May 2010 - American Milking Shorthorn Society
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May 2010 - American Milking Shorthorn Society
May 2010 May 2010 American Milking Shorthorn Society, 800 Pleasant St., Beloit, WI 53511 Breeder Highlight—Mike, Karen & Elaine Bodey, Ohio Spring Meadows Urbana, Ohio Would you like to host our Australian Exchange Student, Heath Williams? Arrival—mid Sept. Contact Dave @ AMSS 608/365-3332 Inside this issue: Breeder Highlights 2-4 Rauch Award 5 Meet Your Director 6-7 Calendar 6 Young Sire Roundup 7-8 Juniors 9 Enjoy! NUMBER OF MILKING SHORTHORNS YOU CURRENTLY OWN: We currently own 35 head of registered Milking Shorthorns along with 5 registered Brown Swiss. We have owned Milking Shorthorns for over 50 years under the Spring Meadows prefix. Bill & Betty Pratt, Karen’s parents, began with Milking Shorthorns at their farm in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. We are now on the 4th generation! PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR MANAGEMENT SET-UP/ BREEDING DIRECTION (FREESTALL, TIESTALL, COW/CALF, GRASSBASED, TYPE, SHOW, ILLAWARA, NATIVE, CROSSBREEDING, PRODUCTION, COMPONENTS, PARLOR, HOUSING, ETC.): We at Spring Meadows are looking for the complete package cow. We want a balance of production and type, and cows that will compete in the show ring as well. Our cows are currently housed in a pack barn, and milked in a parlor. They are fed a TMR, with supplements in the parlor. Our herd has grown tre- mendously in the past 5 years with management and correct sire selection, and purchasing animals from some of the best cow families that the Milking Shorthorn breed has to offer. Our purchases have fit the type of cow that we want to breed, and which help enhance our current herd. We want to develop families and breed from our purchases to market animals under our herd name. ANY INFORMATION YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT YOUR OPERATION? (RHA, AWARDS, COW FAMILIES, EXPERIENCES WITH MILKING SHORTHORNS): We have a few cow families that we have acquired in the past 5 years in which we purchased from other breeders as heifer calves or embryos, to help enhance our herd. Bar-D Harp -EXP E91 was purchased as a winter calf and we have had the pleasure to develop her. She has records to over 30,000lbs of milk, with several daughters that are milking, and more to calve this summer. Her daughters are milking like crazy, and we have high hopes for them. Hopefully you will hear more about Harp as we continue to ….from Pat Agnew, pres Wow, the March/April Journal looked great! Thanks to all of you for your advertising….really makes for a nice magazine! ...good job to Katie & Ashley. develop daughters and sons out of her. Gold Mine Ebrose D Kate 690-ET V89 is another cow that we have had the pleasure to develop. We bought Kate as a sr. calf from Nathan & Jody Nus. Kate has done well in the show ring, as well as the bulk tank. She made over 20,000lbs as a 2 yr. Old, and has performed in the show ring, too. Kate won the National Futurity in 2008 and was 2nd in the Kingsmill Futurity in 2009. We are hoping to flush Kate this year. When we bought Kate we also bought some Classic embryos out of Faschings Dimond Fair KAF-OTH, a cow owned by Nathan & Jody Nus. Gold Mine SM Classic Diva-ET resulted from these and we are extremely excited May 2010 Page 2 Bodey’s continued….. to see Ms. Diva calve out this summer to Red Robin. We think she might be the 2yr. Old to beat this year! Now to go back a few years when my parents were young, and some of the first Milking Shorthorns that they had who were influential were cows purchased from Donald Guickian. Guickian’s Wink’s Josie and Guickian’s Irene Rose were two of our favorites. WHAT IS IN YOUR SEMEN TANK RIGHT NOW? In our semen tank we have many different bulls, they include: Megadeth, Classic, Red Robin, Red Ruben, Liriano, Koyote WHO IS YOUR ―GO-TO‖ SIRE AT THE MOMENT? Right now we are using a lot of Megadeth, Koyote, Liriano IN THE MATERNITY PEN – WHO IS SIRING THE CALVES HITTING