Forest Ridge Holsteins

Excellent-91 2E
7-2-03 to 2-26-10

We lost Adarra in late February due to a freak accident. Although she is gone, her legacy at Forest Ridge will
live on through her Dundee, Aspen and Shaquille daughters and granddaughters. Adarra was an absolute joy to work with, and was always looking for a scratch on her head. We thank Brian Rote from Illinois
for the incredible opportunity to purchase Adarra as a springing heifer in 2005.

Excellent-93 EEEEE 3E
2-01 2x 305d 26,500 3.8 1007 3.1 822

Nominated All-American R&W Senior 3-Year-Old 2004
Reserve Grand Champion, Midwest Spring R&W Show 2004

Backed by three VG Canadian dams, Michelle has been a herd favorite since she arrived here in 2003.
She has daughters by Advent, Jordan, Talent and Logical. See her EX Talent and Jordan daughters pictured below!
She has pregnancies by Advent and Debonair and is currently being flushed.

Excellent-91 EEEVE @ 4-11
2-11 2x 341d 22,070 4.2 916 3.1 687

The only Talent daughter of Michelle, Miracle is a red carrier and has a VG-87 Advent daughter.
Miracle is fresh and will be flushed.

Excellent-93 2E 94-MS EEEEE
3-06 2x 365d 29,670 4.2 1254 3.1 912
4-10 2x 305d 33,363 4.1 1384 3.0 1002

Nominated All-American Red & White 5-Year-Old 2009
5th 5-Year-Old, Grand International Red & White Show 2009
2nd 5-Year-Old & Champion Bred & Owned
2009 National R&W Convention Show
Minnie is Michelle’s RED daughter by Jordan!

Minnie has daughters by Advent and Kite.

Excellent-91 2E EEEVE
5-04 2x 349d 29000 3.2 922 2.6 755

Out of a 2E-92 Factor dam that has records to 41,570M & 1768P and lifetime totals over 207,000M,
Mae has two milking Rubens daughters and Luck-E Advantage daughters in the heifer pens.

Excellent-91 VEEVE 93-MS 2E
3-02 2x 305d 28,760 3.4 965 2.9 848

Diane is starting a new family of Excellent cows here at Forest Ridge.
She is due in late June.

Very Good-87 VG-MS

Alva’s dam is Kamps-Hollow Angel-ET *RC EX-90, then EX-91 Athena, EX-94 Affection and EX-96 4E August!
Alva is a potential 7th generation Excellent from the family that produced Advent and Apple!
Alva has daughters by Redlou and Advent.

Young Prospects

Very Good-87

An Advent daughter of Forest-Ridge Miracle EX-91, pictured above,
Majesty has embryos available by Laurin and Jasper and
pregnancies by Laurin, Mr Burns and Sanchez.

Very Good-86

2nd Junior Two-Year-Old
2009 National R&W Convention Show

Manilow is an Advent daughter of Stelbro Michelle Rubens-Red 3E-93, pictured above.

Very Good-86

Marin is a Rubens daughter of Milk&Honey Mkr Mae-Red 2E-91, pictured above.
She has pregnancies by Debonair.

Excellent-90 94-MS @ 3-06

Jemma's dam is Westphalia-JD Jenteal, an EX-90 Integrity daughter
(still here on the farm), then GBM Valiant Starbuck Janice 4E-94 GMD,
then three more Excellent dams! Jemma calved in early January
with an Aspen heifer calf and is getting off to a great start!

Very Good-86

An Aspen daughter of Rotesown Gibson Adarra EX-91 2E, pictured above.
2nd Dam: 2E-90 Highlight dam with 270,160M 8878F & 7192P lifetime.
3rd Dam: Rotesown Bova Amy 4E-94 GMD DOM - over 240,000M lifetime!

Avalon is due this summer to Aftershock!

Very Good-87 88-MS @ 3-00

A Dundee daughter of Rotesown Gibson Adarra EX-91 2E, pictured above.
2nd Dam: 2E-90 Highlight dam with 270,160M 8878F & 7192P lifetime.
3rd Dam: Rotesown Bova Amy 4E-94 GMD DOM - over 240,000M lifetime!

Very Good-85 VG-MS

Very Good-85

A Gibson daughter of Wegnerlann Outside Una VG-89.

Good Plus-84

A September Storm daughter of Viapax Ranger Lic Jessica VG-88, then Canadian dams of EX-92 and EX-94.

