THE WISCONSIN REVIEW P.O. Box 296 Argyle, WI 53504 Change Service Requested Wisconsin Review T h e The official publication of the Wisconsin Hereford Association www.wisconsinherefords.org Spring 2016 PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID MANHATTAN, KS Permit No. 580 2016 Ju n ior N a t ion a l S emen Aucti on Saturday March 5, 2016 11:30 a.m. At the Wisconsin Hereford Association Spring Sale Grant County Fairgrounds, Lancaster. WI 20 Breed Leading Bulls Proceeds to benefit the 2016 JNHE to be held in Madison, WI Questions, call BJ Jones at 608-482-2961 Bring your tank – semen will be available on site. Watch www.wisconsinherefords.org for a complete listing
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THEWISCONSINREVIEWP.O.Box296Argyle,WI53504
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The official publication of the Wisconsin Hereford Association www.wisconsinherefords.org
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Saturday March 5, 2016 11:30 a.m.
At the Wisconsin Hereford Association Spring Sale
Grant County Fairgrounds, Lancaster. WI
20 Breed Leading BullsProceeds to benefit the 2016 JN
HE to be held in Madison, WI
Questions, call BJ Jones at 608-482-2961
Bring your tank – semen will be available on site.
Watch www.wisconsinherefords.org
for a complete listing
The Wisconsin Review Spring 20161
From the WHA President…
Calendar of Events
Dear Fellow Breeders,We just finished the annual meeting in Wisconsin Dellsthis past Saturday and enthusiasm ran extremely high. Itwas a pleasure to see the room packed and the seats full forthe noon banquet. The main subject of conversation wasthe upcoming 2016 Junior National Hereford Expo to beheld in Wisconsin on July 9–15, 2016 in Madison. A powerpoint presentation about the 2016 JNHE was given bySondra Brancel and Kim Jones. They made an excellentpresentation informing the membership of all the details forthe 2016 JNHE. They are starting to put together sign upsheets for volunteers to help with the JNHE. If you havetime, please look at the website under the 2016 JNHE tabto see where you might be able to assist us with this show
or contact Kim Jones, BJ Jones or Sondra Brancel. It is going to take a lot ofvolunteer manpower to make this show an excellent event for all that attend.Remember to attend the upcoming WI Hereford State Sale to be held on March
5th, 2016 at the Grant County Fair grounds in Lancaster. The semen auction willbegin at 11:30 a.m. with the cattle to sell at 12:00 noon. All the proceeds from thissemen auction go directly to the 2016 JNHE. If you have any questions about thesemen auction, please refer to our WI Hereford Association website atwisconsinherefords.org or contact BJ Jones for more details. The catalog for the salecattle is also posted on the website if you did not receive one in the mail. I want to thank Nicki Folkman and Elizabeth Bowen for volunteering to be the
queen and princess chair persons. These two young ladies that have come up throughour WHA organization and now they are leading this program. We should all beextremely proud of what this WHA program does to develop young people to be ourfuture leaders. Good luck with your calving season. Tonight as I am writing this, we are receiving
about 12" of snow with blizzard winds. Not the greatest day or night for calving butthese calves are tough and they can withstand our Wisconsin winter. I hope to seeyou at the State Sale in a few weeks.
The Wisconsin Review, a publication ofthe Wisconsin Hereford Association,welcomes member and non-memberadvertising. 1,300 copies mailed.
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2016 WisconsinHerefordAssociation
March4 Pre-sale banquet at Grant County Fairgrounds, Lancaster5 WHA Spring Sale, Grant County Fairgrounds, LancasterApril1 National Junior Summer Scholarship/Awards online deadlineMay1 JNHE early bird deadline and paper deadline date2 WLBA Spring Preview Show entry deadline15 WJHA Jackpot Show/Contest deadlineJune1 JNHE ownership & final entry deadline (online only)1 PRIDE Wisconsin Scholarship deadline3-4 WLBA Spring Preview and WJHA Junior Hereford Show, Jefferson5 WJHA Open Hereford Jackpot Show, Jefferson15 PRIDE early registration deadline17-19 Illinois Hereford Preview Show, Waterloo, Ill.24-26 Midwest Regional Jr. Hereford Show, Pipestone, Minn.
