April-Day Holsteins

A love for Red & White Holsteins is where this all started.

Red & White Holsteins is what began and continues to be April-Day’s priority today. April-Day is dedicated to providing industry-advancing genetics to meet the growing interest and demand for productive, functional and profitable red dairy cattle.

Elite Red & White Genetics – based on industry-leading genomics – has been the core focus of April-Day Holsteins.

This focus is a strategic combination of top-ranking genetics, unique pedigrees to offer diversity, and result in dairy cattle that satisfy fellow Red & White breeders around the world.

Here are the current individuals building the next generation of April-Day genomic leaders.

ARMOR RC - Shield RC x Powerstar x Trumpet Red x Magnitude x Yoda - and the family of Altitude RC!

AURORA RC is writing her own chapter at April-Day. With three sons in the top rankings of Red bulls for TPI and now her daughters making high-genomic calves for the next generation, she will have a global impact herself, pulling forward multiple generations of globally recognized, elite donor dams.

AprilDay Powerstar AURORA RC ET; VG-85

AURORA RC is the modern matriach of the "A" line of April-Day. Recently fresh with her second calf, she was raised to VG-85 while she boasts three Red sons in the top 10 TPI bulls of the breed (April 2026). She's a no-fuss commercial cow that knows how to build genomics as well. Sired by the successfully proven Powerstar bull, as many as nine direct daughters now have high-genomic offspring filling the calf pens and young bulls being committed to an AI career.

AprilDay Trumpet ALARM RED ET; VG-85

ALARM RED is herself proving to be a superior brood cow. Sired by Trumpet Red, she brings in additional April-Day genetic lines to make a powerful package. ALARM RED has three prominent daughters in the April-Day program: AURORA RC (s: Powerstar), ATOMIC RED (s: Boraz RC), and ASTRO RC (s: Phoenix). ALARM RED is still in the commercial herd and due with her 4th calf in January 2027.

KCCK Yoda AMAZING ET RC: VG-88

AMAZING RC was purchased in 2018 based on her tremendous genomic ranking and multi-generational recognition for elite cow family success. Just prior to purchase, her great granddam, KHW Super Aderyn RC was named Red-Impact Cow of the Year, and AMAZING's own genomics put her at the top of the breed. She easily fit the prototype of April-Day's focus and she delivered so much more to April-Day. Her influence is now global and extraordinary.

ASTER RC - Hard Rock RC x Powerstar x Trumpet Red x Magnitude x Yoda - and the family of Altitude RC!

ASTER RC  

Pedigree Background
AprilDay Powerstar AURORA RC ET; VG-85

AURORA RC is the modern matriarch of the "A" line of April-Day. Recently fresh with her second calf, she was raised to VG-85 while she boasts three Red sons in the top 10 TPI bulls of the breed (April 2026). She's a no-fuss commercial cow that knows how to build genomics as well. Sired by the successfully proven Powerstar bull, as many as nine direct daughters now have high-genomic offspring filling the calf pens and young bulls being committed to an AI career.

AprilDay Trumpet ALARM RED ET; VG-85

ALARM RED is herself proving to be a superior brood cow. Sired by Trumpet Red, she brings in additional April-Day genetic lines to make a powerful package. ALARM RED has three prominent daughters in the April-Day program: AURORA RC (s: Powerstar), ATOMIC RED (s: Boraz RC), and ASTRO RC (s: Phoenix). ALARM RED is still in the commercial herd and due with her 4th calf in January 2027.

KCCK Yoda AMAZING ET RC: VG-88

AMAZING RC was purchased in 2018 based on her tremendous genomic ranking and multi-generational recognition for elite cow family success. Just prior to purchase, her great granddam, KHW Super Aderyn RC was named Red-Impact Cow of the Year, and AMAZING's own genomics put her at the top of the breed. She easily fit the prototype of April-Day's focus and she delivered so much more to April-Day. Her influence is now global and extraordinary.

AURORA RC - Powerstar x Trumpet Red x Magnitude x Yoda - and the family of Altitude RC!

AURORA RC is writing her own chapter at April-Day. With three sons in the top rankings of Red bulls for TPI and now her daughters making high-genomic calves for the next generation, she will have a global impact herself, pulling forward multiple generations of globally recognized, elite donor dams.

AprilDay Trumpet ALARM RED ET; VG-85

ALARM RED is herself proving to be a superior brood cow. Sired by Trumpet Red, she brings in additional April-Day genetic lines to make a powerful package. ALARM RED has three prominent daughters in the April-Day program: AURORA RC (s: Powerstar), ATOMIC RED (s: Boraz RC), and ASTRO RC (s: Phoenix). ALARM RED is still in the commercial herd and due with her 4th calf in January 2027.

KCCK Yoda AMAZING ET RC: VG-88

AMAZING RC was purchased in 2018 based on her tremendous genomic ranking and multi-generational recognition for elite cow family success. Just prior to purchase, her great granddam, KHW Super Aderyn RC was named Red-Impact Cow of the Year, and AMAZING's own genomics put her at the top of the breed. She easily fit the prototype of April-Day's focus and she delivered so much more to April-Day. Her influence is now global and extraordinary.

