Brandenburg’s Verbatim Kunia Moon-ET

Brandenburg’s Verbatim Kunia Moon-ET is owned by the Brandenburg family from Fort Atkinson, WI. The Brandenburg’s farm just outside of Fort Atkinson and milk 60 cows including Holstein, Brown Swiss, and Jersey’s. They show cattle at the county, state, and national shows. Over the years Brandenburg’s have slowly transitioned the herd into mainly the little brown cow, the jersey.

In 2010, the Brandenburg’s had an opportunity to add their second jersey to the herd, Kunia Moon’s mother, Ratliff Minister Krystal-ET. Throughout the years the Brandenburg’s had many successes with Krystal in the show ring. Krystal received numerous champions and supreme champions at the local fairs and at the Wisconsin State Fair. As Krystal continued to add to her list of successes the Brandenburg family decided to IVF (In Vitro Fertilization Technology) Krystal to produce multiple calves at one time in hopes of breeding the genetics she was known for. Out of the five calves born through the VF program, one of them happened to be Kuna Moon.

In 2015 Kunia Moon was born, making her eight this year! In her teenage years she spent most of her time out on the pasture while her sisters made a name for themselves. When it was time for Kunia Moon to have her first calf at age 2, she proved to the Brandenburg’s that she was a lot like her mom, Krystal. In 2019 Kunia Moon was named overall Supreme Champion six different times at six separate shows. Today, Kunia Moon resides at the Brandenburg family farm and recently had her fifth calf, Kit Kat. The Brandenburg family is very hopeful that Kunia Moon’s offspring will inherit their mothers’ great genes and continue the well-known “K” name legacy for years to come at the family farm.

Do you ever wonder, how does a cow get their name? Registered dairy cattle are generally named this way: Their first name is the prefix of the breeder- either their name or the farm name. (In our case it is Brandenburg). Their second name is the father’s name. (In our case, Verbatim). The third name, what the animal is usually called, typically starts with the same letter as the mother’s name. (In our case, Krystal). The ET behind the name means that the animal is an embryo transfer, meaning IVF.