Lylehaven Crissy-ET (EX-94 95-MS) hasn’t missed a beat since her Grand Champion win at the Premier Natl. Jr. Show last fall. She was today’s Grand Champion of both the Junior and Open Pennsylvania Spring Shows! Crissy’s owner, James Dunn of Dunns-Pride Holsteins in New Ringgold, PA, took a few minutes to visit with us about Crissy’s latest win and the next generation of this exciting cow family. Listen in and then take a look at pictures from today’s show in the posts below!

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Field Reporter Kalli Keen has checked in to share photos and results from the Kansas Spring Show that was held March 19 & 20 in Hutchinson, KS. The judge of this year’s show was Adam Liddle of Argyle, NY. Thanks, Kalli, for sending in the photos!

Standing with Judge Adam Liddle are the best of the heifer show!
Junior Champion: Wil-Wenbrook Alleg Taffy (EK-Oseeana SG Allegiance-ET x EX-90 Durham), 1st Fall Yearling, Owned by Carol and Kalli Keen with Kalli on the halter
Res. Jr. Champion: Miss Rosis Rosette (Braedale Goldwyn x VG-85 Dundee), 1st Spring Yearling, Owned by Kalli Keen and Nathan Iager with Kelly Barbee on halter
(Now owned by Starmark Farms)

Grand Champion: Poor-Richs Rbns Aspen-Red (STBVQ Rubens *RC x Red Marker), 1st 5-year-old, Owned by Rottinghaus Farms with Dan Brasch on the halter
Res. Grand Champion: Henkeseen Durham Heidi-ET (Regancrest Elton Durham-ET x EX-90 GMD DOM Rudolph), 1st 3-year-old, Owned by Rottinghaus Farms with David Rottinghaus on the halter

Congratulations to this year’s winners!

Winning Unfresh 2-Year-Old – Dunns-Pride SN Champagne-ET

Unfresh 2-Year-Old
1. Dunns-Pride SN Champagne-ET, James Dunn
2. Goldfawn Dunde Suzana, Stonehurst Farms Inc.
3. Miss Riley Norman, Ben Miller & Mark Ream

Dry Cow
1. GCS Durham Lisa, Cessna Bros.
2. Le-Ida America Image, Tina Flagle
3. Rossanne Gibson Eve, Jericho Dairy

Winning Junior 2-Year-Old – Foxmont J Aspen Diva-ET

Junior 2-Year-Old
1 & BU – Foxmont J Aspen Diva-ET, Jenna Fox
2. Star-Rock Drake, Star Rock Farms
3. Dirigo Hi Metro Paula Rosy, Dakota Hammaker

Winning Senior 2-Year-Old – J&K-Vue Stormatic Gerri-ET

Senior 2-Year-Old
1 & BU -J&K-Vue Stormatic Gerri-ET, Gerald & Kathy Boop
2. J&K-Vue Champion Taz, Gerald & Kathy Boop
3. Windsor-Manor Romanc-Red-ET, Justin and Claire Burdette

Winning Junior 3-Year-Old – Markwell Goldwyn Donela-ET

Junior 3-Year-Old
1. & BU – Markwell Goldwyn Donela-ET, Alphie Stoltzfus
2. Babydoll Luckystar, Jeff Spence & William Smith
3. Budjon-JK Stormatic E-Moo, Spence Weimer

Winning Senior 3-Year-Old – Windy-Knoll-View Polly

Senior 3-Year-Old
1. & BU – Windy-Knoll-View Polly, Windy-Knoll-View Farm
2. Globe-Run Ito Ozlot, Samantha Foster
3. C-Cove Exhibit Lawanda, Cessna Bros.

