the Pulsator - Summer 2026

Thank you, dairy farmers.

June is Dairy Month, which honors a long-held tradition in MFA’s trade territory and recognizes the contributions of hardworking dairy farmers.

MFA’s mission is to help our farmers succeed by providing expert knowledge, timely service and innovative products such as MFA feeds with Shield Technology. Shield uses unique ingredients to boost rumen function and animal health. The results speak for themselves.

To learn more about what Shield Technology can do for your herd, contact your local MFA Agri Services Center or affiliate or call (573) 876-5244.

Missouri Holstein Association

President John Schoen

Vice President Shannon Kleiboeker

Secretary/Treasurer Jodi Wright

Director at Large Ed Wittorff

Junior Advisor Bailey Keltner (417) 399-3098 417-743-2921 • jwright@missouriholstein.com missouriholstein.com

National Director, Alfred Brandt brandtdairy@gmail.com

Missouri Jersey Association

President Stacy Dohle

Vice President Michelle Eilenstine

Secretary/ Treasurer Karla Deaver 417-316-0191 • kdeaverk@missouri.edu

Missouri Guernsey Association

President Mark Melander

Vice President Kenlee Calvin Secretary/Treasurer Cindy Wilson 417-388-0185

Missouri Brown Swiss Association

President Peter Haverkamp Vice president Brittany Whitehill

Secretary Stephanie Miller Treasurer Ashley Meyers 417-543-6809

Missouri Ayrshire Association

President Karen Coleman

Vice President Brent Unnasch

Secretary Chuck Scoon

Treasurer Jeff Jensen 319-230-6002 • karayrayrshires@gmail.com

Missouri Shorthorn Association

President Sam Crawford

Vice President Scott Gardner

Secretary/Treasurer Sally Burd 417-839-7002 • sallyburd@yahoo.com

Missouri Dairy

Chairman Mark Fellwock

Vice Chairman John Schoen

Secretary Sean Cornelius

Treasurer Tom Oelrichs

MO Dairy Executive Director Alfred Brandt Board Members:

Norris Sloan, Davin Althoff, Clay Hemple, Grant Groves Brian Riegel

(573) 680-9564 • Alfred Brandt modairy.org • alfred@modairy.org

Next Ad Deadline:

JUNE

Ozark Empire Fair, deadline 16 MO Dairy Summer Social-Sweet Springs, MO Hemme Brothers Creamery 17-20 National Jersey Convention, Springfield, MO 22-25 National Holstein Convention, Orlando, FL 30 Missouri Holstein Field Day, Harrisonville, MO

JULY

1 4-H Dairy Judging Camp entries due: Karla Deaver: deaverk@missouri.edu 13 MO State Fair Entry Deadline 5pm

20-22 4-H Dairy Judging Camp, Karla Deaver

AUGUST 5-8 Ozark Empire Fair, Springfield 20 Pulsator Deadline (Midwest Holstein Issue) 18-23 Missouri State Fair 31 WDE entries due

ON THE COVER

Missouri 4-H extension has hosted 4-H Dairy Cow Camp since 1996, celebrating 30 years of dairy youth education. For over 20 years, 4-H partnered with Robthom farm in Springfield, MO. In 2018 the camp was moved to the Lawrence County Fairgrounds, partnering with Wrightvale Holsteins for the cattle. A sale formed as a way to provide youth with the opportunity to purchase heifers to show and the Missouri All-Breeds Heifer Tag sale was born. From its inception, Karla Deaver and Ted Probert were the driving force behind this program and they have seen the program expand from it’s early beginnings to camps with over 60 youth learning about dairy cattle and the industry. The partnership of businesses and industry volunteers has been what has kept this program alive and thriving. Thank you to Karla and Ted and the many, many volunteers and sponsors over the last 30 years. THANK YOU!

NHemme Brothers Creamery:

Adding Value Through Family, Innovation, and Cheese

by Shannon Kleiboeker

ear Sweet Springs, Missouri, a family farm has found their niche in Missouri’s dairy industry. At Hemme Brothers Creamery, generations of hard work, innovation, and a willingness to try something new have transformed a traditional dairy operation into a thriving artisan cheese business.

A true family operation, each member plays a critical role in the success of the business. Nathan serves as the cheesemaker, Michael manages the milking herd and a small beef herd, Jon oversees replacement heifers, row crops, and agronomy, and David handles cheese sales. Together with their father, the four partners share responsibilities and work as a team. “Having four partners spreads out the management,” Michael says. With each partner having their own area of concentration, having four “chiefs” helps things to run smoothly.

Their dairy story began about 30 years ago when David Hemme, the patriarch, decided to add dairy cattle to the family’s existing hog operation. While David had limited dairy experience at the time, he learned as he went, milking around 50 cows while raising his family. By 2006, the Hemme family made the decision to focus entirely on dairy cattle. Shortly after in 2007, David’s sons joined the operation as partners and more cows were added to the farm. As the dairy grew, the family reached a crossroads. “Expansion was needed,” says Michael, but instead of simply adding more cows, they began exploring other options. The result was Hemme Brothers Creamery, which opened its doors in August 2016.

The decision to begin making cheese boils down to economics. “We wanted to be our own price maker instead of a price taker,” Michael explains. The cheese making adds value to the milk they were already producing. While the investment was significant and the learning curve steep, the creamery has allowed the family to diversify their income while maintaining a manageable herd size.

The process to start the creamery and cheese making was not a decision made overnight. Very little was known about cheese making and it required extensive research, visits to other farms and artisan cheese processors, and guidance

from consultants. Nathan even traveled to Wisconsin to attend a week-long cheesemaking course. “Working with consultants has helped us avoid many of the bumps along the way,” says Michael. They continue to work with the same consultant that helped them get going and he accredits that continued assistance to a lot of their success.

Today, Hemme Brothers Creamery is able to offer a variety of cheeses, including cheese curds, quark, cheddars, and seasonal specialty cheeses. Their products can be found at specialty stores, a few big-chain grocery stores in the Kansas City area, and Schnucks in St. Louis to name a few. While selling their cheeses in retail stores has been successful, Michael accredits farmers markets as one of the creamery’s most valuable marketing tools. “We go every Saturday,” says Michael. They have booths at family markets in Lee’s Summit, Overland Park, and Columbia, connecting them directly with customers and introducing new people to their products.

Of course, you can’t have cheese and milk if you don’t have cows. The farm currently milks 83 crossbred cows, combining Holstein, Jersey, and Montbéliarde genetics. Several years ago, the family downsized their herd but is now working toward growing it back and they ship approximately half of their milk through Dairy Farmers of America (DFA).Their breeding program focuses on feed efficiency, longevity, strong udders, and teat placement that works well with the robotic milk system they have in place. The cows are housed in a compost-bedded pack barn and milk themselves using two Lely robotic milkers. The robots are located separately from the barn, and their nutritionist has played an important role in encouraging cows to visit the units regularly by finding them a feed pellet that pulls the cows in. For the Hemmes, robotic milking has helped solve one of agriculture’s biggest challenges: labor. Robots are not right for every farm but, “they work for us,” Michael explains. Gives them all time to focus on other parts of the operation and not be searching for reliable labor.

