Best Yet A.I.Sires

Best Yet A.I. Sires raises lakenvelder (Dutch belted) cattle in Earlville, Illinois, about 60 miles southwest of Chicago in the heart of the Illinois prairie. The family has been breeding cattle on their prairie farm in Illinois since 1936, with Dutch belted cattle in the herd since 1981.

The operation sells Dutch belted, Milking Shorthorn, and Milking Devon semen from carefully selected bulls drawn from their own and other like-minded herds, and offers one of the largest selections of Dutch belted and Milking Shorthorn semen in the nation. Martha Winifred and her family carry forward a program built on decades of firsthand knowledge of both breeds. Their Dutch belted bulls are selected with a focus on milk production, strong breed character, and the fertility and longevity that set the breed apart. Calving ease, good feet and legs, well-attached udders, and long productive lives are among the qualities the program insists on.

The herd is one of only a handful that raises and collects sires for A.I., making their lakenvelder (Dutch belted) cattle genetics among the more accessible available to grass-based dairies and homesteaders seeking Dutch belted cattle for sale in Illinois and beyond. The family views it as their responsibility to keep established cow families going in their herd and to provide foundation animals for other herds, a philosophy rooted in decades of careful, generational stewardship.

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Species	Cattle Lakenvelder (Dutch Belted)
Website	www.bestyetaisires.com
Email	bestyetaisires@gmail.com
Phone	+1 815-246-9523
Owner	Martha Winifred
Location	Earlville, IL, US