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CRAIGIELEA AVERY

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ILKY EX91

45m 6960 4.3 298 4.1 288 305d PI 115 Currently averaging 39 litres 1st 5 years in milk, Senior Best udder, Senior Champion Jersey Cow, Supreme Champion Jersey Exhibit, Best Udder All Breeds & Supreme Champion Dairy Cow Melbourne Royal 2012 Sire: Family Hill Avery Signature Purchased for top price Northern Lights Sale 2011 from the Cochrane Family

THE REST OF THE TEAM THAT CONTRIBUTED TO

MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR MELBOURNE ROYAL 2012

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ARRIANA 6013 VG87

23m 6078 4.8 290 3.5 213 305 111 1st Jnr 3 years in milk, Intermediate Best Udder, Member winning Breeders Group, Intermediate Champion Jersey Sire: BosGannon

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AMSEL 6193

24m 1548 4.1 63 3.5 54 in 66days cont PI 100 1st Jnr 2 years in milk, Member winning Breeders Group, Reserve Intermediate Champion Jersey, Reserve Intermediate Champion All Breeds Sire: Riverside Spirit

MIKANDAN SPIRITUALS

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IZABETH EX90

36m 3911 4.5 176 3.8 149 in 155 days cont PI 110 1st Snr 3 years in milk, HM Intermediate Champion Jersey Purchased Northern Lights Sale 2011 from Tony & Bev Edwards Sire: Riverside Spirit

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AZEL 6187

24m 1673 4.1 68 3.2 54 in 54 days cont PI 108 3rd Jnr 2 years in milk, Member winning Breeders Group Sire: Galaxies Celebrity

Artwork: Sharon Clark Photo: (opposite page) Silky - Ross Easterbrook

Shirlinn Icy Eve.

‘All-round balance’ wins top NSW award Brian Wilson says his New South Wales supreme champion Shirlinn Icy Eve does have a great frame and general confirmation, with an udder to match.

But he says it’s her all-round balance that enabled her to be the supreme allbreeds champion at this year’s Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Brian thinks that today’s top Jerseys show so much “dairyness” that it’s impossible for judges to go past them in inter-breed competitions.

“She’s a fairly correct sort of cow,” says Brian of his six-year-old champion. “She’s very easy to work with. She’s never any trouble, and she’s a great cow to show.”

Vicki, Brian, Shirley and Lindsay Wilson.

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Craigielea Avery Silky.

The Wilsons plan to take Shirlinn Icy Eve to both International Dairy Week and back to the Sydney Royal next year, and will then consider using her in an embryo-transfer program.

But Shirlinn Icy Eve was herself conceived naturally after the Wilsons leased a bull from Ken and Margaret Atkins’ Kendale Stud on the NSW midnorth coast.

This continues a link between the Wilsons and the Atkins which began more than 90 years ago when Brian’s grandfather began breeding Jerseys at Gloucester near another family of Jersey breeders, the Atkins.

Brian’s father Lindsay moved the operation to Wingham after he married Shirley Atkins, and their Shirlinn stud

chalked up successes including five consecutive years of Sydney Royal Easter Show champions between 1984 and 1989.

But when Brian and his wife Vicki began to manage Shirlinn’s operations ten years ago, they moved the stud from the high-rainfall coastal zone to the drier tablelands climate at Tamworth, where they also began to produce hay and run Holsteins.

However, Shirlinn has now let most of its black-and-whites go after a direct comparison of Holsteins and Jerseys showed that the Jerseys were just more profitable in the Wisons’ faming system.

And the move to Tamworth certainly hasn’t hampered Shirlinn in show rings.

It was the most successful exhibitor three years ago at Camden, in the NSW Holstein heartland west of Sydney.

Shirlinn was also the major prize winner at the Sydney royal the following year.

Brian is now also filling a casual vacancy for a NSW breeder on the board of Jersey Australia.

Brian says the move inland has given Shirlinn more options to expand. More nutritious grasses grown with irrigation help calf development and herd productivity.

He says he 2012 champion shows that Jerseys are continually evolving from the champions bred by his father and grandfather.

“She’s a very modern sort of cow,” he says. “She’s probably a little bit bigger than Jerseys were 20 years ago, and she certainly gives a lot more milk – 9000 litres per lactation.

“One of the pleasing things for me is that the Jersey cows that are winning at the shows are the sort of Jersey cows that are giving a lot of milk at home.

“They are cows that farmers admire when they go to the show for a look. They go home with the impression that the cows they saw at the show are the sort of cows they’d like to milk.

The highly-classified cows and the high-production cows are the same cows that are winning at the shows, and that’s really what we want.”

Brian says it’s hard to to ignore Jerseys in the inter-breed ring: “They are displaying so much dairyness, and it’s hard for the judges to ignore that.”

Shirlinn Icy Eve Exc 93 was sired

by Kendale Big Time Ice, who has ancestors including Highland Duncan Lester and Rowantree on Ice. Ancestors on her dam’s side include Valleystream and Claydon Park Flower Power.

Show-ring success fulfils Silky’s sale-ring potential Pat Nicholson of Jugiong Jerseys says he could see a lot of potential in Craigielea Avery Silky when he first spotted her at the Northern Lights sale in northern Victoria in 2011. He though she could win a big show one day.

Less than 18 months later Craigielea Avery Silky has brought home the broad ribbon for Melbourne royal show interbreed supreme champion on her first turn in a competitive show ring.

Pat says the five-year-old who has had three calves including one daughter is a very easy cow to work with who “did everything right” in Melbourne.

“She goes back to an imported cow from New Zealand - Hillock View Sultan Silky - that was very well known in the 70s,” says Pat. “She was bred with semen imported from the US. The dam of her sire was a very well known cow Circus, who was a very successful show champion in the US.” Pat agrees that Craigielea Avery Silky brings together the best of American and Australasian Jerseys, and is part of the trend for show-ring success for highproducing cows. He says the champion is now producing 40 litres a day, and will easily top 8000 litres this season.