Looking towards the future of the operation the family’s current focus is on continuing to build the creamery’s success while paying down existing investments. They made significant improvements to the creamery’s equipment and

want to focus on that before moving on to anything else such as their own retail store. For now, however, they are content doing what they do best: producing quality milk, crafting exceptional cheese, and continuing a family farming legacy that has evolved over three decades. Even though their only product is cheese, the family intentionally chose the name “Hemme Brothers Creamery” because the term creamery leaves the door open for other possibilities in the future.

For Michael, one of the most rewarding aspects of farming is the independence and connection to the animals. “I like working with cows and being my own boss,” he says. “I can make my own schedule and love working outside on most days.” That passion is evident throughout the operation. Whether caring for cattle, growing crops, crafting artisan cheese, or serving customers at farmers markets, every member of the family contributes to the farm’s success.

What started as a small dairy with little experience has grown into a successful family business built on hard work, innovation, and a willingness to embrace change. At Hemme Brothers Creamery, every wheel of cheese tells a story of family, perseverance, and the value of thinking differently.

www.hemmebrothers.com

2026 4-H Dairy Cow Camp

4-H Dairy Cow Camp Educates Youth to Become Future Dairy Leaders, Teaches Life Skills for 30th year

2026 is the 30th Anniversary for the 4-H Dairy Cow Camp. Can you believe it! The longstanding tradition began in 1996 at Robthom farm in Springfield, MO hosting the kids. In 2018 the camp moved to Freistatt and partnered with Wrightvale Holsteins and the MO Heifer Tag Sale. This year 48 youth came for the 3-day camp to learn about the dairy industry and agriculture. Karla Deaver and Ted Probert have been the might behind this program the entire time, always putting the youth first and passionate about our industry. We are so lucky to be working with the second generation of campers. Thank you to everyone who donates their time, money and items to the success of these youth. We couldn’t do it without you!

If you have EVER participated in cow camp we would like to hear from you! Would you take a moment to fill out the survey about your time in cow camp! https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/ form/SV_77XGZB9W7goyYyW

NEEDED

Used Clipper Donations.

Would you like to help cow camp kids? Have you shown in the past and have clippers sitting in the barn or a box just gathering dust?

Missouri 4-H Cow Camp is in desperate need of clippers and blowers for use during cow camp. Also, accepting donations for clipper repair. Contact Karla Deaver to donate at deaverk@missouri.edu. Everything is welcome!

MISSOURI

ALL BREEDS YOUTH HEIFER SHOW

May 23, 2026 Judge:

SPRING HEIFER CALF

1: STIL-DREAMN GB CHESIRE AYRSHIRE EMMA PARRIGON

2: MI-WIL GEM VICTORIOUS CONFETTI JERSEY COBIE KLEIBOEKER

3: VALLEY GEM OKASH CAROLINA GUERNSEY KIMBER WILSON

4: BLC GHOST SASSY JERSEY JAYCEE BURK

5: LAZY M GREEK LIZA MS COBIE KLEIBOEKER

WINTER HEIFER CALF

1: FALLENLEAF GRAVITY PRINCESS VESPA JERSEY CALLEN FERRIS

2: MS SHOWBOX SDKCK BRISK-ET HOLSTEIN KASON WILSON

3: GROVESVU ACUTE ANGEL HOLSTEIN BRANTLEY KELTNER

4: PENN-DREAM SPARTA SAMMY 69 GUERNSEY NORA PENN

5: PENN-DREAM BARBIE 67 HOLSTEIN NORA PENN

FALL HEIFER CALF

1: PIT-CREW TOPNOTCH NUGGET BS MOLLY ARCHER

2: MI-WIL GEM ADVANCER DESIGN HOLSTEIN COLTON KLEIBOEKER

3: FALLENLEAF GETAWAY TO CATALINA JERSEY MAKENZIE FERRIS

4: NEWALTA MACHINE CELINE HOLSTEIN KASON WILSON

5: KNAPPS CC TOKEN-ETV GUERNSEY KIMBER WILSON

6: MS WRIGHTVALE PENTGN CLAIRE HOLSTEIN ANNA KASTNING

7: DISCOVERY’S JAX ELECTRA JERSEY COOPER BURK

8: PENN-DREAM KARMEL SPARTA 64 GUERNSEY NORA PENN

9: PENN-DREAM KASSIE 65 GUERNSEY NORA PENN

SUMMER YEARLING HEIFER

1: MI-WIL GEM DLUX ALOE JERSEY COBIE KLEIBOEKER

2: LUCK-E MATCHA CITRUS JERSEY JAYCEE BURK

3: KELTNER VIEW RPG TURNIT LOOSE BS ADDILYN KELTNER

SPRING YEARLING HEIFER

1: KNAPP KICKSTART DA PARTY-ET BS COLTON KLEIBOEKER

2: STIL-DREAMN GB CHOCOLATE-COOKIE AYRSHIRE DIESEL DIXON

3: MS TSTRUCK ADALIDA HOLSTEIN ADDILYN KELTNER

4: BLC VICTORIOUS CHOCOLATE JERSEY JAYCEE BURK

WINTER YEARLING HEIFER

1: MS-MI-WIL GEM ACE MAZZIO-RED HOLSTEIN KIMBER WILSON

2: KELTNER FARM WR TISHOMINGO HOLSTEIN BRANTLY KELTNER

FALL YEARLING HEIFER

1: DIX-LEE BRETT DELANEY GUERNSEY HARLEIGH TOTTEN

UNFRESH 2-YEAR-OLD

1: FAMILY-AF-AYR JPOT DETONATE AYRSHIRE DIESEL DIXON

BEST BRED & OWNED

FALL CALF, MI-WIL GEM ADVANCER DESIGN HOLSTEIN COLTON KLEIBOEKER

HERDSMANSHIP: BRANTLEY KELTNER

PEE-WEE SHOWMANSHIP: BRYNN GREWE, ANNA KASTNING, JUDD VOSKAMP

JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP: ADDILYN KELTNER, CALLEN FERRIS, AURORA CORLETT

INT. SHOWMANSHIP: MAKENZIE FERRIS, COOPER BURK, KIMBER WILSON

SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP: EMMA PARRIGON, JAYCEE BURK, HARPER VANZYVERDEN

Junior Champion Fall Calf, Brown swiss

Pit-Crew Topnotch Nuggett, Molly Archer

Reserve Junior Champion Unfresh 2, AYRshire

Family-Af-Ayr Jpot Detonater, Diesel Dixon

HM Junior Champion

Summer Yrlg, JERsey

Mi-Wil Dlux Aloe, Cobie Kleiboeker

thank you sponsors

Our sixth year hosting the All-Breeds tag sale saw outstanding quality from top to bottom, with some deep, deep pedigreed calves selling. This year we featured Ayrshire, Jersey, Red & White Holstein and Holstein calves. Cow camp youth worked with and clipped the sale heifers. A special thank you to Leroy & Lora Wright for putting the final touches on each heifer. Also appreciated Emma Parrigon, Lily Bluel and Hannah Sivils for assisting with video and heifer photos.

