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Morningview Converse Judy Internationally fame for the JUDY’S International fame for the Judy’s as the title of this article Morningview… Were it all began states is an easy line for an American cow family that has The Judy’s have a deep background but started to get global attention done so extremely well in many different herds all around at Morningview Holsteins, Durango, Iowa, where this fantastic family the world.The family started in the United States, but was developed. When Tom Schmitt was working a sale in 1990, he nowadays has different branches across the breed which came across a Memorial daughter, Walnutt-Knoll Judy. Judy was a just is creating worldwide interest for Judy genetics. fresh two-year old and already expressed her will to milk. The Schmitts took her home to Morningview where she scored VG-87- Speaking to different people about their experiences with the Judy’s USA and after great work as a brood cow she earned the status of there was one consistent line, the Judy’s are giving so many farmers GMD and DOM . She was flushed to different sires but it was her satisfaction and in many different types of herds. Balanced cows with Aerostar daughter (Morningview Aerostar Jix VG-87-USA), who perfect udders, great health traits and huge productions are just a few gave birth to Morningview Converse Judy EX-93-USA GMD DOM. trademarks the Judy’s excel in. Morningview Converse Judy EX-93-USA GMD DOM 82 | Hotspots ConverseJudy.indd 82 2-6-2011 22:23:53 Heidenskipster Shottle Silver VG-87-NL 2yr. Morningview RUW Bertha VG-87-NL 2yr. Morningview Tstory Amaya VG-88-USA 2yr. Morningview G Addition VG-87-USA 2yr. Amongst the very best GTPI Transmitting cows in Judy in RED! Her R&W Destry son is amongst the One of the greatest Toystory's in the breed! Great new generations of Judy's the breed!! very highest g RZG bulls in Germany Sold for $ 75,000 to De-Su Holsteins Converse Judy did an amazing job as brood cow with plenty of good I can describe many great dtrs of Judy with fantastic dtrs by Mr. Sam, daughters, her grandson Morningview Ashlar at Semex has been used Damion and Garter, but Shottle Silver will write the next story. She is around the world as a sire of sons and the newest generation of sky- the perfect cow for both the type breeders and the commercial farm- high genomic young sires are getting global popularity. ers. Beside that she is producing the highest Genomic animals every time!” Tom Schmitt: “Judy was 15 years ahead of her time from a health trait standpoint. They had fantastic udders and were problem free cows, And that’s how it is, Shottle Silver is a name to write in capital Golden later when health traits came out they confirmed what we had always Letters. She has the total combination as she won the Show in Wor- credited the Judy’s for. The Judy’s are an easy cow family to work with kum as a Jr. Calf and later as a Fresh Jr. 2-Yr. Old with her full sister due to their tremendous udders and they just really thrive in any op- Heidenskipster Shottle Selma in the Reserve Championship place. eration. One of the best Judy’s ever calved in at our farm is (Note: Selma wasn’t tested for Genomics, but her only tested dtr, He- Morningview G Addition VG-87 2yr., with GTPI +2084” denskipster Planet Melinda ranks in the Top 20 GTPI Planet dtrs in Europe, US 04/11 GTPI +2269) Tom Schmitt Julius Kuipers Morningview Holsteins “Judy was 15 years ahead of her time from a Heidenskipster health trait standpoint.” "This is the best cow family we have ever worked with." Speaking about popularity, the Judy’s have been making spectacular For Shottle Silver, her huge popularity shot through the roof after her prices on different auctions around the world with Morningview Genomic test came back and her capacity to breed well seems to be Tstory Amaya VG-88-USA as the high selling lot when she sold in the endless. If we look at her Genomic transmission, she is a unique cow Morningview Tribute to Converse Judy Sale in 2009. Amaya was the in the World. successful purchase of De-Su Holsteins at the commanding price of $ Shottle Silver is still Top 5 GTPI Milking Shottle dtr in Europe with 75,000! This is a really strong branch of the family going back through GTPI +2179, a number which keeps increasing with every progeny Oman, Mtoto and Gibbon on Judy. Again a proof of the Global Fame