Bill, Brendon and Pat Nicholson with their champion cow at Jugiong Jerseys.

“She’s the sort of cow that other breeds will be looking at,” Pat says. “She’s the sort of cow that will be getting other breeders back into Jerseys.”

Thirty-nine-year-old Pat runs the Jugiong stud at Girgarre in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley with his parents Bill and Evelyn, his uncle Phillip and aunty Amy, and his younger brother Brendon, who is also the chairman of the Jersey Australia classification panel.

Pat is the vice-president of Victoria’s Northern Districts Jersey Breeders Club, and an inter-state show judge. He spoke to Australian Jersey Journal on his mobile between rounds of judging Holsteins in a South Australian show ring.

He agrees that there are good cows in all breeds, and recognises that Jersey breeders have plenty of work ahead of them to keep their cows on top in Australia.

“I think people are now identifying how profitable Jerseys are,” Pat says.

“Jerseys also tend to be more fertile, and that’s helping.”

And he says the breed’s better environmental performance - with more efficient outcomes with land, water and carbon – will become increasingly important in the future.

Pat says Craigielea Avery Silky will be joined with American semen.

“If we could breed a herd like her, we’d be happy,” he says.

Craigielea Avery Silky Ex 91 was sired

by Family Hill Avery Signature whose ancestors include Pleasant Nook F Price Circus and Highland Duncan Lester.

Her dam was Craigielea Jace Silky 2 VHC 90, whose ancestors also include Highland Duncan Lester, as well as Windy Willow Montana Jace and Craigielea Lesters Silky 3 STP 90.

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Artwork: Sharon Clark / Photo: Ross Easterbrook

Misty Glen Flowers Charade

Daydream EX90

S2 - 6431L - 351kgsF - 231kgsP - 416D S3 - 7860L - 436kgsF - 317kgsP - 353D - PI 111 - SCC 14 5 - 3535L - 160kgsF - 127kgsP - 131D cont - SCC 17 1st 6yrs & over in-milk, 1st Cow and Daughter, Overall Jersey Type and Production winner, RESERVE CHAMPION JERSEY COW and Supreme All-Breeds Type and Production cow, Melbourne Royal 2012 Class winner, Best Vessel, Champion Jersey Cow, SUPREME DAIRY COW and SUPREME BESt VESSEL ALL-BREEDS, Shepparton 2012 Purchased at the Misty Glen Dispersal Sale.

Her dam - Misty Glen Anthony’s Daydream Champion Cow and Supreme All-Breeds toowoomba Royal 2010 Her daughters - WINDY WAYS GOLD DAYDREAM Class winner at Melbourne Royal 2012 – 2nd in heifer class (Dry 15-18mths) Shepparton, 2012 and WINDY WAYS GOVERNOR DAYDREAM both look set for an exciting future.

Windy Ways would like to thank Thomas and Mitchell and a special thankyou to Jugiong Jerseys, in particular Brendan for the professional way he lead Daydream and also Pat for their help and support at the shows.

WINDY WAYS JERSEYS

Frank & Marilyn Walsh 41A Finlay Road, tongala VIC 3621 – tel: 03 5859 0532 or 0418 576 856 (Frank) – email: frankwalsh3@bigpond.com Thomas Walsh – 0438 866 758 (Thomas, our grandson, will be starting a farm apprenticeship)

Melbourne Royal Show 2012

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Judge: Jim Parker, VIC

Reserve Champion Misty Glen Flowers Charade Daydream (exhibited by FJ Walsh) with judge Jim Parker and his wife, Norma, and handler Brendan Nicholson, Jugiong Jerseys, Vic.

Interbreed judge, Brian Leslie, Vic., exhibitor Pat Nicholson, Jugiong Jerseys and RAS President, Steven Spargo, sashing the Grand and Supreme Champion Jersey Craigielea Avery Silky.

Cow, 4 years old in-milk 1 Almervista Van Ginger Panoo Abe Vanahlem, LL and LM Broad 2 Homelands Jades Graceful Design Giprat Belles Jade, PW Hentschke and WK Schutz 3 Willow Dell Drystal, BW Finalist, Deniliquin High School 4 Willow Dell Fancy, OF Montana Saber Deniliquin High School - S and F Waters

Cow, 5 years and over in-milk 1 Craigielea Avery Silky, Family Hill Avery Signature, W and P Nicholson and family 2 Wallacedale Acting Belle, Forest Glen Avery Action, C, M, L and M Wallace 3 Jugiong Daydream 5744, Jugiong Dream Augustus, W and P Nicholson and family and Glen Gordon 4 Brunchilli Futurity Eve, Sunset Canyon Futurity, C Allen

5 Warrion Pollysue 48, Altheas Lester Pitino Of AI-Top, SR and RF Chant.

Cow, 6 years and over in-milk 1 Misty Glen Flowers Charade Daydream, Misty Glen Flowers Charade, FJ Walsh 2 Stewartdale Saber 2807, OF Montana Saber, J Haebich and L Nagel 3 Fresh Start Statesman Suzanne, Warrain Stateman, M Norman and T Adams 4 Homelands Sleeping Beauty, Rock Ella Paramount, PW Hentschke and WK Schutz Cow, 7 years or over in-milk 1 Warrawee Park Mary Poppins, Lara Brook Perry, C Goodfellow 2 Leviticus LFS Neroli, Leviticus F Sampson, PW Hentschke and WK Schutz 3 Wallacedale BWC Melanie, BW Country, C, M, L, and M Wallace 4 Jugiong Molly 5199, SHF Centurion Sultan, W and P Nicholson and family 5 Delwyn Park Marthas Joy 28th, Granada Renaissance Designer, C Goodfellow.

