Tony Demello of Chairien Alpines is one of America's top breeders. He keeps
no website, publishes no pictures, and is impossible to find. I spent over 5 years trying
to locate and communicate with this man. It was while purchasing semen
from Benjamin Rupchis's Bearly Alpines that I asked how the hell I
could get a hold of Tony. As it happened Benjamin had some of Tony's
Charion
semen in his tanks and offered to share.
Some of these extraordinary herds are hard to get into! Bethel Farm was the same way.
Why Ivanhoe?
Chairien Alpines first made the
ADGA Top Ten Performance Breed Leaders list in
2012 and has remained there ever since.
Chairien Van Brie ,
Ivanhoe's grand grand dam, was #2 in the country for
milk with over 5000 lbs.,
butterfat and protein. Then her granddaughter
Baguette , Ivanhoe's dam
came in at #3 for 2020 with 5630 lbs. and #1
for 2021 with an eye popping 6090 lbs. Her PTI scores are also superior.
Here is some serious repeatability.
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