Many events are underway at the 2009 RWDCA Convention. Thursday was a fun filled day within the barns. I took shots of just a few Sale Animals for Saturdays National Convention Sale.
By: Stephanie Aves

L: Lot 119- Golden-Oaks SS 3965-Red (EX-90)
R: Lot 70- LiddleHolm Redstar-RED – Winter Yearling for 2009- She stands 60 inches tall. Watch for her this afternoon in updates from today’s National Convention show.

L: Lot 1- Smith-Oak Advred Tae 72-Red- The first Jr. 2 from this year’s NY R&W Spring show
R: Lot 2- Starmark AD Roses-Red-ET

L: Lot 4-Kulp-Dale ADV Romoma-Red-ET
R: Lot 12- Durchan Advent-Dusk-ET-*RC

L: Lot 13- Kingsmill Ashlyns Ayanna-ET-*RC- Daughter out of Tri-Day Ashlyn-ET
R: Lot 34- RI-VAL-RE L SWEETY-P-RED-ET

Lot 49- Greenlea SS Rally-RED-ET

~A few fun cadids from around the grounds on Thursday~

L: Adam Olbrich waits for his dad to help him tie her up.
R: Adam’s still waiting while dad Brian Olbrich, and Jason Lamoreaux chat about the great line up for sale consignments.

The well known Poor-Rich Rbns Aspn-Red-ET is making a appearance on the tanbark at the convention.

The show ring and sale ring are set up and ready for the rest of the activities. Stay tuned for more updates from today’s show, and tomorrows sale.

Thanks to Andrea Haines for sending us these great pictures from the recent Maryland Ayrshire and Brown Swiss Field Day. For complete results check out the news section of AllBreed Access.

New Maryland Ayrshire royalty was crowned this past Saturday, July 18th at the Maryland Aryshire Field Day. The new Maryland Ayrshire Junior Princess is Sarah Thomas of New Windsor, left and the newly crowned Maryland Ayrshire Princess is Brighid Heneghan of Knoxville, right.

Ayrshire fitting and showing class winners posing with judges Katie Albaugh of Walkersville and Matt Fry of Chestertown are from left to right Charlie Buckmeier of Sabillasville, junior; Ben Olson of Keymar, intermediate and Brighid Heneghan of Knoxville, senior.

Judge Matt Fry stands with his selections for junior champion. From left to right are Jeffrey Hubbard of Thurmont with his fall calf, Spring-Vale Burdette Apple, the reserve junior champion of the youth show; Jessica Valentine of Thurmont exhibiting the reserve junior champion female, a winter yearling, Vales-Pride Santiago Eden; Kandice Lenhart of Thurmont with her junior champion winner in both divisions, a fall yearling, Len-Knoll Potter Kayte and Maryland Ayrshire Princess Brighid Heneghan. Kandice’s heifer also went on to win the reserve grand champion title in the youth division.

Tyler Yoak of Thurmont exhibited the grand and senior champion in the youth division with her senior 2-year old, Vales-Pride Conn Rejoice, right. Riley Hoffman of Frederick exhibited the reserve senior champion female with his dry cow, R-Lyn Jetstream Rosie, left.

Vales-Pride Farm of Thurmont exhibited the grand champion cow of the Maryland Ayrshire Field Day. From left to right is the reserve grand champion female, a 4-year old, Hidden Valley Wilton Brooke exhibited by Royston and Peggy Coale of Taneytown and Amanda Valentine-Dennis with the grand champion female, a 5-year old, Vales-Pride Avenger Zelda.

Fitting and showing class winners from left to right are Josh Hubbard, junior; Allen Bassler, Jr., intermediate and Ethan Hood, senior, overall and repeat sweepstakes winner with Judge Michael Heath of Westminster.

