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May-June 2014

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Broadlin Vanessa 2701 EXC 91 Current #3 APR and ASI Cow Nationally Her sons

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LEVIGENES

#1 Genomic Young Sire

#2 Genomic Young Sire

APRg 333 ASIg 304 OT 102 Mam 102

APRg 265 ASIg 230 OT 112 Mam 108

Available at Genetics Australia

Available at Genetic Australia

Her brothers

BROADSIDE

Newly graduated at Genetics Australia APR 206 OT 106 Mam 106

HATMAN

#9 Genomic Young Sire

APRg 225 ASIg 193 OT 108 Mam 108 Available at Semex

FREECALL 1800 039 047

Dam: BW Centurion Iris K347, EX 95

Cairnbrae Valentino Estelle 2-ET, VG 88 Owned and bred by Alan and Janine Carson, Irrewillipe, Vic, Australia

Irwin’s Dam:Dam: Jars Jars of Clay Iatola 16710 2751, VG 87 of Clay Iatola 16710 2751, VG 87

Dam: Jars Of Clay Valentino Bridget, EX 90

Dam: Sandcreeks Tbone Buttermilk, EX 90

PO Box 7538 • Shepparton • 3632 Victoria Phone (03) 5831 5559 • Fax (03) 5822 0005 info@wwsaustralia.com • www.wwsires.com

Vol. 67 No. 3 May-June 2014

COVER Broadlin Vanessa 2701 EXC 91 Developing and Promoting the Jersey Breed

Jersey Australia Board Members President: Peter Ness PO Box 93, Mt Compass, SA 5210 Telephone: (08) 8556 8270 nyowee@activ8.net.au Vice President: Milton Johnston 118 Edinburgh Drive, Taree, NSW 2430 Telephone: (02) 6552 5915 Secretary: Scott Joynson PO Box 292, Ascot Vale, VIC 3032 Telephone: (03) 9370 9105 jersey@jersey.com.au Hon. Treasurer: Rohan Sprunt 235 Kaarimba Hall Rd Kaarimba VIC 3635 Telephone: (03) 5826 9506 kaarmona@bigpond.com Trevor Saunders 495 Araluen Rd, Yarragon VIC 3823 Telephone: (03) 5626 6373 saunders-day@dcsi.net.au Geoff Heazlewood PO Box 87 Latrobe TAS 7307 Telephone: (03) 6426 1169 Chris MacKenzie 859 Cooriemungle Rd Timboon VIC 3268 Telephone: (03)559 87222 jireh859@skymesh.com.au Troy Mauger The Willows Willawa Rd Jerilderie NSW 2716 Telephone: (03) 5885 9294 tmmauger1@bigpond.com Lisa Broad 388 Johnson Rd Lockington VIC 3563 Telephone: (03) 5486 2624 lisa.broad@bigpond.com.au Brian Wilson 204 Wallamore Road, Tamworth NSW 2340 Telephone: (02) 6761 5783 vicki.brian@bigpond.com

Jersey Australia Website: www.jersey.com.au

Sire: Valerian Dam: Pannoo Manhatten Vanessa EXC 92 3yrs. 7453 milk 5.37 400 Fat 4.40 328 Prot. PI 117 305 days “At Broadlin Strong cow families do matter” BROADLIN Est 1962

Lynton: 0429380093 Lisa: 0427862624 Gavin: 0448456848 HOME: 03 54862624 Email: lisa.broad@bigpond.com

BROADSIDE Est 2012

www.genaust.com.au – FREECALL 1800 039 047

IN THIS ISSUE...

CONTENTS

ADVERTISERS INDEX

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Behind the Scenes Jersey-based yoghurt wins blind-taste test Northern NSW Stud finds frothy options for Jersey milk 10 Top Ranking Jersey sires at Agri-Gene 12 There’s a new place for Poll’s 12 Viking Jersey offers outcross 16 Show Results 22 Sales Wrap 22 WWS - Elite bulls from elite cow families 24 Tassie ‘cows girl’ Jane aims for better Jerseys JULY 2014 DEADLINES Advertising Bookings: JUNE 10th If you require your ad to be designed - all copy must be received by JUNE 13th If you are supplying press ready ads from an outside source the final deadline is JUNE 22th

Agri-Gene 10 Ascot Park

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Broadlin Jerseys

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Colac JBC

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CRV 18 DeLaval 21 Genetics Australia Goulburn Murray JBC

14 & FC 5

WWS IFC Northern Districts JBC

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Semex BC Sth Gippsland JBC

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Viking Genetics

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Windy Ways Jerseys

IBC

Editorial and Advertising to: SHARON CLARK

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E: jersey@clarkgraffix.com

Postal: 7 Falcon Court, Shepparton VICTORIA 3632

JERSEY AUSTRALIA PO BOX 292, ASCOT VALE, VIC 3032 Telephone: (03) 9370 9105 Fax: (03) 9370 9116 Email: jersey@jersey.com.au www.jersey.com.au Pre-Press Editor & Graphic Design: Sharon Clark - Clark Graffix Printed by: Shepparton Printing Service P/L (03) 5821 4707 Email: sps@shepprint.com.au NEW SOUTH WALES State Secretary - Milton Johnston Phone: (02) 6552 5915 Fax: (02) 6552 5915 johnston_jersey@yahoo.com.au

QUEENSLAND State Secretary - Diane Reeves Phone: (07) 5485 4585 Work: (07) 3221 3182 Fax: (07) 5485 4575 Email: ajbsqld@bigond.com SOUTH AUSTRALIA State Secretary - Amy McDonald PO Box 13, Greenock SA 5360 Phone (08) 8562 8113 Fax (08) 8562 8520 Email: carcoolajersey@bigpond.com TASMANIA State Secretary - Max McCormack PO Box 1258, Devonport TAS 7310 Phone: (03) 6424 1250 Mobile: 0409 252 232 Email: pegandmax@bigpond.com

VICTORIA State Secretary - Andrew Younger 162 Zeerust Church Rd, Zeerust Vic 3634 Ph: 03 5829 8352 Mob: 0409 572 484 Email: motor5@bigpond.com GENETIC RECOVERY OFFICERS Chris MacKenzie (Western Districts) Phone: (03) 5598 7222 Margaret Cockerell (Northern Vic) Phone: 0407 641 132 (03) 5864 1133 Barry Monson (03) 5625 3176 or 0429 343 903 WESTERN AUSTRALIA Susan Lutey Feast Rd, Serpentine WA 6125 Phone: (08) 9525 2407 hope1@iinet.net.au

Opinions expressed in The Australian Jersey Journal are not necessarily those of Jersey Australia Inc or its Board of Management or Compiling Editor, and no responsibility whatsoever is taken for their authenticity. While every effort will be made to publish advertisements as ordered, no responsibility is taken for the failure of an advertisement to appear as ordered.

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JJ JERSEY AUSTRALIA by Scott Joynson

Behind the Scenes

At time of writing preparations for this year’s Jersey Australia Annual General Meeting were in full swing and along with the Association’s annual audit it is definitely a time to contemplate the performance of the organisation during the past 12 months.

Each and every year the Jersey Australia Board endeavours to anticipate the year ahead and make budgets that we here in the office do our very best to adhere to as we press ahead with the day to day running of the Jersey business.

Our Board set a goal of 15,000 registrations for the year that appeared too high as we came into June, however with the influence of the ‘Christmas in July incentive program’ and several large (unexpected) export orders our total was met and surpassed achieving 22,188 by 28th February. Many thanks to all of you who submitted registrations in what is our second biggest year on record.

Classification was also well supported during the year with 5738 animals assessed, which is up 26.7% on the previous year where we scored 4528 animals for our members. Unfortunately though our Classification Panel could not physically perform all the 2yr old linear type evaluations (LTE) assessments nominated by AB companies which is of grave concern to the Jersey Australia Board moving forward.

It may well be time for Jersey Australia to consider the multi-breed classification model that operates in the northern hemisphere if the situation cannot be turned around.

On behalf of Jersey House staff and the general membership, I would like to thank Brendan Nicholson for his contribution as Classification Coordinator. Brendan has decided after many years service to step back from the Classification Panel and has received official recognition from the Jersey Australia Board during the recent Classification Field Day held in Northern Victoria. The Classification Panel is now led by Roger Heath who is already making plans to ensure that Tours 1 & 2 are more efficiently handled in the coming year. Thank you to all our classifiers who give their time willingly each year and provide a vital service not only to our members but to the broader industry.

Jersey Australia has posted a strong profit for the 2013/14 financial year which has been circulated throughout the membership via the annual report and the Board has already taken the steps of assessing our traditional fee structures. For the first time in many years there has been a reduction in Transfer levies and a reduced rate for electronically submitted registrations for the coming year. The Board as usual have sought professional investment advice on the structure of all Jersey Australia assets for the coming year and while the investment climate is good it believes these two measures along with tighter controlling of costs should see the organisation cover the reductions during in 2013/14.

To my small band of committed staff, who perform a vital ‘national’ role also many thanks and my admiration as we managed to function professionally in the second biggest year in my 15+ years here at Jersey House.

Unfortunately, Cassandra Lowes finishes her time with Jersey Australia and I thank her for contribution over the past two years. I know our members will miss her innate drive to give the very best to each and every member who called in looking for answers - failing that I’m sure everyone will miss her ‘can do’ attitude and her willingness to do her best no matter the problem.

Cathy Watkin and Jenny Hunter provided the front line of support when you call Jersey House and they too strive to give the best possible

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service to our membership, thank you both for going above and beyond during a really busy year. To our newest team member Brendan Farrugia, quite possibly the calmest person in the postcode thank you for all your help during the busiest of our past 10 months. Diane Gerassimou our Finance Officer remains ever vigilant on all things financial and making sure the Board has the most accurate financial information throughout the year - thank you for all your efforts.

A thank you to all our loyal members throughout Australia your ongoing commitment to the Jersey Breed via your membership, registrations, transfers, classification and purchases through Jersey Marketing Service all of which ensures the ongoing viability of this fine organisation. Finally, I look forward to seeing as many of you as is possible during the Jersey Australia Annual General Meeting and Tour of the Tamworth region of NSW. Many thanks in advance to the Hunter Valley Jersey Breeders Club for all their work preparing the schedule and of course good luck to the Wilson Family who conduct ‘The Shirlinn Sale” during our visit.

