30th Annual Wisconsin Holstein Futurity

Seventeen bovine beauties graced the shavings at the Wisconsin State Fair Park on Saturday, August 13^th to compete for the title of first place in the 30^th Annual Wisconsin Holstein Futurity. Judging this prestigious event was Brian Behnke of Brooklyn, Wisconsin.  In this nontraditional show, the animals are entered three years prior to the show and only the best of the entries compete for the coveted title.

This year the coveted title was captured by Ernest-Anthony Sid Amelia, owned by Crescentmead Holsteins and shown by Sarah Wendorf of Ixonia Wisconsin. The Wendorf family received $1500 from our generous sponsor, Badgerland Financial. Amelia was also named best udder of the show and the top fat and protein production winner.

Following closely in second was Ryan-Vu Regin Raz A Taz, owned by Chad and Mark Ryan, Majestic View, and Crailoo Dairy Farm, and shown by Amy Ryan of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Raz A Taz won a $750 check from International Protein Sires. She was also named the first place bred and owned animal.

In third place was Rob-Cri Dempsey Secret, Exhibited by Gracelyn Jo Breitenstein of Plover, Wisconsin. Agropur presented Gracelyn and Secret with a check for $500. Gracelyn was also presented with the first place junior award, sponsored by Angela Davis-Brown of Ma-Brown Holsteins and Jerseys and $50 from the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association.

Even though the bovine beauties are truly looking their best, the exhibitors are dressed to impress. These exhibitors gave up their jeans and boots for a night of ball gowns and tuxedos to compete for the best dressed awards. All the exhibitors were looking their best and truly impressed the crowd. The Best Dressed Junior award and $100, sponsored by Frisle-Vu Holsteins went to Nicole Wright from Watertown, Wisconsin. Levi Kindshi of Loganville, Wisconsin received the Best Dressed Male award and $100 from Indianhead Holsteins. The Best Dressed Female of the night went to Courtney Ewert of Hustisford, Wisconsin along with $100 sponsored by Scenic-Edge Holsteins.

 Best Dressed Junior and Junior Breed and Owned

Best Dressed Male and Top Milk Production

Best Dressed Female

The night was led by the Master and Mistress of Ceremonies, Tim Natzke and Kristin Olson, to introduce distinguished guests and the bovine beauties. The distinguished guests included Wisconsin Holstein Association Princess Kati Kindschuh; Wisconsin Holstein Association Princess Attendant Paige Nelson; Alice in Dairyland Ann O’Leary; Wisconsin Fairest of the Fairs Gloria Kesler; National Red and White Queen Mckenna Coffeen; and Green County and Dane County Royalty.

The Wisconsin Holstein Association Futurity is a very unique show with a unique mission.  The Wisconsin Holstein Association uses the futurity to help promote the dairy industry to the general public and display the first class care we provide our animals and dedication that we have for our animals and the products they produce. The Wisconsin Holstein Association Futurity was started to inform consumers about the dairy industry and Registered Holsteins.

The 30^th Wisconsin Holstein Association futurity would not be possible without our generous sponsors. The Wisconsin Holstein Association would like to thank the major futurity sponsors, Badgerland Financial, International Protein Sires, Agropur, and Brian Greenman, Rural Mutual Insurance Agent, for helping to make this show a success. In addition to our very generous sponsors, we would also like to thank our committee members for all that they do when it comes to setting up and taking down the arena. We could not have such a successful event without your generous help.

2016 Futurity Final Placing

1st Place - Sponsored by Badgerland Financial     $1,500

Ernest-Anthony Sid Amelia

Sire: Pine-Tree Sid-ET

Owner: Crescentmead, Ixonia

Exhibitor: Sarah Wendorf

Best Udder of Show sponsored by East Central Select Sires

Top Fat & Protein Production sponsored by Brian Greenman, Rural Mutual Insurance Agent

2nd Place - Sponsored by International Protein Sires     $750

Ryan-Vu Regin Raz A Taz

Sire: Regancrest Reginald-ET

Owner: C&M Ryan, Majestic View & Crailoo Dairy Farm

Exhibitor: Amy Ryan

Best Bred & Owned sponsored by Lirr Farms

3rd Place - Sponsored by Agropur     $500

Rob-Cri Dempsey Secret

Sire: Lirr Drew Dempsey

Owner and Exhibitor: Gracelyn Jo Breitenstein

1st Junior sponsored by Ma-Brown Holsteins & Jerseys and WI Jr. Holstein Association