THE GROUND AT THE MOMENT? In March we had 3 calve: 2 bulls and 1 heifer they were sired by Logic, and Sparkler This summer we have some of them bred to Classic, Red Robin, Red Ruben, Megadeth, Sparkler & Target IN THE BARN – WHO IS SIRING IMPRESSIVE TWO YEAR OLDS? Our 2 yr olds have not started calving out this year yet. Last year we had an impressive group of 2 yr olds which included a pair of Maxine’s Mike twins out of a Gold Mine cow which are pretty fancy. We have a Classic that we purchased from Brian Pederson as a yearling heifer that we really like. We have a Hilltop Academy we are helping develop with our friends, Jason Robinson & Erica Davis, that is pretty special. She is turning quite a few heads at the shows, she was 1st Jr. 2 at the 2009 Winter National, and 1st Jr. 3 at the Ohio Spring Dairy Expo and Reserve Grand. She is due to calve around Sept. 1 and will be just right for Madison, watch for her there! WHAT SIRES ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT? We have seen some pretty impressive Liriano calves on the ground, and we have a couple Julius calves that we really like. We like the Megadeth calves that are on the ground also. WHO HAS INFLUENCED YOUR HERDS DIRECTION AND BROUGHT ABOUT THE MOST PROGRESS FOR YOUR BREEDING GOALS? We have a small herd and a variety of different breeding styles and philosophies, so we are sampling a select group of bulls. Some people who have influenced us along with their cows or philosophies are Donald & Ruthann Guickian, Gordy & Bev Withers, and Maury Meyer & Nathan & Jody Nus of Gold Mine Farms. There are so many more, but I believe that these have been the most influential with their breeding styles, philosophies and friendship! IF YOU CROSSBREED, WHAT BREEDS ARE YOU USING AND WHICH SIRES ARE OF INTEREST TO YOU? We do not currently crossbreed many of our cows, but in the past we have used some red & white in some of our cow families. ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE… We now have a 4th generation involved in Milking Shorthorns! Emily (Ullom) & Jason Monnat along with their daughter Ella Jane Ann Monnat, own Wild Spring Farm in New York. Emily and her parents, Mike & Polly, were also a big influence as part of Spring Meadows, and their cows are still influencing our herd, as well as Emily’s. Hoard’s Judging Contest Results…. Congratulations to the Winners with a Milking Shorthorn influence! The Ruzic sisters, Carla Stetzer and Katie Bue, coached the winning 4-H team from Jackson County, Wisconsin! Jeffrey Rida, a breeder from Worthington, Mass., placed second in the senior division. He and his wife, Karen, have a herd of Ayrshire and Milking Shorthorns. May 2010 Page 3 Cindy & Craig Achen family, Minnesota NUMBER OF MILKING SHORTHORNS YOU CURRENTLY OWN: Cherrywood Farm owns 25 Milking Shorthorn cows and heifers. Owners are: Cindy, Jessica, Jacob, and Roxann Achen PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR MANAGEMENT SET-UP/BREEDING DIRECTION (FREESTALL, TIESTALL, COW/CALF, GRASSBASED, TYPE, SHOW, ILLAWARA, NATIVE, CROSSBREEDING, PRODUCTION, COMPONENTS, PARLOR, HOUSING, ETC.): We have a 68 tie stall barn with Holsteins, Brown Swiss, and Milking Shorthorns. In our herd we are breeding for show type and high milk production, we have the time and facilities where we can care for each cow a little differently to serve her specific needs. Cows are feed corn silage in the afternoon with a milk cow grain mix three times a day. In the morning we clean up the corn silage and feed them a grass alfalfa mix hay. My parents Craig & Cindy and siblings Emily, Jacob, Rachel, Roxann, Annie, Christy, Nicholas, John, Jack, and Joseph run the farm. ANY INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT YOUR OPERATION? (RHA, AWARDS, COW FAMILIES, EXPERIENCES WITH MILKING SHORTHORNS): Cherrywood Milking Shorthorns began with my mom Cindy Achen and her brother Jeff Clawson in Ackley, IA as 4-H projects. In 2002 my uncle sold the cattle and gave our family 5 bred heifers to continue with the Cherrywood breeding. He