CHAMPION COW AND BEST UDDER Craigielea Avery Silky W and P Nicholson and family
 RESERVE Misty Glen Flowers Charade Daydream FJ Walsh

Five-year-old in-milk class.

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Intermediate Champion Jugiong Marriana 6013 with Anthea Day, Vic, (Board Member of CSC), exhibitor Brendan Nicholson, Girgarre, Vic, and judge Jim Parker, Vic.

Reserve Intermediate Champion Jugiong Damsel 6193 with Anthea Day (Board Member of CSC), John Pearce, Vic. (handler) and judge Jim Parker, Vic.

Heifer 2 years in-milk 1 Jugiong Damsel 6193, Riverside Spirit, W and P Nicholson and family 2 Broadlin Noella 2792, Molly Brook Berretta Fabulous, G Broad 3 Jugiong Hazel 6187, Galaxies Celebrity, W and P Nicholson and family 4 Bushlea Action Fernleaf 14, Forest Glen Avery Action, K, P, W and L Kuhne 5 Lara Ontime Elmana 55, Lencrest On Time, E Ferguson.

Heifer 2.5 years in-milk 1 Broadlin Bubbles 2729, Molly Brook Berretta Fabulous, LL and LM Broad 2 Glencraig Intgold Goldtime, Glencraig Golden, S Salway 3 Homelands RBR Betty, Rapid Bay Ressurection, PW Hentschke and WK Schutz 4 Bundaberg Crackers Melba, Wilgo Fire Cracker, Salway, Rundle and Allen 5 Bushlea Reagan Maybell, Rapid Bay Reagan, K, P, W and L Kuhne.

Heifer 3 years in-milk 1 Jugiong Marriana 6013, W and P Nicholson and family 2 Riverside Spiritual Galaxy 86, Riverside Spirit, J Hayes 3 Lara Jamaica Elmana 52, Bridon Jamaica, E Ferguson 4 Bushlea Action Belle 3 , Forest Glen Avery Action, K, P, W and L Kuhne 5 Homelands Comerica Silvermine, Bridon Remake Comerica, PW Hentschke and WK Schutz.

Cow 3.5 years old in-milk 1 Mikandan Spirituals 2063, Riverside Spirit, W and P Nicholson and family

2 A-Class Senior Rarity, Pine Haven Senior, A Gavenlock 3 Homelands Thunkers Sarah, Giprat Midnight Thunder, P Hentschke and W Schutz.

INTERMEDIATE AND BEST UDDER Jugiong Marriana 6013 W and P Nicholson and family RESERVE Jugiong Damsel 6193 W and P Nicholson and family HONOURABLE MENTION Mikandan Spirituals 2063 W and P Nicholson and family

Heifer 7-9 months, dry 1 Bralock Governor Anne, Griffens Govenor, B Gavenlock 2 Rivendell Gateway Passion, Rapid Bay Getaway 3 Willow Dell Girlie 322, Rapid Bay Garcia, Deniliquin High School - S and F Waters 4 Ripponlea Vanahlem Daisy 2632, Panoo Abe Vanahlem, B Egan.

Heifer 9-15 months, dry, born between July 1 and December 31, 2011 1 Rivendell Tequila Violet, Tower Vue Prime Tequila, S and H Menzies 2 Bralock TQ Sunrise Merle, Tower Vue Prime Tequila, B Gavenlock 3 Gower Park Ressa Marthas Joy, Rapid Bay Ressurection, C Goodfellow 4 Ivanhoe Bramble 27, Griffens Governor, G and D Robertson 5 Glencraig Jarrod Canary, Wallacedale Jarrod, S Salway.

Junior Champion Jersey and Reserve All-Breeds Junior Champion Rivendell Tequila Violet with Jacob Deklerk, Vic, and handler Julia Paulger, Qld.

Heifer 1.5 years, dry, born on or between January 1 and June 30, 2011 1 Windy Ways Gold Daydream, Riverside Maid Of Gold, FJ Walsh 2 Miami Larfalot Cowslip 4437, Lightwood Lucrative, Philmar Dairy Company 3 Homelands Sleeping Beauty 2, Bridon Jamaica, PW Hentschke and WK Schutz 4 Glencraig Kody Narcissus, Glencraig Kody, S Salway 5 Elmsdale Minister Superstar 4, SelectScott Minister, Elmsddale Pty Ltd. Heifer 2 years old, dry 1 WIndy Ways Signal Sweet Nellie, Windyways Dawns Signal, FJ Walsh 2 Homelands Ringmaster SIlvermine, Family Hill Ringmaster, PW Hentschke and WK Schutz 3 Buffel Vale Chariots Cupid 2, Topshelf Chariot, J Hayes 4 Ivanhoe Illusion 65, Katandra Maries Inventor, G and DL Robertson.

JUNIOR CHAMPION Rivendell Tequila Violet S and H Menzies RESERVE Bralock Governor Anne B Gavenlock HONOURABLE MENTION Bralock TQ Sunrise Merle B Gavenlock

Novice Class - cows and heifers any age: 1 Stewartdale Saber 2807 Poppy 2 Lara Ontime Elmana 55 3 Lora Mania Astound Daffodil Group of 3 females any age, bred & owned by exhibitor 1 W & P Nicholson & Family 2 P W Hentschke & W K Schutz 3 Deniliquin High School - S & F Waters Dam and Daughter 1 F J Walsh 2 P W Hentschke & W K Schutz

Two-year-old in-milk class.

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Pair of Daughters from the one dam 1 Miss E Ferguson

Adelaide Royal Show 2012

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Judge: Roger Heath, VIC

Juvenile Champion Brunchilli Bosmaster Annie with Colin Blackie, SA, and exhibitor Andrew Koch, Moculta, SA.

Senior Champion Stewartdale Saber 2807 Poppy, at Adelaide show 2012, with judge Roger Heath, Vic and partner, Jackie Reynolds, and exhibitors Jackie Haebich, SA and Lorraine Nagel, SA.

