91 year old Wait and See Holsteins
South Africa’s highest classified Holsteins
Both the highest Black and White and Red and White Classified cows for 2023 belong to the 91 year old Wait and See Holsteins, situated near Cradock in the Eastern Cape province of the country.
The Highest Black and White , Wait and See Precious 291, classifies 95 Frame and Capacity; 95 Legs and Feet; 95 Udder and 95 Final Class. She is by Mr Donalynn Millenium out of a Shottle x Toystory. Her best Lactation – 4y1 – 14 309KgM; 3.45% BF; 3.17% P and a Lifetime production of 81 977Kg to date. Her Shottle Dam produced 126 915Kg Lifetime.
The Highest Red and White – Grazen Dream 102-P-Red (Bred at Wait and See), classifies 90 Frame and Capacity; 88 Legs and Feet;
91 Udder; 90 Final Class.
She is by Apina Messiah-P-Red x Kodak-Red x Bookman-Red.
She has a best lactation of 6y8 – 12 189KgM; 4.2% BF ; 3.9%P and a Lifetime Production of 78 206KgM with high solids 4.4%BF, 3.9%P to date.
Wait and See has always bred functional, adaptable cows. We found a stronger, broader cow with good locomotion and the ability to put on condition in late lactation, most suitable. Today the management traits – Health, Fertility, Feed Efficiency and Productive /Herd Life – are the major selection aids/criteria.
Wait and See has bred –
- 4 x 95 point cows on Classification
- 6 x S.A.’s No. 1 Index cows
- A 9th Generation Excellent cow
- 22 out of 49 Ex cows in S.A. 2023
- 95 cows over 100 000KgM Lifetime Production (Wait and See Precious 124 – 174 664KgM is the S.A. Lifetime Production Holder)
- S.A. highest Type bull – Vitality Euro Genomic 3.5 Type
- Wait and See Patent – Dutch genomic Inet 466 +2211KgM ; SCC 2.36