Top 20 Sires By Registration 01/01/14 -> 29/04/14 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Nasis ID VANAHLEM ELTON TBONE ALTAGALAXY BADGER ASTOUND LARFALOT JEBLACKST BOSGANNON SANDBLAST FLOWERPO DNKDJMAY 7J1169 VALERIAN SPIRITUAL BOSMURMUR 7J1038 AVATAR MAXAMILLI 011JE0968

Name #Offspring PANNOO ABE VANAHLEM 279 CAIRNBRAE JACES ELTON 224 RICHIES JACE TBONE A364 140 GALAXIES CELEBRITY 129 BEULAH TARANAK BADGER 104 MOLLY BROOK BERRETTA FABULOUS 85 LIGHTWOOD LUCRATIVE 85 LENCREST BLACKSTONE 76 OOMSDALE JACE GRATITUDE GANNON 75 NOWELL SANDBLAST 75 CLAYDON PARK FLOWER POWER 75 DJ MAY 64 HEARTLAND MERCHANT TOPEKA 63 KAARMONA VALERIAN 57 RIVERSIDE SPIRIT 53 OKURA LIKA MURMUR S3J 50 ALL LYNNS LOUIE VALENTINO 49 RIVERSIDE AVATAR 48 CAIRNBRAE MAXAMILLION 46 STEINHAUERS IATOLA APPLEJACK 39

A SPECIAL THANKYOU…

The Worlds Greatest Shave is now drawing to

a close. Pat Kuhne from Bushlea Farms raised $10,131.00. Pat would like to say thankyou so very much to all who supported by donations and in other ways. Many Jersey breeders and those connected with our industry were very supportive.

Thanks so much, Pat Kuhne.

Goulburn Murray Jersey Breeders Club President: Ron Baker (03) 5864 6246 Secretary: Margaret Cockerell (03) 5864 1133

NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME

GM

GENTEEL JERSEYS – Brad Adams (BA) KADDY JERSEYS – Andrew Younger (Motor) 1.

FARMS IN PROFILE 3.

BA

How many cows do you milk and what is the milking area? Is the herd straight Jersey or mixed breeds?

BA 550 milkers moving to 700 on two properties with a combined milking area of 350 hectares. The herd is 75% Jersey with the balance being crossbred and some Holsteins.

Motor 230 milkers on 80ha. All Jerseys

Most influential cow or cow family and why?

Anvale Avery Belle. Purchased at IDW 13 years ago as and incalf yearling. We have about 25 female descendants and have used her sons in the herd a fair bit. Just a great brood cow. Classified Ex91pts and in the Top 4 production cows in my herd of all time. Sadly passed away now.

Motor Nowell Man Sandy. She is a prolific bull dam and a production cow with high index.

JBC

2.

BA

Favourite cow at the moment?

Genteel Astound Belle 417. She is a great-grand-daughter of Duncan Belle and is just a great dairy cow.

Motor Kaddy Tbone Magnificent

4.

BA

What is your breeding objectives?

I aim to breed robust cows that have good body shape and good udders to withstand walking distances and last until at least six years of age.

Motor Breeding objective is to breed cows that milk and last with good udders and are above average strength and chest width

We thank Brad and Motor for sharing some information about their farms and jersey cows.

Feel free to contact any GMJBC member on this page to learn more about their herd.

BEULAH JERSEYS Daryl and Lani Hoey 160 Christies Rd, Katunga 3640 Ph (03) 5864 6473 FRESH START JERSEYS Toni Adams & Mark Norman 305 Delaney Rd, Invergordon 3636 Ph (03) 5865 5579 GARCOLA JERSEYS Gary & Christine Maddern 305 Kenny Rd, Koonoomoo 3644 Ph 03 5873 2330 - M 0417 898 340 maddern@adam.com.au GENTEEL JERSEYS Brad Adams 553B Mywee/Koonoomoo Rd, Strathmerton 3641 (03) 5874 5388 - genteeljerseys@hotmail.com GLENARRON JERSEYS Ron, Glenyss & Grant Baker 14 Hutchins Lane, Katunga (03) 58646246 - glenarron@origin.net.au

HAZELVALE JERSEYS Jason Hayes M 0410 135 420 HOMELANDS JERSEYS Phil Hentschke and Warren Schutz 142 Youanmite Rd Invergordon 3636 (03) 5865 5171 KAARMONA JERSEYS Graeme & Robyn, Rohan & Claire Sprunt 228 & 235 Kaarimba Hall Rd, Kaarimba 3635.

(03) 5826 9506 kaarmona@bigpond.com KADDY JERSEYS Andrew Younger 50 Zeerust School Rd, Zeerust 3634 (03) 5829 8352 motor5@bigpond.com www.jersey.com.au/jweb/uploads/kaddy/ kaddy_intro.html

GLENFERN JERSEYS Peter & Bev Farrell 579 Healesville-Kooweerup Rd, Healesville 3777 M 0409 503 352 - peter.farrell7@bigpond.com

PINNACLE PARK JERSEYS Darryn Smith 226 Crera Rd, Invergordon 3636 M 0428 557 080 WAIANIWA JERSEYS Lindsay Hamilton 1045 Hawkers Rd, Nathalia 3636 (03) 5864 1380 WARRAIN JERSEYS John & Margaret Cockerell 1219 Rendells Rd, Numurkah 3636 (03) 5864 1133 warrainjerseys@mcmedia.com.au YALCARA JERSEYS Peter & Lyn Sprunt 926 Sandmount Road, Katunga 3640 (03) 5873 2583 - yalcara@cnl.com.au YENOLAM JERSEYS Neil, Wendy, Dick & Lyla 1119 Boals Rd, Numurkah 3636 Ph (03) 5864 1064 Fax (03) 5864 1025 yenolam@iinet.net.au

LOXLEIGH JERSEYS Geoff Akers Victoria Rd, Tallygaroopna 3634 (03) 5829 8478 geoffakers1@bigpond.com

words: Michael Porteus

ALTHOUGH the English county of Suffolk is only a short distance as the cow flies from the channel island where the Jersey breed began, the Strachan family imported Canadian Jersey embryos to found the herd behind the farm-made yoghurt which won Britain’s Great Taste food awards. Their Marybelle stud shares many features with Australian Jersey farms, and the Strachans are delighted to be able to tell their story about the world-wide Jersey breed to Australian Jersey breeders.

Jersey-based yoghurt wins blind-taste test

T

he family farmers whose yoghurt beat 9737 other foods in a blind-taste test to win the British Great Taste awards believe that Jersey milk was a significant factor in their victory.

The Strachan family began making Greek-style yoghurt on their 80-cow Marybelle farm in Suffolk in 2004 after falling milk prices and Britain’s BSE crisis threatened their farm’s viability.

Collette and David Strachan say they started their yoghurt business with a shed, a factory and a second-hand delivery van. They also had a determination to make things work, and a rule to “just keep it simple”.

Their daughter Katherine and son James joined the quest to keep Marybelle going, and James began to import north American Jersey bloodlines into their herd, and Katherine says on BBC Radio Four’s Food Program that Jersey milk is an important factor in their success.

James has visited Australia and attended International Dairy Week. He and Katherine are both interested in how Australian farms are meeting the challenges and opportunities of making their own products. James tells Australian Jersey Journal that his family is passionate about Jerseys, and takes any opportunity to promote Jerseys as the world’s premier breed.

Beyond levels of protein and butterfat, James can’t point to any scientific studies showing how Jersey milk differs from that of other dairy breeds. But he says “undoubtedly there is a difference”.

“Perhaps it’s something to do with the viscosity, or the way the fats are formed/ bonded in the milk, and their relationship to the proteins,” he says.

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James Strachan and Katherine Manning at Marybelle Farm.

“Obvious differences are the butterfat content and the colour, but even when standardised to four per cent butterfat, the products have a richer feel to them than standard milk.”

Marybelle also makes Jersey milk cream. In a development which parallels

the inter-state demand for pure Jersey milk products made by Victoria’s Warrnambool Co-op, James says some UK chefs have begun to specify exclusive use of Marybelle’s Jersey-based cream.

Another parallel with Australia is the pressure on small farms.

Marybelle products include “Local Milk” and their award-winning yogurt.

it’s a delicate product and it needs to be looked after. The more it’s travelled, the less goodness it retains.

“Yoghurt these days is so mass produced that we’ve lost that really good quality. There’s fat-free, sugar-free - there’s all these different things. You walk down the yoghurt isle and you are mesmerised by all this bright packaging and the claims for health. When actually you just want a live yoghurt that has goodness left in it.”

James and Katherine are the third generation of their family to dairy in England after their grandfather brought ten Ayrshires down from Scotland on the train in the late 1940s.

The family later ran Holsteins, until James had a 1998 university placement in north America. “That’s when I met and became great friends with father-anddaughter team Stephen and Candace Borland, and also when I fell in love with the Canadian type of Jersey cow,” he says.

“I spent the second half of my gap year working at the Rapid Bay Farm, Ormstown, Quebec. After university, I took a full-time job with the Semex Alliance for two years.

“In 2001, I spent a further year at Rapid Bay and with the development of the dairy business back home in Suffolk.

The idea was born to export to Suffolk 60 embryos from some of the top families at Rapid Bay.”

James says there were good conception rates and easy calving when the Canadian embryos were implanted into Holstein heifers in Suffolk. “It was very exciting and the calves looked fabulous,” he says.

“We put 40 eggs in the first year and 20 the second year. From the first 40, we got 15 heifers and 17 bulls. From the second 20, we got 16 pregnancies, seven of which were heifers.”

Marybelle Farm is only a few hundred kilometers flight from the channel island where the Jersey breed began, and James says his new trans-Atlantic type of Jerseys did not at first appeal to every British Jersey breeder.

“Each breeder has their own priorities and goals they wish to achieve,” he says. “Ours are for a Jersey that has an increased milk yield while maintaining the importance of the high butterfat.

Longevity is also crucial for profitability.

“We believe the injection of size, capacity and general conformation introduced by the Canadian type of cow was just what we needed to achieve our goals.”

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“Eighty cows managed well with a good environment is certainly more profitable than any number of cows that are under pressure and poorly managed,” James says. “It’s all about the step changes and coping with them from a financial as well as a herd management perspective.

Keeping it simple is also vital for us.

“However, I would say that it is difficult to have this number of cows without any other kind of diversification. Our farming business relies on pedigree heifer sales and our small artisan ice cream business both keep the wheels turning year to year.”

James says the rolling 12-month forecast for production at Marybelle is currently at 3.6 million litres. The herds that supply the milk are 70 percent Jersey. “We process five days a week and deliver six days,” James says. “Our range includes bottled milk, creams, yoghurt, creme fraiche, and ice cream. We also sell other goods such as eggs, bread, juice and cheese, while providing a delivery service for other local suppliers.” The business has grown from selling only 120 items a day 12 years ago to today’s daily tally of up to 12,000 individual products.

