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In this issue:
Volume 59 • No. 8 • August 2012 • ISSN: 0021-5953
Editor: Kimberly A. Billman Assistant Editors: Tracie Hoying, Whittney Smith Senior Writer/JerseySites Coordinator: Michele Ackerman http://www.usjersey.com/jerseysites.html
National Heifer Sale Sets New Records 18
36 AJCA, NAJ Board Summary 37 AJCA Board Presents Redistricting Proposal
29 Adapting to the Needs of our Customers
30 Greater Production Leads to Smaller Footprint
18 Records Broken at 55th National Heifer Sale
47 USDA Working for the Jersey Breed
52 Annual Meetings in Photos 27 Capitalizing on Jersey Sustainability
28 Farm Bill and Sustainability with Jerseys
26 Four Thoughts to Move
Jersey Business Forward
Youth Take Stage for TalkJersey Contest and Jersey Youth Challenge
64 Badger Treasure Chest Sale
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57 June 2012 JerseyBid.com 18 National Heifer Sale 58 New York Spring Sale 65 Ratliff Proof of Progress Sale II 66 Indiana State Junior Jersey Show
62 Wisconsin Spring Sale
39 Annual Meeting Awards
Jersey Leadership Elected
41
Even the newest calves at Highland Farms Inc., Cornish, Maine, were relaxed during the 2012 AJCA-NAJ Annual Meeting farm tours. This young calf was on hand to welcome Jersey breeders from across the U.S. as they convened in the northeast to recognize our breed leaders and visit some of the founding herds of the Jersey breed. Coverage of the 2012 events begins on page 18 with the record-setting National Heifer Sale.
AUGUST 2012
24 Auction Raises $14,390 for AJCC Research Foundation
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AJCA, NAJ Board Members
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Advertising Index
20 Cow Pie Bingo Raises $7,330 for Jersey Youth Academy
56 Advertising Rates
38 History Book, Photo Ethics Focus of World Jersey Cattle Bureau Meetings
10 Calendar
14 Along the Jersey Road
41 Jersey Leadership Elected
17 Editorial
14 Like Jerseys? Like US!
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57 National Jersey Queen to be Selected
71 In Memoriam
14 New Members
56 Jersey Jargon
32 Policy of the Jersey Journal
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14 World Dairy Expo Facebook Fan Giveaway
72, 73, 74 Journal Shopping Center
50 Youth Awards Presented
10 Registration Fees
Field Service Staff
Jersey Journal Subscription Rates
10 Type Appraisal Schedule
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and South Dakota. Chris Lundgren, 614/313-5818 (mobile); clundgren@ usjersey.com. Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Elizabeth Moss, 614/296-4166 (mobile); 731/697-1341 (phone); emoss@usjersey.com. Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, west Tennessee. Ron Mosser, 614/264-0142 (mobile); 260/368-7687 (fax); rmosser@usjersey.com. Indiana, Michigan. Kate Rector, 614/216-9727 (mobile); 614/322-4474 krector@usjersey.com Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. Brenda Snow, 802/249-2659 (mobile); 802/728-3920 (phone); 802/728-5933 (fax); bsnow@usjersey.com. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.
Type Traits Appraisal Team Senior Appraiser: Ron Mosser, 614/264-0142, above Sara Barlass, above Louie Cozzitorto, 209/765-7187 (mobile); lcozzitorto@ usjersey.com. Paul Graybill, 614/935-3815 (mobile); pgraybill@usjersey.com.
Patty Holbert, above Londa Johnson, above Greg Lavan, 614/216-8838 (mobile); glavan@usjersey.com Chris Lundgren, above Elizabeth Moss, above
American Jersey Cattle Association Board of Directors Officers President: Chris Sorenson, W3995 County Road H, Pine River, WI 54965-8130. Phone 920/987-5495; csorenson000@centurytel.net. Vice President: William Grammer, 966 S. 15th St., Sebring, OH 44672. Phone 330/938-6798; gramjer@ centurylink.net. Directors Jamie Bansen, 3695 SE Lafayette Hwy., Dayton, OR 97114. Phone 971/237-4164; jbansen@gmail.com. Eleventh District. 2013. Robin Denniston-Keller, 6476 N. Bergen Rd., Byron, NY 14422-9519. Phone 585/548-2299; rdenkeljerseys@ aol.com. Second District. 2014. Ralph Frerichs, 5730 Mueller Rd., La Grange, TX 78945-4226. Phone 979/249-5405; frerichs@cvctx. com. Eighth District. 2015. W. Phil Gordon, 1304 S. Harkless Dr., C-7, Syracuse, IN 46567. Phone 574/361-7214; gordonfarms1304@ yahoo.com. Seventh District. 2014.
William Grammer, see officers. Fourth District. 2013. Corey Lutz, 4399 Ritchie Rd., Lincolnton, NC 28092. Phone 704/735-1222; piedmontjerseys@charter.net. Sixth District. 2015. David Norman, 7076 Rt. 414, Liberty, PA 16930-9726. Phone 570/324-5631; drnorman@chilitech.net. Third District. 2015. Walter Owens, 412 350th Ave., Frederic, WI 54837. Phone 715/653-2637; wowens@centurytel.net; Tenth District. 2013. Jim Quist, 5500 W. Jensen, Fresno, CA 93706. Phone 559/485-1436; PK1JQ@hotmail.com. Twelfth District. 2014. Wesley Snow, 1601 Ferris Rd., Brookfield, VT 050360113. Phone 802/728-5291. First District. 2015. Jerry Spielman, 1892 M Rd., Seneca, KS 66538. Phone 785/336-2581; spielman@nvcs.com. Ninth District. 2014. Charles Steer, 1040 Banks Levey Rd., Cottage Grove, TN 38224. Phone 731/782-3463; sunbow@wk.net. Fifth District. 2013.
National All-Jersey Inc. Board of Directors Officers President: David Endres, W9402 Hwy. K, Lodi, WI 53555. Phone 608/592-7856; jazzy@merr.com. Vice President: James S. Huffard III, 165 Huffard Lane, Crockett, VA 24323. Phone 276/686-5201; hdfjersey@ embarqmail.com. Directors Marion Barlass, 6145 E. County Rd. A, Janesville, WI 53546. Phone 608/754-1171; barlassjerseys@gmail. com. District 6. 2015. David Endres, see above. District 4. 2014. Calvin Graber, 44797 281st St., Parker, SD 57053. Phone 605/238-5782; calgraber@yahoo.com. District 7. 2013
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William Grammer, ex-officio, see AJCA. James S. Huffard III, see above. District 5. 2016. John Kokoski, 57 Comins Rd., Hadley, MA 01035. Phone 413/549-6486; jkokoski@charter.net. District 3. 2013. Norman Martin, 1820 Marolf Loop Rd., Tillamook, OR 97141 Phone 503/815-3600; martindairyllc@ embarqmail.com. District 1. 2015. Kelvin Moss, 16155 W. Glendale Ave., Litchfield Park, AZ 85340-9522. Phone 623/935-0163; mossdairy@ gmail.com. District 8. 2014. Chris Sorenson, see AJCA officers. Jerry Spielman, ex-officio, see AJCA Mike Wickstrom, 5852 Columbus Ave., Hilmar, CA 95324-9754. Phone 209/634.6719; michaelwickstrom@ msn.com. District 2. 2013.
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ABS Global............................................ 27, 51 Accelerated Genetics............................ 16, 69 Adams, Jeff and Andrea............................. 42 Ahlem Farms Partnership........................... 34 Alta Genetics/Jerseyland Sires............... 4, 57 American Jersey Cattle Assoc.......... 72, 73, 74 Ameri-Milk Jerseys...................................... 66 Anderson, Wilie........................................... 67 Androgenics................................................ 71 Avi-Lanche Jerseys..................................... 11 Avon Road Jersey Farm............................. 66
Heinz Jerseys.............................................. 66 Her-Man Jerseys......................................... 48 Hi-Land Farms............................................ 64 High Lawn Farm.......................................... 69 Highland Farms, Inc.................................... 59 Highland Jersey Farm................................. 40 Hilmar Jerseys............................................ 34 Holmes Farm............................................... 59 Hometown Jerseys...................................... 49 Huffard Dairy Farms.................................... 42 Hy-Capacity Jerseys................................... 33
Bachelor Farms........................................... 48 Biltmore Farms............................................ 42 Brass Bell Farm........................................... 64 Brentwood Farms.......................................... 2 Bush River Jerseys..................................... 45 Bush River/Treasure Chest Jerseys Combination Sale..................................... 44 Buttercrest Jerseys..................................... 21
Illinois Jerseys............................................. 41 Indiana Premier Plus Sale.......................... 62 Iowa Jerseys............................................... 33 Irishtown Acres............................................ 70 Iverson, Luke............................................... 67
California Jerseys........................ 2, 11, 34, 50 Cantendo Acres.......................................... 40 Cedar Mountain Jerseys............................. 59 Cedarcrest Farms....................................... 68 Cinnamon Ridge Dairy................................ 33 Circle S Jerseys.......................................... 59 Clauss Dairy Farm...................................... 34 Clover Patch Dairy...................................... 40 Cloverfield Jerseys...................................... 48 Covington Jerseys....................................... 33 Crescent Farm............................................ 59 D&E Jerseys............................................... 11 DLH Jersey Farm LLC................................ 70 Dar-Re Farm Ltd......................................... 40 DeMents Jerseys........................................ 68 Den-Kel Jerseys.......................................... 64 Diamond S Farm......................................... 48 Dixie Invitational Sale.................................. 43 Domino Jerseys ......................................... 64 Dreamroad Jerseys..................................... 64 Dutch Hollow Farm...................................... 22 Eastglen Farms........................................... 60 Edn-Ru Jerseys........................................... 70 Fire-Lake Jerseys........................................ 34 Forest Glen Jerseys...................................... 3 Fort Morrison Jerseys................................. 59 Four Springs Jerseys.................................. 70 Frederick Farms Inc..................................... 70 G&S Dairy................................................... 60 Gaby Jersey Farm....................................... 49 Genex.......................................................... 15 Goff Dairy.................................................... 41 Golden Meadows Jerseys........................... 50 Grammer Jersey Farm................................ 40 Grazeland Jerseys Ltd................................ 40 Greenridge Jerseys..................................... 69 Hallet Dairy Farm LLC................................ 66 Hav’s Farm.................................................. 59 Heartland Jerseys, Inc. .............................. 76
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JEMI Jerseys............................................... 70 JVB Red Hot Jerseys.................................. 32 JerseyAuctionLive.com............................... 72 Jersey Classified......................................... 73 Jersey Journal....................................... 56, 72 Jersey Young Sire Program......................... 74 Jersey Marketing Service............... 35, 43, 44 Journal Shopping Center................ 72, 73, 74 K&R Jerseys............................................... 48 Kenny Farm................................................. 70 Lawtons Jersey Farm.................................. 64 Lindsay’s Pine Hill Jerseys.......................... 40 Livestock Exporters Association of U.S.A... 40 Longleaf Jerseys......................................... 61 Lucky Hill Jersey Farm................................ 59 Lyon Jerseys............................................... 33 Mapleline Farm........................................... 59 Margandale Jersey Farm............................ 40 Martin Dairy LLC......................................... 68 Marv Du Jerseys......................................... 31 Mason Farm................................................ 70 McKee Jersey Farm.................................... 48 Messmer Jersey Farm................................ 66 Michigan Jersey Cattle Club....................... 22 Mill Ridge Jerseys....................................... 70 Mills Jerseys................................................ 22 Minnesota Jerseys...................................... 48 Molly Brook Farms...................................... 59 Nettle Creek Jerseys................................... 69 New England Jerseys........................... 38, 59 New York Jerseys............................ 22, 55, 64 Nobledale Farm........................................... 70 Normandell Farms...................................... 70 Oakhaven Jerseys...................................... 40 Ohio Jerseys......................................... 21, 40 Oomsdale Farm Inc..................................... 55 Oregon Jerseys................................. 3, 25, 68 Owens Farms Inc........................................ 66 Page Crest Jerseys..................................... 48 Pennsota Jerseys........................................ 48 Pennsylvania Jerseys.................................. 70
Pfizer..................................................... 23, 24 Queen-Acres Farm..................................... 33 Ratliff Jerseys........................................ 12, 13 Richardson Family Farm............................. 59 River Valley Dairy........................................ 41 Riverside-F Farms....................................... 70 Rowzee Jersey Farm.................................. 70 Scotch View Farms..................................... 64 Seacord Farm............................................. 64 Select Sires, Inc................................ 9, 74, 75 Semex..................................................... 7, 73 Senn-Sational Jerseys................................ 68 Shan-Mar Jerseys....................................... 70 Shenandoah Jerseys.................................. 70 Silver Maple Farms..................................... 59 Silver Mist Farm.......................................... 68 Silver Spring Farm...................................... 64 Smith Haven Dairy...................................... 48 Spahr Jersey Farm, Inc............................... 40 Spring Valley Farm...................................... 40 Springdale Jersey Farm.............................. 59 Spruce Row Jerseys................................... 70 Steinhauers Jerseys................................... 66 Stoney Hollow Jerseys................................ 70 Stoney Point Jerseys................................... 58 Sturdy Built.................................................. 74 Sugar Grove Jerseys.................................. 70 Summit Farm............................................... 33 Sun Valley Jerseys...................................... 68 Sunbow Jerseys.......................................... 70 Sunset Canyon Jerseys.............................. 68 Taylor Jersey Farm Inc................................ 33 Tennessee Jersey Cattle Club.............. 49, 70 Three Valleys Jerseys................................. 68 Tierney Farm Jerseys................................. 64 Trans-America Genetics.............................. 72 Treasure Chest Jerseys.............................. 46 Unkefer Jersey Dairy................................... 40 Vanderfeltz Jerseys..................................... 70 Viking Genetics............................................. 9 Waunakee Jerseys...................................... 55 Waverly Farm.............................................. 57 Western National Sale................................ 35 Wilsonview Dairy......................................... 25 Wisconsin Jerseys................................ 55, 66 World Dairy Expo........................................ 63 Youngs Jersey Dairy Inc.............................. 40 This index is provided as an additional service. The Jersey Journal assumes no liability for errors or omissions. The Jersey Journal does not guarantee quality, delivery time, or availability of items ordered from commercial advertisers. Any advertisements for sales before the 20th of the month of the publication cannot be guaranteed.
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Every effort is made to keep the calendar listings as accurate as possible. However, dates are sometimes changed or events cancelled without notice. When your association schedules an event, notify the Journal staff at least 60 days in advance by sending email to JerseyJournal@usjersey.com or phoning 614/861-3636.
Type Appraisal Schedule
POLICY: Areas will be appraised in the order listed. If you wish to appraise and do not receive an application 30 days prior to the appraisal, please request one from Appraisal Office Coordinator Lori King by telephone, 614/322-4457, or email lking@ usjersey.com. Apply online at http://www.usjersey. com/forms/appraisalapp.com. Applications can also be printed from the USJersey website at http://www. usjersey.com/forms/ttaapplication.pdf. August—Northern Georgia; Tennessee and Kentucky; Ohio and Michigan. S e pt e m b e r — A r k a n s a s a n d M i s s o u r i ; Pennsylvania and New Jersey; Indiana and Illinois.
Deadlines
AUG. 9—USDA genetic evaluations released. SEPT. 20—National Jersey Jug Futurity final payments due on 2012 entries. OCT. 15—Applications due for National Jersey Queen contest. NOV. 30—Deadline for 2013 Jersey Youth Academy class applications.
Sales
AUG . 2 8 — J ER S E Y B I D. C O M I N T ER N E T AUCTION, closing begins at 1:30 p.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; catalog at www.JerseyBid.com. SEPT. 3—BUSH RIVER & TREASURE CHEST COMBINATION XIII SALE, Newberry S.C.; 11:30 a.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. SEPT. 3—DIXIE INVITATIONAL & SOUTHEAST
HEIFER GROWERS NORTH SALE, Newberry S.C.; 3:30 p.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. SEPT. 6—WESTERN NATIONAL JERSEY SALE, Puyallup, Wash.; 7:00 p.m. (PST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. SepT. 22—New York Fall Sale, Broome County Agricultural Center, Whitney Point, N.Y.; 11:00 a.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. S E P T. 2 4 — J ER S E Y B I D. C O M I N T ER N E T AUCTION, closing begins at 1:30 p.m. (EST) sale managed by Jersey Marketing Service; catalog at www.JerseyBid.com. SEPT. 25—76th Vermont State Sale, North Haverhill, N.H.; 10:30 a.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. OCT. 2—Top of the World Sale, Madison, Wis.; 7:00 p.m. (CST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. OCT. 4—Dairyland Protein Sale, Rock County Fairgrounds, Janesville, Wis.; 10:30 a.m. (CST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@ usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. OCT. 20—Ohio Fall Production Sale, Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, Ohio; 10:30 a.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com; Todd Woodruff, auctioneer. O C T. 2 3 — J ER S E Y B I D. C O M I N T ER N E T AUCTION, closing begins at 1:30 p.m. (EST) sale managed by Jersey Marketing Service; catalog at www.JerseyBid.com. NOV. 3—55th Pot O’Gold Sale, Kentucky Expo Center, Louisville, Ky.; 4:30 p.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com. NOV. 4—The 60 th All American Jersey SALE, West Exhibit Hall, Louisville, Ky.; 5:00 p.m (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@ usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. N OV. 2 7 — J ER S E Y B I D. C O M I N T ER N E T AUCTION, closing begins at 1:30 p.m. (EST) sale managed by Jersey Marketing Service; catalog at www.JerseyBid.com
Registration Fees Effective April 1, 1999 InfoJersey.com Applications All Other Applications Member Non-Member Member Non-Member Under six (6) months................................................ $15.00 $17.00 Applications 1-50.............................. $12.00 $14.00 Applications 51-200............................ 10.00 12.00 Applications over 200 on REGAPP....................................................... 7.00 (All figures based on calendar year) 6-12 months............................................ 17.00 20.00 19.00 22.00 12-24 months.......................................... 22.00 25.00 24.00 27.00 Over 24 months...................................... 30.00 35.00 32.00 37.00 Dead Animals May Be Registered For A Fee of $5.00 Duplicate or Corrected Certificates Will Be Issued For A Fee of $5.00
Transfer Fees Effective January 1, 2008 REAP Herds Non-REAP Herds Regular transfer filed within 60 days of sale date..............$12.00........................... $14.00 Regular transfer filed more than 60 days of sale date............................................... 17.00 Intra-Herd Transfer,...................................................................................................... 2.00 (When all living animals in one family ownership are transferred to another family member.) • Transfers among owners within the same herd REAP enrollment completed with 60 days of the date of sale will only cost $2.00 each regardless of how many animals are transferred at one time. • Herds with three years continuous REAP enrollment at the time of a whole-herd dispersal will be charged $7.00 for the sale transfers. The dispersal may occur via public auction or private treaty. Save by becoming a lifetime member of the American Jersey Cattle Association.
Meetings and Expositions
AUG. 9—DAIRY EDUCATIONAL FORUM AND OPEN HOUSE, The Ohio State University, Coulmbus, Ohio; Morning program begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center; Afternoon program begins at 1:15 p.m. at the Waterman Dairy Farm. AUG. 15-16—National Mastitis Council Regional Meeting, Holiday Inn City Centre, Sioux Falls, S.D. For more information visit http:// www.nmconline.org. JAN. 27-29, 2013—NATIONAL MASTITIS COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING, Omni Hotel, San Diego, Calif. For more information visit http://www. nmconline.org. M A R C H 2 , 2 0 1 3 — W I S C O N S I N J ER S E Y BREEDERS STATE MEETING, Western Grand Seasons Hotel, Waupaca, Wis. JUNE 26-29, 2013—ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL ALL-JERSEY INC. JULY 8-12, 2013—ADSA-ASAS JOINT ANNUAL MEETING, Indianapolis, Ind.