Junior champion winners pose from left to right with Emmy Covell, exhibitor; Bonnie Remsberg, exhibitor & show committee member; youth division junior champion exhibitor Mathew Lenhart of Thurmont; Tyler Bruchey of Westminster with his junior champion heifer of the youth division; Bob Covell of Knoxville with the honorable mention junior champion female; Emily Heffner posing with the reserve junior champion winner exhibited by Goldenberg, Kingstead Farm and Remsbergs of Middletown; Jen Hill with the junior champion female, a winter calf exhibited by Kathy Whitman, Glad Ray Farm and MD-Hillbrook of Thurmont; Maryland Swiss Miss Brittany Cole and Judge Michael Heath.

Grand champion honors of the Maryland Brown Swiss show went to Old Mill Party Pooper, a component merit class winner exhibited by the Bassler Family of Upperville, Va. From left to right are two entries exhibited by Allen Bassler, Jr. winning the reserve youth grand champion award with Old Mill C Tart-ET shown with Daniel Myers at the halter. Allen also won both the grand champion trophy of the youth show, and reserve grand champion trophy in the open division with a senior 2-year old, Blessing Parker Fanny-ET. Allen Bassler, Sr. and his wife, Tammy posing with their grand champion female.

No, I do not support Holstein’s proposal for milk price stability. Fact-USA Dairy Producers have not met milk product demand for many years in the USA. WE export some, but import massive amounts of product that depresses our prices. If you do not address imports then what’s the point?

The last time prices paid to the farmer were below any profit; a retailer was asked why they still charged almost exactly the same as when farmers were making good money, he said. “We don’t want to confuse the customer”.

Johnny Stansell
Texas

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Yes, I do support the DPSP from Holstein USA.

Boyd Schaufelberger
Illinois

Photos by Stephanie Aves

GOLDEN OAKS FARMS- Wauconda, IL- The last stop on the RWDCA Farm tours. They have their string of Red and Whites ready for competition, consisting of Windsor-Manor Reva-Red-ET (EX-90), Golden-Oaks SS 3965-Red (EX-90) SHE WILL SELL ON SATURDAYS SALE AS LOT 119, Windsor-Manor Rainet-Red-ET (VG-87) Sr 2 Year Old, and a Spring yearling, Golden-Oaks RL Jazz-Red-ET. Another highlight of their string is the Red and Whites Shine in 2009 Raffle Calf!

All moved in are ST-YLE HOLSTEINS and friends. A few exciting individuals in their string are an Extreme Winter Yearling of Crossland Farms that will sell in the sale on Saturday as Lot 70. Another great winter yearling is GREENLEA ADV CANDLES-RED-ET, a Res. Junior AA from 2008 that had a great year after being named Junior Champion of the Junior Show at the Midwest Spring National RW Show. Lot 16 in the sale, a Jet-Red *RC March Calf out of Physco of Rosedale, owned by Kent Underwood and Treger Holsteins, will sell on Saturday. The All-Illinois Holstein March Calf is making her first appearance within the R&W show ring, and she is ST-YLE-SA Mai Tai-Red-ET.

BOSSIR DAIRY of Indiana made their way to the show with Buckhorn-Acres Rita-Red-ET (EX-93) (standing), the Honorable Mention Grand Champion from the Indiana State Holstein Show. Also in their string is a VG-87 4-year-old, Square-Acres Rosanne-Red-ET, the 2nd Place Winter Calf from the Midwest Spring R&W Show-Bossir Redliner Elsie-RED, and a March Calf, Bossir Debonair EDDA-RED-ET.

Debbie Cornman of Boiling Springs, PA, sent us this neat photo of four generations of Cornman men. Creedin, Steve, Aaron and the newest addition, Aaron’s son Benjamin Creedin who was born on June 14th. Benjamin is just 2 weeks old in the photo.

