Witter Center’s dairy herd ranked third in nation

The J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center’s herd of Holsteins tied for third place for the Holstein Association’s 2019 Top Breed Age Average for Colleges and Universities in the U.S. Breed Age Average provides a means to compare a given animal’s or herd’s characteristics to the breed’s average for an animal with a similar age and stage of lactation. The center’s herd ranked sixth in 2018. The improvement is a product of careful stewardship of the herd’s breeding program, which has led to new additions that increase the center’s score as they mature into milking age.