Kamps-Hollow Altitude ET RC EX-95-USA 2E DOM

Durham Altitude RC needs little introduction. Through her son Advent Red and daughter Apple Red, she has changed the look and style of Red and White Holsteins around the world! In addition to what might just make her the most influential cow of the breed in the show ring, she has also anchored several of the most successful genomic cow families for Red and RC females, globally. AURORA RC is just one of those great examples. She traces back to Altitude RC by way of Powerstar x Trumpet ALARM RED x Magnitude ANGEL RC x Yoda AMAZING RC x Delta Avery RC x Supersire Astroid RC x Super Aderyn RC x Goldwyn Aiko RC,

ELMARO RED -  Trumpet Red x Captain x Anselmi RC x Mega-Watt RC x  Stoic RC x Facebook x Shottle VERDEJO RC.

Now scored VG-85; EX-MS, ELMARO RED is due with her third calf later this summer. She is an unassuming genomic power-house, with seven sons in AI and the matriarch of the "E" line at April-Day - going all the way back to VERDEJO, EX-92-2E. DOM.

Pedigree Background

EMILIO RC -  Whoops x Letchworth ESCA born in May 2026.

An exciting, upcoming addition to the donor collection is EMILIO RC. With preliminary data at +3431 GTPI and +1022 NM$, she should be one of the highest RC heifers in the breed after August 2026 proofs. She's an outstanding individual with the frame and strength to make a tremendous commercial brood cow.

Pedigree Background
APRIL-DAY MEGAWAT EMILIO RED; GP-81 @ 2-06

ELMARO RED's dam, as an early daughter of Captain, was called back under Sexing Technologies' Legend program. Before this decision, a flush to our own Trumpet Red was done resulting in two heifers that stayed back at April-Day. ELMARO RED was one of them and her RC sister ELVI RC - also VG-88 remain in the herd. Behind the dam - Captain Eberle RC - is April-Day Mega-Watt EMILIO RED, scored xx as a two year old but lost to a leg injury early in her second lactation.

APRIL-DAY S ESGANA ET RC

Stoic ESGANA RC, VG-88, was a visitor favorite. With a unique pedigree combining Planet Silk on the paternal side, she established herself as a great brood-cow, even if only through the influence of ELMARO RED.

APRIL-DAY F DEBINA ET RC; VG-88; DOM

Facebook DEBINA, VG-88, is one of the most influential own-daughters of Shottle VERDEJO RC, EX-91-2E DOM. Completing four lactations in the commercial herd, she is the anchor of what became the "E" family line of April-Day.

AprilDay Letchworth Esca ET RC

ESCA RC is just fresh with pre-mature twins yet still looks very promising. She has already sent sons to AI and has additional sons pending. EVODIA RC is her only RC daughter by Hi-Level.

AprilDay Trumpet Elmaro Red ET; VG-88; EX-MS

One of the most prominent daughters of AprilDay Trumpet Red, ELMARO RED is line-bred 3x back to VERDEJO RC and her herd performance demonstrates longevity, persistence and fertility. Multiple sons have been sampled by several different AI companies. She is due this summer with her third natural calf.

April-Day S VERDEJO RC; EX-91-2E EEEVE DOM

There is so much to say about this incredible foundation cow. She is a matriarch of Red cattle with numbers proven sons and dozens of male and female descendants appearing in pedigrees around the world. She is the 8th dam of EVODIA RC directly and appears two additional times through sires in the pedigree. No one gets enough VERDEJO RC!

EVODIA RC - Hi-Level x Letchworth ESCA born in Sept. 2025.

EVODIA RC has been a tremendous IVF producer prior to being sold in the 2026 National Holstein Convention Sale to Coldsprings Farm - making 140 IVF embryos prior to leaving April-Day. A very unique, outcross pedigree, she's an early Hi-Level from an RC Letchworth, VG Trumpet Red, Captain and four more strong generations back to the great April-Day foundation cow, Shottle VERDEJO RC. Sold in the 2026 National Holstein Convention Sale to Coldsprings Farms.

Pedigree Background
AprilDay Letchworth Esca ET RC

ESCA RC is just fresh with pre-mature twins yet still looks very promising. She has already sent sons to AI and has additional sons pending. EVODIA RC is her only RC daughter by Hi-Level.

AprilDay Trumpet Elmaro Red ET; VG-88; EX-MS

One of the most prominent daughters of AprilDay Trumpet Red, ELMARO RED is line-bred 3x back to VERDEJO RC and her herd performance demonstrates longevity, persistence and fertility. Multiple sons have been sampled by several different AI companies. She is due this summer with her third natural calf.

April-Day S VERDEJO RC; EX-91-2E EEEVE DOM

There is so much to say about this incredible foundation cow. She is a matriarch of Red cattle with numbers proven sons and dozens of male and female descendants appearing in pedigrees around the world. She is the 8th dam of EVODIA RC directly and appears two additional times through sires in the pedigree. No one gets enough VERDEJO RC!