The Wisconsin Review Spring 20162
WHA Annual Meeting Highlights
Scholarship Winners (pictured left to right):Bailey Jones, Darlington and Annah Dobson, Johnson Creek
Each girl received $800 for future education.
Junior Board – Seated L to R: Briana Katzenberger, President;Bailey Jones, Vice President; Annah Dobson, Secretary; RhettKatzenberger, Treasurer; Standing L to R: Brittney Renn,Membership Secretary; Madison Katzenberger, ReporterLauren Jones, Nicole Folkman, Ceara Cull and Tori Hanson
Thank you…To the WJHA for its $10,000 contribution to the JNHE
To the WHA membership for its $10,000 contribution to the JNHETo the following breeders for their support of the 2016 queen andprincess program: Dave Steinhoff, Grant Wiswell, Steve Folkman, KermitRhiner, Vicki Heidt, Gregg Wissner, Jim Renn, Kevin Bennett, Tod Brancel,Chuck Badertscher, Joe Starr, Ken Pierce, BJ Jones, Chet Lininger, Dan Irwin,Steve Merry, Robin Holler, Melissa Dahnert, Dean Fedkenheuer, Gary Reinke,Steve Smythe and National Hereford Women
2016 WHA Board – Seated L to R:Joe Starr, Manawa – President
Dan Irwin, Stockton, IL – Vice PresidentRuth Espenscheid, Argyle – SecretaryMelissa Dahnert, Horicon – Treasurer
Holly Paulson, Deerfield; Devin Bennett, Benton.Standing L to R:
Nathan Reinke, Johnson Creek; Chet Lininger,Burlington; Ken Pierce, Baraboo; David Steinhoff,
New Lisbon; John Dalton, Emerald
The Wisconsin Review Spring 20164
The 2016 Denver National WesternStock Show is now history, for theHereford breed. Tremendous numbersof quality Herefords wereprofessionally displayed and exhibited.Over 800 head competed at variousshows throughout the week. There were349 head in open show, 151 head in thejunior show, 43 pen of bulls, 29 pen ofheifers, and nine carload of bullsshown. Congratulations to LowdermanCattle Company, Macomb, Ill. forbreeding both the Grand Champion
Polled Hereford Bull and Female in Denver. LCC FBF TimeTraveler 480, Grand Champion Polled Bull, and LCC TG Be MyMerry Time 7B, Grand Champion Polled Female were bothprogeny of RST Times A Wastin’ 0124, who was the 2013Supreme Denver Grand Champion. Both the Mile High Night Sale and the Mile High Eve sale
were hugely successful. It was estimated that well over 5,000people attend the Mile High Night Sale where 47 lots averaged$16,404 with the 14 bulls averaging $16,604, and the 35 femalesaveraging $ 16,336. At the Mile High Eve Sale, 8 flushesaveraged $13,303, 3 pregnancies averaged $7000, 86 embryosaveraged $1233, and 78 units of semen averaged $423. Highlighting the Mile High Night Sale was KJ BJ DWE 686Z
Salsa 364C ET, the Hereford Youth Foundation of Americandonation heifer which was donated by Jensen Bros. Courtland,Kansas. The March 29, 2015 daughter of CRR 719 Catapult 109sold for $80,000 to the Jonny Harris Family, Screven, GA, C&LHereford Ranch, Steve and Jill Folkman and Family, Ixonia, WI,and RGR Cattle Company, Lonny, Kim (Carney) and RileyRhodes, Carlinville, IL. A very special thank you to all partiesinvolved for the continued support of HYFA.Each year in Denver, I enjoy looking at all the cattle both on
the hill and in the yards, especially the bulls. Some of the verybest Hereford bulls in the world are on display. This year was noexception! Since returning back home and recapping thehighlights of the stock show, I realize that this time of year is themost import time of year to improve your herd. The fastest, mostefficient way to improve your herd is on the bull selection youmake in the next 90 days prior to the spring breeding season. I encourage all Hereford breeders to do more Artificial
Insemination on your Hereford females in 2016. The geneticadvancement you will make by using the top bulls will changeyour program more than anything else you can do all year long.The Hereford breed is very blessed to have the genetic versatility.By using Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs), GenomicEnhanced EPDs, and structural sound bulls improvement in your2017 calf crop will be tremendous.
