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03//9/10
The Wisconsin Video Calf Sale is scheduled for this Friday, March 12 in Tomah, Wisconsin. View the catalog and videos of each calf HERE The unique format of this sale allows potential buyers to see the calf and family members on the video and then pick up their purchase right from the farm within 30 days following the sale. The 2009 Unanimous All-American Fall Calf sold through this sale last year! Watch for pictures from the sale and the WI State Meeting this weekend!

03//9/10
Nominations for the AGA's most prestigious awards are due on March 31, 2010. Nomination forms for the Outstanding Young Guernsey Breeder, AGA Distinguished Service and AGA Master Breeder awards are available HERE. You'll also find the application for Living Lifetime production recognition. If you had a cow that was tested at least once in 2009 with very high lifetime credits, she could be recognized in the Guernsey Breeders' Journal - but only if you enter her!

02//22/10
Lavon Farms of Plano, Texas, is in the news with their growing market for raw milk sold right from the farm.

02//16/10
Some Fun All-American Facts
Most All-American Nominations by Breeder
Four Winds, WI - 232
McDonald Farm, NY - 193
Snider Homestead, PA - 115
Valley Set, IN - 97
Littelfield Farm, NY - 70
Most All-Americans Owned & Exhibited:
Four Winds Farm, WI - 264
McDonald Farm, NY - 152
Snider Homestead - 149
Land of Living, OH - 134
Griggs Family, OK - 99
Top Sires of All-American Nominees
Dutch Mills Telestar Fayette - 229
Four Winds Magicman - 100
Spring Walk BT Frank - 85
Western Glow Darimost - 82
Housleys Dari Fayvor - 80
Top Prefixes for Sires of All-American Nominees
Dutch Mill, WI - 237
McDonald, NY - 211
Trotacre, PA - 176
Four Winds, WI - 158
Housley, TN - 135
Thanks to Tim Baumgartner, who has spent considerable time compiling this information for all dairy breeds. He is in need of National Show catalogs/programs from prior to 1976 to complete some of this information. If anyone has such documents that they could share with him, please contact him directly or through his web site.

02//15/10
Thomas Violette of Greenwich, NY, passed away today. Tom was a member of the New York and American Guernsey Associations. Despite deteriorating health in recent years, he owned cattle of many breeds and was eager to have youth in the area exhibit them at shows in Washington County, New York.

02//11/10
Carl Bosch, Kilchona Farm of Tillamook, Oregon, passed away yesterday. His funeral will be Saturday, February 13 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 2411 Fifth. St., Tillamook. Rosary at 10:30 a.m.; funeral at 11. Graveside services following; then a luncheon at the Old Kilchis Grange, near the Bosch farm on Kilchis River Rd.

02//11/10
The results of the 2009 All-American Contest are HERE.

Individual Judge's votes can be viewed HERE for the All-Americans and HERE for the Jr. All-Americans

Final Vote Counts votes can be viewed HERE

The 2009 All-American Nominations can be found HERE. Watch for the pictures of all the nominees in the February 2010 issue of the Guernsey Breeders' Journal!

01//19/10
The results of the International Dairy Week Guernsey show, held in Australia, have been posted by CrazyCow. com.

11/09/09
The NGS-Louisville is in the books and will be remembered as a fantastic showcase for the Guernsey breed. The 160 head were judged by David Trotter of PA and Becky Freed of IL. It was the deepest and most uniform group of heifers and cows shown anywhere this year and was an exciting event for anyone that loves quality Guernseys. Rutter Bros Challenge Laurel, a spring yearling, was named Junior Champion, followed by her stablemate, Rutter Bros Showtime Candy. This completes an exciting year for the Rutter Bros. crew of York, PA. They showed three heifers at the big shows in 2009 and each took home a Junior Champion title. Showtime Candy was Junior Champion at Harrisburg, while their third heifer, Rutter Bros Adackas Regan was Junior Champion of the NJS-Harrisburg and was also one of the finalists last night. Dix Lee Tiller Joke, the 2007 National Sale high-seller, made her truimphant return the showring just one month fresh to claim the Grand Champion title for Springhill Dairy of Big Prairie, OH. The Madison Champion, Four Winds Mentor Highlite, claimed Reserve Champion honors. Reserve Sr. Champion was the winning Four-Year-Old, White Hall Tillers Barley, with the winning Jr. 3 from Warwick Manor Farm in PA taking Reserve Intermediate honors. Dix Lee Tyler Izzy was the Total Performance cow and Mentor Prize won the Fight Bac Guernsey Gold Futurity.

11/06/09
The last National Junior Show of the year was a success with exceptional quality displayed in all the classes. White Hall Tiller Barley, owned by Addie Frantz of Waynesboro, PA, was named Grand Champion. Tyler, Justin & Paige Chupp, of Inola, OK, along with Dakota Zapalac of Schulenberg, TX, exhibited the Reserve Champion, Mar Kat Jake Elsie. Full Results will be listed HERE.

10/23/09
World Dairy Expo interviewed a variety of industry representatives during the show. Watch Them:

Mike Hellenbrand of City Slickers Farm, Cross Plains, WI
Seth Johnson, Executive Secretary, American Guernsey Association
Others

10/09/09
The Canadian National Show was held on September 25 in Ancaster, Ontario. See the results HERE.

10/04/09

It was be a big week in Madison, Wisconsin, last week. The International Guernsey Classic Sale averagd $2,417 - complete results HERE. The show, while down in numbers, was a showcase for quality Guernseys. Four Winds Mentor Hilite, a Sr. 3-Year-Old owned by Clark & Joy Vilter of Hartland, Wisconsin, was named Grand Champion. Loyal Acres Lewis Breezey, a 5-Year-Old owned by Austin and Landon Knapps of Epworth, Iowa, was the Grand Champion of the Junior Show. Spring River Royal Happy, EX-95, was the Total Performance Cow. She is owned by The Ayars Family and Dr. Kenny Manion of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Complete Show Results

09/25/09

Although numbers were down with 145 entries, the NGS-Harrisburg was a great display of quality Guernseys. Littlefields Dollar Sandler, owned by Beth Littlefield Sutton of Watertown, New York, was named Grand Champion. Rutter Bros Showtime Candy-Tw, owned by Kelly Johnson of York, Pennsylvania, was the Junior Champion. Sniders Loral Avalon, a granddaughter of the great EX-95 Altann, was the Total Performance Cow.

Full Results HERE

09/22/09

Windsong Glacier Marybeth, a Sr. 3-Year-Old owned by Ashley Sears of Massachusetts and Bethany and Abby Trotter of Pennsylvania, was named Grand Champion of the NJS-Harrisburg. Reserve Champion honors went to Rutter Bros. Sharps Larae, owned by Kelly Johnson of Pennsylvania. The Junior Champion was an Adacka x Regis Winter Calf owned by Kelly Johnson and athe Reserve was a American Pie x Fayette Spring Calf owned by Ashley Sears. Although the chmapion hardware ended up in the same two showboxes, the quality of the show was tremendous with 116 head crossing the ring for judge Doug Evans of New York.

Full Results HERE

09/10/09

The NGS-Sacramento kicked off the National Show season on August 27. Norm Magnussen of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, placed 47 animals. Daves Response Daisy, a four-year-old owned by David Erbe of Turlock, California, was named Grand Champion. Nicelys Moondance Shananigans, a recent purchase from the National Convention Sale by Faria Farm of Escalon, Caifornia, was Junior Champion. Full Results HERE.