Cowtown Holsteins - A Great Herd... and More

摘要

In Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, Doug Nelson has put together a fabulous Registered Holstein herd. And that's not all. His operations include extensive dairy farming, dairy technology, elk breeding and a game farm, even a popular restaurant, along witha commitment to family and service to his community. In the tile floor of the entryway to the tie-stall show barn, visitors to Cowtown see an inlay portrait of Nelacres Johanna Senator, a Thonyma Ormsby Senator son bred by owner Doug Nelson that had a fine career in the 1970s at Eastern Breeders Inc., in Ontario. This image represents how Nelson, 63, an energetic but unassuming Vermont native has come full circle from a farmer-breeder herd, through the ranks of large-scale dairying and now fully back with a truly outstanding purebred herd that today is one of the very best anywhere