Intermediate Champion – Junior Show
Globe-Run Ito Ozlot, 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Samantha Foster

Reserve Intermediate Champion – Junior Show
Budjon-JK Stormatic E-Moo, 1st Jr 3-Year-Old, Spencer Weimer

Intermediate Champion – Open Show
Windy-Knoll-View Polly, 1st Senior 3-Year-Old, Windy-Knoll-View Farm

Reserve Intermediate Champion – Open Show
J&K-Vue Stormatic Gerri-ET, 1st Senior 2-Year-Old, Gerald & Kathy Boop

Winning 4-Year-Old – Windy-Knoll-View Pam-ET

4-Year-Old
1. Windy-Knoll-View Pam-ET, Windy-Knoll-View Farm
2. & BU Heart & Soul Reggie Regina-ET, Douglas Boop
3. Dandy Emory Sky King, David Krehl

Winning 5-Year-Old – JB General Approval Dena

5-Year-Old
1. & BU JB General Approval Dena, Jenna Fox
2. Brush-Creek VA Outsid Karma, Amanda Cessna
3. Savage-Leigh Zenith Liz, Jeff Spence

Winning Aged Cow – Windy-Knoll-View Chanel-ET

Aged Cow
1. & BU Windy-Knoll-View Chanel-ET, Windy-Knoll-View Farm
2. Locust-Ayr Rubens India, Justin Burdette
3. Savage-Leigh Sass-ET, Bryant & Holly Hlavaty & Bradley Hoover

Winning 125,000lb Cow – Lylehaven Crissy-ET

125,000Lb Cow
1. & BU Lylehaven Crissy-ET, James Dunn
2. Scottown-JK Storm Shelby, Eliana Rader

Senior & Grand Champion – Junior Show
Lylehaven Crissy, 1st 125,000Lb Cow, James Dunn

Res Senior & Res Grand Champion – Junior Show
Heart & Soul Reggie Regina-ET, 1st 4-Year-Old, Douglas Boop

Best Bred & Owned of the Junior Show
Globe-Run Ito Ozlot, Samantha Foster

Senior & Grand Champion – Open Show
Lylehaven Crissy-ET, 1st 125,000Lb Cow, James Dunn

Res Senior & Grand Champion – Open Show
Windy-Knoll-View Chanel-ET, 1st Aged Cow, Windy-Knoll-View Farm

Best Bred & Owned of Open Show
Windy-Knoll-View Chanel-ET, Windy-Knoll-View Farm

Premier Breeder & Exhibitor
Windy-Knoll-View Farm

The Pennsylvania Spring Show is being held in Harrisburg, PA today and Frank Putman is on the scene bringing us reports from the show!

A pre-show look at some of the beautiful awards created Deb Cornman – a talented artist and editor of the Pennsylvania Profiles. More examples of her work can be viewed at http://www.holsteinworld.com/store/ – look for Deb’s Studio!

If you’ve ever been to a show at Harrisburg, you know the voice of famed announcer George Cashell, standing here at left along with today’s judge, Steve Shaw of Linden-Loch Holsteins of Williamsburg, PA.

Winning Winter Calf – Mt-Glen Laramie Debbie

Winter Heifer Calf
1. Mt-Glen Laramie Debbie, Kyle Jackson
2. Heart & Soul Jasper Rally-ET, Douglas Boop
3. Smith-Oak Laurin Pickles, Tylor Smith

Winning Fall Calf – Windy-Knoll-View Purgold-ET

Fall Heifer Calf
1. Windy-Knoll-View Purgold-ET, Windy-Knoll-View Farm
2. J&K-Vue Jasper Glee, Katelyn Boop
3. Windy-Knoll-View Pollyanna, Windy-Knoll-View Farm

More scenes from the Fall Heifer Calf class…

Winning Summer Yearling – J&K-Vue Goldwyn Glamour-ET

Summer Yearling
1. J&K-Vue Goldwyn Glamour-ET, Katelyn Boop
2. Sweet-Peas Kite Alice, Matthew Pease
3. S-Pine-Lawn Pro Clarissa, Melissa Schuler

More from the Summer Yearling class…

Winning Spring Yearling – Mt-Glen Damion Jada

Spring Yearling
1. Mt-Glen Damion Jada, Courtney Jackson
2. J&K-Vue Allegiance Garnet, Gerald & Kathy Boop
3. MS Goldwyn Electra-ET, James R. and Nina P. Burdette