James says growth has to be managed to preserve cash flow and profitability, while not missing the opportunities that have arisen following their Great Taste win last September.

“We certainly aren’t in a position to go nationally tomorrow,” he says. “But we have learned to always keep irons in the fire. We have some terrific plans for 2014 that should build a nice foundation for the next five to ten years of growth.”

James says the most important lessons he’s learnt about operating a business aren’t so much different from the lessons he’s learnt about successfully managing a Jersey herd.

“Don’t walk before you can run,” he says. “Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither will be success in diversification.

Taking on too much and stretching yourselves and your finances will likely leave a trail of woe that will take years to overcome.

“Pay particular attention to the detail.

And above all – before you even start to think about how you’re going to make a product – make sure you have a market that will buy it!!”

Katherine says on the Food Program that she also thinks it is important that products use local milk. “Milk can get bruised!” she says. “I say this a lot because

Marybelle Farm: www.marybelle.co.uk Great Taste Awards: www.greattasteawards.co.uk BBC Radio Four Food Program: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnx3 (The Food Program can also be located with internet search engines.)

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words: Michael Porteus

Northern NSW stud finds frothy options for Jersey milk

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OUR generations after her ancestors began breeding Jerseys on the far north coast of New South Wales, Robyn Mathers says she can still see how the genetics are improving year-by-year in the expanding herd of 350 Jerseys at her Fairdale stud at Coraki, 20km south of Lismore.

Robyn began breeding Jerseys in the 1980s on the stud of her parents, Jim and Bev Hewitt at Bentley, west of Lismore. She was one of five sisters, and four of them are still involved in dairying.

Robyn says she bred for “milk, milk, milk” when she first moved to Fairdale in 1990. She tried different breeds, but her herd recording found that Jerseys were “way better economically”. Jerseys earn the farm about $2000 more per cow for reasons including that they begin calving at a younger age and more efficiently use farm resources.

Robyn began to focus on breeding for components in the late 90s. Now she and husband Steve and son Brian also look at factors including dairy type, feet and legs, fertility and udder health. They use semen from the United States, Canada, Denmark and New Zealand.

Their herd grazes kikuyu, paspalem, setaria and rye grass on 110ha on the banks of the Richmond River, 10km west of the Pacific Ocean. They aim to produce two million litres this year.

Components vary with the season, adding six to 15 cents a litre to their milk price. Steve says that this year their annual average is 4.95 butterfat and 3.8 protein.

Fairdale supplies the NSW north coast farmer co-op Norco, which they say wants them to produce more pure Jersey milk.

Special pick-ups of their weekend milk are “froth tested” and then sent north to make a Norco product called Capo Milk to meet the needs of cafes which want creamier froth on cappuccinos.

With strong dairy traditions on both sides of her family, Robyn says she was always going to be a dairy farmer. She did a dairy apprenticeship when she left school, and has always lived and worked on farm. Her 16-year-old son Brian is looking at a similar trajectory, and takes a long view of the breeding strategies he is implementing with his mother. Steve does not come from a dairying background, although his father did work in cropping research with NSW Agriculture. He joined the farm when he married Robyn in 2007, and soon bridged the multigeneration gap.

The Coraki area used to have many dairy farms, but now Fairdale has the last dairy herd amid the sugar farms on land which has flooded three times in 25 years. The floods deposit cane trash, and this can lead to invasions by worms which quickly destroy dairy pastures. However, Robyn says there are also advantages in dairying amid sugar, and neighbours sometimes let the dairy farm bale their unharvestable crops of cane or soybeans.

“It’s sub-tropical, so our natural pastures won’t grow in winter,” Robyn says. “We have to oversow with rye grass.” Steve says their summer pastures of kikuyu, paspalem and setaria are “all good feed” if they are keep short.

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Steve and Robyn Mathers and Brian Chappell at their Fairdale stud in on the banks of the Richmond River in northern New South Wales.

The farm has one-hectare paddocks. The herd usually grazes one of these in the morning, one in the afternoon and another after they milk in the evening. Their average rotation is 16 days, but the cows can get round the 80ha they water with solid-set irrigation in ten days.

As well as being positive for protein and butterfat, Robyn says her cows have got to be able to handle their milk, have good feet and legs, and low somatic cell counts.

“With all the genetics that we’ve really got calving in, we see our heifers better than our older cows,” Robyn says. “That’s a good sign. It means they are going in the right direction.”

Their Jerseys are getting bigger – their current cows wouldn’t even fit through the doors on the two old dairies built when previous owners operated it as a Jersey stud. But Fairdale’s Jerseys today are still much smaller than the handful of Holsteins and Ayrshires and cross-breeds that friends have left at the farm. Robyn, Steve and Brian agree that they don’t want their Jerseys to become like Holsteins.

Robyn says Jerseys calve-in earlier than Holsteins, and have longer lactations than Ayrshires. “They are beautiful cows to milk,” she says.

However, Robyn says that Jersey breeders using American bulls have to watch that they don’t lose daughter fertility.

Their heifers now run with their own Jersey bull, but they are inseminated after they join the milking herd. The herd calves year round.

The farm now has a flood-proof dairy. Two people can get the milking herd through it in two hours on a good day, but it can take an extra hour in wet weather.

Robyn, Steve and Brian are all upbeat about the future prospects for dairying with Jerseys on the NSW north coast.

They say Norco will take all the Jersey milk they can produce, and Coraki is only 30 kms from the Casino factory of Richmond Dairies. This is chaired by leading British Jersey breeder Jim Dickinson, and it uses a lot of Jersey milk in the products it exports to Asia.

There is also further research now underway in northern NSW and southern Queensland into the viability of launching a new range of pure Jersey dairy products later this year.

Robyn says there are always options if you have got Jerseys.

Balingen Park Jerseys

BROADLIN JERSEYS

“Little Cows - Big Attitude”!

Kieron & Melissa Eddy 685 Hooper Road, Tatura, 3616 Ph: 0427 061 705 balingen_eddy@bigpond.com

Lynton and Lisa, Toni, Gavin and Cassie Broad

EURARIE JERSEYS

Jimann Jerseys

Charles & Carolyn Smith 80 Rathbone Road, St Germains 3620 Ph: 03 5826 0325 andesholsteins@bigpond.com.au

Brookbora Jerseys Robert and Sandra Bacon Tennyson Vic 3572 03 5488 2323 - 0429 333 119 bacons@brookbora.com.au www.brookbora.com.au

Bercar Jersey Stud

388 Johnson Road, LOCKINGTON 3563 03 5486 2624 - 0427 862 624 lisa.broad@bigpond.com

Trevor & Julie Campbell 286 Lowe Rd Rochester 3561 PH: (03) 5484 1624 jimann1@bigpond.com

Dalbora Genetics Robert & Sandra Bacon Daryl & Maria Collins

Tennyson Vic 3572 0427 882 227 - 0429 333 119 info@dalboragenetics.com.au www.dalboragenetics.com.au

Bernie and Carol McManus 252 Bamawm Rd Bamawm. 3561 Ph: 03 5483 2245 e-mail bercar3561@bigpond.com

SUNSHINE FARM JERSEYS N R & J M McDonald 715 Andrews Rd Kyabram 3620 Ph: 03 5855 2516 - 0428 992 450 janelleabbey@hotmail.com

LincoLndeLL Jerseys Ron and Val Read & Family 167 Panoo Road Lockington 3563

Utopia Jerseys

SHENSTONE JERSEY STUD

Gordon & Lyn Emmett 12 Curr Road, Stanhope Ph: 03 5857 2629 lynemmett@bigpond.com.au .....breeding since 1930

Craigielea Jerseys

Bill, Kaye and Andrew Cochrane 836 Hansen Rd, Bamawm, 3561

Ph: 03 5486 5474

craigielea3@bigpond.com

Gailee Jerseys Norm & Dawn Stone 489 Hill Rd Stanhope Ph: 03 5857 2399 gaileeadsl@bigpond.com

JUGIONG JERSEYS Rockleigh Park Nicholson Family Curr Rd Girgarre 3624 Ph/fax 03 5854 6393 Pat 03 5854 6513 jugiong@bigpond.com.au

Jerseys

Stewart Mancer 2/1 Moama Court, Moama Ph: 0429 882 201 rockleighpark@bigpond.com

Jared & Courtney Ireland 53 Hewlett Lane, Lockington.

Ph: 03 5486 2694 courtney.wagner@bigpond.com

Silhouette Jerseys Richard & Ann Worboys Echuca Mitiamo Rd • Kotta Ph: 03 5483 7500 info@silhouettefarm.biz

Sybilgrove & Summer Spirit Jerseys Collins Family 202 McColl Road, Ballendella 3561 Ph/Fax: 03 5486 5393

Benlock Jersey Stud Bryan & Lee Rushton 79 Brooks Rd Rochester 3861 Ph: 03 5484 1551 benlockj@dodo.com.au

WINDY WAYS JERSEYS Frank Walsh 41 A Finlay Road, Tongala VIC 3621 Ph: 03 5859 0532 Mobile: 0418 576 856 Email: frankwalsh3@bigpond.com

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Top Ranking Jersey Sires-at Agri-Gene April ABV Proof Highlights: The Release of the Australian April ABV’s has seen farmer favorite; Richies Jace TBONE A364 retain his No.2 APR ranking at +257. He transmits high Type at +116 which ranks him amongst the Top 5 Sires for Overall Type. He is the breeds No.1 Sire for improving Temperament and Likeability at +106.

He will improve Components, Longevity and will drop Cell Counts and most impressive is his faultless Type Linear with over +110 for no less than 10 Individual Type including Type, Mammary, Stature, Angularity, Pin Width, Centre Ligament, Front & Rear Teat Placement, Teat Length and Loin Strength.

In No.3 position we have former No.1 APR Sire who was No.1 for 6 consecutive proofs runs, a feat no other bull has achieved in the breed; Nowell SANDBLAST. He has added 100 daughters over the past 12 months and has maintained his good Milk Production, Udders and positive Components.

Tbone Dtr: Edi Tbone Blackie – EX91 Max

Kaarmona VASILIS is a new graduate sired by “Parade” out of a high Component “Passive” sister to “Valerian”.

He debuted at No.11 on the APR list with positive Milk, good Components and good functional Type.

There has been a lot of hype from our sales staff who viewed daughters on the recent LTE daughter Tour with daughters displaying great Udders, Dairy Strength, plenty of middle and transmitting outstanding Temperament.