Topping the sale at $4000 was Lot 8 a Parfect September Fall Calf out of College of the Ozarks breeding consigned by Nora Penn and purchased by Callie and Lane Bench, Arkansas. Lot 8’s granddam was Craz-Ate Atwood 865 EX-92 and then back to Ashlyn 2E-96. High colored breed was Lot 10 an Ayrshire Fall Calf consigned by College of the Ozarks and purchased for $3800 by Donald Benson. This sweet Ayrshire was out of Rage and backed by generations of Palmyra breeding back to Bonnie herself EX-94.

The Milking Shorthorn Fall Calf consigned by Jessica Crawley-Graves of Arkansas was purchased by Katie Wantland for $3400. The Oakleigh EX-92 family has made many champions and we will for sure see this Laser on the tanbark this year. The sale averaged $2750 with cattle sold to Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois. Our consignors gave some of their best and we showcased a great lineup. We look forward to seeing all of these kids and calves throughout the summer growing and learning together.

Thank you to our Consignors and Buyers!

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Navigating Smart Dairy Technology:

What Works, What Doesn’t, and How to Choose

By Jeffrey Bewley, PhD, PAS

Howmany cow technologies have you read about in the last five years? Twenty years ago, when I first started keeping track of collars, boluses, cameras, and parlor addons, the list barely filled one page. During that time, I’ve worked with over 50 different technologies. Today the count of companies in this space runs into the hundreds. Some of the systems I have worked with changed the way I think about cows. Many sit in a drawer.

Lesson 2: Every install takes longer than expected. Plan for double the timeline. I have watched a one-day install turn into a three-week project because the electrician was booked, the Wi-Fi did not reach the far freestall pen, and the software update broke the previous integration. None of that was anyone’s fault. It was just farm reality. If your installer tells you it will take two days, block out a week. If she tells you a week, block out a month.

This article is about the difference between those two piles. The technology graveyard Every farm I visit has one. A box of collars under the office desk. A bolus reader on a shelf, batteries corroded. A camera still bolted to a post, lens fogged over, software contract long expired. The graveyard is real, and it teaches more than the brochures do.

When I sort through what ended up there and what stayed in the parlor, the pattern is consistent. The technologies that survive solve a daily problem the farmer already knew she had. The ones that died asked the farmer to invent a new workflow around a number she did not ask for.

Five lessons from twenty years of installs

Lesson 1: Be careful with early-stage technologies. I have been the first or second commercial install for many technologies. Sometimes that is the right call, because someone has to go first, and you learn things no one else knows yet. Most of the time, though, the second or third farm gets the better deal. The bugs are out. The mounting brackets fit. The software actually talks to the parlor. If a salesperson tells you that you are the first farm in the state, ask whether you are paying first-farm prices or secondfarm prices. Those should not be the same number.

Lesson 3: Small things go wrong, and they go wrong every day. Cameras get covered in flies. Lightning strikes the same technology twice in the same summer, and both times took out different pieces of equipment. Raccoons chew wires. Cows scratch ear tags off on freestall loops. None of these problems are in the sales presentation. All of them are in the daily work of running the system.

Lesson 4: You need a few months to learn how to use the data. I tell every farm I visit the same thing. The first three months after a sensor install are mostly noise. You will see alerts that are wrong. You will miss alerts that were right. You will second-guess every threshold the vendor set. The published validation studies report sensitivity for estrus detection in the 70 to 90 percent range and specificity that varies just as widely with herd, parity, and ration. Your herd is one data point inside that range, not the center of it. By month four, patterns emerge. By month six, your team trusts the system enough to act on it without verifying every alert in the barn. By month twelve, you wonder how you ran the farm without it. If you cancel the contract at month two because the heat detection list looks weird, you have wasted the entire investment.

Figure 2. What stays in the parlor and what ends up in the box. The pattern is consistent across farms.

Lesson 5: It is not the technology. It is the information. This is the one I come back to most often. A collar is not valuable. A rumination number is not valuable. A change in rumination across 40 cows that flags a ration problem before the bulk tank drops is valuable. The technology is the delivery vehicle. The information is the product. If your vendor cannot show you exactly which decisions the information supports, the install is not ready.

Why wearables won

Of the more than 50 technologies I have worked with, wearable sensors are the category that has stuck. Over 60 different wearable systems are commercially available. They dominate heat detection and health monitoring on commercial dairies. Multiple peer-reviewed validation studies report meaningful gains in pregnancy rate compared to visual observation or timed AI alone, and payback periods of 12 to 18 months are common in well-run herds. The mechanism is straightforward. Most systems use threeaxis accelerometers sampling, mounted on the ear, neck, or leg, with on-board algorithms that classify behavior into states like rumination, eating, rest, and high-activity. A few systems add a reticulorumen bolus that measures temperature, pH, and motility. The raw signal is not what reaches the dairy. What reaches the dairy is a list of cows that have changed behavior from their own rolling baseline, which is what makes the technology useful. A wearable monitors one cow continuously, generates that list every morning, and tells the breeder which cows to check. The breeder did that job before the collars arrived. Now she does it faster, with fewer missed heats.

Contrast this with the technologies in the graveyard. Many were brilliant. None changed a job someone was already doing. If a farmer has to invent a new daily task to justify the system, the system will lose.

The data silo problem

If you have ever tried to combine your DHIA records with your sensor alerts, your genomic test results, your milk

buyer payments, and your nutritionist’s ration sheets in a single view, you know the problem. Each system speaks its own language. Animal IDs do not always line up. The same cow might carry a management number, a metal tag, an EID tag with an 840 country prefix, a herd registration number, and a vendor-assigned device ID. Time stamps drift across systems because nobody synchronized the parlor computer. Ear tag changes break the link between this lactation and the last one.

This is the next frontier, and it is where the data integrator companies are working. Some will succeed. Most will not, because integration is harder than the demo suggests, and vendors have little incentive to expose clean APIs to competitors. If you are evaluating an integrator, ask which APIs are actually working today in production, what the data refresh interval is, and what happens when the upstream vendor changes their schema. The answer matters more than the dashboard.

Five

questions before you sign

If you are sitting across the table from a vendor next week, run through these questions before you write the check. First, what specific decision on my farm will be different on Monday morning because of this technology? If the vendor cannot name the decision and the person who makes it, walk away.

Second, who supports this when it breaks at 2 a.m. during fresh cow check? The answer should be a phone number, not a help ticket portal.

Third, can I see this running on a herd my size, with my parlor type, in my climate? A demo in Wisconsin does not predict performance in southern Idaho, and a 3000-cow rotary install does not predict what happens in a 120-cow tie-stall barn.

Contd. on next page

Fourth, what does year three look like, after the introductory pricing expires? Total cost of ownership matters more than the upfront quote.

Fifth, what data does this system collect, who owns it, and what happens to it if I switch vendors? You should own your data. Get it in writing.

What advisors can do

Veterinarians, nutritionists, and extension educators have a real role here, and it is not what most of us trained for. The job is not to be the smartest person in the room about the technology. The job is to help the producer think through the pros and cons of each system, the investment economics, the plan for using the data, and the protocols for treatment and culling decisions that flow from the alerts. Without those protocols, the alerts pile up and nobody acts on them.

