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Elite Wisconsin dairy installs CowManagerFew in the dairy industry can say they milk 950 cows, average 105 pounds per cow, and have a pregnancy rate as high as 31 percent. If these numbers dont represent why Pride View Dairy, LLC, Randolph, is considered one of the best in dairy farming, nothing else will.

Three brothers -- Chad, Heath, and Luke Boelter -- make up the three-man, fourth-generation team that owns and operates Pride View Dairy, and the brothers are quick to recognize the real reason why theyre so successful. Without teamwork on the farm and key relationships built throughout the years, we would not be where we are today, noted Chad, the eldest brother.

East Central/Select Sires has been working with Pride View Dairy for eight years and has established a team that works cohesively with the operation. Eric Gudex,

By Cassi Miller, Communication Intern

member service representative (MSR) A.I. technician, works with the milking herd by tail chalking and helping to manage the newly-installed CowManager system. Ryan Besaw, MSR, breeds heifers at the off-site heifer facility 10 miles away. When I first started working with the Boelter brothers eight years ago, they had a pregnancy rate of 15 percent. After working closely with them as a team, weve increased the pregnancy rate to as high as 31 percent, commented Gudex. No one person can take credit for the improvement in the pregnancy rate, stated Chad. As a team, we set high but achievable goals, noted Heath. Our internal farm team consists of David Schrock, herdsman, who pays attention to detail; feed mixers, Darren Krueger and Dean Bremerfeed, closely follow dry matter intake

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Photo: (left to right) East Central/Select Sires A.I. technician, Eric Gudex, pictured with the owners of Pride View Dairy: Luke, Chad, and Heath Boelter.

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#Transition performance = repro successTwitter co-founder Jack Dorsey said, Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect. That formula has certainly produced success in the transition-cow program at Golden-E Dairy, near West Bend. Golden-E is a 2,200-cow dairy, owned by Chris and Tracy Elbe, and managed by Bram Devries. In January, the milking herd was moved to an all-new, 8-row, cross-ventilated free-stall barn. Good management produced great results in the old facility, but results have been even better in the new facility. Milk production has increased an average of eight pounds per cow. The rolling 12-month pregnancy rate dropped to 25 percent for some time because of the move and cows that were purchased open; however, the most recent interval had a 30 percent pregnancy rate. Golden-E has uncomplicated rules for transition management, ways to measure what is working, and protocols for reproductive management simple but effective.

Golden-E utilizes a full-service reproduction program provided by East Central/Select Sires. Cows are monitored with a Select Detect heat-detection system. East Central/Select Sires member service representative A.I. technicians, Dave Hahn and Casey Degnitz, breed the cows with help from Nick Fischer and Gene Hetebrueg. Cows are mated using the Select Mating Service (SMS) and Hahn, Degnitz, Fischer, and Hetebrueg also breed the heifers using a tail-chalk program. Reproductive performance is monitored by the Select Reproductive Solutions (SRS) program.

Making every detail perfectDevries has three transition rules he will not break, and these rules are designed to keep fresh cows eating. First, maximum stocking

density in pre- and post-fresh pens is at 85 percent. Second, first-lactation cows are separated from later lactations. Finally, fresh cows are observed several times daily to monitor any changes in everyday activity.

A number of management practices support these procedures. Lock-up times are limited to maintain a balance between eating and resting. Observation is done by Devries or his assistant herdsman, and they watch closely for appetite, dehydration, discharges, and manure consistency. All cows first lactation and later lactations receive a single calcium bolus at freshening. This is because immediately after calving, cows have to adjust to the high levels of calcium loss through milk and colostrum, so the bolus helps fresh cows maintain healthy calcium levels for maximum milk production. High-risk cows, such as the few cross-breds or cows that had twins, receive a second calcium bolus the day after calving. Over-conditioned cows and other cows at risk for fatty livers receive propylene glycol for three days. Devries prefers to identify and manage high-risk groups, cows with twins or over-conditioned cows, rather than test individual cows. When individual treatments are needed, he prefers treatments which keep cows on feed and maximize immune response.