Shows
AUG. 9—IOWA STATE FAIR JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW; 8:00 a.m.; Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa; Robert Yeoman, Dover, Okla., judge. AUG. 10—MASSACHUSETTS ALL BREEDS CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW, Greenfield, Mass.; Jason Lloyd, Middleburg, N.Y., judge. AUG. 11—IOWA STATE FAIR OPEN JERSEY SHOW; 7:30 a.m.; Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa; Robert Yeoman, Dover, Okla., judge. AUG. 12—INDIANA STATE JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Richmond, Ind.; 8:00 a.m.; Tom Arrowsmith, Peach Bottom, Pa., judge. AUG. 12—WISCONSIN STATE FAIR JERSEY SHOW, Wisconsin State Fair Park, West Allis, Wis.; 8:00 a.m.; John Erbsen, Lanark, Ill., judge. AUG. 15—INDIANA STATE JERSEY SHOW, Richmond, Ind.; 8:00 a.m.; Tom Arrowsmith, Peach Bottom, Pa., judge. AUG. 15—WISCONSIN STATE JERSEY SHOW FUTURITY, Central Wisconsin Farigrounds, Marshfield, Wis.; 12:30 p.m.; Chris McCullough, Juda, Wis., judge. AUG. 15—WISCONSIN STATE JERSEY SHOW, Central Wisconsin Farigrounds, Marshfield, Wis.; 3:00 p.m.; Chris McCullough, Juda, Wis., judge. AUG. 16—ILLINOIS STATE FAIR JERSEY OPEN SHOW, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.; 8:00 a.m.; Dean Dohle, Half Way, Mo., judge. AUG. 17—ILLINOIS STATE FAIR JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW; 1:00 p.m.; Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill. AUG. 17—KENTUCKY STATE FAIR JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 9:00 a.m.; Amanda Lutz, Chester, S.C., judge. AUG. 17—MISSOURI STATE FAIR JERSEY OPEN SHOW, Coliseum, Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Mo.; 2:30 p.m. AUG. 18—KENTUCKY STATE FAIR JERSEY SHOW, heifers, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 12:00 noon; Kevin Lutz, Lincolnton, N.C., judge. AUG. 19—KENTUCKY STATE FAIR JERSEY SHOW, cows, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 8:00 a.m.; Kevin Lutz, Lincolnton, N.C., judge. AUG. 19—MISSOURI STATE FAIR YOUTH JERSEY HEIFER SHOW, 10:30 a.m.; Coliseum, Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Mo. AUG. 24-25—WESTERN IDAHO STATE FAIR, Boise, Idaho; 9:30 a.m.; Bill Wright, Holden, Utah, judge. AUG. 24—NEBRASKA STATE FAIR SHOW, Nebraska State Fairgrounds, Grand Island, Neb.; (continued to page 40)
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Katelyn Marie Gordon was born April 17, 2012, to Josh and Jenny (Luchsinger) Gordon, Warsaw, Ind. Katelyn weighed 6 lbs. 1 oz. and was 18½ inches long. She is the second child for the couple who welcomed daughter Abigail two years ago. Katelyn will have plenty of Jersey influence in her life as she joins a family with deep roots in the Jersey dairy industry. Maternal grandparents are Chuck and Sue Luchsinger, Silver Spring Farm, Syracuse, N.Y. Paternal grandparents are Phil and Marty Gordon, Syracuse, Ind. Emily (Woods) and Mathew Kunde, Chehalis, Wash., welcomed their first child on June 1, 2012. Jaxson Wayne Kunde was born at 8 lbs. 6 oz. and was 20½ inches long. Maternal grandparents are Wayne and Lori Woods, Woodstock Dairy, Beaver, Ore. Maternal great-grandmother is Ruth Woods, Beaver, Ore. AJCA Master Breeders, Walter and Sally Goodrich, Molly Brook Farms, West Danville, Vt., welcomed their eighth great-grandchild on July 3, 2012. Ryan Ira Goodrich was born to Chris and Brandy Goodrich, also of West Danville, Vt. The first son for the couple weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. He was welcomed home by older sister Addison, 2. Pa t e r n a l g r a n d f a t h e r i s M y l e s Goodrich, co-owner of Molly Brook Farms. Missing the 2012 AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings and recieving the Young Jersey Breeder award were Vance and Ashley Ahlem, Ahlem Foothills Partnership, Hilmar, Calif. The couple was anxiously awaiting the arrival of their third child. Paxton Stephen Ahlem was born on July 7, 2012, and weighed in at 9 lbs. 10 oz. He was welcomed home by brother, Yale, and sister, Brooklyn. Paternal grandparents are Jim and Carol Ahlem, Ahlem Farms Partnership, Hilmar, Calif. Almost sharing his birthday with his parent’s anniversary, Liam Miller Wales arrived July 11, 2012, to Brad and Emily (Norman) Wales, Millerton, Pa. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 10 oz. and was 21 Page 14
A Hearty Welcome To These New AJCA Members
Queen of Quality® producer Lady Lane Farm, Mulino, Ore., won first place commercial float in the General Canby Day Parade in Oregon on July 4, 2012. Clackamas County Jersey Princess Danielle Bull was featured on the float.
inches long. Maternal grandparents are David and Aggie Norman, Normandell Farms, Liberty, Pa. David is the AJCA Director for the Third District. William Louis Zumbach was born to parents David and Jennifer (Kunde) Z u m b a c h , Ku n d e Je rs ey Fa r m , Hopkinton, Iowa. The couple welcomed their second child July 28, 2012, at 8 lbs. 2½ oz., while measuring 20½ inches long. William was welcomed home by brother Karl, 3. Jennifer is editor of Iowa Jersey Today and a former National Jersey Queen. Cutis P. Van Tassell, Ph.D., Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, was recently named the recipient of the 2012 ADSA Jay L. Lush Award. The award recognizes outstanding research in animal breeding that has potential for improvement of dairy cattle. Van Tassell was awarded the AJCA-NAJ Award for Meritorious Service during the annual meetings in North Conway, N.H. Margaret Lawton, Lawtons Jersey Farm, Newark Valley, N.Y., was recently featured on PressConnects.com where she discussed the joys of the Broome County Fair, which was seen a presence from this family for 40 years. One of their cows, Lawtons Blackstone Frosty, won the grand champion in the open class of the show. The Lawtons are longtime contract advertisers in the Jersey Journal.
Dustin Brown, Fort Recovery, Ohio Karina Elise Carpenter, Russell Springs, Ky. Jennifer Cooper, Brandenburg, Ky. Dan Coss, Wells Bridge, N.Y. Jim DiGangi, Darlington, Wis. Lisa DiSalvo, Oxford, N.Y. Chad Dizek, Hadley, Mass. Paul Dykshorn, Ireton, Iowa Sadie Green, Elsie, Mich. Luke Haywood, Hastings, Mich. Curtis H. Hinz, Fillmore, N.Y. Erin Jens, Sheboygan Falls, Wis. Jesse Kline, Chambersburg, Pa. Paul Kokoski, Hadley, Mass. Tony Meier, Palmer, Kan. Kae Mobley, Sulphur Springs, Texas Brittany Moorse, Minnesota, Minn. Robert Moss, Jefferson, Ore. Zachary Novey, New Ulm, Minn. Brandon A. Owens, Frederic, Wis. Steven J. Owens, Frederic, Wis. Lyle Schlomer, Osseo, Wis. Brian Skarka, Ballston Spa, N.Y. Sue Spielman, Seneca, Kan. Alex Steer, Dalhart, Texas Eddie Taylor, Lewisburg, Tenn. Rick Vreeland, Otisville, N.Y. Jesse Wilbur, Orwell, Vt. Mervin D. Yoder, Salisbury, Pa. Craig Zydenbos, Sarcoxie, Mo.
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Report Card on Young Sire Use Why is it important to track young sire use? It gives us Jersey and Holstein have both increased selection pressure. a look at what the future holds. At the American Dairy Table 1 compares the genetic merit of Active A.I. (daughter Science Association meetings last month, AIPL researchers proven) and genomically evaluated bulls without daughters Duane Norman, Jana Hutchison, and John Cole reported (G-code) in the breeding years 2008 through 2010. The that since implementation of genomic evaluation, the rate December 2011 genetic evaluation for these bulls was used of genetic gain has improved and the generation interval in this analysis. The weighted average for Net Merit dollars has been reduced due to the increased use of young bulls. (NM$) increased for all groups of bulls. “Young bulls” were defined as being 0.8 to 3.9 years of age at the time of conception of the resulting calf. For Jersey, Past, Present and Future of Jersey Young Sire Use the young bulls born in 2008 were sired by 34 different Prior to March 2011, the recommendation from the bulls. Of those 34 sires, 19% were young bulls themselves. AJCA Board of Directors was to breed 25 to 40% of Three years later, the picture is dramatically different. females to young bulls in organized sampling programs. Jersey young bulls born That goal was achieved in 2011 were sired by 54 based on the information different sires with 40% presented in the AIPL of them being young research. sires. And young bulls A more aggressive are becoming sires earlier and genomic-specific in life. The mean sire age recommendation was for Jersey progeny born endorsed in March in 2011 was 15 months 2011, that Jersey owners younger than in 2006 for make at least 50% of all bulls, and four months matings to genotyped younger for heifers. young bulls enrolled in The study documents progeny test programs. how quickly genomic Figure 1. Percent of female progeny sired by Jersey and Holstein young bulls Mo v e m e n t i n t h a t by progeny birth year. evaluations have become direction has been rapid. the standard for A.I. bulls of all ages. By 2009 for Jersey, 31% Of the 35% young sire use reported by AIPL in 2011, of services were made to young bulls and 22% of services 22% were G-code bulls. The percentage of G-code bull were to genotyped young bulls. Overall in 2009, 72% of use has increased to 32% based on the year-to-date AJCA all services were made to bulls that had been genotyped. By registration data, and could reach the 40% level by year 2011, 98% of all Jersey services were to genotyped bulls. end. When intense pressure is used to select the next generation To examine the rate of young sire use, the percentage of of parents, young bulls female progeny sired by young bulls was calculated Table 1. Mean Net Merit for Jersey and Holstein bulls weighted by offer the opportunity to number of breedings, 2008 to 2010. maximize genetic gain by by progeny birth year for reducing the generation 5,035,103 Holstein and Jersey Holstein Year Active A.I. G-code Difference Active A.I. G-code Difference interval and increasing the 496,062 Jersey heifers genetic merit. With the (Figure 1). Through 2009, 2008 $270 $396 $126 $290 $230 –$60 August evaluations due the percentage of Jerseys 2009 $286 $448 $162 $339 $483 $144 2010 $324 $510 $186 $361 $532 $171 out shortly, now would be sired by young bulls a good time to assess how exceeded that for Holstein. you use genotyped young bulls. Then, use the services of Holstein equaled the young sire use of Jersey in 2010 at 30%. HerdView, BullsEye and JerseyMate™ to develop the best For 2011, Holstein young sire use exceeded Jersey, 40% vs. plan for using them in order to achieve your herd goals—and 35%. The earlier implementation of genomic evaluations drive continued Jersey breed improvement. for Holstein is likely the primary reason for this surge. AUGUST 2012
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NATIONAL HEIFER SALE
For the second consecutive year a new high price for the National Heifer Sale series was set. Buttercrest Impress Satin-ET was purhcased by River Valley Jerseys for $27,100, represented by AJCA Area Representative Ron Mosser, far left. Dan Carroll of Sexing Technologies, far right, was the contending bidder on the four-month-old calf ranking 24th in the nation for GJPI. She was consigned by Cooperrider and Sons, represented by AJCA Area Representative Sara Barlass at right. On the halter of “Satin” is MacKenzie White; Also pictured are National Jersey Queen Cassy Krull, JMS Manager Jason Robinson, Executive Secretary Neal Smith, and auctioneer Lynn Lee.
Sexing Technologies, represented by Dan Carroll, left, purchased the second high seller, Oomsdale Galen Valentino Gleam-ET for $10,100. The six-month-old heifer was consigned by Michael Arend Ooms, pictured with daughter, Danielle, son, Zachary and wife Judy. “Gleam” sold with A.I. interest to several companies. On the halter is New England Jersey junior Allison Moon. Also pictured are National Jersey Queen Cassy Krull, JMS Manager Jason Robinson, Executive Secretary Neal Smith, and auctioneer Lynn Lee in the auction box.
Records Broken at 55th National Heifer Sale
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or the third time in the past five years, the premier Jersey heifer sale in the United States has set a new record average—$4,684.09 on 44 Registered Jerseys. Also, for the second consecutive year, a new record price has been paid for an individual in the series—$27,100. The National Heifer Sale was the culmination of four days of meetings, farm tours and educational seminars in New England during the AJCA-NAJ Annual meetings. The sale, held at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds, Fryeburg, Maine, was the most anticipated event of the week by many. For the second time every live animal sold was genomically tested and buyers were ready to pay a premium for those animals. Thirty buyers in 15 states made purchases totaling $206,100 to reach the record average, exceeding the 2010 sale by more than $135 an animal. Texas Jersey breeders purchased the most with 11 heifers purchased by seven buyers. The consignments came from 15 different states and had an average GJPI of +160 and an average of +$452CM. Twenty of the 44 heifers carried A.I. contracts with another four selling with interest from various A.I. companies. For 55 years, the sale has been the Page 18
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Avg. Price Total Value
15 Bred heifers 6 Open yearlings 23 Heifer calves 44 Lots Median price
3,960.00 3,133.33 5,560.87
59,400 18,800 127,900
$4,684.09 $206,100 $3,650.00
Sale Management: Jersey Marketing Service Auctioneer: Lynn Lee
single largest contributor to the youth development activities sponsored by the American Jersey Cattle Association for the simple reason that Jersey youth are
Executive Secretary Neal Smith and National Jersey Queen Cassy Krull honor Blaine and Ted Moon as the co-chairs of the 55th National Heifer Sale in Fryeburg, Maine. The father-son team were instrumental in helping with the preparations for the recordsetting sale.
the lifeline of the breed’s future. Since the inception of the sale, 10% (up to a $25,000 cap) has gone to fund the youth programs. This year the fund will receive a check in excess of $20,000. Setting Records After being treated to a lobster and steak luncheon sponsored by the New England Jersey Breeders Association, the large crowd of more than 450 Jersey enthusiasts began to file into the sale barn to escape the hot summer heat. At promptly 4:00 p.m., AJCA Executive Secretary Neal Smith and auctioneer Lynn Lee climbed into the auction box and started the sale off with a bang with the first 10 lots into the sale ring averaging $9,160. By the sale end, 13 consignments had sold for more than $5,000. It was the second heifer in the ring that broke the record of $27,000, set in 2011, when River Valley Jerseys, Tremont, Ill., and Sexing Technologies, Navosta, Texas, went down the wire with Will Do Valentino Wannabee, who was the #3 GJPI heifer in the breed at the time. Sexing Technologies placed the last bid on that heifer. This year, it again came down to those same two entities battling it out for the high seller of this year’s sale. Lot 1 in the catalog was a four-monthJERSEY JOURNAL
old heifer calf bred by Cooperrider and Sons, Croton, Ohio—Buttercrest Impress Satin-ET. The stylish young calf caught the crowd’s eye and bidding quickly escalated to more than $20,000. Then it was down to just Dan Carroll in the audience for Sexing Technologies, and River Valley on the phone bidding against each other once more. However, this year it was River Valley placing the final bid of $27,100 on the young calf. Ranked 24th in the nation for GJPI at sale time, “Impress,” carries a GPTA of +1,802M, +76F, +59P and a GJPI of +244. She has tested free of the Jersey Hapoltype 1 (JH1) and is sired by Forest Glen Impuls Impressive, GJPI +204. She sold carrying an A.I. contract to Select Sires and interest from six other A.I. companies. Her dam is a Very Good-87% daughter of PR Oomsdale Jace Gratit Garden-ET, GJPI +174, and has a 2-0 record of 22,180 lbs. milk, 979 lbs. fat and 764 lbs. protein. She has a yeild deviation of +5,639M, +179F, and +183P. The next dam is an Excellent daughter of Sunset Canyon Mecca-ET, GJPI +47. She has a best record at 3-2 of 24,410 lbs. milk, 1,327 lbs. fat and 880 lbs. protein. Her next dam is the popular Buttercrest Rocket Snap, Excellent-91%. She has been the poster child for Select Sires in marketing her sire, O.F. Barber Rocket, GJPI +57, to the dairy industry. The beautiful uddered cow has produced in excess of 19,700 lbs. milk with a 5.9% butterfat test on her best record.
The Cooperrider family recieved the Kenny Stiles Memorial trophy for consigning the high seller. Following “Satin” in the ring, was the second high seller—Oomsdale Galen Valentino Gleam-ET—the #15 heifer in the nation for GJPI. Sexing Technologies and Dan Carroll continued their active bidding by placing the last bid on “Gleam” for $10,100. The seven month old heifer sold with an A.I. contracts to Jerseyland Sires and Select Sires and had interest from four other A.I. companies. She is sired by All Lynns Louie Valentino-ET, GJPI +239, and carries a GPTA of her own of +1,776M, +79F, +65P and +249 GJPI. She has four brothers currently in A.I. and four more sisters that rank on the Top 1.5% list for GJPI. Her dam is GR Oomsdale CC Iatola Galen, Very Good-88%. At 3-0, she produced a record of 21,800 lbs. milk, 1,079 lbs. fat and 846 lbs. protein. She also ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI cow list at +175 GJPI. The next dam is an Excellent daughter of BW Country-ET, GJPI +71, and ranks on the Top 1.5% list as well. She also has produced in excess of 21,000 lbs. milk, 900 lbs. fat and 800 lbs. protein. She has 10 sons in A.I. sampling programs. The next dam is OA Oomsdale Gordo Goldie Gratitude, the dam of “Dale,” the sire of the dam of the high selling heifer of the sale. “Gratitude” is Excellent-90% and produced more than 31,000 lbs. milk, 1,300 lbs. fat and 980 lbs. protein at 3-10. She is backed by three more generations of
James Quist, far left, consigned the third high seller, Jars of Clay Plus Vanessa to the 55th National Heifer Sale. The 16-month-old bred heifer was purchased for $9,100 by Sexing Technologies, represented by Dan Carrol, second from right. The daughter of Sweeties Plus Iatolas Bold is pictured with National Jersey Queen Cassy Krull, JMS manager Jason Robinson, and Brittany Moon on the halter. In the box are Executive Secretary Neal Smith and auctioneer Lynn Lee.
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Excellent dams. “Gleam” was consigned by Michael Arend Ooms, Valatie, N.Y. Sexing Technologies also purchased the next two high sellers of the day. With a bid of $9,100 they captured a Top 500 GJPI heifer, Jars of Clay Plus Vanessa. The P9 heifer was consigned by Jim Quist, Fresno, Calif., and sold due in December to Heartland Merchant TopekaET, GJPI +243. She carried an A.I. contract to Select Sires and interest from six other A.I. organizations. She carries a GPTA of +1,002M, +61F, +37P and a GJPI of +219. “Vanessa” is sired by the hot new sire, Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold (Plus), GJPI +241, and out of a Very Good-88% dam. The dam has a three lactation m.e. average of 20,103–1,032–764 and is sired by Sunset Canyon Maximus-ET, GJPI +70. She ranks on the Top 1.5% list for GJPI. The next dam is a Very Good-86% daughter of Forest Glen Avery Action-ET, GJPI+93. She is backed by two more Very Good dams, both with top production records. The company also purchased the fourth high seller, Dutch Hollow Plus Charley-ET, for $8,900. The heavily springing heifer sold due in mid-July to All-Lynns Legal Volcano-ET, GJPI +246. “Charley” is contracted to Select Sires and has interest from several other A.I. groups. Sired by “Plus,” she ranks on the Top 500 GJPI heifer list with a GJPI of +211. Her GPTAs were among the highest in the sale at +1,517M, +62F, and +47P. She has (continued to page 20)
Sexing Technologies also purchased the fourth high seller, Dutch Hollow Plus Charley-ET. The springing heifer was purchased for $8,900 and was consigned by Paul C. Chittenden, center, and his son Alan. Congratulating the Master Breeders is 2011 National Jersey Queen Cassy Krull. In the box are auctioneer Lynn Lee and Executive Secretary Neal Smith.
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Robert McGarry was recognized as a 2012 Fred Stout Experience winner. McGarry worked with Jersey Marketing Service to gain experience with marketing cattle throughout May and June. Ray Schooley, a Fred Stout committee member presents him with his commemorative plaque.
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nine brothers already in A.I. At last year’s National Heifer Sale, Sexing Technologies purchased a maternal sister to “Charley’s” dam for the second high price of the sale, $12,600. The dam is Dutch Hollow Louie Charity, Very Good-86%, and the featured daughter in advertisements for Tollenaars Impuls Louie 260-ET. At 2-10 she produced 26,150 lbs. milk, 1,232 lbs. fat and 896 lbs. protein and ranks 212th in the nation for GJPI. She has six brothers in A.I. sampling programs and is out of an Excellent daughter of Dutch Hollow Gold Medal-P-ET, GJPI +48. The grandam has four records in excess of 20,000 lbs. milk and 1,000 lbs. fat. The next dam is Very Good-85%. “Charley” was consigned by Paul C. Chittenden, of Dutch Hollow Farm, Schodack Landing, N.Y. The farm was recognized the evening before the sale as the 2012 Master Breeders by the AJCA. Two heifers sold for the fifth high price of the day, $7,600. Multi-Rose Jerseys, Rock Rapids, Iowa, placed the final bid of $7,600 on GR SR Goose Reaction-P. She sold carrying an A.I. contract to Select Sires and interest from four other A.I. companies.
Executive Secretary Neal Smith thanks Bob Sanderson of the Dairy Committee at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds for his crews help throughout the week leading up to the National heifer Sale. Helping with the presentation of the Wide Load Ahead print is National Jersey Queen Cassy Krull.
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The P9 heifer is polled and sired by PR Oomsdale Rocket Goose-ET, GJPI +179. She has a GPTA of +1,186M, +46F, +38P and a GJPI of +164. Her dam is a Very Good-86% polled daughter of Altamont MH Fantom, GJPI +118, with a projected m.e. of 19,600–873–730 at 1-10. She has five brothers in A.I., including SR Nathan Pro-P, GJPI +144. The grandam is SR Jace Pronto-P-ET, Excellent-91%. She has a best record of 26,010 lbs. milk, 1,025 lbs. fat and 907 lbs. protein. She is out of S.R. Fair Tonto-P, Excellent-92%, with more than 26,000 lbs.
milk on her best record. The seven-month-old heifer was consigned by Spruce Row Farm, Meadville, Pa. Also selling for $7,600 was Seacord Farm Renegade Gina. She was purchased by Texas Jersey junior Sidney Avila, Dalhart. The six-month-old calf is tested free for JH1 and ranks on the Top 500 GJPI heifer list and sold carrying contracts to Accelerated Genetics and Select Sires and interest from three other companies. (continued to next page)
Cow Pie Bingo Raises $7,330 for Jersey Youth Academy The permanent fund for Jersey Youth Academy added $7,330 from the fourth annual Cow Pie Bingo, held June 30 at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds in Fryeburg, Maine, during the annual meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc. The heifer for this year’s fundraiser was donated by Rector Jersey Farm, Hilmar, Calif., in memory of influential Jersey breeders and leaders of the American Jersey Cattle Association who have passed away in recent years. Rectors Merchant Paris 22258 carried a Genomic Jersey Performance Index™ of 151. She is sired by Sunset Canyon Merchant-ET, GJPI 176. Her dam by Ahlem Lemvig Abe-ET (GJPI 147) is Very Good-85% with 19,214-967-729 m.e. calving at 1 year, 9 months of age. The fourth dam is Excellent with four records over 21,000 lbs. milk, 1,000 lbs. fat and 800 lbs. protein. More than 80 individuals and farms made donations of $10, $25 or $50 to select one or more of the 192 squares available. “Paris” chose her new owner by making her “deposit” on a square selected by Elsa Sherman and Janice Rector. They donated the calf to the 55th National Heifer Sale, where she sold for $2,100 to Alex Steer, Dalhart, Texas. All proceeds went to Jersey Youth Academy. Cow Pie Bingo has now raised $27,900 for the endowment of the Academy. Jersey Youth Academy is a 501(c)(3) educational foundation managed by the American Jersey Cattle Association to attract, educate and retain talented young people for careers in the Jersey dairy business. Contributors represent a broad spectrum of Jersey breeder and dairy industry support. Applications for the third Jersey Youth Academy, scheduled for July 21-26, 2013, will be posted September 1 and are due November 30, 2012. For more information, visit the Academy web site (http://academy.usjersey.com), contact program coordinator Dr. Cherie L. Bayer at (614) 322-4456, or write Jersey Youth Academy, 6486 E. Main Street, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-2362.