Knob-View takes home Champion of
Frederick/ Montgomery District Show
Kelli Welsh-Maryland Holstein publicity member

Frederick, MD-July 16th marked the Frederick/ Montgomery District Show. The judge for the evening was Aaron Cornman from Boiling Springs, PA. Stephanie Kepler took home Grand Champion with her Jr. 3-year-old, Knob-View Zenith Delilah. Reserve Grand went to Wayne & Cindee Savage and Matt & Kelli Welsh with their Sr. 2-year-old, Greenlea Ad Mae-Red-ET. OCS Dairy exhibited the Honorable Mention Champion with a Sr. 2-year-old, Whitaker Durham Vera-ET.

Carissa Doody was Grand of the Jr Division with her Jr. 3-year-old, Tulip-Pond Garter Saphire, while Chance Smith won Reserve Grand with his 5-year-old, OCS Dairy Durham BJ.

Chase Savage received the honor of Junior Champion with his winter calf, Savage-Leigh Gold Lona-ET in the open division. Reserve Junior Champion went to Kayla Umbel with her spring yearling, Maple-Downs Dundee Trish. In the Jr. Division, Kayla Umbel won with her spring yearling, while the Reserve Junior Champion went to Hannah Thompson with her fall yearling, Glad-Ray Riley-Red.

The evening started out with a fitting and showing competition. The winners were Kayla Umbel (Jr. division), Hannah Hood (Int. Division), and Heather Eagle (Sr. Division). The rest of the class results are as follows:

Spring calf-(1) Glen-Toctin Shottle Kayla, exhibited by Katelyn Allen; (2)Connor Savage, (3) MD-Dun-Loafin Farm
Winter Calf-(1) Savage-Leigh Gold Lona-ET, exhibited by Chase Savage; (2) Shelby Hahn, (3) Kelli Welsh
Fall Calf-(1) Furn-Dale RSVP Thyme, exhibited by Riley Hoffman; (2) Charlie Buckmeier, (3) Cathleen Doody
Summer Yearling (1) Way-Lu Warrior Mikimee, exhibited by Nathan Rhoderick; (2) Carissa Doody, (3) Mandi Remsburg
Spring Yearling (1) Maple-Downs Dundee Trish, exhibited by Kayla Umbel; (2) Hannah Hood, (3) Jessica Sentelle
Winter Yearling (1) Way-Lu Aspen Delta, exhibited by Wayne & Cindy Rhoderick; (2) Todd Allen, (3) Garret Buckmeier
Fall Yearling (1) Glad-Ray Riley-Red, exhibited by Hannah Thompson; (2) Nathan Roderick, (3) Carissa Doody
Dry Cow (1) Brook-Lodge Miss Ashes, exhibited by Jarrett Remsberg
Sr. 2-year-old (1) Greenlea Ad Mae-Red-ET, exhibited by Wayne & Cindee Savage, Matt & Kelli Welsh; (2) OCS Dairy, (3) Jarrett Remsberg
Jr. 3-year-old (1) Knob-View Zenith Delilah, exhibited by Stephanie Kepler; (2) Carissa Doody, (3) Derrick Zimmerman
Sr. 3-year-old (1) Tulip-Pond Zenith Casey, exhibited by Cathleen Doody
4-year-old (1) Rocky-Mount James Royalty, exhibited by Nathan Rhoderick; (2) Katelyn Allen
5-year-old (1) OCS Dairy Durham BJ, exhibited by Chance Smith
125,000-lb. cow (1) Brooke Lodge C Chips, exhibited by TJ Remsberg

Junior Champion- junior and open division
L-R Brittany Arnold (Md Dairy Princess), Hannah Thompson(Res. Jr Champion – Jr Division), Kayla Umbel (Jr Champion – Jr Division & Reserve Jr Champion – Open), Chase Savage( Jr Champion- Open Division), Aaron Cornman; Judge

Grand Champion – junior division
L-R Rachael Lentz( Md Dairy Maid), Brittnay Arnold (Md Dairy Princess), Carissa Doody (Grand Champion- Jr Division), Chance Smith ( Res. Grand Champion- Jr Division), Aaron Cornman; Judge

Fitting & Showing
L-R Kristen Myers (Md Dairy Maid), Rachael Lentz (Md Dairy Maid), Brittany Arnold (Md Dairy Princess), Kayla Umbel (Jr.), Hannah Hood (Int.), Heather Eagle (Sr.), Aaron
Cornman; Judge

The Bud Forster Livestock Pavilion and the Beef Barn will once again host one the State Fair’s most popular patron attractions: the animals. The show also provides a great marketing and networking opportunity for our show exhibitors and gives them a chance to educate Fair patrons about the animal agricultural industry.

