FEATURED COW OF THE WEEK: GRANDMA

At the ripe old age of 12, grandma cow just had her 10th calf, and her first heifer, and that is why she is my featured cow of the week. In her lifetime, she has produced 232,153 lbs of milk with 7,767 lbs of fat and 6,453 lbs of protein. She is the oldest cow on the farm, but doesn't show it. Her udder still is not the lowest on the farm and she moves pretty good for a cow of her age. The only thing is she moves a little slower because she knows we will let her go nice and slow.

A cow living to 12 is becoming more and more rare. But grandma cow is still doing well. Her ear tag number is 93, and we have heifers coming into the barn now after their first calf at 370s. And she still produces well, her last lactation produced 28,847 and she peaked at 117. Her average milked produced in a day is 81 pounds since she was 2 years old.

Her sire is Convincer and the sire to her newest calf is Toy Story. We were so happy when we found out that she had a heifer, having a cow with such great longevity is a fantastic grate.