NIFTY RED: Falciform RC x Redlea NANCY RC born in Aug. 2025.

NIFTY RED, born in October is already a proven IVF producer with the genetics to make the next great Red and RC cattle. She's an early daughter of Falciform RC who's proving to be a great sire of elite Reds. NIFTY RED sold in the 2026 National Holstein Convention Sale but produced more than 30 IVF embryos prior to being sold.

Tramilda Redlea Nancy ET RC

NANCY RC was an incredible embryo donor, producing over 400 embryos before calving at two-years of age. Unfortunately, she was lost to a severe case of reticuloperitonitis several weeks after calving. (She's pictured here days after calving.) She remains the highest RC daughter of her popular sire, Redlea RC.

Family Impact Will Be Significant

With a family consistency of tremendous embryo production and outstanding genomic results, this cow family will be part of a profound influence in Red and RC genetics. Six sons have already left the farm for major studs with dozens of pregnancies yet to be born.

Tramilda Gameday Neptune ET; VG-88 VE+GE

A typical, consistently impressive daughter of Gameday, Neptune carries the generational superior scores for mammary - one of several reasons I was so very interested in purchasing her on RC Redlea daughter as a young calf. Another, is the deep maternal power which cannot be denied - all the way back to the 2014 Global Cow of the Year - Wesswood-HC Rudy Missy ET.

Starting back in 1994, April-Day has been fortunate to place bulls in numerous global AI programs. To-date, over 150 April-Day bulls have had semen marketed, with an annual average of 15-20 bulls per year yet-today.

As with the females, we focus is a strategic combination of top-ranking genetics, unique pedigrees to offer pedigree diversity. Close, valued partnerships with the top genetic organizations allow April-Day to utilize elite-pedigreed bulls when they first produce semen, prior to commercial marketing. These matings make up 90 percent of the bull breeding strategy.

Here are some notable April-Day bulls.

AESOP RED - 29HO00954
Born: 7/30/2024
Orpheus Red x AprilDay Pwrstar AURORA ET RC

APRILDAY ORPHS AESOP RED ET
#3 GTPI Red Bull (source: Holstein International; 5/2026)
+3177 GTPI (April 2026)
+5.4 PL
+1.01 FLC

Current Information

ANCHO RED - 14HO18063
Born: 7/15/2024
Pepper Red x AprilDay Pwrstar AURORA ET RC

APRILDAY ANCHO PEPPR RED ET
#8 GTPI Red Bull (source: Holstein International; 5/2026)
+3161 GTPI (April 2026)
+714 HPP$
+1.19 PTAT

Current Information

ATHENS RED - 250HO18277
Born: 1/26/2025
Hard Rock RC x AprilDay Pwrstar AURORA ET RC

APRILDAY HROK ATHENS RED ET
#2 GTPI Red Bull (source: Holstein International; May 2026)
+3180 GTPI (April 2026)
+758 HPP$
+1.31 PTAT

Current Information

In 2024, April-Day began re-investing in Red & White show pedigrees.

The "show goal" is simple: not overly mighty but an extended expression of breeding success while having some fun along the way.

Take a closer look of our show cattle.

BadApple RC: OKaliber x Redburst Red x Apple Red

BadApple RC is a 100% sister to the famous EX-97 Shakira and thus a granddaughter of Apple Red herself. BadApple’s dam is an EX-94 full-sister to Snapple Red – both out of EX-96 Apple Red herself. This pedigree boasts a well deserved admiration and continued success for Red & White show-quality success.

Red Carrier Brood Cow Line

BadApple RC is an outstanding young cow with great potential when she calves again. She has performed as an IVF donor dam and should have show age calves in later 2026. Her December 2024 Maximum-Red daughter, Ry-Ridge M HoneyCrisp Red ET, also is at April-Day and has made embryos as a maiden heifer.

Shakira Alignment

Erbacres Snapple Shakira EX-97-4E 7 exemplifies the superiority of this maternal line. BadApple RC is bred 100% the same way as Shakira.

Proven Red & White Foundation

KHW Regiment Apple Red ET; EX-96 4E DOM 19* needs no introduction. With literally hundreds of Excellent offspring around the world, her impact through daughters and sons have already proven extraordinary.

Deva Red:   x Believe P RC x Hancock x

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Genetic Background
Red Carrier Brood Cow Line

BadApple RC is an outstanding young cow with great potential when she calves again. She has performed as an IVF donor dam and should have show age calves in later 2026. Her December 2024 Maximum-Red daughter, Ry-Ridge M HoneyCrisp Red ET, also is at April-Day and has made embryos as a maiden heifer.

Shakira Alignment

Erbacres Snapple Shakira EX-97-4E 7 exemplifies the superiority of this maternal line. BadApple RC is bred 100% the same way as Shakira.

Proven Red & White Foundation

KHW Regiment Apple Red ET; EX-96 4E DOM 19* needs no introduction. With literally hundreds of Excellent offspring around the world, her impact through daughters and sons have already proven extraordinary.

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