In addition to monitoring cows daily, grouping cows correctly is key to maintaining the right body condition. Cows leave the post-fresh pen about 22 days after calving. Once cows leave the post-fresh pen, they stay in the same pen until dry-off. First and later lactations are separated in the pre-fresh and post-fresh pens, and they stay separate throughout their lactation. Devries believes keeping two-year-old cows separate all the way through the first

lactation is key to avoiding sophomore slump. The sophomore slump is a disappointing follow-up to a successful first go-round. Separation in pre- and post-fresh pens insures feed intake for two-year-olds is not limited by boss cows. Plans are in place to create separate second-lactation groups after all the purchased cows are settled into the new barn.

Focusing on conception rateDevries most important metric for evaluating the transition program is first-service conception rate. The first service conception rate in April 2015 was 48 percent. While synchronization protocols on many dairies become more and more complicated, Golden-E is achieving 48 percent first-service conception with a simple, unique protocol involving prostaglandin and activity monitoring. The program starts like many others, with pre-synch prostaglandin injections at 30-to-36 and 44-to-50 days. No cows are bred until after the 60-day voluntary waiting period. A third prostaglandin shot is given at 58-to-64 days. Eighty percent of cows are inseminated on an observed heat after the third prostaglandin shot.

Popular first-service synchronization protocols involve as many as six injections and result in up to 40 percent of cows becoming pregnant. Elbes three-shot program is producing similar results. Although a three-shot protocol is not going to produce results on every dairy, it works on this dairy because of simple programs to ensure every detail is taken care of in the transition process so cows begin cycling on their own. Attention to detail in the heat-detection program is also extremely important.

By John Gerbitz, Products and Training Manager

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Cows are very content in the free-stall barn at Golden-E Dairy.

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and make adjustments, as needed; our mom, Sue Boelter, handles the bookwork; and all the milkers. Chad added, We also have a trusted team of individuals behind our choices in the decisions we make for our farm. From our veterinarian (Dr. Monty Belmer, Waupun Veterinary Service), to our nutritionist (John Scheuers, United Cooperative), to the great people and services behind the great bulls of Select Sires, our choices as a team continue to add success to the overall performance of our operation.

Implementing CowManagerIn order to continue this success, Pride View Dairy decided to install the new cow-monitoring system offered by Select Sires. Appropriately named: CowManager is at the forefront of cutting-edge technology in both the dairy and beef industries. Its the first 24/7 cow-management system on the market that provides producers with accurate information on temperature, activity, rumination, eating time, resting

time, and cow location (coming soon). It is simple to install, maintain, and reduces language barriers with easy-to-understand graphics sent directly to your computer and smart phone.

We had an activity system in the past, but nothing like this, commented Chad. CowManager just seemed like the perfect fit for us -- we could gain more information for about the same cost, added Heath. More than 1,000 ear tags are on the farm, and installation has started. The cows tags are equipped to track information on activity, nutrition, and health, while the heifers tags track only activity, noted Heath. At our off-site heifer facility, we utilize a visual heat-detection method which allows room for missed heats. Were hoping by installing CowManager, we will catch heifers sooner, so we can have faster turnover, added Chad. Pride View is able to synch data from the cows and the heifer farm, which is 10 miles away, on one system that can be viewed from anywhere.

The first success story at Pride View Dairy, remarked Gudex: Before doing my normal rounds of tail chalking, I looked at the CowManager computer program to check data from the first cows with tags. At that time, they only had the system installed for about four days, on about 50 cows, and a cow showed up as having abnormal activity. I alerted the brothers, and we all went out to find this cow. When we found her, it was obvious she was not feeling the best. We were able to locate and treat that particular cow 10 times faster than ever before because of CowManager, added Chad. After seeing such quick responses with the system, we cant wait to finish installing tags, so we can become even more efficient, noted Luke.

Pride View Dairy has seen many changes throughout the years. Today, they have a new goal in working with CowManager. However, their vision remains the same: The brothers continue to believe a great team of people behind their dairy operation is truly what makes them successful.

Elite Wisconsin dairy installs CowManager

Eric Gudex, East Central/Select Sires member service representative A.I. technician shows off a box of CowManger tags during installation at Pride View Dairy.

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New technology benefits changing landscapeOur industry has certainly seen many things change over the years, but most recently, it has changed faster than ever. In the early 80s, Wisconsin had 44,000 dairy farms; today, that number has fallen below 10,000 for the first time since 1890 -- a time when 90 percent of farms in the state also had dairy cows. The number of cows in Wisconsin was decreasing, as well, until 2005. Fortunately, those numbers have been fairly stable over the past 10 years. We currently have 1.275 million cows according to the Wisconsin Ag Statistics Services. While both dairies and cows decreased, milk production in Wisconsin has done just the opposite. In 2014, milk production reached an all-time record with dairies producing 27.79 billion pounds of milk. How is this possible? Advancements have been made in many areas.