April USDA / Canadian Proof Highlights: The release of the April USA proofs has seen Agri-Gene retain the No.2 and No.3 Jersey Sire rankings in the USA with Wilsonview Jevon MAGNUM and Sweetie PLUS Iatolas Bold.

MAGNUM is the equal No.2 JPI Sire in the USA at +236; he sits at the top of the rankings for Cheese Merit Dollars, Net Merit Dollars and Fluid Merit Dollars. He offers high Milk Production +1284M, positive Components (over 140 Lbs of combined Fat & Protein) with excellent allround Health and Fitness Traits for Daughter Pregnancy Rate, Cell Counts and is one of the best for Productive Life at +5.5 with “SEXED ULTRA” Semen available.

Tequila Dtr: Bralock Tequila Merle – VG88

PLUS has continuously being ranked amongst the top of the Industry for JPI, he combines pedigree diversity and unbelievable profit potential as he is now the No.6 Milk Production bull in the breed at +1751M and is also a Top 10 Sire for PTA Protein, Net Merit Dollar and Fluid Merit Dollar Indexes, Stature, Dairy Form and Rear Udder Height.

Richies Jace TBONE A364 is the new No.1 LPI Sire in Canada with over 900 Litres of Milk and positive Components. In addition to this he is ranked amongst the top 10 JPI Sires in the USA for Type, Dairy Form, Foot Angle and Udder Cleft and is the No.1 Sire for improving Teat Placement.

Tower Vue Prime TEQUILA – ET has been dominating the show scene around the globe for the past few years; he is sitting in equal No.2 position yet again for overall Type +2.3 and is clearly the No.1 Sire for Udders at +7.08. He is also ranked amongst the Top 10 Sires in the USA for Stature, Strength, Rump Width, Fore Udder Attachment and Udder Depth.

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Vasilis Dtr: Philmar Vasilis Lady

Your No.1 Jersey Source

Agri-Gene Richies Jace TBONE A364 Jace x Lemvig x Declo

Australia’s No.2 APR Jersey Sire • Tbone has retained his No.2 APR ranking at +257. He transmits high Type at +116 which ranks him amongst the Top 5 Sires for Overall Type.

• He is the breeds No.1 Sire for improving Temperament and Likeability at +106.

Dtr: Edi Tbone Blackie - EX91

• He will improve Components, Longevity and will drop Cell Counts and most impressive is his faultless Type Linear with over +110 for no less than 10 Individual Type Traits including Type, Mammary, Stature, Angularity, Pin Width, Centre Ligament, Front & Rear Teat Placement, Teat Length and Loin Strength.

Nowell SANDBLAST Flowerpower x Admiral x Hermitage

Australia’s No.3 APR Jersey Sire • Sandblast is a former A2/A2 No.1 APR Sire who shared this feat for over 6 consecutive proof runs and now ranks at No.3 position on APR, an accomplishment no other Australian Jersey bull has achieved.

• Sandblast has added 100 daughters over the past 12 months and has maintained his good Milk Production, Udders and positive Components.

Dtr: Kaddy Sandy Ilagay - EX90

• Great Type and Functional traits, his daughters display added Strength and Capacity with deep bodies and high and wide Rear Udders with very good Ligament and Teat Placement.

Kaarmona VASILIS Parade x Passive x Admiral

New Australian Graduate Sire • Vasilis is a New Graduate Sired by “Parade” out of a high Component “Passive” sister to “Valerian”.

• He debuted at No.11 on the APR list with positive Milk, good Components and good functional Type.

Dtr: Philmar Vasilis Lady - GP83

• There has been a lot of hype from our sales staff who viewed daughters on the recent LTE daughter Tour with daughters displaying great Udders, good Dairy Strength, plenty of middle and transmitting outstanding Temperament.

Agri-Gene Pty Ltd 123-125 Tone Road, Wangaratta Victoria 3677 ph: 03 5722 2666 fax: 03 5722 2777 email: info@agrigene.com.au web: www.agrigene.com.au

words: Kerry McGarvie

THERE’S A NEW PLACE FOR POLLS

“If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough.”

(Ellen Johnson Sirleaf).

Among others, this is a favourite quote for Stephanie Stout (Wisconsin, USA).

For Stephanie, editing and producing her own magazine was ‘scary’, but it also fulfilled a dream she shared with many others, to promote polled dairy cattle. Subsequently, there is now a new resource available called ‘#PolledPlace’.

#PolledPlace Volume 1- March/April 2014 is 52 pages with 100% focus on Polled Dairy Cattle. It is now available free online or by post via subscription.

The magazine consists of a wide range of features designed to interest, educate and inform. Regular features include breeder interviews from all over the world. This issue includes a review of South Aust. breeder in Matt Seelinger (Westdama Hols. and Pole Position Genetics). Polled history and sale highlights (including IDW), and social media are other features, while 41 individual advertisers have the magazine overflowing with a visual feast of polled cows, heifers and sires, all superbly presented and at your finger tips. The front cover includes another Aussie in Paul Condon of Seabreeze Holsteins and a Dual PP daughter, which was the winning photo from the Facebook Cover Photo Contest.

A main feature, ‘Polled Placing’s’ contains 4 pages of Polled Sire Rankings (with proof figures, pedigrees and company source) covering Polled Ayrshires, Polled Brown Swiss, Polled Jerseys, Polled Linebacks, Polled Milking Shorthorns, Polled Blue Holstein, Polled Holstein, Polled Red Carriers, and Polled Red and White, and has each breed sectioned in to Homozygous Polled where available. #Polled Place is published 6 times a year and can be contacted/viewed via either; Website: www.polleddairycattle.com Twitter@PRforbulls www.facebook.com/PolledDairyCattle Email: polledplace@polleddairycattle.com PO Box 813, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965, ph (608)732-2757 fax (608)237-2310.

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There’s a new Number 1 Polled Jersey sire. Nikon-P arrives in the nick of time.

Popular polled sire Critic-P has yet another son rocketing up the charts. This time it is ABS Global that have available the new top JPI polled Jersey sire on offer.

29JE3870 Ahlem Nikon-P, the 2012 born young sire is soon to be released on to the Australian market. He comes with a JPI of 224 (equal to current proven horned sire JPIs), a JUI (Jersey Udder Index) of 5.55, just edged out of top spot for JUI (by another Critic-P son in AltaGenetics’ Critique-P, whose JUI of 6.06 is exceptionally high for any horned or polled Jersey sire). He is also 1016 Milk, 74Fat, 48Pro, with positive productive life and lower than average cellcounts.

Ahlem Nikon-P (29JE3870) (Critic-P X Allstar X Tbone X Iatola) is the son of Ahlem Allstar Nita 36001 VG-84%, and both she and her dam have drawn interest for their ability to perform at above herd average yet consistently get back in calf early.

Ahlem Allstar Nita and her dam sired by Tbone currently have relative values of 107% and 105% (herd av. 100%) in the Ahlem herd.

Ahlem daughters

Ahlem Farms Partnership runs a 4,600-cow Registered Jersey herd in California (USA).

The herd ranked among the best for 2013, with an average of 20,698M, 1,005Fat and 767Pro (3,537 cows) on the larger dairy and 21,166M, 971Fat and 778Pro (1,880 cows) on the smaller dairy, ranking them in the top 10 for protein production in herds over 750 cows, and ranked them #17 for genetic merit also.

A third dairy is in the process of being set up, with first lactation cows now beginning to arrive.

‘Ahlem’ is well known for its additional operation, ‘Hilmar Cheese Company’, but in Australia the name is recognised quickly for a connection to boom sire Pannoo Abe Vanahlem. Ahlem Farms breed his sire Ahlem Lemvig Abe-ET, who has sired 8642 daughters to date and was the breed’s former #1 bull for JPI. Over the years, 35 bulls have been placed into A.I. service from Ahlem Farms Partnership.

In 2009 Ahlem Farms Partnership and long time breeding adviser Mr Ed Fisher were recognised by the AJCA with the Master Breeder Award. Now in his 90s, Mr Fisher is now sharing breeding decisions and responsibilities with Jonathan Merriam, now full time Genomics Specialist for Ahlem Farms Partnership.

Mr Merriam has consulted on genomics at the farms for the last 10 years, and says Mr Fisher emphasized type and production, developing a highly productive yet also high scoring herd. That did not exclude the use of polled genetics however. Mr Fisher selected Eclipes-P for his type, with the polled gene a bonus. Mr Merriam said as a consequence they had been able to get good cows with the added bonus of the polled gene. (Greenbook April 2014 lists Eclipes-P with more than 4100 daughters. It is said he was SelectSires’ second highest selling Jersey sire last season).

‘I watch closely to determine which animals are polled and genomically test those individuals so that we can find the polled animals that can have a positive influence. Because of the potential benefits of the polled gene and the increased value of polled animals, we are looking closely at this gene. We do not want to sacrifice production or type for the gene, but we also want to develop lines that can be used on Eclipes-P and Critic-P bloodlines. We have used Critic-P heavily and are pleased with the daughters that are now calving. We have also used a number of his sons and have many Eclipes-P and Critic-P daughters contracted.’ Mr Merriam said.

As with many breeders now using polled genetics, Mr Merriam sees the attraction and value of homozygous polled cattle.

‘We are trying to breed a few homozygous polled heifers so we can mate them to the top bulls and develop polled individuals with elite genomics both for production and type. The polled gene adds another element to the fun of mating and continually trying to breed a better cow.

Nikon-P’s dam is 107% relative value on her second lactation. His grandam is still in the herd and due in May with twins and 105% relative value. We are excited about his potential (Nikon-P) and are using him at all three of our dairies,’ he said.

The ‘P’ is back!

In 2013 strange things started happening to the ‘P’ used to identify polled animals. It began to disappear.

Initially ADHIS advised this was because it was decided some time ago that all suffixes would be removed from Bull Ids and represented by genetic codes instead.

However Sarah Saxton of ADHIS has done some searching, and she has found an explanation and a solution.

‘As it turns out ADHIS is not removing the P’s from the end of bull names - we have no capacity to do this in our system.

One possible reason this may have been occurring is that (for OS bulls) when they enter our system through interbull they do

so with their country of origin name (most likely with postfixes ie the ‘Ps’). But as they sire daughters in Aust the bull owner/ marketer enters them into NASIS and they may be omitting the postfixes.’

‘In each case - it is the responsibility of the BULL OWNER/MARKETER at the time of Nasis entry to :1. Indicate the correct name with a P after the Bull Name ie Johnie Come Lucky P 2. List the bull with a POS or POC as a nominated Genetic test.