4th Place                     Hilrose Hero RaeLynn

Sire: Siemers Toys Hero 9701-ET

                                    Owner: Jeff Brantmeier

Exhibitor: Ashley Brantmeier

5th Place                     Milgene Bradnick Sledstorm

                                    Sire: Regancrest-GVS Bradnick

                                    Owner: Hildebrandt Family Farm LLC

Exhibitor: Courtney Ewert

                                    Best Dressed Female sponsored by Scenic-Edge Holsteins

6th Place                     Krull Redburst Holiday-ET

                                    Sire: Lookout P Redburst-Red ET

                                    Owner: Carley Krull

Exhibitor: Mariah Strauss

7th Place                     Mar-Linda-K Baby Rae-Red-TW

                                    Sire: Hylite Barbwire-Red-ET

                                    Owner and Exhibitor: Nicole Wright

                                    Best Junior Bred and Owned sponsored by Lirr Farms

                                    Best Dressed Junior sponsored by Frisle-Vu Holsteins

8th Place                     Rob-Cri Goldsun Sasha-ET

                                    Sire: Toc-Farm Goldsun-ET

                                    Owner: Robert & Christine Barden

                                    Exhibitor: Kimberly Jacowski

9th Place                     Hilrose Dempsey Paty-ET

                                    Sire: Lirr Drew Dempsey

                                    Owner: Jeff Brantmeier

Exhibitor: Andy Brantmeier

10th Place                   Indianhead Thority Brittany

                                    Sire: Comestar Lauthority-ET

                                    Owner: Gabriel Schauf

Exhibitor: Karyn Schauf

11th Place                   Miss Summer Moonshine

                                    Sire: Gen-Marla Stmatic Sanchez

                                    Owner: Dawson & Kylie Nickels & Landon T Wendorf

Exhibitor: Christa Wendorf

12th Place                   Ryan-Geiger GWAtwd Reaction

                                    Sire: Maple-Downs-I G W Atwood-ET

                                    Owner and Exhibitor: Whitney Ebert

13th Place                   Rob-Cri Goldsun Sugar-ET

                                    Sire: Toc-Farm Goldsun-ET

                                    Owner: Michael & Julie Duckett

                                    Exhibitor: Bob Barden

14th Place                   Synergy Bradnick Haven

Sire: Regancrest-GV S Bradnick-ET

                                    Owner and Exhibitor: Levi Kindschi

                                    Best Dressed Male sponsored by Indianhead Holsteins

                                    Top Milk Production sponsored by Brian Greenman,

Rural Mutual Insurance Agent

15th Place                   Krull Braxton Haylee

                                    Sire: Regancrest S Braxton-ET

                                    Owner and Exhibitor: Carley Krull

16th Place                   East-Branch Braxton Mayme

                                    Sire: Regancrest S Braxton-ET

                                    Owner: Dennis Jarek

                                    Exhibitor: Kristine Jarek

17th Place                   Indianhead Apricot-Red-ET

                                    Sire: Braedale Goldwyn

                                    Owner: Jacob Schauf

                                    Exhibitor: Bob Schauf

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Featured Futurity Exhibitor: Indianhead Holsteins

Our final featured exhibitors come from Indianhead Holsteins. They will be exhibiting Indianhead Apricot-Red-ET and Indianhead Thority Brittany.  Indianhead Holsteins is located in northwest Wisconsin and is owned by Robert and Karyn Schauf. It is a multi-enterprise operation featuring a high type Holstein herd of 90 cows with a herd average of over 29,000 pounds of milk. The current BAA is 111.8 with 27 excellent cows. The dairy is located in the center of 1200-acres with 900 actual crop acres. They market snap beans, corn, rye, soybeans, and hay,

besides feeding the resident herd. Indianhead Holsteins also has a wood shavings business delivering over 2500 semi loads of wood by-product to dairy and poultry farms. They also supply wood chips for fuel.

The Schaufs have four sons:Christina in California who is works in marketing, Gabriel who teaches mortuary science at Milwaukee Area Technical College, Zach who has returned to Indianhead to manage the shavings business, and Jacob who works for the University of Minnesota. They are also blessed with three beautiful daughter-in-laws and two granddaughters. 

We are pleased to have the Schaufs exhibiting in the 30th Futurity, as they are the first winners of the Futurity. Please join us as the Schaufs take the shavings on August 13th at 6 p.m.

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Featured Futurity Exhibitor: Christa Wendorf

The next furturity exhbitor comes from Crescentmead. Christa Wendorf will be leading Miss Summer Moonshine. Crescentmead sits on 1000 acres with 35 cows in Ixonia Wisconsin. Miss Summer Moonshine VG 85 is a Grand Daughter of Crescentmead Summer Breeze Ex 90 the All-American Summer Yearling 2006 and the Res. Jr. Champion at World Dairy Expo 2006. 