she includes in her index! is the Earnit sister to Toystory Amaya at Majestic Holsteins in North- To date (April ’11), 26 dtrs of Silver have been Genomic tested already, ern Ireland. Majestic Earnit Annette is the #1 GTPI Earnit daughter in from which she has produced the #2 & #4 Man-O-Man, the #2 Bog- the breed with GTPI +2269! art, the #3, #4 & #9 Legend, the #9 GTPI Milking Roumare, #6 & #7 Alexander, #1, #2, #3 & #6 GTPI Alino and the #1 Laurin in Europe!! With every combination she produced at least one heifer in the Top 10 GOLDEN Silver – 15 x GTPI Top 10!! GTPI ranking for their sire and including Silver herself, we see 15 Top We could a write a whole story about this branch of the Judy’s! The 10 positions, that’s more than 50% of her breeding opportunities!! branch at Heidenskipster Holsteins started with Heidenskipster Aar- on Jabber VG-85 2yr. who was imported as an embryo out of the USA. She is sired by Aaron out of a Manfred dtr of good old Judy. Everything in this combination fell at the right place and Aaron Jab- Angelo Pozzatti ber produced the best family in the Heidenskipster herd ever. Sire Analyst Semex "Europe has 2 great foundation cows out of the Julius Kuipers: “This is the best cow family we have ever worked with. Converse Judy's with Goldwyn Seretta in Italy We couldn’t dream that we could be so fortunate with this Aaron Jab- and Shottle Silver in the Netherlands. Both cows ber. She produced over 400 embryos for us of which many were ex- are big, powerfll cows, but very correct and balanced, with very ported all around the World. In our herd she delivered over 16 milk- functional udders. The best quality of these two cows is the potential to transmit huge genomic numbers on their progeny (both dtrs and ing dtrs of which 12 are scoring VG 2yr. and of which all 16 are scoring sons). Seretta has 5 Baxter dtrs and 6 Man O Man's with impressive VG for udder (VG-87 average). They are so consistent and excel in Genomic numbers for production, type and fitness. Silver has several great type with high milk yields, the udders are a realy trademark for dtrs and sons with Man-O-Man with sons testing close to 2400 GTPI" the family. Hotspots | 83 ConverseJudy.indd 83 2-6-2011 22:23:54 Top 2 GTPI Baxter dtrs! Judy's with "Italian Style" The August 2010 run was a memorable day for All. Nure Baxter Silvy VG-86-IT EX-MS 2yr., bred by Mr. Giorgio Rossetti from Italy. This Baxter dtr de- buted with her Genomic index, and stood there right on top - 1st place in the European GTPI Rank- ing for cows! For this fortunate branch of the Judy family we go to Italy. Here the Judy family started with Aurora Nes- ta EX-91-IT, the EXCELLENT Durham dtr Nesta with 7 VG 2yr. Old dtrs in Italy and a grand dtr of good old Judy. This EX-91 Durham dtr is a very du- rable cow, with a wonderful udder which is really productive - she produced over 100.000 kg milk in only 5 lactations. She also bred many great dtrs in Italy with an VG-88 Stormatic which won the Na- tional Show in Cremona 2005, an EX-90 Freelance, VG-88 Outside and more. Aurora Nesta EX-91-IT Her dtr with the most influence will very likely be Durham grand dtr of Judy! La Felce Seretta VG-88-IT (s. Goldwyn), which Great offspring including Excellent Cows & show winning dtrs proved a very successful purchase for All. Nure Holsteins in Italy. Mr. Rosetti from All-Nure Hol- steins purchased Seretta in 2007 when she was one year old. This beautiful dairy and silky Seretta had a natural calf by Jeeves which sold to Cormdale Ge- netics in Canada, 5 high scoring Man-O-Man dtrs at All-Nure Farms and with the combination with Baxter we could really speak about a “Golden Cross”, with 5 milking dtrs, all scoring a minimum of VG 2yr. Old in the Italian scoring system. Both, the World’s #1 & #2 (VG scoring) GTPI Baxter dtrs were a result of this extremely successful cross with respectively All. Nure Baxter Silky VG-85-IT 2yr. and All. Nure Baxter Silvy VG-86-IT EX-MS 2yr., both still keeping a Top 10 position in the European GTPI Top ranking! Sister All. Nure Baxter Silvy sold to the very inter- national syndicate between Diamond Genetics, JK La Felce Seretta VG-88-IT Eder Holsteins (where she is housed), and Vision Fantastic Goldwyn dtr and great brood cow Genetics from the USA. Baxter was a truly "Golden Cross" on her!! Judy in RED Famous as a truly B&W Family, the Judy’s also have their R&W branch.