I have seen farms drop $80,000 on a heat detection system and never write down what the breeding team should do when an alert fires. Six months later, the system is offline. Not because the technology failed, but because the people side of the install was never finished.

Never lose sight of the cow

The technology will keep moving. Cameras get sharper. Models trained on more cows generalize better. Computer vision moves from research to commercial deployment for traits we once scored by eye. Genomic prediction integrates more phenotypes than it did ten years ago, and the next decade will bring more. None of that changes the underlying question, which is whether the information reaches the right person at the right moment to change a decision on one cow.

But I did not start this work because I love sensors. I started because I love cows. Every collar, camera, bolus, and dashboard is a tool. The cow is still the point. When she limps, the algorithm should help you find her faster. When she is fresh and off feed, the alert should give your fresh cow team a head start.

If you remember nothing else from this article, remember that. The technology is the means. The cow is the end.

Figure 3. Cow 191 at the WKU SmartHolstein Lab. The technology is the means. The cow is the end.

Jeffrey Bewley, PhD, PAS, is Executive Director of Genetic Programs and Innovation at Holstein Association USA, based in Brattleboro, Vermont. He can be reached at jbewley@holstein.com.

SouthernNationalHighlights

Southern National Jersey Show

Robthom Phantom Ghost

Winter Calf, Amelia Ling, 9th Jr, 8th Open

Fallenleaf Gravity Princess Vespa

Winter Calf, Karla Deaver, 2nd Open

Discoverys Jax Electra

Fall Heifer, Jaycee Burk, 7th Jr, 14th Open

Fallenleaf Getaway to Catalina

Fall Heifer, Karla Deaver, 7th Open

Fallenleaf Getaway to Pacific Fall Heifer, Karla Deaver, 13th Open

Lost Brooke CF Victorious Frisky-ET

Summer Yearling, Stacy Dohle, 3rd Open

Fallenleaf Hidalgo Roxie

Spring Yearling, Karla Deaver, 6th Open

Miss Almonds Adventure-ET

Winter Yearling, Karla Deaver, 5th Open

Fallenleaf Hidalgo Cinnamon

Winter Yearling,Karla Deaver, 6th Open

Freedom Land KR Gulf of America

Fall Yearling, Brielle Helmer, 4th Jr, 3rd Open

Vierra VIP Vayda-ET

Jr 2 Year Old, Jaycee Burk, 5th Jr, 6th Open

Victorious Cinn Star Bentley

Sr 3 Year Old, Stacy Dohle, 2nd Open

SSF Boeheim Caramel

Aged Cow, Karla Deaver, 3rd Open

Southern National Holstein Show

MS Robthom Liqueur LIU-RED

Winter Calf, Madison Day, 4th Jr

Robthom Yaya Alpha

Winter Calf, Faith Ling, 12th Jr, 14th Open

Robthom Angel Helmsman-RED

Fall Calf, Aaron Ling, 21st Jr

Robthom Tovara Dreamy

Fall Calf, Faith Ling, 22nd Jr

Petitclerc Ambrose Breezy-ET

Fall Calf, Larry and Jodi Wright, 13th Open

U-Wing Alex Trinity-RED

Spring Yearling, James Ewing, 10th Jr

Legacy-Ranch A Rose-RED-ET

Spring Yearling, Larry and Jodi Wright, 11th Open

U-Wing Lite it Up Violet-P

Winter Yearling, James Ewing, 10th Jr, 7th Open

CAL-Denier-I DPBX Atwood-ET

Winter Yearling, Larry and Jodi Wright,15th Open

MS Wrightvale GRVS Ladybeth

Fall Yearling, Larry and Jodi Wright, 6th Open

Golden-Oaks Arch Amita-ET

Unfresh Summer Jr 2, Larry and Jodi Wright, 3rd Open

Wrightvale AR Rumrunner-RED

Sr 2 Year Old, Larry and Jodi Wright, 6th Open

Groves-VU Honour Acrobat

Jr 3 Year Old, Grant Groves, 3rd Open

C-OF-O Altitude Annabelle

Sr 3 Year Old, College of the Ozarks, 5th Open

Duckett Lambda Hulu-ET

Sr 3 Year Old, Larry and Jodi Wright, 13th Open

Burntwood Doorman Harmany

Sr 3 Year Old, Larry and Jodi Wright, 14th Open

R-Vision Altitude Chablis

4 Year Old, Faith Ling, 3rd Jr, 3rd Open

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MISSOURI NEWS

Quaide Avalanche Kropf

Born March 11, 2026

7lbs 2.5 oz, 20 inches

Parents Carlin & Stephanie Kroph

Grandparents: Nelson & Rose Hostetler

Larsyn Ann Miller

Born April 27, 2026 to the proud parents, Trent and Stephanie Miller. She joins her proud brothers, Nolan and Camden. She was 9lbs 4oz, 21.5 inches

Our Dairy Family

We are so honored to be able to share your lives through the Pulsator. If you have an announcement you would like to share with our dairy family across the state please contact Jodi Wright or Shannon Kleiboeker, so we can include you in our next Pulsator.

Jodi: (417) 743-2921 jwright@missouriholstein.com Shannon:mopulsator@gmail.com

What’s the Deal?

Midwest Dairy Experience and Agriculture Leadership Program (DEAL)

Classes are hand-picked from applications submitted across Midwest Dairy’s 10 state region. All applicants are outstanding young dairy farmers under the age of 40.

Class 4 welcomes several young farmers from MO

Austin Freund

Molly Archer

Nathaniel Freund

Erin Rodgers

Class 3 members graduated in May

Aaron Stewart

Nicholas Dotson

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JUNIORS

Special thanks to Susan and Amanda Brooks for all the help in the food booth. We raised 500 dollars this weekend, thank you to those who donated food to the concession stand and those who brought items to the silent auction.We had several junior members serve as counselors at camp. Great job to Emma P., Lily, Harper, Lexi, and Faith. We also had some members receive some awesome recognition at camp. Top overall quiz bowl Nora Penn and Reagan James. Mentor award went to Brantley Keltner and Addilyn Keltner won most engaged camper.

Junior members judged at the Sooner State Dairy Show! 1st place Junior team, Addilyn Keltner, 1st place individual, Harper VanZyverden 2nd place individual and Brantley Keltner, 3rd place individual.

Missouri State FFA Dairy Results

Congratulations to Missouri’s FFA Members

Dairy Production Placement

Ryan Freund, Concordia FFA

Dairy Production Entrepreneurship

Jenna Brixey, Norwood FFA

Dairy Cattle Evaluation-CDE

1st Place Fair Grove- Lexi Angelo, Gunner

Pritchett, Grey Pritchett, Eron Daugherty

2nd Logan Rogersville- Aiyanna Edmonds, Addie Thomas, Addison Baker, Lillian Pascoe

3rd Hermann-Hailey Dieb, Macie Kallmeyer, Olivia Heyng, Lorena Uthlaut

Dairy Foods-CDE

1st: Fair Play-Lena Skipper, Nick Dooley, Alex Frye, Mekenzie Evans

2nd: Neosho- Lania Morgan, Hayden Mayfield, Libbeigh Morgan, Blaze Morgan

3rd: Marshfield- Boyd Messick, Jaylin Vinyard, Declan McCann, Eth Bratton

2026 Honorary State FFA Degree Recipients

The Missouri FFA Association recognizes Honorary State FFA Degree recipients for their valuable efforts and contributions to the FFA organization and its members.