The fourth Cow Pie Bingo raised $7,330 for Jersey Youth Academy on June 30 at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds. Rectors Merchant Paris 22258 was donated by Rector Jersey Farm, Hilmar, Calif., and left her mark on a square purchased by Elsa Sherman and Janice Rector. Holding the bingo board are National Jersey Queen Cassy Krull (left) and first alternate Queen Cassie Chittenden. With the heifer, from left, are Caitlin and Sidney Avila, and Janice Rector and Elsa Sherman who donated the heifer back to sell for the Academy’s benefit.
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She has a July GPTA of +1,035M, +85F, +49P and +210 GJPI. “Gina” is sired by BW Renegade-ET, GJPI +216, and is out of a Very Good-86% daughter of GR Oomsdale Jace Gratude Gannon-ET, GJPI +148. At sale time she was projected to more than 22,000 lbs. milk and 1,100 lbs. fat m.e. at 2-1. She ranks on the Top 1.5% list for GJPI. The next dam is a Very Good-86% daughter of ISDK Q Impuls, GJPI +184, and is backed by three more generations of Very Good or Excellent dams. “Gina” was consigned by Richard T. Seacord, Greenwich, N.Y. Selling for $7,500 and the sixth high price was Yosemite Sparky Star, JH1F. The September 2011 calf was purchased by the syndicate of Steve Rowley, Richard Hay AUGUST 2012
and Mike Glynn, Foxworth, Miss. She is a P9 heifer with a GPTA of +720M, +74F, +35P and a +198 GJPI. She is sired by Mainstream Iatola Sparky, GJPI +159, and carried an A.I. contract to Select Sires and has interest in contracts from four other A.I. companies. Her dam is an Excellent-92% daughter of “Impuls” currently projected to 26,910– 1,633–1,069 m.e. at 5-5. The next dam is Very Good-85% with a two lactation m.e. average of 17,037–756–574. She is followed by a Very Good dam with more than 22,000 lbs. milk on her best record. “Star” was consigned by Yosemite Jersey Dairy, Hilmar, Calif. Leading volume buyer was River Valley purchasing two head for $33,300. Sexing Technologies was the next high buyer selecting four heifers for $31,800.
Donations Made Two heifers were donated for other Jersey youth related activities. Selling for $8,000 was D&E Merchant Virtue 22233-ET, with the proceeds being donated to the AJCA Youth Scholarship fund. The bred heifer was donated by D&E Jerseys, Donnie and Elsa Sherman, Hilmar, Calif., and purchased by MultiRose Jerseys. This is the second major contribution to the national Jersey scholarships by the Shermans. Sale proceeds and A.I. royalties from D&E Rebel Scholar-ET sold in the 2005 All American Jersey Sale, previously benefited the scholarship funds. Dana Metzger of Multi-Rose Jerseys selected D&E Merchant Virtue 22233-ET with a GJPI of +234 and carries A.I. interest from Jerseyland Sires. She is sired by (continued to page 22)
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Sunset Canyon Merchant-ET, GJPI +176. Her dam is All Lynns Impuls VirtueET, Very Good-88% with 18,030 lbs. milk, 861 lbs. fat and 637 lbs. protein on her 1-10 lactation. She is ranked #6 with a GJPI of +238. “Virtue” is out of D&E Paramount Violet, the cow that stood at the top of the GJPI list a year ago. Scored Excellent with records to 27,600 lbs. milk, “Violet” has 29 sons in A.I. programs, including the highest bull on the NAAB G-code list, All Lynns Legal Visionary-ET, GJPI +280. The third dam is D&E Abe Violet, Excellent-90% with five lactations averaging 21,714–981–776 m.e. Selling for $2,100 was the “Cow Pie Bingo” calf donated by Rector Jersey Farm, Hilmar, Calif. She was donated in memory of Jersey breeders and leaders of the American Jersey Cattle Association who have passed in recent years. Alex Steer, Dalhart, Texas, purchased the heifer (see page 20 for the full story). Page 22
Sales $4,000 and Over
(Consignors in Parentheses) River Valley Farm, Tremont, Ill. Buttercrest Impress Satin-ET, heifer calf 4 mos....... $27,100 (Cooperrider and Sons, Croton, Ohio) Clover Patch Zuma Hilton, bred heifer 15 mos............ 6,200 (Alan Kozak, Millersburg, Ohio) Sexing Technologies / Accounting Dept, San Antonio, Texas Oomsdale Galen Valentino Gleam-ET, heifer calf 6 mos. ............................................................................. 10,100 (Michael A. Ooms, Valatie, N.Y.) Jars Of Clay Plus Vanessa, bred heifer 16 mos........... 9,100 (Jim Quist, Fresno, Calif.) Dutch Hollow Plus Charley-ET, bred heifer 20 mos..... 8,900 (Paul C. Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.) Multi Rose Jerseys Inc., Rock Rapids, Iowa GR Sr Goose Reaction-P, heifer calf 7 mos............... 7,600 (Spruce Row Farm, Meadville, Pa.) Sidney J. Avila, Dalhart, Texas Seacord Farm Renegade Gina, heifer calf 6 mos........ 7,600 (Richard T. Seacord, Greenwich, N.Y.) Steve Rowley, Richard Hay and Mike Glynn, Foxworth, Miss. Yosemite Sparky Star, heifer calf 9 mos...................... 7,500 (Yosemite Jersey Dairy, Hilmar, Calif.) Shan-Mar Golda Endora, heifer calf 7 mos.................. 4,700 (Mark and Shannon Gardner, Dayton, Pa.) Zeinstra Farms, Shelbyville, Mich.
Holmesland Plus Thelma, open yearling 12 mos......... 7,400 (Steven B. and Jeffrey A. Holmes, Langdon, N.H.) Forest Glen Louies Michelle, bred heifer 17 mos........ 5,500 (Dan K. Bansen, Dayton, Ore.) Elsa Sherman, Hilmar, Calif. Grammer Lawson Merinda, heifer calf 8 mos.............. 7,300 (William P. Grammer, Sebring, Ohio) Wyatt Taylor, Hilmar, Calif. Cal-Mart Virgil Carrie 5234-ET, heifer calf 10 mos....... 6,300 (Martin Dairy Llc, Tillamook, Ore.) Van De Jerseys, Transfer, Pa. Highland Plus V Candy, heifer calf 8 mos.................... 5,100 (Highland Farms, Cornish, Maine) Dexter Knapp, Pike, N.H. All Lynns Legal Flora-ET, heifer calf 8 mos.................. 4,600 (David Allen, Reedsburg, Wis.) Caitlin Avila, Dalhart, Texas Kane-Lane V Radison, heifer calf 8 mos..................... 4,500 (Steven B. Koehn, Meno, Okla.) Cory Cleveland, Kentwood, La. High Lawn Abbott Gucci, heifer calf 9 mos.................. 4,000 (High Lawn Farm, Lee, Mass.) D & E Jerseys, Hilmar, Calif. Dupat Merchant 9355-ET, heifer calf 8 mos................. 4,000 (Wickstrom Jersey Farms Inc., Hilmar, Calif.) Lloyd Heinz, Shawano, Wis. White Rock Renegade Lola, heifer calf 9 mos............. 4,000 (Timothy and Janet Angell, Randolph Center, Vt.)
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Auction Raises $14,390 for Jersey Research Foundation
The endowment of the AJCC Research Foundation increased by $14,390 from proceeds of a benefit auction on June 28, 2012, hosted by William and Gwen Pearl at Pearlmont Farm, Barnet, Vt. An audience of 400-plus participated in the fun, action-packed event that also included a silent auction. Lynn Lee, Smyrna, Tenn., donated his services for the live auction. The day’s top bid, $5,500, was for the #7 Eustis Jersey cow sculpture donated by Frances S. McGinnis, Kinards, S.C., in memory of her husband, past AJCC President and Distinguished Service Award recipient W. Charles McGinnis. C. A. Russell, Hilmar, Calif., was the successful bidder for the model created and hand-painted by Francis Eustis, who will be honored as a Pioneer of National Dairy Shrine in October. In immaculate condition, it was one of 200 commissioned in 1983 by the American Jersey Cattle Club and sold at The All American Sale that year. An elaborately framed hand-colored etching based on “Alderney” by Edwin Douglas garnered a bid of $2,150 from Elsa Sherman, Hilmar, Calif. The original 1878 painting is held by the Tate Gallery in London, with the restrike etchings being very popular in the United States. Estimated at 120 years old and in extraordinary condition, it was donated by Sheldon Sawyer, Walpole, N.H. Proceeds were split equally between the Research Foundation and the New England Jersey Breeders Association, host of the 2012 AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings. Bidding was fierce for two breed promotion artworks from the early 1900s. An exact size reproduction of the “Jersey Creamline” milkmaid, a watercolor painting used for advertising by the American Jersey Cattle Club, sold for $1,900 to David Endres, Lodi, Wis. One of the 100 posters printed in 1905 to publicize the Jersey “Victors in the Dairy Cow Demonstration” at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Mo., was offered by Bryce Elliott and Heather Brigham, Barton, Vt. The final bid of $1,000 was made by auctioneer Lynn Lee for the poster in its original oak frame. The 29” x 30” piece was distributed by the Club to agricultural experiment stations and other educational institutions. William Labaki, proprietor of Fazenda Limoeiro outside of São Paulo Brazil, Page 24
placed a phone bid of $900 for the AJCC Silver Medal presented in 1928 to Pride’s St. Mawes Neoline. The medal was accompanied by an extensive collection of pictures, newspaper clippings, and letters about the cow’s owner, David Storey. It was donated by Dennis Halladay, Western editor for Hoard’s Dairyman from Meridian, Idaho. Richard Avila, Dalhart, Texas, was an active bidder in both the live and silent auctions, taking home three items for a total of $1,010. Those items were the 1921 leather-bound and marked catalog from the 1921 Meridale Farm Sale, donated by K. R. and J.A. Nunn of Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia; a framed Schreiber lithograph of Arawana Belle 3rd AJCC 6161, from Bryce Elliott and Heather Brigham; and two High Lawn Farm yearbooks, from 1952 and 1962. The honor of purchasing the most lots went to Walter and Kathryn Christ, Metamora, Ill. Their selections included a framed Jersey milk ad donated by Paul Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y., for $525, plus catalogs and books donated variously by Dr. David Weickert, West Bend, Wis.; Jim Staley of Shepherdstown, W.Va.; Thomas Benson, New Lebanon Center, N.Y.; and the Nunns. Their purchases totaled $815. A keepsake box handcrafted by Jerry England, Columbus, Ohio, and donated by Jerry and his wife Paula, brought a $500 bid from Martin Donovan, Portland, Maine. Donovan also purchased a cheese sampler-gift box donated by Cabot Cooperative for $125. Two more framed artworks were donated by Bryce Elliott and Heather Brigham, each bringing bids of $200. The print of Winsome Pinny by Eugene Hoy for Purina went to Benny Rector, Hilmar, Calif., while Heather Lord, Lee, Mass., took the 1955 ideal Jersey cow painting by Edwin Megargee. Other items sold were a framed Jersey breed promotion ad donated by Paul Chittenden, and purchased for $400 by Steve and Lynda Bachelor, Angola, Ind. Catalogs donated by Jerry, Wanda and Katarina Emerich, Mooers, N.Y., generated $165 from Alex Steer, Dalhart, Texas, and Lynn Lee. Other catalogs donated by Jim Staley in memory of his father, Tom, brought a total of $205 from Yvonne Parmley, Brighton, Colo.; Brad Barham, Columbus, Ohio; and Phil Gordon, Syracuse, Ind. Linda Peterson, Burbank, Ohio, bid $45 to purchase the 1922-23 Jersey Island Herd Book that was in the Elm Hill Farm library, donated by Scott and Moira Poitras, Brimfield, Mass. JERSEY JOURNAL
ADDRESS OF THE AJCA PRESIDENT
Four Thoughts to Move Jersey Business Forward Address of Robert Bignami, President to the 144 th Annual Meeting of the American Jersey Cattle Association, June 30, 2012, North Conway, N.H.
standing as the Jersey world leader in services and genetics. We can expand our IT capabilities and create a world genomic service center. We can create incremental cash flow while centering the world’s attention on U.S. Jersey he thing we have all seen over the last genetics. Our genomics are enhanced few years is the great opportunities as the world’s standard of comparison. we have with the Jersey cow, and goals USJersey leadership can and will advance that those of us, our the breed. friends, working together #4—Enhance political can accomplish. Today, and industry contacts. In I have put together a politics you are either at few things to show the the table or you are on the opportunities you may menu. not have thought about, Involvement gives us we need to think about access to the process to and what we need to be protect and formulate doing as an organization policy. We can be part and as members of our of the process from the association. beginning of these new Who do we want to be? programs when they are Ten years ago, Blackberry announced from time had 60% of the smart to time. National Milk phone market. Now it Producers Federation will is 16%. They did not offer committee appointinnovate and now they The 2012-2013 Board of Directors of the American Jersey Cattle Association. ments to AJCA. Foreign Front row, from left: Neal Smith, Executive Secretary; Chris Sorenson, President; are an afterthought. Agriculture Service can To me there are four William Grammer, Vice President and Chair of the Development Committee; help us with our interdecisions to go forward Wes Snow and Jamie Bansen; (back row): Phil Gordon; Jerry Spielman, Chair of national marketing prothe Finance Committee; David Norman; Ralph Frerichs, Charles Steer, Chair of with while we continue to the Breed Improvement Committee; Corey Lutz; and James Quist, Chair of the gram. do what we do best. Those Registration Committee. Not pictured is Robin Denniston-Keller. Starting a political acare: tion committee (PAC) can • Branding our green cow static and the breed growing exponentially reap benefits to our membership. Why a • Maintaining breed growth of our like you see on projection charts. We may Jersey PAC? association and the cattle growth in need to innovate some of our programs International Dairy Foods Association, the same ratio and educate our new customers. radical environmentalists and other food • International marketing It is time for action. Sometimes you commodity groups are very active in • Enhance our political and industry need to think outside the box. Do current Washington, D.C. Part of the politics these contacts programs work? Do we offer programs days is just getting elected. It costs money #1—Branding the green cow. What that meet the needs of new herds and and our PAC can help our friends stay in is the value of a brand? The consumer owners? Do we need to consider volume D.C. We can choose legislators to support wants it, you can be rewarded. The key discounts? Do we need to organize a and have the benefit of their staffs to help is to create a simple message. Seek producer round table meeting to help craft us with regulation, legislation and USDA professional branding input. Give our our focus? Where do we start? These are policy. buyers a tool to compete with “organic” all questions that we need to be looking at Let’s get involved. We have started the and more. It is a win-win partnership with as we go from three or four or five percent process. Several board members and staff industry. of the Jersey population to perhaps 25made a trip to Washington D.C. several We can create a logo and a message. 30% of the Jersey population. That is a months ago. We met with USDA, with Afterall, a picture is worth a thousand very different business model. legislators and other folks on the hill. I words. It needs to be something consumers #3—International marketing think it gave us a good understanding of can get used to seeing when they come opportunities are another avenue we some of the challenges over there and also into the store and buy something that is need to look at. We need to sell U.S. some of the opportunities. made from Jersey products. Jerseys to the world. We can export live “We have the best employees in the #2—Maintain breed and association cattle, partner to sell semen and embryos, world. Let us give our staff resources growth equivalence. Let’s grow our (continued to page 32) market AJCA services, and enhance our
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business by capturing new owner buy-in for AJCA programs. Grow the breed and grow the business at the same time. Make sure our systems are crafted for new owners needs. What will encourage a new owner not used to registering, full appraisals and genomics to adopt our programs. What we do not want to see is our business model being essentially
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ADDRESS OF THE NAJ PRESIDENT
Capitalizing on Jersey Sustainability Address of David Endres, President to the 54th Annual Meeting of National All-Jersey Inc., June 29, 2012, North Conway, N.H.
the Jersey breed is as strong as ever. The little brown cow continues to amaze me how superior she is in the dairy industry.
presentation on this research. Now we have to take the next step and it is a big one. Many questions are being asked for example, ‘What additional research needs Jersey Sustainability to be done? How much will be cost and The sustainability research is just more what research will give us the best bang ood Afternoon. Thank you to the documentation that proves why we milk for our buck?’ Then how do we market New England Jersey Breeders for Jerseys. With this new research, the big this information to follow our mission inviting the Jersey statement, ‘To increase the organizations to value of and demand for the beautiful White Jersey milk?’ I believe the Mountains. possibilities are endless. I have been enjoying This is where all of the beautiful sights our members can help. everywhere we have I challenge all of you to been going. Yesterday think about how Jersey on the way home, two can capitalize on this bear cubs got split great research and share on both sides of the your ideas with Jersey road. So we stopped to staff. How we handle and watch and took some move forward with this pictures. We thought information will have a we saw the mother great impact on the future bear over on the other of the Jersey breed. side but we were not I have mentioned it sure. We made sure before and I think it is very the windows were not The 2012-2013 Board of Directors of National All-Jersey Inc. Front row, from left: Dave possible that companies Endres, President; James Huffard, Vice President; Neal Smith, Executive Secretary and open very far. like Walmart could be Executive Officer; Kelvin Moss, Finance Chair; and Marion Barlass. Second row, As I write this, much Chief requiring processors to use from left: Chris Sorenson, Bill Grammer, Calvin Graber, John Kokoski, Jerry Spielman; of the dairy country is and Mike Wickstrom. Not pictured are NAJ Director Norman Martin and Erick Metzger, Jersey milk in the products very dry and many General Manager of National All-Jersey Inc. they sell to reduce their of us are wondering carbon footprint for their challenge is how we move forward with if feed prices are going to skyrocket. As companies. I know that would be a very this information. unsure as we may be about feed and milk proud day for this recovering Holstein Many of you heard Dr. Roger Cady’s prices, the one thing we are sure of is that breeder.
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REPORT OF NAJ GENERAL MANAGER
Farm Bill and Sustainability with Jerseys Excerpts from the report of Erick Metzger, General Manager of National All-Jersey Inc. at the 54th Annual Meeting of the organization on June 29, 2012, in North Conway, N.H.
Mark Stephenson from the University of Wisconsin and Andy Novakovic of Cornell University analyzed how the dairy provisions would impact four different-sized herds for nine levels of margin insurance between $4 and $8. The analysis was for a six-year period beginning in January 2007 and running through projections for December 2012. National All-Jersey asked the pair to re-run the numbers using Jersey production. On the basic $4 coverage—the one that is available at no cost—average milk would have realized 8 cents per hundredweight across all herds over that six-year period.
would have been nearly $42,000 for average milk and almost $14,000 for Jersey milk. This is based on how often the IOFC goes below $4, how long it stayed there and how much milk was marketed during those time hough there are a lot of things I can periods. focus on today, I am going to focus The lost milk revenue from production on two. The first is the Farm Bill that controls would have been a little over is winding its way through Congress. $34,000 for average milk and a little over The second is the issue of dairy industry $32,000 for Jersey milk. This is because sustainability and how that impacts the Jersey milk is worth more per hundredweight Jersey breed. than average milk. One of the facts to keep The Senate completed its work on the in mind is that loss of revenue over the Farm Bill in June; the House began its limit includes all the value of the milk, not version of the bill in mid-July. just the regular price. So if the producer is On the Senate side, the dairy earning quality premiums or overprovision of the Farm Bill includes order premiums, those receipts Table 1: 250-Cow Herd at $4 Margin Coverage elimination of the MILC (Milk would be forfeited along with Income Loss Contract) program the regulated price when supply Average Milk Jersey Milk and product price support programs. management provisions are enacted. Premiums $0 $0 In their place will be a voluntary Feed cost savings were $22,500 Indemnities $41,912 $13,970 margin insurance program that is for average milk and just about Milk Loss ($34,366) ($32,443) tied to production control. $19,000 for Jersey milk. Feed Savings $22,536 $18,850 As a producer, you will have The net total for the 250-cow Net Total $30,082 $378 the option to enroll in the margin herds over the six-year period was Net Total Hundredweight $0.08 $0.00 insurance program. If you do enroll, just over $30,000 for average milk you will automatically be enrolled and not even $500 for Jersey milk. in production controls as well. The If we ratchet up the coverage, basic margin insurance provided at shown in Table 2, there will be Table 2: 250-Cow Herd at $6.50 Margin Coverage no cost would kick in at $4 income premiums and greater indemnities Average Milk Jersey Milk over feed cost (IOFC), which is because IOFC falls below $6.50 Premiums $45,012 $21,977 based on national average. You more often than it falls below $4. Indemnities $157,057 $117,696 can also purchase supplemental Milk loss and feed cost figures Milk Loss ($34,366) ($32,443) insurance above the $4 level to $8 would be identical as if the producer Feed Savings $22,536 $18,850 income over feed cost. had $4 insurance. The net total Regardless of which insurance Net Total $100,214 $82,126 is $100,000 for average milk and option you choose production Net Total Hundredweight $0.26 $0.29 $82,000 for Jersey milk. If you put limitations would kick in when that on a per hundredweight basis, IOFC reaches $6. This provision is Jersey milk actually came out a few known as the Dairy Market Stabilization There would have been no return for Jersey cents better as compared to average milk. Program (DMSP) that is popularly referred milk across all herds. There are other considerations pertaining to as supply management. The return for average milk at a buy-up to the DMSP as well. Just because there When the national average for IOFC drops level of $6.50 ranged from 17-30 cents is too much milk in some places, doesn’t to $6, you would not be paid for 2%, 4% or 6% per hundredweight across all herds. At mean there is too much milk everywhere. of your historical milk marketing depending that same buy-up level, Jersey producers For example, the southeast is traditionally on how far below $6 the margin drops. could expect a return of 16-29 cents per deficit for fluid milk. Producers in that area There are four economic aspects of hundredweight. that participate in margin insurance may be participation in the market stabilization When all nine levels of margin insurance subject to supply management and become program. First, there will be insurance are considered, Jersey milk was at a even more deficit to the Class I needs. As premiums. Second, there will be indemnity disadvantage on a per hundredweight basis well, some products are experiencing sales payments when loss occurs. Third, there until $6. So Jersey producers would have to growth, domestically and internationally. will be loss of milk revenue when supply buy supplemental insurance at the $6 level The Chobani greek yogurt plant in the management provisions kick in. Finally, or higher before they would get an equitable northeast has grown by leaps and bounds there will be feed cost savings. This makes return from the margin insurance program. as demand for their product continues to the assumption that you will not produce If we look specifically at the analysis sell well. It doesn’t make good sense for the milk if you aren’t getting paid for it and for a 250-cow herd at the basic $4 margin industry to limit milk supply to a company (continued to page 33) will therefore realize a feed cost savings. coverage, shown in Table 1, indemnities
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REPORT OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Adapting to the Needs of Our Customer Excerpts from the report of Neal Smith, Executive Secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc. (AJCA, NAJ) at the 144th Annual Meeting of the AJCA on June 30, 2012, in North Conway, N.H.
