Ever-Green-View Elsa-ET.
Jeff Woods and Don Rottinghaus, Madison, Wis., were the successful
bidders on the consignment from Ever-Green View, Waldo, Wis.
Markwell Metro Darcy, a September 2002 daughter of 7HO5841 Sikkema-Star-W
HI METRO-ET*CV, was the second-high selling live animal at $16,700.
Roger and Wayne Sherwood, Meshoppen, Pa., purchased the heifer from
Marvin and Mark Van Mersbergen, Lynden, Wash.
At the Ocean-View Harvest of Excellence Sale, held Sept. 13 at the
Ocean-View farm in Windsor, Calif., a daughter of 7HO5157 Regancrest
Elton DURHAM-ET*CV topped the sale when she sold to Spring Hill Farm
and Starmark, Big Prairie, Ohio. Ocean-View Durham Jewel, Very Good (88),
was purchased for $35,000.
Ocean-View Eland Zindra-ET, Very Good (88-EX-MS), a first-calf heifer
sired by 7HO6352 Four-Of-A-Kind ELAND-ET*TV, was purchased by Morris
Thelan, Ponoka, Alberta, for the second-high price of the day, $30,000.
Both animals were consigned by Ocean-View Farms.
Premier Performance Jersey
JEMI Madam Pitino, Excellent (93), was Premier Performance Cow
of the 2003 All American Junior Jersey Show, Louisville, Ky.,
for owner R.J. Doran, Newberry, S.C. She is sired by 7JE342 Altheas
Les Pitino Al-Top-ET.
Select-Sired Guernseys Excel
Three Select-sired Guernseys recently set class-leading records.
Lantz Farm Tiller Icy, Excellent (91), excels among junior
3-year-olds with 3-3 365d 39,100M 5.4% 2,106F 3.4% 1,383P.
The daughter of 7GU360 Trotacre Loral TILLER-ET is the No. 1 CPI
cow of the breed and has a pending bull contract for the Select
Sires Program for Genetic Advancement™. She is owned by Spring
Walk Farm, Big Prarie, Ohio.
7GU358 Lantz Farm Enhancer VILTER-ET daughter, Strauch Farms V
Marysue, Excellent (90), was first senior 3-year-old at the
National Guernsey Show-Louisville. She also completed a class-leading
record with 2-7 365d 30,150M 4.6% 1,373F 3.4% 1,033P for owners
Lantz & Strauch, Ellsworth, Wis.
Sniders Tyler Besett, Very Good (87), owned by Spencer Weimer,
Emlenton, Pa., produced 2-11 305d 3X 28,920M 4.7% 1,363F 3.1%
906P, placing her among senior 2-year-olds. The daughter of 9GU148
Trotacre Enhancer TYLER-ET was also nominated All-American junior
3-year-old in the 2002 junior division.
MATHIE Daughter Showing Well
Da-Co-Ton Mathie Doodle, Very Good (88), was grand champion of
the South Dakota State Show for owners Da-Co-Ton Holsteins, Parker,
S.D. She is sired by 7HO3707 Paradise-R Cleitus MATHIE*CV.
Brown Swiss Production Winner
Elm Brook Ice Jocelyn, Very Good (85), a daughter of 7BS729 R Hart
Chillers CUBE, is the winner of the Brown Swiss Association’s
Youth Production Award Contest. She produced 3-3 365d 39,390M
3.3% 1,292F 2.9% 1,159P for owner Amber Yurkanin, Columbia
Crossroads, Pa.
Excellent PARADE Daughter
Freys Parade Trixie, a daughter of 7JE472 BW PARADE-ET owned by
Norse Star Jerseys, Westby, Wis., is now Excellent (94).
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