Jessica Aeschliman, Savannah FFA

Ryan Bilyeu, Dairy Manager College of the Ozarks

DICK LITTLEMemorial Grant 2026 Winner

Lily Bluel

Lily will receive $1000 towards the purchase of a Holstein at the Missouri Heifer Tag Sale. Below are excerpts of Lily’s winning essay.

My name is Lily Bluel, and I’m a freshman in Monett, MO. In addition to managing my small dairy herd, I participate in many activities at school such as band, Monett Girls Swim, and Monett Girls Soccer. I have been in 4-H for 9 years and have been working with Holstein and Jersey cattle for the entire time. Through the years I have fallen in love with the breeds and am excited for every opportunity that I participate in association with.

My goals with the calf would be to accomplish many things at shows and on the farm. I plan to attend regional county shows with the goal to earn top in my class. I would be able to practice both my showing and clipping skills when taking her to these shows. If provided the opportunity to get a new heifer I would work with her every day and as a result I plan earn top of my class in showmanship. Furthermore, I would also take her to the Missouri State Fair where I would like for her to place top three in her class, if not first. Goals outside of the show ring would also include for this heifer to be a strong and healthy heifer and be a heifer that can represent my family’s farm strongly.

Thanks to the generous donations from the Dick Little Memorialalong with other memorial donations from Ed &SueAnn Steele, Tim Ewing, Dick Veraguth, Robert Lowe, and Harlan Borman, the scholarship is to be used towards the purchase of a Holstein heifer in the Missouri State Heifer Tag Sale. Youth are selected by a panel of judges based on their application and essay, due in April.

Managing the Summer Squeeze: Strategic Financial Priorities for Missouri Dairies

By Brad Deeken, Vice President, Commercial Livestock Lending, FCS Financial

As we head into the heat of the summer 2026 operating cycle, Missouri’s dairy producers find themselves in a familiar position: navigating a mixed bag of economic indicators.

On one hand, we are looking at historic highs in U.S. milk production per cow and expanding regional herds, which has naturally put some downward pressure on the all-milk price—averaging around the $21.25/cwt mark. On the other hand, moderated feed costs and an incredibly resilient beef market are providing muchneeded breathing room.

When milk prices soften, the instinct can be to push for raw volume or make sudden cuts. However, as an agricultural cooperative, our view at FCS Financial is that a tighter margin environment requires precision, not panic.

To help protect your operation’s equity through the second half of 2026, here are the core financial levers you should focus on this summer.

1. Guard Your Working Capital (Liquidity is King) In a $21 milk environment, cash flow timing is everything. Working capital—your current assets minus current liabilities—acts as the shock absorber for your dairy.

During the summer months, heat stress can temporarily suppress components and milk weights, creating a seasonal dip in revenue just as utility bills and crop harvesting expenses peak.

• Know Your True Cost of Production: Step away from the bulk tank for an afternoon and look closely at your true cost of production per hundredweight. Separate your fixed overhead from your variable operating costs.

• Defer Capital Expenditures: If a piece of machinery or a facility upgrade isn’t directly tied to improving efficiency, protecting cow comfort, or reducing labor costs right now, consider pushing it to 2027.

• Leverage Your Credit Line Strategically: Your operating line is meant to handle these summer cash-flow mismatches. Avoid using short-term operating cash for long-term assets.

2. Maximize the “Beef-on-Dairy” Direct Revenue Stream

One of the brightest silver linings of the 2026 agricultural economy is the beef market. Feeder cattle prices remain remarkably strong, and the packers’ appetite for high-

quality beef-on-dairy crossbred calves is a game-changer for dairy margins.

Financial Strategy: Treat your calf crop as a primary profit center, not a secondary byproduct.

• Grid Value Alignment: If you are using beef genetics on the bottom half of your herd, ensure you are utilizing terminal traits that command top-dollar premiums on packer pricing grids.

• Culling Decisions:With strong utility cow prices, this summer presents a strategic opportunity to cull underperforming or highsomatic-cell-count cows. Replacing them with higher-efficiency heifers or using the cash to shore up your balance sheet can instantly improve your operational efficiency.

3. Tighten Your Risk Management Anchors When margins narrow, hope is not a financial strategy. Protecting your downside is what keeps you in business to enjoy the next cyclical upswing.

• Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC): Ensure you are maximizing your Tier 1 coverage. When the national margin contracts, this program remains the cheapest, most effective safety net available to Missouri producers.

• Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP): Use DRP policies to establish a floor under your milk price, especially for the late 2026 and early 2027 quarters. You don’t have to lock in 100% of your production, but protecting a baseline that covers your cost of production is vital.

4. Partner with a Lender Who Understands the Cycle Agriculture is inherently cyclical, and dairy is perhaps the most dynamic sector of all. The worst time to explain how a dairy operation works is when you are sitting across from a lender who only understands row crops. At FCS Financial, we structure our loans and repayment schedules with your farm’s unique seasonal cash flows in mind. Furthermore, because we operate as a cooperative, our success is your success. Through our patronage program, we return a portion of our net earnings directly back to our member-owners—putting cash back into your pocket precisely when it matters most.

The Bottom Line: Summer isn’t about surviving; it’s about managing with precision. By keeping a sharp eye on your working capital, maximizing your beef-cross value, and locking in margin floors, your dairy will be well-positioned for whatever the next cycle brings.

MISSOURI HOLSTEIN FEB. 2026 CLASSIFICATON RESULTS

NEW EXCELLENT COWS NEW VERY GOOD 2-YEAR-OLDS

Name Final Score Location

BURNTWOOD DRMAN HARMONY 90 Larry & Jodi Wright, Verona

C-OF-O HANANS BLUEBERRY-ET 90 College Of The Ozarks, Point Lookout

C-OF-O MOGUL HYACINTH 90 Vedder Dairy Farm LLC, New Haven

DUCKETT LAMBDA HULU-ET 90 Larry & Jodi Wright, Verona

GROVES-VU ALTITUDE CORA 90 Groves Vu, Billings

GROVES-VU AMRCA TINKER TOYS 90 Groves Vu, Billings

GROVES-VU BISQUICK 90 Groves Vu, Billings

GROVES-VU BYWAY LEGACY-TW 90 Groves Vu, Billings

GROVES-VU MOOVIN BAMBOO 90 Groves Vu, Billings

GROVES-VU SUMRFEST BISQUICK 90 Groves Vu, Billings

LITTLE-STREAM CHAR TRISHA 90 Anthony Musser , Arbela

LITTLE-STREAM CHIEF KITKAT 90 Anthony Musser, Arbela

LUCK-E-CHARM EISAKU EVA 90 Michael Leinbach, Barnett

MS GROVES-VU MOOVIN LINGER 90 Groves Vu, Billings

PAPPYS AVALANCHE REVOLT-ET 90 Larry & Jodi Wright, Verona

PARRDARI RENEGADE 1852 90 Leslie Parrigon, Stotts City

PENN-DREAM CRYSTAL LUSTER-P 90 James Penn, Edina

RAM-ELLE KEANO DARMA 90 M & L Eilenstine, Mtn. Grove

ROBTHOM JIZONYA TON OF FUN 90 Robthom Farm LLC, Springfield SCHOEN AUTO-STERLING 3236 90 Schoen Farms, Oak Ridge SCOTTMORE DOC DRAMATIC-ET 90 Groves Vu, Billings