Genetics advancementGenetics have played a big part in this progress. While genetic advancement is not new, the rate of genetic progress is rapidly increasing and making big strides in the right direction. The amount of milk per cow has increased drastically and genetics certainly play a large role. Artificial insemination makes it extremely cost effective to make corrective matings to each animal to allow for growth.

GenomicsIn recent years, genomics has been rapidly adopted by the dairy-cattle breeding industry and has become a part of standard genetic selection. Heavy use on the bull side and growing acceptance on the female side is allowing producers new tools to help manage each animal in new ways to maximize their herd. Young bulls now have increased accuracies which make it easier to use them with a certain level of confidence. In a presentation at the

2015 National Holstein Association annual meeting, Dan Weigel, associate director at Pfizer, commented, You are buying information when you run genomic tests. Have confidence to cull the bad ones and replicate the good ones. Unlike in traditional sire testing, genomic selection eliminates the need for trait recording of all elite breeding animals, which is helpful when selecting for efficient traits. Those traits are often difficult or impossible to measure in elite animals, such as disease resistance, female fertility, and longevity.

Sexed semenIt does not even seem new anymore, but sexed semen has really only been available for the last decade. This tool has provided many advantages to dairy producers from reducing dystocia, which can also lead to better transition of each cow, to increasing chances for voluntary culling. In 2014, agriculture agents from UW-Extension distributed a survey to collect information on the use of sexed semen. A total of 347 surveys were returned with responses that appropriately reflected distribution of herd sizes throughout Wisconsin. Findings showed nearly half (48 percent) of individuals surveyed said the number one reason for using sexed semen was to expand the herd from within. Twenty-four percent said the second reason was to produce more females from their best cows.

Reproduction Reproduction trends in the US have turned around from the dismal track we were on, to make some nice increases during the last ten years. In the past, the dairy industry was focused on breeding cattle that could produce more and last longer. Traits like milk, protein, fat, net merit, type, udders, and good feet

and legs were heavily selected for, and we were making good progress. Little focus was directed to reproduction, but now reproduction and fertility are a priority, again, in the eyes of producers. Reproduction is key to making progress when we talk about genetics. With genetics, we focus on traits like daughter pregnancy rate (DPR) and sire conception rate (SCR). However, all the genetics in the world will not help if we cannot make those genetics reproduce consistently. For that reason, in terms of semen quality, we have invested heavily in people and technology to assist in quality control; a unit never leaves our office unless we believe in the fertility of our product.

Cow-monitoring systemsIn the last seven years, technology has made giant leaps and the dairy industry is certainly capitalizing. Cow-monitoring systems have evolved from not being used, to adding accurate heat detection; the introduction of rumination with Heatime; and intake, temperature, resting time, and cow location monitored with CowManager.

The old saying goes the only thing that stays the same, is everything changes. There is definite truth to that statement. Many times as we age, we tend to not want to change as we become set in our ways; but, we do know we need to accept change, or we usually get left behind. I hope you can look down this list and say you have taken advantage of most of the things mentioned in this article. Wisconsin is known for being a dairy state, but farms have continued to decrease. Production and profitability chances are still incredibly lucrative if we are open minded and progressive enough to accept the new tools that can help make an impact on your operations every day.

By Phil Dieter, Marketing Manager

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Not all 2500 GTPI bulls are created equalBy Jerome Meyer, Dairy Programs Manager

Wisconsins dairy industry has drastically changed over the years. Across the countryside, youll find traditional tie-stall barns, grazing organic dairies, new robotic operations, and modern free-stall facilities.

Every dairy has specific management plans tailored to meet its individual goals. Nutrient-management plans in the rolling hills of Vernon County are quite different from those in the large, flat fields of Fond du Lac County. Rations differ from one farm to another based on quality and availability of feed, business plans vary from one farm to the next, and standard operating procedures (SOP) in all areas of management are customized to meet each dairys needs.

If your rations, nutrient-management plans, and SOPs are all tailored to meet the needs of your farm, why not tailor genetic selection to suit your goals and situation in the same way?