MAKE YOUR CATTLE BETTER TODAY BECAUSE YOUHAVE TO MARKET THEM TOMORROW!
By: John Meents, AHA Fieldman
National Show Results Minute with the Meents
Reserve Spring Calf Champion Heifer2016 National Western Stock Show
Jordan Lamb, Wilson, Wis., with KJ BJ 319X Velvet 322C ET
Champion Spring Heifer Calf Pen2016 National Western Stock Show
Exhibited by Next Generation Genetics, Endeavor, Wis.
8988 Town Line Rd. • Kewaskum, WI 53040(262) 626-8237 • (262) 626-3398, [email protected]
Home of SCF Fancy Judy Pace…the 2002 NWSS Grand and Jr. Calf Champion Heifer!
B.J. Jones Family14990 CR F. • Darlington, WI 53530Cell: 608.482.2961 • Email: [email protected] Like us on
Facebook!
• Full Throttle x Rhapsody
• 2015 JNHE Division I Champion
• Res. Champion Female, WI State Fair Open and Junior Shows
• Full sib selling January 3, 2016 at Devin Olson Show Cattle oncwcatlesales.com
• 2015 World Beef Expo Champion, Open and Jr. Shows
• 2015 WI Spring Preview Show Champion
• GO Advance S109 x SSF Keysha 949
• Watch for future genetic opportunities!
Wildcat Vibrato 506 ET
Wildcat Next Gen Athena 4107 ET
Thanks to all Wildcat Cattle Co.purchasers in 2015!
The Wisconsin Review Spring 20165
The Wisconsin Review Spring 20166
2016 Spring Sale
Breeders andBuyers Banquet
Friday, March 4, 2016Extension Building
Grant County FairgroundsLancaster, Wisconsin
6 p.m. Social7p.m. Buffet
(Featuring beef and fish)
Cost: $12.50($10 for kids under 10)
Bring your own beverages!
Special events…Pie Auction and Fun’dAuction to support the
queen and junior programs(The 2016 Hall of Fame Honoree will be
The Market PlaceFor Sale: Polled Hereford heifer calves – April and May, 2015 calves. Some areexcellent show prospects. Also 2014 bred heifers. Call Hank at (608)235-9417.
For Sale:Top set of coming yearling bulls. Make your selection now and we will keepyour bull until breeding season. Bulls are fertility checked and ultrasounded for carcassdata. Featuring About Time, Redeem and Excel bloodlines. Also offering our Redeemherd sire for sale, purchased from Kevin Jensen. He is a low birth weight sire, dark red,with pigment in both eyes. Call Marv at (608) 543-3778 or (608) 558-3445.
For Sale: Select group of high quality 2015 born yearling bulls. Bred for lowbirthweight and accelerated growth. Sires include True Grit, Tankeray, and AboutTime. Dams are some of our lead donors with proven history of performance. Locatedminutes south of Wisconsin border, west of Rockford, IL. Contact Mud Creek Farms(815)238-2381.
For Sale: Registered Polled Hereford yearling herd sire prospects (will be sementested and have a physical exam by veterinary). Also registered yearling show heifersthat will make excellent brood cows, Contact us for more information.Baker Polled Herefords, N7850 US Hwy 12, Elkhorn, WI 53121. Bob (262) 903-0513,Paul (262) 742-3205. [email protected].
For Sale: 11 Registered purebred Hereford cows and bred heifers, bull bred and due tocalve February-April. One 3-year-old puredbred herd bull, son of Bailout 144U. Oneyearling herd bull sired by TH 122 711 Victor 719T. Contact Thousand HillsHerefords/Dan Irwin: 815-266-1300.
