“Ada”

All-American Brood Cow

Ada, one of the breeds great show legends, was cloned in 2001. Cloning Ada accomplished two things for her owners. One, it gave them a young Ada to work with in their breeding programs and secondly, gave them the ability to merchandize and realize some value from the aging Ada. Ada’s owners realized the value of this great cow by selling one of her clones at public auction in 2002.

C Aitkenbrae Starbuck Ada 2E-94, DOM
Life: 1554d 105,150 3.4% 3600 3.2% 3356
All-American Produce of Dam 2001
All-American Produce of Dam 2000
All-American 3-Year-Old 1990
Grand Champion Eastern National 1990
Note: Both Ada and her daughter Alicia have been cloned!

A September born Clone of Ada was sold at the Maryland Holstein Convention Sale in March 2002 for $31,000