gave me Judea III bred to Royalty, she had a heifer calf Judea IV who became the brood cow of my current herd. Jacob was given Molly III also bred to Royalty, she had a heifer calf Molly IV which became Jacob’s foundation cow. Curt Krause and their family got us more involved by allowing us to travel with them to shows and national conventions. Since then our family has continued to gain knowledge and meet many people with the same passion for the great Red, White, and Roan. This past year was very exciting for our family, we had a great year and reached many of our goals. We exhibited Grand Champion of the Milking Shorthorn Junior Show with Cherrywood K Clay Judea V “VG 88”, 1st place in the Junior Three Year Old Class, and the Kingsmill Farm II International Futurity winner. Then we went on to the Winter National, our first time showing there since 2003, we were honored to exhibit Grand Champion of the Junior and Open Show with Rovin IIr Oprah II Orchid “EX 90” WHAT IS IN YOUR SEMEN TANK RIGHT NOW? Red Ruben, Parti Time, Moonshine, Patten, Logic, Red Ramma, and Liriano WHO IS YOUR "GO-TO" SIRE AT THE MOMENT? Red Ruben, I will use him if the family doesn’t have any Holstein breeding in the immediate five past generations. I have seen several nice milking daughters and he is settling well in our herd. IN THE MATERNITY PEN - WHO IS SIRING THE CALVES HITTING THE GROUND AT THE MOMENT? We have 5 Sparkler by Molly V (Hilltop Academy Daughter) embryos due March. From the Judea Family we have calves due by Lithario, Money, Red Ruben, Parti Time, and Mudslinger. IN THE BARN - WHO IS SIRING IMPRESSIVE TWO YEAR OLDS? We have a Mericrest Outlaw daughter that freshened back in March. Cherrywood Outlaw Molly VI classified G+84 with a VG86 MS and was out on the show circuit this season. Molly VI is averaging 60 pounds of milk a day and her record is 216D 13334M 3.5F 469 2.0P 385 23600ME RIP WHAT SIRES ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT? I am very excited about Red Ruben and Megadeth. proved our herd greatly. I think these two bulls have im- WHO HAS INFLUENCED YOUR HERDS DIRECTION AND BROUGHT ABOUT THE MOST PROGRESS FOR YOUR BREEDING GOALS? I have made the majority of the breeding decisions. I talk with breeders at national convention and cattle shows to get their opinions. I also try to watch the shows and walk the barns during shows to see more daughters. IF YOU CROSSBREED, WHAT BREEDS ARE YOU USING AND WHICH SIRES ARE OF INTEREST TO YOU? We used some Red and White Holsteins to increase milk production and as an outcross. Those daughters look great and we are just starting to breed them. We have also started to incorporate some Illawara breeding, Red Ramma. I am very excited to see how he will improve our herd. From the readers….. *Mike & Linda Kahoe (Oklahoma)...out of the Milking Shorthorn business since mid80’s, enjoyed the last issue...kids and grandkids keep them going despite some health issues...good luck to you both. * Ray Schooley (Missouri, a former AMSS Executive Secretary Also sent greeting to all and enjoyed the last issue of ―Tails & Trails.‖..Great to hear from you, Ray, and thank you for your past service to AMSS! AMSS Tails & Trails Page 4 Page 5 May 2010 Rauchs Awarded Distinguished Missouri Dairy Cattle Breeder Award Mike and Bobbi Rauch of Sancrest Farms in Billings, MO were presented with the Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder Award by the Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors Foundation. The Foundation sponsors an awards program to recognize and honor Missourians who have made noteworthy contributions to the progress and welfare of the dairy industry. The breeders award was first presented in 1978. It honors living, active Missouri dairy cattle breeders who have attained state and national recognition for achievements in breeding and developing outstanding cattle. Mike and Bobbi Rauch have contributed to the breeding of both Jersey and Milking Shorthorn cattle. They are recognized for making exceptional contributions to organizations