If you are interested in entering your livestock or for a complete livestock show schedule, see the information below.

http://www.oregonstatefair.org/sites/all/files/u9/Dairy_Cattle_Divisionrevised.pdf

Entry deadline is AUGUST 1, 2009 — get your entries completed today!

The American Dairy Science Association has remained steadfast in their efforts to bring late-breaking scientific research to members of the dairy community since their inception in 1906. The three divisions of ADSA (Production, Processing and Student Affiliate) each serve our industry in unique ways.

This year, the ADSA held its annual meeting in conjunction with the Canadian Society of Animal Science and the American Society of Animal Science in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Along with plenty of opportunities for social networking and catching up with colleagues, this “Joint Annual Meeting” presents some of the latest research in both the animal and dairy science communities combined. A variety symposiums hosted by the conference included topics that ranged from Ruminant Nutrition to Bioethical Issues in Practice.

Students from a sampling of eleven universities involved in the Student Affiliate Division (SAD) had the opportunity to participate in their own set of activities which included a dairy bowl competition, paper presentations, round-table career discussions, an activities symposium, and various awards interviews. The Student Affiliate provides a great way for students to gain a foothold into the scientific branch of our industry, and stay updated with current research.

For more information on how to get involved with the American Dairy Science Association, visit www.adsa.org.

Picture: Old Town Montreal

The survey was completed by about 100 producers before the July 16 milk meeting in Morrisville, NY.

Producer Questionnaire

The results of this questionnaire will be tabulated and presented to legislators and dairy
industry leaders who should be working on your behalf. While we realize some of these questions are sensitive, your answers are crucial to a determination of the current condition
of the dairy industry. We thank you for your assistance.

1. How many years have you been a dairy producer? __________
Average was 27.96 years

2. On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the current dairy crisis in relation to
past situations. 1 being the least severe and 10 would be the most severe. ______
75% responded as a 10. 21% responded as a 9.

3. Can you produce milk and make a profit at the current price you are receiving? ______
99% responded as a no

4. Would you support a supply management program? _________
86% responded yes. 14% responded no

5. Do you understand the milk pricing system as it pertains to your location? _______
60% responded no

6. Do you think the Co-Ops are acting in all producers’ best interest? __________
95% responded not enough. 5% responded enough.

7. Less than one percent of the cheese produced in this country is traded on the
CME setting the price you receive, do you consider this a fair pricing system? ________
97% responded no

8. Are you concerned about the safety of the U.S. food supply with the imports of
dairy products and MPC’s that are entering from unknown origins? _________
97% responded yes

9. Are you current on all accounts payables. __________ If no, how many months behind.

Please circle one: 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days or longer.
(30% responded yes, however, many indicated they had borrowed, used savings or had other income.) 26% responded 30 days past due; 17% 60 days past due; 13% 90 days past due; 14% responded 120days or longer past due).

10. If you have a mortgage on your farm, have you had to refinance or
negotiate interest only payments to your lending institution in the past year? _________
75% responded no * (Many made notations they were on the verge of doing
so).

11. Would you support the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture immediately raising the
floor price of class II and III milk? _________
93% responded yes.

12. If the price of milk you receive does not increase quickly, do you see yourself
staying in the dairy business? ____________
31% responded yes. 54% responded no. 15% responded maybe.

Please circle one:

13A. Do you feel the dairy industry is transparent, open and honest.

Or:

13B. Similar to recent discoveries of Wall Street with a lack of transparency, corruption and manipulation.
90% responded B.