Heifer born from 1 January of current year: 1 Carcoola Virgil Fawn, JA & EV Kernich 2 Carcoola Jasper Louise, JA & EV Kernich 3 Bellview Sassafrass Joy 3, SR & LP & BK Manuel Yearling heifer 1 Ashtaney Elton Storm, AP & AM Koch 2 Bellview Elton Serenette, SR & LP & BK Manuel 3 Hindmarsh Mellow 4, BS Schutz Heifer 18mths 1 Bellview BRS Stellar, SR & LP & BK Manual 2 Rosedale Senior Carmel, MT & KL Atkins 3 Carcoola Donna 2 Denise 2, JA & EV Kernich Cow or heifer, 2yrs old, dry 1 Brunchilli Bosmaster Annie, AP & AM Koch 2 Carcoola Darlene Donna 3, JA & EV Kernich 3 Hindmarsh Ginger 7, BS Schutz JUVENILE CHAMPION Brunchilli Bosmaster Annie, AP & AM Koch RESERVE Ashtaney Elton Storm, AP & AM Koch

Intermediate Champion Ashtaney Elton Adelaide being sashed by Aileen Gale, SA with handler Taylor Koch, Moculta, SA.

Cow 2-3yrs dry 1 Carcoola Alanah 2, JA & EV Kernich Cow 3yrs old in milk 1 Ashtaney Whiskey Jingles, AP & AM Koch 2 Homelands Goals Betty 2, GA & LJ Klatt Cow 2.5yrs in milk 1 Ashtaney Spiritual Sadie, AP & AM Koch 2 Fleurieu Country Selly, BS Schutz 3 Fleurieu Grisette 176, J Steinborne Cow 2yrs old in milk 1 Ashtaney Elton Adelaide, AP & AM Koch 2 Rosedale Blackstone Victoria, MT & KL Atkins INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION Ashtaney Elton Adelaide AP & AM Koch RESERVE Ashtaney Whiskey Jingles AP & AM Koch

Cow 3-5yrs dry 1 Bellview Thunder Sunset, SR & LP & BK Manuel Cow 5yrs old & over dry 1 Bellview Fabulous Junette, SR & LP & BK Manue Cow 4yrs old in milk 1 Homelands RBR Whisper, D Rieger 2 Rosedale Astound Vanilla, MT & KL Atkins

3 Hindmarsh Ginger 6, BS Schutz Cow 5yrs old in milk 1 Carcoola Melina, JA & EV Kernich 2 Homelands Sultans Whisper, GA & LJ Klatt 3 Bellview Parade Stellar, SR & LP & BK Manuel Cow 6yrs old in milk 1 Stewartdale Saber 2807 Poppy, JA Haebich & LK Nagel 2 Ashtaney Whiskey Allure, AP & AM Koch Cow over 6yrs in milk 1 Brimarvi Pop Fowler, SR & LP & BK Manuel 2 Fleurieu Golden Lassie 180, J Steinborne 3 Carcoola Alexis, JA & EV Kernich SENIOR CHAMPION Stewartdale Saber 2807 Poppy, JA Haebich & LK Nagel RESERVE Ashtaney Whiskey Allure, AP & AM Koch Best udder 1 JA Haebich & LK Nagel 2 D Rieger 3 AP & AM Koch

SUPREME JUVENILE Brunchilli Bosmaster Annie, AP & AM Koch

Jersey best vessel class at Adelaide 2012

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e i p m y G t a e l y t s h t i w g n i Wynne YANDAVALE JERSEYS

Yandavale Ressurection 2 N/C

Wynne

1st 2-2.5yrs in-milk and Supreme Intermediate Champion, Gympie 2012

Yandavale Ressurection Fayre 1st under 2yrs dry and Reserve Supreme Juvenile Champion, Gympie 2012

Fayre

Darcy

Yandavale Sambo Darcy VG88 1st 3-4yrs in milk and Honourable Mention Champion Cow, Gympie 2012

Wynne

Wynne

Yandavale Parade Wynne VG87 H 2nd 3-4yrs in milk, Gympie 2012

Yandavale Surefire Wynne 2nd under 2yrs and Honourable Mention Juvenile Champion, Gympie 2012

Yandavale JerseYs Darrin, Jeanette, William, Edward and James Grevett 331 Eumundi-Kenilworth Rd, Eerwah Vale, Qld 4562 | Ph: 07 54 428 399

words: Kerry McGarvie

Poll Position

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ostling for pole position in the Polled Genetics race has well and truly begun after the August 2012 proof release. The demand for polled genetics is now unmistakable.

Even as Semex Alliance Jersey Program Manager Russell Gammon predicted earlier this year that breeders would see a ‘radical up swing in the quality’, for spectators on the sidelines the speed of genetic gain has been nothing short of spectacular. The Jersey breeds can do attitude is making every post a winner, and dairyfarmers are in a position to take full advantage of polled high index and type sires on offer.

Eclipes-P, probably THE bull that opened the floodgates on polled usage, already has grandsons (sired by Motivation-PP) only days away from receiving their own genomic results for Select Sires Inc. Here in Australia well credentialed cows such as Wallacedale Jace Melanie 4-ET Ex 92 STP6 are also adding polled sons to their list of achievements.

The latest crop of young sires includes sons of popular genotyped unproven sires such as All Lynns Louie ValentinoET, as well as high ranking proven sires on JPI (Jersey Performance Index) sire lists such as BW Renegade (#2) and Tollnenaars Impuls Legal 223-ET(#9).

Another young sire-Validate P- will no doubt create a lot of interest as he is a maternal brother to Valentino-ET and has siblings that represent 5 out of the current top 10 JPI bulls in the USA after the August 2012 proof run.

