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April 22, 2022
April Online Embryo Auction now LIVE

The Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction is NOW OPEN for bidding. Featuring numerous packages of IVF, Sexed, Conventional, Type, Index, All-American cow families and the industry's hottest sires! VIEW HERE

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March 2, 2022
Top 25 New Genomic Females - March 2022

**MARCH INTERMEDIATE RUN**

WET Gameday Mizzy-ET tops the list of new genomic females after the March 2022 intermediate run. Mizzy comes in at +3158 GTPI, +1196 NM$, and +1.23 PTAT. Rounding out the top five females are:

2. WET Conway Mycroft-ET +3152 GTPI

3. FB 634311 Gameday 701197-ET +3117 GTPI

4. K-Star Gameday Affiliate-ET +3115 GTPI

5. K-Star Gameday Afflair-ET +3107 GTPI

See the top 25 HERE!

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February 25, 2022
Siemers Holsteins Acquires Sandy-Valley Farms

Siemers Holstein Farm, Inc of Newton, Wisconsin has announced the purchase of Sandy-Valley Farms of Scandinavia, Wisconsin. Sandy-Valley is a third-generation dairy farm that was founded in 1963 by the Bauer family. Specializing in breeding animals of the moste elite genetic standards, Sandy-Valley has made an outsanding name for themselves aroudn the globe. Sany-Valley is a highly reputable name in the industry and was build with core values similar to those of Siemers Holsteins. Siemers plan to build on and contiue their success, and are excited to welcome their new team members. 

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February 2, 2022
Top 25 New Genomic Female-February 2022

Peak 84924-ET tops the list of new genomic females after the February 2022 intermediate run. 84924 comes in at +3134 GTPI, +1236 NM$ and +0.63 PTAT. Rounding out the top five females are:

2. 73053 +3110 GPTI
3. S-S-I Elon 2880 3742-ET +3092 GTPI
4. Pine-Tree 8361 Engi 9339-ET +3089 GTPI
5. Peak 64023 +3089 GTPI

See the top 25 HERE!

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January 24, 2022
Make Magic!

Looking for the magic cross to make BIG TIME show animals. Well here it is...UNIX x Sheeknoll Doorman Aspire EX-92! Doorman Aspire is the highest scoring daughter of "Thomas" the cow that won hearts as Grand Champion at WDE in 2016! UNIX x Doorman is a cross proven to make winners! Don't miss out on these! VIEW HERE

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January 21, 2022
January Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction LIVE!

The January Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction is now LIVE! Something offered for everyone! From high profile show winning cow families to unique high indexing donors! Don't miss out on these great opportunities! VIEW AUCTION

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January 14, 2022
New Regulations for Embryo Export to the European Union

New regulations are now in place for exporting embryos from the United States to the European Union. Going forward, IVF embryos being exported from the United States to the European Union MUST be made with EU qualified semen. Please note, that IVF embryos frozen BEFORE April 20, 2021 are unaffected by these new regulations. There have been no changes regarding conventionally collected embryos and their eligibility for export from the United States to the EU. If you have questions regarding these new regulations, please contact your ET practitioner.

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January 10, 2022
Tremendous End to 2021 for Kings-Ransom

Holstein Plaza member Kings-Ransom Farm had a great end to 2021, with a great visit from the classifier and mulitple All-American nominations. Check out their results HERE!

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January 10, 2022
Top 25 New Genomic Female-January 2022

Kenyon-Hill Gameday Onia-ET tops the list of new genomic females after the January 2022 intermediate run. Onia comes in at +3164 GTPI +1048 NM$ and 2.62 PTAT. Rounding out the top 5 Females are:

2. 840003245818188-ET +3156 GTPI
3. Adaway Parsly 3054-ET +3143 GTPI
4. 701074 +3134 GTPI
5. 750574 +3129 GTPI

VIEW FULL LIST

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December 31, 2021
NEW DONORS ADDED

What better way to start ringing in the new year early, than with NEW DONORS added to a Holstein Plaza Member page. IceBlue & Fit Genetics, page has been updated with outstanding new donors featureing high GTPI and NM$, great Calving Ease, BIG TIME milk, and Dominant Red and Slick Gene breed leaders! Check out these exciting donors! BREEDER PAGE