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Wisconsin Cow Sets New National Milk Production Record
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 02/16/2010

Ever-Green-View Holsteins of Waldo, which often gets recognition for their high-producing herd of Holstein dairy cattle, has another record to be proud of. The Holstein Association USA has announced that 'Ever-Green-View My 1326-ET,' a six-year-old cow bred and owned by Tom and Gin Kestell, has produced a 365-day record of 72,170 pounds of milk, with 2,787 pounds of fat and 2,142 pounds of protein.

Sired by Stouder Morty-ET, 1326-ET is scored EX-92, and also holds the national Junior Four-Year-Old records for milk and fat production in both the 305 and 365-day categories. She produced almost 37,000 pounds of milk as a two-year-old and over 46,000 pounds as a three-year-old.

"We never expected her to break this record when she first started out," Tom said. "But by the time she was three-quarters of the way through her lactation, we knew she had a good shot."

This record breaks the previous 365-day record of 67,914 pounds of milk, set by Muranda Oscar Lucinda-ET VG-86 of Marathon, Wisconsin.

The Kestells have 130 cows with a BAA of 109.7 percent, and a Rolling Herd Average of 35,151 pounds of milk, 1,351 pounds of fat, and 1,083 pounds of protein.