2021 HIGH RANKING HOLSTEIN BAA LISTS

The Holstein Breed Age Average (BAA%) value provides a way to compare the score of an animal (and herd average) to the average of the breed, taking into account age of the animal and stage of lactation. All animals receive an individual BAA value on your herd classification report, and herds participating in the Classic or Standard options of the Holstein Classification program receive an overall BAA for the herd. To learn more about how BAA is calculated, visit the Classification page on www.holsteinusa.com and click on the BAA tab.

For the purposes of these lists, if a herd classified twice in a year (between 1/1/2021 and 12/31/2021) and received an official herd BAA for both classifications, only the most recent BAA was used. To appear on these lists, a herd must have at least 10 cows included in the BAA calculation.

In 2021, 982 herds had a BAA value eligible for inclusion in these lists. The average number of cows included in the BAA calculation for the entire group was 68, and the average BAA% was 107.5.

2021 Overall Top 200 BAA Herds

Rank Herd Name State BAA # Cows

1 Triple-T Holsteins OH 116.0 20 2 Matthew T. Mitchell TN 115.6 12 3 Conant Acres, Inc. ME 115.4 85 Eaton Holsteins NY 115.4 11 5 Prestige Genetics IL 114.7 10 6 Juniper Farm Inc ME 114.6 27 7 D. Ludwig Farms LLC IL 114.5 12 Milk Source LLC WI 114.5 35 9 Jeffrey Wallace Sharts NY 114.4 10 10 CLF, LLC NJ 114.3 27 Springhill OH 114.3 18 12 Bruce R. Gingerich IN 114.2 17 Delbert W. & Heather D. Yoder OH 114.2 10

Rank Herd Name State BAA # Cows

Eric A. Topp 15 Richard Nisen OH 114.2 17 IN 114.1 28

16 Rocco Cunningham 17 Dorsland Farms

CA 113.9 13 WI 113.6 21 Ryan Griffin MN 113.6 10 19 Adam John Liddle NY 113.5 61 Lookwell Farm IN 113.5 27 Retso Holsteins NY 113.5 48 22 Crisdhome Farm, Inc. WI 113.4 101 23 Michael & Chris McCullough WI 113.2 54 24 Gordon Jr. & Gordon Cook III MA 113.1 48 25 Kenneth & Charles McEvoy NY 113.0 27 Me-Do Meadows WI 113.0 10

Top BAA Herds by Herd Size

10 to 49 Cows Rank Herd Name State BAA # Cows

1 Triple-T Holsteins OH 116.0 20 2 Matthew T. Mitchell TN 115.6 12 3 Eaton Holsteins NY 115.4 11 4 Prestige Genetics IL 114.7 10 5 Juniper Farm Inc ME 114.6 27

130 to 274 Cows Rank Herd Name

State BAA # Cows

1 Olmar Farms MN 109.8 143 2 Kamphuis Farms LLC WI 109.7 270 3 Matt Timmer MN 109.4 131 4 Todd & Brad Groves MO 109.3 163 5 Trent & Kelsey Hendrickson WI 109.0 254

50 to 79 Cows Rank Herd Name State BAA # Cows

1 Adam John Liddle NY 113.5 61 2 Michael & Chris McCullough WI 113.2 54 3 Pineland Farms, Inc. ME 112.7 63 4 Lloyd M & Denise M Pease PA 112.1 57 5 Carpsdale Farms Ltd. VT 111.8 71 Mark J. Ryan WI 111.8 79

80 to 129 Cows Rank Herd Name State BAA # Cows

1 Conant Acres, Inc. ME 115.4 85 2 Crisdhome Farm, Inc. WI 113.4 101 3 Scarlet Summer Holsteins PA 112.9 88 4 Ridgedale Farm NY 112.7 90 5 Jeffrey A. & Kate Hendrickson WI 112.6 113

Over 275 Cows Rank Herd Name State BAA # Cows

1 J. Steven Arbaugh MD 109.6 333 2 Selz Farm, Inc. WI 109.0 305 3 Bradley Cates NY 108.3 435 4 Eskdale Dairy UT 108.1 306 5 Steven D. Harre IL 107.9 310

Top BAA Herds for Colleges & Universities

Rank Herd Name State BAA # Cows

1 Utah State University UT 109.8 58 2 The College of The Ozarks MO 109.5 39 3 University of Maine ME 108.4 23 4 California State University, Fresno CA 107.5 86 5 UVM-Cream VT 107.4 50