TOECKY AVALON TANSEY 90 Toecky Farm, Huggins

TOECKY IMPRESSION ANNA-BREE 90 Toecky Farm, Huggins

U-WING BOOST TEAGAN 90 Robthom Farm LLC, Springfield WRIGHTVALE BG BYWAY PUMA 90 Larry & Jodi Wright, Verona BURNTWOOD DOORMAN HARMONY 90 Larry & Jodi Wright, Verona

C-OF-O HANANS BLUEBERRY-ET 90 College Of The Ozarks, Point Lookout

C-OF-O MOGUL HYACINTH 90 Vedder Dairy Farm LLC, New Haven

DUCKETT LAMBDA HULU-ET 90 Larry & Jodi Wright, Verona

BAA’s 2026

BAA Farm Name City # Animals

112.1 David Day Bolivar

Leslie Parrigon Stotts City 122

Schoen Farms Oak Ridge 310

NW MO Stat University Maryville 16

Name

Location

ARAGORN ANTIQUEEN 87 David Andrew Day Bolivar

SCHOEN LAWMAN 3715 87 Schoen Farms Oak Ridge

TOECKY PENROSE COPPER 87 Toecky Farm Huggins

C-OF-O BACKFLIP SANDRA 86 College Of The Ozarks Pt. Lookout

C-OF-O LAMBDA ALLEYOOP 86 College Of The Ozarks Pt. Lookout

C-OF-O TATOO BOUNCE 86 College Of The Ozarks Pt. Lookout

GROVES-VU DAZZLE ASHA 86 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU EYE CANDY LELY 86 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU HONOUR ACROBAT 86 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU TSTRK LAFFY TAFFY 86 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

MS TRI-DAY COCO AW 86 Robthom Farm LLC. Springfield

OAKFIELD FOOTPRINT ALLY-ET 86 David Andrew Day Bolivar

OAKTOP-ACRES DB HAILEY-ET 86 Larry & Jodi Wright Verona

TOPP-VIEW B DBACK ROSEY-RED 86 Larry & Jodi Wright Verona

V-LANE WARRIOR FREYA-RED-ET 86 Larry & Jodi Wright Verona

WRIGHTVALE DORMN BRITNEY-ET 86 Larry & Jodi Wright Verona

C-OF-O MOOVIN KALI MILO 85 College Of The Ozarks Pt. Lookout

C-OF-O TATOO BLACKBERRY 85 College Of The Ozarks Pt. Lookout

GROVES-VU D-BACK TOKYO-RED 85 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU DREAMBG DRGQUEEN 85 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU E-C ALESSANDRA 85 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU HAXL AFFECTION 85 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU JAX BRISTLE 85 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU LARSON BISCOTTO 85 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU T-STORM DITTO 85 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

GROVES-VU VICTOR 3893 ATLAS 85 Groves Vu Dairy Billings

LITTLE-STREAM GINGER-RED 85 Anthony Musser Arbela

LONE-TREE JIM-P ACELIN 85 Clifford M. Oberholtzer Rutledge

MS TRI-DAY LICORCE-RED 85 Robthom Farm LLC. Springfield

NEL-ROSE FITTERS CHOICE 652 85 Nelson & Rose Hostetler Louisburg

OAKTOP-ACRES ABSOLUTE BEST 85 Oak-Top Acres Dairy LLC Memphis

OAKTOP-ACRES ST AUGUST-ET 85 Oak-Top Acres Dairy LLC Memphis

PRF CHOICES 10597 85 LongView Animal Nutr. Cntr. Gray Summit

PRF PARFECT 10542 85 LongView Animal Nutr. Cntr. Gray Summit

ROBTHOM SYRENA ALL WHOLE 85 Robthom Farm LLC. Springfield

SCHOEN RADIO 3659-TW 85 Schoen Farms Oak Ridge

TOECKY HASITALL GLAMOUR 85 Toecky Farm Huggins

TOECKY HOMEC GOLDRING-TW 85 Toecky Farm Huggins

TOECKY HOMECOMING GARLAND 85 Toecky Farm Huggins

TOECKY HOMECOMNG ANNA-DAIN 85 Toecky Farm Huggins

TOECKY PENROSE ANNA-IZA 85 Toecky Farm Huggins

TOECKY HOMECOMNG ANNA-DAIN 85 Toecky Farm Huggins

TOECKY RUBELS BRITTA 85 Toecky Farm Huggins

TOECKY SANTA FE HOMECOMING 85 Toecky Farm Huggins

TOECKY UNIX CELEBRITY 85 Toecky Farm Huggins

WRIGHTVALE AR RUMRUNNER-RED 85 Larry & Jodi Wright Verona

WRIGHTVALE LUCK KENNEDY 85 Larry & Jodi Wright Verona

WRIGHTVALE TATOO IDENTITY 85 Larry & Jodi Wright Verona

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Missouri Holstein Associ A tion Me M bers 2026

Name Address City, State Zip Phone

Out of State Members

*Bench, Callie & Lane 5971 Terrapin Creek Rd Harrison, AR 72601

(870)622-6634 amberbench@gmail.com

Crawley, Jessica 13585 Crawley Rd Gravette, AR 72736 (479)220-2802 jalapenojessica36@gmail.com

Crawley, Tim & Nikki 13585 Crawley Rd Gravette, AR 72736 (479)524-2893 tlcrawley@centurytel.net

Useful Farm Products, D. Strouse PO Box 4350 Homosassa Springs, FL 34447 (888)771-3276 usefulfarm@gmail.com

Northeast Central District

Borman, Judy 4704 Co Rd 240 Kingdom City, MO 65262 (573)220-3577 judyborman@gmail.com

Brandt, Alfred 269 Swan Creek Lane Linn, MO 65051 (573)897-2120 brandtdairy@gmail.com

*Callie & Lane Bench

*Samuel Brown, Marilyn 17354 St. Hwy 15 Memphis, MO 63555 (641)208-6641 mebrown@netins.net

Clayton , Anthony 3405 W. Truman Blvd, Suite 101 Jefferson City, MO 65109 (573)690-4182 tony@claytonagri-mktg.com

Estes, Amy Jo 2217 Estes Rd Rosebud, MO 63091 (573)338-4559 amyjo.estes@gmail.com

Geppert, Kate 4728 Co Rd 240 Kingdom City, MO 65262 (573)808-5607 ksgeppert@gmail.com

*Sophia Hackmann, Mike 10220 Hwy D Marthasville, MO 63357 (314)422-9723 mwhackmann@gmail.com

Hoelscher, Larry 7411 Route B Jefferson City, MO 65101 (573)645-4646 larrybphoelscher@gmail.com

Huber, Loren 49836 Dairy Avenue Baring, MO 63531 (660)341-1308 lnmhuber@marktwain.net