Spring Yearling class scenes…

Winning Winter Yearling – D-S-Pine-Lawn Talent Volume

Winter Yearling
1. D-S Pine-Lawn Talent Volume, Melissa Schuler
2. J&K-Vue Turbo Destiny, Gerald & Kathy Boop
3. Brook-Corner Armd Fantasy, Brenden Hoover

More views of the Winter Yearlings…

Winning Fall Yearling – Grilait Sovereign Jewel

Fall Yearling
1. Grilait Sovereign Jewel, Hlavaty & Hoover & Heim
2. Windy-Knoll-View Profile-ET, Windy-Knoll-View Farm
3. Z-Green Roy Savana-ET, Roy Schuler

Fall Yearling class scenes…

Junior Champion – Junior Show
J&K-Vue Jasper Glee, 1st Fall Calf, Katelyn Boop

Reserve Junior Champion – Junior Show
Mt-Glen Damion Jada, 1st Spring Yearling, Courtney Jackson

Junior Champion – Junior Show lineup

Junior Champion -Open Show
J&K-Vue Goldwyn Glamour-ET, 1st Summer Yearling, Katelyn Boop

Reserve Junior Champion – Open Show
Windy-Knoll-View Purgold-ET, 1st Fall Calf, Windy-Knoll-View Farm

A few images of the Junior Champion lineup…

Thanks to Randy Blodgett of Creative Imagery Photography for these great photos of the show.

Stay tuned for the final report on the cow classes and selection of Grand Champion at the 2009 Pennsylvania Spring Show!

The PA Spring Show has begun today in Harrisburg, PA! Frank was on location yesterday, visiting with exhibitors and taking some pictures for all of us to enjoy. Take a look at some of his snapshots from around the barn!

Walk-Le Holsteins

MacQuaide’s Slickhill Holsteins

Hlavaty’s Stonemill

Solid Gold Holsteins

Smith-Oak, Bill Smith

Mt Glen – The Dean Jackson Family

Heart & Soul Holsteins and J&K-Vue Farm -The Boops

Somerset County String which includes Pennwood Holsteins.

Walton’s Tower Vue Holsteins

Eckrote & Lambert string

Spring Show wouldn’t be the same without Dale Bendig!

Dunns-Pride Holsteins preparing Lylehaven Crissy for battle!

The Jim Woodmansee string

Globe Run Farm

Two-Top Holsteins

C-Cove -The Cessna show string.

This afternoon I had the chance to visit with Frank Putman over the phone as he is in Harrisburg getting ready to watch the kick-off of the spring show season, the Pennsylvania Spring Show. The show will be tomorrow and Frank will be sending us updates and pictures throughout the day for us to post online.

As a quick preview to the show, I visited with Frank, Ken Raney of the PA Holstein Association and Dean Jackson, Vice President of the PA Holstein Association. Click the ‘play’ button below to listen in and learn a bit more about tomorrow’s show and one of the largest and most active state Holstein groups in the country.

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March 18, 2009 Wisconsin Holstein Barn Meeting

A Wisconsin Holstein Barn meeting in the Northeastern part of the state hosted by the Ossman family at Emerald Acres was very well attended. The chance to look at a modern facility, a great group of cows, and to learn more about genomics was evident in the assembled crowd.

The day started off with an open house to view the modern and cow comfortable new barn at Emerald Acres. The dairy is now home to 400 registered cows with some real top end cow families.

The first speaker of the day was Holstein fieldman, Mike Synder giving an update on type evaluation and looking at your cows critically to see their type faults. This was followed by a complimentary lunch.

The main speaker was Holstein Association Geneticist Dr. Tom Lawlor. The large crowd listened intently to what is genomics, what kind of information it provides and how best to use this information. There were several excellent questions from the group as well. Everyone went home much better informed on what genomics is and what it is not.

