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.


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


Pedigree Background
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.


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
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
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.


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


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


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


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.


Deva Red: x Believe P RC x Hancock x
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