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Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder
Award Nomination
This award recognizes an active, progressive producer who, through expertise in
managing a dairy-breeding herd based upon sound genetic and business principles,
serves as a model of success for contemporaries throughout the nation. Father-son,
husband-wife, brother-sister, and other such partnerships are eligible to be
nominated. A member of National Dairy Shrine must make the nomination, however,
the nominee need not be a member, but will be encouraged to join National Dairy
Shrine.
The winner will be recognized at the National Dairy Shrine’s Awards banquet.
This form is the official application, however additional information may be provided.
Please include up to three (3) letters of support.
All Nominations are due March 15.
Instructions for applying:
1. Download this application and type in your responses. Save the file as
CattleBreeder.NomineesLastName.NomineesFirstName.doc. Please email this
form and the letters of support to [email protected].
2. Or send the nomination and supporting information and letters to:
National Dairy Shrine
PO Box 725
Denmark, WI 54208
Phone: 920-863-6333
Nomination Submitted by:
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Email:
Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder Nomination
1. Personal Data (Print or Type)
Applicant
Last Name
First Name
Middle Initial
Farm Name:
Present Address
Phone Number:
Email Address:
Date and Place of Birth
Spouse’s Name (if applicable)
Number of Children:
Sons
Children’s Names
Age
Education
A. Name and Location
Daughters
Present Complete Address
Years Attended
Degree(s) Earned
B. College Major(s)
2. Herd Data:
Dairy Cattle Breed(s) Br.___ ___# Reg ___ # Grade Br. ___ ____# Reg ___ # Grade
Percent of Herd Bred by Nominee:______
Herd Size: Cows
Bred Heifers
Open Heifers
3. Participation in Performance Programs: Production Testing
A. Describe type of testing, testing organization and number of tests per year.
B. Years on Production Test.
C. Annual herd production (List year-end rolling herd average for each of the last five years)
Year
# on Test
Lbs. Milk
Lbs. Fat
Lbs. Pro
SCS
Data Collection Score
4. Official Type Classification
A. Number of Years of Participation in the Program
B. List year and average classification score (last five years)
Year
Ave Score
Number
Appraised
Number
Excellent
Number
Very Good
5. Identification Programs (Identity Enrollment, Genetic Recovery, electronic ID, etc.)
Name of Program:
Name of Program:
Percent of Herd Enrolled
Percent of Herd Enrolled
6. Participation in genetic progress programs
Percent of herd mated to young sires: genomic or progeny testing _________
Percent of herd genomic tested ______
Are you active in a breed performance evaluation program like REAP, COMPLETE, etc.
7. Management and Herd Health Program
A. Describe the housing and feeding system for your milking herd.
B How do you raise your heifers? What is your goal for age at first calving?
C Describe your herd health programs
8. Evaluation of Breeding Programs
A. Describe your breeding philosophy – do you focus on sire stacks or cow families, do you
line breed, do you use embryo transfer, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), do you use sexed semen,
mating programs, or other types of consulting or information. Also describe the genetic tools
you are using for sire selection and what are the most important traits in your selection
goals.
9. Breeding and Genetic Progress:
A. List up to 5 of the most prominent sires bred by nominee and their latest USDA proofs:
Sire
PTA Milk
PTA Protein
PTA Type
B. List up to 5 of the most prominent cows bred by nominee and their type, productive
data or other honors:
Cow
Type
Production
Other Data
C. Number of cows or bulls to receive elite designations from breed association, like Gold
Medal, Dam of Merit or Gold Star Dam, etc.
D. Number of cows with lifetime production over 100,000 lbs. Milk and/or 4,000 lbs. Fat
and/or 3,000 lbs. Protein bred by nominee. (List only the number of each)
E. Show winnings at major shows or animals bred by nominee at the top of the TPI or PTI
lists.
10. Marketing of Cattle:
A.
Percent of total annual income resulting from the sale of breeding stock:
B.
Number of animals sold for breeding and/or embryos sold per year
C.
Describe nominee’s advertising program in a typical year
D.
Describe nominee’s participation in dairy promotional activities such as shows,
consignment sales, national conventions, junior activities, etc.
11. Personal Information
A. Other dairy industry activities or community involvement
B. Other work and business experience
C. Awards, honors and other special recognition received