We'd like to thank all those who purchased "Rodonwa" genetics in 2009. We hope that your purchases bring you happiness and profitability in the future!

Take a look at some of our high-scoring, home-bred cows. We enjoy breeding, developing and working with cows that live long, productive and profitable lives.

   
 
 


4-01 2x 365 38,290 4.2 1611 2.9 1109

5 #1 Sanchez embryos sell on the NY Convention ET Sale!
-January 14th in Utica, NY
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Behind Sally are 10 generations of VG and EX cows...all of which are pictured!

HER DAM

Conant Acres Shars-ET (2E-91)
6-01 2x 365 28,080 4.0 1129 3.2 909
   
   
 

All cows pictured below are currently in the herd!
 
 
  Rodonwa Emory Candy
  Rodonwa Emory Candy
2-00 2x 360 20,920 3.6 734 3.0 631
3-02 2x 365 25,570 3.5 883 3.1 801
4-05 2x 336 25,080 3.5 879 3.0 745
6-06 2x 365 26,040 3.5 912 3.0 786

Candy is the Queen of our herd!
Fresh again in her 7th lactation,
Candy's latest heifer is sired by Pronto.

She has a VG-88 Mr Sam daughter milking in the herd.
Rodonwa Mr Sam Candace (VG-88 1st Score)
5-02 2x 305 26,450 3.8 998 3.0 789

11 generations VG or EX!
3rd generation EX.
Fresh in August, Sweet Sheri jumped from
EX-92 to 94 and we think there could be
more points to come!
   

 

  2 at 2E-92
 
Rodonwa Emperor Sweet Toni
  Rodonwa Emperor Sweet Toni
5-05 2x 365 29,930 3.8 1147 3.1 924
6-10 2x 365 30,600 3.6 1090 3.0 929
8-05 2x 365 28,500 3.8 1075 3.1 870
Over 242,000 lifetime!

Bred to Lightning and due December '09
with her 10th calf!
5th generation EX & 11th generation VG or EX!
Her Frederick daughter looks great at VG-88.

3-05 2x 350 25,700 3.8 981 3.0 770

A real nice barn cow with style & balance!
She's the second 93-pt cow from our Cherry Family! This family is now in its 60th year as it goes back to the first cow purchased by my dad. To date, there are 23 Excellents in this family!
     
 
 
Rodonwa Mr Sam Candace
  Rodonwa Jasper S Shandra-TW
5-08 2x 365 25,450 4.2 1076 3.0 772

10th generation VG or EX from the Sweet Family!

Now in her 5th lactation.
Her Dean daughter is VG-86 @ 2yrs.
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5-11 2x 365 28,640 3.4 977 3.1 901

Another favorite from the Cherry Family!

9th generation VG or EX and
7th generation over 100,000 lbs!
   
 
   
  Sheri is now EX-94!
Breakdowns: 98-Rump, 97-Front End Capacity,
94-Dairy Strength, 92-Mammary and 91-Feet&Legs

Two New Excellents
Ms Sim-Kno Dundee Roxie (EX-90) - 2nd Lactation
*Dam is VG-87 and gr'dam is Hanoverhill R Rhonda-TW (EX-94)
and then 5 more EX dams back to ROXY!
Rodonwa Morty Cherry Janni (EX-90)

10 New Very Goods - 4 of which are 2-year-olds!
The 2-year-olds are sired by Drake, Lou, Dean and Durham.
The Durham is backed by 7 EX dams, 2nd dam is Elegance!
Drake and Lou daughters are both from the Cherry Family.
Dean is a daughter of Shandra, pictured above!

Food for Thought...

9 of the 13 oldest cows currently in the herd are scored Excellent.
Their average score is 92.11 and there is a total of 52 calvings from these 9 cows.
Do you think longevity is related to Type?

 
 


The Waterman Family
840 Sabattus Rd. Sabattus, ME 04280
Unofficial BAA 109.2
11/09 Classification: 12 EX, 32 VG & 11 GP
  Phone: Barn & House: 207-375-9939
House Only: 207-375-6939 • Fax: 207-375-4121
Peter Waterman, Mgr./Herdsman
Jason Thibodeau, Asst. Herdsman
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