within the dairy industry as well. The foundation for Milking Shorthorns began in 1940 with the purchase of heifers by Rauch’s father Glenn Rauch. Jerseys were added in the 1970s. Breeding objectives were sound functional types— especially udder traits, feet and legs, longevity, and high production of milk fat and protein. DHIA records record that the Sancrest Farms herd has consistently ranked among the top herds in Missouri, especially in production of protein and fat. Sancrest Farms has owned or bred at least 75 All Americans and production class winners. The Rauch’s bull, Ridgewood Orvals Promise, was an All America Winner five times and a four time national champion. Sancrest Farms has supported the University of Missouri Research Center at Mt. Vernon by donating cattle and providing semen for the breeding program. Joined by son Phil Rauch, the Rauch’s current farming operations consist of raising heifers, beef cattle, and hay production. Their milking cows are housed at Sho Me Jerseys in Billings. Bobbi Rauch received a Bachelor of Science degree from Missouri State University. She was a teacher for five years. Her forty years with Jersey and Milking Shorthorn cattle involved artificial insemination, record keeping, advertising, and marketing. Mike Rauch represents the Milking Shorthorn Society as trustee for the Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors Foundation, serving as president for over eighteen years. The Rauchs have three children, Phil Rauch, Melissa Dover, and Shannon Squibb. The Rauch progeny live in the Billings area and are also active in the dairy industry. http://tinyurl.com/improver2010 www.shorthornsites.com www.cmss.on.ca Juniors…….check out page 9….National Convention Information!!! May 2010 Page 6 Meet Your National Director…. Tim Crawley, Arkansas Hello, my name is Tim Crawley. My family consists of my wife, Nikki, daughters Jessica (13) and Brittany (11) and my parents Don and Jewel. Together, we own and operate Crawley’s Valley View Farms, LLC in the extreme northwest corner of Arkansas. Our farming operation is made up of a 320 cow dairy and 15,000 layer hen enterprise. Cows are milked in a double nine parabone parlor and housed in a combination freestall/bedded pack barn. The herd is currently made up of 75% Holstein and 25% Milking Shorthorn and MS/ Holstein crosses in the genetic expansion program. The milking herd is fed a TMR consisting of purchased grain and mostly home grown forages. Forages grown on 450 owned and 215 rented acres include red clover, rye, wheat, rye grass, bermuda grass and corn silage. Replacement heifers are raised on pasture and hay supplemented with grain. So how did we get to this point? Dad and Grandad were milking Jerseys in the late 1940s, but in 1950 when beef prices were relatively high, they switched to Milking Shorthorns so they could take advantage of the good prices with their bull calves and cull cows. With a strong commitment to the Illawarra influence, the herd eventually gained national prominence by setting breed milk production records and winning at state and national shows. My favorite cow of that era was a Sunnyview Princess Reunion daughter named Valley View Jewel Anne. She was one of the first cows to produce over 200,000 milk and 8000 pounds fat lifetime. Change came in April 1988 when the milking herd was dispersed. Milking resumed in early 1989, but was again dispersed in 1990 when I became manager of Arkansas DHIA. I traveled the next few years representing Tru-Test milk meters in the US and Canadian milk recording circles. Back on the farm, dairy replacements were marketed and excess hay was sold. Some say the whole hiatus from milking was to find a wife. Although this was completely untrue, I did meet Nikki, a Columbus, OH native who was living in Tulsa, at the Thrifty Car Rental counter in Green Bay, WI. That is a story for another day. I was elected to the Milking Shorthorn board in 2004 and will finish my second term in July. Extra Effort! Tim also served as president and executive committee