The Composite Dairy Cattle Registry, in evaluating the August 2014 genetic evaluations is pleased with the progress and growth of the breeds represented by the registry.

In looking at the Elite Cow List, there are 251,637 cows both registered and grade that made the list. Of the cows on this list, and excluding the Holstein, the breeds registered by the Composite Dairy Cattle Registry make up 20% of the cows which were sired by Montbeliarde, Swedish Red and White, Norwegian Red and Red Dairy. This shows that these breeds are able to perform extremely well against traditional dairy breeds.

The breakdown by breed, the Swedish Red and White with 7,140 cows had the third highest number of cows with Holstein and Jersey being first and second. The Norwegian Red had 2,160 cows, Montbeliarde had 677 cows and Red Dairy had 277 cows make the list.

Another positive note, 78 cows on the Elite Cow List had no sire identity. We would ask that ALL producers please take the time to check the sire and dam information on animals in their herd and see that the parentage is correctly reported. In the process of registering animals we have seen 15% to 20% of the dams that have missing information. PLEASE CHECK YOUR RECORDS!

Looking at the sires of cows on the Elite Cow List by breed, the sires that had the most daughters are:

Montbeliarde: the bull 253MO6013 - UROCHER had 192 daughters followed by 253MO1529 REDON with 102 daughters.

Swedish Red and White: the 249SR1011 – B JURIST-ET with 1034 daughters, followed by 249SR1213 – PETERSLUND with 929 daughter and then 249SR2104 – GUNNARSTORP with 846 daughters.

Norwegian Red: the bull HAUGSETH had 359 daughters followed by BRAUT with 326 daughters.

Red Dairy: the bull 236RD34 - R DAVID with 86 daughters and then 236SR1091 – R FACET had 76 daughters.

Links to these bulls can be found under the Bull Listing page of our website.

The Composite Dairy Cattle Registry is open to all dairy producers and breeders in North America (USA and Canada). We offer registration to many of the non-traditional dairy breeds Fleckvieh, Montbeliarde, Norwegian Red, Red Dane, Swedish Red and White, and any other dairy cross that breeders and producers wish to register to document and preserve the ancestry of their animals. For more information, please visit our web site www.dairycattleregistry.com or call 816-738-4179.

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9.12.2014