SEMEX have released 4 new geno-typed young sires, declaring their intention to provide a variety of quality polled sires. Russell Gammon said that Semex has made a considerable investment in polled Jersey genetics, and that that was because those genetics were an important part of company’s evolving ‘Genetics for Life ®’ strategy. Russell added, “these four exciting polled bulls are but a part of our evolving strategy to offer the best in polled Jersey genetics”.

Of all the new genomic young sires, Semex’s Orthridge Da Bomb-P-ET with a JPI of 191, is the only polled sire yet to get close to Alta’s Schultz Legal Critic-P’s remarkable JPI of 243.

Both Da Bomb-P and Critic-P are sired by Legal (# 9 on the proven JPI list).

Critic-P has been at the top of the polled

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charts for well over a year and currently sits at #21 on the Genomically Tested (all Jerseys) Young Sires list by JPI, only 4 places below non polled sire Valentino (#17, JPI 248).

New Semex sire Dutch Hollow Vintage-P-ET is sired by Valentino and comes from the Chittenden bred ‘M’ family in his dam Mirage-P, (93pts with several 20 000lb milk records).

In keeping with proven families Semex’s Covington Milad-P is by Eclipes-P and comes from the well known Maid family. Sun Valley PrevueP-ET presents an all right handed profile and continues the Impuls influence already established in the Jersey breed.

Russell said Semex had made an effort to provide genetic diversity with the new bulls representing ‘four distinct cow families and ten different sires represented among the twelve spaces in the three generation sire stacks.’

GJPI (Genomic Jersey Performance Index) GJUI (Genomic Jersey udder Index) PL (productive life) DPR (daughter pregnancy rate)

The four new sires are –

• 200JE00212-Orthridge Da Bomb-

P-ET (by Legal X Den-Kel Jace Lovabull-P X Paramount) - GJPI 191, GJUI 2.4, 933lbs milk, 49lbs fat and 40lbs protein, PL 4.6, DPR +0.6.

• 200JE00499-Dutch Hollow VintageP-ET ( by Valentino X Golden (Boy) X Berretta) - GJPI 175, GJUI 5.5, 816lbs milk, 30lbs fat, 27lbs pro, PL 5.5, DPR +0.4.

• 200JE00195-Covington Milad-P-ET

(by Eclipes-P X Centurion X Lemvig)

GJPI 127, GJUI 3.9, 259lbs milk, 59lbs fat, 21lbs pro, PL 2.7, DPR -1.0.

• 200JE00215-Sun Valley Prevue-

P-ET (by Eclipes-P X Impuls X Paramount) GJPI 130, GJUI 3.2, 606lbs milk, 59 lbs fat, 28lbs pro, PL 2.9, DPR -1.0.

Semex proven polled sire SR Nathan Pro-P has consolidated his place in the top 40 JPI sires with a JPI of 143, which is equal to that of non polled sire Riches Jace TBone A364. However Pro-P is placed one rank above TBone , having a higher $ figure in all CM,NM,FM catagories than TBone.[ CM (cheese merit), NM (net merit), FM (fluid merit)] All four Semex sires have a higher DVG (Direct Genomic Value- an animals’ own individual genomic figure) for LPI(Lifetime Profit Index) than their parent average or Official Genomic Evaluation.

The disparity between a sires DVG and its’ parent average (the figure you see in a bull proof) is now being examined increasingly by breeders wanting to use all the figures to their advantage.

A recent assessment by ‘The Bullvine’ co-author Andrew Hunt suggested for example that of the 83 Holstein bulls that dropped after having daughter information included in their August proof, 80 of them had DVGs lower than their parent average.

Of the 33 that improved their proof with daughter information included, 30 of them had DVGs higher than their parent average, based on the Canadian sire proving system.

SELECT SIRES have also declared the same intention to supply dairyfarmers with a variety of quality polled sires.

Dairy Sire Analyst for Select Sires Inc. Herby Lutz said ‘Polled is very important to Select and we continue to work to provide several options for breeders to have quality choices.’

However he added DVG’s were not listed in the USA, where research had indicated a combined figure including the dams’ genetic value aswell ,gave

the greatest benefit to their industry.

In providing details of Selects’ current young polled offering he said the group of available and scheduled young sires all had a % of genomic value above their traditional parent average for JPI and other traits.

Select Sires will have one the first polled BW Renegade (#2 JPI) sons, Dutch Hollow Gentry-P to join its ranks in 2013.

At the same time will also be River Valley Salina Solo-P-ET, sired by Eclipes-P but being a little different with a Jas Artist dam. Scheduled for November 2012 is Dutch Hollow Oliver-P, a Valentino son from one of the Chittendens’ favourite cows Olive (EX91pts and almost 20 000lbs milk), who is sired by one of their own in Dutch Hollow Mik-P. October Super Sampler is Oomsdale Galen Ecl Garcia-P-ET, from 88% GR Oomsdale Cc Iatola Galen, followed by an EX 91% Country. Current Super Sampler is Her-Man Eclipes Master-P, an Eclipes-P son out of a TBone , that not only has an all right handed profile, but excels in rear udder height and dairy form in particular.

Selects’ team, including young sires scheduled for 2013 are• 7JE1203- Her-Man Eclipes Master-P (is by Eclipes-P out of a TBone X Country X Centurion Maid) GJPI 152, GJUI 4.3 , 542lbs milk, 55lbs fat, 30lbs pro, PL 2.8, DPR -0.7.

Master-P is 66% higher than his traditional parent average JPI, 98% higher for NM$, 53% higher milk, 44% higher for Fat, 36% higher for Protein, and 43% higher for JUI.

• 7JE1218- Oomsdale Galen Ecl Garcia-

P-ET (is by Eclipes-P out of a SC Gold Dust Paramount Iatola X Country) GJPI 158, GJUI 4.9, 705lbs milk, 56lbs fat, 32lbs pro, PL 3.0, DPR -0.8.

