2016 National Cow For All Seasons
( Highest 305 day 2x ECM )
Jonlee Secret Langwathby 68129402 '2E93 - E94ms'
by Robin Alden
Once again, one cow has come away with both the Vernon C Hull Total Performance Cow award and the Cow for All Seasons award for the 2016 show season. Jonlee Secret Langwathby ‘2E93’ (94MS) remains unstoppable, thanks to tremendous production and formidable type. Velva Notter
and the late Bill Notter of Holyoke, Colorado, sponsor the National Total Performance Award in honor of Vernon C. Hull, who had a tremendous impact on the improvement of the breed through his work at Lee’s Hill Farm. The award is presented to the cow that produces the most lifetime milk in the least amount of days over two years of age, combined with a high 305-day Energy Corrected Milk (ECM) record and places well in her respective class at a national show. The Cow For All Seasons is also awarded based on the highest 305-day ECM record at a national show and must be awarded to a cow in milking form. This is sponsored by Purebred Publishing.
Langwathby is no stranger to those who love the Brown Swiss cow for her production and conformation. She’s been a National Bell Ringer, All-American nominee, and the Total Performance and Nasco International Type & Production Winner at multiple shows. In 2016, some of her accolades include placing second in the Component Merit class at the Southeast National, and being named the Total Performance Cow at the Southeast National and the Indiana State Fair. Her most recent 305-day record at three times a day is 4/11 48,980M 5.6% 2,754F 3.8% 1,849P. Her High ECM is 65,826 and her Lifetime is 176,142ECM. Sired by Cutting Edge Secret ET *TM and bred by John and Lisa Roberts of Vermont, Langwathby is owned by Dalton, Dillon & Breanne Freeman of Nor-Bert Dairy of Bremen, Indiana, where she is a herdmate of 140 Brown Swiss, Holsteins, Ayrshires and Jerseys who are milked on Lely robotic milkers.
Also for the second year in a row, the runner-up of the Total Performance Award and the Cow for All Seasons is the same cow, Old Mill Starsky Love ET ‘2E93,’ owned by Gary & Patricia Mase and Allen & Tammy Bassler of Carlton, Pennsylvania. Love has a high 305 ECM of 44,854 and her most recent lactation at 5-04 is 36,480M 5.0% 1,833F 3.3% 1,201P. Love is sired by Old Mill TA Starsky ET and was bred by Amanda Bassler.
Two full sisters captured the third-place finish for the Total Performance and Cow for All Seasons awards. Top Acres Supreme Wizard ET ‘2E95’ and Top Acres Supreme Wisp ‘3E95’ were the respective winners for Wayne Sliker of St. Paris, Ohio. Wizard has a high 305 ECM of 36,817 and Wisp boasts a high 305 ECM of 40,322. The pair was also the winning Produce of Dam at the International Show this year.
NASCO Type & Production Winners- 2016 Cow for All Seasons Finalists
Jonlee Secret Langwathby
High 305 ECM- 65,826
Dalton, Dillon & Breanne Freeman, Bremen, IN
Southeast National
Old Mill Starsky Love ET
High 305 ECM-44,854
Gary & Pat Mase, Carlton, PA
Eastern National
Top Acres Supreme Wisp
High 305 ECM-40,322
Wayne E. Sliker, St. Paris, OH
Central National
Busy Bee Syndicate Jasper 953253
High 305 ECM – 32,619
Elisabeth Regusci, Modesto, CA
Western National
Random Luck Vis Trudy ET
High 304 ECM-32,490
Allards Farm Inc., Hadley, MA
Northeast National
Kruses RLS Pon Sueann ET
High 305 ECM 28,219
Robert Landgraf, Jackson, MO
Southwest National
Old Mill Amazing Grace
High 305 ECM-24,818
Bradner-R Farms, BC
Northwest National