The TPI FormulaThe total performance index (TPI) formula has always been an industry standard to determine the best bulls. Many dairies across the country, and world, use TPI as an initial sort for bull selection. This is not necessarily a bad decision; because, the TPI formula is a composite of many traits to determine one index. However, due to the formula change, a dairy producer should take a closer look at what traits actually make up TPI.

In December 2014, the TPI formula was modified to put more emphasis on production traits; making the emphasis fall 46 percent on production, 26 percent on health traits, and 28 percent on type. Because of this index change, if a dairy selects solely on TPI, their genetic-selection criteria would be altered to something that may not meet their long-term goals.

Not all 2500 GTPI bulls are created equalSelect Sires is home to 28 of the top 100-GTPI bulls -- nearly twice as many as the nearest competitor. Some bulls excel in production and type to achieve 2500 GTPI, others are extreme in health traits, and some a balance of all three. Heres a comparison of two bulls that have an extremely similar GTPI, but achieve that number in a drastically different manner.

KINGBOY is truly an elite blend of type and production, while MOTEGA is a breed leader in health and fertility traits. Both bulls excel in certain traits, but they are definitely suited for different genetic plans.

Heres a look at two dairies that want to use elite genetics, but have different goals for the future.

Dairy ADairy A is a 500-cow, free-stall dairy with plans to expand to 1,000 cows in the next five years through internal growth. To successfully grow their herd, they need to place an increased emphasis on daughter pregnancy rate (DPR) and productive life (PL), without sacrificing production. The TPI formula does not exactly fit the long-term goals of this dairy, so this dairyman uses the Select Mating Service (SMS) program to create his own index, tailored specifically to his needs:

Dairy A places 60 percent emphasis on health traits and 40 percent emphasis on production. By using their own custom index, this dairy is able to achieve their genetic goals of increasing DPR and PL for the herd much quicker than by using the traditional TPI formula.

Dairy B Dairy B is a registered 100-cow herd thats content at their current size. They want to maximize milk production and use bulls that are high predicted transmitting ability for type (PTAT) to be able to market surplus cows in the future. For dairy B, there isnt enough emphasis on type in the TPI formula, so they decide to customize an index with 50

percent emphasis on type and 50 percent on production. These are the top bulls that would meet their criteria:

By using a customized index, dairy B has significantly increased their genetic progress in milk production while also increasing their PTAT at a rate faster than they wouldve achieved by selection on TPI alone.

The groups of bulls used by dairy A and dairy B are only 21 GTPI points different, but they are drastically different groups of bulls tailored to meet the needs of each specific dairy.

SMS ProgramThe strength and diversity of the Select Sires line-up allows producers to choose bulls tailored to meet their own needs and to gain genetic improvement with a customized genetic index. Select Sires employs some of the most talented evaluators in the industry who are trained to use the SMS program to achieve these goals.

Through the use of the SMS-mating program, a dairy producer can create a customized index for the farms herd and easily rank bulls according to their individual genetic plan and goals for the future.

GTPI MILK FAT PROTEIN PTAT DPR PL7HO12198 KINGBOY 2524 1459 50 45 2.81 1.3 4.7

7HO12460 MOTEGA 2529 703 45 28 1.45 3.5 9.0

Dairy A GTPI PTAM PL DPR7HO12460 Motega 2529 703 9.0 3.5

7HO12233 Admiral 2508 876 8.4 3.8

7HO12419 Pickford 2481 726 7.2 3.6

7HO12008 Halogen 2480 428 7.1 4.6

Averages 2500 683 7.9 3.9

Dairy B GTPI PTAM PTAT PL DPR7HO12418 Spark 2579 2162 2.14 6.7 .4

7HO12165 Montross 2567 2328 2.59 4.5 -1.1

7HO12422 Aicon 2505 2060 2.38 3.4 .5

7HO12440 The Dude 2432 1838 2.79 2.9 -.4

Averages 2521 2097 2.48 4.4 -.2

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#Transition performance = repro successBy John Gerbitz, Products and Training Manager

Miller, Schwartz begin summer internships

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Cassi Miller, Mt. Horeb, and Derek Schwartz, Dane, are half-way complete with their eventful summer as the East Central/Select Sires interns.