Garcia-P is 21% higher than his traditional parent average for JPI, 40% higher for NM$, 180% higher for PL and 51% higher for JUI.

• 7JE1219-Dutch Hollow Oliver-P (is

by Valentino out of a QMik (Dutch Hollow Mik-P is by QZik out of a Berretta) X Legion) GJPI 174, GJUI 5.2, 1016 lbs milk, 39 lbs fat, 32 lbs pro, PL 4.8, DPR -0.3 Oliver-P is 23% higher than his traditional parent average for JPI, 38% higher for NM$, 85% higher for PL, 18% higher for Type, and 25% higher for JUI.

• 7JE1232- River Valley Salina Solo-P

ET (is by Eclipes-P out of a Jas Artist) GJPI 156, GJUI 2.6, 1240 lbs milk,

46 lbs fat, 37 lbs pro, PL 3.9 , DPR -1.0.

Solo-P is 28% higher than his traditional parent average for JPI, 27% higher for NM$, 39% higher for Fat, 54% higher for Pro, and 23 % higher for type.

ABS have a new polled arrival in All Lynns Eclipes Validate-P-ET, and this bull will generate a lot of interest no doubt. He is sired by Eclipes-P and out of D & E Paramount Violet EX90 (Paramount X Abe), dam of Valentino-ET. Violet is having outstanding success with not only 5 out of the top 10 JPI daughter proven sires currently being her sons, but 7 of the top 27 are her sons, and include #1 JPI sire Vernon.

These 7 are sired by 4 different sires, and her polled son Validate-P completes sons by 5 different sires in current lists.

On an all polled sire GJPI ranking he sits in 6th place himself, with another of her polled sons Vapour-P in 3rd spot.

Vapour-P (Semex) is one of 3 sons she also has in the top 50 Young sires GPA (genomic parent average) for LPI August release. She has 59 male and female progeny currently listed. Validate-P also has an all right handed profile, and excels in production and in udder composite and rear udder height.

available. MelsEquinox is the 4th son of Wallacedale Jace Melanie 4-ET EX 92 STP to enter in to A I and the highest JPI ranked of his maternal brothers (Masquerade, CSCMelvara and CSCRejoice) to date.

His GJPI of 144 puts him in the mix with other Aussie bulls on the US Genomically tested (G) unproven list such as Broadlin Navagay-ET (GJPI 134) and Kaarmona Bellstone (GJPI 64).

Though only genomic as yet, a JPI of 144 puts MelsEquinox-P above Tbone(143) and Galaxies CelebrityET(128). He surpasses both bulls for production and $ net merit aswell.

After the August 2012 ABV(g) release MelsEquinox-P particularly excels in rear udder height (110), mastitis resistance (117) and rear teat placement and centre ligament (both 104).

• 05JJH01-MelsEquinox-P-Wallacedale Mels Equinox-P (by Eclipes-P X Jace) July 2012-GTPI (JPI)144 (35 above parent average), Udder composite 2.98 (1.46 above parent average), GNM$ 373 (+102 above parent average) 766 lbs milk, fat 58lbs, 0.12% fat, 28lbs pro, 0.01% pro, PL 2.8 (1.7) above parent average), type 1.1 (0.3 above parent average) somatic cell score 2.86; August 2012-ABV(g) APR 131, ASI 106, O Type 103, Mammary Sys 104, Milk 433 Ltrs, 33kg fat, 14 pro .

• 29JE3806-All Lynns Eclipes

Validate-P (is by Eclipes-P out of a Paramount X Abe) GJPI 169,GJUI 2.7 ,1199 lbs milk, 55 lbs fat, 40 lbs pro, PL 3.4, DPR -0.5.

AGRI-GENE adds Australian bull Riverside Astronaut-P to their 2012/ 2013 offering. Not yet genomically tested, he has a parent average generated APR of 85. His EX90 pt Legion dam is an 8000+ litre daughter of well known 11,000+ litres Riverside MBSB Adrienne 856 EX91. He will be progeny tested along with his maternal brother Avatar (X Navara).

• 31JJH01–Riverside Astronaut-P

(by Eclipes-P X Legion X Berretta) Parent Average APR 85, ASI 85, fat 28kgs, pro 8 kgs, fat % 0.36, pro % 0.05. Type, ect., N/A.

WALLACEDALE JERSEYS have their own young Australian sire available in MelsEquinox-P, which is currently being collected at Total Livestock Genetics in Western Victoria. Although he has not been in collection for long, the bull is producing well and has stock currently

GENETICS AUSTRALIA have a head start with AussieGold-P and Conara-P already in use on farms this season.

Farmers will be familiar with the two sons of 2012 Semex/ Jersey Aust. Great Southern Champion Broadlin Constance 2565 –P EX91, who is sired by Vanahlem.

The two are combining the production and type of very popular sire Vanahlem, with previously high ranked sires Elton and CSCNavara. Both sons excel in mastitis resistance, Mammary System and Over All Type.

• AussieGold-P – Broadlin Aussiegold

P-ET(by Elton X Vanahlem) ABV(g) APR 193, ASI 158, milk 144 ltrs, 17kgs pro 32 kgs fat, Type 108, Mam Sys 106. CC 115, Daught Fert 98.

• Conara

P – Broadlin Conara-P –ET (Navara x Vanahlem) ABV(g) APR 147, ASI 90, milk 47, 12 kgs pro, 6 kgs fat. O Type 109, Mam Sys 110, CC 121 Daught Fert 101.

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Jersey Show comes of age T

he Jersey show at the world’s biggest dairy event, World Dairy Expo (WDE), has come of age, according to industry commentators who were at the Wisconsin event recently in the United States.

average is and his biggest fans are those who have already dipped into his enticing gene pool.

“To have Reserve Champions in daughters sired by Blackstone, Comerica and Excitation is a great sign that they will continue to sire champions tomorrow.