14. Do you feel your voice is being adequately represented in your state and in
Washington? __________
93% responded no.

15. Currently close to 1 percent of the milk supply accepted by processors in the
U.S. is over the legal limits 750,000 SCC. Do you agree that the legal limits
should be enforced? ___________
99% responded yes

16. If FDA or state agencies would enforce the maximum SCC limits, would you
agree to lowering acceptable limits to 600,000 SCC for NY State and nation wide?
______________
92% responded yes.

17. Do you feel there is a need for an immediate, thorough congressional
investigation of the Dairy Industry including all Processors, Co-Ops, Handlers,
CME and other parties involved in setting milk price? _______________
90% responded yes.

18. Do you agree or disagree that the price of all sexed semen should be raised to
$200 per unit or more? _________________
64% responded agree. * Some said do away with it altogether.

19. Would you support a coalition of Agricultural producers and consumers nation
wide in an effort to improve food safety conditions for our country and the rest
of the world? _________________
91% responded yes.

20. If you do not see an immediate increase in milk price, would you support a
massive producer and consumer rally in Washington? _______________
92% responded yes

21. Would you appreciate an educational dairy conference of this nature every 6 months that
would provide pertinent information to producers, consumers and Government officials
at the same time? _____________
97% responded yes.

Thank you for your participation.

If you are not able to complete the questionnaire at this time – it can be mailed to:

The Cattle Exchange
4236 County Highway 18
Delhi, NY 13753
www.cattlexchange.com
email: cattleex@delhitel.net

New York Holstein Association
957 Mitchell St.
Ithaca, NY 14850

With only a few days notice, 200 dairy farmers, ag business people and politicians gathered on the campus of Morrisville State University in central NY on Friday, July 17. They came from around New York as well as Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Connecticut to hear several speakers, to ask questions and to vent their concerns about the prolonged run of low farm milk prices.

The meeting had been organized by David Rama of The Cattle Exchange with support from the New York Holstein Association and Beth Keene of the Morrisville Dairy Department. In opening the session, Rama said the current dairy situation is “our Katrina.” He continued, “We’re watching the destruction of our industry.”

Featured speaker John Bunting of Delhi, NY presented an in depth review of dairy prices to show how the present situation has developed. He called for a completely new system for pricing farm milk with transparency and participation by producers, processors and consumers.

Sharing the stage was Kurt Williams, general manager of Lanco-Pennland Milk Producers, a marketing co-operative based in Hagerstown, MD. Again describing his view that today’s pricing structures aren’t working, he contends that outside capital in the western dairy industry has distorted production both in quantity and location. “Milk should be produced in the East,” he said, “…where the people are.”

The morning session concluded with questions and discussion. After the lunch break, David Rama reviewed the results of the questionnaire that about 100 producers had completed before the meeting began. Complete results are posted here.

New Holstein Association USA staff member Lucas Sjostrom presented that organization’s Milk Price Stabilization program, a supply management concept endorsed by several groups. It was acknowledged that this program would restructure pricing for the future and likely would not be implemented quickly enough to deal with today’s emergency conditions.

In the discussion that followed, speakers advocated support for the Specter – Casey bill “889″, added pressure on Congress and the Secretary of Ag for relief and one even said it’s time to start dumping milk to disrupt the processing and distribution system.

Dave Rama gave an eloquent conclusion to the program urging the industry to unite and act before it is simply too late. The meeting concluded about 4 p.m.

A video recording of the day’s speakers and discussion is available on the Holstein World and DairyBusiness web sites. The results of the producer survey along with photos appear here.

www.holsteinworld.com or www.dairybusiness.com

Holstein Association USA representatives at the Morrisville Milk Meeting described and supported that organizations Milk Price Stabilization Program. From left are Lucas Sjostrom, gov’t relations specialist; Gordon Cook, chair of the Association’s Legislative Committee; Chuck Worden, Vice President; and Bill Peck, national director.

David Rama, meeting organizer, welcomes the audience to start the program.