Miller and Schwartz began their internships at the end of May and both have been busy learning from the East Central/Select Sires

staff. Cassi Miller has a s s i s t e d with special p r o j e c t s i n c l u d i n g the awards banquet and county-fair d o n a t i o n projects. In a d d i t i o n , she has written press r e l e a s e s , f e a t u r e articles, and

By Cassi Miller, Communication Intern

gained skills in graphic design through the communications department. Meanwhile, Derek Schwartz has had the opportunity to hone his skills in artificial insemination, large-herd tail chalking, heat-detection systems, and working with customers on a day-to-day basis.

Miller will be a senior in the fall at University of Wisconsin-Platteville were she is pursing a degree in agribusiness with emphasis areas in communications, marketing, and management. She grew up in Mount Horeb but spent summers on her fathers 55-cow registered Holstein farm, Miller Holsteins, Vesper.

On campus, Miller is a member of the Collegiate Farm Bureau, Agribusiness Club, and Pioneer Dairy Club; she also served as president for the Pioneer National Agri-Marketing Association and is currently the treasurer for Sigma Alpha Professional Agricultural Sorority. Shes also an active Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association

member and served as the Junior Activities Committee chairperson.

Schwartz will be a senior at University of Wisconsin-Platteville majoring in animal science with an emphasis in dairy. He was raised on a small beef operation, but throughout his high school years, he spent his time working on a dairy farm where he discovered a passion for the dairy industry. He works for a dairy farmer near UW-P l a t t e v i l l e , while going to school, and is vice chairman of the UW-P l a t t e v i l l e C o l l e g e Republ icans Club.

Cassi Miller, communication intern Derek Schwartz, A.I. specialist intern

It is not uncommon for 15 percent of cows to not show heats after the third prostaglandin injection. Those cows are scanned at the next herd check and they are either close to heat, cystic, or non-cycling. Cystic and non-cycling cows go immediately into an ovsynch/CIDR program. Conception rate on the ovsynch/CIDR program is 45 percent.

Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect fits differently into dairies depending on size and management priorities. Herd size and facilities may limit the number of groups or the time spent in those groups.

Monitoring tools like temperature and ketone testing or rumination may be needed if visual observation is not finding cows that need extra attention. The bottom line is this when transition details are managed to keep cows healthy, reproductive performance will follow. Conversely, reproductive performance will suffer if the transition program is not effectively keeping cows healthy.

Your East Central/Select Sires representative has a variety of tools available to help manage your transition program. We can provide the right genetics for healthy cows, calving-ease

bulls, or sexed semen for successful calvings. We have microbial products like Biofresh, and nutritional supplements like Quadrical to maximize immunity and keep cows on feed. Our CowManager and Heatime systems can provide objective monitoring of transition-cow health. We have udder-care products to prevent and treat mastitis. Our Select Reproductive Solutions program can help monitor your results. Our people can help you and your team decide which of these is the best fit for your farm.#Transition performance = repro success#Your success, our passion

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Record-breaking year in the booksIt is with great pleasure, we can, once again, report to our members on another record-breaking year. Our fiscal year ended on April 30, 2015, with unit sales of 537,369 (+16,359) and revenue of $14,680,467 (+$1,517,524). Our professional technicians (MSRs) had 347,802 services (+7,837). The combined effort of our area sales managers and technicians achieved semen and service revenue of $11,784,080 (+$1,023,023). The sale of diversified products and detection systems generated $2,699,814 of income (+$457,320). The sale of nitrogen, breeding, supplies, and training fees totaled $196,573 (+$37,181). The margin of the year was $800,044 (5.45 percent). We finished the year with $1,125,756 of cash (+$290,627). The assets of the cooperative are $5,316,504 (+$351,960). In addition, our receivables decreased by $78,231. We took a very aggressive stand on doubtful accounts and wrote off $35,164.54. We are very proud of all the members and this record-breaking sales year. However, to have a successful A.I. organization, you need superior genetics and outstanding people; and here at East Central/Select Sires, we have both. Currently, we have 18 employees that were not with us one year ago. The growth in business has enabled us

By Alan Deming, General Manager

to grow our employee-talent pool. I am very pleased with our new hires, marketing structure change, and continued training we provide our employees. The sire line up at Select Sire has never been stronger than it is today. Whether your criteria is net merit, TPI, health traits, or type, the breed leaders, both proven and genomic, are at Select Sires. East Central/Select Sires is ready to continue to provide the best genetics, products, and services to its members. We look forward to serving you in the years ahead.

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