member during his time on the board...for that, we thank you Tim Crawley and family!! Calendar of Red, White and Roan Events June 5 Hard Core Selection Sale, PA 7 Convention Registration deadline 18 Convention Room reservation cut-off date 27 Wisconsin State Picnic, Black River Falls, July 7-10 National Convention Kelso, Washington. Email: [email protected] for information 10 National Video Sale, Washington Good Luck to all at your summer shows! Send us your reports & pictures for “Tails & Trails”. Where’s ―Alfred State‖? May 2010 Page 7 Meet National Director, Rollie Johnson, Minnesota Hello, Here is my story, Rolland Johnson I was born in Tyler and have lived on our home farm my entire life, 68 years. Ruth and I were married in 1964 and have 4 children Rita, Brad, Rod, and Ann, and 10 grandchildren. Our first great grandchild is expected early in June. My first heifer was a Milking Shorthorn purchased as a FFA project in1955. Since that time Milking Shorthorn has been the only breed I have owned or bred. We DHIA tested and recorded with the society for over 45 years. Our operation has been to raise commercially profitable cows, milking up to 100. We raised corn and alfalfa for feed as our primary crops. In the latest years we were in partnership with Rod and Tammy for 8 years with the milking cows at their farm and I raised the heifers. Our primary focus was to breed cows with strength, longevity, and with correct functional type. The kind that would suit a commercial dairy operation and survive the severe Minnesota winter conditions. A few of our foundation cows have been: Ellen Adeline 4th, a daughter of Lutzland Model 40th, purchased from Graham Land and Livestock Co.,Waverly, MN in the 50's. Blissful Pepper Sophia E91 5-04 365d 27,220m 1,265f 4.6 3.3 Dam of 3 Sons in AI Dairy King's Rosaleen, a daughter of Borg's Dairy King 3rd, purchased locally in the 50's. College Carrora, a daughter of Erora Majesty, purchased in the 1960's on the national sale from Sam Yoder and bred by the University of New Hampshire. Recent outstanding brood cows have been: Blissful Nicole Blanch P 3EX Dam of Blissful Nick Blend P Top proven polled sire of the breed. Blissful Pepper Sophia 2EX Dam of several sons currently available for AI. Updates from Dave Kendall….Young Sire Roundup These are exciting time for the American Milking Shorthorn Society in the number of young sires being sampled. Currently Select Sires has two bulls actively being sampled: 7MS347 GE Mysha-Wo Advent Liriano and 7MS Mysha-Wo Robin Nitro-EXP. Liriano a 36000 is sired by the Holstein bull KHW Kite Advent Red out of the All American and Madison Champion Mysha Lady Di 2E92 who also has over 33,000 pounds of milk in her best record. . The early Liriano daughters are striking for being uniform; sharp shouldered, long bodied heifers that run uphill yet are balanced with adequate strength. These are fancy heifers an it is almost assured that you will be seeing them in the show ring this summer (and maybe for many years to come). Nitro is an Innisfail Red Robin son of Mysha Othellos Nutmeg E92 the All American Othello daughter of the All American Bar-D-Mi-San Acres McNugge 3E93. Nutmeg has records over 27,000 and McNugget to over 33,000 milk. No Nitro calves are on the ground. Nitro has the distinction of being the first Milking Shorthorn sire in the US to have sexed semen available. May 2010 Page 8 Young Sire Roundup—Dave Kendall (continued) Genex has a number of young sires in the pipeline. Currently being sampled is 1MS543 Echo Farm Ted McCoy, a Vinra Frost Ted son of Echo Farm Frolic Maisey E90 +909m +.04 +40f +.03 +37 +435NM$. In addition Genex has 1MS544Spungold-R CD Playboy-ET, a Bar-D Krauses Fawns CD on of the World Record Gold Mine Poppys OT Kay 2E95 to be released shortly. Next in line will be 1MS545 Rocking Ws Kourts Fredrick-ET, a Gold Mine Frost Kourt son of Vinra Outlaw Flicker-EXP E90 with records to 4/07 365d 30,840m 3.7% 1,156f 3.1% 959p. Flicker in turn is out of Vinra Alamo Frannie 2E93 with records to 7/05 305d 3x 34,010m 