Level-Plain Holsteins: Lots of AI Sires, All from One Homebred Cow Family
Breeders who want to breed animals with competing or even higher genomics than those from large nucleus programs, give themselves a huge task. Keith Nettekoven does not shy away from the challenge. Special: the owner of Level-Plain Holsteins in Wisconsin with 100 milking cows, makes use of just one cow family. From the line of Achiever descendant Level-Plain Vibrant and her three highest TPI daughters, a significant number of bulls have left for large American AIs. Each one of these bulls represents the efficiency oriented breeding goal that Nettekoven has for his enterprise, and those of other dairy farmers, as deemed economically essential.
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