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When fat is good: P.E.I. cow sets new fat record

A cow from Belmont, P.E.I. has broken her own record for fat production during a single lactation period.

2015 Canadian Cow of the Year broke her own record

Accent-P was named 2015 Canadian Cow of the Year after breaking a milk fat production record in 2014. (Vicki Fletcher)

A cow from Belmont, P.E.I. has broken her own record for fat production during a single lactation period.

Accent-P of Oceanbrae Farms also held the previous record for a Canadian Milking Shorthorn, which she set in 2014. She was named 2015 Canadian Cow of the Year.

But during a 305-day lactation cycle last year, Accent P shattered her previous 707 kg of milk fat record. She produced

  • 10,789 kg of milk.
  • 807 kg of fat.
  • 378 kilograms of protein.

Accent-P averaged 7.5 per cent milk fat content, but on some days was producing more than 10 per cent milk fat.