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his is the era of genomics,” Executive Secretary Neal Smith told the crowd in North Conway, N.H., at the membership meeting of the AJCA. “We have a great opportunity to improve our genetics more rapidly, grow the breed, and increase the value of the breed through better genetics.” A Look Back at 2011 “I believe we need to continue to intensively focus on genotyping more females as time progresses,” said Smith. “So far, we have 17,000 Jersey females that have been genomically tested. They represent 702 herds and over 1,200 owners. This is very positive information for us in participation.” Production again showed growth in milk, fat and protein. Chart 1 compares first lactation production from 1958 forward. “We have made significant progress where production is concerned,” explained Smith. “With the era of genomics we should be able to accelerate this upward trend.” Registrations were again at a record high in 2011 (96,174), and the fourth consecutive year with more than 90,000 registrations. “Performance enrollment is also at an all-time high,” said Smith as illustrated in Chart 2 at the right. “In 2011, your staff appraised 94,000 cows. This number just continues to grow, with this being the fourth year over 80,000. Jersey semen sales continued to grow. In 2011, sales were at the highest level to date at 9.7% of the U.S. market share. “Why is this slide so important?” asked Smith. “It is still the best indication of what our growth rate can be in coming years.” Smith also talked of the Equity program with National All-Jersey Inc. “With revenue up 11% from one year ago and Queen of Quality® producers now at 31 dairies, the milk marketing side of our business continues to grow.” He reported strong numbers from Jersey Marketing thus far in 2012 with more than $4.6 million in the first six months of the year. Also, sales have been boosted with the debut of Jersey Auction Live, giving Jersey breeders worldwide the video feed and ability to bid online during live auction sales. Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding Smith then brought the membership up to date on an important working alliance within the industry, through his work as a member of the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding. “We are currently progressing through a process to devise a system whereby genetic evaluations and genomic AUGUST 2012
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evaluations, would be provided through the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding allowing AIPL staff to focus more on research. “Industry evaluations are currently taxpayer funded through USDA at AIPL-ARS. The people on their staff are providing many services to the industry and maybe their area of expertise would be better served focusing on research. “The primary objective (of the Council) is to assure that high-quality genetic evaluations and management tools for the U.S. dairy industry will be available in the future. “We need to develop a genetic evaluation system that assumes responsibility for the regular genetic evaluations currently conducted by ARS. In the proposal they would continue to provide research and guidance while the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding would assume responsibility for genetic evaluations. The objectives would be long-term availability of a national dairy database. “We need to provide the most efficient service at the least possible cost. This is the logic and principle being applied as we develop this system. (continued to page 34)
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Greater Production Leads to Smaller Footprint
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he term sustainability has been in the units of production (milk and components) sustainability is that it is viewed as being headlines for both the dairy industry per units of energy (feed) and may need to all black or all white,” continued Cady. “We and the community at large in recent years. look at production and feed cost through a have to do all this or all that.” As consumers become more concerned new set of eyeglasses. It is like saying a car that travels 350 about the way their food is produced, many The effort to freeze the carbon footprint miles and uses 10 gallons of gas is more are willing to pay a premium for goods procan also be advanced by milking Jerseys efficient than a bus that travels the same duced by sustainable methods and are deaccording to a study by Cady and Dr. Jude distance and uses 70 gallons of gas. At 35 manding environmental accountability and Capper that showed the carbon footprint of miles per gallon, the car initially seems far social responsibility from farm to fork. On the Jersey is 20% smaller than that of her more efficient than the bus at five miles per the flip side of the Holstein counterpart per unit of Cheddar gallon. But when you consider that the bus coin, global demand cheese produced. The NAJ-funded study is carrying 50 people and the car four, the for food is projected also showed that Jerseys use 32% less wapeople miles per gallon for the bus at 250 to double in the next ter and 11% less land to produce the same is more efficient than the car at 140. four decades, comamount of milk, fat, protein and solids as What we should be considering instead promising our abiltheir black and white peers. is the highest and best use of resources. We ity to produce it in a need to assess the impact on the environsustainable manner. Sustainability Defined ment in terms of units of output rather than What does this Sustainability is comprised of three eleunits of production, noted Cady. mean for the agriments—economic viability, social respon When it comes to energy, there are three Dr. Cady culture industry? sibility and environmental soundness. factors to keep in mind, Cady said. “If we are to meet the growing demand “Sustainability has to be economically First, carbon is the unit of currency of for food and maintain the planet, we must viable or people will not produce food,” energy for living things. freeze the footprint of food,” said Dr. Cady said. “It has to be environmentally “It is the currency that transfers energy Roger A. Cady, Senior Technical Advisor sound, which means we don’t damage the from one living being to another living beand Sustainability Lead on the ing. We cannot avoid the transfer Elanco Food Industry & Conof carbon and no system is 100% sumer Affairs team, in a semiefficient. Therefore, no system is nar that kicked off the Annual likely to be carbon-neutral even Meetings of the American Jersey though it is the goal everyone Cattle Association and National strives for.” All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ) in North Second, energy can neither be Conway, N.H., on June 27, 2012. created nor destroyed. It can only This growing demand will be transformed. come from a world population “A low input system canthat is projected to reach nine not be a high output system,” billion by 2050, noted Cady. And remarked Cady. “If I don’t put while that seems like a long ways much fertilizer on my fields, away, we are adding people to the I’m not going to get very good world right now at a rate of a city crops. If I don’t put much energy the size of Dallas, Texas, every into my cows, I’m not going to week. get very much milk. We can’t “We need to produce 70-80% reduce energy intake and expect more animal protein (meat, milk to increase efficiency.” and eggs) in the next 38 years The chart above illustrates the concept of dilution of maintenance for Finally, the hierarchy of enthan we do now. Some people two similar-sized cows with different levels of production. Though the ergy metabolism is fixed in an claim we need to produce as cow on the right requires more total energy (feed) in her ration, a lower animal. There are four functions much food in the next 38 years as percentage of it is being used for maintenance than the cow on the left of life. The first is survival and and a greater percentage is being used for production of milk. we produced in the entire lifetime maintenance; this is followed of human beings.” by reproduction, lactation and The issue is compounded by the fact environment and limit the amount of natugrowth. In low energy systems, it is the that we have very little tillable land left ral resources we use. It has to be socially productive functions that are cut in order from which to farm. Because of this, the responsible. For us involved in animal agto preserve life. Food and Agriculture Organization of the riculture, the biggest thing that comes into United Nations has stated that 70% of the play is to treat animals correctly.” Dilution of Maintenance gains will come from new technology. “The middle area where all three intersect How does this hierarchy of energy me On the dairy farm, producers will need is called sustainable.” tabolism impact production for dairy cows (continued to page 32) to manage their herds to get the greatest “One of the problems we get into with
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and the bottom line for dairy producers? In the table on the previous page, Cady showed Jersey breeders that a quick glance of milk production does not give a true analysis for the carbon footprint or efficiency of two similar-sized cows, one that produces 40 lbs. of milk a day, the other that makes 65 lbs. of milk. “The cow on the right needs more feed because she produces more milk,” he said. “The cow on the right has a larger carbon footprint, no question. She needs more feed and more water and produces more manure.” This is the point where big production is often criticized in the press, noted Cady. The analysis doesn’t go far enough, though, as in the car and bus example. The concept of dilution of maintenance, Cady noted, shows that the cow on the right actually leaves a smaller footprint than the cow on the left. The black area is the energy required for maintenance—what it takes to keep the cow alive. It is the same for each cow because they are the same size. The white area is the energy required to produce milk. As a proportion of total energy, the amount required for maintenance for the cow on the left is 58%; the amount required for production is 42%. The amount required
for maintenance for the cow on the right is 46%; the amount for production is 54%. “This reduction is termed dilution of maintenance,” commented Cady. “The net result is 22% less energy or feed per unit of milk produced. “This is the strategy the animal industry needs to use in order to meet the requirements the environment is putting on us.” Dilution of maintenance also shows us that we should stop calling feed a variable cost on our accounting sheets. Feed for maintenance is really a fixed cost; feed for production is the variable cost. Footprint of the Dairy Cow Today The sustainability outlook for the dairy industry is encouraging as the carbon footprint today is actually much smaller than it was seven decades ago because of dramatic increases in production per cow. “Milk production per cow in 2007 was more than four times milk production in 1944 (60 lbs. of milk per day versus 15 lbs. of milk),” reported Cady, who worked with Jude Capper on the study published in the Journal of Animal Science in 2009. “To get the same tanker load or hundredweight of milk today, we need just 21% of the animals, 23% of the feed, 35% of the water and 10% of the land. Only 24% of the manure is produced and the carbon footprint per gallon of milk has dropped
Policy of The Jersey Journal Adopted June, 2006 by the American Jersey Cattle Association Board of Directors
The purpose of the Jersey Journal is to promote Jerseys and to serve as the media to carry Jersey news and ads to the owners of Jerseys and other interested parties. To fulfill this purpose, the following policies have been established by the Board of Directors: Editorial Policy. The editorial policy of the Jersey Journal is to reflect the positions and programs of the Jersey breed as established by the Board of Directors. Advertising Policy. The policy of the AJCA concerning breed advertisements in the Jersey Journal is to require that breeder ads promote Registered JerseysTM and those eligible for ID services provided by the AJCA. Advertising involving politics and ads criticizing Jerseys and/or Jersey programs will be declined. Advertising offering semen for sale must completely identify the seller. Advertising may include references to animals of other breeds owned by the advertiser; however, advertisers may only publish pictures of Registered JerseysTM and those eligible for ID services provided by the AJCA. The Jersey Journal will use USDA genetic evaluations for foreign animals if information is available. If USDA information is not available, the origin of the information used will be listed. Letter to the Editor. This column is made available to include discussion of opinions, policies and problems, and other subjects provided the comments are constructive. Derogatory letters mentioning individual names or animals will not be published, neither will political or anonymous letters. When the Editor receives ads or letters which are believed to be questionable, these will be referred to the Development Committee of the Board. A majority vote of the committee will be final. When the committee is divided or so requests, the material in question will be submitted to the Board of Directors for a decision. Page 32
by nearly two-thirds. The carbon footprint for the entire dairy industry was reduced by 41%.” “This is all due to increased production.” A breed study comparing Jerseys to Holsteins by Cady and Capper earlier this year shows that increased production is not the only way to dilute maintenance. You can accomplish it by milking Jerseys. The basis of the NAJ-funded study was production of 500,000 metric tons of cheese using Holstein milk and Jersey milk. After you do all the accounting, we needed only 81% of the Jersey milk to make that the same amount of cheese as the Holstein milk because the cheese yield for Jersey milk is about 20% higher. The Bottom Line “What it all comes down to is that we need 100% more food by 2050,” Cady summed. “The bottom line is that need to do more with less.” Cady ended his presentation with a quote from Charles Darwin. “It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.”
AJCA President Comments (continued from page 26)
to accomplish our opportunities. Make USJersey the place for a career. Raising our net income from these current opportunities will allow AJCA to adequately compensate staff and offer the best programs for our members. Maybe it is time the Jersey association isn’t the school that teaches young people how to operate in the dairy business and then go on to other industries. We need to retain them. As our business grows, we most certainly do. Your decision is where to focus. Do we have the personnel and resources to accomplish all the opportunities? How do we prioritize? The board has scheduled a strategic planning conference for August. This is a time to brainstorm, to bring ideas to the table, using professionals to help us and getting ideas out there so that we can address this tremendous growth potential that we have. Look at our future, it is great, and all we have to do is take advantage of it.
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that is expanding sales. Because of this, the NAJ Board has adopted the following policy resolution: because the DMSP presents unique challenges to producers of high-quality, high-component milk in areas of high Class I utilization, producers need to be able to purchase margin insurance without being tethered to the DMSP. The NAJ policy position allows for elimination of the DMSP or a program that offers producers a choice of margin insurance with or without the DMSP. This assumes that producers who buy into a margin insurance program without supply management would be required to pay higher premiums and would allow them to decide which option is best for their situation. The Senate Farm Bill also requires two studies pertaining to the Federal Milk Marketing Order system. One evaluates the effectiveness of replacing the current product price formulas with an alternative pricing method. The other examines the feasibility of reducing the current three-class pricing system to just two: manufacturing and fluid. Whether or not these two studies will be included in the House Farm Bill is yet to be determined. If they are not, they could emerge from the House-Senate Conference Committee. Both can provide the industry with useful information on applying old concepts to current dairy economics. The dairy provisions of the House Farm Bill are expected to be much the
same as the Senate version, with one possible exception. I expect to see a strong challenge to the DMSP from Representative Goodlatte, a Republican from Virginia, and Representative Scott, a Democrat from Georgia, who have formed a bi-partisan commitment to offer margin insurance without supply management. There is still work to be done to determine premium rates. Editor’s note: the Goodlatte-Scott Amendment was defeated by a vote of 29-17 on July 11. One of the issues we haven’t discussed related to the Farm Bill is increasing minimum standards for fluid milk. NAJ has devoted much time and effort into this over the past couple of years. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it will be part of this year’s Farm Bill. Because of the other significant changes being recommended, producer organizations didn’t want to muddy the waters with yet another issue. The full House is not scheduled to vote between the time the House Agriculture Committee finishes its work and November. However, with the current Farm Bill set to expire the end of September, it will either need to be extended or replaced with a new Farm Bill. In regards to the second topic of my
presentation, Jersey sustainability, the research project conducted by Jude Capper and Roger Cady was published in the Journal of Dairy Science in January 2012. So, where do we go from here in regards to Jersey sustainability? It will be an important part of the strategic planning sessions for the boards of the American Jersey Cattle Association and NAJ. If we want to maintain our advantage, there are three important aspects to consider. First, Jerseys need to maintain their current body size; we don’t need to get the cow any bigger. Second, we need to maintain or improve the components in Jersey milk. Third, we need to improve production. Those three steps will help us insure that Jersey doesn’t lose its competitive advantage in sustainability. NAJ is monitoring developments with the Farm Bill and will communicate with members when action is needed.
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“The U.S. is the golden standard for dairy genetic evaluations. We need to reward producers that are supportive of the objectives and needs of the system. Without high quality consistent raw data, we would not have enjoyed the results we currently have with our sire summaries and indexes on females. Through this venture we are trying to develop a system that will incentivize participation. “Currently the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding is three sectors, the new board would be four. The current three sectors are PDCA, National DHI, and NAAB. We are proposing to add the DRPCs as a fourth sector and we have proposed two nonvoting allied industry positions on the board. “With our capitalization plan we are looking at 12 months operating expenses paid quarterly and split equally among Council sectors. We are looking at operation and income and fees from genomic testing of individual animals and A.I. service fees that would be on the males. It would be the primary revenue to fund the system.” With the proposal there will be four segments in the fee structure they are: The Total Program category is a member that is sharing all of their data both production, type, and health data.
The Member category is individuals or companies participating in DHI or are data providers in another way. Non-member status would be herds whose production data or type data is not included in genetic evaluations. They do not participate or contribute any raw data into the system. Non-U.S. individuals will be the fourth sector and will consist of companies or individuals that do not pay U.S. taxes.
The proposal set forth by the Council has been circulated twice now for comment explained Smith. The Council will meet again in late summer to discuss the next steps in preparing for the future. The Future and What it Brings “Since the inception of REAP in 1995,
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the leadership of the AJCA boards have continued every few years to add value to our core program and continue to adapt to the growing breed. This will become increasingly more important as we move forward,” said Smith. Smith presented two charts to the membership showing the dichotomy of the association’s makeup of herds by herd size and by number of cows. “These numbers are constantly changing and actually there are more herds on REAP today than at the end of 2011,” said Smith. “There are 464 herds enrolled on REAP under 50 cows. That is 51% of the herds. “Twenty-one percent of the herds or 189 herds are in the 50 to 99 category; 14% in the 100 to 200; 75 herds in the 200 to 500 range; 24 herds have between 500 and 999 cows, and currently there are 30 herds enrolled in REAP with more than 1,000 cows. “These numbers are why we are trying to consistently adapt the REAP services to fit all these categories,” continued Smith. “In order to do that we have to continue to evaluate the services we provide and their value and continue to update, adjust or adapt to the needs of all the members. Smith also looked to the future with some trendlines, one of which was registrations (chart 3). “I mentioned this year was a record year for registrations and the trendline is going up fast,” said Smith. “By 2015 or 2016, we should be at 136,000 registrations. I really think we should be at 150,000. We need to think bigger. Let’s look into the future aggressively.” “In 1998, mixed breed (multiple breed) herds were 2.5% of the U.S. dairy cattle population,” said Smith. “By 2008, it was up to 4.9% of the population. Today, four and a half years later, those herds are more than 8% of the population. There is much potential growth for us to capitalize on.” With the breed continuing to show accelerated growth, Smith ended with these words to the membership. “With the current trends on semen sales, we could be at 1.5 million Jerseys in five to six more years. The owners of these cows are going to need services, it will be up to us to attract them and you can help us. “Remember the best advertisement in the world is what your neighbor sees when he looks over your fence.” JERSEY JOURNAL
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Summary of June AJCA, NAJ Board Meetings
he summer meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ) Boards of Directors were held June 26-27, 2012, at the North Conway Grand Hotel, North Conway, N.H. Actions taken are summarized. AJCA-NAJ-AJSC Finances The audited financial reports for 2011 as published in the Annual Report (June issue) were approved, showing: • AJCA revenues of $2,880,728 and expenditures of $2,777,994, for net income from operations before the All American and other income and expense of $102,734, with AJCA net assets at December 31 of $1,714,624; • NAJ revenues of $716,649 and expenditures of $576,446, for net income from operations before other income and expense of $140,203, with net assets at December 31 of $1,243,166; and • All-Jersey Sales Corporation (Jersey Marketing Service) revenues of $394,279 and expenditures of $459,416, for net loss from operations before other income and expense of $65,137. The 2011 Research, Scholarship and Special Funds financial summary was also approved. Financial statements through May 31, 2012 were reviewed and approved, reporting net income for all companies of $300,159. Proposal for Redistricting The Board unanimously approved a redistricting proposal (see opposite page), which was reported at the Annual Meeting on June 30. Deadline for member comments is Monday, October 1, 2012. Type Appraisal Program, Fees Revisions were implemented May 17, 2012, to the permanent random appraisal program in order to achieve its objective of a minimum of 50 appraised daughters in a minimum of 10 herds contributing to the genetic evaluation of bulls. For any bull, the number of daughters that need to be appraised will be based on the difference between 60 and the number of daughters included in the most recent type genomic genetic evaluation. If the daughter number is greater than 50 but the number of herds Page 36
contributing daughter information is less than 10, up to 10 daughters along with contemporaries will be included in the random. In addition, 20% more contemporaries sired by daughter-proven bulls will be selected as part of the permanent random appraisal. Fees are $10 per herd with a per cow fee of $10 per cow for the first 10 scored, then $8.50 for each additional cow. If the herd owner opts to appraise cows that are not included in the random selection of daughters, the herd owner will be billed for those animals. Effective July 1, the herd fee for the Special Type Appraisal Program (appraisal not during the regular schedule) was increased to $400 for REAP and TPE herds and $750 for non-REAP/TPE herds. JerseyTag Fee Adjustment Shipping fees increased July 1 for JerseyTag orders as follows: regular orders, $12.00 (increase from $10.00); and replacement tag orders, $3.00 (increase from $2.00). Jersey Haplotype 1 Geneticists at the ARS-Bovine Functional Genomics Lab and Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory reported that the causative mutation for Jersey Haplotype 1 (JH1) has been identified. The mutation in gene CWC15 is thought to affect normal early embryo development after uterine implantation. Work is proceeding to add a SNP test for this mutation; detection from haplotypes will continue to be useful in the meantime. Jersey Journal and Promotion The policy of the Jersey Journal was reviewed, with no change to the current policy (see page 32, this issue). A strategy for breed promotion and outreach through social media channels was adopted to serve different audiences and marketing needs on variable schedules. In addition to the USJersey page on Facebook (started March, 2011), pages have been added for Queen of Quality®, Jersey Marketing Service, and Jersey Journal. Jersey Youth Academy The third class of Jersey Youth Academy is scheduled for July 21 through 26, 2013. Applications will be available September 1, with a due date of November 30. Cattle Photographs The World Jersey Cattle Bureau’s state-
ment on photographs, adopted June 4 at its annual meeting in Bogotá, Colombia (see report page 38), was received and discussed. Appointments Dr. John C. Wilk, Raleigh, N.C., was reappointed to a five-year term on the AJCA Research Advisory Committee. Paul C. Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y., was also appointed to the committee, succeeding Bearl “Smokey” Seals, Cloverdale, Ore. John Boer and Alex Steer, both of Dalhart, Texas, were named co-chairs for the 2013 National Heifer Sale.
