Holstein USA News:
Click below for the latest updates from Holstein USA
Winter 2012 Holstein Pulse publication
National Show Judges List and Judges Conferences information
Your area Holstein USA reps:
Northern CA
Dennis Edlund: 916-207-4796
dedlund@holstein.com
Southern CA
Angie Kennedy: 559-909-2220
akennedy@holstein.com
Local Area Clubs:
Redwood Empire
President Tony Neles
Central Valley
President Raymond Quaresma
Stanislaus
President Gilbert Teixeira
Merced
President James Davis
Fresno-Madera
President Stephen Maddox, Jr.
South San Joaquin
President Matthew Evangelo
Important News
Attention Junior members:Mark your calendars for this summer's Cow Camp, to be held July 9-11 at Cal Poly SLO!
Read more HERE
The 2012 California State Holstein Show and State Red & White Show were a huge success, with nearly 150 head shown! Thank you to our judge Michael Heath, all of the exhibitors, and the show volunteers that helped everything run smoothly.
Champions and photos listed Sales & Shows page!
Please visit www.allbreedsblog.com for class by class results and pictures by Holstein World,
sponsored by the Ag Credit Alliance.
Show coverage also online from Cowsmopolitan at www.cowsmo.com
A huge thank you to all of our show sponsors for their support. Please click to enlarge list below:
The Merced County Holstein Club Sale was held in conjunction with the State Holstein Show on Thursday, April 26th. High sellers on the Sales & Shows page.
The Redwood Empire Holstein Club and Merced Holstein Club both held their spring shows in April. Please visit the Sales & Shows page for results and pictures.
Congratulations to the sale hosts, consignors, buyers, and all those involved with the California Earthquake Sale on a tremendous sale! Please visit the Sales & Shows page for pictures and high seller info.
The Merced College Judging Field Day was held on Saturday, March 17th at the Migliazzo Dairy in Atwater.
76 FFA and 12 4-H youth participated in judging
4 classes of Holstein cows, 2 classes of Jersey heifer, and a pedigree class.
Petaluma won the FFA contest, with
Frankie Gambonini from Petaluma earning high individual,
Hilmar Colony won the 4-H contest,
with Ethan Jones from Hilmar earning high individual.
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All members should have received the Spring Newsletter in the mail!
Visit the Publications page to read the online version.
The Western Classic Junior Dairy Show was held on March 3rd & 4th, hosted by the South San Joaquin Holstein Club at the Kings County Fairgrounds in Hanford. This first-time event was a huge success, with 120 youth exhibitors and 241 head shown! Congratulations to the organizers of this event, and all of the participants.
Please visit the Sales & Shows page for results and photos!
Congratulations to the Airoso's, sale staff, consignors and buyers on an outstanding sale! Visit the Sales & Show page for highlights.
The 2012 State Holstein Convention was hosted by the Redwood Empire Holstein Club January 26-28. Thank you to convention chairperson Marilyn Herzog and her committee members for hosting a wonderful convention full of great friends, generous hospitality, and fun memories! Host day on Thursday included farm tours, dinner and the State Convention Sale. Go to the Sale & Shows page for more information; sale catalog and high sellers. (Full Junior convention highlights can be found on the Juniors page.)
Friday evening the Annual Senior banquet was held. Guests enjoyed a hosted wine and cheese reception, and live local music. Two prestigious awards were given out at the banquet.
photos courtesy of Carolina Evangelo
2012 Senior Breeder of the Year: George McClelland
Pictured receiving his award is George McClelland, son Robert, wife
Dora, and daughters Jennifer and Jana.
2012 A.J. Quist Memorial Young Breeder of the Year: Natalie Silva
Pictured is recipient Natalie Silva, with
husband Robert and parents Carol and Frank Borba.
Thank you to all of the convention sponsors for your support in making this a successful event!
We are all saddened to hear of the passing of Doug Maddox of Ruann and Maddox Dairies. He was a friend, leader, and true supporter of the Holstein Cow, and will be greatly missed.
Sincere condolences to the Maddox families.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Steve or Julie
Email to: sdmaddox@yahoo.com
Congratulation to CA exhibitors on their success at the 2011 World Dairy Expo!
Visit our Sales and Shows page for results.
The Merced County Holstein Breeders' Summer Family Picnic was held in eary August.
Click thumbnails to see the fun!
Congratulations! to two young ladies from CA who have recently been announced as recipients of prestigous scholarships from the National Dairy Shrine:
Mandy Brazil was selected as winner of an NDS/DMI Milk Marketing Scholarship, while Karessa Mann was selected to receive the Iager Scholarship.
Visit www.dairyshrine.org for more information about these awards.
The 2011 California Holstein News annual magazine is now available to view online. Please visit our 'Publications' page to enjoy pages featuring CA Holstein members and their herds!
2011 State Holstein Convention Archive
Visitors
For More information about the California Holstein Association, contact our office.
- Office Manager, Kate Briggs
- P.O. Box 325 Le Grand, CA 95333
- Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00 am- 2:00 pm
- Telephone: 805-801-0463
- Email: californiaholstein@yahoo.com
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