“We look forward to more results by daughters of these and other Semex sires in November at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, in Canada, Then it will be time to watch out for International Dairy Week in Australia.”

For complete show coverage and videos visit: http://www.worlddairyexpo.com

An emotional Scott Fisher (centre) hugs his son, Madison, after the Jamaica daughter pictured, Big Guns Jamaica Vanilla, (owned by Madison and Josh McKay, Claysburg, Pennsylvania) won Grand Champion of the Junior Jersey Show. The Jersey Princess, Cassy Krull, keeps up with them. Photo: Nina Linton.

Held at Madison in the heart of the US dairy country the show included 2385 animals shown by 1234 exhibitors.

The show’s 68,000 visitors (from 90 countries) included a large contingent of Australians.

Semex’s Jersey Programme Manager Russell Gammon (who has strong ties with Australian producers) was quick with his assessment after daughters of 10 different Semex sires finished in the top-10 in their classes in a Jersey show that included 448 animals.

“The quality in the Jersey show has grown to breath-taking levels – as numerous sharp-eyed Aussie Jersey folks who were ringside will testify,” Russell said.

“WDE now has international status and this evolution makes perfect sense as the Jersey segment of WDE’s dairy breed shows has grown so steadily and profoundly over the last decade.”

The show’s Grand Champion and Reserve Supreme Champion of All Breeds was the four-year-old, Arethusa Response Vivid-ET, owned by Arethusa Farm, of Litchfield, Connecticut.

She was a daughter of former World Dairy Expo Supreme Champion (2006)

and Reserve Supreme Champion (2004), Huronia Centurion Veronica 20J. The Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion was a Bridon Remake COMERICA daughter, Random Luck Ray Helen.

Russell noted that Semex sires had a role in many of the other broad ribbon efforts, including Intermediate and Reserve Intermediate Champion, Reserve Junior Champion, Grand Champion of the Junior Jersey Show and Reserve Grand Champion of the Junior Show.

“We were thrilled that daughters of six of our sires wore championship rosettes in the strong open and junior shows. In fact, the Championship classes were essentially a Semex store window of high level fashions,” Russell said.

“The most exciting was that the daughters of Lencrest BLACKSTONE, Bridon EXCITATION, Select-Scott MINISTER and Bridon Remake COMERICA are all relatively young animals, who appear destined for repeat victories and success.

“Lencrest Blackstone continues his steady climb to all-time classic sire status by siring fancy cattle with a true will to work. It astounds us how high his batting

International Jersey Show statistics: o Semex sired six class winners sired by Select-Scott Minister (3), Lencrest Blackstone (2) and Bridon Excitation. o 10 Semex sires were represented with top-10 placing daughters including: o Bridon Remake Comerica (7) including the Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion Random Luck Ray Helen o Minister (7) including the Reserve Junior Champion Crossbrook Minister Charity o Lencrest Blackstone (3) o Bridon Excitation (3) including the Intermediate and Reserve Intermediate Champions Marynole Excite Rosey and Page-Crest Excitation Karlie o Jamaica (2) including Grand Champion of the Junior Jersey Show - Big Guns Jamaica Vanilla o Fusion including the Reserve Grand Champion of the Junior Show L’Ormiere Fusion Christine o Sultan (3) o BW Venerable o Lencrest On Time o Northstar Jersey Journal – November/December 2012 31

Global dairy expansion a major business opportunity for Australian farmers If you think the changes we have experienced in the Australian dairy industry over the past 20 years have been big and fast, Alta Genetics’ Charlie Perotti might reply: “you haven’t seen anything yet!” Mr Perotti, who has been a regular visitor to Australia for the past four years, travels the world advising on dairy management and reproduction efficiency. He sees rapidly growing demand for dairy products and new high tech dairy industries popping up like mushrooms all over the world. All this means more opportunities for established dairying countries like Australia if they are prepared to grasp them.

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ravelling the world as Global Director of Corporate Programs for Alta Genetics, Charlie Perotti advises on dairy profitability, genetic development, personnel development and management, sales and marketing, and large progressive dairy project development. He has access to both emerging and established dairy industries and has witnessed the revolution that is taking place in dairying across the globe.

In Eastern Europe, countries like Ukraine and Kazakhstan have a growing middle-class demanding quality dairy product. They are becoming wealthier through sales of oil and gas to Western Europe.

Russia too has the desire to increase dairy output and India is now looking to move away its traditional, low production system to high tech, high productivity dairying systems.

“We are very involved in China where they are building a quality dairy industry,” he said.

“They are hungry for knowledge but we have to remember they are really first generation dairymen.

“Many of them have come off 10 cow, hand milking farms so they know little about managing a 5000 cow enterprise.

But they do want to learn.”

The fast moving global industry that these emerging countries are entering will see them rapidly adopting the technological improvements developed in the West and adopted over several generations.

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Maximising reproduction drives profit through average milk per cow per day and growth in livestock inventory says Charlie Perotti, Global Director of Corporate Programs for Alta Genetics.

These newcomers will adopt genomics, synchronisation, sexed semen and other advances and rapidly reap the rewards of genetic gain and high productivity.

Genomics the ‘game changer’ “Genomics is a ‘game changer’,” said Mr Perotti. “The US and Canada started building the bovine genomic database in 2003 and by 2007 there was an unofficial genomic evaluation on bulls which added about 10% to their general reliability.

“Today, just five years later, the general reliability of a young bull using

genomics alone is 76-82%. The speed of genomic progress has tripled. Today 50% of joinings in the US are to genomic-only bulls. They don’t want to be left behind.

“The Chinese and Russians won’t develop their own genomic databases; they’ll simply adopt the North American database. After all, it’s a global industry; the bovine genome is a global entity which we can all use and contribute to.”

China’s untapped potential The Chinese dairy industry has huge untapped potential for Australian dairy farmers, according to Mr Perotti.

“Here is a country of almost one and a half billion people with a growing demand for dairy protein. China is not going away, not for a long time,” he said.