We don’t know these details unless the BULL OWNER / MARKETER enters them at the time of Nasis entry .’ Sarah said.

Now that this procedure has been examined and possible problems identified in advance, it should provide breeders and companies with an avenue to properly identify Polled sires.

If problems are encountered, in particular from any administration not yet up to speed on the purpose of the ‘P’, Sarah suggests first ensuring details are correct at time of NASIS registration.

If still there are still problems, ADHIS are happy to look into it for you, as their intention is to improve the data chain.

Sarah said a number of sires had been updated with ‘P’s and genetic codes in time for the next ABV release.

VIKING Jersey offers outcross with the best from leading Jersey populations VJ HUSKY – Protein, type and udders VJ Husky, out of ”Rønholm May Dodo” is the first daughter proven DJ Hulk son world wide. With DJ Hulk, DJ May and Q Impuls in the sire line, he is a result of 63% Danish genes, 29% US (Mister T and Lester), 5% NZ (Glenmore Royal Guide) and 3% CAN (J Imperial).

VJ Husky is an extremely good overall sire. Notice the high production and high protein percentage. Tall daughters of excellent type with strong fore udders, shallow udders and thick teats. And then add the good fertility, health and longevity!

VJ Husky was marketed as Genomic super sampler and the first son (VJ Hihl) is now marketed as GenVikPLUS. VJ LURE - Production and percentages from the Star family VJ Lure is out of the famous ”Stjerne” (star) family. His dam is “Rynkeby Impuls Stjerne 2”. The cow ended 4 lactations with 7719 kg milk, 6.74% fat, 4.59% protein, average 305 days.

Both MGD and MGGD milked more than 7000 kg with more than 6.7 and 4.5% average.

All female offspring from VJ Lures dam has become bull mothers. Some of our best genomic sires are out of the “Stjerne” family - VJ Ziegler (DJ Zuma), VJ Gulf (DJ Give) and more.

VJ Lure is a breed leader for high production and high percentages. Exceptional fer-tility, good udder health and longevity is not what you normally expect from a production sire, but here you have it all.

Daughters are a little higher than average, clean and dairy with a straight top line. F&L are very strong and the steep foot angle needs to be mentioned. Rear udders are high and wide, teats have an ideal size and placement.

VJ LINK - The link to high profile Viking Jersey outcross VJ Link (Legacy x Q Hirse x JAS Hot) is probably the best daughter proven Legacy son world wide. The contribution of genes is 53% North American, 41% Danish and 6% New Zealand.

Most of the American genes come from Legacy and a little from Top Brass (MGS of JAS Hot). New Zealand genes come from Glenmore Royal Guide in the Q Hirse pedigree. VJ Link is out of ”Lango Hirse Donna II” and from the same family as the polled sire VJ Miro-P. VJ Link is a breed leader for female fertility and his breeding values for udder health, hoof health and longevity are outstanding. Daughters have exceptionally good feet & legs, udders are shallow and teats have ideal size and placement.

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Code

APR

ASI

Overall Type

RRP $

Pack & Genetic Check Price $

NAVARIAN RACEWAY

288 242

241 210

108 110

$28.00 $26.00

$25.00 $22.00

AUSSIEGOLD TAHBILK

190 204

153 143

110 116

$24.00 $22.00

$20.00 $18.00

Code

APR

BROADSIDE ROUNDHILL JULSTAR VOYAGEDALE

206 209 220 208

Daughter Cell Fertility Count

99 101 103 100

112 112 106 109

RRP $

Pack & Genetic Check Price $

$20.00 $22.00 $24.00 $18.00

$16.00 $18.00 $20.00 $16.00

Champion toowoombA royAl 2014

The Dams of all three Champions, Pitinos Beauty, Regions Limerick & Badgers Elaine are by Ascot Park Sires!

Ascot PArk Pitinos

beauty eX-94

5yrs: 8298L, 3.37% 280kgP 4.46% 370kgF PI 116, 305d Calved 6 weeks!

1st 7yrs and over in milk 1st ‘Maternally related’ with A.P Blairs Beauty 2nd EX-93 BESt SEnioR UddER & SUPREME UddER ChAMPion Cow & RESERvE SUPREME toowoomba Royal 2014 Champion Cow & Best udder Brisbane Royal 2010 supreme heifer toowoomba Royal 2009 supreme heifer & supreme Junior udder nSw dairy Spectacular 2009 dam: Ascot Park Star Beauty Ex-90 2nd dam: Ascot Park Pyramids Beauty EX-90

Ascot PArk regions limerick

Ascot PArk eltons beAuty 88@2yrs

Ascot PArk eltons beAuty 2nd

1st 2-2.5yrs in milk IntermedIate ChampIon & JunIor Best udder Member of the Res Supreme ‘Group of 3 heifers’ Toowoomba Royal 2014

1st 2.5-3yrs in milk hon. mentIon IntermedIate ChampIon Member of the Res Supreme ‘Group of 3 heifers’ 1st Sires Progeny with AP Eltons Beauty 2nd Toowoomba Royal 2014

2nd 2.5-3yrs in milk 1st Sires Progeny with AP Eltons Beauty 88@2yrs Toowoomba Royal 2014

2nd 20-24mths, Brisbane Royal 2013 1st 6-10mths, Brisbane Royal 2012

2yrs: 4201L 3.67% 154kgP 4.67% 196kgF 184d cont...

dam: ascot park Leons Limerick eX-90 4th dam: rapid Bay Juno Limerick

dam: ascot park Connections Beauty 2nd 86@2yrs 4th dam: ascot park hasty Beauty eX-93

Ascot Park Jerseys

2yrs: 1st test - 24.5 litres dam: ascot park Fp Beauty eX-91 5yrs, 7804L 3.5% 274kgP 4.1% 317kgF PI 111, 299d Sired by Flowerpower 4th dam: ascot park pyramids Beauty eX-90

Steve, Jenny, Kate, Michael and Matthew McCarthy

327 Budgee Road, Budgee QLD, Australia, 4359 Phone/Fax: (07) 4697 2172 – Email: ascotpark2@bigpond.com

Artwork by: Hayley Menzies, Photos: Simon Tognola

SHOWS

The Heritage Bank Toowoomba Royal Show 27th-29th March, 2014 – Judge: Mr Lindsay Moxey

(l-r) Steve McCarthy with Champion Cow, Ascot Park Ptinos Beauty, Matthew McCarthy with Champion Heifer, Ascot Park Regions Limerick and Jenny McCarthy with Champion Juvenile Heifer, Ascot Park Badgers Elaine.

Rain held off for the main two days of dairy cattle judging at the 150th Toowoomba Royal Show. Seven Jersey exhibitors paraded their cattle beofre judge Lindsay Moxey.

All three Jersey Champions were bred and owned by Steve and Jenny McCarthy of Greenmount, Qld. Leading their team of eleven was eight-year-old Champion Cow, Ascot Park Pitino’s Beauty, who went on to win Reserve Supreme Cow and also Supreme Udder.

The Champion Heifer was Ascot Park Regions Limerick, a former Brisbane Show class winner. This heifer combined with two of the McCarthy’s other heifers to win the Reserve Supreme Group of Three Heifers.

Finally, the winner of the 18-24mths class and Juvenile Champion Heifer was Ascot Park Badgers Elaine.

Heifers by Tower-Vue Prime Tequila won two of the Juvenile classes. Gianna Kelly’s heifer, Plainview Tequila Sunrise won the 1218mths class as well as Reserve Champion Juvenile. The winner of the 6-12 months class was Ardylbar Tequila Eva, owned by Adrian and Waylon Barron.

Class Results: Heifer 6-12mths dry 1. Ardylbar Tequila Eva (Tequila) AD & WJ Barron 2. Ascot Park Vanahelms Forget Me Not (Vanahlem) - SG & JA McCarthy 3. Plainview Action Girl (Action) Gianna Kelly Heifer 12-18mths dry 1. Plainview Tequila Sunrise (Tequila) Gianna Kelly 2. Ascot Park Merchant S Beauty-ET (Merchant) - SG & JA McCarthy Heifer 18-24mths dry 1. Ascot Park Badgers Elaine (Badger) SG & JA McCarthy.

2. Nobbyview Spirituals Elsie (Spirit) Nobbyview Partnership 3. Ascot Park Celebrity Beauty (Celebrity) J & T Phillips

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(l-r) Jersey Judge, Lindsay Moxey with owner Steve McCarthy on the halter of Reserve Supreme Dairy Cow, Ascot Park Pitinos Beauty and Andrew Walker, Toowoomba.

4. Fernybank Gator Bonnie (Gator) LP & DA Dunne Champion Juvenile Jersey Heifer Ascot Park Badgers Elaine Reserve Plainview Tequila Sunrise

Heifer Under 2yrs in milk 1. Ascot Park Sambos Beauty 3-ET (Lester Sambo) - SG & JA McCarthy Heifer 2-2.5yrs in milk 1. Ascot Park Regions Limerick (Region) SG & JA McCarthy 2. Nobbyview Virgils Nancy (Virgils Nancy) Nobbyview Partnership 3. Fernybank Spartan Tuppence (Sparticus) LP & DA Dunne Heifer 2.5-3yrs in milk 1. Ascot Park Eltons Beauty (Elton) SG & JA McCarthy 2. Ascot Park Eltons Beauty 2 (Elton) SG & JA McCarthy Best Udder & Attachment under 3yrs 1. Ascot Park Regions Limerick 2. Ascot Park Sambos Beauty 3 3. Nobbyview Virgils Nancy 4. Fernybank Spartan Tuppence Group of 3 females (under 3yrs) 1. Ascot Park 2. Ascot Park Junior Champion Jersey Ascot Park Regions Limerick Reserve Ascot Park Sambos Beauty 3

Female 3-4yrs in milk 1. Ascot Park Blackstone Forgetmenot (Blackstone) - SG & JA McCarthy 2. Nobbyview Troubles Grace (Big Time Trouble) - Nobbyview Partnership 3. Tyjon Senior Waneta (Pine Haven Senior) Tyler Barron 4. Nobbyview Flashs Rosette (Nobbyview Pams Flash) - Nobbyview Partnership 5. Ardylbar Governor Peyton (Governor) AD & WJ Barron

