Holstein International is reporting this month on the incredible story of the Lead Mae dynasty which almost never was had it not been for the break-through of Crockett-Acres Mtot Elly in 2007. Back in 2008 I bought six FORTUNE embryos from Stanton Brothers Ltd in Ontario out of an IGNITER daughter Crockett-Farms ML Mindy Ex91. One heifer was born from that purchase, Semagen Fortune Madonna, and she is currently in her first lactation with a single daughter, Semagen Ernesto Matilda.
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I'm more than a little heartened by HI's article seeing as Jim Stanton says that the various branches of the family amongst their 200 or so milking Lead Maes don't differ much from each other in performance. Better still, Stanton says that his favourite Lead Mae is Stantons Advent Must RC VG88, a daughter of ... ML Mindy! That makes me very happy, indeed. My own Mindy daughter, Madonna, has LAUTHORITY and DOMAIN embryos just recently implanted. You'll have to excuse her floppy ear and concentrate on Madonna's typically correct Lead Mae udder, only just visible in the photo below. There's an absolute swag of Lead Mae sons in sire lists world-wide, including America's Number 2 TPI bull, Morningview LEVI, the latest star.