South Central DHI has released its list of best-performing cows through May.
The top Holstein, named O-1391, came from Bells Udder Farm in Camp Douglas. She produced 39,203 pounds of milk that tested 4.7 percent and had 4364 cheese yield.
The plant is Michigan lily, but it is native and continues to grow here in diminishing populations. Other names, including Turk’s-cap lily, have been used for Lilium michiganense. Most of those common names are a better fit for something else.