Very Good-85

A Kite daughter of Forest-Ridge Minnie-Red 2E-93, pictured above.

Michelle's Young Logical Daughters:

Good Plus-83

Good Plus-81

Very Good-86

An Inferno daughter of Reedale Redman Vee-Red VG-86.

Other Favorites at Forest Ridge:

Wegnerlann Durham Geneva-ET Very Good-86 88-MS @ 2-03 Geneva was fresh in late December with a Toystory heifer and is looking more and more like mama every day! Dam: Wegnerlann Gabriella EX-92 2-04 2x 365d 27,730 4.2 1155 3.3 924 Junior All-American Senior 2-Year-Old 2006 1st Sr 2-Year-Old, Midwest National Fall Show 2006 Next dam: Wegnerlann Gabby EX-94 5-07 2x 365d 36,210 3.6 1286 2.9 1065 1st Sr 3-Year-Old, Midwest Spring National 2005

Elm-Park Lustriss-Red-ET Very Good-88 6-05 2x 364d 31,450 3.8 1186 3.0 944 Lustriss has a GP-84 VG-MS Talent daughter. Dam: Chapel-Bank EM Leah-Red-ET EX-90 3-01 2x 361d 27,320 4.1 1107 3.2 870 Next five dams Very Good & Excellent!	Wilstar Durham Gina-ET Very Good-88 Dam: Lynland Encore Gemini-ET EX-91 2E GMD 3-04 2x 365d 34,235 3.6 1267 3.2 1095 2nd Dam: Ray-Barb Broker Daisy-ET VG-85 3rd Dam: Sheik Hilltop-Hanover Dana-ET EX-92 2E 4th Dam: Dreamstreet Chief Delight-TW EX-93 2E DOM 5th Dam: Sher-Mar Ski Boots Dawn EX-93 3E GMD 6th Dam: Sher-Mar Fury Lee Ann EX-90 2E 7th Dam: Larkeith Ivanhoe Lamaga VG-85

Hilrose S Storm Amy-Red-ET Very Good-87 2-01 2x 365d 33,350 4.1 1369 2.8 926 Backed by eight Excellent dams, Amy will be flushed this winter. She is owned with Dave Rose. Her maternal sister: Hilrose Advent Autumn-Red EX-91 Nominated All-American Red & White 4-Year-Old 2009 2nd 4-Year-Old, Grand International R&W Show 2009	Wegnerlann Outside Una Very Good-89 4-04 2x 365d 32,530 3.5 1126 2.8 922

Many of the scores above are updated from our March 15th visit from the classifier. Please feel free to contact us with any inquiries!

About Us

Sarah Wegner & Kurt Loehr

Forest Ridge Holstein was established in 2003 with the purchase of a small group of Red & White Holsteins with a few Black & Whites mixed in. Most notable of this group is Stelbro Michelle Rubens-Red 3E-93, who has raised 11 points in score since her arrival.

Kurt grew up on his parents’ 60-cow grade Holstein dairy in rural Eden, Wisconsin. Dairying was his passion, so he attended Lakeshore Technical College’s Dairy Herd Management program after graduating from high school. Many of his classmates had come from registered herds, which piqued Kurt’s interest. After graduation, Kurt started purchasing young cows with deep pedigrees that he could build from. In 2004, Kurt and Sarah met at World Dairy Expo when they were tied across the aisle from each other. Sarah grew up on a 500-cow registered dairy in the coulees of western Wisconsin, near Ettrick, and had been showing cattle since the age of nine. She attended UW-Madison Farm & Industry Short Course after high school to further her dairy knowledge. When Sarah moved to Eden in 2005, she brought a few of her own cows from her parents’ Wegnerlann herd to build upon what Kurt had started.

Kurt and Sarah continued to purchase cattle, and by using embryo transfer on a few of the deeper-pedigreed cows, have managed to build their small registered herd quickly in a few short years. Currently, there are approximately 120 milking and dry cows (including Kurt’s father’s grade cows) and 150 heifers that roam the pastures at Forest Ridge. The farm is operated by Kurt, Sarah and Kurt’s father, Randy. Randy focuses on crops and fieldwork, while Kurt and Sarah work with the cows. Kurt’s mom, Ellen, holds a job off the farm, but takes care of the bookwork and helps in the barn when needed.