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ompiling a list of the top Red and White Holsteins that Richard Green of Greenlea Holsteins, Middletown, Delaware bred or owned is no simple task. High-quality Holsteins using the Greenlea prefix have been registered by Richard and his father George L. Green since the 1960s. During his sophomore year of college, his father became ill, and Richard did all the dairy chores while attending classes. His father decided to sell the cows so that Richard could pursue an education. Following graduation from the University of Delaware Richard worked at his alma mater Middletown High School as a librarian, teacher, athletic director and coach of numerous sports including track, cross country and baseball. Richard retained his interest in dairy farming and after retirement from his career as an educator, he became one of the most prestigious breeders of Red and White Holstein cattle in the world, winning numerous Premier Exhibitor and Breeder banners at World Dairy Expo. He started showing Red and White Holsteins in 1997, and eventually exhibited four Grand Champions at the Red and White Show at World Dairy Expo with four different cows. Richard twice had the Reserve Grand Champion, several Junior Champions, and 56 class winners that he bred or owned. Even today the “Greenlea” farm prefix is in the pedigree of many of the top individuals around the world.
Bar-Lee Marker Mandy-Red-ET (EX-94 3E) earned numerous All-American accolades and is the dam of Marlene. 80 « COWSMOPOLITAN Fall 2021
Go Green! By Doug Urban
Richard made his first purchases of Red and White cattle in the 1990s. He was impressed by Stookey Elm Park Blackrose *RC EX-96-3E GMD DOM and purchased her Kinglea Leader *RC VG daughter, Miss Leader Redrose-Red-ET EX-90. Redrose made a top record of 4-04 365d 33,970 3.8 1285 3.1 1070. She had several outstanding daughters including Greenlea Rose-Red-ET EX-91 sired by STBVQ Rubens *RC. Richard felt that Blackrose offered a sure source of quality. He felt that her son Indianhead RedMarker *RC sired large and coarse dairy cows with a wide muzzle and wide chest. He often combined Rubens and RedMarker bloodlines with great success.
One of Richard’s Holstein friends was Robert Yeoman of Bar-Lee Holsteins in Oklahoma, whom he spoke to on a daily basis. It was from the Bar-Lee herd that he purchased Bar-Lee MS Marcy-Red EX-92 by Brooknook Milestone-Red-ET. Marcy was All-American R & W Sr. 2-Year-Old and Res. All-American R & W 5-Year-Old. He also owned Marcy’s Red-Marker daughter Bar-Lee Marker Mandy-Red-ET EX-94-3E who was All-American R & W Sr. 2-Year-Old, Res. All-American R & W Sr. 3-Year-Old and All-American R & W 5-YearOld. She was also 2003 Reserve Grand Champion at the Grand International R & W Show. Mandy had several Very Good and Excellent daughters including Greenlea Mindy-Red EX-94-2E and Greenlea Rub Marlene-Red-ET EX-94 by
Greenlea Rub Marlene-Red-ET (EX-94) is a 4th generation All-American and was Reserve Grand at Madison in 2007.
Richard Green, center, was presented the Premier Breeder award at the 2011 All-American Red & White Dairy Show. Rubens and Bar-Lee Storm Maggie EX-93 by Maughlin Storm. Marlene was a 4th generation AllAmerican winning All-American Sr. 2-Year-Old, All-American Sr. 3-Year-Old and All-American 5-Year-Old. In 2007 she was Reserve Grand Champion at the Grand International R & W Show in Madison. Marlene made a record of 3-07 365d 35,394 4.0 1410 3.1 1108. She was also an outstanding brood cow having many outstanding daughters. KHW Kite Advent-Red-ET EX-94 would prove to be a great mating with Marlene producing 6 Excellent and 3 Very Good daughters including JK-RG Advent Earlene-Red-ET EX-94 and JK-RG Advent Arlene-Red-ET EX-93. When mated to Picston ShottleET GM Marlene had 4 Excellent daughters including RG-JK Shottle Marvel-ET EX-95, RG-JK Shottle Mildred-ET EX-92 and RG-JK Shottle Millie-ET EX-92. The RG-JK prefix denotes the partnership between Richard Green and John Kisst of California. Macs-Acres Fannie-Red-ET EX-94-2E was the first cow to be named Grand Champion for Richard Green at the Grand International R & W Show in 2003. She was All-American R & W 4-Year-Old, 5-Year-Old and Aged Cow. Fannie was sired by Markwell Romancer-ET *RC the Browndale Stardust son of Blackrose EX-96. She made 7-10 365d 25,920 4.7 1190 2.9 749. She was selected 2004 International Cow of the Year by the