This is just one of the four barn meetings with the same speakers being held around the state hosted by the Wisconsin Holstein Association.
~David Selner

The Kansas State Sale was held Thursday, March 19th in Hutchinson, KS and both Holsteins and Jerseys achieved fine averages – 53 Holstein lots averaged $3,443 and 9 Jerseys averaged $3,289. Top selling animal at $23,000 was Lot #2 – Kingsmill Ashlyns Audrey-ET – a very stylish 4/08 Stormatic daughter out of 2E-96 Tri-Day Ashlyn consigned by Kingsmill Farm II. Out of the All-American Ashlyn and full sister to the All-American EO Siemers Ashlyns Angel (EX-92), Audrey was purchased by Ehrhardt Farms of Baldwin, MD and the contending bidder was Rick Allyn of Canaan, CT. Bringing $13,750 as 2nd high seller was Lot #1 – Miss Rosis Rosette – a 3/08 Goldwyn who was nominated All-American Spring Calf in 2008. Out of a VG-85 Dundee dam and then an EX-93 Windstar, Rosette was consigned by Kalli Keen and Nathan Iager and purchased by Starmark Farm of Wooster, OH. Top selling Jersey at $6,000 was Ratliff Giller Fallon, a 9/08 Giller daughter out of the EX-92 Sambo Fabulous, who was nominated All-American Junior 3-Year-Old in 2007. Fallon was consigned by Ron & Christy Ratliff of Garnett, KS and she was purchased by Amanda Nelson.

We appreciate Kalli Keen providing us with some added pictures from the event!

Top Seller people left to right in picture-
Sales staff- Gayle Carson, Robert Yeoman, Steve Massey (in the box)
Standing- Joe Allen (sales staff), Adam Liddle (sales staff), Ron Ratliff (sales staff), Dale Chupp (sales staff), Kalli Keen (representing buyer), Kelly Barbee (sales staff), Kevin Ehrhardt (representing buyer), Les Terpstra (sales staff).
Calf- Kingsmill Ashlyns Aubrey, Stacy Rottinghaus on the halter.

Second High Seller People left to right-
Sales Staff- Gayle Carson, Robert Yeoman, Steve Massey (in the box)
Standing-Carol Keen (seller), Will Iager (seller), Kalli Keen (seller), Ron Ratliff (sales staff), Dale Chupp ( sales staff)
Calf- Miss Rosi’s Rosette, Stacy Rottinghaus on the halter.
Sold to: Starmark Farms

The sale is wrapped up in Frederick, MD and the final results show an average of $5,830.50 on 100 lots (including embryos).

Top seller at $42,200 was Lot #1 – 1st Choice Goldwyn out of Thrulane James Rose (EX-97-CAN), consigned by Pierre Boulet and purchased by Richard Green. Rose, of course, was the undefeated Aged Cow in 2008 and Supreme Champion at World Dairy Expo and Royal Winter Fair and was subsequently named the unanimous All-American Aged Cow and the unanimous All-Canadian Mature Cow.

Bringing $24,900 and claiming the 2nd high seller position was Lot 18 – Elmbridge Redliner Lifesaver, the show winning 3/08 Fradon Redliner daughter out of Elmbridge FM Loveable-Red (VG-88-3YR-CAN) who was Grand Champion of the Royal Winter Fair R&W Show and Intermediate Champion at the Grand International R&W Show in 2008. Consigned by Richard Green, she was purchased by Robert & Laura Emerson of Delaware.

Third high at $24,000 was Lot 3 – Greenlea Deb Marla-Red-ET – a 12/08 red Debonair out of KY-Blue Ruben Marla-Red-ET (EX-92), the HM All-American 4-Year-Old in 2008 and the All-American R&W Sr 3-Year-Old in 2007. This only Debonair daughter of Marla was consigned by MD-Hillbrook and Chad & Sandy Umbel of Thurmont, MD and was claimed by Frank & Diane Borba of Modesto, CA.

A successful day at the Greenlea VI Sale. Here are prices on the final seven lots:

Lot 34 – $3,500

Lot 104 – Full sister just went VG-87 as a 2-year-old
$2,550

Lot 37 – $2,500

Lot 87 – $2,700

Lot 86 – $2,325

Lot 105 – from Miss Special’s family
$2,300

Lot 94 – Due May 23 to Redliner
$3,000