Female 4-5yrs in milk 1. Rising Sun B Babes Minister (Minister) T Barron 2. Ascot Park Seniors Elaine (Pine Haven Senior) - SG & JA McCarthy 3. Sunrise Blackstone Eileen (Blackstone) J & T Phillips Type & Production Cow 4-5yrs in milk 1. Ascot Park Seniors Elaine SG & JA McCarthy Female 5-7yrs in milk 1. Ascot Park Blairs Beauty 2 (Sil-Mist Montana Blair) SG & JA McCarthy 2. Rising Sun Jeeps Princess (Kaarmona Jeep) - AD & WJ Barron 3. Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor (Comerica) AD & WJ Barron 4. Nobbyview Flashs Miracle (Nobbyview Pams Flash) Nobbyview Partnership 5. Rising Sun Jeeps Charm (Kaarmona Jeep) J & T Phillips Type & Production Cow 5-7yrs in milk 1. Ascot Park Blairs Beauty 2 SG & JA McCarthy Female 7yrs & over in milk 1. Ascot Park Pitinos Beauty (Altheas Lester Pitino of Al-Top) SG & JA McCarthy Group of 3 Females over 3yrs 1. Ascot Park 2. Ardylbar 3. Nobbyview Maternally related group 1. Ascot Park Pitinos Beauty 2. Nobbyview Imperiums Nancy 2 females, progeny of 1 sire 1. Cairnbrae Jaces Elton - SG & JA McCarthy 2. Nobbyview Pams Flash Nobbyview Partnership Dairy group of 4, any age 1. Ascot Park 2. Nobbyview Best Udder & Attachment, over 3yrs 1. Ascot Park Pitinos Beauty SG & JA McCarthy Senior Champion Jersey Ascot Park Pitinos Beauty

Reserve Ascot Park Blairs Beauty 2 Honourable Mention Rising Sun B Babes Minister Most successful Exhbitor SG & JA McCarthy Jersey Breed Production Champion - Milk Ascot Park Blairs Beauty 2

SUPREME CHAMPIONS Supreme Udder and Reserve Supreme Cow Ascot Park Pitinos Beauty Reserve Supreme Group of 3 Heifers Ascot Park Regions Limerick, Ascot Park Sambos Beauty 3-ET and Ascot Park Eltons Beauty Champion Parader of Show and Grand Aggregate Junior Champion Brian Chappell

2014 Jersey Autumn Fair 15th March, 2014 Judge: Mr Roger Perrett

Junior Handlers 1. Georgia Atkins 2. Georgia Nagel 3. Chelsea Schutz 4. Jack Werner 5. Lachlan Menzel Senior Handlers 1. Heidi Smith 2. James Krieg 3. Brittany Lebich Mature cow in milk, born before 1st January 2009 1. Stewartdale Saber 2807 Poppy (Saber) JA Haebuck & LK Nagel (Highest protein exhibit) 2. Rosedale Astound Vanilla (Molly Brook Berretta Fabulous) - MT & KL Atkins 4yr old in milk, born during 2009 1. Ashtaney Bart Silverbabe (Darraway

Flowerpower Satira) - Ashtaney Jerseys 3yr old in milk, born during 2010 1. Ashtaney Spiritual Sadie (Spirit) Ashtaney Jerseys 2. Bellview Fabulous Jennifer (Molly Brook Berretta Fabulous) - SR, LP & BK Manuel 3. Carcoola Jaylee 2 (Riverside Maid of Gold)

JA & EV Kernich 4. Carcoola Dayna 5 (Pine Haven Senior) JA & EV Kernich 5. Carcoola Darcy (Fleurieu Symbol) JA & EV Kernich Senior Champion Jersey Female Stewartdale Saber 2087 Poppy Reserve Ashtaney Spiritual Sadie Honourable Mention Bellview Fabulous Jennifer 2.5yrs in milk, born between 1/1/11 and 30/6/11 1. Rosedale Senior Carmel (Pine Haven Senior) - MT & KL Atkins 2. Ashtaney Blackstone Silverfinch (Blackstone) - Ashtaney Jerseys

3. Bellview BRS Stellar (Bellview Rocket Stephen) - SR, LP & BK Manuel 4. Carcoola Maisie May 4 (Hollylane Lilibet’s

Legacy) - JA & EV Kernich 2yr old heifer in milk, born between 1/7/11 and 31/12/11 1. Bellview Elton Serenette (Elton)

SR, LP & BK Manuel 2. Ashtaney Elton Storm (Elton) Ashtaney Jerseys 3. Roslyn Vale Melys 28 (SU Jade Hired Gun) JA Haebich & LK Nagel Heifer in milk, born during 2012 1. Carcoola Money Sophia 5 (On The Money) JA & EV Kernich 2. Ashtaney Headline Taylan (Headline) Ashtaney Jerseys Heifer dry, born during 2011 1. Rosedale TBone Fruchoc (TBone) MT & KL Atkins Intermediate Champion Jersey Rosedale Senior Carmel Reserve Carcoola Money Sophia 5 Honourable Mention Ashtaney Blackstone Silverfinch Cow any age, best udder 1. JA Haebich & LK Nagel 2. Ashtaney Jerseys 3. MT & KL Atkins 4. Ashtaney Jerseys Mt Compass JCC Type & Production class 1. Stewartdale Saber 2807 Poppy 2. Rosedale Astound Vanilla Gilmar Trophy 1. Skyvale Exchange 3345 Jemma (Mapperley Exchange) - NT & LJ Krieg

Cow or heifer dry, born between 1/1/12 and 30/6/12 1. Bellview Sassafrass Clarabel (Wanstead Sassafrass) - SR, LP & BK Manuel 2. Ashtaney Legal Silverchain (Tollenaars Impuls Legal) - Ashtaney Jerseys 3. Hindmarsh Ginger 9 (Sunset Canyon Anthems Allstar) - BS Schutz 4. Carcoola Delroy Kara (Carcoola Delroy) JA & EV Kernich Heifer born between 1/7/12 and 31/12/12 1. Golden Edge Mini Poppy (Minister) JA Haebich & LK Nagel 2. Ashtaney Elton Ashleigh (Elton) Ashtaney Jerseys 3. Rosedale HG Bootscootin (Hired Gun) MT & KL Atkins 4. Skyvale Exchange 3345 Jemma (Mapperley Exchange) - NT & LJ Krieg Heifer, born between 1/1/13 and 30/6/13 1. Bellview Spring Joy (Lerida Park Springsure) - SR, LP & BK Manuel 2. Hindmarsh Mellow 5 (Hawarden Impuls Premier) - BS Schutz 3. Carcoola Oscar Melodie (Carcoola Oscar) JA & EV Kernich 4. Ashtaney Elton Phaige (Elton) Ashtaney Jerseys Heifer calf, born between 1/7/13 and 31/12/13 1. Rosedale Tequila Bearta (Tequila) MT & KL Atkins 2. Carcoola Freeagent Danna (Bushlea Freeagent) - JA & EV Kernich

3. Rosedale Tequila Jasmine (Tequila) MT & KL Atkins Junior Champion Jersey Bellview Spring Joy Reserve Hindmarsh Mellow 5 Honourable Mention Golden Edge Mini Poppy SUPREME CHAMPION JERSEY Stewartdale Saber 2087 Poppy Group of 3 females 1. Ashtaney Jerseys 2. MT & KL Atkins 3. SR, LP & BK Manuel 4. JA & EV Kernich Cow and daughter, any age 1. JA Haebich & LK Nagel 2. MT & KL Atkins 3. JA & EV Kernich Most successful exhibitor Ashtaney Jerseys

Mt Compass Jersey Cattle Club Heifer Competition 27th February, 2014

The judge of the Mount Compass Jersey Cattle Club heifer competition, Mr Ray Fiebiger (Keynton), was very pleased with the quality of heifers he was presented with on the day.

He also praised the Jersey breed for having the foresight to increase their milk flow whilst retaining their high components.

Peter and Wendy Ness were the successful winners of the Group of 3 Heifers, winnin the Mt Compass JCC Trophy. In second place was the Brokenshire family, with Jason Steinbourne in third.

The trophy for the best individual heifer was also won by Peter and Wendy Ness, who were delighted with their days effort. Second

Wendy and Peter Ness with their awards.

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OUTSTANDING FRAME AND TYPE THAT WILL IMPROVE PRODUCTION FOR YOUR FARM

PANNOO BRAX

LEITHLEA GUN OF A SUN

Daraway Flowerpower Vanesssa VG88

Thonlea GOAS Tansy EX2

APR ASI Milk

• • • •

238 182 781 L

Fat 32 kg Protein 28 kg Fat % -0.19 Protein % 0.04 Overall Type 123 Mammary System 115

Vanahlem x VG 2yr old Larfalot Australia’s No. 1 type & mammary genomic sire Outstanding frames with capacity Superior udders, positive semen fertility

NZMI BW Milk

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169 Fat 15 Protein 16 152 Fat % 5.4 Protein % 4.1 349 L Udder Overall 0.62 Dairy Conformation 0.49

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BETTER COWS | BETTER LIFE

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place again went to the Brokenshire family with Andrew Koch and family in third.

A big thankyou to our sponsors for the day which included ABS, Lauches Mills, P & M Whitford and Tim & Sue Thorn.

Heifers are judged on overall dairyness and must not be calved or over two and a half years of age and presented in paddock condition.

Following the day were our three patrons, Mrs Ailene Gale, Mrs Cathy Manowski and Mt Peter Whitford. The day was completed with presentations and afternoon tea.

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(l-r) Erica Kernich, Kevin Watkins, Jeff Kernich (SA President), Kristina McCaul, Cath Manowski (patron), Ailene Gale (patron) and Rhonda Watkins (Secretary Mt Compass JCC and Life Member)

Tasmania Calf Day 2014 Jersey Results (Combined Breeds)

Calf Born Since 1 Jan 2014 1. Lilly Young, Datumvale Opal Calf Born Between 1 Jul 2013 – 30 Sept 2013 (3-6 months) 1. Samantha Johns, Craiglawn Tbone Pride 2 2. Cameron Thompson Quamby Brook GW Maybel 3. Donna Evans, Clifton Ontime Princess 4. Meagan Hamilton Entebbe Lord Might Mouse 5. Harry Hamilton Mallee Downs May Tawny Born Between1 Apr 2013 – 30 Jun 2013 (6-9 Months) 1. Samantha Johns Craiglawn Blackstone Corn Cob Born Between 1 Jan 2013-31 Mar 2013 (9-12 Months) 1. Cameron Thompson Quamby Brook Tequila Emmie 2. Samantha Johns Craiglawn Vanahlem Miracle 3. Shanae Perkins, Calthorpe Elton Cream 2 4. Samantha Johns, Craiglawn Tbone Pride Junior Champion C. Thompson, Quamby Brook Tequila Emmie Reserve S Johns, Craiglawn Tbone Pride 2 Born Between 1 Jul 2012 – 31 Dec 2012 (12-18 Months) 1. Cameron Thompson Jamber Governors Lady

Tasmanian Calf Day costumed Jerseys – 1. Elyse Poke - Minnie Mouse; 2. Meagan Hamilton - Clowns; 3.