AHA Announces Spring 2016 Gold TPR Breeders A record number, 118, Hereford breeders achieved Gold TPRTM (Total Performance
Records) status for spring 2016, according to the American Hereford Association (AHA).Also, the AHA has released the updated EPDs for spring 2015. The EPDs and the updatedTrends, Traits and Distributions report is available online at Hereford.org.The Gold TPR Breeder recognition is presented to progressive Hereford breeders who
have measured traits and collected and promptly submitted performance data at all levelsof production.Since the program’s inception in 2005, Hereford breeders have increased their data
collection efforts. Breeders must meet a specific set of requirements in order to be eligible for the
program. They are:• Herd inventory submitted prior to date inventory surcharge goes into effect.• Complete reporting of calving ease and reproductive status for each dam on inventory.• Complete reporting of birth weights for all live calves recorded in the calf crop.• Complete reporting of weaning weights for all live calves recorded in the calf crop.• Complete reporting of yearling weights for all live calves recorded in the calf crop.• Complete reporting of scrotal measurements for each bull calf with a recordedyearling weight.• Ultrasound data reported on 25% or more of the calf crop.Note: For weaning and yearling weights, disposal codes are accepted if the animal has beenremoved from the herd.Congratulations to Henry-Charlotte Handzel Jr. / Whiskey Run Farms, Cottage Grove,
Matthew & Darci KitchellDavid & Lorie, Michael, Mason Kitchell 3471 St. Hwy 200 • Ada, MN 56510701.799.7690 • [email protected]
www.dakitchfarms.com
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A sale not to miss…
Annual Bull SaleMarch 26, 2016
Held at Dakitch Bull DevelopmentSelling:
38 Polled Hereford Yearling Bulls15 Open Polled Hereford Heifers
20 Angus Yearling Bulls15 Open Angus Heifers
Annual Bull SaleMarch 26, 2016
Held at Dakitch Bull DevelopmentSelling:
38 Polled Hereford Yearling Bulls15 Open Polled Hereford Heifers
20 Angus Yearling Bulls15 Open Angus Heifers
Visit our website at www.dakitchfarms.com for more information!
Thank you to all our former, new and present customers!
The Wisconsin Review Spring 20168
WJHA NewsHereford Steer Show Rule ChangesJunior National Hereford Expo - New DNA Testing for All steers by April 1, 2016Steer exhibitors at the 2016 Junior National Hereford Expo
(JNHE) will go through a different process for registering theirsteers (see AHA DNA show rule). In addition to registrationpapers (no steer certificates allowed), exhibitors will have tosubmit DNA for their steers by April 1, 2016. Once an exhibitorhas received the results of his or her steer’s DNA test and thesteer’s DNA aligns with the registration papers, the exhibitor canthen register his or her steer for the JNHE. Please contact theAmerican Hereford Association for DNA testing kit.
WLBA/WJHA Spring Preview and Open Jackpot ShowHereford steers born in 2015 and sired by a bull and dam
recorded in the register of the AHA. AHA Hereford SteerRegistration papers or AHA Steer Certificate papers with aregistered sire and dam are required at check-in.
Wisconsin State Fair –DNA sampling and RFID required by Feb 8, 2016Hereford steers born in 2015 and sired by a bull and dam
recorded in the register of the AHA. AHA Hereford SteerRegistration papers or AHA Steer Certificate papers with aregistered sire and dam are required. Youth wanting to show theirsteers will need to have both DNA and RFID identified throughthe Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) byFebruary 8, 2016. To obtain a DNA/RFID request form availableon the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium websitehttp://www.wiid.org/dna-program
Wisconsin State Fair ChangesJunior Show ChangesBeginning in 2016 there will no longer be ownership date
deadlines or specific name requirements for junior exhibitorsentering and showing registered animals in the junior breedingstock shows and all non-market animal shows. The order of theshow will also be changed.Jr. Showmanship – Monday, August 8 at 5 p.m.Jr. Steer Show – Tuesday, August 9 at 8 a.m.Jr. Heifer Show – Wednesday, August 10 at 8 a.m.Governors Auction –Wednesday, August 10 at 6:30 p.m.Stars Youth Celebration – Thursday, August 11 at 9 a.m.
Open Show Changes Open Beef Show – Saturday, August 13 at 8 a.m.All the breeds will be shown together with alternating breed
classes, similar to how the open dairy show is run. Supremechampion will be held at the conclusion of the show. Herefordsremain a no-fit show.Please refer to the Wisconsin State Fair website for rule
clarifications.
