A 14-year old Holstein has broken the record for most lifetime milk produced by a registered Holstein cow. Nor-Bert Colby Connie, owned by Nor-Bert Farm in Bremen, Indiana boasts a record of 486,300 pounds of milk produced, surpassing the previous record of 478,200 pounds.
Connie also logs impressive component numbers with a lifetime record of 27,062 pounds of fat and 17,737 pounds of protein, also considered the highest lifetime totals in the Holstein Association USA database. Connie’s record production is equivalent to 56,547 gallons of milk, 904,744 cups of milk, 22,939 pounds of butter, 603,168 scoops of ice cream, 48,630 pounds of cheese. That’s enough cheese to cover 129,680 12-inch pizzas.
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