Ioli produces a hundred tonnes in record time in Flanders

Loli, who is now milked by robots, peaked in her fifth lactation at 75 kg of milk a day. In fact, her average daily production exceeds 50 litres of milk. ‘Loli still scores more than 2,000 kg of milk for her genomic breeding value, so that figure was an extremely accurate prediction,’ says Lahousse.

In addition to her persistency, Lahousse describes Loli as an attentive cow with a hard temperament who is never sick or lame. ‘She milks well at the robot, and eats a lot at the feed fence,’ says Lahousse enthusiastically. ‘On top of that, she falls pregnant quickly and has very healthy udders.’

Loli van het Zomerbloemhof succeeds Lithiumdochter 1275, owned by Patrick Claeys from Zomergem, as the fastest cow to produce 100 tonnes of milk. This cow passed the limit of 100,000 kg of milk in 2,128 days in 2017. In Loli's wake is her herdmate Loty van het Zomerbloemhof, who was pipped at the post to end in second place in the league table of fastest 100-tonners during the same sampling period in June. The Alta Iota daughter took 2,005 days to produce her 100,000 kgs of milk.