National All-Jersey Inc. Audited financial statements from 2011 were reviewed and approved, along with year-to-date 2012 figures. Equity membership was 1,003 on May 31 and revenue is 11% ahead compared to the same period in 2011. The Board received an update from Charles Garrison of the Garrison Group LLC regarding the Senate and House action on the Farm Bill, fluid milk standards, tax policies, federal trade programs, and other dairy-related issues. Dr. Roger Cady presented an updated and expanded analysis of dairy sustainability topics. Attorney John Vetne also attended and discussed Federal Order marketing history and potential reform. In a conference call on June 7, 2012, the Board adopted this position statement: “Because the Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP) presents unique challenges to producers of high quality, high component milk and in areas of high Class I utilization, producers need to be able to purchase margin insurance without being tethered to the DMSP.” Staff reported on work related to findings from the life-cycle assessment (sustainability) study (Capper & Cady, Journal of Dairy Science, 2012), including creation of a website and an e-newsletter campaign to disseminate that information to milk buyers, processors and retail marketers. Jersey Marketing Service has successfully implemented live internet bidding, Jersey Auction Live, at five sales so far this year, including the National Heifer Sale. JMS marketed over $4 million at public sales through May 31, 2012. (continued to page 38)
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AJCA Board Presents Redistricting Proposal, Seeks Member Comments The Constitution (Article V, Sec. 1) of the American Jersey • an incumbent Director may not be disqualified from serCattle Association requires that: vice by the redistricting. The territory covered by the Association shall be divided The directors also considered geography, relationships into twelve (12) districts to provide for equitable representaamong different states for regional sales, meetings and direction on the Board of Directors of all sections of the country, tor travel, projected future activity, and breed growth trends. taking into account, without limitation, the number of active After its meeting in June, the committee recommended and members, the population of registered animals served, and the full Board unanimously approved the redistricting proposhistorical trends. al presented below. As required by the Constitution, the pro District review is mandated at least every ten (10) years, or posal was reported at the Annual Meeting on June 30, 2012, at any time the Board determines a review is necessary based thus opening a period for membership review and comment on information available to it, or upon request by active memthrough Monday, October 1, 2012. bers. Redistricting Proposal Since the current AJCA Districts were implemented in June In this proposal, three Districts maintain their current conof 2004, the AJCA has experienced dramatic growth accomfiguration: panied by significant shifts in membership and income be• the First District (New England states); tween districts. • the Ninth District of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, The matter was referred to the Development Committee Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota (to be re-numfor in-depth study this past March. The committee examined bered the Eighth District); and historical data on membership, registrations and performance • the Tenth District of Wisconsin (to be re-numbered the cow enrollments within and across current districts. An index Seventh District). that combined revenue from registration, transfers and perfor The new territories that would be served by the remaining mance programs (thus representing “the population of regisDistricts are: tered animals served by the AJCA”) and active membership in • Second District: New Jersey and New York (re-assigning a ratio of 3:1was used to analyze the balance of representation. New Jersey from the current Third District); This method was adopted by the Board of Directors in 1995 • Third District: Pennsylvania; after it studied three options: (a) active members only, (b) • Fourth District: Ohio and West Virginia (re-assigning revenue only; and (c) active members and revenue combined. West Virginia from current Sixth District); The 3:1 revenue:membership index was selected because it • Fifth District: Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, best met the Constitutional mandate to provide for equitable Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, representation of members in the deliberations and decisionSouth Carolina and Virginia (re-assigning five states plus making of the Board of Directors. The current districts were the District of Columbia from the current Sixth District); determined in 2004 using the 3:1 revenue:membership index. • Sixth District: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and For the most recent analysis, the Board evaluated the three apTennessee (re-assigning Tennessee from the current Fifth proaches again, and voted to continue using the weights of 3 District, and re-numbering the Seventh District as currevenue to 1 membership. rently configured); The Development Committee determined that current dis• Ninth District: Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New tricts do not provide equitable representation for members. Mexico, Oklahoma The greatest increase and Texas (re-assignin total activity ocing two states from the curred in the Twelfth current Fifth District, District (led by Caliand re-numbering fornia) and the Tenth the Eighth District as District (Wisconsin). currently configured); Growth is also notable • Tenth District: Alasin the Third District ka, Idaho, Montana, (led by Pennsylvania) Oregon, Washington and the Ninth District and Wyoming (re(led by Texas). numbered district); The committee then • Eleventh District: developed and studied Arizona, California– different options for all counties except drawing new District Merced, Hawaii, Nelines. The AJCA ConMap of Proposed Districts vada and Utah (restitution mandates assigning Arizona that: and Utah from the current Eighth District and California—all • no change may be made in the number of districts or number of Directors; and (continued to page 38) AUGUST 2012
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AJCA Redistricting Proposal Presented for Comment (continued from page 37)
counties except Merced, Hawaii and Nevada from the current Twelfth District); and • Twelfth District: Merced County, California (new district). For a comparison of the proposed district territories with current Director districts, see table below. To discuss this proposal, contact your AJCA Director, AJCA President Chris Sorenson, or AJCA Executive Secretary District Current Territory
Neal Smith. Member comments may be submitted by email, mail or fax to the Office of the Executive Secretary by October 1, 2012. The Board will review all comments at its meeting on November 2 in Louisville, Ky. Final action of the Board regarding redistricting will be reported and take effect at the association’s Annual Meeting scheduled for June 29, 2013 in Amarillo, Texas.
Proposed District
Current Territory
First Connecticut Connecticut Seventh Illinois Maine Maine Indiana Massachusetts Massachusetts Kentucky New Hampshire New Hampshire Michigan Rhode Island Rhode Island Vermont Vermont Eighth Arizona Colorado New Jersey New Mexico Second New York New York Oklahoma Texas Pennsylvania Third New Jersey Pennsylvania South Dakota Ohio Ninth Iowa Fourth Ohio West Virginia Kansas Minnesota Fifth Alabama Alabama Missouri Arkansas Delaware Nebraska Florida District of North Dakota Georgia Columbia South Dakota Louisiana Florida Mississippi Georgia Tenth Wisconsin Tennessee Maryland Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Virginia
Proposed
Wisconsin
Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Arkansas Colorado Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Alaska Idaho Montana Oregon Washington Wyoming
Illinois Eleventh Alaska Arizona Sixth Delaware District of Indiana Idaho California–all Columbia Kentucky Montana counties except Maryland Michigan Oregon Merced North Carolina Tennessee Utah Nevada South Carolina Washington Hawaii Virginia Wyoming Utah West Virginia California California– Twelfth Hawaii Merced County Nevada
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Next Meetings The AJCA Board will meet November 1 and 2, 2012 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Louisville, Ky. The NAJ Board will meet November 2 at the same location.
History Book, Photo Ethics Focus of WJCB Meeting
Off icial representatives from 11 countries were present for the 2012 annual meeting of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau on June 4 and 7, 2012 at the Sonesta Hotel in Bogotá, Colombia. The Asociación de Criadores de Ganado Jersey (ASO Jersey) hosted the week-long program that also included a pre-meeting tour to Guatemala. The WJCB Council adopted a statement on ethics of cattle photography, as follows: “Photographic images of Jersey animals are essential for documenting advances in breed improvement, and for the effective promotion and marketing of Jersey cattle and Jersey genetics worldwide. “Because of their critical role in evaluation, breeding, and purchasing decisions, photographs must be an authentic depiction of the animal. After a photographic image has been recorded/captured, any alteration to the body of the animal, by any person and by any method, is deemed deceptive by the World Jersey Cattle Bureau and is therefore declared an unethical advertising and marketing practice. “The Bureau encourages Jersey recording societies to endorse this statement and communicate it to members, marketers, and photographers of Jersey cattle in their respective countries.” To organize the WJCB Youth Travel Programme, the Council entered into a joint venture agreement with the International Agricultural Exchange Association (www.agriventure.com). This agency will handle all details associated with international travel and on-farm placements effective immediately. Details for completion of “History of the Jersey Breed Worldwide” were discussed. Publication is expected in early October with an estimated delivered price of US$ 75.00. Copies may be reserved by contacting the AJCA Development Department. The next meeting will be hosted by Jersey Australia in May of 2013. The 20th International Conference is scheduled for September of 2014 starting in Cape Town, South Africa. Minutes of the meeting are posted on the WJCB website, www.wjcb.wildapricot.org, under tab 2012 Colombia, under “Future Meetings.” JERSEY JOURNAL
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8:00 a.m. AUG.26—NEBRASKA STATE FAIR JUNIOR SHOW, Nebraska State Fairgrounds, Grand Island, Neb.; 12:30 p.m. AUG. 29—MINNESOTA STATE FAIR OPEN SHOW, Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, Minn.; 9:00 a.m.; Hank Van Exel, Lodi, Calif., judge. AUG. 30—MARYLAND STATE FAIR OPEN JERSEY SHOW, Cow Palace, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, Md.; 9:00 a.m.; Jason Fremstad, Westby, Wis., judge. AUG. 31—COLORADO STATE FAIR OPEN AND JUNIOR SHOW, heifers; 11:00 a.m.; Colorado State Fairgrounds, Pueblo, Colo. AUG. 31—NEW YORK STATE FAIR JERSEY OPEN SHOW, Toyota Cattle Center, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, N.Y.; 12:30 p.m. SEPT. 1—COLORADO STATE FAIR JUNIOR AND OPEN SHOW, cows; 9:00 a.m.; Pueblo, Colo. SEPT. 1—MARYLAND STATE FAIR JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Cow Palace, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, Md.; 9:00 a.m. SEPT. 1—NEW YORK STATE FAIR JERSEY OPEN SHOW, Toyota Cattle Center, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, N.Y.; 1:00 p.m. SEPT. 1—OREGON STATE FAIR JERSEY SHOW, Salem, Ore. SEPT. 6—WESTERN NATIONAL JERSEY YOUTH SHOWMANSHIP, Puyallup, Wash.; 4:00 p.m. SEPT. 6—GREAT WESTERN FUTURITY, Puyallup, Wash.; 5:00 p.m. SEPT. 7—WESTERN NATIONAL JERSEY OPEN AND JUNIOR SHOW, Puyallup, Wash.; 9:00 a.m.; Herby Lutz, Chester, S.C., judge. SEPT. 10—KANSAS STATE FAIR JERSEY SHOW, Prairie Pavilion, Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, Kan.; 9:00 a.m.; Molly Sloan, Columbus, Wis., judge. SEPT. 15—NATIONAL CATTLE CONGRESS
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JUNIOR SHOW AND SUPREME SCHOLARSHIP SHOW, Waterloo, Iowa. SEPT. 15—PENNSYLVANIA STATE JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, 9:00 a.m.; Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, Harrisburg, Pa SEPT. 17—MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, Harrisburg, Pa.; 8:00 a.m.; Jeff Brown, Jackson Center, Ohio, judge. SEPT. 19—MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL JERSEY SHOW, calves, heifers and dry cows; Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, Harrisburg, Pa.; 1:00 p.m.; Ted DeMent, Kenney, Ill., judge. SEPT. 20—MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL JERSEY SHOW, cows; Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, Harrisburg, Pa.; 9:00 a.m.; Ted DeMent, Kenney, Ill., judge. OCT. 2—INTERNATIONAL JERSEY SHOW, heifers, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis.; 1:00 p.m.; Mark Rueth, Oxford, Wis., judge, Cathy Yeoman, Dover, Okla., consultant. OCT. 3—INTERNATIONAL JERSEY SHOW, cows, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis.; 7:30 a.m.; Mark Rueth, Oxford, Wis., judge, Cathy Yeoman, Dover, Okla., consultant. OCT. 13—SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR OPEN SHOW, South Carolina State Fairgrounds, Columbia, S.C.; 8:00 a.m.; Chris Lahmers, Marysville, Ohio, judge. OCT. 14—ARKANSAS STATE FAIR OPEN AND JUNIOR DAIRY SHOW; Little Rock. Ark.; 9:00 a.m. OCT. 14—SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR JUNIOR
SHOW, South Carolina State Fairgrounds, Columbia, S.C.; 8:00 a.m.; Chad Powers, Irvine, Ky., judge. OCT. 20—NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR JERSEY SHOW, Jim Graham Building, North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, N.C.; 1:00 p.m; Larry Tande, Medford, Minn., judge. OCT. 21—NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Jim Graham Building, North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, N.C.; 9:00 a.m.; David Koss, Epworth, Iowa, judge. NOV. 3—THE ALL AMERICAN JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 8:00 a.m.; Chris Lahmers, Marysville, Ohio, judge, Sean Johnson, Glenville, Pa., consultant. NOV. 4—NATIONAL JERSEY JUG FUTURITY, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 1:00 p.m.; Dean Dohle, Half Way, Mo., judge, Tom “Moss” McCauley, Lowell, Mich., consultant. NOV. 5—THE ALL AMERICAN JERSEY SHOW, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 7:30 a.m.; Kevin Lutz, Lincolnton, N.C., judge, Kevin Williams, McConnelsville, Ohio, consultant.
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National Jersey Leadership Elected at Annual Meetings
Officers and directors of the USJersey organizations were elected during the Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ) held June 29 and 30, 2012, in North Conway, N.H. Chris Sorenson, Pine River, Wis., was elected to a one-year term as president of the AJCA. Sorenson is a partner in Hillview Jersey Farm, a family corporation formed in 1982. The 850-acre farm is home to a 100-cow Registered Jersey™ herd enrolled on REAP. A five-year director of the AJCA, he was co-chair of the 2011 National Heifer Sale that raised more than $300,000 for Jersey Youth Academy. Elected as vice president for a one-year term was William Grammer, Sebring, Ohio. Grammer is chair of the AJCA Development Committee and serves as an ex-officio director of National All-Jersey Inc. Corey Lutz, Lincolnton, N.C., was elected to a three-year term as AJCA Director from the Sixth District, succeeding two-term director and retiring Vice President Richard A. Doran, Jr., Newberry, S.C. He and wife Bridgette own and operate Piedmont Jerseys, a 200-cow herd enrolled in AJCA’s REAP program. Lutz is currently president of the North Carolina Jersey Association, associate general chair of The All American Jersey Shows & Sales, and a past chair of the AJCA Type Advisory Committee. Three sitting directors were re-elected to a second three-year term: Ralph Frerichs, La Grange, Texas (Eighth District); David Norman, Liberty, Pa. (Third District); and Wesley Snow, Brookfield, Vt. (First District). Walter Owens, Frederic, Wis., was appointed to fill the Tenth District seat vacated by Chris Sorenson. Owens is a two-time president of the Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association and currently serves on the Select Sires Inc. Jersey sire committee. He served on the Wisconsin Department of Commerce’s Dairy 20/20 Initiative and devoted more than 30 years on the Polk-Burnett DHI Board, 10 years as president. In 2011, he was a co-chair of the all-donation 54th National Heifer Sale. National All-Jersey Inc. David Endres, Lodi, Wis., was elected to serve his fourth term as president of National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ). James S. Huffard III, Crockett, Va., was re-elected NAJ director from District #1, and also the organization’s vice president for 2012-13. Chairman of the Finance Committee will be Kelvin Moss, Litchfield Park, Ariz. AUGUST 2012
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She is appraised VG-86% and due September 29 to “Titan” with her second calf. The grandam is an E-90% “Hallmark” with up to 26,290M. Kathryn Christ, IL
For more information, contact: Jason Robinson, Manager 614.216.5862 Louie Cozzitorto, Asst. Mgr. 209.765.7187 Erica Davis, JMS Internet Mrkt. Coordinator 614.361.9716 David Burris, Area Rep.: 209.613.9763
Sale Headquarters: Holiday Inn Express & Suites 121 Truman Ave., Newberry, SC 29108 • 803.321.3955 phone For a special rate, mention the BRJ & TC Combination Sale.
Labor Day, Monday, September 3, 2012 • 11:30 a.m. EST Hosted by Bush River Jerseys, Newberry, SC
D&E Merchant Blitzen 21001, E-90% JH1C
BRJ Iatola MBSB Send W-52, E-91%
• Offering a “Premier” junior calf
She is appraised VG-83% at 1-11 and is bred back to “Harrison.” Her grandam is an E-91% “Berretta.” Herby and Amanda Lutz, SC
2-8 305 20,840 5.1% 1,060 3.8% 782 101DCR Ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI Cow List at +187 (7/12)
that is genotyped with a GJPI of +139. Her dam is a VG-82% “Carrier” sister to “Blitzen.” Kathryn Christ, IL
4-9 293 19,250 4.5% 865 3.6% 696 104DCR
• Her “Harvest” junior 2-year-old sells!
Gabys Jacinto Alyssa, E-93% JH1F
3-3 305 22,830 5.0% 1,140 3.6% 825 102DCR 48th for GJPI among cows at +207 (7/12)
• Her genotyped “Impress” granddaughter sells!
The heifer has a GJPI of +188 (7/12). The dam is a VG-85% “Headline.” From the “Roxette” family, Gabys Artist Ambrosia, E-92%, is the third dam. Steve Rowley, Richard Hay and Mike Glynn, MS
Piedmont Vibrant Nituna, P9
Due October 6 to “Valentino.” She is backed by three Excellent dams all with over 20,000M. Corey Lutz, NC
HPF Finalist Archmede Daisy L-32
Sambos Sooner Sally, E-92%
7-5 305 20,160 5.1% 1,024 3.6% 730 82DCR
• Selling her “Academy” daughter.
She is an intermediate yearling due in November to “On Time.” Amanda Lutz and Clifford Stiles, SC
Piedmont Yankee Lace, VG-84% 4-11 295 20,200 4.1% 826 3.8% 765 DHIR
• A “Carrier” bred heifer sells
Due in December to “Belmont.” Her dam is a VG-81% “Action” followed by a “Bomber.” Her fifth dam is “Lace.” Corey Lutz, NC
A Very Good-81% “Finalist” due in March to “Ballard.” Her first two dams are Very Good with over 16,000M actual. Peeler Bros. Dairy Cattle Inc., SC
SAR Connection Shakira, VG-86%
A 4-year-old fresh June 22 with her third calf. Her dam is a VG-87% “Deluxe” with 17,080M actual. Fancy Jerseys, SC
Over 50 Registered Jerseys will sell!
Offering high genomics, deep pedigrees and superior type! 11:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
Schedule of events: Bush River & Treasure Chest Combination XIII Sale Dixie Invitational and Southeast Heifer Growers North Sale
Watch for the online catalog at JMS.USJersey.com For more information, contact: Jason Robinson, Manager 614.216.5862 Louie Cozzitorto, Asst. Mgr. 209.765.7187 Erica Davis, JMS Internet Mrkt. Coordinator 614.361.9716 David Burris, Area Representative: 209.613.9763
Ahlem Legion Bambi 4265. E-94%
6-0 305 18,050 4.1% 740 3.3% 594 101DCR Reserve Junior All American Junior 2-Year-Old, 2007
• Her “Jade” daughter and “Action” granddaughter sell.
Franken Renaissance Angela, E-95% 8-10 305 19,460 3.4% 670 3.1% 597 100DCR 2nd 4-Year-Old, 2002 Central National Show 2-time Nominated All-Canadian, 1999 & 2000
• Several offspring sell!
The “Jade” was fresh May 26 and is short bred to “Headline.” The “Action” is due in February to “Valentino” and is currently projected to 20,246-916-635 ME at 1-11. Her dam is an E-91% “Jade.”
Including her VG-86% “Seize the Moment” daughter due October 28 to “Headline.” Also two bred heifer granddaughters sell sired by “Governor” and “Iatola.” Both are senior yearlings due in early October.
BRJ Sultan Kody Bell R-60, E-92%
Sunny Day Centurion Becky I-ET, VG-85%
Mannix Belle-ET, E-90%
3-9 305 24,090 4.9% 1,191 3.4% 820 94DCR
• Two bred heifers sell!
Her “Headline” granddaughter due Nov. 24 to “Valentino” and her “Lexington” greatgranddaughter due Oct. 8 to “Jupiter.” Mannix Belle-ET is backed by five Excellent dams including Duncan Belle.
5-3 305 21,260 3.6% 757 3.3% 700 101DCR Reserve Junior All American Junior 3-Year-Old, 2009 Reserve Junior All American Junior 2-Year-Old, 2008
3-11 305 17,020 5.4% 923 3.4% 578 98DCR
• Her “Bowtie” granddaughter sells
• Her “Apollo” daughter sells
fresh just before the sale. The dam is a VG-85% “Jace” with 21,870M, 977F, 754P actual at 5-6. “Becky I” is a daughter of Sunny Day Yankee Becky, E-90%, the first Jersey to produce four consecutive records over 30,000M.
BRJ Jade Paragon Charm W-70, E-90%
BRJ Guido Lester Janette, E-91%
and is projected to 20,373-876-644 ME at 2-9. She is bred back for a “Headline” March calf. Her fourth dam is Eastglen Poseidon Belle, E-90%.
SAR Imperial Tiny, E-94%
7-3 305 22,570 3.8% 857 3.3% 737 99DCR
• Her “Minister” granddaughter sells!
A senior yearling due October 30 to “Jupiter.” Her dam is a Very Good “Sambo.”
Watch for updates on
JMS.USJersey.com BushRiver.USJersey.com and on JMS Facebook page More will be added as the August genomic numbers are released!
