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requirements were not very great
and the price was about the same
as here. But AMS became familiar
with our herd and we became
familiar with their export service.
It has just continually grown over
the years.”
Knowledge of the purebred
Holstein industry has done much to
advance the growth of his
European market.
“We feel the main value of our
cattle are the number of cattle we
have with high indexes,” claimed
Wolff. “It has been our bread and
The ET room in the heifer barn has facilities for implanting ten heifers at once, allowing
an entire flush to be implanted immediately.
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butter the last four to five years.
They are the cows the bull studs in
this country will mate and buy bull
calves from and that foreign
countries want bull calves from.”
Keeping that in mind and the
requirement for high butterfat test
by European buyers, Wolff has
tailored his breeding program
toward high TPI and PDM bulls.
There are now six cows in his herd
with an index over 2000 M. He uses
bulls with a high PD for fat when
planning matings targeted at the
European market, bulls such as
Very, Jemini and Spirit. Because
buyers in Hungary have a
preference for red Holsteins, Wolff
xhas recently purchased an out-
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standing red Holstein cow for
flushing.
Over the last four years, Wolff
has exported over 100 bulls to
France, and sold 50 bulls into A.I.
service in the United States. His
bulls and embryos have also been
sold to bull studs in Spain, Russia,
and Hungary. Despite his
relatively large volume of
European trade, he still has not
made the trip himself, but hopes to
in the future.
Through ET, Wolff was able to
prove a valuable young cow, in
dexed at 2580 +M, free of mule
foot. It was thought she might be a
carrier of mule foot, so she was
bred to Wayne Spring Fond Apollo,
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a carrier of the mule foot. She was
flushed and the embryos were
implanted in recipient heifers.
Sixty days after implanting, the
fetuses were aborted by a
veterinarian and examined for
mule foot. The fetuses’ hooves
were cloven, proving the cow to be
free of mule foot. The cow was
bred back to Browncroft Jetson,
the highest PD milk bull in the
breed. She freshened last week,
giving birth to what Wolff believes
Will be his most valuable bull calf
ever. See the accompanying photo.
Calves are housed in kennels and
hutches until they are three
months old, then they are trucked
over to the VPI double slope heifer
bam, where heifers are grouped by
age. At 12 months of age the heifers
are transferred to a free stall bam,
where they stay until they are
implanted. Almost all the heifers
are implanted rather than bred.
First and second calf heifers are
bred back artificially and not
flushed, in order that they
establish a calving interval and
lactation records. Then if their
pedegree and production records
are worthy of ET they are flushed
as a four year old. A favorite with
QUARRYVILLE - Ephrata
Young Fanners emerged as
champions among the 14 teams Members of the chnmpinnghip
that - competed in the regional Ephrata team include Earl
volleyball tournament at Solanco Stauffer, Rick Pfautz, dark
High Scboolon Tuesday. Stauffer, Neil Crouse, Kevin
The runnerup team was the Smoker and Dennis Saylor.
Garden Spot YF, of New Holland, The top two teams will now move
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Della, an 18 year old cow. Della has
-a lifetime record over 300,000
pounds of milk, and is part of die
herd foundation. Wolff has sold 12
of her sons into A. I. service in the
United States, and exported six
others. She still is being flushed.
Wolff has several cows, like
Della, that he says he will continue
to flush without allowing them to
carry a calf for a hill gestation, as
long as they respond to flushing.
He has one cow he has been
flushing for three years without
calving, plushes on individuals are
a minimum of sixty days apart.
Wolff sells his milk to his
parents, who operate the two retail
milk stores. One store is located on
the farm, the other is in Bloom
sburg. The two stores process and
sell 3500 gallons of milk per week,
as well as cream, orange juice
fruit punch and drink. Mary
Steinruck has been responsible for
processing for 13 years, and has
learned the likes and dislikes of her
customers.
Knowing and responding to the
preferences of buyers has been the
key to successful marketing at
Pen-Col Farm.
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