“Too many Australian dairy farmers I meet think of China as a short term market.

“It’s not, it’s a business opportunity and you guys have that opportunity.

“We in the US don’t, because current export protocols don’t allow us to sell live cattle to the Chinese.”

He compares the massive scale of the Chinese market with the Saudi dairy industry back in the 1970s. The Saudis imported US and Australian genetics and built an industry from nothing. Now they supply most of their domestic needs and export to other countries in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia has a population of 25 million, about 60 times smaller than China.

The opportunities in the Chinese market alone should be enough to convince Australian dairy farmers of the need to maximise their reproduction programs because, as Mr Perotti observes, each Australian straight bred cow is a potential profit unit for both milk and for producing saleable offspring.

“I often come across dairy farmers saying “if she’s not pregnant we’ll carry her over” but this is not profitable.

Reproduction drives profit through average milk per cow per day. Growth

in livestock inventory comes as an added bonus. In the US bankers ask me ‘how many peaks will this farm have per month?’ A cow will only hit her maximum peak milk after having another calf. The number of cows coming into full production each month drives milk volume per cow per day.”

Maximising the number of pregnancies Advanced synchronisation programs now offer dairy farmers the opportunity to create the maximum number of pregnancies in a six week joining period.

“There’s no heat detection, no palpating cows and no need for induction.

With three opportunities to get them in calf you should expect a 70%+ in calf rate,” Mr Perotti said. “The first time you run a synch program it seems like hard work but when you’ve done it once you find you’re running the dairy operation differently – more efficiently and more profitably.

“If you’re running your dairy as a business you have to have an aggressive

reproduction program with a minimum number of carryover cows. Then you can cull on profitability and select which animals to sell and which to keep on their true performance.”

Culling on profitability rather than because a cow is empty ensures the best cows are retained in the herd and genetic gain is maximised. While genetics drives profitability, a carryover cow is an unjustifiable cost.

“By six months a carryover cow is almost 200 days in milk. Her reproductive potential doesn’t get any better the longer she’s left. In fact, the quality of her eggs deteriorates the longer she’s left,” Mr Perotti said. “More peaks, more calves, no carryovers – that should be our aim. I tell my clients to get serious about reproduction – it drives your profit.”

Making a call on non-performing bulls Selecting, rearing and progeny testing bulls is a major business activity for genetics companies and bull fertility and management has been a special challenge as competition increases and margins

become tighter. Recently, Alta Genetics changed its approach to bull management to meet these new challenges. Using data gathered from a number of core partner herds, the company concluded that bulls that didn’t produce quality semen by 16 months of age were not going to improve.

“In the past we kept a bull on, based on his parentage and our expectations of him, in the belief he would eventually provide good quality semen,” said Mr Perotti. “But what the partner herd data told us quite clearly was that this was not so. If they didn’t perform by 16 months they weren’t going to improve.”

Managing bull fertility is another key driver in the global dairy revolution, according to Mr Perotti. Using a synch program results in an incremental increase in the in calf rate at each joining. Using sexed semen on virgin heifers produces a higher percentage of heifer calves. Genomics brings forward genetic gain. Utilising the full suite of advanced breeding technologies has a compounding effect which adds significantly to dairy farm profitability.

The world’s most profitable cow just got even better.

JERSEY POLLED GENETICS

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JJ SHOWS

Brisbane Royal 2012

JJ JERSEY AUSTRALIA

Judge: Mr Brian Leslie UDDER CLASSES Best udder under 3yrs: 1 Ascot Park Comerica Bridon Remake Comerica, SG & JA McCarthy 2 Nobbyview Troubles Grace Tallys Big Time Trouble, Nobbyview Partnership 3 Adadale Sultan Lynette SHF Centurion Sultan, Paulger Family Best udder 3yrs & over: 1 Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor Bridon Remake Comerica, AD & WJ Barron 2 Brunchilli JS Eileen Brunchilli Jades Storm, Paulger Family 3 Brunchilli S Eileen Lester Sambo, AD & WJ Barron

Cassandra Lowes, Office Co ordinator

Correction to results published

Cow 5-6yrs in milk 1 Kenarie Just Cluster Kenarie Justin, PG & PM McDonald 2 Adadale BJ Rowena Belle’s Jade, Paulger Family 3 Ascot Park FP Beauty Claydon Park Flower Power, SG & JA McCarthy

Champion Heifer, Ascot Park Comerica Daphne with Jenny & Steve McCarthy, Qld

Reserve Champion Heifer, Nobbyview Trouble’s Grace with judge Brian Leslie (left), RNA President, David Thomas and leader Tim Beattie, Qld.

SHOW RESULTS: If you would like the results of your shows published (space permitting), please email results to jersey@clarkgraffix.com Note: If you are sending photos, please make sure the files are labelled correctly and captions are included.

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Udderly Admin B usy, Busy, Busy! The office has definitely stepped up a notch in the processing of registrations, transfers and general enquiries. Your patience is appreciated if your enquiries and registrations are taking a little longer than usual.

Round 2 of Classification is now well and truly underway.

Tours have started and others are being booked as you read this. Please remember to check your email if you have requested to be notified via email for your herd visit date, we wouldn’t like for anyone to be disappointed if you do not check your email. Herd Listings are being sent to all members whom have applied for classification as each tour is booked, don’t forget to have this available on the day the classifier visits. For any questions you have regarding Classification or you think you may have missed out, please call me at Jersey House for a chat.

Online registrations are now available! Save ink, save paper, save postage by using iReg! Simply Log on to iJersey and start registering. If you don’t have an account with iJersey, visit www.jersey.com.au follow the link to the iJersey site and sign up – Don’t hand write your registrations again, iReg instead.

Just a reminder that we are here at Jersey House from 9am to 5pm, messages can be left outside these hours and we will contact you back as soon as we can.

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