3-8 305 16,810 5.2% 880 3.6% 600 101DCR
• A “Value” senior 2-year-old sells
projected to 22,254-853-696 ME at 1-11. Her dam is a Very Good maternal sister to “Charm.” The grandam is a VG85% “Paragon” with 21,840M actual.
6-8 305 19,450 4.5% 884 3.6% 708 95DCR
• An “Action” junior 2-year-old sells
fresh July 26. Her dam is a VG-83% “Iatola” followed by an E-90% “Legion.” Her fourth dam is “Janette.”
TC Proformance 262 Becky, E-90% 5-5 305 23,200 3.8% 887 3.5% 802 97DCR
• Offering her “TBone” granddaughter
appraised VG-86% and due just before sale time with her second calf. She gave 16,800M, 756F, 584P actual at 1-10. Her dam is a VG-84% “Hallmark.”
TC Toptin Bessie Valley J, E-91% 6-0 271 20,140 4.1% 827 3.4% 691 96DCR
• Selling her “Rocket” great-granddaughter
who will be fresh by sale time. Her dam is a VG-87% “Johnson” with 20,370M followed by an Excellent “Centurion” with solid production. Three more Excellent dams back “Bessie Valley J.”
Sunny Day Bold Belinda-ET, E-94% 6-1 365 38,557 4.7% 1,802 3.7% 1,411 100DCR
• Her “Region” granddaughter sells
fresh in May and due back for an April calf by “Determinate.” Her dam is an E-90% “Mor” with over 21,000M. The fourth dam is Sunny Day Yankee Becky, E-90%.
Billings Top Rosanne, E-96%
6-7 305 19,490 5.8% 1,138 4.1% 802 DHIR Two-time National Grand Champion, 1988 & 1989
• An “Action” direct descendant sells
due just before sale time. Her first two dams are Excellent sired by “Sultan” and “Hallmark.” The third dam is VG-88% backed by seven more Excellent dams. “Rosanne” is the fifth dam.
• TC 1566 Plus Star, P9
A senior yearling due in December to “Vendetta.” Her dam is a VG-83% “Sambo” with three records exceeding 20,000M. The next two dams also have lactations over 20,000M.
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MILK MARKETING
USDA Working for the Jersey Breed
D
eputy Administrator of the United places to make a cut, they say ‘Oh, there There have been several proposals to States Department of Agriculture is just a small percentage of farmers in see daily price updates from the USDA, (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service America, they won’t care if we take some suggesting that producers could make (AMS) Dana Hamilton Coale spoke to more money from them’.” better decisions for their products if they Jersey breeders in attendance at the Annual The Farm Bill, which was passed by the had daily standards to produce from. Coale Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Senate earlier this year, still needs a vote shared some of the challenges with providAssociation and National All-Jersey, Inc. from the Ag Committee if approved to the ing such data on a daily basis, including Coale was on hand to share news from floor for debate and rules consideration. It the decision as to which type of products the USDA and progress being made for would also require a vote from the House to include in the analysis (high end ice dairy farmers across the orgacream like Ben and Jerry’s or nization’s multiple platforms, ice cream from farm stores). As in addition to a look at the she finished highlighting the pros services provided by the orand cons of this proposal, Coale ganization. posed the question to those in There were several issues the audience—how many Jersey on the minds of breeders and producers would change their producers in the meeting room daily production standards based of the North Conway Grand on market prices that day? Hotel, North Conway, N.H., While there are several chalon June 28 that were more lenges and opportunities with thoroughly discussed by Coale determining milk prices and as she presented what was on providing information to prothe horizon for the USDA ducers on a daily basis, for now, with an election year, pending AJCA Executive Secretary Neal Smith presents Dana Hamilton price reporting will maintain farm bill, budget items and Coale with a framed copy of the Jersey Milkmaidf rom the association its weekly status. According to other dairy legislation. The and breeders. Coale spoke to members on behalf of the USDA-AMS, Coale, the cost analysis of proinformative session focused which she serves as Deputy Administrator, during the 2012 AJCA-NAJ viding such updates proved to on the Dairy Programs divi- Annual Meetings in North Conway, N.H. be inefficient for dairy products. sion of USDA-AMS and Dairy of Representatives, time with the conferProgram’s role in the industry. While the Federal Milk Orders ence committee of House and Senate reporganization’s main tasks are to administer Coale also devoted a portion of her resentatives to reconcile differences, and a the federal order system, provide auditing presentation to the promotion of federal final vote by the House and Senate. With and testing for processing plants, grade milk orders, which provide a standardized all those components considered, Coale dairy products, and work with internaset of federal regulations, which minimizes expressed doubt in the possibility of a new tional trading partners to ensure consisindividual state regulation and impacts. farm bill in 2012. In the intermittent time, tency in products and standards, Coale Federal orders have also provided defined she encouraged dairy farmers to continue stressed the groups do much more for terms of trade between buyers and sellers, reaching out to their legislative leaders and producers than just administer the federal equalized beginning competitive factors, members of the USDA to express what orders; although pricing work is certainly audits, independent producer testing, exactly would benefit them the most. important to producers’ bottom lines. finished product testing and substantial market data. How Do You Price Milk? The Farm Bill Those in attendance were also given a An ongoing question within the dairy While discussing the suspected outstep-by-step guide in how a federal order industry centers around the premiums comes of the upcoming Farm Bill, which can be changed. Federal orders, which placed on milk and how such pricing is was voted on two weeks later on July 11 regulate processors, can have amended determined. Currently, the USDA releases by the house mark-up committee, Coale changes made by producers by following mandatory electronic price reporting emphasized the need for farmers to not the steps, from submitting the proposal to every Wednesday at 3 p.m., which is a only communicate with the public about the USDA issuing final decisions. Howschedule that was implemented in April the significance of their jobs, but also with ever, proposals can only come from the of 2012 after months of research. Coale their legislative representatives. industry, not employees of the USDA or encouraged farmers to spend time with “We (farmers) are not good at telling our any other government agency, so Coale more than just the charts and graphs of story, we’re not good at letting everybody encourage producers to determine what those reports, but to devote some time to see how truly important having that farm changes need to be made about items the commentary that is also provided with bill is,” said Coale of the importance of like end product pricing. In order for the the weekly updates. a new bill. “So when they are looking at (continued to page 48) AUGUST 2012
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Dana Coale Presentation (continued from page 47)
amendments to be taken to hearing, more information needs to be gathered about what producers actually want. All federal orders have their own website and hearing schedule, which can be viewed at www.ams.usda.gov.
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Product Quality and Promotion Another responsibility of the USDA and AMS is promotion of the dairy industry and guaranteed quality of products. “It is an exciting time in the promotion arena,” said Coale. “With producer money being sent directly to DMI, fabulous things are being done for the dairy industry.” Some of those fabulous things include the promotion of dairy products like milk and cheese through restaurant promotion, like Papa John’s, which recently started promoting the quality and amount of cheese on the brand’s pizzas. Another chain taking advantage of the nutritional value of dairy products, McDonalds, has half a dozen employees devoted solely to increasing the dairy content of their foods. The ability to promote such products stems from the continuously growing quality of dairy products. In 2011, the USDA inspected 1 billion pounds of butter, almost the entire market, while conducting 935 plant inspections and 140 inspections of equipment. The increased standards of quality have allowed U.S. producers to export milk products to at least 83 foreign countries after granting more than 20,000 export certificates in 2011, compared to 3,568 certificates in 2005. Foreign milk exports represent a large percentage of the milk market, which is a driving force behind making sure export quality remains at the optimal level. “We continue with our negotiations. We were just in Russia trying to negotiate a new certificate with them so it is an exciting area but it is very important to you because that is where 14% of your milk is going, helping to keep your domestic price up,” said Coale of foreign exports. Once negotiations with Russia have concluded, Coale and her team will continue representing the Jersey breed and dairy industry, helping promote and ensure the quality of the nations milk and dairy product supply.
Pennsota Jerseys Visitors Always Welcome!
Dale and Judy Mill and Family 30001 Cty. Road 109, Lewiston, MN 55952 Phone: 507/523-3506 Email: judymill@hbci.com
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Youth Take Awards in TalkJersey, Jersey Youth Challenge Contests
Junior members of the American Jersey Cattle Association displayed impressive depth of breed knowledge and engaging presentation styles, plus had a lot of fun, in two competitions held during the annual meeting of the American Jersey Cattle Association, June 27-30 in North Conway, N.H. Judging in the seventh national Jersey public speaking contest, TalkJersey, was conducted on June 27. Contestants could speak about any topic related to Jersey cattle or Jersey milk, including current affairs and dairy industry trends. Presentations were scored on content and organization, language, voice and presentation and total effectiveness. First place awards went to Tyler Bohnert, Silvis, Illinois; Payton Youngers, Scipio Center, N.Y.; and Gerret Boer, Dalhart, Texas. Second place awards went to Katarina Emerich, Mooers, N.Y.; and Reagan Emerson, Moravia, N.Y. A third place award went to Amy Stranger, Newfield, N.Y. In addition to cash awards of $40 for first place, $30 for second and $20 for third sponsored by ABS Global Inc., each participant received certificates of achievement. Division winners received an Ideal Jersey duffle presented by the American Jersey Cattle Association. Jersey Youth Challenge On June 30, teams coached by an active Jersey breeder were organized to compete
Three participants in TalkJersey were present to receive their awards on June 30: from left, Gerret Boer, Tyler Bohnert and Katarina Emerich. The national public speaking contest for Jersey juniors was sponsored for the seventh year by ABS Global Inc.
“Money Making Acres” was the champion team of the 2012 Jersey Youth Challenge held June 30 at the Fryeburg (Maine) Fairgrounds. Coach Paul Stanley (left) is pictured with team members Tristan Phillips, Meagan Bolen, Billy Grammer, Lydia Chittenden and Tyler Bohnert.
in the Jersey Youth Challenge. A total of 31 youth of different ages and different states participated. Their challenge was to establish goals for a start-up Jersey dairy, then develop a management and marketing plan to achieve those goals. Team members then presented their proposal to a judging panel. The champion team in the 2012 Challenge was “Money Making Acres.” Members were Billy Grammer, Sebring, Ohio; Shelby Moss, Litchfield Park, Ariz.; Tyler Bohnert; Kim Kubosiak, Brimfield, Mass.; Tristan Phillips, Walpole, N.H.; and Meagan Bolen, Fremont, Ohio. The team was coached by Paul Stanley, East Fairfield, Vt. “Big Money Jerseys” was the Reserve Champion team. Members were Allison Frerichs, La Grange, Texas; Kayla Carson, New Lebanon, N.Y.; Ben Grammer, Sebring, Ohio; Lydia Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.; Austin Zmrzlik, Fremont,
Mich.; and Katarina Emerich, Mooers, N.Y. Alan Chittenden was team coach. The Honorable Mention teams were: “Jumping Jerseys”: Brian Oster, Canastota, N.Y.; Cassie Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.; Sidney Avila, Dalhart, Texas; Gerret Boer, Dalhart, Texas; Kylie Lehr, Canastota, N.Y.; and Virginia Patz, Shoreham, Vt., coached by John Kokoski, Hadley, Mass. “Super Cow Dairy”: Sydney Endres, Lodi, Wis.; Meagan Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.; Anneke Boer, Dalhart, Texas; Regan Moss, Litchfield Park, Ariz.; Jarrett Snow, Brookfield, Vt.; Keagan Carson, New Lebanon Center, N.Y.; and Tabitha Phillips, Walpole, N.H.; Jerry Emerich, Mooers, N.Y., coach. “Live Free or Die Jerseys”: Logan Karchner, Nescopeck, Pa.; Caitlin Avila, Dalhart, Texas; Sheridan Moss, Litchfield Park, Ariz.; Katelyn Poitras, Brimfield, Mass.; Ryan Lawton, Newark Valley, N.Y.; and Maxwell Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y., coached by Moira Poitras and Scott Carson. A total of 60 Jersey juniors participated in clinics held June 28 on calf and heifer management and also genetic selection at Harkdale Farms, Newbury, Vt. Steven and Vicky Carson and Family were the hosts.
Members of the “Live Free or Die Jerseys” team paused during their work on Jersey Youth Challenge. Pictured, from left, are Logan Karchner, Ryan Lawton, Maxwell Chittenden, coach Scott Carson, Katelyn Poitras, coach Moira Poitras, Sheridan Moss, and Caitlin Avila.
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Sustainable and green are buzzwords broadly used to promote the notion that a product has been created with little impact on the environment. Because there is little scientific analysis and no measure attached to them, they have little meaning. An emerging science called life cycle assessment (LCA) strives to account for all resources used in the creation, use and disposal of a product so the true environmental cost can be found and useful comparisons made. The science can also help identify weak points in the lifecycle of the system so environmental impact can be reduced. Jersey breeders may have been recently introduced to LCA as it was the method used by Dr. Jude Capper and Dr. Roger Cady for their study comparing the environmental impact of Jersey and Holstein milk in the manufacture of cheese. As well, Cady spoke briefly about LCA in his seminar at the Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National AllJersey (NAJ) Inc. in North Conway, N.H.
Because concerns for the environment will increasingly influence the way Jersey breeders operate their businesses, we’ll provide a definition of LCA in this month’s Jersey Jargon and show how it was used in the Capper study that found the Jersey cow carbon footprint to be 20% less per unit of cheese production than her Holstein counterpart. LCA is an accounting of resources in and product out. It includes the entire life cycle of the product, process or activity—encompassing, extracting and processing raw materials; manufacturing, transportation and distribution; use, reuse and maintenance; recycling and final disposal. “Life cycle assessment is very intuitive and yet also very complex,” said Cady in his presentation at the meeting. “If you can balance your checkbook, you can do life cycle assessment. However, doing life cycle assessment is like balancing the checkbook for the world financial organization when you have to balance dollars, pounds and pesos and track it to everybody’s wallet and everybody’s credit card.” The science becomes even more complex when animals and agriculture are added to the equation, Cady noted. LCA has been developed by engineers who usually work with machines rather than animals and formulate equations that have
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small tolerances and little variability. The science of LCA is still in its infancy, in the same stage of development genotyping was eight years ago. And, like genotyping, it has much potential. Evaluation of partial life cycles can also be enlightening, such as was done for the Capper study that evaluated the resources required to manufacture 500 metric tons (1.1 billion pounds) of Cheddar cheese using Jersey milk and Holstein milk. The study included all primary crop and milk production practices up through and including milk harvest. It did not include transportation to the manufacturing plant, production and sales systems. Capper and Cady determined that 8.8 billion pounds of Jersey milk was needed to create the cheese as compared to 10.1 billion pounds of Holstein milk. Though more Jersey cows were needed, the total body mass of the Jerseys was 26% smaller. Total feed consumption decreased 1.75 million tons with Jerseys and Jerseys produced 2.5 million tons less manure. Water use was reduced 32% with Jerseys and land use was reduced 11%. Life cycle assessments like these will not only show Jersey advantages, but will also help Jersey breeders manage their herds to reduce resource use and improve profitability.
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June 2012 Online Sale
The June 2012 JerseyBid Online Sale closed on June 26, 2012, with a sale average of $1,200.00 on 7 lots. The sale’s gross receipts on the live animals and embryos totalled $8,400. Number
Sale Analysis
7 Bred heifers
7 Lots Median price
Avg. Price Total Value
1,200.00
8,400
$1,200.00 $1,200.00
$8,400
A pen of seven bred heifers sold in the June edition of JerseyBid Online. The group was consigned by Sunny Slope Farm, Coatesville, Ind. The pen lot consisted of five third trimester heifers, one second trimester and one first trimester heifer. They ranged from P9 heifers to P3 heifers and were sired by top A.I. sires. The group was purchased for $1,200 each by Chris Kemper, Dane, Wis. JerseyBid.com auctions are held the fourth Tuesday of each month. Consignments for the pending sale are posted two weeks before the sale closes. For more information on consigning or buying on JerseyBid.com, please contact Jersey Marketing Service at 614/322-4460 or log on to the website at www.JerseyBid.com.
National Jersey Queen to be Selected
The 2012 National Jersey Queen
Contest will be held Friday, November 2, and Saturday, November 3, in conjunction with The All American Jersey Show and Sale in Louisville, Ky. Participants in the National Jersey Queen Contest must be at least 16 years of age, but not older than 22, on January 1, 2012. They must also be (a) the current or former state or regional Jersey queen, or (b) an exhibitor in either the 2012 Western National or All American Junior Jersey Shows. Contestants must also be a junior or lifetime member of the American Jersey Cattle Association. To enter the contest, the off icial application must be completed and received in the AJCA office by October 15. Late applications will not be accepted. The application form is available at http://www.usjersey.com/YouthProgram/ natlqueen.htm, or by request from the AJCA Development Department at 614/322-4456.
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Cows and Springers Bring Top Dollar at New York Spring Sale Jersey breeders looking for the kind of cattle that can turn a profit quickly found what they were looking for at the New York Spring Jersey Sale in Whitney Point, N.Y., on May 5, 2012. Milking cows and close-up springers backed by multiple generations of Very Good and Excellent dams with top production and popular sire stacks commanded top dollar all day and led the sale to an average of $1,223.44 on 112 lots. The average betters last year’s average by more than $70 per head. Sale Analysis
Number
Avg. Price Total Value
25 Cows, two years and over 62 Bred heifers 6 1st Trimester 19 2nd Trimester 37 3rd Trimester 2 Open yearlings 23 Heifer calves 112 Lots Median price
$1,558.00 1,331.85 962.50 1,206.58 1,456.08 675.00 615.22
$38,950 82,575 5,775 22,925 53,875 1,350 14,150
$1,223.44 $137,025 $1,375.00
Sale Management: Jersey Marketing Service Auctioneer: Lynn Lee
A two-year-old in the milking string of one of the country’s leading production
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herds topped the sale at $2,200. The partnership of Christine Smith and Lisa Schucker, Columbia Crossroads, Pa., placed the final bid on Dominos Giller Cantada. “Cantada” is sired by Shamrock Giller, GJPI -210, and sold short-bred to BHFSSF Parade Louie-ET, GJPI +104. She calved in mid-October and has a projected m.e. of 20,196–980–825 at 1-10. She peaked with 67 lbs. milk on her February test and gave 57 lbs. milk on her May test. “Cantada’s” seven closest dams are appraised Very Good or Excellent. Her dam, Dominos Legion Adagio, Very Good-88%, made 23,410 lbs. milk, 984 lbs. fat and 848 lbs. protein at 3-4. Her grandam is a Very Good-81% daughter of D&E Avery Kody, GJPI +37, with a two lactation m.e. average of 17,240–798– 692. Her third dam, Dominos Dexterity Melody, Excellent-91%, has an m.e. average of 20,688–1,094–768 on five lactations. “Cantada’s” fourth dam is an Excellent-90% daughter of Soldierboy Boomer Sooner of CJF, GJPI -64. Her fifth and sixth dams are Very Good-80% and Very Good-85%, respectively, with records in excess of 18,100 lbs. milk. Margaret Anne Dewitt, Domino Farm, Accord, N.Y., consigned “Cantada.”
Domino Farm ranks among the top 10 herds in the nation for milk and protein with a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 22,474 lbs. milk, 1,029 lbs. fat and 829 lbs. protein on 110 cows. One of the most recent recipients of the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder award, Scott O. Tuttle, Windham, N.Y., was the final bidder on the second high seller, Scotch View Parade Louie Elf. The “Louie” daughter is due to freshen with her first calf by GR Oomsdale TBone Golda-ET, GJPI +228, in mid-July. Her dam, Scotch View Klassic Sarah, Very Good-86%, has five lactations and a best record of 3-0 305 18,170 4.4% 798 3.3% 606 102DCR. “Sarah’s” maternal sister, Scotch View Garth Hawk, Excellent-90%, has 21,170 lbs. milk, 1,052 lbs. fat and 829 lbs. protein at 5-11 and a son in A.I. Their dam is a Very Good85% daughter of Mason Boomer Sooner Berretta, GJPI +27, with a nine lactation m.e. average of 17,461–825–609. “Elf’s” third dam, Scotch View Opportunity Cathy, Excellent-90%, has nine lactations and a best record of 5-4 301 19,810 4.4% 867 3.4% 676 DHIR. Five of her next six dams are appraised Very Good. “Elf ” was consigned by Ralph Taylor (continued to page 61)
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Jeff and Steven Holmes 55 Ball Hill Road • Langdon, NH 03602 603/835-6832 Steve • 603/445-7033 Jeff holmesfarmnh@comcast Email
Frederick G. Havill 413/243-1582
“Home of the Holmes, Holmesland, and S-B-H prefixes”
A REAP herd and member of New England Jersey Sires, Inc.
Craig Avery
198 Jacksonville Rd., Colrain, MA 01340 413/624-3667 phone
Box 425, 44 Jerusalem Rd. Tyringham, MA 01264
Springdale Jerseys Inc. The Whitcomb Family • sdfarm@fairpoint.net 205 Birches Rd., Waldo, Maine 04915 207/342-5446 Phone/Fax 207/342-5135 Walter • 207/722-3247 Nancy
Secretary: Moira Tierney Poitras, Massachusetts Visit us online at http://mollybrook.USJersey.com
Molly Brook Farms A Family Farm Since 1846 Registered Jerseys Since 1917
Walter and Sally Goodrich Myles Goodrich 76 Cowhill Rd. West Danville, VT 05873 Phone: 802/563-2579 FAX: 802/225-8967 E-mail: mollybrookfarm@gmail.com A REAP herd and member of New England Jersey Sires, Inc.
Lucky Hill Farm
Henry and Jenn McReynolds 845 McReynolds Road, Danville, VT 05828 Email luckyhilljerseys@yahoo.com Phone 802/748-0085 or 802/748-9213
CRESCENT FARM
Sheldon Sawyer, Sr. and Sheldon “Tom” Sawyer, Jr. Owners 420 Wentworth Rd., Walpole, NH 03608-9715
Phone and Fax: 603/756-4049 Email: toms18438@yahoo.com
Mapleline Farm The John Kokoski Family
57 Comins Road, Hadley, MA 01035 Home 413/549-6486 Email jkokoski@maplelinefarm.com Zach Woodis. herd manager Website www.maplelinefarm.com
Silver Maple Farms Inc.