2016 JNHE UpdateThe 2016 Junior National
Hereford Expo (JNHE) will beheld in Madison, Wisconsinthis summer from July 9-15and the planning committee hasbeen busy making preparationsto host the best Junior Nationalshow we possibly can. Theshow would not be possiblewithout the help of the volunteers who graciously give of theirtime and money to make this event possible for the Herefordfamilies of this Nation. If you would like to help make thisamazing event possible, there are two ways you can help:• Sponsorships of all levels are still available starting with abusiness card sized ad in the show program for $100 andbeyond. Financial contributions to the show are tax deductibleand all money donated supports the event!• Volunteer needs for the show begin on Wednesday, July 6thand will likely continue through Saturday, July 16th. If you areavailable to give of your time for any part of the show, we wantyou to be a part of the JNHE experience! There is a job foreveryone who wants to be a part of this event.If you would be willing to help support this year’s JNHE,
please contact BJ Jones at [email protected] or SondraBrancel at [email protected] or visit the2016 JNHE tab on www.wisconsinherefords.org We promisethis will be the experience of a lifetime!
WJHA/WLBAPreview Show
June 3-4, 2016
WJHA Open Jackpot Show June 5, 2016
Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Jefferson, WI
Deadlines: WLBA Spring Preview Show entry deadline – May 2, 2016
WJHA Jackpot Show/Contest deadline – May 15, 2016PRIDE Wisconsin Scholarship Deadline – June 1, 2016
Watch www.wisconsinherefords.org for more information
Marvin Espenscheid Family12044 Hwy. 78 • Argyle, WI 53504
WHA Member NewsDon’t Miss Out…Coming in the spring of 2016, a new WHA directory which
will be printed and mailed to our membership, included inexhibitor packets for our JNHE guests, and used for hand-outs atall state promotional functions. Deadline for directory information is April 15, 2016.
Advertising rates for the directory are as follows: $300 – Full color page • $175 – Half color page $200 – Full B/W page • $135 – Half page B/W $ 75 – Quarter page B/W
GARI-ALAN FARM
WHA Sale ConsignmentsJunior Bull Calf Champion, WI State Fair:About Time son x World Class daughter
February Heifer:About Time son x Authentic daughterMarch Heifer: Recruit x Pride daughter
Gary, Marilynn and Nathan ReinkeN6060 Hilltop Lane Johnson Creek, WI 53038 (920) 699-3126 • E-mail: [email protected]
Check us out on facebook at www.facebook.com/garialanfarm Polled Herefords Since 1960 • Production Tested Since 1968
“Quality Built on Cow Families”
Baker Polled HerefordsN7850 U.S. Hwy. 12 • Elkhorn, WI 53121(About 8 miles north of Elkhorn on Hwy. 12)
W13075 Christianson Rd. • Bruce, WI 54819(715) 868-4442
Breeding Stock For Sale Private Treatywww.koensherefords.com
.com
Polled, Practical and Problem-FreeN8494 110th St. • Spring Valley, WI 54767
Fred: (715) 772-4680
MILK?Got
MEAT?Got
— WESTCREST RITA U5 —
Rita has that signature Westcrestudder. Westcrest was very successfulshowing dairy cattle, so when theyswitched to Herefords, they insised ongood udders.
See her video and more at: www.mgmpolledherefords.com
Get both with
Selling at the Wisconsin Hereford Salein Lancaster…THREE of her progenyand FOUR from the Westcrest line!
MGM Trust Line 36BRes. Champion Bull, 2015 WI State FairSon of Westcrest Rita U5 and Trust
REA 0.76 | Marb 0.21
MGM Home Guy 755 31BGrandson of Westcrest Rita U5 x Hometown
MGM Destined Star 23C 763Hometown Son x Westcrest Dam
BW 3.3 | REA 0.51 | Marb 0.34Deep cherry red and lots of eye pigment.
MGM M326 Badger Girl 38ZDaughter of Westcrest Rita U5Sells with baby bull calf at side by
KCF Bennett X51, the "EPD King" sire
Also selling…
MGM Trust Line 8CFancy January show heifer by Trust and Onlinedaughter with three NWSS Grand Champions
in her pedigree.
Steve Merry | Gordon MerrySteve: 414-881-5274 | E-mail: [email protected] videos of the cattle at www.mgmpolledherefords.com
BULLS for SALE by Hometown and Homegrown on the farm.
Congratulations to Next Generation Genetics for their Division Champion Pen of Three Heifers and their successful sale in Denver!
DelHawk WRB Truth 713 ET2015 NAILE Reserve Champion BullOwned with Ayre/McConnell, Clinton, Wis.,