Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Gigi dies in barn fire

Gigi, the Holstein that set a record for milk production last year, has died in a barn fire in Wisconsin.

The fire that started around midnight on Sept. 19 at Bur-Wall Holsteins outside Brooklyn, Wis., also claimed 29 herd mates.

Sixty cows were in the barn when firefighters arrived; they were able to get half of them out.

Bob and Denise Behnke own and operate the farm where Bur-Wall Buckeye Gigi set the milk production record in 2015, then broke it last year.

The barn was a total loss.

In 2015, Gigi produced 74,650 lb. of milk in 365 days, with 2,126 lb. of fat and 2,142 lb. of protein.

Last year she produced 74,650 pounds of milk with 2,126 pounds of fat and 2,142 pounds of protein.