Leaving a Lasting Legacy COULEE CREST LLC, CASHTON, WI C
oulee Crest LLC is home to one of the hottest families in the Guernsey breed. The “L” family is building a lasting legacy of index, production and type. Coulee Crest, located in Cashton, WI, is owned by brothers Kurt and Scot Peterson. The farm was started by Kurt and Scot’s grandparents and then their father Don took over in 1958 and milked 50 Registered Guernseys. Kurt came home from college in 1996 and farmed together with his dad, until the early 2000’s when brother Scot left his off-farm computer job and came back to farm full time with Kurt. Presently, the Peterson’s milk 240 cows with 70 Guernseys, 15 Ayrshires and the rest are grade Holsteins. They use the Holstein heifers as recipients for Guernsey embryos. Kurt estimates that at least 40% of their Guernsey herd goes back to the L family on the maternal side. The matriarch of the family is Flambeau Manor Decision Lori, EX-90, who was purchased as part of an embryo package. Her dam was Flambeau Manor Enhancer Lana, EX-92, who had several EX daughters and is backed by two more EX dams. Lori, who is A2A2, had a best record of 3-09 365D 3X 44,250M 5.9% 2,600F 3.0% 1,313P and over 184,000M 10,000F and 6,000P lifetime. She was at one time the #1 CPI Cow in the breed and had several
Coulee Crest Nick Lorilyn EX-91 is the oldest daughter of Decision Lori and is a former #1 CPI Cow. She is the dam of Legend. 34 « COWSMOPOLITAN Summer 2021
EX daughters. Lori’s first daughter was Coulee Crest Nick Lorilyn, EX-91, who also went on to be the #1 CPI cow in the breed and made a high record at 3-05 365D 3X 42,440M 5.3% 2,254F 3.1% 1,298P, with over 107,000M 5,700F and 3,500P lifetime. In turn, Lorilyn’s first daughter, Coulee Crest AP Lorilee, also scored EX-90, was the #1 CPI Cow and completed the Guernsey breed’s first three generations of 40,000M cows, with a best record of 2-10 365D 3X 41,180M 4.7% 1,945F 3.5% 1,425P. Furthermore, one of Lorilee’s daughters, Coulee Crest Copper Leenah, VG-88 completes four generations of #1 CPI Cows!
Royalty-Manor HP Lite-It-Up-ETV, left, and Royalty Manor Fame LastCallCrush-ETV, right, were named All-American and Reserve All-American Senior 2-Year-Olds, respectively, in 2020 as well as All-American Produce of Dam. Logo makes a more commercial cow,” Kurt expressed.
According to the American Guernsey Association, the sire with the most registered daughters in 2020 was Coulee Crest Novack LamBEAU, who is a son of Leenah siring stylish calves, including several All-American honorees. The sire with the fourth most daughters was Coulee Crest Grumpy Legend, a son of Lorilyn, and the fifth most was Coulee Crest Fame Latimer, a son of Lorilee. In addition, another son of Lorilee, Coulee Crest Conqueror Logo is the current #1 Active bull. It’s easy to say the L family is having an impact on the breed! “Beau is making really deep ribbed, balanced heifers that can be pretty fancy and show well, while Latimer is probably the best udder bull to come from the family yet.
Two granddaughters of Nick Lorilyn were the All-American and Reserve AllAmerican Senior 2-Year-Olds in 2020. Royalty-Manor HP Lite-It-Up-ETV, owned by Haley Beukema of New Richmond, WI, was the Intermediate Champion and Reserve Grand Champion at the National Guernsey Show in Louisville. She was one of the first Guernseys to score VG-89 (EX-MS) as a 2-year-old under a Holstein USA Classifier, and Lite-It-Up also ranks in the top 100 of CPI Cows. Her maternal sister, Royalty-Manor Fame LastCallCrushETV, VG-88 owned by Triple J Genetics from Australia & Valley Gem Farms, Cumberland, WI, was 2nd at Louisville. Both cows are housed at Valley Gem
Coulee Crest AP Lorilee EX-90 completed the Guernsey breed’s first three generations of 40,000M cows and was a former #1 CPI cow, like her dam Lorilyn.
Pond NPines Beau Nutter Butter-ETV was Unanimous All-American Summer Yearling and named 2020 Heifer of the Year by the American Guernsey Association.