Tuesday, July 8th was the day for the 2008 Minnesota Holstein Field Day. Hosted by the Greg & Dawn Johnson Family, MN Holstein members traveled to their farm near Pelican Rapids to check out their new facilities, see the 2007 Res. Jr. All-American Sr. 3-Year-Old and partake in some great (free) food and fellowship. Meeting me in Pelican Rapids was Megan Herberg, one of our Holstein World interns for the summer. Megan did a great job taking pictures and has put together some info to accompany them for you to enjoy!

The Johnson Family operates under the prefix of Lida-Acres.
Back Row (left to right): Greg, Alex, Adam & Dana
Middle Row: Dawn & Sarah (Adam’s wife)
Front Row: Greta & Maria

The Johnsons converted a turkey barn into this spacious tie-stall barn.

Large open box stalls fill up one side of the Lida-Acres barn and are inhabited by the stars of the Lida-Acres herd.

Lida-Acres Demand Sally is a 90 point Demand from Lida-Acres Cherry Blossom VG-88. Sally has an impressive lifetime record of 174,357 3.6% 6915 3.1% 5468.

Mohrfield Astre Angel EX-92 2E has been an influencial cow for the Johnsons. Angel is an Astre from C Glencomb Miss Angel EX-93 4E and has made over 122,000 lbs. of lifetime milk.

A cow that has brought a lot of attention to the Lida-Acres prefix is Lida-Acres Cousteau April EX-91 2E. She finished an impressive three year old lactation on 2 time a day milking with 30,949 3.9% 1231 3.0% 935. April is currently being flushed and will be bred back for the 2009 show season. In 2007 she was named the Res. Jr. All-American Sr. 3-Year-Old.

Lida-Acres Talent Ann GP-84 @ 2 yr. Sired by Talent from Mohrfield Astre Angel EX-92 2E.

Minnesota Holstein Association president Spencer Hackett presents Greg Johnson with a token of appreciation after Mr. Johnson shared a brief background about their farm. The Johnson’s have been farming near Pelican Rapids since 1888.

Sarah Schmidt of Holstein World shares with the Minnesota Holstein breeders how advertising can benefit their breeding programs. Schmidt shared a lot of inspiring and helpful information regarding advertising.

Holstein enthusiasts of all ages participated in the judging contest during field day.

Adam Johnson, the oldest of the Johnson children, explains the pedigree of this fall calf, which is a Erbacres Damion x Lida-Acres Cousteau April. This Damion was Lot 1 on the silent auction hosted by the Johnson family.

During the judging contest a fun inter-collegiate reasons contest broke out between Cole Rupprecht, who attends the University of North Dakota, and Elizabeth Olson and Megan Herberg, both students at the University of Minnesota. Cole and Elizabeth work out a set of reasons on the aged cow class.

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