A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 2,2001
Holstein Association Announces 2000 Distinguished Young Holstein Breeder Winners
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. Hol
stein Association USA’s 2000
Distinguished Young Holstein
Breeders, Scott Pralle and Pam
Selz-Pralle, have successfully de
veloped an outstanding Register
ed Holstein herd while managing
a progressive dairy.
The 420-head herd has a
rolling herd average of 27,244
pounds of milk, 1010 pounds of
fat, and 844 pounds of protein
with a BAA of 105 percent.
Scott and Pam explain that
“we believe we have to be good
dairy producers before we can
hope to be successful Holstein
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breeders.” This motto guides
their work of producing high
quality milk from cows with
“above-average genetic indexes
with high actual performance
and outstanding type from ud
ders that last and wear.”
Their goal is to develop a herd
that is in the top 10 percent of
the nation genetically while max
imizing the profitability of the
dairy operation. This has forced
them to make some tough deci
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have a home here. For young
people paying for a farm, profita
bility became a higher priority
than BAA or classification statis
tics.”
The breeding program at Selz-
Pralle Dairy is based on the se
lection of top bulls for use on the
strongest cow families in the
barn. “We’ve concentrated on
breeding above-average genetic
indexes with high actual per
formance and outstanding
type from udders that work
and wear,” they explained.
“We prefer a slightly short
er cow with dairy strength.
width, well-attached
udders and excellent
mobility. Our func
tional cow would score
83-87 points and have
a high VG udder,”
they noted.
To date they have
bred or developed 11
GMD and 16 DOM
winners, 22 Leader
List cows, and 52 Lo
cator list cows. Scott
and Pam have also
bred or developed 87
Excellent cows 32
2E, 8 3E and 1 4E
and have won the PER
and PGA awards a
number of times.
Pam and Scott rank
their customers as fol
lows: dairy plant, bull
buyer, female buyer,
and embryos. This al
lows them to set prior
ities for their operation
and their breeding
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costs and risks associated with
genetic marketing has led Pam
and Scott to focus on live animal
sales. They are also looking at
the emerging “biosecurity mar
ket.”
They have carefully managed
and documented the health sta
tus of the herd and use it as a
marketing point with other dairy
producers. This “value-added”
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approach has already had a posi
tive affect on their bulls sales.
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than 100 bulls a year and is able
to obtain a premium by selling
sons of BVD and Johnes nega
tive cows.
The Distinguished Young Hol
stein Breeder program is admin
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tion.
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