The McKeen Family • Home of SMJ Jerseys 414 Hussey Rd., Albion, ME 04910 Barn: 207/437-5181 • Home 207/437-2554 E-mail: mckeen.jean@gmail.com A REAP herd and member of New England Jersey Sires, Inc.
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Jr., Walton, N.Y., who had purchased her from her breeder, Scotch View Farms, Stamford, N.Y., in November 2010. Two bred heifers in their second trimester sold for $1,900 each—the third high price of the day. Jack and Colleen Button, Troupsburg, N.Y., took home BVSF Verify Nicolette. The potential fourth-generation Excellent is sired by Arethusa Sambo Verify-ET, GJPI +2, and due in late August to Redsfun Jamaica Jamal, JPI -122. Her dam, BVSF Belmont Nickel, Excellent-91%, has a best record of 5-5 305 22,960 5.2% 1,196 3.8% 866 102DCR. Her grandam, BVSF Barber Nadia-ET, Excellent-93%, has a six-lactation m.e. average of 20,216–969–720 and a best record of 23,140 lbs. milk, 1,161 lbs. fat and 830 lbs. protein at 6-2. “Nadia” has two maternal sisters—one Excellent-92% and the other Excellent-93%—with records in excess of 20,680 lbs. milk, 878 lbs. fat and 753 lbs. protein. Their dam is an Excellent-91% daughter of Molly Brook Brass Major, GJPI -45, with 23,677 lbs. milk, 1,183 lbs. fat and 858 lbs. protein at 7-0. “Nicolette’s” fourth dam is Very Good88% and has a best record of 6-1 305 19,180 4.5% 864 3.8% 720 DHIR. Three of the next four dams are Very Good or Excellent. “Nicolette” was consigned by Kara K. Evans, Norwich, N.Y. Spahr Jersey Farm of Findlay, Ohio, purchased the other $1,900-priced bred heifer, Fortress Deacons Darkie-P. The polled daughter of Fairway Topkick Deacon-P, GJPI +1, is due to the breed’s #1 bull for GJPI, Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold, GJPI +241, in late August. Her dam, Fortress Golden Blacky, Excellent-92%, has two records over 18,600 lbs. milk, 780 lbs. fat and 670 lbs. protein. “Blacky” has an Excellent-92% maternal sister and three Very Good maternal sisters, one with a best record of 21,570 lbs. milk, 983 lbs. fat and 725 lbs. protein. “Darkie’s” Very Good-88% grandam has 10 lactations and made her best record of 22,770 lbs. milk, 1,021 lbs. fat and 790 lbs. protein at 6-11. The next two dams are appraised Very Good-85%. Richard T. Seacord, Greenwich, N.Y., consigned “Darkie” to the sale. Twenty-eight buyers from Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee made purchases. The Lands at Hillside Farms, Shavertown, Pa., was the volume buyer, purchasing a dozen head for $17,850. Glen Meadows Farm, FultonAUGUST 2012
ville, N.Y., selected 10 lots for $14,425. Sales $1,500 and Over
(Consignors in Parentheses) Christine Smith and Lisa Schucker, Columbia Crossroads, Pa. Dominos Giller Cantada, cow 2 yrs.............................. $2,200 (Margaret A. Dewitt, Accord, N.Y.) Scott O. Tuttle, Windham, N.Y. Scotch View Parade Louie Elf, bred heifer 21 mos........ 2,000 (Ralph Taylor Jr., Walton, N.Y.) Lawtons Rebel Krash, cow 3 yrs.................................... 1,750 (Michael Lawton, Newark Valley, N.Y.) Abigail Austin, Troupsburg, N.Y. BVSF Verify Nicolette, bred heifer 2 yrs......................... 1,900 (Kara K. Evans, Norwich, N.Y.) Spahr Jersey Farm, Findlay, Ohio Fortress Deacons Darkie-P, bred heifer 21 mos............ 1,900 (Richard T. Seacord, Greenwich, N.Y.) SSF Governor Peggy, bred heifer 23 mos..................... 1,575 (Charles F. Luchsinger, Syracuse, N.Y.) Kristopher and Maureen Creeden, Marathon, N.Y.
Dar View Triumph Tally, cow 2 yrs.................................. 1,825 (Dar-View Farm, Delancey, N.Y.) PR Shivleys Rebel Alta, bred heifer 2 yrs...................... 1,550 (Brian Shively, Moravia, N.Y.) Shivelys Brazo Lody, bred heifer 2 yrs........................... 1,525 (Brian Shively) Seacord Farm Talent Tatum, cow 2 yrs.......................... 1,525 (Scotch View Farms, Stamford, N.Y.) Dar View Impuls Drusilla, cow 2 yrs............................... 1,500 (Dar-View Farm) Lewis Stuttle, Dryden, N.Y. Payneside Hio Goggle, cow 2 yrs.................................. 1,825 (Max Spann, Washington, N.J.) John Kokoski, Hadley, Mass. GR Dar View Ghent Dairyqueen, cow 3 yrs................... 1,750 (Dar-View Farm) Dar View Impuls Fawn, cow 2 yrs.................................. 1,575 (Dar-View Farm) Seacord Farm Jamaica Janine, bred heifer 23 mos...... 1,500 (Brian S. Seacord, Greenwich, N.Y.) GR Dar View Grieves Comet, cow 2 yrs........................ 1,500 (Russell and Linda Darling De Lancey, N.Y.) (continued to page 66)
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“Violet” Family Member Tops Wisconsin State Sale at $8,900 A new venue and new sale manager proved to be a winning combination for this year’s Wisconsin State Jersey Sale on May 12. The sale was hosted by All-Lynn Jerseys in Reedsburg, Wis., and managed for the first time by Jersey Marketing Service. The 104 lots of Registered Jerseys were struck off for an average of $1,428.85—a mark that bettered last year’s average by more than $180 on three times as many consignments. Thirty-one Jersey breeders from Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin made purchases, as did four juniors, who bought the heifers consigned to the Badger Treasure Sale held in conjunction with the spring sale. Sale Analysis
Number
Avg. Price Total Value
18 Cows, two years and over 41 Bred heifers 24 Open yearlings 18 Heifer calves 3 Embryo packages 104 Lots Median price
$1,611.11 1,534.76 761.46 1,730.56 2,416.67
$29,000 69,925 18,275 31,150 7,250
$1,428.85 $148,600 $1,312.50
Sale Management: Jersey Marketing Service Auctioneer: Wade Schoneck
Two dozen lots of high-quality animals with A.I. contracts, show potential and deep pedigrees kicked off the sale. Included in this group was the high seller at $8,900, consigned by sale host, David Allen. Zeinstra Farms, Shelbyville, Mich.,
was the victor in the bidding war for All Lynns Eclipes Vendela-P-ET, a member of the high-genomic “Violet” cow family. The senior calf sired by Maack Dairy Eclipes-P-ET, GJPI +98, sold with contracts to Accelerated Genetics, Jerseyland Sires, Select Sires and Semex. She has been tested JH1 free and carries GPTAs of +1,144M, +61F, +39P and a GJPI of +154 (July 2012). “Vendela” has a maternal brother in A.I. and a maternal sister ranked on the list of Top 500 Heifers for GJPI. Their dam, All Lynns Artists Venus-ET, Very Good-83%, has an m.e. of 30,941–1,399–1,040 on her first lactation and is ranked #155 among genotyped females with a GJPI of +122. “Venus” has 29 maternal brothers in A.I. and numerous maternal sisters ranked among the top 1.5% for GJPI. Included in this group is All Lynns Impuls VirginiaET, the breed’s #1 genotyped cow with a GJPI of +255, and All Lynns Legal Visionary-ET, the #1 G-code bull with an index of +280. “Vendela’s” grandam, D&E Paramount Violet, Excellent-90%, has three lactations—all over 20,000 lbs. milk— and a best record of 5-2 305 3x 27,600 4.2% 1,167 3.5% 953 95DCR. She has tested JH1 free and carries GPTAs of +1,855M, +63F, +57P and a GJPI of +240. “Paramount Violet” also has several maternal brothers in A.I. and sisters ranked for GJPI. “Vendela’s” third dam, D&E Abe Violet, Excellent-90%, has a five lactation m.e. average of 21,714–981–776. Zeinstra Farms also purchased the
second high seller, Heinz Uppercut Favor 7587, for $4,000. Like her new herdmate, “Favor” sold with a contract to Jerseyland Sires and interest from Semex. The summer yearling is sired by Molly Brook Uppercut, GJPI +172, and backed by seven Very Good or Excellent dams. She tested JH1 free and has a GJPI of +167. Her dam, Heinz Impuls Favor 6731, Very Good-83%, has a projected first lactation of 25,630 lbs. milk, 1,332 lbs. fat and 871 lbs. protein at 2-11. She ranks among the top 1.5% for GJPI with an index of +147. The consignment’s grandam is a Very Good-87% daughter of BW Legion, GJPI +68, with an m.e. average of 19,252– 934–653 on three lactations. She was the third place senior two-year-old at the Ohio Spring Dairy Expo in 2008. “Uppercut Favor’s” third dam is a Very Good-86% daughter of Windy Willow Montana Jace, GJPI +107, with a best record of 26,470 lbs. milk, 1,160 lbs. fat and 860 lbs. protein at 3-9. Her fourth dam is Very Good-82% and has a three lactation m.e. average of 20,659–846– 692. Her Very Good-89% fifth dam has six lactations and a best record of 5-4 295 23,050 4.9% 1,130 3.5% 812 100DCR. Five of her next six dams are Very Good or Excellent. “Uppercut Favor” was consigned by Lloyd Heinz, Shawano, Wis. Tony and Melissa Herr, Twin Lakes, Minn., selected the third high seller, UHT Canaan Tequila Annabelle, for $3,100. The fancy summer yearling is sired by the breed’s #1 bull for type at +2.2, Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET, GJPI -77. She stood fifth in her class at the Wisconsin Spring Spectacular Show for her consignor, UHT Enterprises, Evansville, Wis., two weeks before the sale. “Annabelle’s” dam is a Very Good82% daughter of Eclipses Excalibur. She was Reserve Junior Champion of the California State Fair as a summer yearling in 2008. “Annabelle’s” third dam is a Very Good-83% daughter of Duncan Duke of Glenwood, GJPI -73, with 18,350 lbs. milk, 980 lbs. fat and 748 lbs. protein in her second lactation. Her fourth dam is appraised Very Good-82%. The volume buyer was Walt Vanderwaal, Orange City, Iowa, who selected 19 lots for $26,025. Sales $1,550 and Over
(Consignors in Parentheses) Zeinstra Farms, Shelbyville, Mich. All Lynns Eclipes Vendela-P-ET, heifer calf 7 mos....... $8,900 (David Allen, Reedsburg, Wis.) Heinz Uppercut Favor 7587, heifer calf 8 mos............... 4,000 (Lloyd Heinz, Shawano, Wis.) Tony and Melissa Herr, Twin Lakes, Minn. UHT Canaan Tequila Annabelle, heifer calf 9 mos........ 3,100 (continued to page 64)
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Scotch View Farms Den-Kel Jerseys George and Nadine Wilson • David Wilson Henry Aldrich, Herdsman
Kip Keller and Robin Denniston-Keller 6476 N. Bergen Road, Byron, NY 14422 585/548-2299 • Email denkeljerseys@aol.com 283 Blenheim Hill Road, Stamford, NY 12167 Phone 607/652-7181 Email wilsongn@dishmail.net Visit us on the web: http://denkeljerseys.usjersey.com
Seacord Farm 50 Milking Jerseys
Richard Seacord • 518/321-6973 Brian Seacord • 518/222-9351 Email • jewelsea@aol.com 32 Old Cambridge Rd., Greenwich, NY 12834
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to fellow New Yorkers for your accomplishments! Dutch Hollow Farms LLC 2012 Master Breeder Scott and Eva Tuttle 2012 AJCA Young Breeder Award Recipient
Merle, Margaret, Tim, Mike, Nathan & Ryan Lawton 431 Bridge St., Newark Valley, NY 13811 607/642-8169 Farm 607/341-1172 Tim mmlawton@stny.rr.com
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(UHT Enterprises, Evansville, Wis.) D & D Jerseys, Newton, Wis. All Lynns Headline Worthy-ET, bred heifer 20 mos........ 2,950 (Tommy Allen, Reedsburg, Wis.) Noah Hartleben, Marion, Wis. Okato Kaptain Jackie, bred heifer 20 mos..................... 2,950 (Mark and Cindy Madson, Oconto, Wis.) Cotillion Acres LLC, Paducah, Ky. Five grade one embryos sired by Maackdairy Region-ET and out of D&E Paramount Violet......................................... 2,875 (David Allen) Ashlee L. Crubel, Lancaster, Wis. Hillview Iatola Bayou, cow 3 yrs..................................... 2,400 (Michael Sorenson, Pine River, Wis.) Sunbow Great Chiffon, cow 3 yrs................................... 1,850 (Veronica Steer, Cottage Grove, Tenn.) Sunbow Legacy Blondie, cow 2 yrs............................... 1,600 (Veronica Steer) Barlass Alexander Mabel, bred heifer 2 yrs................... 1,575 (David Allen) Christopher Kemper, Dane, Wis. All Lynns TBone Manda-ET, bred heifer 2 yrs................ 2,400 (David Allen) Robin Krueger, De Forest, Wis. Nic-Nat Excitation Hailey, bred heifer 17 mos................ 2,300 (Natalie Kessenich, De Forest, Wis.) Ralph Lange, Rock Springs, Wis. Waunakee Iatola Fran 2128, cow 3 yrs.......................... 2,300 (Gerald Laufenberg, Mount Horeb, Wis.) Mike Hellenbrand, Cross Plains, Wis. Five grade one embryos sired by Sunset Canyon Merchant-ET and out of Rocha Impuls Whitney.................................. 2,250 (Tommy Allen) New Horizons Agriculture LLC, Madison, Wis. Five grade one embryos sired by BW Venerable-ET and out of BW Iatola Sabrina R107............................................ 2,125
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(David Allen) Jim and Jessica Engel, Kewaunee, Wis. All Lynns Celebrity Rexana, bred heifer 2 yrs................ 2,000 (David Allen) Hoards Dairyman Farm, Fort Atkinson, Wis. Buck-Shot Giller Cosmo, cow 4 yrs................................ 1,950 (Wade Kessenich, De Forest, Wis.) Ken Kay Hovborg Liberty Lorena, cow 2 yrs.................. 1,850 (Kenn R. Beyer, Manawa, Wis.) O.F. Maximus Fenella, bred heifer 23 mos..................... 1,600 (Owens Farms Inc., Frederic, Wis.) O.F. Becker Heart, bred heifer 22 mos........................... 1,600 (Owens Farms Inc.) Paul Zimmerman, Brodhead, Wis. Dodan Ruby Renegade Emerald, heifer calf 8 mos...... 1,900 (Donna E. Phillips, DVM, Newton, Wis.) Travis Lehnertz, Plainview, Minn. All Lynns Alexander Royale, bred heifer 2 yrs............... 1,825 (David Allen) Kevin Fritz, Oshkosh, Wis. Ken Kay Impuls Raina Rivera, cow 2 yrs....................... 1,800 (Clinton Beyer, Manawa, Wis.) Sunbow Forester Salvia, cow 2 yrs................................ 1,650 (Sunbow Jerseys, Cottage Grove, Tenn.) Don Mielke, Menasha, Wis. All Lynns Alexander Emily, bred heifer 2 yrs.................. 1,725 (David Allen) Carrie Ritschard, Monroe, Wis. Okato Belmont Fondu, cow 2 yrs................................... 1,650 (Mark and Cindy Madson, Oconto, Wis.) Khiah Larson, Menasha, Wis. GR All Lynns Vibrant Wink, heifer calf 4 mos................. 1,600 (David Allen) Peter Stade, Jefferson, Wis. CKB Hombre Hawaii Heaven, bred heifer 2 yrs............. 1,600 (Clinton Beyer) Wakker Dairy, Kewaunee, Wis. Trishas Hired Gun Jess, cow 2 yrs................................. 1,600 (Trisha Stanek, Prairie Du Chien, Wis.)
Walt Vanderwaal, Orange City, Iowa Orthridge Influence Godiva, bred heifer 2 yrs................ 1,575 (Orthridge Farms, Lancaster, Wis.) O.F. Cowell Lois, bred heifer 2 yrs.................................. 1,550 (Owens Farms Inc.) Mark Ashmore, Boscobel, Wis. Golden Pride Iatola Alison, bred heifer 20 mos............. 1,550 (Wayne and Lisa Artac, Greenwood, Wis.) Sorensons Hillview Jersey Farm Inc., Pine River, Wis. Avon Road Louie Bonnie, heifer calf 2 mos................... 1,550 (Aaron, Hoyt and Skyler Strandberg, Alma Center, Wis.)
Badger Treasure Sale Four heifer calves sold in the Badger Treasure Sale for an average of $1,225 and gross receipts of $4,900. Sale Analysis
Number Avg. Price Total Value
4 Heifer calves 4 Lots Median price
$1,225.00
$4,900
$1,225.00 $1,150.00
$4,900
Sale host David Allen consigned the high seller of the event for juniors as well. Wisconsin junior Khiah Larson of Menasha placed the high bid of $1,600 on GR All Lynns Vibrant Wink. The (continued to page 66)
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$22,500 High for Ratliff Proof of Progress II Sale It was an emotion-filled day for Ron and Christy Ratliff as they hosted the second Ratliff Proof of Progress Sale at the county fairgrounds in Garnett, Kan. The event came two months after a fire destroyed their hay barn and sent Ron to the hospital with third-degree burns to 30% of his body. The Jersey community came together on May 19, 2012, for two reasons—to show their support and respect for the couple and add coveted Ratliff genetics to their own herds. Sale Analysis
The third high-selling lot and second high-selling live animal was Ratliff Tequila Chll, purchased for $9,800 by Ron and Christy Ratliff, center. Also pictured are Michael Heath, Taylor Leach, at the halter, and Andrew Vander Meulen. In the box are Russell Gammon and Gary Estes.
Ratliff Amedeo Krissy-ET was the fourth high seller, purchased for $8,500 by Tanner C. May, represented by Joe Nash, second right. Pictured with “Krissy” are Ron and Christy Ratliff, left, Taylor Leach, Andrew Vander Meulen, Russell Gammon and Gary Estes.
carried by Michael Heath sealed the deal for the partnership of Peter Vail and Budjon Farms of Lomira, Wis. The Very Good-87% senior two-yearold is sired by Rock Ella Remake-ET, GJPI +16, and hails from the “Myriah” cow family at Ratliff Jerseys. She freshened in mid-March and is entered in the futurities held in conjunction with The All American Jersey Show and World Dairy Expo in 2013. Her maternal sister, Ratliff Jurisdiction Micki, Excellent-91%, was Reserve Intermediate Champion of the Kansas State Fair in 2009. She made 18,590 lbs. milk, 900 lbs. fat and 697 lbs. protein in her second lactation. Their dam, Ratliff Sambo Marcia, Excellent-92%, stood third in the Kingsmill Farm II International Futurity in 2007 and first in the four-year-old class at the Southern National Jersey Show the following year. She has a three lactation m.e. average of 17,895–754–584. “Marcia’s” full sister, Ratliff Sambo Murphy, topped the first Ratliff Proof of Progress Sale at $20,000. She was All-Canadian Senior-Two-Year-Old in 2010 and made a 3-8 record of 19,340 lbs. milk, 994 lbs. fat and 667 lbs. protein. “Morgan’s” grandam, Ratliff Jade Maisy-ET, Excellent-94%, has four lactations and a best record of 6-0 305 22,340 4.8% 1,079 3.3% 728 96DCR. A daughter of her maternal sister, Ratliff Sambo Martina, Excellent-94%, was tapped Reserve Intermediate Champion of The All American Jersey Show in 2006 and won the National Jersey Jug Futurity and the Kingsmill Farm II International Futurity a year later. “Morgan’s” third dam, Pleasant Nook Rene Myriah, Excellent-95%, is the matriarch of the cow family, purchased by Ron and Christy in 1999. “Myriah” produced 19,690 lbs. milk, 799 lbs. fat and 659 lbs. protein at 3-11. The second high seller was a choice out of the only three-time National Grand
Champion and two-time Supreme Champion of the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE), Ratliff Price Alicia, Excellent-95%. In a battle of phone bids, Heath again placed the last bid of $11,500 on Lot 1 for Ed and Meagan Cooper of Nichols, N.Y. The Coopers purchased the first right from 10 female implants sired by Rock Ella Impression-ET, JPI -15, due in December 2012. In addition to being tapped Grand Champion at The All American Jersey Show in 2008, 2009 and 2010, she was the first cow to earn Supreme Champion laurels at the NAILE in 2009 and won the title again the following year. “Alicia” was also named Best Bred and Owned Jersey by Dairy Agenda Today in 2010. “Alicia” is sired by Ratliff Jade Price, JPI -6, and made her best record of 20,880 lbs. milk, 1,014 lbs. fat and 760 lbs. protein at 3-5. Her four appraised daughters are all Very Good. Her dam, Bridon Ethan Almond, Excellent-91%, has a best record of 5-5 305 20,260 5.3% 1,071 3.5% 716 92DCR. Her grandam, Rozeview Dorie D Rachel, Excellent-95%, was the All American Milking Senior Yearling in 2001 and tapped Reserve Intermediate Champion of The All American Jersey Show and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in 2002. She proved her value as a milk cow as well, with two records over 19,450 lbs. milk, 810 lbs. fat and 700 lbs. protein. Five of the next six dams are Very Good or Excellent in Canada. The fancy junior two-year-old that stood next to “Morgan” in the sale barn sold for the third high price of the day—$9,800. Ron and Christy Ratliff bought out a partnership with Frank Pretz for sole ownership of Ratliff Tequila Chll, a tall, fancyuddered daughter of Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET, GJPI -77. She calved in early March and appraised Very Good-88% at 2-1. She is entered in the 2013 National
Number Avg. Price Total Value
24 Cows, two years and over 1 under 3 mos., s.w.d. 19 Bred heifers 9 Open yearlings 24 Heifer calves 6 Choice of calves
$4,587.50 $110,100 2,100.00 2,100 3,573.68 67,900 2,027.78 18,250 3,314.58 79,550 6,333.33 38,000
82 Lots edian price M
$3,852.44 $315,900 $3,000.00
Sale Management: Avonlea Genetics Inc. Auctioneer: Gary Estes
The 82 beautifully-fitted lots that crossed the auction block sold for an average of $3,852.44 and a gross of $315,900. The average surpassed that of the first sale held in 2010 by $180. Choices and fancy milking cows led the way, with respective averages of $6,333.33 and $4,587.50. The high seller, Ratliff Remake Morgan-ET, wasn’t initially catalogued for the event. But she caught the eye of sale manager Andrew Vander Meulen when he walked through the barns at Ratliff Jerseys earlier in the week and was given a special spot in the sale barn near the front of the lineup. The potential 11th generation Excellent caught the eye of many other potential buyers on sale day as well. After a flurry of activity, a phone bid of $22,500
Ratliff Remake Morgan-ET was the high seller at $22,500. She was purchased by Peter Vail and Budjon Farms, represented by Michael Heath, second left, and consigned by sale hosts Christy and Ron Ratliff, right. Also pictured are Robert Yeoman, left, Andrew Vander Meulen, sale manager, back, and Taylor Leach, at the halter. In the box are Russell Gammon, pedigrees, and Gary Estes, auctioneer.