Harry Hamilton - Awesome Hawthorn supporters (Go the HAWKS!); 4. Charlton Skirving - Matador

L-R : Cameron Thompson with reserve grand champion Jamber Govenors Lady. Judge Lachlan Fry (WA).

GRAND CHAMPION: Quamby Brook Tequila Emmie with Brad Cullen (NSW). Peter Bramich - Farmgate Biologicals.

2. Harry Hamilton Mallee Downs May Jingles Harriet Born Between 1 Jan 2012 – 30 June 2012 (18-24 Months) 1. Shanae Perkins, Calthorpe Elton Cream

Senior Champion C Thompson, Jamber Govenors Lady Reserve S Perkins , Calthorpe Elton Cream Grand Champion Selected C Thompson, Quamby Brook Tequila Emmie

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South Gippsland Jersey Breeders Club Inc Est. 1912 President

Secretary

AARON THOMAS 938 Albert River – Welshpool Road Binginwarri 3966 0437 386 562 albertriverfarm83@bigpond.com

ALAN LAUNDER 725 Buffalo-Tarwin Lower Road Middle Tarwin 3956 03 5663 4252 cheralan73@hotmail.com

Treasurer

WAYNE KUHNE 110 Johnsons Road Koonwarra 3954 0438 088 660 bushleafarms@bigpond.com

Member profiles Wayne & Anne Maples

Sundowner Jersey’s What year was your stud formed?

Farm location and size?

What is your herd size?

What is your Bull team for 2013?

What was your farm highlight for 2013?

O What is your favourite bull of all time?

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2006 Stony Creek – 105ha lease 180 (50% Jersey & 50% Holistein) Govenor, Tequila, Celebrity, Gammon & Justice Highlight for 2013 was having our first cow bred under our prefix to score 91 points at classification.

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Ian, Joy & Justin Richards

Somersleigh Farms O O O O O O

What year was your stud formed?

Farm location and size?

What is your herd size?

What is your Bull team for 2013?

What was your farm highlight for 2013?

What is your favourite bull of all time?

1955 Loves Lane, Dumbalk. 600 acres, including lease blocks.

Milking 320 Jersey’s.

Alta Galaxies, Bozo, Elton, Vanahlem, Visionary Surviving a tough year.

Haven’t got any one favourite.

Colin & Jenny Dowel

Inverell Jersey Stud What year was your stud formed?

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O What was your farm highlight for 2013?

O What is your favourite bull of all time?

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1929 by H.H Dowel Korumburra, 234 hectares Milking 360 Valentino, Conara, Elton, Galaxies Celebrity, Jer-z-boyz Critique, Legal Promise, Eclipes, Vanahlem, Tbone, Babaxi.

Fully utilizing new calf shed for a whole season, rearing 130 calves.

Also winning the 4 year old class in the South Gippsland Jersey Breeders Club O.F.C, and having representation in the Great Southern Challenge.

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SALES WRAP INDUSTRY NEWS

New Horizons Jersey Sale Selling agents:: Dairy Livestock Services

• 30 Jerseys av $3640 Members of the Central Gippsland Jersey Club recently staged the very successful New Horizons Sale at the Warragul Showgrounds in conjunction with the 53rd Annual Jersey Fair.

A large crowd was in attendance and were loud in their praise of both the quality and presentation of the lots on offer.

Sale top of $6600 was paid for the 8 month imported Canadian ET heifer, Attaview Reward Dream 2 who had won her class earlier in the day. Sired by Rapid Bay Reward from Rapid Bay Dare To Dream EX 92 she sold a/c R Attenborough of Poowong North to Cumberoona Holdings of Cowra, NSW. Her ET full sister Attaview Reward Dream sold for $4000 to Riverside Jerseys.

These buyers also selected the 2nd top price lot, Waterloo Farms Iatola Pollyanna at $6000, she is also an imported Canadian ET Heifer from Rapid Bay by Iatola rom Bridon SC Quality and sold a/c Quality Ridge of Arcadia.

Tasmanian buyers J & K Sykes purchased the outstanding July 13 born Broadlin Illusion 3092 sired by Spiritual from 4 gens of EX a/c L & L Broad at $5000.

The successful Jackiah herd of Reid & Egan at Garvoc paid $4600 for Kings Ville Tinkerbelle 62 a VG 88 2 yo by Region from the Duncan Belle family a/c R & K Anderson.

W Lace of Yarram purchased the VG 87 young cow Darryn Vale Violet 214 by Spiritual a/c D Hourigan of Milawa at $4500.

Launder Farms of Tarwin selected the stylish First Choice Govs Genstar a/c B Kuhne at $4100. The Launders partnered with L Bennett of Macorna and paid $4000 for Araluen Park Galaxy Posh (ET) a/c Saunders & Day, this heifer had a genomic APR of +140.

There was also Semen sold with Navara at $250 per straw, Merchant & Parade at $150 per straw.

Moraine Jerseys to $3500 Selling agents:: Dairy Livestock Services

• 156 Cows & Close Heifers av $1231 • 188 head gross $211775 av $1126 Noorat Jersey Breeder Glenn Judd recently held a Complete Dispersal of his Moraine herd at the Warrnambool Selling Centre.

Sale top of $3500 was paid by Reid & Egan for the 6yo Jackiah Badger Quill 2383 EX. Next top price of $3000 was paid for a freshly calved heifer by Valerian from an Elton dam, she was purchased by T Hore of Leitchville, this buyer selected 20 young Cows including Moraine Bartpower at $2300 and $2400 for a freshly calved Gannon cow.

Other noted sales included Kaarmona Valerian Marie 70 at $2400 to G & H Hickey of Cobden and $2400 for Moraine Larfalot Babe.

Buyers were from Northern Victoria, Gippsland & all parts of Western Victoria

WWS-Australia: Your source for elite bulls from elite cow families GOLDA is Golden!

Make daughters that SHINE

The April 2014 US Sire Summary yielded outstanding results for WWS-Australia, headlined by 7JE1067 GR Oomsdale TBone GOLDA moving to #1 on the Active and Foreign lists for JPI! Golda now sits at +257 JPI, more than 20 points above the the next bull. Golda is a heavyweight in the breed, ranking #2 among proven bulls for both PTA Milk (+2116) and Protein (+72), #3 in the breed for PTA Type (+2.30), and #5 for PTA Fat (+87). Golda and Valentino are the only daughter-proven Jersey bulls who exceed both +200 JPI and +2.0 PTA Type.

For breeders in search of a proven bull with a high-type pedigree, look no further than 7JE1071 Freeman Blackstone SHINE-ET. A son of the highly popular show bull Blackstone, SHINE has elite Type at +1.90 and is a top proven udder specialist with +4.95 JUI. Look for Shine daughters to be tall and fine boned with plenty of rib. Udders will be extremely shallow with a very high rear udder attachment. In addition to type, Shine is also a component improver. Shine is +0.19% PTA Fat and +0.12% PTA Protein to go along with his positive production.

On a recent US daughter tour, the WWS-Australia sales team had the chance to see many Golda daughters in milk. Regional sales manager Mark Patullo had this to say about these cows: “JE01067 Golda is a high production sire! The Golda daughters have a lot of quality throughout. These daughters excel in dairy strength being deep bodied cows. They have milky, high capacity udders that are very well-attached, strong udder cleft, and teats that are squarely placed. Golda has the ability to add teat length. In addition, Golda daughters have a moderate set to the rear legs when viewed from the side.” WWS marketing assistant Tyler Boyd added, “We saw quite a few first lactation cows, and they were all extremely milky. Rear udders were tremendous, with extremely high and wide attachments. The udder crease was deep with a strong ligament, and teats were long and plumb. Goldas walk on a slightly straight leg. They are powerful cows, with great spring and openness of rib and a strong front end. They have a slight slope to the rump.”

Golda progeny do not meet Australian registration requirements.

WWS Young Sires Continue to Amaze April proof success wasn’t limited to the proven line-up – WWS GForce bulls also performed well. WWS is home to more Top 100 GJPI sires than any other AI company, with 31 ranking in the Top 100 on the April G Code list.

Premier son 7JE1251 METALICA improved his type and health trait scores, now offering a JUI of +5.48, a PL of +4.3, and a +1.3 DPR. Metalica’s high udder index, high type pedigree, profitable health traits, and positive production make him a great all-around improver.

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WWS-Australia adds exciting Topeka sons to line-up April marked the release of two new Topeka GForce sires, 7JE1294 BARNABAS and 14JE635 ECHO. Each bull offers his own strengths, but both are balanced and rank well for JPI, with Barnabas at +229 and Echo at +217.

Jars of Clay Barnabas is a Topeka son backed by four Excellent dams – a Valentino, a Venerable, a Mercedes, and a Choice-P. His dam, Jars of Clay Valentino Bridget, is housed at Heartland Jerseys – the home of Heartland Nathan Texas and her son, Topeka himself! As noted in the US Jersey Journal, Bridget is “a marvelously framed young cow with a fantastic udder” and “a unique combination of great production, awesome conformation, and an interestingly deep pedigree.” In her first lactation, she produced more than 9,000 kgs after calving in at 1 year 9 months. This production carries through to her son Barnabas, who is +1498 for PTA Milk. Barnabas also brings more than +125 combined fat and protein. Just like his dam, Barnabas offers a balanced package with +2.50 PTA Type and +5.61 JUI to accompany his high production. Look for Barnabas daughters to have the same well-attached udders and open rib as his dam and granddam.

While Barnabas is an extreme production bull, Sandcreeks Topeka Echo-ET is a component and type specialist. Echo is a Topeka x TBone x Action with +918 PTAM, +0.16% PTAF, and +0.05% PTAP. This translates to +73 pounds Fat and +42 pounds Protein, all in a bull who is +2.50 for Type. Echo is also an extreme udder improver at +6.16 JUI. With a pedigree devoid of Violet or BW sons, Echo can be used on a variety of cows.

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Tassie ‘cows girl’ Jane aims for better Jerseys J

ANE Sykes can talk like a nutritionist and say how bigger numbers can roll out of bigger farms in a bigger Tasmanian dairy industry as the state rides its natural advantages in the coming decades of dairy demand.

The nutritionist in her says litres and components depend on balanced inputs of fibre and energy. A litre of milk requires 5.5 megajoules of energy.