Christa and her husband, Todd, along with their children, Landon (6) and Mylie (3) are very active in the dairy industry. In the past Todd and Christa have been advisors for  the Dodge County Jr. Holstein Association for many years, Todd received the 2007 WHY Friend award 6yrs and over and saw countless kids achieve so many goals.  Also they were the Dodge County 4-H Judging Coaches for many years seeing kids to many different contest.  The highlight of this was seeing the team to the World Dairy Expo Contest and won, they had the opportunity to Judge in Scotland.  Todd has also done a fair amount of judging, he has judged many County Fairs, District and State Level Shows along with Judging all the Breeds at Wisconsin State Fair Jr. Show. He has also judged internationally in Peru.

 Christa has worked at Chili’s for 8 years and Loves raising their 2 children Landon and Mylie she also teaches Sunday School at their Church.  Along with helping wash and prepare the show string when able.  Christa is very proud of what she has done throughout the years being a part of the Wendorf Family. The love for Holsteins started at a young age showing for her Uncles Paul and Jim Melius.  With my mom by my side in Spirit I would like to thank them for all they have done for me.  Also a quick Shout out to my Brother and Sister-in-Law, they are expecting in November!!  

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Featured Futurity Exhibitors: Ashley and Andy Brantmeier

Our next featured exhibitors come from Hilrose Holsteins. Andy Brantmeier will be exhibiting Hilrose Hero Raelynn, and Ashley Brantmeier will be exhibiting Hilrose Dempsey Paty-ET. The farm sits on 1,100 acres in Sherwood, Wisconsin. The farm houses 350 head with 100 of those being milking cows. The herd has a BAA of 111.7 and a RHA of 30,182. Hilrose Holsteins was a Herd of Excellence from 2008-2013, and it has been home to several All-Americans and Jr. All-Americans. Raelynn being one of these All-Americans in 2013. The herd is currently home to several cows who have a 300,000-pound life time record and two cows who have over 400,000-pound life time records. 

Andy and Ashley have a 4-year-old daughter, Kylie. They are also a very active part of their local Calumet County Holstein Breeders, as well as Board members for the Calumet County CP Feed Futurity. Please join us as Hilrose Holsteins grace the shavings with their bovine beauties. 

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Featured Futurity Exhibitor: Whitney Ebert

Our next Futurity exhibitor comes from Ebert Enterprises. Whitney Ebert will be showing off Ryan-Geiger GW Atwd Reaction. Ebert Enterprises is run by the Ebert family, Randy, Renee, Jordan, Whitney & Britnay Ebert, along with the help of 45 valued employees. The farm sits on 7,000 acres in Algoma, Wis. with 3,500 cows. Ebert Enterprises will be hosting the 2017 Farm Technology Days in Kewaunee County.  Reaction was nominated Jr. All-American Winter calf and Winter Yearling, and she was All-Wisconsin Winter Yearling in 2014. Reaction also stared in the movie 60 Yard Line that is set to premier this fall!

Whitney is in her second year at UW-Lacrosse studying the field of exercise and sports science. She has a passion for distance running, and she is on the UW-Lacrosse Cross Country and the Track and Field Teams. Whitney plans to one day take over the farm with her brother Jordan. The Ebert Family would like to thank all the people that they have met and have helped their family in the Holstein Industry. Please join us to welcome Whitney and Reaction at the Futurity.  

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Featured Futurity Exhibitor: Nicole Wright

Our next featured exhibitor is Nicole Wright showing Mar-Linda-K Baby Rae-Red-TW. Baby Rae is a EX- point HYLITE BARBWIRE-RED-ET daughter that traces back to Pinehurst Royal Rosa-ET.  Her dam is a VG-87 daughter by Advent who is a full sister to Castleholm Regina-Red EX-92 2E who was Nominated All-American Jr. 3 Yr. old in 2011. Nicole and her older sister Kayla, grew up in Jefferson County on their family farm-Mar-Linda-K Holsteins. The farm was established in 1989 when Nicole’s parents-Mark & Linda, took over the Klug-View Dairy Farm. Today, they operate a 300-acre farm and manage a herd of 90 homebred Registered Holsteins. They have earned many prestigious awards over the yeas such as: Progressive Breeder, production and quality milk awards, as well as winning the 2014 Wisconsin Holstein Futurity.