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PR Shivleys Plan Clover, bred heifer 2 yr...................... 1,500 (Brian Shively) Glen Meadows Farm, Fultonville, N.Y. GR Scotch View Carl Evelyn, bred heifer 20 mos......... 1,675 (Ralph Taylor Jr.) Seacord Farm Action Andrea, bred heifer 2 yrs............. 1,625 (Brian S. Seacord) Scotch View Alexander Edna, bred heifer 21 mos......... 1,600 (Ralph Taylor Jr.) Dutch Hollow Virgil Merit, bred heifer 18 mos................ 1,550 (Melanie F. Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.) Kyle O. Lowery, Savona, N.Y. Lawtons Deacon Blackie-P, cow 3 yrs............................ 1,675 (Timothy and Ryan Lawton, Newark Valley, N.Y.) Fortress Iatolas Iman-Twin, cow 3 yrs............................ 1,550 (Richard T. Seacord) Robyn T. Terrel, Honesdale, Pa. Dutch Hollow Legal Hollace, bred heifer 20 mos........... 1,650 (Alan O. Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.) Dutch Hollow Vibrant Morna, bred heifer 20 mos.......... 1,575 (Paul C. Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.) The Lands At Hillside Farms, Shavertown, Pa. Dar View TBone Coconut, cow 2 yrs.............................. 1,650 (Dar-View Farm) Scotch View Dynasty Expo, bred heifer 23 mos............ 1,625 (Ralph Taylor Jr.) Dar View Restore Fantasia, cow 3 yrs........................... 1,550 (Robert A. Darling, De Lancey, N.Y.) Seacord Farm Blackstone Jewel, cow 2 yrs.................. 1,500 (Brian S. Seacord) Seacord Farm Virgil Vera, bred heifer 21 mos............... 1,500 (Brian S. Seacord) Scotch View Value Cherry, cow 3 yrs............................. 1,500 (Scotch View Farms) Jim Martens, Dansville, N.Y. Heaven Scent Governor Dewey, bred heifer 22 mos..... 1,525 (Jerald M. Stewart, Bath, N.Y.) Luckenbill Jim and Helen, Liberty, Pa. Dar View Abe Kosher, cow 2 yrs.................................... 1,500 (Dar-View Farm) Scotch View Farms, Stamford, N.Y. Scotch View Alexander Ethel, bred heifer 23 mos......... 1,500 (Ralph Taylor Jr.)
intermediate heifer calf is sired by All Lynns Restore Vibrant-ET, GJPI +214. She has been tested JH1 free and has GPTAs of +1,456M, +45F and +45P and a GJPI of +159. Her maternal sister made 20,260 lbs. milk, 864 lbs. fat and 684 lbs. protein in her first lactation. Their dam, PR All Lynns Rocket Win, Excellent-90%, has three lactations and a best record of 4-3 305 3x 24,250 4.1% 1,002 3.7% 889 94DCR. The next dam made 19,100 lbs. milk, 800 lbs. fat and 616 lbs. protein in her first lactation. Other Wisconsin juniors that made purchases were: Isabell Kemper, Dane; Jena Schoneck, Marion; and India Tauchen, Bonduel.
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Sales $1,000 and Over
(Consignors in Parentheses) Khiah Larson, Menasha, Wis. GR All Lynns Vibrant Wink, heifer calf 4 mos............... $1,600 (David Allen, Reedsburg, Wis.) India Tauchen, Bonduel, Wis. Hillview Lotto Bena, heifer calf 9 mos............................ 1,200 (Sorensons Hillview Jersey Farm, Pine River, Wis.) Jena Schoneck, Marion, Wis. Riley Liam Ginny, heifer calf 10 mos.............................. 1,100 (Jody Riley, Gays Mills, Wis.) Isabell Kemper, Dane Wis. Jazzy Medalist 4333, heifer calf 4 mos.......................... 1,000 (Endres Jazzy Jerseys, Lodi, Wis.)
Show News Indiana State Junior Jersey Show
The Indiana State Junior Jersey Show was held on June 19, 2012, at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Richmond, Ind. Keith Topp, Botkins, Ohio, judged the 29 head of Registered Jerseys. Taking home Senior and Grand Champion honors was the first place senior two-year-old cow, Spatz Iatola Joy-ET, exhibited by Kananie Price, Jonesboro. Grant Randle, Zionsville, earned Reserve Grand Champion laurels for his second place senior two-year-old cow, HJ Juan Lady. Mackenzie Day, Silver Lake, captured Junior Champion laurels of the heifer show with her winning intermediate heifer calf, Lordan Tequila Kitten. The winning summer yearling, Aces-Hi V Response Joy, was named the Reserve Junior Champion for Rebecca Eby, Milford.
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Bringing the fifth high price of the day was the youngest live lot, Ratliff Jade DoodlebugET, who sold for $8,000 to Hannah Braun, represented by B. J. Hanfield, second left. Pictured with “Doodlebug” are Andrew Vander Meulen, Olivia Brandenburg, at the halter, and Christy and Ron Ratliff. In the box are Russell Gammon and Gary Estes.
Jersey Jug Futurity. Her dam is a Very Good-80% daughter of Oblong Valley Prime Suspect, GJPI -153, that was named Reserve Junior Champion of the Southern National Jersey Show and the Kansas Spring Jersey Show as a winter yearling in 2009. Her grandam, Stan-J Duke Casey, Excellent-93%, was Senior Champion of the Wisconsin Spring Spectacular Show in 2008. Her Excellent third dam has eight lactations and made her best record of 18,236 lbs. milk, 739 lbs. fat and 702 lbs. protein at 9-2 in Canada. Her fourth dam, Oaklea Gemni Ginger 1T, SUP-EX 94-4E (CAN), was nominated All-Canadian as a five-year-old in 1990 and a mature cow the next year. A member of the “Karmel” cow family garnered the fourth high price. Tanner C. May, Shelbyville, Ky., purchased Ratliff Amedeo Krissy-ET for $8,500. The Excellent-90% five-year-old is sired by Piedmont Grove Amedeo, JPI -95, and sold due to Forest Glen Avery Action-ET, GJPI +93, in mid-July. “Krissy” was Intermediate Champion of the Wisconsin Spring Spectacular Show as a senior three-yearold in 2010 and placed ninth in her class at The All American Jersey Show later that fall. She has an m.e. average of 20,093– 969–792 on two lactations. Her dam is Avonlea D Jude Karmel, Excellent-94%, one of the breed’s most prolific brood cows, with 62 registered daughters to date. Thirty-seven are Very Good-85% or higher, with 20 appraised Excellent. Included in this group are Ratliff F Prize Kay-ET, Excellent-93%, who was named Reserve Junior All American as a summer yearling in 2006 and a junior three-year-old in 2008, and Ratliff Ren Kendra-ET, Excellent-93%, who was named Reserve Grand Champion of the Kansas State Fair in 2010 and 2011. Another daughter, Renn Kandie of Ratliff, AUGUST 2012
Excellent-95%, was Grand Champion of the Missouri State Fair in 2008 and made 30,040 lbs. milk, 1,285 lbs. fat and 1,073 lbs. protein at 7-4. “Krissy’s” third dam is Avonlea Valiant Kitty 15N, EX-3E (CAN), Grand Champion of The All American Junior Jersey Show and winner of the Royal International Jersey Futurity in 1984. “Kitty” was nominated All-Canadian four times in milking form. The next two dams are also Excellent in Canada. The fifth high seller was the youngest live offering of the day—a junior calf from the “Déjà vu” family at Ratliff Jer-
seys. What she lacked in size, she made up for in pedigree and potential. In the end, it was Hannah Braun of Lisbon, N.Y., that outlasted all other bidders to bring home Ratliff Jade Doodlebug-ET for $8,000. The daughter of Giprat Belles Jade-ET, GJPI +31, is out of Arethusa Primetime Déjà vu-ET. “Déjà vu” is an Excellent-94% daughter of Gil-Bar Sparkler Primetime, JPI +31, with a best record of 20,000 lbs. milk, 996 lbs. fat and 763 lbs. protein at 5-0. She was Grand Champion of the Kansas State Fair in 2010 and earned the white ribbon (continued to page 68)
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Sun Valley Farm 10350 Meda Loop Road Cloverdale, Oregon 97112 Bearl, Joanne, and Jeff Seals 503/392-5870 Tom and Jennie Seals • 503/392-4224 Email: tjseals@oregoncoast.com
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in the senior two-year-old class at The All American Jersey Show in 2008. One of her daughters, Ratliff Sambo Demi-ET, Excellent-91%, stood first in her class as a junior two-year-old at the Central National Junior Jersey Show and the Kansas and Wisconsin State Fairs and third at The All American Junior Jersey Show in 2010. “Doodlebug’s” grandam is the worldfamous Huronia Centurion Veronica 20J, Excellent-97%. “Veronica” was named National Grand Champion in 2004, Reserve National Grand Champion in 2002 and Supreme Champion of World Dairy Expo in 2006. She has three records over 24,400 lbs. milk, 1,270 lbs. fat and 950 lbs. protein. She has 17 sons in A.I. and 59 registered daughters to date. Her descendents have commanded premium prices across the country in recent years and comprised the entire makeup of the high-averaging sale in 2010, Visions of Veronica, which auctioned 24 lots for an average of $8,033.33. Sales $4,000 and Over
(Consignors in Parentheses) Peter Vail and Budjon Farms, Lomira, Wis. Ratliff Remake Morgan-ET, cow 2 yrs....................... $22,500 (Christy Ratliff, Garnett, Kan.) Ed and Meagan Cooper, Nichols, N.Y. First choice female sired by Rock Ella Impression-ET and out of Ratliff Price Alicia..................................................... 11,500 (Ron and Christy Ratliff, Garnett, Kan.) Ron and Christy Ratliff, Garnett, Kan. Ratliff Tequila Chll, cow 2 yrs.......................................... 9,800 (Ron and Christy Ratliff and Frank Pretz, Garnett, Kan.) Ratliff King Snickers, cow 4 yrs. .................................... 6,700 (Ron and Christy Ratliff, Frank Pretz and Amanda Nelson, Garnett, Kan.) Tanner C. May, Shelbyville, Ky. Ratliff Amedeo Krissy-ET, cow 5 yrs.............................. 8,500 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Hannah Braun, Lisbon, N.Y. Ratliff Jade Doodlebug-ET, heifer calf 8 mos. ............... 8,000 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Zach, Blake and Mitch Schulte, Watkins, Iowa Ratliff Tequila Aggie-ET, heifer calf 8 mos. .................... 7,900 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Jacqueline A. Kisst, Ripon, Calif. Ratliff Gold Daisy, heifer calf 2 mos. ............................. 7,500 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Callum McKinven and Frank and Carol Borba, North Hatley, Quebec Ratliff Action Baby G, bred heifer 22 mos. .................... 7,500 (Ron and Christy Ratliff, Diane Ossenlop and Frank Pretz, Garnett, Kan.) Paullyn Farms, Ayton, Ontario Ratliff Remake Majestic-ET, cow 2 yrs. ......................... 6,100 (Christy Ratliff) Ferme Arolene Inc., St. Isidore de Dorchester, Quebec
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Sunset Canyon Ren Nadine 919-ET, bred heifer 22 mos. .................................................................................. 6,100 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Cassy Krull, Lake Mills, Wis. First choice female sired by Rock Ella Impression-ET and out of Arethusa Primetime Deja Vu-ET................................ 6,000 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Kara Hale, Cloverdale, Ore. First choice female sired by Lester Sambo and out of Arethusa Primetime Deja Vu-ET ................................................... 6,000 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Matt Linehan, River Falls, Wis. Ratliff Sambo Aspen-ET, bred heifer 18 mos. ............... 5,700 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Greg and Ole Nelson, Dassel, Minn. First choice female sired by Rock Ella Impression-ET and out of Ratliff Jade Candace-ET............................................ 5,500 (Christy Ratliff) Jon L. Strandberg, Alma Center, Wis. Ratliff Kaptain Erica, cow 6 yrs. .................................... 5,200 (Christy Ratliff) John Kisst, Ripon, Calif. Second choice female sired by Lester Sambo and out of Arethusa Primetime Deja Vu-ET ................................... 5,000 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Helenmae Metcalf, Piermont, N.H. Ratliff Socrates Karamac-ET, cow 2 yrs. ....................... 5,000 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Todd Hayton, Castorland, N.Y. Ratliff Amedeo Kacie-ET, cow 4 yrs. ............................. 5,000 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Austin Naumann, Sparta, Wis. Ratliff Amadeo Acacia-ET, heifer calf 7 mos. ................ 4,800 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Avonlea Genetics Inc., Brighton, Ontario First choice female sired by Forest Glen Avery Action-ET and out of Arethusa Primetime Deja Vu-ET ......................... 4,700 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Andy, Ryan and Kellie Ripp, Dimock, S.D. Ratliff Austin Baby Girl, heifer calf 5 mos. ..................... 4,600 (Ron and Christy Ratliff, Diane Ossenlop and Frank Pretz) Dante Carpenter, Russell Springs, Ky. Ratliff Senior Paulie, bred heifer 20 mos. ...................... 4,500 (Christy Ratliff) Pro-Hart Jerseys - Nicholas Clark and Melanie and Cole Provoast, Prescott, Mich. Ratliff Amedeo Avery-ET, bred heifer 17 mos. .............. 4,400 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Cris Rocha, Tillamook, Ore. Ratliff Action M&M-ET, open yearling 14 mos. ............. 4,200 (Christy Ratliff) Nordic Haven Farms and Jordan and Kaitlin Hansen, Decorah, Iowa Ratliff Governor Maiden-ET, cow 2 yrs. ........................ 4,200 (Christy Ratliff) Sawyer Brandenburg, Fort Atkinson, Wis. Ratliff Tequila Alana, heifer calf 8 mos. ......................... 4,000 (Ron and Christy Ratliff) Duane L. Phillips, Golden, Ill. Ratliff Action Kiley, bred heifer 16 mos. ......................... 4,000 (Ron and Christy Ratliff)
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In Memoriam John Henry “Jack” Snell John Henry “Jack” Snell, Ellensburg, Wash., 83, passed away on March 16, 2012. He was born on September 14, 1928, to Ed Y. and Frances Lauderdale Snell in Tacoma, Wash. The family lived in the Lauderdale Lodge in the Swauk area of Kittitas County until 1933, when they moved to Ellensburg to establish a farm. Jack attended Lourdes Academy and Ellensburg High School and graduated from Washington State University. Snell taught agriculture and farm shop in Orting and Ellensburg High Schools and then returned to farm with his parents in Ellensburg. He bred Registered Jerseys using the Kittitas prefix and retired from farming in 1994. He was a member of the American Jersey Cattle Association and was active in 4-H, FFA and local and state dairy organizations. He also served on the county fair and town ditch boards. Snell was actively involved at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, where he served as head of the building committee for the new church in 1980. He was an honorary life member of the Knights of Columbus and volunteered at the Chamber of Commerce and the RSVP and Volunteer Center of Kittitas County. He married the late Louise Lancaster in February 1996. The Snells lived in the Rosewood retirement community and traveled domestically to every state in the nation and internationally to numerous destinations, including England, Scotland, the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas, the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. She passed away in February 2008. Jack enjoyed caring for the yard, flowers and vegetable garden and was especially proud of his tomato plants. He also liked to play bridge and pinochle with friends. He is survived by a sister, Nona D’Anna of Marietta, Ga.; sister-in-law, Lorain Snell of Olympia, Wash.; stepchildren, Yvonne (Jerry) Van Winkle, Orondo, Wash., Thom (Peggy) Lancaster, Cashmere, Wash., Joyce (Mike) Dunn, Republic, Wash., Jeanne Lancaster, Ellenburg, Paula Simmons, Wenatchee, Wash., and Michael (Penny Orwick) Lancaster, Missoula, Mont.; and 14 nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Bill and Tom, and a sister, Ednell. Memorials may be made to Hospice Friends, 401 E. Mountain View Ave., #3, Ellensburg, WA 98926, or the Washington State University Foundation, 255 E. Main AUGUST 2012
St., Pullman WA 99164.
Louise Marie Fisher Louise Marie Fisher, Hilmar, Calif., 85, passed away on June 24, 2012. She is the late wife of Ed Fisher, who worked at Ahlem Farms Partnership beginning in 1979 and still lends a hand at the dairy with sire selection at 90 yearsof-age. Mr. Fisher and Ahlem Farms Partnership earned the Master Breeder Award from the American Jersey Cattle Association in 2009. Louise was born November 9, 1926, in Paso Robles, Calif., to the late Frank and Marie Hamm. She grew up on a farm and rode horses, milked cows, canned and enjoyed country life. She attended Templeton schools and Grace University in Omaha, Neb. She met her husband, Ed, at her brother Rudy’s wedding; the two were married in July 1950. The couple moved to Turlock that same year when Ed accepted a position as an agriculture teacher at Hilmar High School. Louise was a charter member of Monte Vista Chapel, where she taught Sunday school for many years. Her open Bible was a familiar sight in her home and a symbol of her faith in the Lord. She was a fabulous cook and homemaker and enjoyed every moment of her life with her husband and family. In addition to her husband of 61 years, Louise is survived by two sons, Robert (Cindy) Fisher of Visalia, Calif., and Ronald (Debbie) Fisher of Denair, Calif.; a daughter-in-law, Lynette of Atascadero, Calif.; seven grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; a brother Rudy (Virginia) Hamm of Paso Robles, Calif.; and a sister, Florence McCarty of Ceres, Calif. She was preceded in death by a brother, Lenny Hamm; a sister, Elenor Smiley; and a son, Richard, who was the assistant pastor of Atascadero Bible Church, the church in which Louise and Ed were married.
Evelyn Irene Guerney Evelyn Irene (Anderson) Guerney, Princeton, Ontario, 94, passed away on June 24, 2012. She was born in Huron County, Ontario, in 1919. She relocated to Princeton in 1945 when she and her husband, the late Lloyd Guerney, purchased the family farm, Llolyn Farms Ltd. The family bred many prominent registered Jerseys, including Llolyn Jude Griffen-ET, who was named National Grand Champion in 2005 and 2007 and Reserve Supreme Champion of World Dairy Expo in 2007. Llolyn Farms was named Master Breeder by Jersey Canada in 1982.
She is survived by five sons, Charles (Gayle) Guerney, Robert (Theresa) Guerney, Wayne (Donna) Guerney, Reg (Judy) Guerney and Glen (Debby) Guerney; a son-in-law, Wayne McCullough; 16 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; a sister, Jean Taylor; a brother, Gord (Betty) Anderson; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd, in 2005 and two daughters, Muriel McCullough and Nancy Turnbull. Memorials in her honor may be made to Princeton United Church, 24 Elgin, E. Princeton ON, NOJ 1V0, or Park Lane Terrace, 295 Grand River St. N., Paris, ON, N3L 2N9.
Richard Lee “Diamond Dick” Brady Richard Lee “Diamond Dick” Brady, Riceville, Tenn., 57, passed away on July 5, 2012, after a battle with cancer. He was born to Emerson Brady and the late Ida Mae Bowers Brady. He graduated from Calhoun High School and was a lifelong resident of McMinn County. Brady operated Volunteer Jersey Farm with his family in Riceville and was active in 4-H club dairy shows. He and the family exhibited their Registered Jerseys at shows in Tennessee and at The All American Jersey Show. Volunteer Jersey Farm was also a routine consignor to The All American Jersey Sale, the Deep South and Southeast Heifer Growers South Sale, the Dixie Invitational Sale, the Kentucky National Sale and several sales in Tennessee. Brady also was associated with Bowater Southern Paper Corporation for 32 years. He was a member of the American Jersey Cattle Association and Sanford Baptist Church and coached Calhoun Little League. In addition to his father, Emerson, he is survived by his wife, Linda Womac Brady of Riceville; a son, Wesley Lee (Becky) Brady of Riceville; a granddaughter and a grandson; two sisters, Dianne Fetzer of Benton and Janie Wiseman of Riceville; a brother, Sam Brady of Calhoun; an uncle; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Tennessee Dairy Foundation, c/o Gay Ervin, 240 Haley Rd., Wartrace, TN 37183, or Sanford Baptist Church, P.O. Box 190, Calhoun, TN 37309.
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