History of Kellercrest
Kellercrest began in the late 1960s when our parents, Daniel and Jeanne, purchased two registered Holsteins and created the Kellercrest prefix. Our parents saw the future and value of registered cattle and continued over the next several years to add quality animals to the herd.

In 1972, when Tim was 10 years old, Daniel and Jeanne bought him a registered calf named Suzie from John Hamilton’s farm in Verona. Two years later, Tim purchased another registered calf from John. Several members of today’s herd trace back to these early calves including Strawberry, a Suzie descendant, who was a 2E-91 point cow with over 250,000 lbs of milk lifetime left the herd just a couple of years ago.

In 1988, Tim and Sandy became partners in the farm on a 50/50 arrangement with Daniel and Jeanne. In 1997, Tim and Sandy purchased 100% of the herd and cash rented the farm. With the future of the dairy business changing rapidly and Tim having bad knees, a decision had to be made on whether to stay farming or get out. Like most dairy farmers, we have had our highs and lows. It was because of many of our lows that we chose to expand. We became tired of some very nice young cows destroying themselves in our old tie stall barn. After seeing some other breeders successfully expand their operations, the decision was made to buy the farm and expand to a modern day operation.

Kellercrest Registered Holsteins, Inc. consists of a partnership of Tim and Sandy along with Tim’s brother Mark. Both Tim and Mark bring great experience to the operation. Tim is a UW-Madison Short Course graduate and Mark is a UW-Platteville graduate. Mark also worked in the agriculture industry for 13 years before returning to the home farm.

Our Kellercrest Success
In 1987, a cow named UW-Fleta Excel Sexation-OC won Grand Champion honors at the Wisconsin Championship Show and Minnesota State Fair. Fleta went on to be a 94-point cow and a three-time All-Wisconsin winner. A handful of cows still trace back to Fleta. In July of 1990, a Bear-Path Fantastic daughter made the cover of the Wisconsin Holstein News. She was our first contract cow and sent one son to A.I.

Kellercrest Longevity
There are currently 62 cows at Kellercrest that have over 200,000 lbs of lifetime milk. Fifteen are over 250,000 lbs and another two are over 300,000 lbs lifetime. Of the Excellent scored cows in the herd, eleven are 2E or 3E. Kellercrest has also developed 24 Gold Medal Dams and 14 Dams of Merit.