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WSA Annual Meeting - March 29, 2025
The Golden Simmental Genetic Opportunity
2025 Directory Advertising Information
The time has come to print the 2025 WSA Directory. This directory is printed annually providing an up-to-date list of WSA and WJSA members, as well as various advertisements for both members and commercial businesses. It provides information regarding upcoming events, sales, and shows with a wide range of topics, including the WSA Family of the Year, youth awards, and Board of Director contact information.
This year there will be roughly 500 copies of the directory printed, which will be distributed to members, local businesses, and at WSA events, Farm Technology Days, Wisconsin State Fair, World Beef Expo, Midwest Fall Roundup Sale, and various county fairs and livestock shows.
In order for it to be possible to continue to print an annual directory, WSA must have membership and commercial participation through advertisements in the directory. Again, this year, WSA member Lisa Vetsch will be putting the directory together and Johnson Litho Graphics will be printing it for WSA like they have in the past.
Ads & payment are DUE to Emily Mueller by March 29, 2025
How you can get your ad to Emily
Email: ekimball15@gmail.com
Mail hard copy ad to:
Emily Mueller
W1580 State Hwy 156
Pulaski, WI 54162 Johnson Litho can also design a new ad for you!!
All ads will be in color and priced per page regardless of being color or black & white. Please specify if you want black & white, understanding it is the same price as listed below.
Full page ad: $ 200.00
Half page ad: $ 100.00
Quarter page ad: $ 50.00
1/8 page ad: $ 25.00 (size 2” height x 2.125” width)
Please make checks payable to: WSA and send payment to Emily Mueller at
W1580 State Hwy 156 Pulaski WI, 54162
Ads received without payment will be invoiced, with a copy of the Directory, after the Directory has been printed in 2025.
Please contact Lisa Vetsch, at Johnson Litho Graphics via phone at 715-271-5015 or email at lisa@johnsonlitho.com if you have questions regarding the ad. You can also call Emily Mueller 920-536-1219 with questions.
On behalf of the Wisconsin Simmental Association Board of Directors, we would like to THANK YOU for your participation in the 2025 WSA Directory!
Scholarship Application Available Now
2024 Membership Directory Available
2024 State Show Entries Available Now!
Location: Waushara County Fairgrounds, 513 S Fair Street, Wautoma, WI 54982
Cost: $30.00/head on or before May 3, 2024, $40/head after May 3, 2024, $5.00/Showmanship Entry-*HIGHLY ENCOURAGED*, All entry fees are non-refundable
Saturday May 11th, 2024
Check In 5:30PM (if Central Wisconsin Spring Fling championship steer selection is later than this, check in will start
30 min after conclusion)
6:30PM Social Gathering
● 2024 WJSA Meeting/Officer Selection
● Pizza Provided By WJSA
● Bring your own chairs and refreshments
● Junior Regionals/Nationals Prep
Sunday May 12th, 2024
7:30AM - 8:30AM Check In
9:30AM NO FIT Show Begins
Showmanship (Oldest to Youngest)
Cow/Calf (Purebred followed by Percentage)
Heifers (Purebred followed by Percentage, than Commercial)
Steers (Simmental followed by Commercial; Shown by weight)
Bulls (Purebred followed by Percentage)
Judges
Theresa & Adam St. Germain (Co-Judge)
Adam, initially an Illinois native, didn’t start with Simmentals but first with Angus and then Herefords, of all breeds… he found the light and chased it ever since. Adam and Theresa met while she was at school at South Dakota State University while working at Bushy Park Farms in Mitchell, SD back in 2011! They since have bought a farm outside of Winnebago, MN and utilize Embryo Transfer and Artificial Insemination extensively. Adam and Theresa help manage her dad Roger’s herd of approximately 50 cows. Cattle from Roger Claeys Family Simmentals and St. Germain Simmentals are marketed on an annual show heifer sale in October, many consignment sales between Minnesota and South Dakota, the Royal Classic sale in Ames the first week of January, and, of course, always private treaty. Outside of the cows, the two have full times jobs. Adam is an Agronomist with Country Farm supply, and Theresa is an Associate Specialist with Merck. In their free time outside of making hay, Adam is on the Winnebago Fire Department. Theresa fills up her time as a MSA Board Member, Executive Committee member of the Minnesota Youth Livestock Expo (MYLE), and assists with Down 4 The Cause in Cedar Rapids, IA Thanksgiving weekend. In the summer you can find them at a cattle show, Sunday Funday in the creek with the neighbors, or on the ranger with the 3 dogs checking pastures and, in the winter, calving cows
Golden Simmental Opportunity Winners
1st place winner of the genetic lot was:
Dan Kimball Seymour, WI
2nd place winner of Riverland:
Jeff Born Plymouth, WI
3rd place winner of Murray's:
Lucas Towle Little Falls, MN
The WSA would like to thank these two great businesses for helping support the Golden Simmental Genetic Opportunity Ticket sales by being donors of the second and third place prizes. Check them out online or give them a call. They have something for everyone.
American Simmental Association
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ASA Learning Library Links
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Importance of Data
“Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.”
-W. Edwards Deming
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SimGenetics
Why Simmentals?
Breed Focus
Commitment to Quality Genetic Tools
Backed by the World’s Largest Multi-breed Genetic Evaluation in Beef Cattle
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Genetic Selection Tools
Learn more about tools and genetic resources provided by the American Simmental Association.
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DNA and Genomics
Every breeder is looking to make genetic progress as quickly as possible. Learn more about the genetic concepts and genomic testing available today.
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ASA Programs
The American Simmental Association has 7 different programs for producers to participate in to help them market their genetics. From show cattle to cow/calf overations and everything in between.