Kilmer, Phillip 39130 Rocky Branch Rd Latham, MO 65050 (660)458-6859

Martin, Elmer & Elizabeth 19292 State Route C Memphis, MO 63555 (660)341-2530 elmermartin996@gmail.com

Musser, Anthony 29893 State Route P Arbela, MO 63432 (660)341-4643

Oberholtzer, Clifford 28829 State Route A Rutledge, MO 63563 (660)216-6184 clholsteins@gmail.com

Oberholtzer, Lamar 10568 State Hwy 15 Memphis, MO 63555 (660)341-3532 farmerlamar1999@gmail.com

Parsons, Roy & Daisy 19475 W 180th St Eagleville, MO 64442 (314)602-1050 rodapar@grm.net

Penn, James & Julie 52390 State Hwy 6 Edina, MO 63537 (660)342-0250 jpenn@cbofe.com

*Nathan, Nora, Reagan James Purina Animal Center 100 Danforth Dr. Gray Summit, MO 63039 (636)742-6151 dasegelhorst@landolakes.com

Steevens, Barry 5020 Hwy PP Columbia, MO 65202 (573)474-8058 steevensb@missouri.edu

Vedder, Cliff & Tracey 2920 Gerding School Rd New Haven, MO 63068 (573)680-9155 clifvedder@gmail.com

*Maria, Blake; Kamille Eads, Colby & Emilee Gerlemann Zerr, Raymond 8759 Co. Rd. 151 Williamsburg, MO 63388 (573)254-3568

Northwest District

Northwest MO State University 800 University Ave Maryville, MO 64468 (660)562-1155 jhusz@nwmissouri.edu

South Central District

Brooks, Carol 8569 Gourley Rd. Mountain Grove, MO 65711 (417)926-3258

Brooks, Charles & Susan 8613 Gourley Rd. Mountain Grove, MO 65711 (417)259-3634 brookssus98@gmail.com

Buff, Adrian RR 1, Box 422 Ava, MO 65608 (417)543-6809 adrianbuff90@gmail.com

Buff, Heinz RR 1, Box 422 Ava, MO 65608 (417)683-4978 adrianbuff90@gmail.com

Buff, Kathrin RR 1, Box 422 Ava, MO 65608 (417)543-6459

Buff, Sandra RR 1, Box 422 Ava, MO 65608 (417)543-8934

Coats, James & Novalee 10901 Lone Pine Rd. Mountain Grove, MO 65711 (417)926-4753

Durst, Becky 7600 Hwy. M Huggins, MO 65484 (417)926-3301

Durst, Crissy 7126 Hwy M Huggins, MO 65484 (417)217-2143 crissydurst@gmail.com

Durst, Gus 7126 Hwy M Huggins, MO 65484 (636)297-1079 goosecola@gmail.com

Durst, Tom 7600 Hwy. M Huggins, MO 65484 (417)926-3301

*Amanda, Rebekah

*Denotes Junior Member

Name Address City, State Zip Phone

South

Central District , Continued

Me

Eilenstine, Loren & Michelle 10557 Red Springs Rd Mountain Grove, MO 65711 (417)926-2679 Mramaeker@gmail.com

Heppard, Candy 747 Goldfinch Rd Marsfield, MO 65706 (417)260-0439 candyld@yahoo,com

McClellan, Audrey 3446 CR 1670 Willow Springs, MO 65793 (417)252-7100 audmcclellan@gmail.com

McClellan, Joe 3595 Co Rd 5360 Willow Springs, MO 65793 (417)252-1626 jmcclellan@centurytel.net

McClellan, Katelyn 3595 Co Rd 5360 Willow Springs, MO 65793 (417)252-7526 katelynmcclellan24@gmail.com

Probert, Ted & Pam 3845 Hwy AB Mansfield, MO 65704 (417)924-8574 probertgelbvieh@gmail.com

Scrivner, Tommy & Andrea Rt. 1  Box 425 Ava, MO 65608 (417)543-0725 scrivnerfamilyfarm@gmail.com

Scrivner, Kylie Rt. 1  Box 425 Ava, MO 65608 (417)543-0725

Shaver, DyAnna 5105 Tharpe School Road Norwood, MO 65717 (417)746-4342 shaverside@hotmail.com

Wittorff, Ed Rt 1 Box 351-B Ava, MO 65608 (417)683-6135 edwit1@yahoo.com

Southeast District

Hemmann, David & Cathy 500 Alfalfa Lane Jackson, MO 63755 (573)579-5855 gotmilkh@hotmail.com

Lohmann Farms LLC 1342 PCR 330 Perryville, MO 63775 (573)517-1566 lohmannfarms_3@hotmail.com

Morrison (Schoen), Melinda 373 Goldfinch Ln. Perryville, MO 63775 (573)986-8095 morrison802@gmail.com

*Chase

*Jase, Lane

*Hope

*Kylie, Zach, Jacob, Kelly, Casey

*Jacob Wittorff

*Ella, Hatttie Schoen, Corvin 339 County Road 519 Oak Ridge, MO 63769 (573)986-8041 corvin43@yahoo.com Schoen, John 447 Co. Rd. 519 Oak Ridge, MO 63769 (573)934-3548 schoenfarms1@hughes.net

*Kelby & Abby Schoen Strieker, Cliff 1310 Cherokee Jackson, MO 63755 (502)905-2513 cstrieker@ssmcoop.com

Southwest District

Angelo, Mary

4538 E Farm Rd 116 Springfield, MO 65802 (417)880-5732 maryagenda@Icloud.com

Bilyeu, Ryan 2897 W. Jackson Ozark, MO 65721 (417)838-1093 rbilyeu@cofo.edu

Bluel, Reagan 7884 Lawrence 2200 Monett, MO 65708 (417)772-4231 bluelrj@missouri.edu

*Lexi, Mikala, Hunter

*Lily Calvin, Marilyn & Kenlee Calvin 9899 Lawrence 1107 Mt Vernon, MO 65712 (417)461-3410 calvindairy@centurytel.net

College of the Ozarks PO Box 17 Point Lookout, MO 65726 (417)838-1093 rbilyeu@cofo.edu Day, Matt 4308 E. Whitehall Springfield, MO 65808 (717)658-4515 triday32001@yahoo.com

Deaver, Ken & Karla 5472 Lawrence 2100 Stotts City, MO 65756 (417)316-0191 deaverk@missouri.edu

DeLong, Ron & Patty 1094 Elm Springs Rd Marionville, MO 65705 (417)224-3535

*Dixon, Diesel 19287 Hwy J Conway, MO 65632 (417)844-7217 stildreamndairy@hotmail.com

*Madison, Daylin

*Diesel Dixon *Dougherty, Raygan 9972 N Farm Rd 65 Walnut Grove, MO 65770 (417)872-8077 raygandougherty@icloud.com

*Raygan Dougherty Ewing, T. Jason & Erica 4784 St Hwy PP Fordland, MO 65652 (417)689-2016 jewing@holstein.com

Foster, Richard & Sandra 19749 County Road 121 Weaubleau, MO 65774 (417)327-5357 fostercattlefarms@gmail.com