Farmers can calculate feed costs and aim for the “profit point” that suits them, which might not be maximum yield.

However, Jane also says that she’s really a “cows girl”. She wants a career breeding better cows to graze better grass. And when she says “cows”, she means “Jerseys”. Others breeds might be a hobby, and she has no plans for vertical integration – if she ever makes any ice cream, it won’t be for sale.

Jane’s first memories are of showing newborn calves at her local Scottsdale show when she was only a few years older

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than them. She can’t remember anytime when she didn’t want to be a Jersey breeder, even when her teenage school friends though she was mad not to join the exodus from the Tassie dairy community.

Jane studied agriculture at university in Hobart, and graduated with honours in 2008. She worked for a few years in Tasmania and as a consultant nutritionist Gippsland and Wangaratta. She then joined her father John, mother Katrina and brothers Jason and Mark at their farm at Ringarooma, on a volcanic plateau an hour east of Launceston in northern Tasmania.

The Sykes milk more than 600 stud Jerseys on two properties with a total

of 940 acres of alluvial and volcanic soils. They can irrigate up to 400 acres.

Last year, they supplied Fonterra with 145,000kgs of butterfat and 100,000kgs of protein. They exported 117 heifers to China, and sold about a hundred bull calves to Tassie farmers.

John is a former Tasmanian Farmer Of The Year who has brought home reservechampion and class-winner ribbons from International Dairy Week. There aren’t too many who’d differ with him, but those who sometimes do include his wife and daughter.

Jane hates to see a good old Jersey leave the farm, even if she knows they have to make room for good young heifers.

“We have 12 or 13-year-old cows that have to go, and they’ve been bloody good cows,” she says. “It’s one of the practical things that needs to happen, but it is very disappointing to see good cows like that go.

Jane Sykes (back right) with her brothers Jason and Mark, mother Katrina and father John at their farm at Ringarooma in north-east Tasmania.

“It’s one of the harder parts of this job, but the challenges for us coming up will be that we’ve got about a hundred twoyear-old heifers that should be Spring calving. We have to make room within the herd for that extra hundred head. We can’t really move our numbers up any higher than what we already have. We run a very high stocking rate, so we have to make room in the herd.”

Jane was born in 1985, and was helping with the milking by the age of 10.

“I know I was going to the diary before that,” she says, “but I’m not sure if I was actually helping.

“I’m very much a cows girl. My older brother is into machinery and that kind of thing, but I’m into breeding cows. I’m a very hands-on cows person.”

Her mother has a few dozen Ayrshires which Jane says have a different temperament to Jerseys. “A good cow is a good cow, no matter what breed or colour,” says Jane dutifully. But in dairy politics, she is not impressed by farmers with just black-and-white (or even just brown) opinions. And in the dairy, she notes that the Holstein cross-breeds (which snuck into the herd inside their Ayrshire mothers) can really milk. ”I can understand why people want to farm black-and-whites and cross-breeds,” she says. “But for me personally, a lot of the enjoyment from farming comes from the breeding, and I couldn’t see myself going into a cross-bred herd, or anything like that.

“I do have a strong preference for the Jerseys. We’ve got daughters from genomic bulls about to calve in the Spring, and I’ll be very interested to see how they come out. There is certainly potential here.”

Jane wants to breed good grasseaters with study bodies, good ribs, good udders and good teat length and placement. She wants them to do well in their rotary dairy, even if they won’t win show ribbons.

“You want a good Jersey from end to end,” she says. “But in particular, I like to see good strong capacity – good ribs and whatever – and especially a really good udder so she can actually milk.”

Size isn’t the most important factor, but Jane doesn’t want really short or really tall Jerseys. She would never put a short bull over a short cow.

The Sykes use more than 20 bulls each year, including sires from America, Denmark and New Zealand. They’re recently been looking for something a bit different. Jane says recent heifers have not been “the most typey” cows, but they are milking well.

She says it’s easy for breeders to get caught in “one per cent” issues and be too worried about lack of perfection in one trait.

Jane says fertility is today an issue for most breeders. “You always like to think that you’ll get your cows in calf to A-I the first time round, but that doesn’t always work. Our fertility is probably average.

We try to make them calve at two years old. Dad A-Is for about eight weeks, and then we put our own stud bulls out to run with the herd. If they don’t get incalf then, we leave them for another six months to try to get them in-calf for the following autumn. If they don’t get in-calf then, and the vet can’t find any reason why, we will chop them.”

Jane studied agriculture at university in Hobart and graduated with honors in in 2008. She worked in Tasmania for a year, and then moved to the mainland for 18 months to work as a consultant nutritionist in Gippsland and around Wangaratta.

“I certainly learnt a lot,” she says. “You get to go on many different farms and meet many different farmers and see how they are doing things. You look at some of their ideas and you think ‘that is awesome’. And then you look at others and think ‘that is absolutely nutty – it’s not going to work’. You get to see what works and what doesn’t.”

And now she can see how Tassie can work to consolidate the revitalisation of its dairy industry. After years which slashed farm numbers, the Sykes say Tassie dairying is now bouncing back with new milk processing capacity, more interest from corporations and co-ops, and proposals to add at least 20,000 cows to the state’s milking herd. Drought has sapped profits, but optimism remains.

Jane expects dairying to continue to change. The industry could face milk consumers who might not be well informed, but might express more concern about farm animal welfare.

She says Tasmania’s image with consumers could be damaged by forestry

fall out. And she says there’s no quick answer on whether the state should lift its restriction on genetically-modified crops and pastures.

“In some senses, it would be good to keep it – it is a bit of a marketing strategy,” Jane says. “But I don’t think they are doing enough marketing around that topic to justify stopping it. Australian milk is very natural, but is not being marketed as ‘GMO-free’. So have we got the right to stop farmers who want to use it in their cropping situation? Have we got the right to tell them no, when we are not taking advantage of the other side of the coin?”

“There are certainly differences of opinion between farmers that we’ll never be able to settle. Everybody has got the right to have their own ideas and preferences.

“Dairying all over Australia is worth a whole heap of money – about $13billion dollars a year, and more than hundred thousand jobs.

“But we’ve got to remember that – especially here in Tassie – we are not big enough for all the infighting and for all the differences of opinion to break us apart.

“We are stronger together than we are separately.”

Jane is not a climate-change skeptic, but hasn’t noticed any changes at home, and says it’s way too soon to make any stipulations.

Jane is to this year participate in a Fonterra dairy leadership development program, and also to travel to a meeting in South Africa of the World Jersey Bureau.

She says dairy leadership is not her cup of tea, but she accepts that there has to be a new generation of leaders in national dairy organisations.

She says technology might help the world catch up with Tasmania. “We are a little bit different, because we are isolated from the rest of the nation,” she says. However, she notes that states like Western Australia are actually further away from most Australians than Tasmania. Stock shipped from Melbourne can be in Ringarooma in 24 hours. “If we were the Republic of Tasmania, we wouldn’t have such a stigma,” she says.

Jane is prepared to admit that Tassie does have disadvantages. “For example, there’s not as many Jersey farmers down here as you’d probably like,” she says.

But she’ll deal with things like that to have a career in a place which is not too tropical (Victoria can be too tropical for this Tasmanian!), where she can wear shorts in what mainlanders would call cold weather.

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by Rebekah McCaul from Alexandrina Cheese

Let’s Cook with Dairy…

Cherry Gratin served with Alexandrina Honey Yogurt

JJ JERSEY AUSTRALIA

JERSEY AUSTRALIA FEES AS AT JANUARY 2013

REGISTRATION FEES Total 0 - 3 Months Male or Female $12.10 each 0 - 3 Months submitted via EasyDairy or iReg $9.90 incl. GST 3 - 6 Months Male or Female $14.30 each 6 Months + Male or Female $18.70 each Associate Members (5 registrations per year) $18.70 each Bulls Born after July 1st 2007 - dam must be classified.

Bulls Born to a GR cow cannot be registered Telephone Emergency Registrations Surcharge - $55.00 GENETIC RECOVERY Live animals (1st Year) as at July 1st Dead Animals TRANSFER CHARGES Whole Herd - Walk In-Walk out Up to $1500 Above $1500 Within Family Within Syndicate Bulls to AI Companies Lease Transfer Fee

$12.10 each No Charge

$7.70 $16.50 1% of Sale Price No Charge No Charge $55.00 $27.50

Replacement Pedigree Certificates Incorrect Information reprint Whole Herd (per animal) Individual Animal AI Company

No Charge $1.10 $2.75 $5.50

MEMBERSHIP 1st March 2013 – 28th February 2014 All Jersey Australia memberships come with a Jersey Journal subscription Full $220.00 +GST Family $240.00 +GST Associate $110.00 +GST Junior $80 +GST Groundwork On the day, you will need 25 minutes preparation time, total cooking time 30 minutes Plus 4 hours in the refrigerator Serves 4-6

Elements • 500 gm (1lb) local ripe Cherries • 1/2 cup (125 gm) Alexandrina Crème Fraiche (sour cream) • 1/2 cup (125 gm) Alexandrina Pure Jersey Cream • 1/2 cup (125 ml) Alexandrina Full Cream Jersey Milk • 2 egg yolks • 2 Tbsp caster sugar • 2 Tbsp brown sugar, to brown top of grati n • To serve Alexandrina Honey Yoghurt Technique • Remove the stems and stones from cherries and arrange the cherries in a either a shallow heatproof dish.

• Combine crème fraiche (sour cream), pure jersey cream and full cream jersey milk in a pan and heat the mixture gently until • boiling point. Once you see the boil, take the pan off the heat immediately.

• Whisk egg yolks together with caster sugar in a second medium heatproof bowl until thick and pale.

• Pour in the hot creamy mixture gradually whisking until combined.

• Return the mixture to the first pan and stir over the cherries.

• Refrigerate gratin for up to 4 hours at this stage.

• To serve, sprinkle soft brown sugar evenly over the surface and cook under a hot grill until the top is browned and just bubbles.

• Plating up – Serve with a generous spoon of Alexandrina Honey Yogurt

Top Tip Try arranging the cherries in six small shallow heatproof dishes instead of a single shallow heatproof dish.

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Charade Daydream EX92 Sells as Lot 9 – Dam of Lot 10

Bluechip Comerica Babe EX90 Sells as Lot 11 Dam of Lots 160 and 161

11AM - ON PROPERTY, FINLAY ROAD, TONGALA SALE CONTACTS: Vendors – FJ Walsh Pty. Ltd – 0358 590 532 Brian Leslie 0418 365 934 • Lee Hamilton 0418 352 366 • Ben Minogue 0438 145 926