4.5% 1,541f 2.8% 958p. Frannie is also the dam of the #7 PPR bull Vinra Academy Fido. Accelerated is currently sampling 14MS115 SAK Kourt Taser-EXP. Another son of Gold Mine Frost Kourt, Taser is out of the 36000 Vinra Jordan Trina V89, the number one PPR cow of the breed when Genetic Expansion is included. Taser’s grandam is a Bar-D Cindy’s Clay daughter of Vinra Schie Taffy with over 33,000 milk. An Illawarra bull that Accelerated sampled a couple of years ago, 14MS112 GE Panorama Royal Trebel, has daughters milking in Australia, New Zealand and the US. The early proof in Australia looks very promising for fat, protein and milk; in fact his proof converts to +62f in the US! The Treble daughters remind me a bit of Mericrest Outlaw daughters as twoyear olds, they appear to have a lot of udder for their size. However, the udders have great ligaments with firmly attached fore udders and popping rear udders. They definitely know how to milk and it will be interesting to see how they develop. Taurus continues their aggressive move into Milking Shorthorns by currently sampling two young sires. The first is 76MS440 Hard Core Othello Snoopy ET. Sired by Othello, Snoopy is out of the twice All American and Madison Champion Innisfail BDC Stella 4E94. Their other young sire is 76MS441 Spungold-R Prince of PA-ET, a Innisfail Prince of Diamonds son of World Champion Gold Mine Poppys OT Kay 2E95. Prince should have sexed semen available shortly. Semex is importing the bull GE Treeton Pringle from Australia. Pringle is a son of the Adelaide Royal Champion and International Dairy Week Intermediate Champion Treeton Princess 978. A previous Illawarra bull that Semex imported also has daughters milking in three countries. 200MS8089 Clarefield Mocha daughters are probably the widest rumped, strongest Illawarra sired cattle we have seen in quite sometime. To early to have an indication of how they are milking. A bull that has been making impressive heifers around the country is B-D-F Diamond Sparkler. A son of Innisfail Prince of Diamonds from the World Record fat producer Othellos Ruby Jewel 2E92, Sparkler is making very correct heifers, wide over the rump with correct feet and legs. Contact Casey Weiss if you are interested in sampling this promising young sire. The first Kuszmar Mudslinger are fresh! Early indications are promising…we will keep you updated. More next time. AMSS Tails & Trails—page 9 If you plan to participate in the Junior show at the 2010 National Convention in Washington State, please register as soon as possible. The animals you fit and show will be by lottery drawing. We will award cash prizes as well as prizes for each participant. Each registered junior will receive a T-shirt to wear for the show. There will be three classes….Junior….Intermediate….Senior. You will need your own fitting equipment—clippers, show halters, etc. REGISTER BY EMAIL - [email protected] Please include: name, age and address Open Show ($75) Winter heifer Calf Winter Yearling Fall Yearling in Milk Best Uddered Cow Produce of Dam Champions ($100) Res. Junior Female Intermediate champ Res. Int. Champ Contact: Laura Herschleb Cattle Show Manager Phone (608)224-6455 Fax (608)224-0300 Junior Show ($30) Spring heifer Winter Heifer Summer Yearling Spring Yearling Winter Yearling Fall Yearling Jr. 2-year old Sr. 2-year old Champions ($75) Jr. Champ Female Res. Jr. Champ Res. Sr. Champ Res. Grand Champ ―Calmar‖ is a 2-year, post high school, campus in Iowa. Marcia Floyd writes that ISU sent their cows to Calmar’s new dairy facilities that opened last year. They have a large display area where they hope to feature memorabilia from each dairy breed. This campus that offers a 2-year Dairy Science degree also features a ―larger than life‖ painting of the dairy breeds, which in Marcia’s discriminating taste is ―very good‖! Located in northeast Iowa, she said that this is a program where students can begin their studies before transferring to ISU. Thanks Marcia for providing the Milking Shorthorn items and memories to this new campus.