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Online Heifer Sale is now OPEN for BIDDING
The Holstein Plaza Online Heifer Sale is now OPEN FOR BIDDING! Eighteen tremendous lots direct from the herds of Holstein Plaza members. Featuring the best of the best in elite genomics heifers, red carrier and show type including several females that are ready to work!
Catalog Online Heifer Sale is ONLINE...
CLICK HERE for a direct link to the auction site of the Online Heifer Sale... The catalog is online and open for preview. Prices will be uploaded at the start of the sale on June 1st. Don't miss the opportunity to own a GTPI+2717 altaSpring from one of the hottest cows in the breed, OCD Supersire 9882, one of the only females in the breed over 3.75 PTA Type and over 3 points on udders and feet & legs or one of the highest production females in the breed, Miss Christmas Eve with +188 combined Fat + Protein!
Rare, EARLY opportunities to Party at the Park from Tramilda
Be sure to get in on these Rare, EARLY Opportunities selling Thursday, June 2 at the Party at the Park Sale from Tramilda Holsteins. Stunning-M Modesty Express sells as Lot 8, an early Modesty with a preliminary GTPI of +2738 and 175FE. Lot 9, Stunning-M Modesty Halo is another early Modesty backed by a unique sire stack and a GTPI of +2634, +1658 milk and +2.22 type. Rounding out the offerings from Tramilda is an early *RC Alltime daughter with a GTPI of +2609, +1774 milk and +67 protein. VIEW CATALOG
Donors updated for Johnson Holsteins
The donors have been updated for Johnson Holsteins including a new photo for the VG-87-2YR Numero Uno daughter of Cale, Larcrest Ciabatta. Others include a +2717G flush-age Delta daughter, Matcrest Chelsea Dagger, with over +2400 lbs milk. VIEW DONORS
New Mating Sire Lists Posted
The new mating sires lists, with the most popular mating sires from April 2016 has been posted online. CLICK HERE to review the top GTPI, GLPI and RZG lists.
Holstein Plaza welcomes Ella van den Oord
Ella van den Oord has joined the Holstein Plaza team as marketing intern. “Ella will be a great asset to the Holstein Plaza team as we continue to build marketing opportunities for our membership and grow our online embryo auctions and online heifer sales,” said Jennifer Dingbaum, Holstein Plaza editor. “She brings knowledge and can provide a different view from her studies and growing up on her families’ farm. Making us very excited to have Ella on board.”
Ella studied Sales and Marketing at the University of Caen in France. She has assisted with sales in Netherlands, France, Canada and Germany and also helps manage the annual Drakkar Sale that takes place on her family farm.
Born in Normandie, northwest France, Ella started her involvement in her families’ dairy farm at a very young age. She looks forward to continuing to grow and develop as a young professional in the dairy industry and learn more about the North American marketplace.
Fantastic Offering from the Huge Producing Roz Family
Selling on the Online Embryo Auction are sexed Jedi embryos from the +2580G Silver daughter with and gRZG of +155 and backed by a VG-87 Doorman and the huge producing Roz maternal line. This family has numerous offspring over +2700 GTPI including the No. 1 GTPI flush-age heifer in the U.S. at GTPI+2835. VIEW LOT
Auction CLOSES TODAY
The Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction closes today, May 26, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. (EST). Offerings from the best North American cow families direct from the top quality herds of Holstein Plaza members sell and featuring numerous packages of tremendous SEXED lots and combinations with a PA-GTPI over +2700. In total, the auction includes 30 exciting lots from North America's premier cow families and sired by the industry's hottest sires including Helix, Bourbon, Flagship, Bandares, Mega-Watt *RC, Modesty, Sid, Doorman and more.
Create the Next Show Winner!
Selling on the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction are several offerings for create the next generation show winner with embryo packages featuring elite TYPE. READ MORE
Early BOURBON embryos sell!
Selling on the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction are early Wa-Del ABS Bourbon embryos. Bourbon is the +2709G Montross son with +2059 milk, +74 fat, +64 protein, +803 net merit and +2.15 type. Unique offerings sell from the Cosmopolitan and Robst 4846 family. READ MORE