Nicole is a member of FFA, Jr. Holstein Association, Red & White Dairy Cattle Association and the Brown Swiss Association. She has won many awards in her various organizations including: Distinguished Junior Member, National Youth Achievement, Junior Progressive Breeder and Production awards. In 2014, Nicole was a National FFA finalist in Dairy Entrepreneurship Proficiency and a State Star Farmer in 2015. She is a recent graduate of UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course where she was a student ambassador. Currently, Nicole is employed at Statz Farm in Sun Prairie as a Parlor Manager and herdsperson. Nicole plans to continue to develop her herd of Registered Holsteins and Brown Swiss on her family’s farm. Please join us at the Futurity to watch Nicole and Mar-Linda-K Baby Rae-Red-TW grace the shavings. 

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Featured Futurity Exhibitors: Levi Kindschi

Our Futurity next featured exhibitor is Levi Kindschi of Kin-Land Dairy of Loganville. Levi is showing Synergy Bradnick Haven, but he also owns Brown Swiss, Ayrshires, and Gurneys. Haven has already produced two daughters for Levi. Levi is not only a member of the Wisconsin Jr. Holstein Association, but he is also in 4-H, WI Jr. Guernsey Association, WI Jr Brown Swiss Association and Sauk County Dairy Promoters. He will be a Junior at Reedsburg High School, and his plans after school are to become a dairy farmer even though he did not grow up on a farm. Come see Haven lead by Levi in his 100% vintage/ resale outfit! 

2016 Futurity Sneak Peak

The 2016 Wisconsin Holstein Futurity is approaching rapidly. The 30^th annual Holstein Futurity will be held on Saturday August 13^th at 6pm. The exhibitors are putting in a lot of time and effort to prepare their animals for this special event. The exhibitors have waited three years to see how their animals will turn out, so we wanted to share some information on our exhibitors with you. We are just as excited as you are to see these bovine beauties at the show! 

 Featured Futurity Exhibitors: Bob Barden, Kimberly Jacowski, 

And Gracelyn Breitenstein

Our first featured exhibitors are from Rob-Cri Holsteins. Rod-Cri Holsteins sits on 160 acres in Plover, Wis. housing 65 head of young stock and 45 cows. They have a RHA of 25,263 and a 108.2 BAA. Family is an important part of their dairy operation, so naturally the futurity will be a family affair for them this year. They decided to do something special for the 30^th anniversary by having three generation of family leading their animals, Bob Barden, Kimberly Jacowski (his daughter), and Gracelyn Breitenstein (his granddaughter). Not only do the leadspersons have a special connection to the farm, so do the animals in the halters. The three animal being exhibited by Rob-Cri Holsteins are offspring of Rob-Cri Tribute Shimmer. Shimmer was nominated All American & All Canadian in 2008 & 2009.

It all started for the family in 1971 when Bob Barden purchased a farm from Clair Eckels. The first registered Holsteins were purchased from Holmland Farms in 1973. He updated to a more modern facility in 1976. Bob showed his perseverance and dedication to farming after the facility burned in 1985 by rebuilding. However, that was not the only hard ship Bob faced. In 2011 the facility was again destroyed, but this time by a tornado. Bob responded again by rebuilding. In 1991 Bob was the first in Portage County to earn the honor of All American. Rob-Cri Stormatic Manitoba was the winner the Wisconsin Holstein Futurity and Supreme Champion of the Central Wisconsin State Fair in 2011. Bob’s involvement in the dairy industry can also be seen outside the show ring with numerous years as Portage County Holstein Association President, current board member, and the honor of Portage County Outstanding Young Farmer in 1980. Bob plans to retire this following year.

Bob’s daughter Kimberly currently works on the farm with Bob. Kimberly graduated in 2009 from Southern Arkansas University with a degree in Agricultural Science with minors in both animal science and Chemistry. Kimberly is married to Matthew Jacowski. She has a daughter, Gracelyn, and a son, Ty Matthew, with another son on the way. Kimberly has two passions in life showing dairy cattle and gymnastics. She was the state Beam Champion in 2000 and now still works at the family’s gymnastics facility.

Kimberly’s daughter, Gracelyn, started showing at District 4 when she was 3 years old. She won Reserve Junior Champion at the Central Wisconsin State Fair with Rob-Cri Dempsey Secret. She is also in gymnastics and is at level 6. In addition to showing and gymnastics, Gracelyn enjoys Volleyball.

We can’t wait to see Bob, Kimberly, & Gracelyn with Rob-Cri Dempsey Secret, Rob-Cri Goldsun Sasha-ET, & Rob-Cri Goldsun Sugar-ET!