EKU Dairy Cow Earns All-America Honors; Only 6 in U.S. Nominated
Eastern Kentucky University’s Stateland Dairy at Meadowbrook Farm has a long history of excellence and awards.
Now, one of its residents has been named honorable mention All-American Cow in the Milking Yearling class. Only six cows nationally were nominated for All-American honors.
EKU’s honoree, Sun-Made Valentina ET, is the product of one of many major changes at the Farm in recent years – the addition of a Brown Swiss breed to the dairy herd.
“The Brown Swiss Association was looking for a university dairy farm to which it could make a donation of bovine embryos, and the Association’s former director, Allen Bassler, thought of EKU because of his association with Current Dairy manager Chad Powers,” explained Dr. Laurie Rincker, associate professor in EKU’s Department of Agriculture.
Published on March 02, 2015