Giorgianni, Layla PO Box 17 Point Lookout, MO 65726 (417)838-1093 lgiorgianni@cofo.edu

Graber, Nathaniel & Rose 3095 Lawrence 2090 LaRussell, MO 64848 (417)437-5850 nrg@privategarden.org

Groves, Bailey 143 Barnett Rd Billings, MO 65610 (417)224-1427 grovesbailey15@gmail.com

Groves, Brad & Gail 2937 State Hwy 413 Billings, MO 65610 (417)880-7012 GrovesView@gmail.com

Groves, Grant 143 Barnett Rd Billings, MO 65610 (417)844-3061 grovesgrantcaseih@gmail.com

Groves, Todd & Sheila 143 Barnett Rd Billings, MO 65610 (417)224-1427 grovestodd169@gmail.com

Groves, Bailey 143 Barnett Rd Billings, MO 65610 (417)224-1427 grovesbailey15@gmail.com

Haverkamp, Katie (Wantland) 206 W. Spruce St. Madison, MO 65263 (417)872-5543 katiew635@gmail.com

Hostetler, Nelson & Rose 2380 E 368th Rd Louisburg, MO 65685 (417)327-7001

Justice, Jason & Sarah 1294 Schupbach Rd Clever, MO 65631 (417)880-0165 skhjustice@gmail.com

*James, Jayden

*Paxton

*Sammi, Mia Keltner, Devin & Bailey 2981 State Route P Willow Springs, MO 65793 (417)399-3098 bskeltner@gmail.com

*Brantley, Addilyn Kleiboeker, Shannon 17077 Lawrence 1030 Wentworth, MO 64873 (417)737-2876 shannonkleiboeker@hotmail.com

Little, Nancy 2393 Wise Hill Rd Billings, MO 65610 (417)743-2878 accounting@winmitanks.com

*Colton, Cobie

*Denotes Junior Member

Missouri Holstein Associ A tion Me M bers 2026

Southwest District, Continued

Luttrell, Jeanne

1958 S Farm Rd 87 Springfield, MO 65802

(417)773-5372 luttrelljeanne@gmail.com

McLean, Frank & Julie 7666 W. Farm Rd 156 Republic, MO 65738 (417)861-1402 julidarlen@aol.com

Miller, Trent & Stephanie 326 West Main Walnut Grove, MO 65770 (417)818-0966 millertrent92@gmail.com

*Nolan Monger, Mike 16877 Hwy A Phillipsburg, MO 65722 (417)589-2077

Morgan, Rich 6849 E. Morgan Ln Joplin, MO 64804 (417)529-9808 rich04191@gmail.com

Parrigon, Leslie 7267 Lawrence 2140 Stotts City, MO 65756 (417)285-6065 elparrigon@totalhighspeed.com

Parrigon, Jared 7267 Lawrence 2140 Stotts City, MO 65756 (417)540-9772 jparrigon.18@gmail.com

Perry, Robert & Janice 7770 W. Farm Rd. 156 Republic, MO 65738 (417)861-5958 perrydale@tahighspeed.com

Robthom Farm LLC 4805 E. Farm Rd. 116 Springfield, MO 65802 (417)864-8659 eric.robthom@gmail.com

*Emma

*Faith,Amelia,Aaron; Monique & Morgan Short, Greg 11368 W. County Line Rd Republic, MO 65738 (417)839-9001 gregshort01@outlook.com

Staiger, John & Jane 2344 Staiger Rd Billings, MO 65610 (417)839-7657 the6js327@gmail.com

Staiger (Pirtle), Janine 411 E. Purdy St. Billings, MO 65610 (417)838-5486 holsteinstaiger@aol.com

Stuber, Ted & Charity 2533 St. Hwy F Niangua, MO 65713 (417)473-6813 tcsdairy@centurylink.net

Swartzentruber, Amos 5919 Lawrence 1195 Miller, MO 65707 (417)461-5088

Thomas, Doug & Judy 11167 W State Hwy BB Walnut Grove, MO 65770 (417)840-9316 dbarjlivestock@yahoo.com

Thomson, Mark 4803 E. Farm Rd. 116 Springfield, MO 65802

*VanZyverden, Harper 991 Evans Road Niangua, MO 65713 (417)689-8992 vzdairyfarms@gmail.com

*Harper VanZyverden Wantland, Jeff 1491 Macedonia Rd Niangua, MO 65713 (417)872-5543

*Lila Wantland, Ellie 654 Vance Rd. Conway, MO 65632 (417)241-0879 elliejowantland5@gmail.com

Whitehill (Groves), Brittany 555 Barnett Rd Billings, MO 65610 (417)224-0545 grovesbrittany44@gmail.com

Wilson, Scott & Jenna 4604 Lawrence 1040 Miller, MO 65707 (417)592-0646 scwilson30@gmail.com

Wilson, Tina PO Box 462 Diamond, MO 64840 (417)825-0161 miwilfarms@yahoo.com

Wright, Blake 3350 Toledo Terrace, #458 Hyattsville, MD 20782 (417)393-0601 wrightblake24@gmail.com

Wright, Larry & Jodi 11449 Lawrence 2220 Verona, MO 65769 (417)743-2921 jwright@missouriholstein.com

Wright, Lora 3259 Jasmine Rd Clever, MO 65631 (417) 343-2581 wrightlora29@gmail.com

West Central District

Chamberlin, Crystal 24501 Hi Lonesome Rd Cole Camp, MO 65325 (660)287-1941 hoop_star50@hotmail.com

Chamberlin, Mark & Gwen 24501 Hi Lonesome Rd Cole Camp, MO 65325 (660)287-1940 chilltop@iland.net

Culpepper, Leslie Moreland 21925 S. Jefferson Pkwy Harrisonville, MO 64701 (816)806-5382

*Kason, Kimber

*Calvin, Bowen, Hattie Dickerson, Melody Moreland 23737 Hwy HH Unionville, MO 63565 (660)748-5366 moremel@rocketmail.com *Adeline, Gretchen, Charley King, Rick 430 NW St Rt K Butler, MO 64730 (660)200-5315 rking@adrianbank.com

Leinbach, Michael & Catherine 17344 Brookside Lane Barnett, MO 65011 (573)378-4575

Melzer, Kelly Moreland 22215 S. Jefferson Pkwy Harrisonville, MO 64701 (816)289-3589 themelzerfive@gmail.com

Moreland, Jay & Brenda 21601 E 227th St. Harrisonville, MO 64701 (816)258-3353 moredad4@gmail.com

Moreland, Jayme 828 Pin Oak Dr Harrisonville, MO 64701 (816)804-3264

Moreland, Marilyn 21101 E 225th St. Harrisonville, MO 64701 (816)380-4504 moremarilyn1934@gmail.com

Morgan, Lynn 1501 NW State Rt V Butler, MO 64730 (660)679-5808 lypaul56@hotmail.com

*Case, Molly, David

*Sophia, Isaac Searles O-Rich Dairy 30288 Pacific School Rd Mora, MO 65345 (660)668-4583 ordairy@gmail.com

N ew members welcome A N ytime - P roducers , i N dustry , e N thusi A sts ! go to www.missouriholstein.com to become a member today!

*Denotes Junior Member

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