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English/Nat A South African dairy cow bought for making manure, not milk, is astounding the dairy world with her extraordinary milk quotas. The cow produces more than 100 litres a day in four milking sessions, way over the average of 30 to 40 litres. Her regular record breaking achievements have brought fame to her owner, a wine producing farmer from Stellenbosch. Newspapers have dubbed her 'Super Moo'. Not imagining that this cow would amount to anything much, wine producer Ludwig Van Deventer gave her the unimaginative name of '9405' -- her date of birth. Now the animal that was only meant to provide manure has broken a world record. On one day this cow produced 111 litres of milk, beating the former world record of 109 litres. Not bad for a cow who is only expected to produce an average of 30 to 40 litres a day. Cow '9405' hit the headlines in South Africa recently when she topped the 100-litre a day mark. Van Deventer, a farmer from the wine producing region of Stellenbosch, only bought a few cows to provide manure for his vines. SOUNDBITE: (English) "The interesting thing about the cow is that she is still three weeks away from her peak production period and she may even go up to 120 or more." SUPER CAPTION: Ludwig Van Deventer, farmer Now it seems cow '9405' will make her owner's name famous through other means. But according to the farm's dairy manager Nico Brummer, it's not always so: on one hot day milk from cow '9405' dipped to 89 litres. Heat is known to effect a cow's milk production. But then she went straight back up to 100 litres a day and kept going until she cracked the world record. SOUNDBITE: (English) "On the Internet we could only get a 103 kilo (litre) as the world champion, but this one has done 111. Now well she's the new world champion." SUPER CAPTION: Ludwig Van Deventer, farmer She joins three other cows in the world who have broken the 100 litre mark You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/591b0e8b04e9d8f71804a210378861e6 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork