In this issue:
Official Publication of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc. 6486 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, OH, 43068–2362. Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) weekdays. Phone: 614/861-3636. Fax: 614/861-8040. Email jerseyjournal@usjersey.com. Website: http://JerseyJournal.USJersey.com.
Volume 59 • No. 5 • May 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
Vermont and New Hampshire Prepare 33 for Annual Meeting Visitors
JerseyAuctionLive.com Makes Debut at Heartland Premier Production III Sale 107
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AJCA Distinguished Service John Palmer
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Candidates for AJCA and NAJ Elections
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AJCA Master Breeder Dutch Hollow Farms LLC
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Exploring “The Breed’s Foundation”
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Active A.I. Bulls Ranked by Appraisal Traits
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Top 200 Cows for JPI
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Active A.I. Bulls Ranked by GJPI
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Top 200 Females with Genomic Evaluations
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Annual Meeting Registration
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Top 10 Bulls Ranked within Categories
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Annual Meeting Schedule
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Young Jersey Breeders to be Honored
105 Iowa Jersey Cattle Club 98 Maryland Jersey Cattle Club 94 Michigan Jersey Cattle Club
106 100th Anniversary Airosa Dairy
102 Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association
107 Heartland Premier Production Sale III 111 IDW Jersey Showcase Sale 97 March 2012 Jersey Bid Online Sale
State Association Meetings Continue, Prepare for AJCA, NAJ Annual Meetings 94
113 Clemson Spring Dairy Expo 103 Florida State Fair 112 Florida State Fair Junior Show
This June the AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings will be hosted for the fifth time by a New England State. The collage on this month’s cover showcases some of the Registered Jersey herds in Vermont and New Hampshire that are featured in the first of a two-part series. The background photo was taken at the farm owned by David and Melanie Carmichael, Vergennes, Vt. The three inset photos, top to bottom, were captured at Holmes Farm, Durham, N.H., Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company, South Woodstock, Vt., and Pearlmont Farm, Barnet, Vt. Coverage of the farms begins on page 33. Also featured this month are the most recent genetic summaries and candidates for the AJCA and NAJ Board of Directors.
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AJCA, NAJ Board Members
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Advertising Index
105 Advertising Rates 100 Donation Made to the Jersey Youth Academy in Dr. H. Duane Norman’s Honor 110 Fred Stout Awards Announced 92 July 1st is Deadline to Apply for 2012-2013 Scholarships
14 Along the Jersey Road 10 Calendar 17 Editorial 6
Field Service Staff
114 In Memoriam
103 Junior Awards Available
52 Jersey Jargon
100 Preserving and Advancing Jersey Cattle Genetics: Jersey Island Genetics Brought to U.S.
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24 Speakers Announced for National Jersey Meetings this June
14 New Contract Advertisers
113 TalkJersey Entries Due June 1st
10 Type Appraisal Schedule
Jersey Journal Subscription Rates
116, 117, 118 Journal Shopping Center 10 Registration Fees
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Neal Smith, 614/322-4455 Vickie White, 614/322-4452 Cherie L. Bayer, Ph.D., 614/322-4456 Kimberly A. Billman, 614/322-4451 Jason Robinson, 614/216-5862 Erick Metzger, 614/322-4450 Cari W. Wolfe, 614/322-4453
AJCA-NAJ Area Representatives Director of Field Services: Kristin A. Paul, 209/4025679 (mobile); 608/754-3164 (office/fax); kpaul@ usjersey.com. Wisconsin, northern California. Sara Barlass, 614/256-6502 (mobile); 315/824-0349 (fax); sbarlass@usjersey.com. Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. David A. Burris, 209/613-9763 (mobile); 270/378-5434 (phone); 270/378-5357 (fax); dburris@usjersey.com. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, east Tennessee, Virginia. Allen J. Carter, 559/259-7825 (mobile); 951/925-0742 (phone); 614/322-4488 (fax); acarter@usjersey.com. Arizona, California, New Mexico. Patty Holbert, 270/205-1300 (mobile); 270/325-4352 (fax); pholbert@usjersey.com. Kentucky and Ohio. Londa Johnson, 614/296-3621 (mobile); ljohnson@ usjersey.com. Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota
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. 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: Robert Bignami, 24540 Clark Ave., Orland, CA 95963-8018. Phone 530/865-5612 (office), 530/5195612 (mobile); bob@brentwoodfarms.com. Vice President: Richard A. Doran Jr., 3342 Bush River Rd., Newberry, SC 29108. Phone 803/924-1466; bushriver@aol.com. 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. Richard A. Doran Jr., see above. Sixth District. 2012. Ralph Frerichs, 5730 Mueller Rd., La Grange, TX 78945-4226. Phone 979/249-5405; frerichs@cvctx. com. Eighth District. 2012. W. Phil Gordon, 1304 S. Harkless Dr., Apt. C-7, Syracuse, IN 46567. Phone 574/361-7214; gordonfarms1304@ yahoo.com. Seventh District. 2014.
William Grammer, 966 S. 15th St., Sebring, OH 44672. Phone 330/938-6798; gramjer@centurylink.net. Fourth District. 2013. David Norman, 7076 Rt. 414, Liberty, PA 16930-9726. Phone 570/324-5631; drnorman@chilitech.net. Third District. 2012. 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. 2012. Chris Sorenson, W3995 County Road H, Pine River, WI 54965-8130. Phone 920/987-5495; csorenson000@ centurytel.net. Tenth District. 2013. 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. Robert Bignami, see AJCA officers. Richard A. Doran Jr., ex-officio, see AJCA David Endres, see above. District 4. 2014. Calvin Graber, 44797 281st St., Parker, SD 57053.
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Phone 605/238-5782; calgraber@yahoo.com. District 7. 2013 William Grammer, ex-officio, see AJCA. James S. Huffard III, see above. District 5. 2012. 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; kel@msdairy. com. District 8. 2014. Mike Wickstrom, 5852 Columbus Ave., Hilmar, CA 95324-9754. Phone 209/667-9622; michaelwickstrom@ msn.com. District 2. 2013.
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ABS Global.............................................. 16, 21 Accelerated Genetics.............................. 27, 41 Agri Laboratories, LTD.................................115 Ahlem Farms Partnership............................114 All-Lynns Jerseys...........................................101 Alta Genetics/Jerseyland Sires........... 4, 69, 91 American Jersey Cattle Association ........................................ 15, 109, 116, 117, 118 Ameri-Milk Jerseys.......................................103 Androgenics...................................................24 Avi-Lanche Jerseys........................................11 Avon Road Jersey Farm..............................103 Bachelor Farms..............................................28 Billings Farm Inc.............................................35 Biltmore Farms...............................................28 Brass Bell Farm..............................................70 Brentwood Farms.............................................2 Buttercrest Jerseys......................................112 CalfTel Hutches............................................111 California Jerseys........ 2, 11, 37, 106, 114, 115 Cantendo Acres...........................................112 Cedar Mountain Jerseys................................59 Cedarcrest Farms..........................................96 Cinnamon Ridge Dairy.................................108 Circle S Jerseys.............................................58 Clauss Dairy Farm.......................................114 Clover Patch Dairy.......................................112 Cloverfield Jerseys.........................................77 Concept Genetics..........................................68 Covington Jerseys........................................108 Cow Power Sale.......................... 61, 62, 63, 64 Craig-Moor Dispersal.....................................72 Crescent Farm...............................................49 Crotty, Ed........................................................53 D&E Jerseys..................................................11 DLH Jersey Farm LLC...................................85 Dar-Re Farm Ltd..........................................112 DeMents Jerseys.........................................104 Den-Kel Jerseys................................ 61, 62, 63 Diamond S Farm..........................................110 Domino Jerseys ............................................70 Dreamroad Jerseys........................................70 Dutch Hollow Farm.........................................95 Echo Farm Inc................................................50 Edn-Ru Jerseys............................................109 Faria Brothers Dairy.......................................81 Fire-Lake Jerseys.........................................114 Forest Glen Jerseys.........................................3 Fort Morrison Jerseys....................................57 Four Springs Jerseys...................................109 Frederick Farms Inc......................................109 Genex...............................................................7 Goff Dairy.......................................................79 Golden Meadows Jerseys............................106 Grammer Jersey Farm.................................112 Grazeland Jerseys Ltd.................................112 Hallet Dairy Farm LLC.................................103 Hav’s Farm.....................................................58 Heartland Jerseys, Inc. ...............................120
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Heaven Scent Jerseys...................................70 Heinz Jerseys...............................................103 Her-Man Jerseys............................................65 Hi-Land Farms...............................................70 High Lawn Farm.............................................40 Highland Farms, Inc.......................................39 Highland Jersey Farm..................................112 Hilmar Jerseys.............................................114 Holmes Farm..................................................57 Huffard Dairy Farms.......................................93 Hy-Capacity Jerseys......................................77 Illinois Jerseys....................................... 27, 104 Iowa Jerseys................................................108 Irishtown Acres.............................................109 James Ahlem Dairy........................................37 JEMI Jerseys................................................109 JVB Red Hot Jerseys...................................111 JerseyAuctionLive.com................................116 JerseyBid.com..............................................117 Jersey Journal.............. 47, 51, 56, 97, 100,105 Jersey Young Sire Program..........................118 Jersey Marketing Service.. 29, 45, 61, 62, 63, 64 Journal Shopping Center............ 116, 117, 118 K&R Jerseys................................................110 Kenny Farm..................................................109 Kevetta Jerseys..............................................32 Knolle Cattle Company Dispersal..................68 Lands at Hillside Farm, The.........................109 Lawtons Jersey Farm.....................................26 Lindsay’s Pine Hill Jerseys...........................112 Livestock Exporters Association of U.S.A....113 Lucky Hill Jersey Farm...................................44 Lyon Jerseys................................................108 Mapleline Farm..............................................58 Margandale Jersey Farm.............................112 Martin Dairy LLC............................................96 Mason Farm...................................................69 McKee Jersey Farm.......................................92 Messmer Jersey Farm...................................69 Michigan Jersey Cattle Club..........................90 Mill Ridge Jerseys........................................109 Mills Jerseys...................................................76 Minnesota Jerseys.......................................110 Molly Brook Farms.........................................55 National Heifer Sale.......................................45 Nettle Creek Jerseys......................................85 New England Jerseys................ 35, 39, 40, 43, ..................... 44, 49, 50, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 68 New York Jerseys ......................26, 32, 61, 62, 63, 70, 72, 95, 99 Nobledale Farm............................................109 Normandell Farms.......................................109 Norse Star Summer Hummer Sale................25 Oakhaven Jerseys.........................................71 Ohio Jerseys............................. 12, 13, 71, 112 Ohio Spring Classic Sale........................ 12, 13 Oomsdale Farm Inc........................................99 Oregon Jerseys..........................................3, 96 Owens Farms Inc.........................................103
Page Crest Jerseys........................................26 Paul-Lin Dairy.................................................50 Pearlmont Jerseys.........................................43 Pennsota Jerseys.........................................110 Pennsylvania Jerseys...................................109 Pfizer....................................................... 23, 24 Queen-Acres Farm........................................90 Quist Farm....................................................114 Richardson Family Farm................................60 River Valley Dairy...........................................27 Riverside-F Farms........................................109 Rowzee Jersey Farm.....................................85 Schirm Jersey Farm.....................................112 Schlomer Organic Jersey Herd Dispersal.....28 Scotch View Farms........................................32 Seacord Farm................................................70 Select Sires, Inc.............................. 9, 118, 119 Semex................................................... 73, 117 Senn-Sational Jerseys...................................29 Shan-Mar Jerseys........................................109 Shenandoah Jerseys.....................................76 Silver Maple Farms........................................60 Silver Mist Farm.............................................96 Silver Spring Farm.........................................70 Smith Haven Dairy.......................................110 Spahr Jersey Farm, Inc................................112 Spring Valley Farm.......................................105 Springdale Jersey Farm.................................57 Spruce Row Jerseys....................................109 Steinhauers Jerseys....................................103 Stoney Hollow Jerseys.................................109 Sturdy Built...................................................118 Sugar Grove Jerseys.....................................76 Summit Farm................................................108 Sun Valley Jerseys.........................................96 Sunbow Jerseys.............................................90 Sunset Canyon Jerseys.................................96 Taylor Jersey Farm Inc...................................77 Tierney Farm Jerseys....................................70 Townside Jerseys...........................................97 Trans-America Genetics...............................116 Unkefer Jersey Dairy....................................112 Vanderfeltz Jerseys......................................109 Viking Genetics................................................9 Waverly Farm.................................................79 Wilsonview Dairy............................................96 Wisconsin Jerseys.................. 25, 97, 101, 103 Youngs Jersey Dairy Inc...............................112
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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. May—New Mexico and western Texas; Arizona and southern California; Minnesota and North Dakota; Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska. J une — Ve r m o n t ; M a i n e, M a s s a c h u s e t t s, Connecticut and New Hampshire; Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware; Idaho and Utah; North Carolina; Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Deadlines
JUNE 30—National Jersey Jug Futurity yearling and two-year-old fees due on 2013 and 2014 entries. JULY 1—Applications for National Jersey Youth Scholarships due AUG. 1—Deadline to register and/or transfer animals for the All American Junior Jersey Show. 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.
Sales
May 5—New York Spring 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. May 6—Derby Showcase All Breeds Sale, Lake View Park, Frankfort, Ky.; 2:00 p.m. (EST); Louisville Jersey Parish, sale mgr.; for more information contact Jackie Branham, 502/545-0890. May 12—WISCONSIN STATE Sale, hosted by All Lynn Jerseys, David Allen, Reedsburg, Wis.; 11:00 a.m. (CST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com; Wade Schoneck, auctioneer. May 19—RATLIFF PROOF OF PROGRESS II Sale, Ratliff Jerseys, Garnett, Kan.; 12:00 noon (CST); Avonlea Genetics Inc. and Ratliff Jerseys, sale mgr.; Gary Estes, auctioneer. MAY 22—JERSEYBID.COM INTERNET AUCTION, closing begins at 1:30 PM (EST) sale managed by Jersey Marketing Service; catalog at www. JerseyBid.com. M AY 2 3 — C E R T I F I E D O R G A N I C H E R D DISPERSAL, Strum, Wis.; 11:00 a.m. (CST); Normen Peterson, Pete’s Auction and Photo, sale mgr. MAY 28—OHIO SPRING CLASSIC SALE, Sidney, Ohio; 11:00 a.m. (EST); Michael Hurst, sale chair; Todd Woodruff auctioneer; Sale sponsored by the Ohio Jersey Breeders Association; for more information visit http://jerseysites.usjersey.com/ ohiojerseys. JUNE 5-6—Knolle Cattle Company Dispersal, Sandia, Texas; Sale co-managed by Cattle Exchange and Goldenburg Consulting Inc. JUNE 9—CRAIG-MOOR DISPERSAL, at the farm, North Bangor, N.Y.; 10:30 a.m. (EST); for more information contact Eric Craig at 518/232-2770. JUNE 16—SENN-SATIONAL PRODUCTION SALE, Senn-Sational Jersey Farm, Newberry, S.C.; 10:30 a.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com. JUNE 23—COW POWER SALE, Den-Kel Jerseys, Byron, N.Y.; 1:00 p.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. J U N E 2 6 — J E R S E Y B I D. C O M I N T E R 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 Member Non-Member
All Other Applications 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.
JUNE 30—55 th NATIONAL HEIFER SALE, Fryeburg Fairgrounds, Fryeburg, Maine; 4:00 p.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@ usjersey.com; Lynn Lee, auctioneer. JULY 7—Norse Star Summer Hummer Sale, Norse Star Jerseys, Westby, Wis.; Avonlea Genetics, sale mgr. JULY 20—ILLINOIS STATE SALE, Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com JULY 21—NORTH CAROLINA POT OF GOLD SALE, Piedmont Jerseys, Lincolnton, N.C.; 10:00 a.m. (EST). J U LY 2 4 — J E R S E Y B I D. C O M I N T E R N E T AUCTION, closing begins at 1:30 p.m. (EST) sale managed by Jersey Marketing Service; catalog at www.JerseyBid.com. AU G . 2 8 — J E R S E Y B I D. C O M I N T E R N E T AUCTION, closing begins at 1:30 p.m. (EST) sale managed by Jersey Marketing Service; catalog at www.JerseyBid.com. 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. S E P T. 2 4 — J E R S E Y B I D. C O M I N T E R 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. OCT. 2—Top of the World Sale, Madison, Wis.; 7:00 p.m. (CST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com. OCT. 4—Dairyland Protein Sale, Rock County Fairgrounds, Janesville, Wis.; 10:30 a.m. (CST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@ usjersey.com. OCT. 20—Ohio Fall Production Sale, Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, Ohio; 10:30 a.m. (EST); Jersey Marketing Service, sale mgr.; jms@usjersey.com. O C T. 2 3 — J E R S E Y B I D. C O M I N T E R 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. N OV. 2 7 — J E R S E Y B I D. C O M I N T E R N E T AUCTION, closing begins at 1:30 p.m. (EST) sale managed by Jersey Marketing Service; catalog at www.JerseyBid.com
Meetings and Expositions
MAY 29-JUNE 13—20th WORLD JERSEY CATTLE BUREAU ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING AND TOUR, Columbia; for more information, http://www. wjcb.wildapricot.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1078858. JUNE 27-30—ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL ALL-JERSEY INC., North Conway Grand Hotel, Conway, N.H. JUNE 29—ANNUAL MEETINGS OF NATIONAL ALL-JERSEY INC., North Conway Grand Hotel, North Conway, N.H.; 3:00 p.m. J U N E 3 0 — A N N UA L M E E T I N G O F T H E AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE ASSOCIATION., North Conway Grand Hotel, North Conway, N.H.; 7:30 a.m. JUNE 30—OHIO JERSEY BREEDERS PICNIC, Hosted by Tim Rawn, Lancaster, Ohio.
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Chris Sorenson, Pine River, Wis., has officially been nominated for President of the American Jersey Cattle Association. Ralph Frerichs, LaGrange, Texas, has officially been nominated for Director of the Eigth District for the American Jersey Cattle Association. David Norman, Liberty, Pa., has officially been nominated for Director of the Third District for the American Jersey Cattle Association. Wesley Snow, Brookfield, Vt., has officially been nominated for Director of the First District for the American Jersey Cattle Association. James S. Huffard, III., Crockett, Va., has officially been nominated for Director of the Fifth District for National All-Jersey Inc. ***************** Adam and Joanna Lidback, Barton, Vt., welcomed their first child in the fall of 2011. Thomas Keith was born August 23, 2011, and weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz. and was 21 inches long. Jim and Rylen Dickey, Hilmar, Calif., recently welcomed their third child. Layne Olivia Dickey was born January 1, 2012, and weighed 6 lbs., 13 oz. She was 19 inches long. Layne was welcomed home by big sisters Carson and Harper, 2. Jim is the herd manager at Hilmar Jerseys, Hilmar, Calif.
Pictured above are the Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Jerseys of the Maricopa County Fair. From left to right, M S Lieutenant 2835 E214, shown by Anneke Moss, Reserve Grand Champion; M S Artist 3792 D984, Grand Champion, shown by Shelby Moss; and Larry Kempton, Green Valley, Ariz., judge.
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New Contract Advertisers The Jersey Journal welcomes the following new contract advertisers. Watch for their ads in future issues of the Jersey Journal. • Pagecrest Jerseys, Derek Leon Page, Mount Vernon, Mo. • Brass Bell Farm, John and Shawn Gnipper, Oxford, N.Y.,
For more information on how Journal adver tising can help you or your state organization, contact staff at 614/322-4451. Brian and Nicole Barlass, Barlass Jerseys LLC, Janesville, Wis., recently welcomed their first child into the world. John William “Jack” Barlass was born February 21, 2012, at 6 lbs. and 7 oz. Jack was 19 ½ inches long. Brian was the 1995 National Youth Achievement Winner. Paternal grandparents, Bill and Marion Barlass, own Barlass Jerseys along with Brian, Janesville, Wis., while Marion also serves on the National All-Jersey Inc. board of directors. Paternal great-grandmother is Alice Barlass, also of Janesville.
Jersey 2x herd in Wooster (OH) County by the Wayne County Dairy Service Unit. Their herd average was recorded as 19,833 lbs. of milk, 919 lbs. of fat and 686 lbs. of protein. They also had the top Jersey individual record in the county, with 37,431 lbs. milk, 1,671 lbs. fat and 970 lbs. protein. Roy W. Mangun, Benalli Jerseys, Burbank, Ohio, was recognized as the top 3x milking herd in Wayne County. His herd averaged 19,308 lbs. milk, 858 lbs. fat and 654 lbs. protein. Schirm Jersey Farm, West Salem, Ohio, was named the top Jersey herd in Wayne County for somatic cell count. Dr. Francis Fluharty of The Ohio State University recently presented alternative cattle raising methods as part of a University of Wisconsin Extension cattle feeder clinic. Dr. Fluharty took the opportunity to promote Jersey beef, citing the brown steers as “one of the most desirable meat animals.” Fluharty noted the high marbling and small stature of the Jersey breed allows for greater market potential with smaller portion sizes, making for quality, affordable products.
The Kilgus Farmstead, Fairbury, Ill., recently played host to a food industry tour sponsored by the McLean County Farm Bureau Young Leaders. A group of 20 people visited the milk processing facility, retail store and 120-head herd of Jersey cows. Harvey Metzger, Larchwood, Iowa, is not only a positive influence on the Jersey dairy industry, but the Jersey beef industry as well. Following a conversation with Metzger, Jerry Nelson of the Marshall Independent, found hiself very inspired by the convictions of this local Jersey farmer. The impact made by Metzger on the one-time dairy farmer led Nelson to not just try Jersey beef, but begin raising his own Jersey beef animals. Nelson shares his experiences with Metzger and his new found Jersey beef herd in an article title “It’s All Harvey’s Fault,” in the Marshall Independent. Cantendo Acres/Grazeland Acres, Wooster, Ohio, was recognized as the top
Leaders of the Jersey Breeders Association in Paraná, Brazil (ACGJPR) visited California herds in late March to gather video for a promotional video. Pictured after their visit at D&E Jerseys in Hilmar are, from left, Tancredo Alves Furtado from Minas Gerais; Mauricio L. R. Santolin, ACGJPR Vice-President; Benny Rector, dairy herd manager at D&E Jerseys; Kate Rector, AJCA Advance Services Consultant; and Marcelo de P. Xavier, President of the ACGJPR. Their tour included stops at Ahlem Farms Partnership in Hilmar, Tollenaar Jerseys in Elk Grove, and Brentwood Farms in Orland. The southern state of Parana is the heart of Brazil’s traditional grain-growing region. Dairy production is expanding for production of added-value products for export, including yogurt, milk caramel, and cheese spreads.
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Do Genomic Proofs Really Hold Up? information was available for 60 of the 81 bulls, the range Eighty-one (81) Jersey bulls came of age last month with being one to 46 daughters scored. the release of their first progeny test evaluations. Three of Table 1 (below) summarizes the average change from the the 81 were immediately graduated to Active A.I. status, one December genomic evaluations to April for all 81 bulls, of them jumping to the top spot on the Jersey Performance and also for the top 20 bulls and the bottom 20 ranked IndexTM rankings. by JPITM. Across the board, the bulls’ genomic evaluations What sets the group apart is that it was the first to come of age in the genomic era. It was just three years ago, in without daughter records were excellent predictors of their January of 2009, that genomic evaluations became official, first proofs including daughter information. and three years ago, in April of 2009, that a new class Were the bulls that had been predicted to be the best of young bulls was defined for marketing: genomically ranked the same way after the daughter information was evaluated with no daughter information in the proofs. To added? In general, yes. The rank correlation for all 81 say that these G-code bulls have had a profound impact bulls across the two proofs was 0.7, a very positive finding on the Jersey business since is an understatement. especially when you consider how closely grouped young Today, there are more bulls that make it to Jersey bulls marketed by To a dairy farmer, the ultimate test would be to see if a bull A.I. are and that their NAAB members that rank on the JPI list can chosen on the basis of a high genetic evaluation including do not have daughter be determined by a very genomics but no daughter records actually was that good information in their few points. The findings when progeny data were available. evaluations (158) than are even better at the Bennet Cassell, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech upper echelon. Taking Active A.I. bulls that do 2012 VSFA/VA Tech Nutrition Cow College (132). G-code bulls sired just the top 20 bulls, the 22% of calves registered correlation between their by the AJCA in 2011, and through four months of 2012, December genomic evaluation and their daughter proof in account for 31% of registrations. Eleven G-code bulls were April was 0.8. among the 40 leading sires of registered sons for 2011, and Without question, progeny testing is the gold standard the first sons of these bulls are now being marketed by A.I. for ascertaining the genetic transmitting ability of a Jersey So the question with which we started, “Do genomic bull. The problem is, it is costly and time consuming. proofs really hold up?� is of particular interest as we look Genomic evaluations of Jersey bulls early in life give you a forward to August, and the anticipated first proofs of several tool to make good selection decisions without waiting for bulls with 500, 1,000, 1,500 or more daughters already on daughter proofs, and thus increase your opportunities to the ground. make faster genetic gains for yield, fitness and type traits. Table 1 compares the GPTA averages for selected traits Current recommendations are for a minimum of 50% of of the 81 genomically evaluated bulls that had their first matings to be made to genotyped bulls enrolled in progeny daughter proof in April. Reliability increased for the group test programs. The key to making it work is selecting a to 70%, reflecting the addition of information from an group of young bulls to spread the risk. You can always use average 32 daughters per bull for the yield and fitness traits. the best from the group later, once they sort themselves out The range was from 10 to 117 daughters. Cowside type based on the all-important daughter information. Table 1. Change in evaluations of 81 genotyped Jersey bulls after inclusion of daughter information in April 2012. Proof Date
Daus. REL
Milk
Fat%
Fat Pro% Protein SCS
PL
DPR
NM$
CM$
Type
JUI
JPI
3.05 3.06
1.7 1.7
-0.01 0.04
214 203
236 222
0.7 0.7
1.47 1.38
86 79
December 2011 April 2012
0 32
62 70
461 405
0.05 0.06
31 29
0.02 0.02
20 17
Change, All Bulls
32
8
-56
0.01
-2
0.00
-3
0.01
0.0
0.05
-11
-14
0.0
-0.09
-7
Change, Top 25% Change, Bottom 25%
38 31
9 8
-38 -30
0.01 0.02
0 -0.01 2 0.00
-3 -2
-0.02 0.03
0.1 0.0
0.01 0.00
3 -7
-2 -12
0.0 -0.1
0.04 -0.12
-4 -6
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AJCA MASTER BREEDER
Dutch Hollow Farms LLC
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utch Hollow Farms Dutch Hollow Berretta LLC, Schodack Choice-P and Dutch Landing, N.Y., will be Hollow Brendon-P-ET honored as Master Breeder from the “Mischief ” of the American Jersey cow family and Dutch Cattle Association (AJCA) Hollow Honour-P from at the Jersey Breeders’ the “Honey” cow family. Recognition Banquet in “Choice-P” was also North Conway, N.H., on heavily used as a sire of June 29, 2012. sons in the early 2000s The Master Breeder and has more than 100 Aw a r d i s b e s t ow e d registered sons to date. annually to a living Though the polled AJCA member, family, gene is something the partnership or corporation Chittendens strive to that, in the opinion of the include in their pedigrees Board of Directors, has The Chittendens—(front row) Melanie, Alan, Beth, Zachary, Paul, Donna, Brian, w h e n e v e r p o s s i b l e , (back) Cassie, Jonathon, Emily, Maxwell, Lydia, Meagan, Jill with Anna Carol, and bred outstanding animals profitability is the primary Nathan—operate Dutch Hollow Farms. Photo courtesy Sarah A. Martino. fo r m a ny y e a rs a n d focus of the breeding thereby made a notable contribution to program at this commercial operation. now. Dutch Hollow Farms has consigned the advancement of the Jersey breed in the “It would be a disservice to limit the high selling females at a number of highUnited States. Dutch Hollow contribution to that particular visibility Jersey sales over the years and “The nomination of Dutch Hollow Farms market niche within the expanding tent of sold others privately that have become for Master Breeder is not just about a farm Jersey breeding,” continued Palen. “This genetic leaders and production champions that has bred outstanding Jerseys. It’s is a breeding herd that has expanded in the herds of their new owners. Several about a family—three generations—with a internally to four times its original size of these have also become bull mothers. passion for Jerseys and the dairy industry, to accommodate three new households. . As much as anything, Dutch Hollow an ability to breed outstanding cattle and a .with never any break in production and Farms has continued the legacy of quality desire to provide them with the best care type improvement and without sacrificing polled genetics established at Paul’s home and management to express their bred-in its willingness to contribute genetics from farm, Fair Weather Farm, New Lebanon, potential.” the herd to the benefit of others—horned N.Y. The breeding philosophy that Paul These words that led the award or polled.” brought to Dutch Hollow Farms when he application for Dutch Hollow Farms could Each of the past 12 years, Dutch Hollow set out on his own in 1976 still holds true not better express the commitment Paul Farms has ranked among the top 25 herds today. “A cow was put on this earth for one Chittenden and his family have to bettering in the nation for all measures of production reason—to produce milk. She doesn’t have the Jersey cow, not just at Dutch Hollow among similar-sized herds. In 2003 and to be ugly to do it and it is better if she is Farms, but on other farms across America 2004, the farm ranked first or second for born without horns.” as well. milk, fat and protein nationally among “Those of us who have taken the Dutch Hollow Farms is a limited liability large herds with 300 or more cows. The possibility of polled Jerseys seriously as corporation owned by brothers, Brian, Alan 2011 AJCA lactation average of 20,085 lbs. a present herd benefit and future breed and Nathan Chittenden, and their parents, milk, 1,001 lbs. fat and 699 lbs. protein on advantage are grateful to the support of Paul Paul and Melanie. The third generation of 438 lactations ranks sixth for fat and ninth and Melanie Chittenden and their three sons the Chittenden family lends a hand with the for milk among herds with 300-749 cows. in propagating and merchandising useful business as well and is beginning to make During the past dozen years, 281 members polled animals that have raised the genetic their marks on the breed. Grandchildren of the milking string produced Honor Roll profile of polled Jersey cattle in the U.S.,” at the farm include Cassie and Meagan records; 83 made Hall of Fame records. wrote Greg Palen, Ovid, Mich., in a letter Chittenden (daughters of Brian and his Breeding cows that last lactation-aftersupporting the family’s nomination for the wife, Beth), Emily, Maxwell and Lydia lactation is another hallmark of the breeding award. Chittenden (children of Alan and his wife, program at Dutch Hollow Farms. The Of the eight Dutch-Hollow-bred bulls on Donna) and Zachary, Jonathon and Anna Chittendens have bred 146 Excellent cows the current list of Active A.I. Jersey bulls, Carol Chittenden (children of Nathan and and 207 cows with lifetime credits in excess half are naturally polled. The pedigree his wife, Jill). of 100,000 lbs. milk. Fourteen have lifetime of the highest-ranking naturally-polled The Dutch Hollow impact on the breed totals in excess of 200,000 lbs. milk. Eleven G-code bull, Schultz Legal Critic-P, GJPI comes from the 90-plus bulls bred by the of these have ranked among the top 10 for +242, traces three generations back to farm that have entered A.I. service over the milk, fat or protein in the AJCA Leading Dutch Hollow Barber Milady-P-ET. past four decades and a handful of young Lifetime Production Contest. The three most heavily-used, naturally(continued to page 20) progeny-test bulls earning their first proofs polled bulls bred by the Chittendens are
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
John Palmer
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ohn Palmer, Cornish, Maine, will be honored as the 62nd recipient of the Distinguished Service Award presented by the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA). The Distinguished Service Award is presented by the Board of Directors to as many living AJCA members and/or members’ families, who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, have rendered outstanding and unselfish service for many years and thereby made a notable contribution to the advancement of the Jersey breed in the United States. Formal presentation of the award will be made on June 27 at the Jersey Breeders’ Banquet held during the 2012 Annual Meetings of the AJCA and National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ) in North Conway, N.H. As the New England Jersey breeders prepare to welcome fellow Jersey enthusiasts, they are also honoring the accomplishments of their neighbor, John Palmer of Highland Farms. John will be accepting the award that celebrates his commitment to not only managing a successful herd of Registered Jerseys, but also working hard to make a positive impact on his friends, neighbors and Jersey breeders alike. “John has been an outstanding leader of the Jersey breed as our New England representative and a spokesman for the breed at the national and state level,” said Nancy Quimby, Brooks, Maine, secretary of the Maine Jersey Cattle Club. “He has devoted his life to promoting agriculture and dairying and he is totally deserving of this honor.” John spent his youth being active in FFA, acting as president of his chapter at Fryeburg Academy. He later attended the University of Maryland, where he was a member of the agricultural fraternity Alpha Gamma Rho and graduated in 1957 with an associate’s degree in animal husbandry. That same year, he married Allaire Pike, and both became integral parts of the Highland Farms operation, which was started in 1886 by Allaire’s great-great grandfather. Highland Farms is recognized as the oldest Registered Jersey herd in the country and most cows in the herd today can be traced back to the first three Jerseys purchased at the farm’s origin. John spent 41 years managing the herd
before becoming a stock-holder in the farm when it was incorporated in 1962. He was part of the team that helped mold the REAP herd to the outstanding production levels they are currently enjoying as they milk 250 registered Jerseys with a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 19,315 lbs. milk, 941 lbs. fat and 667 lbs. protein on 184 lactations. They currently have eight cows that rank on the Top 1.5% GJPI cow list, with another cow on the list for Top 1.5% by Traditional JPI list (4/12). The Palmer and Pike families were the recipients of the 1987 Master Breeder award from the AJCA. Three years later, they were named the 1990 Maine Dairy Farmer of the year. “John is constantly thinking of ways to improve the farming community either at community, state or national level,” wrote Tom Sawyer Jr., President of the New England Jersey Breeders Association (NEJBA). “You never know when you might receive a call from him someday with one of his ideas to help improve dairy farming.” In the time that John has been involved at Highland Farms, there have been many exciting feats accomplished on top of the hill the farm graces. In addition to being a contract advertiser in the Jersey Journal and a contributor to Equity, Highland has
bred and sold many outstanding animals, including several famous bulls. Highland Magic Duncan and his first son, Highland Duncan Lester, are two of the more well known bulls to appear USDA Sire Summary List, which also included four more “Duncan” sons in the 1990s. Highland Farms currently has four sires listed in the Homebred A.I. Bulls Green Book (4/12). The excellent work John has completed at the historic farm spans more than just the Highland herd. “John’s Jersey involvement is impressive,” wrote Tom Sawyer Jr., in his nomination essay for John. “He feels that if you can improve and promote the Jersey cow that she will always be able to provide a wonderful life for all Jersey breeders.” He served as a director of the American Jersey Cattle Association from 1989 to 1997, representing the first district and serving as vice president of the association. He also was a member of the finance committee and still serves as an advisor for the investment committee. John is a member and past president of both the Maine Jersey Cattle Club and the NEJBA. “He has always been available for advice, suggestions and encouragement to all Maine Jersey Breeders,” wrote Albert and Lynette Bradford, Goodnow Jersey Farm, Turner, Maine, in support for their fellow Jersey breeder. Richard Clauss, Clauss Dairy and former AJCA President of Hilmar, Calif., reflected on the time he spent working with John while serving on the AJCC board and the impact he had doing such. “He has served with quiet dedication to the success of our breed and the Jersey organization.” John has also worked hard to promote the dairy industry as a whole, serving 15 years on the sire committee for Genex. He was also a representative and served on the legislative committee for the milk marketing cooperative, Agri-Mark. He is a member of Farm Bureau and the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, serving both on the local and state levels. John and Allaire both spend considerable amounts of time lobbying in the name of dairy farming, land conservation and other agricultural issues. (continued to page 21)
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The Chittendens have used a number of AJCA programs and services to effectively manage the herd. Dutch Hollow Farms joined REAP in 1997 and started using JerseyTags to permanently identify the herd several years ago. The farm has continuously contributed to Project Equity since 1977 and been a contract advertiser in the Jersey Journal since 1980. It recently hosted a website on JerseySites. Dutch Hollow Farms ranks among the top 100 herds in the country for Jersey Performance Index (JPI) with an average index of +59 (April 2012). Eleven females on the list of the Top 500 Females for Genomic JPI (GJPI) carry the Dutch Hollow prefix, including the breed’s #2 female, Dutch Hollow Charmaine-ET, with a GJPI of +268. Almost half of the 425 calves in the heifer pens are P-level 7 or higher. Genetic gain has often come from a heavy dose of young sires. Dutch Hollow Farms was a founding member of New England Jersey Sires and has since become a member of Liberty Jersey Sires. At times, young sire usage has accounted for 60% of herd matings and even been an option for contract matings on the most elite cows in the Dutch Hollow herd. One might say the ability to breed quality cattle is in the blood at Dutch Hollow Farms as both patriarch and matriarch grew up on distinguished Registered Jersey farms. Paul was raised on Fair Weather Farm and is the son of the late Jane and Stanley Chittenden, recipient of the Master Breeder Award in 1983. Stanley and Paul are one of just two father-son duos in breed history to receive the national Jersey organization’s most prestigious award. Melanie, the daughter of the late Louis M. Fish Jr., was also raised with Registered Jerseys. Her family bred cattle using the LF prefix. The herd at Dutch Hollow Farms was built from Paul’s project animals at Fair Weather Farms and a few foundation animals for Melanie and the children. One of the early purchases that set herself apart was a bred heifer—Kamefield Observer Mischief-P—from a long-time family friend. Though “Mischief ” was a standout in her own right as she was appraised Excellent-91% and made more than 20,000 lbs. milk, her true mark was as a brood cow. More than half of the bulls the Chittendens have sold to A.I. hail from this cow family as do many of the high genomic animals in the Dutch Hollow herd today. Included in this group are “Choice-P,” “Brendon-P,” “Charmaine” and eight other females on the list of the Top 500 Females for GJPI. Another purchase that proved her value was SC Millie from the Cedarcrest Sale in Page 20
1999. The Excellent-93% “Millie” made more than 30,000 lbs. milk and placed in the AJCA Leading Living Lifetime Production Contest in 2008 and 2009. The most widelyknown of her 11 daughters is Dutch Hollow Jace Melinda, Excellent-92%, a finalist in The Art of Fine Breeding contest. Numerous bulls from the cow family have also been sent to A.I., including “Melinda’s” son, Dutch Hollow Alabama-ET, one of three Dutch Hollow-bred bulls to be syndicated in All American Jersey Sales. Other cow families that are making their marks at Dutch Hollow Farms are the “Deva,” “Lee” and “Gail” cow families. The leading “Deva” in the herd today is Dutch Hollow Klassic Deva, Very Good88%, with six records over 20,000 lbs. milk and six sons in A.I. One of her 13 registered daughters, Dutch Hollow Rebel Diva, Excellent-90%, is the dam of Dutch Hollow Lexicon, ranked #26 among active A.I. bulls with a GJPI of +151. The “Lee” family is the foundation family for granddaughter Emily. LF Lester Emmi Lee-ET, Excellent-92%, is the third generation to produce more than 200,000 lbs. milk lifetime. Her daughter, Dutch Hollow Paramount Emlee-ET, Excellent-90%, placed in the National Jersey Youth Production Contest twice and has three sons in A.I. sampling programs. The “Gail” cow family is the foundation family for g randdaughter Cassie. The matriarch is Huestis Brook Gail, Excellent-91%, who was purchased as a baby calf at the Fantastic 50s Sale in 1993. “Gail” placed in the AJCA Leading Living Lifetime Production Contest three times beginning in 2004. Cassie has also fared well in youth competitions with descendents from this family, earning a top-10 ranking in three National Jersey Youth Production Contests and receiving the Sunbow Jerseys Trophy at The All American Junior Jersey Show in 2011 with GR Dutch Hollow Gannon Glide, Very Good-89%. Involvement with Jerseys doesn’t stop at the end of the driveway for the Chittendens. Every member of the family is a lifetime member or junior member of the AJCA. Paul received the AJCA Distinguished Service Award in 2010 for his years of service to the national Jersey organizations. Brian is the current president of the New York Jersey Cattle Club. Alan won the National Jersey Youth Achievement Contest in 1988, is past president of both the New England Jersey Breeders Association and the New England Jersey Sires and now sits on the boards of both organizations. Paul and Melanie received the Young Jersey Breeder Award in 1979. Alan and Donna and Brian and Beth earned the recognition in 2000. Eldest granddaughter,
Cassie, was named first alternate in the National Jersey Queen Contest in 2011 and placed third in the National Jersey Youth Achievement Contest in 2010. Dutch Hollow Farms consigned animals to the all-donation National Heifer Sale in 2005 when it supported the AJCC Research Fund and again in 2011 when it helped to fund Jersey Youth Academy. Dutch Hollow Farms also presents the awards for the Best Bred and Owned Female at The All American Junior Jersey Show each year. With such enthusiasm for Jerseys, even amongst the youngest members of the Chittenden clan, the influence of Dutch Hollow Farms on the Jersey breed is sure to continue for many years to come. 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Master Breeders
William MacPherson, Thomasville, Ga.* W. R. Kenan, Jr., Lockport, N.Y.* George W. Sisson, Jr., Potsdam, N.Y.* E. S. Brigham, St. Albans, Vt.* Guy Miller, Modesto, Calif.* Dr. Howard D. Odum, Chapel Hill, N.C.* Judge J. G. Adams, Asheville, N.C.* N. M. Tibbles, Independence, Ore.* Frank W. Barber, Fayetteville, Tenn.* Herman F. Heep, Buda, Texas* Dale Dean, Ridgeway, Mich.* Maurice Pollak, Lincroft, N.J.* J. L. Hutcheson, Jr., Rossville, Ga.* John R. Sibley, Spencer, Mass.* J. Chester Elliff, Tulia, Texas* A. W. Sweet, Sixes, Ore. Col. H. G. Wilde, Lenox, Mass.* C. Edward Knolle, Sandia, Texas* Russel Hoar, Newark, Ohio* William Ross Proctor, Pittstown, N.J.* Clifton F. Russell, Rossville, Ga.* Chester Folck, Springfield, Ohio* C. Scott Mayfield, Athens, Tenn.* E. E. Greenough, Merced, Calif.* Henry Uihlein, Lake Placid, N.Y.* Charles S. Kelly, Hudson, Wis.* H. Fowler Hupman, Springfield, Ohio* Milton Humberd, Cleveland, Tenn.* Willis Rupert, New Waterford, Ohio* Earl Hutchinson, Tunbridge, Vt.* Antone J. Regli, Ferndale, Calif.* Mrs. Diana Ryan, Newport, R.I.* James and Georgia* Pappas, Modesto, Calif. Mrs. H. G. Wilde, Lenox, Mass.* Henry W. Black, West Baldwin, Maine* John Bishop VI, Columbus, N.J. * Mrs. A. G. Rankin* and Sons, Faunsdale, Ala. W. L. Payton, Stephenville, Texas* Curtis Hobson, Athens, Tenn.* Stanley N. Chittenden, New Lebanon, N.Y.* Walter H. and Joan Brown, Hughson, Calif. Newell Mills, Fallon, Nev. John R. Owen, Lewisburg, Tenn.* Robert S. Pike* and Family, Cornish, Maine Ray Chamberlain, Wyoming, N.Y.* Ralph* and Betty Reichert, Riley, Kans. Stanley K. Bansen, Dayton, Ore.* Henry P. Knolle, Sandia, Texas* Phil V. Fanelli, Hilmar, Calif. Dr. J. J. Malnati, Newberry, S.C.* Walter and Sally Goodrich, West Danville, Vt. Edward, Harold, and Donald* Wright, White River Junction, Vt. 1996 Elmer D. Larson, Roy, Wash.* 1997 Albert Bradford, Turner, Maine 1998 Robert Stiles Family, Clearbook, Va. 1999 Robert and Barbara* Howard, Tillamook, Ore. 2000 Charles L. Lutz, Newton, N.C.* 2001 Duane Kuhlman, Snohomish, Wash. 2002 Duane Wickstrom, Hilmar, Calif. 2003 James Chaney, Bowling Green, Ky.* 2004 Charles J. Steer, Cottage Grove, Tenn. 2005 William G. Mason Family, Buhl, Idaho* 2006 Aaron F. Richards, Farmington, Utah* 2007 Robert Bignami, Orland, Calif. and Harlan Askeland*, Orland, Calif. 2008 James S. Huffard III, Crockett, Va. 2009 Ahlem Farms Partnership and Ed Fisher, Hilmar, Calif. 2010 Donald and Elsa Sherman, Hilmar, Calif. 2011 Dan Bansen, Dayton, Ore. 2012 Dutch Hollow Farms, Schodack Landing, N.Y. * deceased
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“He knows his state and federal legislators and senators on a first name basis and he keeps them informed on agricultural ideas and activities,” wrote Tom Sawyer of John’s policy involvement. The dairy industry is not the only segment that benefits from this activism though as John has several commitments to his local community. He served the Cornish Planning Board for 15 years, four of those as chairman of the board. This involvement helped establish a town zoning ordinance that encourages an aesthetic and agricultural focused community. John also served as town selectman for seven years, and is very involved in his church where he has been a member for more than 50 years and has served on the board of trustees for more than 45 years. “John Palmer is one of the most sincere and honest men that I have ever met,” wrote Harold B. Wright, former AJCC President, White River Junction, Vt. “He is the kind of person anyone would like as a friend or a neighbor.” He was also a supervisor for the York County Maine soil and water conservation District for 18 years, serving as chairman for six of those years. John also served the state Soil and Water Conservation board for four years. In 1984, he received the National Soil Conservation Award on behalf of the work done at Highland Farms. “Because Highland is located on a hilltop, they have carefully managed their farmlands with strip-cropping, no-till planting, terracing, and miles of diversion ditches,” shared Tom Sawyer of the conservation efforts of John and his family. “They also compost bedding manure and manage a manure pit for liquid manure
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application to the cropland.” John, Allarie and their family have won several distinguished awards on behalf of Highland Farm. In 1995, John and Allaire were presented with the National Dairy Shrine’s Distinguished Dairy Cattle Award along with Allarie’s brother Robert and his wife Laura Pike. John and Allarie’s children, the fifth generation of the family to work at Highland Farms, Libby (Bleakney) and Daniel, along with their niece and nephew, David Pike and Lorie Pike, were given the AJCA Young Jersey Breeders Award. Libby and Daniel now manage the herd, while their children, the sixth generation, have also begun to assume active roles on the farm. Though there are plenty of helping hands at Highland Farms, John continues to help and support the family and crew on top of the picturesque hilltop. He can still be found breeding cows and working beside his family members to promote the Jersey cow, or most importantly, making sure he can keep a smile on the faces surrounding him. “A lifetime of friendship with this gentle and thoughtful man has shown him to be thoroughly devoted to family, community, the Jersey cow and the AJCA,” wrote Peter Young, Nezinscot Jersey Farm, Turner, Maine. “He was an early advocate of component pricing through the Equity program as well as the progressive genetic indexes that turned the Jersey breed toward a new future.” As John helps Highland Farms prepare to be part of the AJCA, National All-Jersey Inc. Annual Meeting tour, which will be pay the historic farm a visit on June 30, he can share his knowledge and goodwill with Jersey breeders from throughout the country, capping off the experience of a
Distinguished Service award winner. Distinguished Service Awards 1954 W. W. Trout, Springfield, Ohio* 1955 Harold J. Turner, Bethel, Vt.* 1956 Judge Peter J. Shields, Sacramento, Calif.* 1957 R. C. Calloway, Baton Rouge, La.* 1958 Lynn Copeland, Nashville, Tenn.* 1959 Chester Folck, Springfield, Ohio* 1960 Ernest Greenough, Merced, Calif.* 1961 Paul Jackson, Wilmington, Ohio* 1962 Harriet J. Groos, Vancouver, Wash.* 1963 R. K. Stout, Lansing, Mich.* 1964 Herbert G. Myers, Boise, Idaho* 1965 Charles S. Kelly, Hudson, Wis.* 1966 Joseph F. Sawyer, Galt, Calif.* 1967 Henry P. Knolle, Sandia, Texas* 1968 H. I. Sawyer, Hughson, Calif.* 1969 M. L. Baird, Springfield, Ohio* 1970 E. Lea Marsh, Jr., Old Lyme, Conn.* 1971 Stanley N. Chittenden, New Lebanon, N.Y.* 1972 Arthur Dieterich, Sherman, Texas* 1973 Amzi Rankin, Jr., Faunsdale, Ala.* 1974 Capt. T. J. and Elizabeth Bay, Lynden, Wash.* 1975 Mrs. Thomas H. Carruthers, III, Glendale, Ohio* 1975 Paul Sparrow, Athens, Tenn.* 1976 Wyatt A. Williams, Orange, Va.* 1977 Dr. J. H. Arnold, Newnan, Ga.* 1977 Reuben R. Cowles, Statesville, N.C.* 1978 Jean E. Lemmermen, Tiffin, Ohio* 1979 John Weir Jr., Geuda Springs, Kan. 1980 Clyde K. Chappell, Knoxville, Tenn.* 1980 Newell Mills, Fallon, Nev. 1981 Harold Wright, White River Junction, Vt. 1982 C. L. Collins, Jr., Sylacauga, Ala.* 1983 Ray Chamberlain, Wyoming, N.Y.* 1984 Dr. C. A. Ernstrom, Logan, Utah* 1985 J. F. Cavanaugh, Columbus, Ohio* 1986 W. Charles McGinnis, Mountville, S.C.* 1987 G. Joe Lyon, Toledo, Iowa 1988 Dr. John Wilk, Raleigh, N.C. 1989 Robert Lord, Woodstock, Vt.* 1990 Dr. H. Duane Norman, Fulton, Md. 1991 Edwin L. Crotty, Trenton, N.J. 1992 Richard A. Riggs, Evansville, Ind. 1993 Maurice E. Core, Columbus, Ohio 1994 John Giacomini, Eureka, Calif.* 1995 W. R. Lutz, Newton, N.C. 1996 Max Gordon, Winchester, Ind.* 1997 Harold Owens, Frederic, Wis.* 1998 Richard Clauss, Hilmar, Calif. 1999 Elmer D. Larson, Burlington, Wash.* 2000 Dr. J. J. Malnati, Newberry, S.C.* 2001 Harold W. Roller, Weyers Cave, Va. 2002 Ray R. Schooley, Marshfield, Mo. 2003 D.L. Strandberg, D.V.M., Alma Center, Wis. 2004 Neal F. Schirm, Canal Winchester, Ohio* 2005 J. Lawrence Benson, New Lebanon, N.Y. 2006 Ted Luther, Mount Ulla, N.C. 2007 Alvin Moss, Litchfield Park, Ariz.* 2008 David W. Spahr, Findlay, Ohio 2009 Dr. Robert C. and Helene C. Dreisbach, Mercer, Pa. 2010 Paul Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y. 2011 Donald Sherman, Hilmar, Calif. 2012 John Palmer, Cornish, Maine * deceased
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Three Young Jersey Breeders to Be Honored
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he AJCA Board of Directors has named three recipients of the Young Jersey Breeder Award for 2012. They are Vance Ahlem, Denair, Calif., Daniel Chapman, Taylorsville, N.C., and Scott Tuttle, Windham, N.Y. The first Young Jersey Breeder Awards were presented in 1976. Since then, more than 250 producers have received this award, including this year’s recipients. The Young Jersey Breeder Award is presented to individuals or couples under the age of 40 on January 1 of the year nominated who merit recognition for their expertise in dairy farming, breeding Jersey cattle, participation in American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ) programs, and leadership in Jersey and other dairy and agriculture organizations. The 2012 honorees will receive their awards during the Young Jersey Breeders Banquet on Wednesday, June 27, at 7:00 p.m.
Vance and Ashley Ahlem
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Yale and Brooklyn
Hannah Claire
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Vance Ahlem, Ahlem Foothill Farms, Denair, Calif., has worked hard to keep alive the family tradition of outstanding dairying. Operating a farm located right outside the heart of the Hilmar, Calif., dairy community, Vance has his finger on the pulse of all things Jersey. He was able to carry on this tradition and put his lifetime of Jersey knowledge to great use when he became a managing partner of Ahlem Foothill Farms. This Denair location was purchased by Vance, his brother Grant, and their parents, Jim and Carol Ahlem, Ahlem Farms, Hilmar, Calif. Ahlem Foothill Farms had a December 2011 rolling herd average of 17,157 lbs. milk, 857 lbs. fat and 634 lbs. protein on 2,000 milking cows. The REAP herd currently consists of 4,800 Registered Jerseys at the farm, 70% of which are being bred to young sires. Ahlem Foothill Farms also invests in Equity and uses Jersey mating programs. Vance’s responsibilities of the operation consist of forward contracting of milk and feed, market hedging and cost accounting to improve the dairy’s financial position. He is also responsible for all the environmental compliance programs and oversees the breeding program, in addition to the dayto-day operations of the business. Vance
For Daniel Chapman, Chapman Jersey Farm, Taylorsville, N.C., his earliest memories are those of spending time in the barn with his father. As a young boy his job was to feed the weaned calves, which gave him a great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. “When I was growing up Jersey cows put food on our table and today they continue to provide my income to raise my own family.” Daniel is now in the process of helping his parents build a business plan to change their farm to an LLC so that his parents can retire and Daniel and his brother will not only be able to work together on the farm, but hopefully allow their children to be part of the business in years to come. Their December 2011 rolling average for their REAP herd was 15,255 lbs. milk, 674 lbs. fat and 540 lbs. protein on 278 cows. During his youth he attended many Jersey events, including joining his family at the state’s annual Jersey field day. As a teenager he was active in 4-H, where he showed calves at the county fair and at
Scott Tuttle, Valley View Farm, Windham, N.Y., has owned Jersey cows since he was two-years-old. That gift from his parents sparked a lifetime of interest and a future for this young Jersey breeder. He started out helping his parents around their farm with milking and other tasks, and eventually found himself on the tanbark, showing cows on the local and state level. Scott briefly left the farm to attend SUNY-Cobleskill, returning to Valley View to take his place as a fifth generation dairy farmer in 1996. Upon his return he entered a partnership with his parents and began making improvements to the farm. That same year, they added onto their barns so they could expand their REAP herd of Registered Jerseys to 75. When Scott came on as a partner the herd rolling herd average was 15,328 lbs. milk, 705 lbs. of fat and 572 lbs. protein. Scott’s goal was to not only expand the herd, but make overall herd improvements through quality feed, a solid breeding plan and good feet, legs and udders. “With a lot of hard work and the emphasis on doing the little things right, we expanded the herd a step at a time and not all at once,” wrote Scott of the changes made at Valley View. He is also very focused on controlling input costs of the farm, which is becoming more important than ever. Luckily, being efficient and productive is something Scott praises the Jersey cow for helping this young Jersey breeder keep things simple in an evolving market. The current production records of the Valley View herd has made great gains since the partnership was formed, now boasting 18,446 lbs. of milk, 917 lbs. of fat and 647 lbs. of protein on 58 lactations—a gain of 3,118 lbs. milk, 212 lbs.
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Speakers Announced for National Jersey Meetings this June
Featured speakers for the 2012 Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc. will be Dana Hamilton Coale, Deputy Administrator for AMS Dairy Programs, USDA, and Roger A. Cady, Ph.D., Senior Technical Advisor and Sustainability Lead on the Elanco Food Industry & Consumer Affairs team. The meetings will be held at the North Conway Grand Hotel in North Conway, N.H., from June 27 through 30. Coale will address the 54th Annual Meeting of National All-Jersey Inc. on Friday afternoon, June 29. Since September of 2004 she has served as the Deputy Administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Dairy Programs. The AMS Dairy Coale Programs is responsible for administering the Federal milk marketing order program, reporting dairy market news, developing dairy product standards, inspecting and grading dairy products and facilities, reviewing equipment for meat and poultry processing, and overseeing dairy producer and fluid milk processor promotion and research programs. Dana has spent nearly her entire career with the AMS Dairy Programs. She began as an agricultural marketing specialist in 1990 working with the Federal milk marketing order program. Prior to her appointment as Deputy Administrator, she served as the Associate Deputy Administrator for Dairy Programs for almost three years. Dana began her career with AMS Fruit and Vegetable Programs in 1989 working in the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Branch as a marketing specialist. Dana grew up on a grain and livestock farm in central Iowa. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Service and Administration in Agriculture and International Agriculture from Iowa State University. Roger A. Cady, Ph.D., will be the featured presenter for the seminar programs starting at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 27, at the North Conway Grand Hotel. In his role as Senior Technical Advisor and Sustainability Lead on the Elanco Food Industry & Consumer Affairs team, Page 24
Dr. Cady works with the dairy industry and retail chains providing sound science to support sustainable agricultural practices. His current work is focused on methods to reduce natural resource use in the production of food animal protein and promote environmentally sustainable practices in the food animal industry. Cady is a native of New York and received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Breeding from Cornell University. He has served several technical roles during his 12-year employment at Monsanto and now Elanco Cady Animal Health. Prior to working in the industry, Cady was a professor and extension dairy specialist for 18 years at University of New Hampshire and Washington State University. He was co-founder of a popular international 20-year old e-mail based discussion group covering dairy herd management issues. He is also a founder of the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA). Dr. Cady is a member and past officer in the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) and has served on various national and state industry committees and boards. He was recipient of the Alfa-Laval Agri, ADSA Award for excellence in dairy cattle extension. In 1999, the DCHA created an award named in his honor which is presented annually for excellence in service to dairy heifer growers. The seminars on June 27 will include hands-on workshops for Herd View and JerseyMate™, two of the web-based services available from the American Jersey Cattle Association. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptop or tablet computers to the sessions, which will be conducted by Cari Wolfe, Director of Research & Genetic Programs, and Brad Barham, Business Development Consultant. Complete information on the event schedule and registration for the 2012 AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings is available on the USJersey.com web site, or by calling 614/322-4456. Reservations at the North Conway Grand Hotel must be made no later than May 26.
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fat and 75 lbs. protein in 15 years. Scott’s parents, Howard and Susan, who he credits much of his success to, have retired from the farm, leaving him as the sole proprietor of the Jersey operation. “Scott gives a lot of credit to his parents for the opportunity to come back to the farm but they also taught him a great work ethic and instilled in him a passion for dairying with Jerseys,” wrote Paul C. Chittenden, Dutch Hollow Farm, Schodack Landing, N.Y., in support of the young Jersey breeder. “Scott is an excellent example of the unsung heroes that are the backbone of our breeds success.” The farm is located in a picturesque part of the state, with ski resorts and a significant amount of developed land
surrounding the herd. Valley View Farm is also in the New York City watershed, dealing extra regulations to the long-time Jersey breeders. “They have been able to withstand economic and environmental pressures to continue an impressive family heritage of high quality Jersey cattle,” wrote Sandra Ferry, New York State Jersey Cattle Club, in a letter of support for the young breeder. “Due to the urban pressures on his farm, Scott has had to become more proactive with various community boards.” He is currently a board member for the Town of Ashland and has previously served on the Board of Directors for the Farmland Protection agency. Scott plans to continue to make small improvement each year to the farm in hopes that his herd also makes small improvements each year.
Some of those improvements were almost interrupted by Hurricane Irene last fall, as the fury of the story ripped though Scott’s town and farm, destroying his entire corn crop along with his fourth cutting of alfalfa. He worked hard to secure feed for his Jersey herd after managing to keep his herd safe. “When I went to see Scott a week after the storm all he said was he was lucky to have moved all his animals to high ground, he was already cleaning his fields of debris, i.e.. houses, school buses, trees and mud,” wrote Sandra. “There was never a doubt in his mind that he would rebuild, and as long as he had his Jerseys things would work out.” As Scott, with his wife Eve, continues to restore Valley View Farm to prehurricane productivity and make strides in production, he is helping prepare his threeyear-old daughter, Hannah Claire, for her eventual succession as the sixth generation of Tuttle Family Jersey breeders.
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also has a growing list of responsibilities at home as he and his wife Ashley are expecting their third child in July to join their son Yale and daughter Brooklyn. All of his tasks regarding the farm were areas of interest to him in addition to his interest in the Jersey cow. During his time at Cal Poly, where he studied both dairy science and agricultural business, Vance was able to further develop his interest in the many aspects of the dairy industry. “A passion of Vance’s is keeping abreast of state and local politics,” wrote James K. Tully, Ph.D., PAS, Pine Creek Nutrition Service, Inc. “Not just from the news—he has spent time in Sacramento rallying support for the dairy industry. We need gentlemen like Vance to carry this torch.” He comes from a long line of Jersey breeders, with both of his parents, Jim and Carol, growing up on Jersey farms. During his youth, Vance was very active in 4-H and FFA, Jersey youth programs at local, state and national levels, and his parent’s dairy. Vance is a partner in Ahlem A-5 Ranch, a 2,000-acre farming operation in Dalhart, Texas, which is also where the 23,000-head Dalhart Jersey Ranch is located, which he also serves as a partner. In addition, Vance serves on the board of directors for Dalhart Jersey Ranch and is a partner in the Hilmar Cheese Company. “I believe that Vance Ahlem is a very good example of the kind of young breeder, and leader, who will carry the Jersey breed forward in this century of change and adaptation,” said Leanne M. Berning, Ph.D., Cal Poly University. “This industry needs more progressive, educated young men like Vance, whose ‘can-do’ attitude will enable the industry to prosper in years to come.” The busy young Jersey breeder also completed the Western United Dairymen’s Dairy Leaders Program, the Cornell Dairy Executive Program, serves as chair of the Hilmar Municipal Advisory Board for Merced County (CA), and was awarded the California Jersey Cattle Association Young Jersey Breeder Award. All of these opportunities have added to the success Vance has had navigating through the ever-changing dairy industry. “With the challenges we face today I am very grateful that we have had the Jersey cow to see us through these difficult times,” wrote Vance. “As a breed we are fortunate to have an association that is progressive, has a vision for genetic improvement and more importantly, an organization to ensure that we are paid fairly for our high value milk.” may 2012
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district show. Daniel attained the State Star Farmer in Dairy Proficiency through FFA with his Jersey cows. Crediting his experience with Jersey cows, Daniel became a member of the state 4-H judging team in 1995, traveling to World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., to compete in the national 4-H dairy judging contest. “Daniel has continued to be involved and provide leadership for dairy youth activities as an adult, recently serving on the board of directors of our North Carolina Dairy Youth Foundation,” said Dr. Brinton A. Hopkins, Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist, North Carolina State University. “In addition, Daniel and his family are always willing to host training and selection sessions for
our state 4-H dairy judging teams.” His accomplishments continued on past his 4-H and FFA days as he was awarded the 2009 North Carolina Jersey Breeders Association Young Jersey Breeder Award, in addition to several laurels from the Soil and Water Conservation organization. Daniel has served on the DFA resolutions Committee, DFA Young Cooperative Steering Committee, the planning committee for the 2008 AJCANAJ Annual Meeting in North Carolina, the North Carolina Dairy Producers Federation Board and the Alexander County Beef Cattlemen’s organization, of which he serves as president. “Daniel has always been a very conscientious, hard working and enthusiastic young man,” wrote Nancy W. Keith, Yadkin County Extension Educator, North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Service. “He is constantly striving to do better and utilizes new technology and practices to improve the day-to-day operation while looking closely at the economics and what is better for the operation.” Daniel prides himself on being able to do what he loves every day, which is working with cows. He also enjoys sharing the experiences with his wife Amy, and three children, Macy, Micah and Lane. His goals are to continue building on a lifetime of success with the Jersey cow, breeding stronger cows with more desirable feet and legs and good udders to elongate herd life. He also plans to continue updating barns and focusing on cow comfort, helping him remain profitable throughout the often challenging economic times. “I have a philosophy that if all people could work with the Jersey cow and have the amount of pride that I do for her, they would live a more desirable life,” wrote Daniel. “I have learned a lot of life’s lessons through the beautiful Jersey cow; she is a way of life, and it is my life.”
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AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings North Conway, New Hampshire Invitation The New England Jersey Breeders invite you to join us in North Conway, N.H., for the Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc., June 27-30, 2012.
Chairs Co-Chairs: Russell and Libby Bleakney, Cornish, Maine 207/625-3305 (phone), 207/625-4752 (fax), russell04020@yahoo.com
Hotel and Transportation Headquarters are the North Conway Grand Hotel, 72 Common Court, North Conway, NH 03860. For reservations call 603/356-9300. Block rate is $158/room/night including tax. Reservations must be made on or before May 26, 2012. If you are flying into Portland, Maine, and not renting a car, please let us know your arrival date and time, departure date and time and airline and flight numbers on registration form (right) so travel to the North Conway Grand Hotel can be arranged. Information needed by June 1. Transportation from other airports (Manchester, Boston, Burlington, Hartford, etc.) is on your own.
Annual Meeting Schedule Wednesday, June 27 1:00 p.m. Registration Afternoon on your own. Activity suggestions provided at registration desk. 3:30 p.m. YOUTH PROGRAM: TalkJersey contest judging, Sponsored by ABS Global, Inc. 4:00 p.m. Seminars: topics and speakers to be announced. 5:00 p.m. YOUTH PROGRAM (ages 9-19 only): Excursion to Monkey Trunks, supervised ropes course and team building. Dinner included. 6:00 p.m. Childcare available for children up to 7 years old through end of banquet. 6:00 p.m. Social Hour 7:00 p.m. Young Jersey Breeders’ Recognition Banquet. Sponsored by New England Jersey Breeders Association. Thursday, June 28 6:00 a.m. Registration 6:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet 7:00 a.m. YOUTH PROGRAM (ages 7–19, ages 7 and 8 must be accompanied by parent/guardian): Leave for Harkdale Farm, Newbury, Vt. After lunch, tour Molly Brook Farm and Goodrich’s Sugarhouse, West Danville, Vt. Guided tour at Cabot Creamery, Cabot, Vt. 7:00 a.m. Tours leave for Molly Brook Farm and Goodrich’s Sugarhouse. Tour at Pearlmont Farm, Barnet, Vt., with lunch sponsored by Farm Family Insurance and Select Sires, Inc., Select Sire Power, Inc. and Viking Genetics International. AJCC Research Foundation Benefit Auction 6:30 p.m. All buses return to hotel via the Kancamagus Scenic Highway through the White Mountains. Dinner and evening on your own. Restaurant and activity suggestions provided at registration desk. Friday, June 29 6:00 a.m. Registration
Friday continued 6:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet FAMILY DAY. Choose one (lunch is on your own): 7:00 a.m. Tour to Portland Headlight (Lighhouse Park and Museum on the Atlantic Ocean), then visit Old Orchard Beach (Amusement Park, Palace Playland Park, Old Orchard Pier for whale sighting). 7:30 a.m. Tour of Mount Washington Summit and Weather Observatory via the Cog Railway (maximum 140 people). 8:00 a.m. Golf outing to North Conway Country Club (includes lunch). Beverage cart sponsored by Forest Glen Meadows. 2:30 p.m. All buses have returned to hotel. 3:00 p.m. 54th Annual Meeting of National All-Jersey Inc. 3:00 p.m. YOUTH PROGRAM: Goal Setting for Jersey Youth. 4:15 p.m. YOUTH PROGRAM (ages 7–19, ages 7 and 8 must be accompanied by parent/guardian): Dog sledding excursion at Muddy Paw Kennel, Jefferson, N.H. 6:00 p.m. Childcare available for children up to 7 years old through end of banquet. 6:00 p.m. Social Hour 7:00 p.m. Jersey Breeders’ Banquet Saturday, June 30 6:00 a.m. Registration 6:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet 7:30 a.m. 144th Annual Meeting of the American Jersey Cattle Association 8:00 a.m. YOUTH PROGRAM (ages 7–19, ages 7 and 8 must be accompanied by parent/guardian): Tour Highland Farms, Inc., Cornish, Maine. Continue to Fryeburg Fairgrounds for Jersey Youth Challenge. 9:30 a.m. Tours leave for Highland Farms, Inc. 1:30 p.m. Lunch: choice of lobster or steak, Fryeburg Fairgrounds, Fryeburg, Maine. Sponsored by Vermont Jersey Breeders Association. 3:00 p.m. TalkJersey Showcase: presentation of awards and division-winning speeches. 3:45 p.m. Conclusion of Cow Pie Bingo, benefitting Jersey Youth Academy. 4:00 p.m. 55th National Heifer Sale. Dinner available throughout sale.
Registration forms must be postmarked by June 1 to be eligible for the Early Bird Discount. Make checks payable to the NEJBA Convention Fund. Mail form with payment to Wanda Emerich, 1073 LaValley Rd., Mooers, NY 12958. For more information call 518/593-1631 (mobile) or email emerich@whminer.com.
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Choice of Tours (lunch on your own) 7:00 a.m. Tour Portland Headlight and Old Orchard Beach 7:30 a.m. Tour Mount Washington Summit and Weather Observatory via the Cog Railway (maximum 140 people) 8:00 a.m. Golf outing (extra fee) YOUTH PROGRAM (ages 7-19, ages 7 and 8 must be accompanied by parent/guardian) Muddy Paw Kennel for dog sledding Childcare during social hour and banquet Jersey Breeders’ Banquet SATURDAY, JUNE 30 Breakfast Buffet
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Exploring “The Breed’s Foundation”
nown to most as the home of sweet maple syrup, majestic lighthouses and succulent seafood, the New England states hold a much different meaning to Jersey breeders and the dairy industry. While some tourists head to the northeast to skim the rocky coasts, see the colorful fall tree lines and ski the white slopes of the many ski resorts, Jersey breeders will be visiting the region to admire some of the oldest and most prolific Jersey cows, bulls and herds in the country. Home to the moniker “The Breed’s Foundation,” New England houses some of the oldest Registered Jersey herds in the nation and has been the seedstock of Jersey herds across the country. June 27-30 2012, will mark the fifth time the New England states have entertained the Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc., as the association celebrates its 144th annual meeting. The history of the region is exhibited through the accolades garnered by its residents. The AJCA Master Breeder award has been given to residents of the New England states 11 times of the
New Hampshire Echo Farm
Echo Farm, Hinsdale, is what the Schofield and Hodge Families affectionately refer to as a “4-H project gone haywire.” The Hodge family farm started after a few summers of showing calves that were leased from Holmes Farm, Langdon, N.H. The family later decided to begin purchasing their own Registered Jerseys in 1991 and began milking cows in the garage while their barn was being constructed. The Schofields were already breeding and showing Jersey animals when the two families decided to join forces.
69 offerings. While some of the most impactful bulls of the Jersey breed were bred in the northeast, including Vaucluse Sleeping Surville, Observer Chocolate Soldier, Highland Magic Duncan and Highland Duncan Lester, just to name a few. Those are four of 10 bulls that have had separate issues of the Jersey Journal dedicated to them and they impact they have made on the breed. As Jersey breeders from across the country make their way to the shores and mountains of Conway, N. H., to celebrate another successful year in the Jersey dairy industry, they will follow the path of many Jersey breeders before them that have traveled to the northeast to load their trailers with Jerseys to take back west. The following passage represents part one of a two-part series dedicated to the many herds of the New England States. The June issue of the Jersey Journal will continue to profile the many people that make New England “The Breed’s Foundation.”
More than 20 years later the farm is now home to 100 Registered Jerseys and Milking Shorthorns, which include descendants from their original Jersey purchases. They have an 2011 AJCA lactation average of 16,876 lbs. milk, 765 lbs. fat and 597 lbs. protein on 31 lactations. The majority of their milk is marketed through Agri-Mark Cooperative, but Echo Farm is also home to an unique value added product—pudding! Echo Farm Pudding is all-natural, premium pudding that is made from milk straight from the farm. Echo Farm Puddings is sold in several grocery stores, natural food stores and Whole Foods Markets throughout New England and the metro New York City area. The puddings are processed on
the farm in a commercial kitchen adjacent to the milk room. The dairy herd is managed by Beth Hodge, while her sister Courtney Hodge manages the pudding operation and is actively involved in the marketing of surplus Jersey heifers. Their parents, Bob and Bonnie, manage the finances of both operations. Shelley Schofield Coombs is still actively involved as a 4-H leader for the farm’s 4-H club and serves as a bookkeeper for the farm and pudding operations. Shelley is also the treasurer of the New Hampshire Jersey Cattle Club and received the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder Award in 2006. Shelley’s father, Gordon Schofield, now retired, was formerly the pudding production manager and also served as treasurer of the New England Jersey Cattle Club. (continued to page 34)
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Echo Farm may be a “4-H project gone haywire,” but the Schofield and Hodge families have been able to collect much more than blue ribbons as they continue to grow their line of farm-fresh puddings to market.
Those attending the annual meetings in North Conway, N.H. this June will be able to sample the craftsmanship of Echo pudding at various events. As Echo Farms continues to churn out their seven different varieties of pudding, all of which are gluten free and kosher, the Schofield and Hodge families will continue using their friendship as their best business practice.
sixth for fat in the 1993 Leading Living Lifetime Production Contest. Her eventual lifetime credits for fat totaled 9,404 lbs. When Steve and Jeff are not busy caring for their herd, they have many other responsibilities to the dairy industry. Jeff is currently serving as the president of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation and serves as a town moderator. Steve has been a director for the New England Jersey Breeders Association for 30 years and is now the immediate past president of the New Hampshire Cattle Club. Steve was also the first president of the New England Jersey Sires group and currently serves as secretary and director of the group. Both are active within the state and New England Jersey associations and regularly consign to the New England Spring Sale and Vermont State Sale. The Massachusetts Blue Ribbon Calf Sale has also reaped the benefits of the Holmes Farm genetics, seeing consignments from the farm every year since the sale resumed. They are also long-time contract advertisers in the Jersey Journal.
Holmes Farm
Brothers Steven B. and Jeffrey A. Holmes, Langdon, represent the fifth generation to milk cows at the farm their greatgreat grandfather purchased in 1874. Not only has the farm been producing milk for nearly 140 years, they have been working exclusively with Registered Jerseys since 1935. The farm was originally furnished with a stanchion barn to house 24 head, which was expanded to 44 head capacity after World War II, and saw a final expansion to a 66 head facility in 1969. The Holmes brothers currently have 65 milk cows and keep 55 replacements in their REAP herd, which has an AJCA lactation average of 18,560 lbs. milk, 827 lbs. fat and 647 lbs. protein on 56 lactations. Their farm has seen many high-producing and high-scoring cows throughout the years. Boomer Sooner Oklahoma Of Holmes, Excellent-94%, saw her top score in 1997 when there was only one other cow in the state of New Hampshire to have a score of 94%. They also bred Holmes Farm Yankee Anita, VG 84%, who placed
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Steve and Jeff Holmes represent more than just five generations of dairy farmers at their family farm, they also represent Jersey breeders and the dairy industry through their various off-the-farm activities.
The work done by the Holmes brothers was recognized in 1991 when they were awarded they AJCA Young Jersey Breeder Award. Their dedication to the Jersey breed continues to grow as they work hard to promote the Jersey cow and dairy industry throughout New Hampshire and New England both.
Northwinds Farm
Scott and Heidi Mason, North Stratford, have had many learning experiences in the Jersey industry. Heidi not only grew up with her family at Cresent Farm, Walpole, N.H.,
Scott and Heidi Mason, with their children, Zachary, Kelly and Caleb, make up Northwinds Farms. Scott and Heidi are previous recipients of the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder Award and along with their children, very active in agricultural organizations.
she and Scott were both employed there from 1988-1993, even though Scott’s prior farming experiences were with sheep, not dairy cows. They purchased their current farm in 1994, and soon learned the ins-andouts of owning their own dairy farm. That year they not only had to care for their 40 milk cows and 20 heifers, they learned all about frozen pipes and tractors as the winter months saw temperatures of -52 degrees. They began by converting the farm’s stanchion barn into a free-stall barn and built a parlor. They later bought out their neighbor and converted his barns into heifer barns. Currently they are building a new dry cow barn and hope to expand their herd to 200. The 135 milking and dry cows and an equal number of replacements are enrolled in REAP. To take advantage of the tourist industry in their area, they also feed out 40 steers for slaughter and have added vegetables and sheep to their operation. The 2011 AJCA lactation average is 18,788 lbs. milk, 902 lbs. fat and 679 lbs. protein on 77 lactations. The Masons have expanded their herd and improved their herd though purchasing animals at the New England Spring Sale and the Vermont State sale over the years. They have also bought cattle at dispersal sales. Scott and Heidi have kept their herd 100% registered by enrolling any cross breeds or grades in genetic recovery. Keeping a Registered Jersey herd is not the only philosophy used by the Masons when making their herd choices. Though their breeding philosophies change from time-to-time, right now they are focused (continued to page 36)
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on improving solids and type. Early on in their careers they focused on pounds of milk, but now they are trying to improve the overall balance of their animals. Scott and Heidi, who are joined at the farm by their three children, Zachary, who has participated in Jersey Youth Academy, Caleb and Kelly, were awarded the 2000 AJCA Young Jersey Breeder Award. Over the years, Scott and Heidi have participated in Farm Bureau. They served on the American Farm Bureau (AFBF) young Farmer and Rancher Committee together which Scott chaired his second year. Scott also chaired the AFBF Dairy committee, served on the AFBF Animal Health Committee, served as state vice president, and county president. Heidi is currently serving as County Farm Bureau secretary and has been a 4-H leader for 20 years. Scott has recently taken an off-farm private consulting job, while Heidi continues to manage the herd and daily activities on the farm. Scott still assists with the strategic planning, matings and breedings. Regardless of who has which responsibilities, this couple plans to maintain the quality of their herd throughout the expansion and building projects.
Vermont Robert Bassett
Robert Bassett, Woodstock, represents the third generation of Jersey breeders at their home farm, which was started by his grandfather in 1945 with Jerseys. When Robert’s father left the Air Force in 1970, he came home to take over management of the farm. Robert followed the same path, returning to the farm after college and eventually taking the reins in 2005. His father is retired from the farm now, but still joins Robert daily to help complete the work around the farm. Robert’s mother also helps on the farm, doing the book work. In addition to the everyday decisions, Robert is responsible for making the breeding decisions, culling decisions, in addition to doing the evening milkings, mixing feed and scraping alleys on weekend. They currently have 98 milking cows and 91 replacements, including a cow that is ranked on the Top 1.5% Traditional JPI list. Their 2011 AJCA lactation average is 19,454 lbs. milk, 984 lbs. fat and 719 lbs. protein on 60 lactations. They belong to AgriMark co-operative and their milk is sent to either the Cabot Cheese plant or Grafton Cheese. Robert also regularly consigns heifers to the Vermont State Sale and New England Sales. He is a supporter of component pricing, Page 36
crediting the work of the AJCA and NAJ as the ultimate catalyst of this order. When breeding his cows, Robert strives to first of all, get them bred on time. He wants a herd that while producing lots of milk, has high amounts of protein while still boasting strong type and strong legs. Some of his most enjoyable moments with his herd have been seeing his top producing cows have heifer calves and continuing the strong tradition started by his grandfather almost 70 years ago.
The Billings Farm & Museum is one of the most-visited farms in the country, with nearly 55,000 visitors each year. Care of the Registered Jersey herd is entrusted to Jason Johnson, herd manager, and a staff of five full-time employees. Jason’s daughter, Regan, spends some time with her father milking the cows. Photo courtesy Billings Farm & Museum.
Billings Farm Billings Farm in Woodstock is one of
New England’s most-visited dairy farms. Each year, more than 55,000 people visit the farm, which is now part of the Billings Farm & Museum. Through interactive exhibits and family-centered activities, visitors can learn more about Vermont’s rural heritage and dairy herd management. The farm was established in 1871 by Frederick Billings, a native Vermonter who earned his fortune as a lawyer in San Francisco during the Gold Rush. It is situated on 250 acres, with many of the original late 19th century buildings intact. It features life exhibits, a meticulously restored farm house and facilities for the animal. The dairy farm is operated by five full-time staff members and managed by Jason Johnson. The Registered Jersey herd is 35 milking cows and 35 replacement heifers. The herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 17,631 lbs. milk, 890 lbs. fat and 648 lbs. protein on 32 cows. Billings Farm is home to 27 Excellent and 13 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 89.4%. Fourteen cows are appraised Excellent-92% or higher. Cows are milked and housed in a 38-tie stall barn with nine box stalls and forced ventilation. They are left out on pasture in the evenings during the summer. Calves are raised in a separate barn that is heated and well-ventilated. Management of the dairy
herd is structured to allow maximum viewing of the cows and minimum contamination of their feed and personal space. Billings Farm is a member-owner of Agri-Mark and milk is primarily used in the production of cheese. Half the time, it is used to in the production of Cabot Cheese; the balance of the time, it is used in the creation of Grafton Village Cheese. Long-time Jersey breeders will associate Billings Farm with Billings Top Roseanne, who was named Reserve Winner of the National Jersey Jug Futurity in 1987 and National Grand Champion in 1988 and 1989. The farm has become more active in the sale and show rings in recent years and attained success with Billings Remake Bounty, Overall Premier Performance Winner of The All American Jersey Show in 2008, Billings Legion Mini Mi, Reserve Senior Champion of the Eastern States Expo in 2010, and RJF Jamaica Rockstar, Grand Champion of the Eastern States Expo in 2011.
Blythedale Farm
Blythedale Farm in Corinth is a Queen of Quality® producer owned by Tom and Becky Loftus. The business also employs four full-time workers and a part-time worker and has allowed the couple’s son, Brendan, to return to the business to work with his family. Blythedale Farm is known for creating five varieties of prize-winning artisan cheese—Camembert Vermont, Cookeville Grana, Green Mountain Gruyere, Jersey Blue and Vermont Brie—that are distributed in retail outlets across the country. Milk for the cheese is produced by a herd of 45 Registered Jersey cows. The dairy is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 15,520 lbs. milk, 725 lbs. fat and 560 lbs. protein. The herd includes four Excellent and 30 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 82.4%. Milk quality is paramount to the Loftuses since it impacts flavor and yield. The herd is fed the same diet of grain and hay year-round from feed grown on the (continued to page 38)
Tom and Becky Loftus operate Blythedale Farm in Corinth. The couple has been creating award-winning All-Jersey cheese from the resident Jersey herd since 2004.
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farm or neighboring farm for consistency of product. Silage and corn are not included in ration because they negatively affect the taste and affinage of the cheese. The herd in Vermont is actually the second Jersey herd for the couple, who had operated another Jersey herd in New York prior to Blythedale Farm. When they saw an ad in the newspaper for an established cheese making business in Vermont, they purchased the business, picked up shop and headed east in 2004. They brought with them a few of their cows and combined them with the resident herd, which was also Jersey. The Loftuses enrolled the herd in the Genetic Recovery program and it is now fully registered. Though Tom appreciated the depth and quality of the cows they purchased, he set out to put his own mark on the cattle and tweak the breeding. Seven years in, he has been able to accomplish several goals that he set early on—improved udders and type—and set new ones—improved feet and legs and foot angle. Blyethdale Farm has a philosophy of breeding cows that will produce well as eight, nine and 10-year-olds. It is an exciting time to be breeding cows, he noted, because there are so many tools available. There are tools to help you reach specific goals and tools for more overall goals.
Breezy Hill Farm
Gary Hanna operates Breezy Hill Farm in Franklin, in the heart of Franklin County— the largest dairy county in New England. Hanna is the third generation to milk Jerseys, but the first to raise registered cattle. When he took over operation of the herd 20 years ago, Gary purchased a handful of Registered Jerseys and enrolled the entire herd in the Genetic Recovery program. Breezy Hill Farm is 85 cows and an equal number of replacement heifers. With the latest appraisal, the farm is home to 10 Excellent and 68 Very Good cows and has an appraisal average of 84.1%. The JPI
Gary Hanna is the third generation in his family to raise Jerseys at Breezy Hill Farm in Franklin and their first to breed Registered Jerseys. He is at the halter of Breezy Hill Top Bell Blase, Excellent-90%.
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average of the herd is +36. Hanna likes the genetic end of the business and seeing his herd improve with each generation. He initially selects bulls from the top 10% of the breed based on JPI and then those that are strong for Jersey Udder Index. Breezy Hill Farm sells about 30 head each year, primarily through the New England Spring and Vermont State sales and privately. Hanna appreciates seeing his genetics do well in other herds. Among the standouts was Breezy Hill Lester Brew, Excellent-91%, who sold to Billings Farm in Woodstock in the Vermont State Sale and is the grandam of Billings Remake Bounty, Excellent-93%, Overall Premier Performance Winner of The All American Jersey Show in 2008. Hanna raises cows and heifers in a tie stall barn. Milk is sold to St. Albans Cooperative Creamery. The farm encompasses 375 acres in all, with about 150 tillable acres used to grow corn and corn silage and hay and some acreage used as pasture. Gary gets help with the operation of the farm from his brother-in-law, Norman Rheaume and a neighbor’s grandson, Dillon.
Brandon Bucossi
Brandon Bucossi is proving you can break into the dairy business even if you haven’t grown up in the industry and inherited a farm. His approach—get an education, start small, keep debt at a minimum, learn as much as you can and work hard. Bucossi manages his herd of 67 cows and 35 heifers on a rented farm in Randolph. He developed his love of cows while working on a Holstein dairy farm during high school. He earned an associate’s degree in dairy farm management from Vermont Technical College and then signed a seven-year contract for the current facilities two years ago. The deal came about because farm owner Kermit LaBounty, a former Jersey breeder, wanted to see cows back in the barn. Bucossi purchased a group of 62 milking cows through Jersey Marketing Service. Jerseys have always been a perfect fit for the picturesque farm, which is situated on a very steep incline and has a county road running through the center and a small stream on the lower end of the property. Much of the land is pasture or grass and ideal for grazing Jersey cows during the summer months. The grass is supplemented with round bales of hay and purchased grain. Cows are milked in a double-four herringbone parlor and housed in a free stall barn that was converted from a tie-stall barn when Bucossi rented the place. The herd
Brandon Buccossi graduated from Vermont Technical College with a degree in dairy farm management two years ago and is now milking his own herd of Registered Jerseys on a rented farm in Randolph.
is enrolled on REAP and bred to high-JPI sires. With the latest herd appraisal, the herd includes five Excellent and 34 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 81.9%. Milk is sold to Agri-Mark. Bucossi’s most memorable moment with Jerseys was the day his newly-purchased herd walked off the trailer. He had always wanted his own herd of cows, and, here they were. Down the road, he would like to purchase his own farm and increase herd size.
David and Melanie Carmichael David and Melanie Carmichael operate a Registered Jersey dairy in Vergennes and breed cattle using the Menda prefix. David currently serves as president of the Vermont Jersey Breeders Association and vice president of the New England Jersey Breeders Association. The Carmichael herd is 50 cows and 46 replacement heifers. Cows are milked in a tie stall barn and intensively grazed. The farm encompasses 170 acres, with most acreage being set aside for pastures and hay fields. Milk is marketed to St. Albans Cooperative Creamery and used in the creation of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. This is the second dairy herd for the Carmichaels, who first started dairying with Holsteins in 1984 and then sold the business in 1999. David took a job with ABS
David and Melanie Carmichael manage a 50-cow grazing dairy in Vergennes. David also currently serves as president of the Vermont Jersey Cattle Association and vice president of the New England Jersey Breeders Association.
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Global and began evaluating cows for the company’s Genetic Management System program. Melanie pursued another career off the farm and milked for a neighbor during the evenings. She didn’t like the work and missed having her own cows, so she and David made a decision to return to dairying just two years out. This time around, Jerseys were a better fit for the farm as the Carmichaels planned to graze the herd. The Carmichaels calve the bulk of the herd beginning in early March so cows peak when grass is at its best. The Carmichaels lean toward type when selecting service sires, but also consider production. They strive to breed cows that are strong and capacious and have deep heals and tight udders. The herd includes 17 Excellent and 28 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 85.5%. Melanie is the farm-bred of the pair. She grew up on a dairy farm in Vermont and earned a degree in dairy science from the University of Vermont. While in school, she helped to establish the university’s dairy club and was a member of the dairy judging team. David grew up in the south. Though the Carmichaels don’t show much themselves, their cattle get exposure on the tanbark trail as 4-H projects for several local high school kids.
occupy their barns on their own farm. They started by buying very young calves in addition to their handful of heifers, which they used to build their fully Registered Jersey herd. The decided it was a good idea to become a REAP herd to take advantage of the management tools available to them through the AJCA. Three-quarters of the milk from their 19 milk cows still goes to cheese production, while 10% is sold as raw milk to 55 different families. The AJCA lactation average of the herd is 15,989 lbs. milk, 735 lbs. fat and 575 lbs. protein on 15 lactations. Cedar Mountain Farm also sells grass-fed Jersey beef. “They start holding vigil at the gate as soon as the grass greens up,” said Kerry of her herd in the spring when they are released to pasture. “They trot or canter, even the old cows!” Their neighbors enjoy being able to spend time admiring the herd and even helping on the farm, which is part of a land trust. Cedar Mountain Farm has also had recent success with genomic testing, selling their first animal at The All American Sale this past fall in Lousiville, Ky. They also have a cow that ranks on the Top 1.5% list for GJPI (April 2012), and sent their first bull to A.I. in late 2011. As they continue to learn more about what their herd has to offer not only the
David Loring Childs and his family operate an organic Registered Jersey dairy in Orange. He is pictured with daughter, Mary, and some members of the milking string in one of the pastures, with the beautiful hip barn in the distance.
bulk tank, but the overall genetics of the breed, Kerry and Stephen will maintain their focus longevity and type, with an additional emphasis on good udders and overall balance.
David Loring Childs
David Loring Childs operates a Registered Jersey farm in Orange with his wife, Susan, and their children, Mary, Peter and Grace. Another son, Albert, is a mechanical engineer with Case New Holland in Pennsylvania. The farm is operated a little differently than others in the state, with (continued to page 40)
Cedar Mountain Farm is home to a growing dairy farm that has a completely genomic tested herd. From those genomics results, they were able to consign their first animal to The All American Sale in 2011.
Cedar Mountain Farm
Husband and wife team Stephen Leslie and Kerry Gawalt, Cedar Mountain Farm, Hartland, have been farming together since 1992 when they began a market garden. They later decided to add three Jerseys to the mix when they purchased three heifers in 1998. The next year, they decided to further expand their operation when they moved to their current farm from the site they were renting. They started milking cows in 2000, selling to Cobb Hill Cheese. Kerry and Stephen had both worked on a few dairies before venturing out on their own, and although they had worked with several different breeds, they always knew Jerseys would may 2012
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heifers being raised off the farm and milk being certified organic. Childs inherited his love of Jerseys from his grandfather, who operated a Jersey farm. He got his feet wet with dairying as 4-H projects in his youth. He established his own herd in 1978 on a rented farm in Tunbridge with the purchase of three bred heifers from Lyle Horton of Hartland. He and Susan moved to the current farm in Orange in 1985. The dairy transitioned to organic 10 years later. Milk is shipped to Horizon Organic. The herd of 50 milking cows is housed in a 60-cow tie stall barn and intensively grazed according to organic standards. Calves are raised in hutches until they are weaned at five weeks-of-age. They are then sent to Vincent Foy, a retired Jersey breeder, in Danville to be raised until they are closeup springers. Because animals are transferred back and forth, permanent identification is important to Childs. The family uses registrations and transfers to facilitate the agreement between Childs and Foy and JerseyTags for permanent identification. The herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 15,266 lbs. milk, 708 lbs. fat and 547 lbs. protein on 34 cows. Herd appraisal information is used to make mating decisions. Childs strives to breed cows that are good grazers, have strongly attached udders and produce high volumes of milk. The herd ranks among the top 25% for JPI with an average index of +48 on 41 cows. One of the things of which Childs is most proud is the production of a great product. At the Vermont Farm Show in 1994, milk from his herd was voted best flavored, best tasting milk. The dairy earns quality premiums that equate to $3 per hundredweight most months and received recognition from Horizon Organic for having the third highest milk quality among producers nationwide in 2004.
CREAM
The dairy herd at the University of Vermont that is now managed by the school’s CREAM program had been managed by the university until most of the cattle were dispersed in the summer of 2010. Today the CREAM herd is a mixed herd
Lucy Howe and Henry Cammack, students in the CREAM program at the University of Vermont, are at the halter of UVM Paramount Faith, Excellent-91%, with four records over 20,000 lbs milk and more than 138,000 lbs. milk lifetime. Students enrolled in CREAM are responsible for managing the mixed herd of Jerseys and Holsteins over the course of two semesters.
of 23 Holstein cows and 17 Jersey cows and equal numbers of herd replacements. The program—officially the Cooperative for Real Education in Agricultural Management—was established 23 years ago by students who wanted a program on campus that was dedicated to hands-on learning. CREAM is a two-semester program for 15 students who make decisions for management of the herd. Students apply and interview for the program and are selected for acceptance. The two breeds are managed together. Cows are housed in a tie stall barn that was extensively remodeled in 1991. A new milking system was donated and installed in 2007. Cows are fed a total mixed ration that is primarily haylage. The ration is supplemented year-round with a grain mix and in the winter with some corn silage. Milk is sold to Agri-Mark. The Jersey herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 18,135 lbs. milk, 994 lbs. fat and 673 lbs. protein on a dozen cows. With the latest appraisal, the herd includes eight Excellent and nine Very Good cows (none lower) and has an appraisal average of 86.8%. Decisions for herd management are made entirely by students, who work as a team and serve on two of four different committees (breeding, production, finance and promotion) during their participation in the program. Former students help to transition the students into their new role as herd managers. The CREAM advisor is Doug Watkin, who managed the dairy herd until it was dispersed. The faculty advisor is Dr. Susan Marston.
Dorset Peak Jerseys
Dorset Peak Jerseys in Danby is one of the newest Registered Jersey herds in the Green Mountain State. Both herd owner Caleb Pepper Smith and the Jerseys are new to the territory, with Smith coming by Page 40
way of South Carolina and the Jerseys from Massachusetts. Smith purchased the cattle from Charles, Ellen and Rhett Proctor, Great Barrington, Mass., in April 2010, when they decided to retire from the dairy business. The Proctors had developed a herd that was known for its high components and ranked among the top 10 herds in the nation for fat for many years. Though he appreciated the awards, Smith was really interested in the herd because the cows were exactly the kind of cows he wanted to breed. Cows are housed and milked in a tie-stall barn that can accommodate 68 cows. Current herd size is 61 cows and 65 heifers. Smith plans to grow herd size to fill the barn. The herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 16,718 lbs. milk, 859 lbs. fat and 633 lbs. protein on 41 cows. The herd includes six Excellent and 38 Very Good cows and has an appraisal average of 82.8%. One member of the milking string, BAF CMNT Olay Olathe, Excellent-90%, ranks among the top 1.5% for traditional JPI with an index of +145. JerseyTags are used to permanently identify the herd and JerseyMate is used in the mating program. Smith rents the 230-acre farm and facilities. Crops are custom planted and harvested. He gets a help running the farm from his wife, Jessica, who also operates a garden business from the home, and a full-time employee, Keith Corey. Smith grew up in South Carolina and developed a love of dairy cattle when he worked on a dairy farm in high school. Though he attended Warren Wilson College, a liberal arts school near Asheville, N.C., for several years, he decided dairy farming was what he really wanted to do for the rest of his life. When he learned his credits would transfer to Vermont Technical College, he moved to Randolph Center and earned his associate’s degree in dairy farm management. (continued to page 42)
Caleb Pepper Smith, left, and gets a hand operating Dorset Peak Jerseys from his wife, Jessica, and a full-time employee, Keith Corey. Two years ago, Smith purchased the high-component Jersey herd that had been bred by the Proctor family in Massachusetts.
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He developed a love of the Green Mountain State as well and believes this region of the country is one that gives dairy farmers opportunity to earn a living milking cows in a manner they enjoy, whether that is milking 600 cows or 60, organic or traditional, grazing or confinement.
Dusty Creek Farm, owned by Gerald and Diane Colvin, right, is a family business, operated entirely by members of the family. With the Colvins and one of the farm favorites, Pearlmont Bevan Life Mylady, Excellent-90%, are daughter-in-law Darcy, back left, and the grandchildren, Mariah, Krista and Arianna in front and Kelsey and Ethan in back. Missing from the photo is son, Chuck.
Dusty Creek Dairy
Dusty Creek Dairy is a Registered Jersey dairy in Wallingford owned by Gerald “Jerry” and Diane Colvin. It is truly a family affair as the couple gets help in the operation of the dairy from several members of the family—daughter-in-law Darcy, son Chuck and grandchildren Ethan, Kelsey, Mariah, Krista and Arianna. The Jersey herd is actually the second for Jerry and Diane, who had milked Holsteins for 40 years and then sold them in 2005 when Jerry became injured in an accident. When he pursued a new career path, he realized dairying was in his blood. The couple made the decision to begin dairying
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again, this time on a smaller scale and with a smaller cow. The Colvins purchased 23 head of Registered Jerseys in 2007. Many were from the Vermont State Sale. The sale proved to be a good source of quality Jersey genetics as seven of those initial purchases eventually appraised Excellent. One of these cows, Billings Mannix Rosamaria, Excellent-91%, made 19,540 lbs. milk, 816 lbs. fat and 656 lbs. protein in her fourth lactation and gave the Colvins two heifer calves. The herd today numbers 32 cows and 35 replacement heifers. The herd is fully registered and enrolled on REAP. With the latest appraisal, the herd includes six Excellent and 22 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 83.8%. The farmstead sits on just 15 acres. Another 30 acres are rented to grow crops. Cows are housed in a tie stall barn and heifers are pastured. Milk is sold to Thomas Dairy in Rutland.
Ferrisdale Farm
When feed was cheap, Randy Ferris milked Holsteins. But when the price of corn, soybeans and hay went through the roof, he knew there had to be a better way to make a profit milking cows and a better way to utilize the pastures on his farm. He pushed the pencil and came to the same conclusion as many other former Holstein producers—it made sense to switch to Jerseys. Ferris bought 16 head of Registered Jerseys from Glenn Burkholder in Morrisville, Vt., in 2008 and then another 50 head from Stewart White in East Ryegate, Vt., in 2010. The dairy herd at Ferrisdale Farm in Brookfield is now 50 Jersey cows and an equal number of Jersey heifers and
Randy Ferris began transitioning his herd from Holstein to Jersey in 2008 and has never looked back. He is pictured with Springdale Don Lorry, a third-generation Excellent with 19,830 lbs. milk at 3-6.
25 Holsteins. Ferris is tickled pink with his Jerseys and intends to phase out the Holsteins. The dairy herd is enrolled on REAP and has begun to use JerseyMate for some matings. Service sires are selected on JPI, with a focus of reducing udder depth with each generation. Three or four heifers are genotyped every month because the investment provides a wealth of information for the cost. Cows are housed and milked in a 64-cow tie stall barn and intensively grazed during the summer months. Ferris’ purchase from Stuart White also brought opportunity to capitalize on tremendous Registered Jersey genetics. Prior to his Jersey involvement, he had milked unregistered Holsteins. In the past two years, he has bettered the bottom line by selling two bulls from two different cow families to Semex and writing contracts for three other bulls that will head to Genex/ CRI. In recent months, Ferris has brought other high genetic individuals to the farm, including the high seller of the 2011 Ver-
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mont State Sale, Ledgebrook 2226 by Headline. Ferrisdale Farm is ranked #36 in the nation for JPI with an average index of +66 on cows. Six members of the milking string rank among the top 1.5% for JPI and half of the heifers in the calf pens are P-level 8 or higher. GR Slye Ridge Impulsive Darcie ranks #91 among genotyped cows with a GJPI of +197. The herd has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 19,416 lbs. milk, 888 lbs. fat and 692 lbs. protein on 42 cows. The appraisal average stands at 83.4%. Ferris gets a hand operating the farm from his wife, Amy, and their six children: Colleen, Hannah, Julia, Lindsey, Logan and Jacob.
Fleury’s Maple Hill Farm
Stephen and Elizabeth “Betsy” Fleury are the most recent members of the Fleury family to manage the Jersey herd at Maple Hill Farm. The farm in Richford is among the northernmost Registered Jersey farms in Vermont, situated just a few miles from the Canadian border. Fleury’s Maple Hill Farm was established by Stephen’s grandfather, Noah Fleury, in 1929 to raise dairy cows and produce maple sugar. Stephen’s parents, Daton and Virginia, purchased the farm in 1960. Stephen and Elizabeth took management reins in 1998 and today own the cows and machinery and rent the facilities and farm from his parents. The couple has learned to live with what God gave them—a rocky hillside farm that is great for making maple syrup and growing grass but not-so-great as a traditional confinement dairy. They run the 260-acre farm in a low-input style so it stays in the black financially. Farm equipment is carefully maintained and replaced with gentlyused equipment only when necessary. Cows are intensively grazed during the summer and eat a ration of hay that is produced on the farm during the winter. In 2005, the milking string was reduced from 46 cows
Stephen and Betsy Fleury are the third generation of the family to operate the farm, which was established by Stephen’s grandfather at the onset of the Great Depression in 1929. The business includes a Registered Jersey herd and maple syrup business.
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to 35 cows so Stephen and Elizabeth could raise heifers in the barn rather than an older heifer facility. The move has enabled them to better focus on heifer care and provide a greater amount of forage per animal. Another choice that allows them to remain profitable is to milk Jerseys, the breed of cows Noah selected for the farm from the onset. The herd was enrolled in the Genetic Recovery program when it first became available in 1975 and has been fully registered since. The herd has been enrolled on REAP since 2005 and is certified level 5 in the state’s Johne’s disease program. One critical area Stephen and Elizabeth
will not skimp on is genetics. They have been using A.I. bulls exclusively since 1993 and breeding animals on their own since 1998. Heifers are bred to young sires. The farm has been a member of New England Jersey Sires since it was established in 1989 and now also belongs to Liberty Jersey Sires. Their efforts are shown in the genetic and appraisal statistics for the herd. The dairy has ranked among the top 25% herds in the nation for JPI since August 2007 and today has a JPI average of +46 on 34 cows. With the most recent appraisal, the (continued to page 44)
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herd includes a half dozen Excellent and 22 Very Good cows and has an appraisal average of 84.2%. The farm is a strong supporter of the Vermont and New England sales and can be counted on to sell up to a half dozen head each year. Stephen and Elizabeth are especially proud of those that carry their “Fleurys” prefix and have done well in their new homes. They are also proud that a delegation from Cuba selected one of their bred heifers for export in 2005, to build the genetic base of that country’s herd. Fleury’s Maple Hill Farm continues its tradition of maple syrup as well, tapping 2,000 trees each spring. Daton and Virginia continue to be active in that part of the business.
Four Corners Farm
Seeing Jersey cows graze the pastures at Four Corners Farm in Newbury fulfills a dream for Kim Gray, who owns the farm with her husband, Bob. The dairy herd is the second phase of the business, which got its start as a fruit and vegetable farm and stand. The Grays purchased the initial 120acre farm 30 years ago and developed the stand into a thriving one for local produce. Ten years later, the Grays were given first
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Four Corners Farm is owned by Kim Gray and her husband, Bob, center. The farm in Newberry also operates a stand on the farm and sells fresh fruits and vegetables yearround in addition to their herd of Registered Jerseys.
chance to purchase the dairy farm next door to Four Corners Farm. They jumped at the chance since it allowed them to add another 130 acres to the farm and incorporate Kim’s beloved Jerseys in the business. Today, the picturesque farm stand, with its colorful produce and a backdrop of brown cows in lush green pastures, is something the Gray’s customers appreciate. Four Corners Farm is enrolled on TPEPlus and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 17,403 lbs. milk, 843 lbs. fat and 629 lbs. protein on 24 cows. The herd includes eight Excellent and 20 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 85.3%. Kim used the Genetic Recovery program
on the unregistered animals in the initial herd. She also made several other foundation purchases of Registered Jerseys in the late 1980s, including a handful from the Vermont State Sale. The herd is now fullyregistered. Cows are housed and milked in a stanchion barn and rotationally grazed during the summer. The grazing machines are bred for strength, milk production and disposition. Among the farm favorites is Four Corners Beauty. The Excellent-90% daughter of Molly Brook Brass Major, GJPI -45, produced three Hall of Fame records and has five registered daughters and numerous descendents in the herd today. Though retired from milk production, the 20-year-old has a good life in retirement, grazing lush pastures at Four Corners Farm and enjoying the attention of farm visitors.
Green Wind Farm
Steve MacCausland and Julie Wolcott, owners of Green Wind Farm in Fairfield, didn’t intend to milk Jersey cows for a living when they bought their farm 30 years ago. They came to the place with seven draft horses and a few dairy goats with a goal of establishing a maple syrup business. When the goats proved impossible to contain, they (continued to page 46)
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Steve MacCausland and Julie Wolcott purchased Green Wind Farm 30 years ago with the intent of making maple syrup and homesteading. The first Jersey came to the farm as a milk cow. Today the couple operates a herd of 45 Registered Jerseys and a maple sugar business from the farm in Fairfield.
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develop an appreciation for farming. They continue to nurture the relationships between kids and animals by leasing animals as 4-H projects for local kids and hosting farm visits from area schools. Though every day is a memorable one with Jerseys, Steve and Julie noted that the days things don’t go exactly as planned tend to be the most memorable. Among their favorites was one Christmas morning, between a breakfast of eggs benedict and sharing presents, the cows broke through the gate, made their way up the driveway and raced up the road. As the family scrambled to get them back, they caught a beautiful view of snow-capped Mount Mansfield glistening in the winter sun in the distance. The family figures it was the Jersey herd’s Christmas present to them.
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contain, they bought a Registered Jersey as a family milk cow. When she was dry and another brought in to fill the void, they faced an impending reality—sell one of them or start shipping milk. They opted to ship milk and purchased foundation animals from neighboring Jersey breeders, Charles Gates and Gary Hanna, both of Franklin. Today the herd is 25 milking cows and 20 replacement heifers. Green Wind Farm is enrolled on TPE and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 17,937 lbs. milk, 842 lbs. fat and 664 lbs. protein on 20 cows. With the latest appraisal, the herd includes five Excellent and 13 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 84.1%. Green Wind Farm has an average JPI of +62 on 25 cows. Milk is sold to St. Albans Cooperative Creamery. The farm encompasses nearly 300 acres. About 100 acres are set aside as pasture and hay fields. The balance is woods. The herd is intensively grazed May through October and feeds its own hay November through April. Grain is fed 4-5 times a day. Cows are milked in a stanchion post and beam barn that is reaching 200 years old and been rebuilt and renovated. Green Wind Farm taps about 4,000 sugar maples each spring. Steve is assuming more responsibility with the sugar business and Julie with management of the dairy. She is the primary milker, handles the bookkeeping and makes breeding, feeding and animal husbandry decisions. The couple shares cropping duties. Their two oldest children, Seth and Naomi, lend a hand with milking. Their youngest daughters, Phoebe and Zena, help with gardens, haying and sugaring. Steve and Julie have been able to raise four children on the farm and have enjoyed seeing them bond with the animals and Page 46
Steven and Vickie Carson operate Harkdale Farm, a mixed herd of Jerseys and Holsteins, in Newberry with their children, Tim, Seth, Abigail and Emily.
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Harkdale Farms Inc. is owned by Steven and Vicky Carson and their children, Tim, Emily, Seth and Abigail. The milking string at the farm in Newbury is 80 Jerseys and 60 Holsteins. Jerseys were first introduced to the farm when Scott Bascom, a fellow Virginia Tech graduate with Steven, was looking for a place to keep one of his older cows. The Carsons volunteered and ended up liking her so well that they made plans to add more Jerseys to the farm. The herd is quickly becoming more brown with every passing year because the calving interval for them is a full two months lower than that of their black and white peers, even though the breeds are managed the same. The Jersey herd at Harkdale Farms is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 17,720 lbs. milk, 919 lbs. fat and 659 lbs. protein on 68 cows. With the latest appraisal, the herd includes 14 Excellent and 58 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 84.4%. Three members of the herd rank among the top 1.5% for JPI. The 300-acre farm is relatively flat and fertile by Vermont standards and the Connecticut River meanders near the
eastern edge of the farm. Nearly 270 acres are tillable, so the Carsons are able to grow all of the crops that are used in the ration, including corn silage and corn. Cows are housed in a freestall barn and fed a high-forage total mixed ration. Milk is sold to Dairylea Cooperative Inc. and used as fluid milk for the Boston market. Harkdale has earned Gold Quality Awards from the cooperative and also been named a Dairy of Distinction by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture numerous times. Steven and Vicky received the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder award in 2006. They were presented with the Good Neighbor Award by the New England Jersey Breeders Association in 2006 and by the Vermont Jersey Breeders Association in 2009. The family hosted the summer picnic for the New England organization in 2008. The Carsons are active off the farm as well. Vicky teaches at Vermont Technical College and chairs the high school board of directors. Steven volunteers for 4-H and coaches football, basketball and baseball to children in the fourth through sixth grades. He also sat on the board of New England Jersey Sires and judged many county, state and regional dairy shows. Harkdale Farms is one of the tour stops for the upcoming AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings.
Howvale Farm
Jerseys are making a comeback at Howvale Farm in Tunbridge, which had been known as a prominent registered Holstein breeder using the Howacres prefix. The Jersey herd at the farm belongs to Lucy Howe, granddaughter of farm founder, the late Mark Howe. Lucy is a junior at the University of Vermont, with a major in studio art and a minor in animal science. Howvale Farm is now owned and operated by Lucy’s father, Rob. The milking string includes 28 Holsteins and 13 Jerseys. Cows are housed and milked in a (continued to page 48)
Jerseys returned to Howvale Farm in Tunbridge as 4-H projects for Lucy Howe, a junior at the University of Vermont. The farm, owned by Lucy’s father, Rob, has been organic since 1995. Milk is bottled for The Organic Cow.
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tie stall barn and grazed during the summer. The farm was transition to organic in 1995. Milk is bottled locally for The Organic Cow, the first organic milk brand in New England. All bull calves are raised and finished on the farm to meet a thriving demand for humanely-raised veal. The initial barn at Howvale Farm was designed for Jerseys and its first residents were Jerseys. But when Mark Howe purchased the farm in the early 1950s, he renovated the barn for his breed of choice and the Jerseys were phased out. Jerseys came back to the farm in 2000, when Rob wanted a smaller, more manageable 4-H project for nine-year-old Lucy. Sno-Krest Berretta Bambi was purchased from Wes and Brenda Snow in Brookfield. Three other Jerseys were purchased as foundation animals for Lucy, but “Bambi” proved to be the most prolific and profitable. The Very Good-84% 12-year-old is in her ninth lactation and has seven daughters, none the result of embryo transfer. One of her great-granddaughters, Howvale Impuls Brio, Very Good-82%, ranks among the top 1.5% for JPI with an index of +135. Another great-granddaughter, Howvale Comerica Bugbee, recently appraised Very Good-86% in her first lactation and is one of the farm’s up-and-coming young prospects. The Jersey herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 16,537 lbs. milk, 782 lbs. fat and 589 lbs. protein. With the latest appraisal, the herd includes four Excellent and eight Very Good cows and has an appraisal average of 85.9%. JerseyMate is consulted for mating recommendations and expected future inbreeding is a strong consideration when choosing service sires. Jerseys are bound to stay at Howvale Farm since they have proved their value to the current herd owners. Advantages in feed utilization and reproductive efficiency along with fewer feet and leg problems may not show up in pounds of production, but contribute greatly to the bottom line noted Rob.
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Lisa Kaiman started life on her own with a dream of becoming a veterinarian. She enrolled in the vet program at the University of Vermont, started her studies and soon realized she didn’t want to become a vet after all. But her love of animals and their care remained. So she decided to pursue a career raising food animals instead. Kaiman had to learn everything about animal care from the ground up since she grew up in the suburbs of Princeton, N.J. The lack of experience may actually have Page 48
The importance of cow comfort is evident everywhere you turn on the farm owned by Lisa Kaiman. She does all she can to make her Jersey girls comfortable so they can turn grass into delicious Jersey milk. The lactation average of the herd exceeds 19,200 lbs. milk and the appraisal average stands at 85.6%.
been in her favor because she was diligent about learning everything. She spent 10 years working on other dairy farms before setting out on her own in 1999. The farm in Chester is situated on just 33 acres, with a stream on the front side of the property and a steep, wooded hill at the back. The Registered Jersey herd includes 25 cows and a dozen heifers. Cows are housed and milked in a Calhoun Super Structure greenhouse barn with a reflective roof. They spend the bulk of their time on a bedded pack and pasture and are milked in a three-stall, step-up parlor. The herd is intensively, rotationally grazed. The grass is high in protein but low in energy and vitamins and minerals, so it is supplemented with a purchased grain mix. The Kaiman operation is a one-woman show, so facilities are set up so cows can be managed by just one person. Kaiman considered a cow’s natural inclination for stepping up and turning right when all structures and holding areas were designed. Though she handles most everything on her own, Kaiman is quick to acknowledge the help her border collie “Sugar” provides in moving the cows between barn and pasture. Kaiman is in the process of setting up facilities to bottle fluid milk and produce butter and soft cheese. She had been selling milk to Spring Brook Farm for production of its award-winning Tarentaise cheese but is now shipping to Agri-Mark until her processing facilities are complete. Kaiman also has a thriving local business for humanely-raised, milk-fed veal and eggs. The herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 19,206 lbs. milk, 851 lbs. fat and 678 lbs. protein on 15 cows. The herd includes seven Excellent and a dozen Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 85.6%. About three-fourths of the original herd came from Molly Brook Farm in Danville. The balance was purchased from Spring Brook Farm in Reading. She has had a closed herd for a
number of years and is able to supplement the bottom line by merchandising several heifers each year. Among Kaiman’s herd favorites are Jersey Girl Elev Double Jack, or “DJ” for short, and Jersey Girl Barber Jupiter. “DJ” is Very Good-88% and the high producer of the bunch with 26,560 lbs. milk, 988 lbs. fat and 809 lbs. fat in 299 days at 5-10 on grass. “Jupiter” is the highest appraised cow at Excellent-94% and made 19,190 lbs. milk, 755 lbs. fat and 636 lbs. protein at 7-7.
Keewaydin Farm
Dairying has been a way of life for the Pike family for four generations. The breed of cow that the family milks, though, has changed over the years as milk markets changed. In 1921, farm founder Carroll Pike milked Guernseys and provided milk for the Golden Guernsey brand. In 1970, grandson Les Pike returned from college and the army, took over management of the farm and switched to Holsteins. Today, fourth-generation dairy producer Suzi Pike milks Jerseys at the farm in Stowe and ships milk to St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, where some of it is used to create worldfamous Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Suzi always knew she wanted to continue the family legacy of farming. So, in her third year of college, she and the family pushed the pencil and came to the conclusion that it would be more profitable for them to milk Jerseys than Holsteins. The smaller-sized Jersey was better suited to the barn than the Holstein since the black and white cows had gotten so large over the past several decades. As well, they are more efficient from a reproductive standpoint and are easier for the smaller-framed Suzi to handle. In 2004, when she graduated, the family purchased 23 head from the New England Spring Sale as the foundation for the herd. Today, the herd is 90 milking cows and 85 replacement heifers. It is fully registered
Keewaydin Farm was incorporated in 2010 as a limited liability corporation to bring the fourth generation of the Pike family into the family business, which was established by Carroll Pike in 1921. Pictured left to right are siblings Suzi and Dan, grandfather Merton and Les and Claire.
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and enrolled on REAP. Suzi strives to use top JPI bulls in the breeding program and focuses on bulls that will improve udders and feet and legs and that are plus for components. She uses young sires for about 25% of the matings. The herd ranks #47 in the nation for JPI with an index of +64 on 66 cows. Five members of the herd rank among the top 1.5% for GJPI or JPI. Two of these high-genomic cows trace to Grin-N-Barrett Bark Dinah, Excellent-90%, a cow the Pikes purchased from Brian Barrett of Clarement, N.H., in 2004. She calved five times with four heifers and has two lactations in excess of 19,500 lbs. milk. The two best heifers in the calf pens— Keewaydin Plus Dale 467 and Keewydin Louie Daneen 492—hail from this cow family as well. Cows are milked in a double-four herringbone parlor and housed in a freestall barn that was retrofitted to accommodate Jerseys. The farm is situated on 220 acres. The family is able to grow all forages in the ration and purchases high moisture corn as a supplement. Keewaydin is a true family farm as it was incorporated as a limited liability corporation in 2010. Farm owners are Suzi and her parents, Les and Claire, and her brother, Dan. Also involved with the business is
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Suzi’s sister, Sara, who is a school teacher and helps on the weekends and vacations, and her paternal grandfather, Merton. The youthful 91-year-old still mows, chops, rakes and does other chores to remains active on the farm.
Joanna Lidback
Joanna Samuelson’s love of the Jersey cow began as a 4-H project, thanks to the help of her local extension agent. Today she and her husband Adam milk their REAP herd of Registered Jerseys at a rented farm that once housed Holsteins. They moved Joanna’s herd to the farm in the fall of 2009 and welcomed their first two calves on Thanksgiving of that year. Even though Adam has only been farming for three years, the two have greatly enjoyed being able to have their all Registered Jersey herd at home with them. Joanna had previously housed her beloved Jerseys at different farms throughout New England as she pursued her career with Farm Credit Services. They are currently milking 11 Jerseys and have 10 replacements, in addition to the four Jersey beef cows the raise for local markets. The herd currently milking at Joanna and Adam’s farm has animals that trace back to the first calves Joanna received in her youth. From spending time at the community gar-
Joanna Lidback and her husband Adam have not only been building their Jersey herd since their nuptuals, they have been building their family, having welcomed a son, Thomas Keith, in August of 2011.
den run by her local extension agent, Joanna and her siblings discovered another aspect of the agricultural sector—Jersey cows. From their experiences there, the Samuelson family began seeking out opportunities to own a group of Jerseys. The Samuelson children eventually received Jersey calves for Christmas one year, continuing to grow their herd. They started keeping their Jerseys animals at different local farms, splitting up their milkers and young stock. Then, after a a story was published about the family on behalf of the 4-H Foundation, a neighbor offered to keep their animals at a closer location, and all together. Not only have they been working hard to (continued to page 50)
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build their herd and raise the genetic merit of their Jerseys, they recently welcomed their first child. Their son, Thomas Keith was born August 23, 2011, and has kept his parents just as busy as their growing herd of Jersey cows.
Little Rock Jerseys
Joseph Angell manages Little Rock Jerseys in Brookfield on the farm owned by Wes and Brenda Snow. He grew up on White Rock Farm, a Registered Jersey farm in Randolph Center, and still lends a hand at the farm nearly every day. Angell graduated from Vermont Technical College in May 2009 with an associate’s degree in dairy farm management. A month later, he purchased the Snow’s herd of Registered Jerseys, SnoKrest Jerseys, and incorporated his own small herd of cows with those already at the Brookfield farm. He rents the facilities from the Snows and purchases their crops. He gets help operating the dairy from his girlfriend, Jacklyn Preston, and Wes and Brenda’s son, Jarrett. The Jersey herd at Little Rock Farm is enrolled on REAP because is simplifies the effort to register animals, get performance
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Joe Angell with one of the favorites at Little Rock Farm, White Rock L. Freightliner, a descendent of his first 4-H animal given to him by his parents, Tim and Janet Angell.
information on their pedigrees, get them appraised on a routine basis and contribute to Project Equity. A strong believer in registered cattle, Angell uses the Genetic Recovery program to permanently identify animals he purchased from unregistered herds where he worked during high school. Little Rock Jerseys ranks among the top 100 herds in the country for JPI with an average index of +56 on 38 cows. Three members of the milking string rank among the top 1.5% for JPI or GJPI. Angell is a regular consignor to the Jersey sales in Vermont and New England. Angell received his first Jersey, White Rock View Friendly, as a gift from his parents in 1998. The Excellent-90% daughter
of Dar View Sky Line Frosty, GJPI +11, proved her value as a foundation animal as she gave him two Very Good daughters and several other descendents in today’s herd. Included in this group is one of the highest genetic heifers in the calf pens, Little Rock Legal Frehauf, who traces five generations back to “Friendly.” Angell’s most memorable moment with Registered Jerseys came with the birth of the first heifer calf that carried his Little Rock prefix—Little Rock Jevon Ferguson. As with “Frehauf,” she descends from the “Friendly” cow family.
Lucky Hill Farm
Lucky Hill Farm, Danville, was purchased in 1919 by Henry and Persis McReynolds, who began the farm with Jerseys. Since then, the herd has seen Jerseys, Holsteins, Ayrshires, Guernseys and Brown Swiss, but became an all Jersey herd again in 1981 and has not looked back. The farm is currently a partnership between Everett and Martha McReynolds, the third generation, and Henry and Jenn McReynolds, the fourth generation. Lucky Hill Farm consists of 620 acres that are owned, with an addition 39 acres of rented land, which helps cover some of feed needs of the farm. The McReynolds (continued to page 52)
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As Lucky Hill Farm nears it’s capacity in the parlor after several years of expanding their herd, they have plenty of helping hands. Pictured above are Martha and Everett McReynolds, with their son Henry, his wife Jenn, and their children, Luke, Andy, Abby and Nick.
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family has spent much time making improvements to the farm, including the addition of a milk parlor in 2006. The cows are now milked twice a day in a double 12 parallel parlor. The REAP herd at Lucky Hill Farm is currently undergoing an expansion, hoping to reach 180 milk cows. They are nearing the goal as they now have 171 cows, 135 heifers, with an additional 25 heifers due this spring. Their milk herd as an AJCA lactation average of 17,849 lbs. milk, 928 lbs. fat and 658 lbs. protein on 119 lactations. Lucky Hill Farm is completely family operated with five members of the family working the keep the farm running smoothly. Everett is in charge of outside work such as crops, while Martha takes care of the calves. Henry is tasked with feeding the cows and heifers, while he and Jenn are in charge of the daily management of the herd. Jenn is also responsible for the finances of the operation. In 2005 Henry and Jenn received the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder award. Everett and Martha’s son-in-law, Jeff Davis, also works on the farm and is the token handy man with the mechanical aspects of the operation. There are also various other members of the McReynolds family that help along the farm when needed. They are also contract advertisers in the Jersey Journal. With Henry and Jenn’s children, the fifth generation of the family to raise Jerseys, Luke, Andy, Abby and Nick, guarantee there will be plenty of help when the herd does reach its maximum herd size.
MacBain Homestead
The MacBain Homestead, Peacham, was purchased Bean Family in 1923. Jerseys were a natural fit for the picturesque farm as the brown cows were already common to the area. Kenneth and Barbara, the second generation of farm owners, started registering their Jerseys in the early 1960s. The Homestead is more than just a dairy Page 52
farm housing 40 milk cows and 20 or more replacement animals, the Bean’s also have an apartment that they rent out to tourists and then invite their guests to take part in farm activities during their stay. Visitors are able to visit with what Eric, the third generation Bean Jersey breeder, describes as the most peaceful and content group of cows a farm manager could ask for. The herd quietly grazes at the feet of rolling hills with acres of lush woodland to enjoy just as much as the tourists. The herd is enrolled in REAP, which enables Eric to know as much about each cow as possible, which helps fulfill the MacBain breeding goals to have a healthy, long-lived cow. The average appraisal score of the Farmstead’s cows is 83.8% with four Excellent and 31 Very Good animals. They also regularly consign animals to the Vermont State Sales.
Eric Bean stands among the herd of Jerseys at the MacBain Homestead, which he operates with his parents, Kenneth and Barbara. The family not only raises Jerseys, they operate a bed and breakfast for tourists who also want an on-the-farm experience.
As an excellent destination for fall “leaf peepers,” MacBain Homestead offers more than just a multi-generational herd of Jerseys, it offers an interactive and consumer friendly spot for those interested in learning more about the Jersey dairy industry.
Molly Brook Farms
As the birthplace of one of the most impactful cow families the Jersey breed has seen worldwide, the Molly Brook Fascinator Flower family, Molly Brook Farms has quite a history built on the hillside of their Cabot, farm. Walter, Sally and Myles Goodrich, owners of the farm, have celebrated many milestones in the time they have been milking cows at Molly Brook. Married 61 years, Walter and Sally were named the AJCA Master Breeders in 1994, representing the fifth generation of Jersey breeders at Molly Brook Farms. They also received Dairy Shire Distinguished Breeder award in 2002. Started in 1835, the Molly Brook herd has been on continuous DHIA test since 1910, making it the longest of any herd in Vermont, and a completely Registered Jersey herd since 1917. Animals from the Molly Brook herd
Walt and Sally Goodrich, pictured above with their son, Myles, and his daughter-in-law Brandy, all work together to operate Molly Brook Farms.
have been sold to more than 25 states and 12 foreign countries. They have marketed embryos in the U.S., New Zealand, England, Italy, Australia and Denmark. A cow sired by Molly Brook Berretta Fabulous, was even named the first Jersey Supreme Champion at the International Dairy Week show in Australia. They have exported bulls to Guatemala, Greece, Australia and Canada. Molly Brook has sent 39 bulls to A.I. Walter and Sally currently operate Molly Brook in cooperation with their son Myles and his daughter-in-law Brandy, who all work at the farm seven days a week. Their herd has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 18,623 lbs. milk, 926 lbs. fat and 700 lbs. protein on 107 lactations. The herd also has an average appraisal score of 84.4%, with 19 Excellent and 83 Very Good cows. As of April 2012 there were five cows on the Top 1.5% list for GJPI with the Molly Brook prefix, and an additional cow on the Top 1.5% list for Traditional JPI. There is also a Molly Brook heifer on the Top 500 List for JPI. The REAP herd also has 20 animals that have been genomically tested, helping the Goodrichs continue to consign only their best animals to the area and national Jersey sales. As one of the most recognizable Jersey farms in the breed, Walter and Sally, along with their son Myles have continued a strong tradition of quality Jersey genetics. They have also built a strong family tradition as Molly Brook can also now boast seven generations of Goodrich’s to walk through the alleys of the famed farm.
Morningside Farm
Morningside Farm is owned by Brian and Patti Wilson and their six children: Tyler, Colleen, Ethan, Benjamin, Caleb and Elijah. The farmstead in Shoreham is one you would see in pictures, with rolling hills of lush green pastures, a view of Lake Champlain in the distance and fence lines packed with maple trees that turn shades of yellow, orange and red in the fall. The sheer beauty of seeing his cows grazing (continued to page 53)
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these pastures is reason enough for Brian Wilson to milk cows for a living. An added bonus is recognition that this is the best possible environment in which to raise children. For Brian and Patti, dairying is their first career together but a second for them individually. Brian grew up on a Jersey dairy farm in New York and then worked as a representative for Blue Seal Feeds. Patti was a soil conservation specialist serving Connecticut and eastern New York. They became acquainted while attending grazing conferences. The two married in 1996 and started a dairy on rented facilities the same year. Fittingly, they used wedding money to buy necessities for the farm. The Wilsons moved to their present farm in 2000. The farm is situated on 600 acres and used almost exclusively for pasture and hay and grass fields. Cows are milked in a tie stall barn and intensively grazed. The grass ration is supplemented with hay and a 12% grain mix year-round. The dairy herd of 70 milking cows and 80 replacement heifers is fully-registered and 100% homebred. The dairy has been certified organic since 2002 and ships milk to Organic Valley. The Wilsons focus on feet and legs, udders and longevity since cows have to walk some distance to pasture. Since they rarely get sick on pasture, the culling rate is just 2% a year. Average age of the herd hovers around 7-8 years-of-age. A member of the herd that exemplifies the Wilson breeding philosophy is Morningside Paz. The Excellent-94% daughter of Molly Brook Berretta Future, GJPI +29, celebrated her 10th birthday in April and will calve again in May with her seventh calf. She has five registered daughters. With the low cull rate and Jersey reproductive efficiency, the Wilsons are able to merchandise about 30 head each year privately. The herd is enrolled on REAP and has an appraisal average of 86.2%. The herd includes 13 Excellent and 43 Very Good cows. With the latest appraisal, six first
lactation heifers were appraised Very Good-86% or higher. The highest appraised cow on the farm today is Morningside IM Gaelic, who was raised to Excellent-94%.
Randall and Carol Munger
Randall Munger and Carol KrawczykMunger are in the midst of transitioning the herd from all-Holstein to all-Jersey. For the past three years, all cows and heifers have been bred to high-JPI Registered Jersey sires. The herd ranks #15 in the nation for JPI with an average index of +78 on 16 cows.
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Dairy cattle have been a part of Randall Munger’s life as long as he can remember. But the cows in his life had always been Holsteins until his wife, Carol KrawczykMunger, brought a Jersey to the farm in Bridport eight years ago. The Mungers liked her so much they decided to switch to Jerseys and are doing it by breeding
everything to Jersey bulls. The milking string is now 32 Registered Jerseys or Jersey crosses that were enrolled in Jersey Expansion and 33 Holsteins. The calf pens are even browner since the Mungers are now in the third year of breeding exclusively to Jersey bulls. The dairy is seasonally calved, with most cows calving in late April through June. Cows are housed in a freestall barn and milked in a parlor. All feed is purchased. Milk is sold to Agri-Mark andused in the production of Cabot cheese. (continued to page 54)
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Randall does the milkings and works with the cattle. Carol enjoys the genetics and breeding part of the business. She started using JerseyMate several years ago. When the couple got some nice young cows with fancy udders and a heifer crop that ranked among the best in the nation for JPI, they were hooked on Jersey and the program. Carol is now using high-JPI proven bulls as service sires for half the herd matings and G-code bulls for the balance of the matings. The herd is enrolled on REAP and ranks #15 in the nation for JPI with an average index of +78 on 16 cows. GR Mungercrest Jupiter Jelisa, Very Good-82%, ranks among the top 1.5% for JPI with an index of +146. Sixteen of the Munger’s 26 heifer calves are P-level 9. Carol has a diverse background that helps her to be an effective agriculture advocate and spread the industry’s message to a broad audience. She was a culinary arts instructor for 15 years following graduate work at the University of Vermont and more recently operated a successful therapeutic riding program. Today she is teaching special needs children in their junior and senior years of high school. She coordinates a program that brings many of them to the farm three days a week. The Mungers also provide calves for local children as 4-H projects. Since this often includes as many as 15 head a year, every calf on the place is broken to lead. With the tools the Jersey association provides, we are able to develop a really
nice animal quickly, noted Carol. It has been rewarding for us to have our homebred animals do well at the fair and enter the milking herd.
Orcutt Brook Farm
Eric D. Daggett, Orcutt Brook Farm in Derby, is the third generation Jersey breeder at the farm established by his grandparents, Fredrick and Gretchen. Eric started managing the farm in the spring of 2002 after graduating from the University of Maine and has been making steady improvements ever since. Daggett brought Jerseys back to Orcutt Brook Farm after a 16-year hiatus in which his parents, David and Clare, had rented the facilities and acreage to neighboring farmers. He started out with 29 head—10 descendents of his 4-H projects, 15 head from Springdale Farm, Waldo, Maine, where he worked part-time during college, and four head from Fish Family Farm, Bolton, Conn. By 2005, he had grown the herd to 95 Registered Jerseys and was focusing on improving the overall genetics of the herd. In order to fund the herd expansion Eric worked any job he could, logging, writing forest management plans and even working as a mason tender. He is currently milking 58 cows and has 10 dry cows and 53 young stock, using JerseyTags on his REAP herd. His herd has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 14,489 lbs. milk, 676 lbs. fat and 533 lbs. protein on 56 lactations. He is also considering expanding his herd to 80 milking cows as he recently purchased another farm where he is keeping his young stock. Eric has been
Eric Daggett, knealing with a daughter of his “Missy” cow, takes time from evening chores to snap a picture with his family. Pictured are David and Claire Daggett, Abram, Michaeline, Drew and Mac Daggett, and Lorinda Campbell.
genomic testing parts of his herd, taking advantage of some of the larger purchases he has made throughout the years, including Orcutt Brook Deacon Missy, a daughter of Hollylane Renaissance Miss-ET, a heifer he purchased from Hollylane Jerseys, Corbyville, Ont., in 2008. Eric was awarded the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder Award in 2009 and has continued his commitment to increasing the genetic merit, productivity and overall conformation of his herd. As he keeps hitting the tanbark and serving as the Vermont Jersey Breeders Association Vice President, Eric will stay dedicated to the Jersey cow.
Oughta-Be Farm
Oughta-Be Farm is an organic Jersey dairy in Chelsea operated by Merrill and Sandra Whitney and their daughter, Sonya, and her husband, Tim Roberge. The dairy was organized as a limited liability part-
Oughta-Be Farm is an organic dairy in Chelsea operated by Tim and Sonya Roberge and Sonya’s parents, Sandra and Merrill Whitney. Farm hands in the wings are one-year-old twins, John, with Tim, and James.
nership among Merrill, Sandra and Sonya in 2008 with intent to transition Tim into the business. Milk is marketed to Horizon Organic. The 250-acre farm is primarily rolling hills, with 55 acres of tillable land and the balance woods. Another 200 acres are rented. Nearly all the land is set aside as grass for grazing or making hay. The milking herd is rotationally grazed in the summer, getting a new pasture every day. Cows are housed and milked in a tie stall barn. Calves are raised in hutches. The push to milk Registered Jerseys was made by Sonya after she graduated from college in 2007 and made the decision to
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take over the family farm. Prior to this, the family had milked Holsteins with a goal of producing high volumes of milk. When they found the black and white cow was not a good grazer, they had a better idea—milk Jerseys and produce a higher quality, more nutrient dense milk. Today the herd of 50 milking cows is primarily Registered Jerseys, a few crossbreds and a single Holstein. Oughta-Be Farm is enrolled on REAP and has used the Genetic Recovery and Jersey Expansion programs to permanently identify animals. Service sires are selected based on pounds of milk and type. The farm was purchased by Merrill’s parents in 1950. The acreage was transitioned to organic in 2006 to increase farm income to the point where it could support the addition of Sonya and Tim and their family, which now includes one-year-old twins, John and James. The business is a true family farm as it is operated solely by family. Merrill feeds cows and does field work. Sandra helps her husband in the fields, milks in the morning and lends a hand with calf chores. Sonya milks in the evenings and does calf and barn chores. Tim is responsible for the field and cropping end of the business and helps with barn chores. Long term, the goal is to transition Sonya and Tim to a greater share of the operation of the farm to allow Merrill and Sandra to
Paul and Linda Stanley and their daughters, Ellen and Claire, operate Paul-Lin Dairy in the northwest part of the state. The Stanleys celebrated 25 years of dairying in 2010 and were among the first to practice intensive rotational grazing. Jersey reproductive efficiency and effective herd management allowed the Stanleys to merchandise excess breeding stock and fund college educations for both girls.
retire. The family would also like to become a recognized source of quality Registered Jersey genetics and build a free stall barn and parlor.
Paul-Lin Dairy
Paul-Lin Dairy is owned by Paul and Linda Stanley and their daughters, Ellen and Claire. The Registered Jersey herd at the farm in East Fairfield consists of 31 milking (continued to page 57)
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cows and 27 replacement heifers. Paul-Lin Dairy is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 16,593 lbs. milk, 781 lbs. fat and 597 lbs. protein. The herd ranks among the top 100 in the nation for JPI with an average index of +57 on 33 cows. The Stanleys belong to New England Jersey Sires and use young sires for third services. They also use JerseyMate in the breeding program. Paul-Lin Dairy ships milk to St. Albans Cooperative Creamery and has received the highest quality award from the Vermont Dairy Industry Association for milk quality. Both Paul and Linda are multiple generation dairy producers from the Green Mountain State. Though each grew up with a different breed—Paul with Jerseys and Linda with Holsteins—they settled on Jerseys for their livelihood because the breed was better suited to the 38-acre pasturebased farm they purchased in the spring of 1985. The foundation herd was 30 Jersey cows from a breeder in Montgomery and 15 bred heifers from a local source. The entire herd was enrolled in the Genetic Recovery program and has been fully-registered ever since. Though the dairy industry has changed over the past 25 years, the basics at Paul-Lin Dairy remain the same. The farm is still a tractor-less 38-acre rolling pasture farm that utilizes rotational grazing for forages six months a year and purchases all supplemented feed and hay. Facility improvements include a new hip roof and retaining wall for the barn and the addition of a pipeline, liquid manure pit and cement cow yard. Jersey profitability has also allowed the Stanleys to put both girls through college. Their educations were largely funded from animals sold through the Vermont and New England sales. Ellen now teaches third grade at a nearly school and lends a hand when needed. Claire graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in animal science in 2010 and has returned to the family farm and also works part-time at St. Albans Cooperative. The Stanleys are also very active in service to community. Paul-Lin Jerseys hosted the summer picnic of the New England Jersey breeders last summer and continues to host local school field trips. Paul and Linda received the Boss Turner
Holmes Farm Jeff and Steven Holmes 55 Ball Hill Road • Langdon, NH 03602 603/835-6832 Steve • 603/445-7033 Jeff holmesfarmnh@comcast Email “Home of the Holmes, Holmesland, and S-B-H prefixes”
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Distinguished Service Award from the New England Jersey Breeders Association in 2010 and the Outstanding Breeder Award from the Vermont Jersey Breeders Association in 2011. Linda was presented with the Vermont club’s Distinguished Service Award in 2008 for her years of service to the organization as president.
Pearlmont Farm
Pearlmont Farm, Barnet, Vt., has seen much success in their tenure of owning Registered Jerseys. However, new advances in dairy technology have allowed the Pearl family to stay profitable in challenging economic times.
bred the popular cow Pearlmont Impuls Daffy, who has made an impact on the Jersey breed through her 25 sons and several grandsons in A.I. and her other high genomic offspring. As of April 2012, there are nine cows that rank on the Top 1.5% GJPI list that bear the Pearlmont prefix, and an additional cow that ranks on the Top 1.5% List for Traditional JPI. They also have four heifers that rank on the Top 500 JPI list. The Pearls were also the breeders of Pearlmont Choice Camille, Excellent-95%, who produced four records in excess of 20,000 lbs. milk. In addition to William and his wife Gwen, William’s dad, Merwyn, resides on the farm, and starts every morning at 6:00 a.m. to help throughout the day. The Pearls are looking forward to seeing where genomics can take their REAP herd as they continue to find ways to supplement the milk check.
Richardson Family Farm
The Pearl Family, represented above by William and Gwen Pearl, have seen a recent increase in the marketability of their animals thanks to generations of solid breeding and the introduction of genomic testing.
“Genomics have been the best thing that ever happened to us,” said William Pearl, the third generation of the Pearl to operate Pearlmont Farm. “We have had success with genomics, selling lots of bulls to A.I.” There are currently 14 bulls getting ready to be sampled in A.I., with the family previously having sent other bulls to be collected. They have taken the marketing of their animals to the national level through sales, such as the All American Sale and National Heifer Sale. However, there will be a decline in the number of animals they send to sales this year as they plan on doing significant amounts of flushing and need recipient animals. Of the 65 milk cows and 70 replacements grazing the hillside of Pearlmont Farm, 40 of those have been genomically tested. They have been breeding their animals 100% A.I. for 56 years, which the family credits as the single greatest contributor to continuous genetic development. The Pearls also had success before the introduction of genomic testing, having
Springdale Jerseys Inc. The Whitcomb Family • sdfarm@myfairpoint.net 205 Birches Rd., Waldo, Maine 04915 207/342-5446 Phone/Fax 207/342-5135 Walter • 207/722-3247 Nancy
Richardson Family Farm is a trio of businesses—a dairy farm, a maple syrup operation and a split-rail fencing business—operated by the Richardson family in Hartland. The farm has been passed through four generations of the family and today is operated by Gordon Richardson and his sons, Scott and Reid, and their families. Though farm decisions are a joint-effort, generally-speaking, Scott is responsible for herd management, Reid handles the maple syrup and split-rail fencing businesses and Gordon takes care of the plans for nutrient (continued to page 58)
Richardson Family Farm is operated by three generations of the Richardson family. The business includes a Registered Jersey farm, a maple syrup business and a split-rail fence operation. Pictured with part of the milking string and Ruth, the family dog, are Elliott, Emory, Amy and Patricia, in front, and Reid and Scott in the back.
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management and financial management with help from his wife, Patricia. Scott’s wife, Amy, milks once a day and feeds and care for the calves. Gordon’s brother, James, is officially retired and their sister, Anita, cans and delivers much of the maple syrup. The 60-cow Jersey herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 18,957 lbs. milk, 1,082 lbs. fat and 741 lbs. protein. The herd ranks #66 for JPI with an average index of +66 on 56 cows. One member of the milking string, RFF Militia Nicole, Very Good-86%, ranks among the top 1.5% with a GJPI of +140. Though Jerseys have been on the farm for many years, Registered Jerseys came in 1999 when the herd was enrolled in the Genetic Recovery program. The move was the first step to using AJCA tools to improve the herd, get involved with other Jersey breeders and boost the bottom line from the sale of cattle through the Vermont and New England sales. The 450-acre farm is primary permanent pastured, grasslands and woods. Cows are grazed during the summer and fed a total mixed ration based on round bale silage. The ration is supplemented with a grain mix. They are housed in a two-row freestall barn that was designed to accommodate 64 cows and milked in a historic stanchion barn modified as a flat parlor. Freestalls are bedded with kiln-dried sawdust. The farm has a semi-solid manure system and spreads manure on its fields and neighboring fields. The dairy has an average somatic cell count well below 150,000 and receives quality premiums from Agri-Mark nearly every month. All members of the family are active in service to community. Richardson Family Farm was named Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year in 2009 by the University of Ver-
mont Extension and the Vermont Dairy Industry Association. It has ranked among the state’s top five farms for milk quality the past three years. The Richardsons have proudly displayed a “Dairy of Distinction” sign from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture for 13 years beginning in 1997.
Speedwell Farms
Brian Nichols, Lyndonville, is one of the many New England farmers that have won national awards from the AJCA in recognition of outstanding herdsmanship and service to the Jersey dairy industry. Brian was awarded the Young Jersey Breeder award in 2009, 10 years after taking over his grandfather’s farm after a five year break from the dairy industry. Upon his return, Brian built a new barn at Speedwell Farms, bought a group of Jersey and Brown Swiss heifers and began milking in the fall of 1998. Six years later, he decided the Jerseys were more profitable than the Brown Swiss as they were easier to breed, handle and feed, leading him to sell the Swiss herd. The Jersey count is now totaling 35 milk cows, 25 bred heifers and 20 more yearlings, all of which are identified with JerseyTags. The REAP herd has an M.E. of 18,299 lbs. milk, 905 lbs. fat and 661 lbs. protein on 26 lactations. In 2007, Speedwell Farms began selling Jersey beef, pork, eggs and vegetables direct to consumers in addition to selling pre-bottled raw Jersey milk. Located just 10 miles outside of St. Johnsbury in northeast Vermont, demand for locally grown food has enabled the farm to remain profitable at its present size. Brian and his wife Kim operate Speedwell Farms with their children, MacKenzie, Rylie, Dylanie, Kirbie, Corey and Erin. The family is active in 4-H and showing Registered Jerseys at local fairs. Brian has served on the boards of the Vermont Milk Company and the Caledonia County Fair. He previously was a director for the Independent Dairyman’s Association. He is a member of both the Vermont Jersey Breeders Association and the New England Jersey Breeders Association, which awarded him the Young Jersey Breeder award in 2009.
Spring Brook Farm
Brian Nichols, pictured above, owns and operates Speedwell Farms, with his wife Kim and their six children in northeast Vermont.
Winding through the hills and back roads of rural Vermont, you would be hard-pressed to find Spring Brook Farm
Hav’s Farm
Mapleline Farm
Box 425, 44 Jerusalem Rd. Tyringham, MA 01264
57 Comins Road, Hadley, MA 01035 Home 413/549-6486 Email jkokoski@maplelinefarm.com Website www.maplelinefarm.com
Frederick G. Havill 413/243-1582 A REAP herd and member of New England Jersey Sires, Inc.
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Michele Palazzo manages the Jersey herd at Spring Brook Farm in Reading. The farm is a teaching tool for the Farm for City Kids Foundation. Milk from the resident Jersey herd is used to create award-winning Tarentaise and Reading varieties of cheese.
on your own. Tucked in the dense woods near Reading, travelers have two reasons to find the place—the farm serves as a retreat for at-risk children and also produces an award-winning line of cheese. Registered Jerseys make both happen. Spring Brook Farm is a teaching tool for the Farms for City Kids Foundation, which has provided a rural experience for pre-adolescents from New York, Boston and Vermont since 1994. Students who attend the week-long program are selected by teachers because they feel they can benefit from the hands-on experience of working at the farm. About 800 students are able to participate in the program each year. The Jersey herd includes 42 cows and an equal number of replacement heifers. Spring Brook Farm is enrolled on REAP and uses JerseyTags for permanent identification. JerseyMate recommendations are consulted for first services. The herd has a 2011 lactation average of 17,961 lbs. milk, 810 lbs. fat and 638 lbs. protein on 44 cows. Cows are housed and milked in a tie stall barn and grazed during the summer. They are fed grass hay and a grain mix. All milk is used in the production of two varieties—Tarentaise, the flagship variety, and Reading, which was introduced in 2010. Tarentaise has racked up the awards in the past several years. In competitions in 2011 alone, it won a gold medal in the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest and a super gold medal at the World Cheese Awards, was named best in show in the North American Jersey Cheese Awards and placed second in its class at the American Cheese Society Contest. Spring Brook Farm also produces about 500 gallons of maple syrup each spring
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and raises vegetables and fruits and other livestock (horses, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys and pigs) on the farm. Curtis Allen is the farm manager, Michele Palazzo is the herd manager and Jeremy Stephenson is the head cheese maker. Jerseys are the ideal breed for Spring Brook Farm, noted Palazzo. They are great grazers, produce the perfect milk for cheese and have dispositions that endear them to the kids, who are often reluctant to touch animals. The Jersey, with her inquisitive nature, reaches out and touches them first and soaks in any attention the students give.
Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company
The Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company began as a community effort to save a local farm in South Woodstock. The dairy farm, which was once home to water buffalo, has been transformed into an award-winning cheese company that is creating unique farmstead and artisanal cheeses. It was purchased by a group of 14 different neighbors, seeing several once occupied farms turn into developed spaces. The Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company has not only been a way to encourage the dairy industry in Vermont, it has been a educational resource for those interested in learning about the production of dairy products—from start to finish. The Farmstead has a multi-breed herd enrolled in REAP, which consists of 20 Registered Jerseys, and a remaining balance of Ayrshires, Brown Swiss, Holsteins, and Red and White Holsteins, sustainable dairy farming practices, and creative cheese makers that pride themselves on putting a new twist on traditional cheese recipes. The herd has an AJCA lactation average of 17,690 lbs. milk, 825 lbs. fat and 621 lbs. protein on 4 lactations. With the facilities already in place to house up to 180 cows, the Farmstead owners were tasked to build a creamery where they would be able to make any type of cheese, including raw and pasteurized cheeses. They are currently producing
Pictured above are the Vermont Farmstead cheesemakers Rick Woods and Tom Gilbert at the halter of “Kookaburra,” one of the Jersey cows occupying the farm that was once home to water buffalo.
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WindsorDale, Farmstead Cheddar, AleHouse Cheddar, SugarShack Edam, BrickHaus Tilsit and Lille’. Any of the Vermont Farmstead Cheese Products can be found in 15 different states, ranging from Vermont to Louisiana. In order to keep up with their growing demand they built a new cheese production facility, retail space, and aging cave scheduled to open in July 2012 in Windsor, Vermont. The goal of this second operation is to use the milk from other local farms so they can also tell their stories in the transparent way offered by the consumer outreach at the Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company.
Waybee Jerseys
The Doncasters Waybee Jersey herd serves as more than just a source of income for the family, it serves as an education center for their community. Not only have Wayne, Elizabeth and their family of Irasburg, loaned out animals for local kids to use at 4-H projects and show animals, they open their farm up to the Farm to School program that beings fourth and fifth grade students out to the farm where they get to explore and even name a calf.
Three generations of the Doncaster family reside at the Waybee Jerseys farm. Pictured above are Wayne Sr. and Elizabeth (sitting), Wayne Jr. and his wife Jennifer, and their three children Christopher, Eliza and Hannah.
The farm was started in 1952 with 28 Jersey cows, which were immediately enrolled in the genetic recovery program. The Jerseys were already part of the farm, but the Doncaster’s later added more cows and enlarged the barn. The barn is now 135 years old and still actively used by the mainly grazed REAP herd during the winter months. The age and location of the farm enabled the Doncaster’s to place a large majority of their farm in a land trust. Wayne and Elizabeth also work with their son Wayne Jr. and his wife Jennifer, the next generation of Jersey breeders. The couple’s three children, Christopher, Eliza and Hannah, also help on the farm, in addition to one of Wayne and Elizabeth’s five daughters, Sarah. Elizabeth, a nurse by profession, still does the bookwork for the farm while Wayne works with the machinery, even though they are preparing
to let Wayne Jr. and Jennifer take over the majority of the farms operation. One of the most enjoyable parts of the farming experience for the Doncaster’s has not only been able to see their children and grandchildren get to help on the farm, but being able to see multiple generations tions of 4-H’ers and locals kids work with their Jerseys—many of which have placed highly, even Supreme Champion, of their county Jersey shows. While Wayne, Elizabeth, Wayne Jr. and Jennifer work together to continue in crease the production levels of their herd, they will continue to support not only their (continued to page 57)
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family, both all those interested in learning more about Jerseys and the dairy industry.
White Rock Farm
White Rock Farm in Randolph Center is one of the longest-running farms in the state. Tim and Janet Angell operate the 750-acre farm with their eldest son, Matt, and daughter, Amanda, who also works off the farm as a vet technician at a local animal clinic. Matt and Amanda are the eighth generation to work the farm that has been in Janet’s family since 1791. Registered Jerseys first came to White Rock Farm in 1970. Unregistered animals were enrolled in the Genetic Recovery program in 1980. Today the 55-cow herd is fully registered and enrolled on REAP. The April 2012 rolling herd average is 16,583 lbs. milk, 773 lbs. fat and 591 lbs. The herd ranks among the top 25% for JPI with an average index of +53 on 56 cows. White Rock TBone Melody ranks among the top 1.5% for JPI with an index of +153 and was recently appraised Very Good-87% in her first lactation. White Rock Farm is home to 13 Excellent and 38 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 84.2%. White Rock Farm is a regular consignor to Vermont and New England sales. The Angells enjoy seeing cattle they sell privately and publicly do well for their new owners. Cows are milked in a tie stall barn and grazed during the summer months. Tim is a graduate of Vermont Technical Institute, as are he and Janet’s three children. Janet graduated from Champlain College with a business degree. Tim was a DHIA tester for four years following college and also operated a small farm. He and Janet met when he needed herd replacements and she had cows to spare. The couple married in 1981 and moved to White Rock Farm five years later. The Angells have been active in service to the dairy industry. Tim and Matt have both served as directors of the Vermont Jersey Breeders Association. Matt currently is a member of the sire committee of the New England Jersey Sires.
Tim and Janet Angell and their eldest son, Matt, operate White Rock Farm, which has been in Janet’s family since 1791. They are pictured with a family favorite, White Rock Iatola Vershire, one of their most-promising two-year-olds who recently appraised Very Good-86%.
Tim and Janet received the Vermont organization’s Good Neighbor Award in 2005, the Outstanding Breeder award in 2007 and the Distinguished Service Award in 2010. The couple was deans for the inaugural Jersey Youth Academy in 2009. The Angells also operate a maple syrup business and saw mill at White Rock Farm. Each spring about 1,200 sugar maples are tapped. Custom timber, mostly hemlock and some pine, is also produced from the farm’s 550 acres of woods.
Derrick and Beverly Wright
Derrick and Beverly Wright manage a 50-cow Registered Jersey dairy in Randolph with their son, Andrew, and breed cattle using the DBW prefix. The couple met in 1978 while they were students at Vermont Technical College (VTC), married a year later and started their life together working on a Holstein dairy farm. The Wrights established their own herd in 1980 on a rented farm in South Randolph. Since Beverly had grown up on a Jersey farm and was active in youth programs, Jerseys were a natural choice for the couple. Their foundation purchase was a small herd of cattle from western New York that was located with the help of Jersey Marketing Service and former AJCA Area Representative David Parkinson. In 1983, the Wrights moved their herd to its current location, which has been in Derrick’s family
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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since 1938. Andrew joined the family business after he graduated from VTC with an associate’s degree in dairy farm management three years ago. The herd is enrolled on REAP and has a March 2012 rolling herd average of 16,645 lbs. milk, 781 lbs. fat and 590 lbs. protein. The herd ranks among the top 100 herds in the country for JPI with an index of +57 on 47 cows. With the latest appraisal, the herd includes 11 Excellent and 24 Very Good cows and has an average appraisal of 83.1%. Milk is sold to Agri-Mark Inc., where it is used in the production of award-winning Cabot cheese. The Wrights use JerseyMate for cows and heifers and are members of New England Jersey Sires. They also routinely consign to the Vermont State Sale and the New England Spring Sale. Cows are housed in a tie-stall barn and intensively grazed during the summer months. Among the farm favorites is herd matriarch, DBW Moe Rebecca, Excellent-92%. The youthful 14-yearold has lifetime credits of 201,963 lbs. milk, 8,889 lbs. fat and 7,007 lbs. protein in 3,666 days. Another cow family the Wrights are developing is traced to DBW Impuls Yen, Excellent-90%. She is backed by a Very Good dam and an Excellent grandam— both with records over 19,000 lbs. milk. “Yen” has four daughters. Her three milking daughters all rank among the top 1.5% for JPI. Her granddaughter, DBW Justin Elaine, is the high genomic heifer in the calf pens, with a GJPI of +158. The Wrights have also been active in service to the Vermont and New England Jersey cattle associations. They received the Outstanding Breeder Award from the Vermont Jersey Breeders Association in 2010.
Derrick, Beverly and Andrew Wright with a favorite at the farm in Randolph, DBW Moe Rebecca, Excellent-92%. The youthful 14-yearold has lifetime credits of 201,963 lbs. milk, 8,889 lbs. fat and 7,007 lbs. protein in 3,666 days.
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June 23, 2012 • 1:00 pm (EST) • Bryon, NY Hosted by Den-Kel Jerseys
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BK/DK Legal
Over 60 head from Den-Kel Jerseys sell! She sells!
Tort
Ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI Cow List at +149 Choose from “Tort” or her three sisters sired by “Legal,” “Kyros” and “EclipesP.” Their dam is a VG-87% “Matinee” with two records over 21,000M and 1,000F. The next seven generations are Very Good or Excellent and have over 20,000M and 1,000F.
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Emily, VG-85%
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Tinsel-P, VG-85%
Sired by Den-Kel Myboy Jake-P She sells carrying an embryo out of Den-Kel Louie Clarabelle sired by “Dimension.” “Tinesel-P” is out of a VG-85% “Maxxum-P” dam followed by an E-91% “Parade” with three records over 20,000M.
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“Sarah-P” sells and was fresh in February. She will be bred to “Vibrant” by sale time. Her dam is a VG-88% “Kaptain.”
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hoebe” family: We purchased Pats Perfect Phoebe in partnership with Hi-Land Farm at the 2007 All American Sale and she has been proving her worth. We have offered offspring at several national sales including “TBone Pfenning,” the high seller at the 2010 All American Sale. The dam is an E-90% “Bill” and was the 2005 winner of the National Jersey Youth Production Contest. “Phoebe” or “Penny” sells!
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Phoebe, VG-85%
1-11 305 17,710 5.2% 925 3.8% 679 101DCR GJPI +156 • Dam of “Penny” and “Phyllo” A choice between “Phoebe” or “Penny!” Don’t miss out on this elite offering.
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Penny
Fresh in December and short bred to “Clause” GJPI +127 Also selling a P9 “Bungee” daughter of “Penny” born in December.
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Phyllo-ET, VG-84%
Ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI Cow List at +159 Several A.I. contracts Offering a choice of four “Dimensions” out of “Phyllo” due July 1.
Cow Power Sale She sells!
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Fresh February 20 ,2012 • GJPI +123 Sister to “Julie Too”
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Daughter sells!
Jatty-ET, VG-84%
1-8 305 17,400 5.4% 942 4.0% 700 101DCR Ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI Cow List at +155 Daughter of “Julie Too”
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4-2 365 25,240 5.1% 1,294 4.0% 1,000 102DCR Ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI Cow List at +154
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ayne” family: The largest selection of the sales offering descends from the prolific Ogston Vertols Jayne, E-90%. “Jayne” completed 9 lactations with the best over 20,000M and produced 16 daughters. “Jayne’s” influence is prevalent in the herd today. “Juju” sells! She is sired by “Champ” and out of “Lemvig Jelly.” The grandam is E-91% with records up to 26,340M and is followed by “Jayne.” Selling a P9 “Headline” daughter of “Jelly Two” with a GJPI of +133. The next dam is “Lemvig Jelly.” An “Academy” daughter of “Lemvig Jelly” sells due in September to “Kanoo.”
Daughter sells!
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Jelly-ET, E-92%
Four lacts. over 30,000M, 1,300F, 1,000P Dam of “Juju,” “Julie Too” and “Jelly Two”
Offering a choice of daughters out of “Jatty.” A P9 “Merchant” born in December or a January “GR Ten Sixtynine.” A choice between “Jiggle-P” or her intermediate yearling daughter sired by “Lovabull.” The daughter is due in May. A junior yearling granddaughter of “Lemvig Janey” sells with a GJPI of +119. The dam is a VG-85% “Peter.”
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Janey, E-92%
5-5 305 25,380 5.2% 1,330 3.7% 928 100DCR Granddaughter of “Jayne”
Choose between a “PR Gannon” daughter of “Julie Too” with a GJPI of +201 or a choice between two “Dimension” heifers due in July out of the “PR Gannon” daughter. Pick from two P9 “Medalist” daughter of “Justa.” Both are March calves. A fancy “Governor” junior 2-year-old out of “Jasparilla-P” sells fresh and open.
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Den-Kel Myboy asparilla-P, VG-86% Great-Granddaughter of “Jayne”
4-2 305 18,440 5.4% 1,001 3.6% 668 102DCR
June 23, 2012 • 1:00 pm (EST) • Bryon, NY Hosted by Den-Kel Jerseys
She sells!
Family members sells!
Den-Kel Blackstone VG-80%
Marble,
1-8 305 16,530 4.9% 812 3.5% 581 101DCR “Marble” sells due with her second calf just before sale time. Her dam is a VG-88% “Artist” followed by an E-91% “Jordan.”
Daughter sells!
SHF Flash
Garbo
Ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI Cow List at +170 Descendant of Daniel Jupiter Gunda, E-91% Several members of this family will sell including a VG-82% “TBone” due in May with her second calf. The dam is an E-90% “Mor.”
Granddaughter sells!
Moment, E-93%
1-10 305 16,470 4.6% 757 3.6% 598 100DCR Her VG-82% “Iatola” senior 3-yearold sells fresh with her second calf in February and bred to “Vibrant.” The next three dams are an E-90% “Berretta” with 22,800M, VG-87% “Barber” with 20,160M and an E-93% “Earl” with 23,370M.
Granddaughter sells!
SHF Parade
Den-Kel Champ
Daughter sells!
Kava, E-92%
6-0 305 24,450 4.7% 1,148 3.5% 865 102DCR Her P9 “Legal” granddaughter sells with a GJPI of +163 and is due in December. The dam is a VG-86% “Militia” with 19,840M, 970F and 814P actual at 2-9.
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Belle 5-ET, E-92%
3-5 305 21,020 5.6% 1,184 3.6% 760 102DCR Selling her “Freeze” granddaughter due to sexed “TBone” semen in July. The dam is a VG-85% “Jimmie.” The fifth dam is the famous Duncan Bell, EX 3 CAN.
Granddaughter sells!
Sunny Day Centurion
Bethany 1-ET, E-94%
12-0 305 20,720 5.2% 1,080 3.7% 757 101DCR Selling her December “Scholar” granddaughter. The dam is an E-90% “Golden” from the Sunny Day Yankee Becky, E-90% family.
Den-Kel Louie
Clarabelle, VG-85%
3-0 305 22,190 5.7% 1,257 3.9% 856 102DCR Ranks on the Top 1.5% JPI Cow List at +155 Choose between her two P9 “Medalist” daughters both born in March. Her dam is a VG-84% “Clarence” that also decends from Daniel Jupiter Gunda.
Daughter sells!
Dupat Jevon 5557-ET, D-78%
2-9 305 20,030 4.6% 922 3.6% 722 102DCR Her “Joule” junior 2-year-old daughter sells fresh in January and will be bred to “Vibrant” by sale time. The next dam is an E-91% “Parade” with three records over 23,000M, 1,000F and 800P.
Daughter sells!
Marv Du Blackstone VG-87%
Easter-ET,
Ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI Cow List at +133 Offering her P9 “Zuma” with a GJPI of +142. The next dam is an E-93% “Piranha” with three records over 20,000M and followed by an E-94% “Berretta.”
June 23, 2012 • 1:00 pm (EST) • Bryon, NY Hosted by Den-Kel Jerseys
Granddaughter sells!
Den-Kel Lemvig
Game, E-91%
2-11 305 20,730 5.3% 1,106 4.1% 858 100DCR Offering her “Krucial” junior 2-year-old granddaughter bred to Den-Kel Legal Steel. The dam is a Very Good “Kirk-P.”
Daughter sells!
Granddaughter sells!
Den-Kel Exceed
Mylove-P-ET, E-91%
6-6 305 22,420 5.2% 1,161 3.7% 825 100DCR Her “Eclipes-P” granddaughter sells. The dam is a VG-88% “Hank” from the “Mischief-P” family at Dutch Hollow.
Over 100 Jerseys sell with 40 from guest consignors!
Daughter sells!
A “TBone” senior yearling sells and will be bred to “Dimension” by sale time. Her dam is a VG-88% “Iatola” with 16,580M backed by a VG-86% “Liberty.” Kevin and Annetta Herrington, NY
Bri- Lin Ren
Sadie-ET, E-95%
5-2 305 19,310 5.3% 1,021 3.7% 722 99DCR 3rd 5-Year-Old, 2005 All American Show Her fancy “Governor” senior 2-year-old sells. She has been fresh 4 months and is pregnant to “Volcano” for a December calf. Elena and Haley Ooms, NY
PR Oomsdale Gratitude Country asey-ET, E-90% JH1C
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3-8 305 3x 25,680 4.4% 1,124 3.5% 905 100DCR Offering her “Valentino” yearling short bred to “Dimension” with a GJPI of +183. “Casey” completes five generations of Excellent dams. Michael Ooms, NY
Watch for other consignments coming from: True Farms, NY; Kevin Sharka, NY; Dutch Hollow Farms,NY; Irishtown Jerseys, PA; Normandell Farms, PA; Spruce Row Jerseys, PA; and many more!
This is going to be an exciting sale. Make plans to attend and kick off your week on your way to the AJCA/NAJ Annual Meetings.
A “Bada Bing” junior 2-year-old sells due in October to “Legion.” Her dam is a VG-88% “Big Deal.” Kevin and Annetta Herrington, NY
An “Eclipes-P” summer yearling sells. Her sister sired by “Blackstone” ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI cow list. Their dam is an E-91% “PR Dale” and backed by a VG-83% “Myway-P.” Jerald Stewart, NY A Very Good “Impuls” sells with 16,905-872-677 ME at 2-1. Her dam is a VG-87% “Fredrico” with an average of 5.7% fat on five lactations. Amber Darling and Jason Mondore, NY Selling a “TBone” junior yearling. The dam is a VG-85% “Cgar” followed by a VG-86% “Signature” with over 18,000M actual. Rocky and Patricia Ellsworth, NY Offering a P9 “Louie” with a GJPI of +185. Her dam is a VG-83% “Jarrett” followed by a VG-83% “Militia.” David Chamberlain, NY
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2012 AJCA-NAJ ANNUAL MEETINGS
Candidates for AJCA and NAJ Elections AJCA President Nominee Chris Sorenson
AJCA Director Nominee Wesley Snow
AJCA Director Nominee David Norman
Chris Sorenson, Pine River Wis., has been nominated for President of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA). For the past five years, he has served the organization as Director of the Tenth District. He has sat on the AJCA Finance, Registration, Breed Improvement and Executive Committees. Sorenson and his wife, Cheryl, raised their four children, Rebecca, Megan, Michael and Hannah, on the same farm on which he was raised. Michael joined the operation full-time in 2007, making him the fourth generation to be involved with the family farm. Sorenson’s g randfather, George Sorenson Sr., purchased the farm in 1929 and named it Hillview Jersey Farm. He started with 12 Jersey cows and 42 acres of land. In the 1950s, Sorenson’s father, George Jr., took over the farm. In 1982, a family corporation was formed. Today, the 850-acre farm is owned by Sorenson and his brother, Steve, and his son, Michael. Chris has managed the farm for the past 30 years. Sorenson’s Hillview Jersey Farm has been enrolled on REAP since it became available in 1995 and contributed to Project Equity for more than two decades. The farm is a charter member of Dairyland Jersey Sires. The herd includes 96 cows and 85 replacement heifers and is 95% home-bred. The 2011 AJCA lactation average on 92 cows is 20,011 lbs of milk, 977 lbs. fat and 709 lbs. protein. The herd ranks among the top 25% in the nation for Jersey Performance Index (JPI) with an average JPI of +54 on 85 cows. A few key foundation purchases have been made to improve the genetic level of the herd, including granddaughters of Duncan Belle and Golden MBSB of Twin Haven-ET. The most notable cow bred on the farm is Hillview Trader Babka, Excellent-92%. “Babka” produced 32,598 lbs. milk and 2,100 lbs. fat in 365 days at 6-0 and became the second Jersey in breed history to produce more than a ton of fat
Wesley P. Snow, Brookfield, Vt., has been nominated to serve as director from the First District of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA). He is completing his first term as director, having been nominated to the position in 2009. He currently sits on the AJCA Development and Registration Committees and has also served on the organization’s Finance Committee. Wes owns and operates Sno-Krest Jerseys with his wife, Brenda, and 12-yearold son, Jarrett, in central Vermont. The majority of the cows were sold in 2009 as a foundation herd for another young Jersey breeder. The herd continues to be housed on the farm. The Snows supply forages for the herd and maintain a small herd of Jerseys on the farm as well. Sno-Krest Jerseys is a routine consignor to the Vermont State Sale and the New England Spring Sale. Consignments to the National Heifer Sale include the alldonation event that benefitted the AJCC Research Fund in 2005. Wes earned his dairy science degree from Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center in 1968. His interest in Jersey cattle was acquired from Jersey breeders, Bob Churchill and his son, Ray of Sky View Farm, who attended college with Wes. Snow got his start in the Jersey business with the purchase of 29 bred heifers and farm equipment from Charles and Pauline Slack in 1974. Five years later, he purchased the real estate from the couple, who had been breeding Registered Jerseys on the Brookfield farm for more than four decades. Over the years, the herd was developed from the foundation heifers and a few key private and consignment sale purchases. The farm is situated on 150 acres and harvests corn silage, haylage, dry hay and wrapped round bales. Pastures are managed for intensive grazing in the summer months. Snow also operates KW Timber, a logging business that cuts and
David Norman, Liberty, Pa., has been nominated for Director from the Third District of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA). He is completing his first term as director, having been nominated to the position in 2009. He currently sits on the AJCA Development and Breed Improvement Committees. David and wife, Aggie, and brother and sister-in-law, Ernest and Dorothy, operate Normandell Farms. The herd of Registered Jerseys™ began nearly 90 years ago and has been operated by four generations of the Norman family. The Normans milk 110 cows and raise an equal number of herd replacements and crop 300 acres. Normandell Farms has been recognized for its solid breeding for many decades. The former world milk production champion, Normandell Khan Ariel, was bred by the Normans and sold as a bred heifer to Norse Star Jerseys, Westby, Wis. The herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 17,331 lbs. milk, 894 lbs. fat and 648 lbs. protein on 65 cows. Normandell Farms is ranked #64 in the nation for Jersey Performance Index (JPI), with an average JPI of +78 and Predicted Transmitting Abilities of +384M, +22F and +15P. Two cows rank among the top 1.5% for JPI or Genomic JPI and two heifers rank on the list of the Top 500 Heifers for GJPI. Because genetics are important to the Normans, the family has sponsored the Norman Genetic Award for Pennsylvania for nearly three decades. The annual award recognizes the state’s high herd for JPI and was the first in the nation to recognize a herd for genetic merit. Normandell Farms has contributed to Project Equity since 1986 and consigned animals to and made purchases from sales managed by Jersey Marketing Service, including the National Heifer Sale. The farm is a member of Liberty Jersey Sires Inc. and Norman has served
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ix individuals have been nominated to serve in leadership positions of the national Jersey organizations, five for the American Jersey Cattle Association and one for National All-Jersey Inc. Board of Directors. Results of the elections will be announced in North Conway, N.H., during the organizations’ respective annual meetings on June 30 and June 29. All active members shown on the membership books of the Association on the date 50 days prior to the Annual Meeting (May 10, 2012) are eligible to vote for AJCA President and Directors. Persons eligible to vote for NAJ Directors are producer members, those who pay fees as established by the Board of Directors, and honorary members shown on the membership records of the corporation 60 days prior to the the Annual Meeting (April 29, 2012). Voting is by ballot only. The notice of the annual meeting and the official ballot and proxy will be mailed to all members eligible to vote not less than 30 days before the meetings.
NAJ Director Nominee James S. Huffard III
Corey Lutz, Lincolnton, N.C., has been nominated to serve as director from the Sixth District of the American Jersey Cattle Association. Corey and his wife, Bridgette, own and operate Piedmont Jerseys in Lincolnton. The 220-cow grazing herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 AJCA lactation average of 18,903 lbs. milk, 896 lbs. fat and 675 lbs. protein on 223 lactations. With the latest appraisal, the herd includes 45 Excellent and 184 Very Good cows and has an appraisal average of 85.1%. Six members of the herd are appraised Excellent-92% or higher. Piedmont Jerseys is a member of Dixieland Jersey Sires. Corey grew up on Piedmont Jersey farm in Catawba County. He graduated from high school in 1980 and earned an associate’s degree in animal science from North Carolina State University in 1982. After graduation, he returned to the family farm. He moved the dairy to its present location in Lincolnton in 1997. The dairy practices managed, intensive, rotational grazing. The farm consists of 240 acres of owned land and another 200 acres of rented land. Piedmont Jerseys is operated by the Lutzes and two full-time employees and two part-time employees who milk the cows. Corey takes care of all the day-today operations of the farm. Bridgette, who was also raised on a dairy farm, takes care of all the farm finances. Corey and Bridgette graduated from the two-year Leadership Education Activity and Development program sponsored by North Carolina Farm Bureau in 2010. The family was named Soil and Water Conservation Farm Family of the Year in 2001, beating more than 400 other farms in the state. Piedmont Jerseys routinely hosts farm tours for school groups and is proud to be among the few farms that still participate in such outreach programs. Piedmont Jerseys hosts grazing groups year-round to give hands-on pasture management tips to beef producers as well as dairy producers. The farm has been visited by the county commissioners, the
Ralph Frerichs, LaGrange, Texas, has been nominated for Director from the Eighth District of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA). He is completing his first term as director, having been nominated to the position in 2009. He currently serves on the Development and Registration Committees. Frerichs operates Frerichs Dairy Inc. with his wife, Faith, and his brother, Robert, and his parents, Edgar and Marian, who got into the Jersey business in 1948 with a handful of Jersey cows. The herd was enrolled in the Genetic Recovery program in the 1970s and today is a fully-registered herd of 190 milking cows. Frerichs Dairy has been enrolled on REAP since its inception and contributed to Project Equity since 1988. The farm is a member of Dixieland Jersey Sires Inc. and has contributed to the AJCC
James S. Huffard III, Crockett, Va., has been nominated to serve as District 5 Director for National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ). He is currently serving his second term as director and is also vice president of the organization. As a partner with his brother, John, in Huffard Dairy Farms, Jim has a wealth of experience in the Jersey business. After graduating in dairy science from Virginia Tech, he returned to the home farm and assumed the responsibilities for the livestock and general manager. Jim and John joined forces with fellow Virginia Jersey breeder, Sugar Grove Jerseys, owned by Joey Blankenship and his uncle, Danny Slemp, to bottle milk from the two farms at Duchess Dairy in Rural Retreat. The dairy has been a Queen of Quality® producer since January 2010 and now distributes All-Jersey milk to grocery and convenience stores across southern Virginia. Huffard Dairy Farms is home to Schultz Jerseys. Through the years, the herd has increased from 90 cows to over 400 cows. The herd consistently ranks in the top 10 for milk, fat and protein for its respective herd size. The 2011 AJCA lactation average is 19,522 lbs. milk, 888 lbs. fat and 679 lbs. protein on 371 lactations. The herd ranks among the top 25% in the nation for JPI with an average index of +50 on 485 cows. Twenty-three members of the milking string rank among the top 1.5% for JPI or Genomic JPI. Huffard Dairy Farm participates in REAP and marked 30 years of continuous contributions to Project Equity in 2010. The farm is a contract advertiser in the Jersey Journal and maintains two websites, Huffard Dairy Farms and Duchess Dairy, on JerseySites. Huffard served as president of the AJCA from 2001-2004 and was a member of the organization’s board of directors (1988-1994). Currently he serves on the Investment Advisory Committee. Huffard chaired the Performance Committee and the Vision 21 Committee and sat on the Type Advisory Committee.
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in a single lactation. Cows from the farm have been exported to several different countries, including the pilot program, which sent heifers to China. Jersey genetics have also been exported to Canada and several Central American countries. Recently, three young bulls have been enrolled in young sire programs in A.I. Sorenson has been instrumental in helping others get a start in the Jersey business by consigning to the Wisconsin State Sale and several national sales and marketing cattle privately. He received the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder Award in 1982, the first for Wisconsin. That same year, he and Cheryl were selected as one of the state’s top Young Farm Bureau couples. In 2003, Sorenson was named Senior Breeder by the Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association. He has served multiple times as president and vice president of the state Jersey organization. He co-chaired the National Heifer Sale in 1987 and again in 2011 when it was an all-donation event for Jersey Academy. He currently is a member of The All American Jersey Show Committee and has served on The All American Jersey Sale Committee. In the 1980s, Sorenson worked with Jersey Marketing Service on the Protein Sales. Currently Sorenson is town chairman, a position he has held the past 11 years. He served on the local school board for 11 years as well. Sorenson has also been president of his church, farm bureau and 4-H Leadership Association.
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markets hard and soft wood logs. Snow is a three-term member of the board of the Vermont Jersey Breeders Association and was the organization’s president when the state hosted the AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings in 1981. Snow sat on the board of Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Association through the 1980s and is a current co-chair of the Vermont State Sale, a position he’s held for more than 10 years. The Vermont State Sale annually auctions more than 300 head, supplying New England Jersey breeders with an avenue to market high genetic and surplus heifers across the country. T h e Ve r m o n t J e r s e y B r e e d e r s Association presented Wes and Brenda with the Vermont Senior Breeder Award in 1999 and the Harold “Tuffy” Wright may 2012
Distinguished Service Award in 2012. Wes earned the organization’s Distinguished Service Award in 1984 and the Good Neighbor Award in 2006. The New England Jersey Breeders Association honored the couple with the Boss Turner Distinguished Service Award in 1999.
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the organization as director. The Norman Family is a President’s Club donor to the AJCC Research Foundation for contributions that exceed $10,000. Norman was secretary/treasurer of the Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Association (PJCA) for 21 years and served the organization as president prior to this commitment. In 1985, David and Aggie served as the crafts and exhibit chairpersons for the AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings held in Lancaster, Pa., and the couple assisted with the planning for the 2005 convention in Pittsburgh, Pa. He is past president of the Pennsylvania Dairyman’s Association and a former member of the Sire Power Jersey Sire Committee. Norman was a 4-H leader in Tioga County for 30 years and a member of the Tioga County Extension Advisory Committee and the 4-H Advisor y Committee. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Norman has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture education. Prior to returning to the home farm in 1978, Norman was the York County (PA) Dairy Extension agent and served as a co-coach for the county 4-H dairy judging team. David and Aggie were presented with the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder award in 1987 and the family was the first family to receive the Tioga County Extension Family award in 2004. For service to the state Jersey organization, David was presented with the Pennsylvania Distinguished Service Award in 2011. David and Aggie are members of Salem Lutheran Church, which David has served as councilman. The couple has three children, Mark Norman, Emily Wales and Renée Norman. Norman has attended 12 AJCANAJ annual meetings and every PJCA meeting since 1980. Additionally, he has accompanied his children six times to junior activities held during The All American Jersey Show and Sale in Louisville, Ky.
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North Carolina Angus Cattlemen in March and students in the veterinary program at NC State in January. Piedmont Jerseys hosted the Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge in 2010 and was a tour stop during the AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings in 2008. Piedmont Jerseys is active in the show ring, exhibiting cattle at the county and district shows, the North Carolina State Fair and The All American Jersey Show. may 2012
Corey is president of the North Carolina Jersey Cattle Association, sits on the North Carolina Dairy Advisory Board and the North Carolina Farm Bureau Dairy Advisory Board and serves as associate general chair for The 2012 All American Shows and Sales. He is a past chair of the AJCA Type Advisory Committee. Corey also is a member of the boards of the Lincoln County Farm Bureau, the North Carolina Purebred Dairy Cattle Association, the North Carolina Dairy Producers Association and Southern States. He is a former member of the board of the North Carolina Dairy Youth
Foundation. Corey and Bridgette have three children: James, Mandy and Olivia. James attends NC State and will graduate in May with a degree in animal science and agriculture business. He will return to the farm to work with his family. Mandy attends Appalachian State University, where she is pursuing a degree in elementary education. Olivia is a senior at West Lincoln High school; she ranks fourth in her class and will graduate in June. She received early admission at NC State in the animal science program and will begin her studies in the fall. Page 71
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Research Foundation. The Frerichs have been actively involved in educating the public about dairy farming through the Jersey Barnyard. The hands-on barnyard exhibit provides self-guided and guided tours to local residents, tourists, schools and groups, with opportunity to pet and feed a variety of farm animals, milk a cow by hand, venture through a corn maze and learn about other farm activities. Recently, a garden center was added. The Frerichs also operate the Texas Jersey Cheese Company. For 10 years, Ralph and Faith made the all-natural Jersey cheese by hand. Today it is made by others so the couple can concentrate on other aspects of the farm. Their cheese is sold locally and online. It is the Frerichs’ dream to bring tours to the cheese-making aspect of the business as well. Frerichs Dairy is home to the wellknown “Belle,” television star and “spokescow” for Blue Bell Creameries. “Belle” has appeared in many commercials and traveled extensively promoting Blue Bell ice cream. “Belle” and her herdmates have starred in nine commercials for Blue Bell ice cream. Frerichs, a graduate of Texas A & M University with a bachelor’s degree in dairy
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science, has served as the Texas Jersey Cattle Club president, vice-president and director and sat on numerous committees. He was a co-chair of the 1994 National Heifer Sale and served on the All American Sale Committee. He has participated in the Young Dairy Leader Institute and received the Texas DHIA Master Dairy Producer Award. Robert and Faith were recipients of the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder Award in 1988 and have participated in AMPI’s Young Cooperative Program. Frerichs served on the Fayette County Dairy Committee and was a 10-year coach of the Fayette County 4-H dairy judging team, which placed in competitions at the state level. He coached youth soccer, was a member of the Grange ISD Task Force Planning Committee and served St. Paul’s Church as councilman. Frerichs currently is a sponsor for the church high school youth program. Ralph and Faith are parents to Neal and Allison Frerichs and the late Bradley Frerichs.
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Jim was instrumental in the formation
of Dixieland Jersey Sires Inc. He was a charter board member and twice served the organization as president. He was instrumental in obtaining protein payments for Jersey milk in his area by working closely with the milk marketing cooperative. Upon the cooperative’s merger to form Dairy Farmers of America, the protein premium has been continued and expanded to other Jersey producers in the Southeast. Huffard is past president of the Virginia Jersey Cattle Club and has served in every office of this organization. Jim received the AJCA Young Jersey Dairyman Award in 1982 and the Master Breeder Award in 2008. He also received the Jaycees Outstanding Young Farmer Award in 1983; the William M. Etgen Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from Virginia Tech in 1986; and the W. Ray Murley Award as Virginia’s Distinguished Dairyman in 1997, the first non-Holstein breeder to receive this recognition. Jim has three children, Shai, Jenna and James IV (Trey). He is an active member of Grace Lutheran Church. Jim served on the Wythe County Planning Commission for 26 years and chaired the commission for 14 years. In addition, Jim is owner of Rationale Inc.
JERSEY JOURNAL
Active A.I. Bulls Ranked By GJPI, April 2012 The 131 Jersey bulls listed are coded as Active A.I. for the April 2012 USDA-AJCA Sire Summary. Bulls have a minimum 70% Reliability and are ranked by genomic Jersey Performance IndexTM (GJPI) which combines production and type trait information into a single economic index. JPI includes six factors: 42% PTA Protein, 15% PTA Fat, 15% FTI, 12% PTA PL, 10% PTA DPR, and 6% PTA SCS. Bulls marked with an asterisk (*) in the G column have genomic evaluations. The 17 bulls that are not genomically tested, are listed with their traditionally calculated evaluation. These 114 genotyped bulls average +564M, +36F, +23P; for Lifetime Net Merit, Cheese Merit +$310; Net Merit +$283, and Fluid Merit +$265. Other group averages are Somatic Cell Score, 3.00; Productive NAME OF BULL
REG NUMBER G JHI
Life, +2.4; JUI, +2.56; DPR, -0.1; and Final Score, +1.1. Appraisal Trait Rankings Predicted Transmitting Abilities (PTA) for each of the 15 breakdown traits, final score, and Jersey Udder Index (JUI) are provided on the opposite page. There are six two-way traits among the 15 listed: Foot Angle (low or steep); Rear Legs (posty to sickle); Rump Angle (high to low); Teat Placement (wide to close); Udder Depth (deep to shallow); and Teat Length (long to short). The PTAs for linear traits (with the exception of body depth) are used in the JPI calculation and are weighted by their relative economic value in increasing net income.
MILK, FAT AND PROTEIN NAAB NO. NO. % REL % % NM CODE HRDS DTRS RIP % MILK FAT FAT PRO PRO CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS PL DPR EFI %ile
SWEETIE PLUS IATOLAS BOLD.................................USA 067129272 50K F 1JE711 10 25 96 77 1544 -0.01 68 -0.02 51 601 575 561 2.95 4.1 0.4 7.7 100 SUN VALLEY IMPULS JUPITER..................................USA 115870022 50K F 29JE3615 30 71 92 87 1530 0.07 84 0.02 58 592 543 516 3.08 2.7 0.8 6.3 98 ALL LYNNS MAXIMUM VERNON-ET...........................USA 115863998 50K F 29JE3624 16 22 100 76 1360 0.11 84 0.02 53 628 579 553 3.11 4.6 -0.5 6.7 100 TOLLENAARS IMPULS LOUIE 260-ET........................USA 061929276 50K C 14JE473 91 176 30 95 1638 -0.03 70 -0.06 46 563 570 585 2.96 4.8 1.5 6.0 99 D&E PAUL-ET................................................................USA 115181456 50K F 11JE944 27 65 29 88 1507 -0.13 44 -0.02 50 454 426 409 2.94 3.3 -1.2 9.7 85 TOLLENAARS IMPULS LEGAL 233-ET.......................USA 061929249 50K C 29JE3506 48 93 44 90 987 -0.02 42 0.03 41 547 492 450 2.92 4.9 0.2 5.6 96 ISDK Q IMPULS........................................................... DNK 000301592 50K F 236JE3 2,276 23,260 18 99 538 0.20 63 0.12 42 579 475 397 3.08 3.7 1.1 3.2 91 CAL-MART JACE STRUNK...........................................USA 115685866 50K F 29JE3616 18 76 96 87 974 -0.01 43 0.01 37 537 489 445 2.76 4.8 0.2 8.8 95 PR OOMSDALE ROCKET GOOSE-ET........................USA 067027311 50K F 1JE672 29 37 3 84 1345 -0.01 60 -0.02 44 459 432 413 2.89 3.0 0.5 -0.5 87 ABBOTT OF D&E..........................................................USA 114756406 50K F 11JE928 28 70 4 88 965 0.09 61 0.04 42 529 468 422 2.96 3.7 0.0 7.6 90 SF IMPULS 8916...........................................................USA 114635185 50K C 1JE648 27 93 18 88 788 0.10 55 0.03 33 568 518 473 2.81 4.3 0.5 5.6 97 SR IMPULS STONE-ET................................................USA 114332783 50K F 1JE634 31 186 81 90 1008 0.10 65 0.06 47 492 410 340 2.83 1.7 -0.7 6.7 83 BW VENERABLE-ET.....................................................USA 114901730 50K F 200JE986 9 79 52 83 1233 0.15 86 0.00 43 471 444 430 3.02 2.0 -0.6 6.2 88 CAVE CREEK KANOO-ET............................................USA 114118219 50K F 7JE1100 10 75 7 88 992 0.02 49 -0.01 33 491 476 473 3.05 5.1 1.6 4.0 92 GOLDEN MEADOWS ABES GANSTER......................USA 115426399 50K F 7JE965 36 56 95 84 1025 0.07 60 0.07 50 431 355 304 3.10 1.5 -0.7 7.1 70 FAIRWAY KLASSIC KILOWATT-ET...............................USA 114656667 50K F 11JE921 32 79 3 91 572 0.06 37 0.03 27 550 498 451 2.83 5.3 1.8 9.0 97 TOLLENAARS ARTIST LYNDON-ET............................USA 061929278 50K F 29JE3508 32 60 3 88 1075 0.00 49 -0.03 32 489 485 489 3.00 4.9 0.7 6.2 94 PR OOMSDALE GRATITUDE LEXING LIAM...............USA 067027366 50K C 14JE509 59 105 59 90 1401 0.01 66 0.03 55 398 346 314 3.07 0.9 -0.8 1.0 65 RICHIES JACE TBONE A364.......................................USA 113672851 50K F 7JE1000 481 6,620 40 99 412 0.22 60 0.10 34 451 363 292 3.00 1.6 0.0 10.7 72 KEYSTONE DUKE BRAVEHEART...............................USA 115095159 50K F 1JE798 6 14 14 75 859 0.02 43 0.01 32 442 412 390 2.95 3.9 0.5 8.3 84 SUNSET CANYON ANTHEMS ALLSTAR-ET..............USA 114581918 50K F 1JE654 35 130 4 93 90 0.43 83 0.13 27 562 458 370 2.94 2.7 -0.4 6.2 89 PR OOMSDALE BRAZO GRATITUDE GHENT-ET......USA 067027314 50K F 11JE930 29 106 7 90 1143 -0.02 49 -0.01 39 407 386 380 3.07 3.9 -0.3 3.7 81 CAVE CREEK VERMEER-ET.......................................USA 114849531 50K F 1JE666 53 385 76 93 728 0.21 73 0.03 32 516 471 437 2.99 3.4 0.8 5.8 91 VICTOR KIRK OF ALL LYNNS......................................USA 115255083 50K C 11JE943 29 67 21 87 1328 -0.04 53 -0.03 42 349 348 368 3.25 2.6 -0.5 8.3 66 DUTCH HOLLOW LEXICON.........................................USA 115479865 50K F 1JE700 17 42 88 82 633 0.01 31 0.05 32 425 362 305 2.82 3.3 -0.8 9.9 71 JENKS MM MARSHALL................................................USA 115375022 50K C 147JE6141 11 34 53 81 658 0.13 55 0.04 31 430 381 347 3.04 2.5 -0.2 10.1 79 BW KARBALA-ET..........................................................USA 115611760 50K C 11JE978 27 123 93 90 641 0.12 53 0.00 23 398 373 349 2.83 2.8 -0.7 8.3 76 PR OOMSDALE JACE GRATUDE GANNON-ET.........USA 067010225 50K C 1JE604 536 3,186 65 99 1687 -0.13 51 -0.10 41 282 309 335 2.84 1.6 -0.4 3.8 57 AHLEM LEMVIG ABE-ET..............................................USA 111334898 50K F 122JE5198 524 7,460 20 99 803 0.14 62 0.06 39 475 406 352 2.95 3.2 -0.9 5.1 82 SUNBOW MOHAWK-ET...............................................USA 115500156 50K C 203JE767 28 230 80 92 1272 -0.05 49 -0.02 42 365 337 315 2.87 1.9 -1.7 9.3 64 THREE VALLEYS COUNTRY MILES-ET.....................USA 115089482 50K F 7JE886 66 123 26 92 790 0.12 58 0.01 31 414 378 349 2.92 2.5 -0.6 6.9 77 GABYS BALLARD-ET...................................................USA 114826570 50K F 29JE3542 28 66 12 88 842 -0.02 34 -0.01 29 376 363 363 3.11 4.7 -0.5 8.9 72 DUTCH HOLLOW ABEL-ET..........................................USA 115149241 50K F 7JE935 46 88 26 90 91 0.21 43 0.08 19 559 482 411 2.84 5.8 0.9 8.0 93 MAACK DAIRY SPECTACULAR-ET.............................USA 114245720 50K F 7JE821 58 87 9 91 329 0.15 44 0.06 23 450 392 345 2.95 3.2 0.9 3.7 82 ISDK JAS BUNGY........................................................ DNK 000301617 228JE105 905 8,417 30 93 68 0.19 39 0.09 19 558 487 429 2.77 5.7 2.1 2.1 94 SR HONOUR PROJECT-P-ET......................................USA 115773576 50K C 11JE983 22 41 90 83 1091 -0.07 36 -0.05 29 345 357 375 3.00 3.2 -0.1 9.2 70 FOREST GLEN ARTIST KARL.....................................USA 067037285 50K F 29JE3509 34 58 5 88 752 0.14 61 0.05 37 401 348 316 3.14 1.7 -0.2 5.2 66 AHLEM COUNTRY CYRUS..........................................USA 114975265 50K F 11JE926 27 81 14 90 964 -0.10 24 -0.08 19 339 374 405 2.93 4.4 1.3 8.1 76 GABYS AMOROUS-ET.................................................USA 115335752 50K F 29JE3593 33 66 33 88 750 0.08 49 0.01 28 405 367 329 2.76 2.2 -0.2 8.7 75 SUNSET CANYON MAXIMUM-ET...............................USA 111950696 50K F 203JE607 284 5,252 15 99 167 0.43 87 0.10 24 536 456 388 2.97 3.5 -0.3 4.7 88 WILSONVIEW ARTISTIC ROMEO...............................USA 114630694 50K C 1JE655 27 THREE VALLEYS MAGNUM-ET...................................USA 115089512 50K C 200JE40 27 SUN VALLEY NATHAN A ONE.....................................USA 114960414 50K F 14JE488 22 AHLEM JACE EPIC-ET.................................................USA 113978283 50K F 14JE460 90 GALAXIES CELEBRITY-ET...........................................USA 113586152 50K C 11JE826 103 BW SEVILLE..................................................................USA 112984032 50K C 200JE985 55 SIL-MIST BLAIR FATH LINCOLN-ET............................USA 115705841 50K F 14JE519 37 LYON IMPULS AMITY...................................................USA 114523824 50K F 29JE3527 33 TRINITYS IATOLA PAPPY-ET.......................................USA 115437155 50K F 11JE959 31 SCHULTZ RESCUE HEADLINE...................................USA 114114336 50K F 29JE3510 48
66 11 87 386 0.11 38 0.05 23 476 423 379 2.94 5.3 0.0 5.9 84 58 24 85 800 0.02 40 0.01 30 388 361 343 2.97 3.4 -0.4 7.5 70 48 10 85 741 -0.01 32 0.02 30 342 313 299 3.09 3.3 -0.4 7.4 58 297 55 95 578 0.11 48 0.04 28 385 330 279 2.81 1.6 -0.5 9.9 61 755 83 97 546 0.03 30 0.00 20 347 327 309 2.91 3.6 0.0 10.8 60 356 26 95 715 -0.18 -2 0.03 31 312 264 223 2.88 2.6 0.5 8.5 44 80 71 88 492 0.07 36 0.04 26 368 317 276 2.97 2.4 0.0 8.6 58 70 6 89 723 0.01 36 0.04 33 381 330 292 2.99 2.8 0.9 5.5 61 69 38 87 -242 0.22 29 0.11 12 434 353 280 2.92 4.2 0.6 8.3 69 106 39 92 1060 -0.20 10 -0.08 22 313 348 383 2.98 5.5 0.8 8.8 66
IMPULSE VETERAN OF SHAN-MAR..........................USA 067003433 50K F 1JE644 49 CHASIN-RAINBOWS ACT RILEY-ET...........................USA 067029404 50K F 7JE859 37 RALAINE PARAMOUNT PETER..................................USA 113012583 50K C 14JE415 123 FOREST GLEN ARTIST ALEXANDER........................USA 067037158 50K F 14JE472 121 GABYS NATHAN PROTECTOR-ET..............................USA 115107063 50K F 200JE343 22 DUTCH HOLLOW IMPACT-ET......................................USA 114698591 50K F 76JE158 35 AHLEM ACTION ACCESS............................................USA 114725963 50K F 14JE483 45 STEINHAUERS IATOLA APPLEJACK..........................USA 115488982 50K F 11JE968 55 PR OOMSDALE GRATITUDE COUNTRY CARL-ET...USA 067010255 50K C 11JE885 51 SUNSET CANYON SCF MAGNIFICENT-ET................USA 114891529 50K F 203JE722 14
155 4 91 160 0.19 43 0.09 22 458 385 323 2.96 3.7 1.6 3.0 80 97 22 90 440 -0.05 10 -0.02 12 349 351 352 2.95 5.1 1.9 8.6 68 493 39 96 994 -0.09 28 -0.04 28 273 280 294 3.05 2.8 -0.5 8.4 48 343 65 96 313 0.16 44 0.03 16 458 426 398 2.91 5.0 1.2 6.5 85 137 91 88 883 0.03 46 -0.02 28 269 265 272 3.09 1.4 -0.5 7.9 46 67 22 88 1354 -0.10 43 -0.04 41 274 269 275 3.05 0.3 0.2 6.0 47 79 4 91 1160 -0.16 22 -0.06 30 242 257 277 3.01 1.3 0.7 10.1 41 202 86 93 339 0.12 39 0.06 23 272 230 208 3.22 0.3 0.5 8.3 36 146 5 94 1372 -0.16 31 -0.05 39 196 210 237 3.15 1.9 -0.2 0.9 28 290 44 90 793 -0.02 32 0.05 37 287 225 174 2.90 0.1 -1.4 8.1 35
CALAMITYS ACTION CAMPBELL-ET.........................USA 114644163 50K F 14JE484 BUTTERCREST FORCE...............................................USA 114626835 50K F 7JE855 LONGVIEW ROCKET BIG BOY....................................USA 114890649 50K C 76JE157 AHLEM JACE SENTRY-ET............................................USA 113978377 50K C 147JE6173 MARGANDALE IATOLA FLASH....................................USA 115394409 50K C 14JE507
89 191 10 95 833 -0.03 32 -0.05 21 300 306 308 2.82 2.5 0.6 8.5 56 45 66 3 90 498 -0.01 21 -0.02 13 322 328 333 2.95 4.4 0.7 8.9 61 26 37 30 84 365 0.10 35 0.03 19 339 302 270 2.93 2.4 1.5 9.2 55 2 24 12 78 417 0.03 24 0.02 19 375 334 290 2.73 3.8 -1.0 11.4 64 41 88 33 90 263 0.13 37 0.05 18 323 275 231 2.88 1.7 -0.3 10.4 47
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Appraisal Traits for Active A.I. Bulls Ranked By GJPI Registry Status Registry status codes PR and GR are an integral part of the AJCA registration name and NAAB short name (males only) for those animals recorded at the Provisional Register (PR) and Genetic Recovery (GR) levels, respectively. When animals are recorded in the AJCA Herd Register, the registry status code of HR is not included in the registration name. In March 2010 the rules of Genetic Recovery were amended allowing selective recording of males whose pedigrees qualify them for registry status as PR and GR, and then for continued recording of their progeny. A male at PR level will only be recorded after parentage GJPI GJPI REL NAME OF BULL
NO. HERDS
qualification and genomic testing and when his OA dam is genomically tested and qualified as at least 75% Jersey by approved methods. Males qualified for GR Registry status and not used for artificial insemination (A.I.) must be parentage qualified by an AJCA-approved method. For bulls used for A.I. purposes, GR registry status will be assigned only after a male is both parentage qualified and genomically tested using approved methods. JH1 Status Animals that have been determined to be carriers (C) or non-carriers (F) of the Jersey Haplotyte 1 are identfied under the JH1 heading on the previous page. For more information, contact AJCA Herd Services.
NO. TYPE DTRS REL
FS
ST
1.9 0.4 2.0 H0.9 1.3 P0.3 S1.2 2.0 0.9 2.3 L2.2 0.5 0.0 S0.6 0.4 0.7 1.2 L0.2 0.7 P0.2 S1.2 1.8 0.9 1.0 L0.6 0.6 P0.1 S0.9 1.4 -0.4 1.1 H0.7 -0.2 S0.4 S0.1 0.1 0.7 0.6 H0.4 0.4 P0.3 S1.2 1.2 0.7 0.6 L0.5 0.5 P0.6 S0.7 0.5 0.3 0.9 L1.0 0.0 P0.5 S0.5 3.4 2.7 1.1 H1.2 2.7 P0.2 S0.5 0.3 0.7 0.3 L0.4 0.3 S0.3 S0.2
SR
DF
RA
RW
RL
FA
FU RH RW UC
UD
TP
TL
241 71 SWEETIE PLUS IATOLAS BOLD 224 80 SUN VALLEY IMPULS JUPITER 222 69 ALL LYNNS MAXIMUM VERNON-ET 212 91 TOLLENAARS IMPULS LOUIE 260-ET 197 83 D&E PAUL-ET 193 83 TOLLENAARS IMPULS LEGAL 233-ET 184 99 ISDK Q IMPULS 180 79 CAL-MART JACE STRUNK 179 79 PR OOMSDALE ROCKET GOOSE-ET 178 83 ABBOTT OF D&E
4 20 2 57 20 22 971 4 24 23
5 43 2 90 49 33 12,329 13 30 54
64 81 61 90 83 79 99 71 78 84
2.1 1.4 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.5 0.7 1.3 1.7 0.7
177 82 SF IMPULS 8916 175 84 SR IMPULS STONE-ET 173 78 BW VENERABLE-ET 172 85 CAVE CREEK KANOO-ET 169 77 GOLDEN MEADOWS ABES GANSTER 169 86 FAIRWAY KLASSIC KILOWATT-ET 168 80 TOLLENAARS ARTIST LYNDON-ET 161 83 PR OOMSDALE GRATITUDE LEXING LIAM 161 98 RICHIES JACE TBONE A364 159 71 KEYSTONE DUKE BRAVEHEART
10 20 4 8 11 24 8 36 260 6
52 45 38 72 14 54 9 60 4,001 12
83 83 82 90 70 85 69 82 99 72
0.4 -1.8 -0.8 -0.2 L0.7 -0.7 P0.4 S0.6 0.7 2.2 0.8 1.3 L1.0 0.6 S0.3 S0.6 0.9 1.7 1.1 1.6 L0.3 0.9 0.0 S0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.8 H0.5 0.2 S0.2 S0.3 0.8 1.5 1.1 1.3 L1.6 0.8 S0.1 S0.6 0.3 -0.6 -0.9 -0.1 L0.7 -1.1 S0.1 L0.3 1.0 -0.6 0.1 0.7 H0.4 0.2 P0.2 S1.0 0.6 2.7 1.6 0.9 L1.0 1.1 P0.5 S0.5 2.1 1.4 0.6 1.8 L0.8 0.7 S0.9 S1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.5 0.3 H0.2 0.4 P0.1 S0.5
0.6 0.4 0.3 0.0 S0.6 C0.5 S0.2 1.15 0.1 0.9 0.7 0.0 S0.7 C0.7 S0.9 1.54 1.1 1.6 1.3 -0.6 S0.5 C0.3 L0.3 1.70 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 S0.5 C0.4 0.0 1.53 0.6 1.4 1.1 0.2 D0.2 C0.3 S0.4 1.34 0.0 1.1 0.9 0.2 S1.1 W0.5 S0.7 2.15 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.3 S0.5 C0.2 L0.3 1.95 -0.4 0.7 0.5 -0.4 D0.3 W1.2 L1.1 -0.33 1.6 1.3 1.0 1.3 S0.8 C3.2 L0.9 3.77 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.3 S0.5 C0.7 S0.5 2.63
158 89 SUNSET CANYON ANTHEMS ALLSTAR-ET 30 157 85 PR OOMSDALE BRAZO GRATITUDE GHENT-ET 26 155 86 CAVE CREEK VERMEER-ET 19 153 81 VICTOR KIRK OF ALL LYNNS 21 151 77 DUTCH HOLLOW LEXICON 4 150 75 JENKS MM MARSHALL 7 149 84 BW KARBALA-ET 18 148 97 PR OOMSDALE JACE GRATUDE GANNON-ET 241 147 99 AHLEM LEMVIG ABE-ET 278 146 85 SUNBOW MOHAWK-ET 13
97 71 67 51 23 14 55 1,302 4,904 48
91 87 85 82 76 71 84 99 99 82
1.0 1.2 0.4 0.7 2.0 1.5 1.8 1.1 0.0 0.6
1.2 0.4 1.9 1.2 -0.5 0.5 0.5 -0.1 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.2 2.4 0.3 3.9 1.8 -0.8 0.5 -0.1 -0.5
0.8 L0.2 0.1 P0.3 S0.6 0.6 H0.1 1.2 P0.1 0.0 0.5 L0.5 0.3 P0.3 S0.6 0.7 L1.3 -0.1 S0.3 S0.4 1.3 H0.6 0.4 P0.1 S0.8 1.5 L0.1 0.1 P0.1 S0.7 1.1 L0.1 1.0 0.0 S0.5 1.1 L0.9 1.9 S1.1 L0.5 0.5 L2.0 0.0 S0.5 0.0 0.6 H0.2 -0.1 S0.6 L0.2
0.8 1.8 1.4 0.2 S1.8 W1.1 L0.8 1.2 1.4 1.1 -0.2 S1.0 C0.2 S0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 D0.3 C0.1 L0.2 0.1 1.5 1.2 0.5 D0.3 W0.5 L0.9 2.1 2.1 1.6 0.8 S1.9 C1.3 S0.2 0.8 2.0 1.6 1.3 S0.1 C1.4 L0.3 2.3 2.1 1.6 0.3 S3.1 C1.2 S0.4 0.0 1.5 1.2 1.2 D0.2 W0.6 L2.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.9 D0.3 C0.9 S0.9 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 S0.2 C0.6 S0.4
3.58 2.37 -0.55 1.36 5.05 3.26 5.88 2.02 -1.11 0.97
146 86 THREE VALLEYS COUNTRY MILES-ET 145 83 GABYS BALLARD-ET 144 83 DUTCH HOLLOW ABEL-ET 142 84 MAACK DAIRY SPECTACULAR-ET 141 89 ISDK JAS BUNGY 139 76 SR HONOUR PROJECT-P-ET 138 80 FOREST GLEN ARTIST KARL 138 85 AHLEM COUNTRY CYRUS 137 82 GABYS AMOROUS-ET 137 98 SUNSET CANYON MAXIMUM-ET
27 18 24 29 372 5 12 24 25 131
50 50 30 42 4,477 8 15 68 49 1,215
83 84 78 81 84 69 70 87 82 99
1.5 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.0 1.5 0.3 1.8 1.2 0.7
1.2 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.3 S0.4 S0.3 -0.4 -0.1 1.0 L0.7 -0.2 S0.9 S0.5 -0.3 0.3 0.2 L1.0 0.2 P0.2 S0.8 0.5 0.7 0.0 L0.2 0.4 P0.5 S1.2 -0.8 0.8 -1.1 H1.1 0.3 P0.2 S0.8 0.0 -0.2 0.9 H0.9 -0.3 P0.4 S0.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 L0.8 -0.1 P0.1 S0.7 0.9 0.3 1.3 L0.2 0.2 S0.2 S0.3 1.2 0.2 1.1 L1.7 0.1 P0.3 S0.3 0.2 0.8 0.6 L0.4 0.5 S0.1 S0.8
1.4 2.1 1.7 0.7 S0.3 C1.0 L1.2 0.9 1.5 1.1 1.3 S0.9 C0.7 L0.3 1.0 1.0 0.8 -0.5 S0.9 0.0 L0.6 1.9 1.2 0.9 -0.5 S2.4 W0.2 S0.5 0.1 0.2 -0.5 0.2 S0.6 W0.8 S0.7 0.8 1.8 1.4 1.3 S0.5 C1.1 L1.3 0.0 0.5 0.4 -0.5 S0.1 W0.3 L0.7 1.2 2.7 2.1 1.0 S1.0 C1.5 L0.3 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.2 S0.5 C0.7 L0.3 1.0 0.1 0.1 -0.3 0.0 C0.7 L0.5
3.19 3.54 1.61 3.49 0.49 3.44 0.06 4.59 1.94 0.21
136 81 WILSONVIEW ARTISTIC ROMEO 133 80 THREE VALLEYS MAGNUM-ET 131 80 SUN VALLEY NATHAN A ONE 131 90 AHLEM JACE EPIC-ET 131 93 GALAXIES CELEBRITY-ET 130 91 BW SEVILLE 129 81 SIL-MIST BLAIR FATH LINCOLN-ET 128 83 LYON IMPULS AMITY 128 81 TRINITYS IATOLA PAPPY-ET 127 86 SCHULTZ RESCUE HEADLINE
13 19 13 44 50 28 19 15 20 24
37 33 29 95 257 204 35 29 46 42
79 79 79 89 95 95 78 77 82 82
0.9 1.4 1.0 0.7 2.2 0.9 1.5 0.5 1.7 1.2
-0.9 -0.9 0.5 0.0 -0.6 S0.3 L0.2 -0.8 0.2 1.3 H0.2 -0.2 S0.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 L0.6 0.0 S0.4 S0.5 0.9 -0.3 0.6 L0.4 -0.1 S0.4 S0.2 1.3 0.4 1.6 H0.1 0.6 S0.3 S0.2 0.1 -0.6 0.7 H0.1 -0.5 S0.4 L0.2 0.7 0.9 1.1 L1.5 0.4 P0.2 S0.8 0.6 1.0 0.9 L0.4 0.8 P0.4 S0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.9 L0.9 0.3 P0.1 S0.8 0.6 0.0 1.2 L1.6 -0.1 S0.4 0.0
0.8 1.1 0.9 -0.3 S0.9 W0.7 L1.3 1.0 2.4 1.8 0.7 D1.1 C0.8 L0.8 1.0 1.5 1.2 0.1 S1.5 W0.2 L0.5 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 S1.1 C0.3 L0.5 1.7 2.3 1.8 1.7 S1.3 C1.7 L0.2 1.2 2.1 1.7 0.6 S1.1 W0.6 S0.1 1.8 2.0 1.5 0.2 S0.9 C1.9 S0.3 0.1 0.7 0.5 -0.3 D0.6 C0.2 S0.5 1.7 2.1 1.6 1.1 S2.2 C1.6 S0.5 1.2 1.7 1.3 0.2 S0.8 C1.0 L0.2
1.75 1.81 3.12 2.42 5.33 3.68 3.42 -0.26 5.52 2.82
127 127 125 124 123 122 122 122 121 121
26 21 72 69 11 25 30 38 47 8
85 32 137 108 44 52 50 99 130 57
81 81 92 90 81 83 85 88 93 86
0.2 1.9 1.4 0.5 1.4 0.7 1.5 1.9 1.1 1.4
-0.3 1.2 0.5 -0.5 2.2 0.4 0.6 1.8 2.5 1.5
S0.3 S0.8 0.0 S0.5 S1.0 S0.1 S0.5 S0.5 L0.4 S0.7
0.5 0.7 0.5 -0.1 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.6 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.5 0.6 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 1.1 1.6 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.3 -0.6 0.6 1.5 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.4 1.9 0.5 1.1 1.8 1.4 0.9 1.9 2.0 1.5 0.1
0.60 5.42 3.54 1.14 3.70 -1.12 2.37 6.20 2.41 3.28
55 23 14 2 25
104 32 20 22 58
90 80 76 80 84
1.3 1.6 1.0 1.4 1.7
2.4 0.5 0.5 0.1 2.1 0.5 0.9 -0.2 2.2 0.3
S0.4 S1.0 L0.1 S1.3 S1.5
1.4 1.5 1.2 0.1 S1.7 W0.3 L0.2 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.8 S1.6 C1.1 S0.2 1.8 1.0 0.8 -0.4 S1.9 W0.1 L0.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.1 S1.6 C0.9 L0.6 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.7 S2.2 C2.0 S0.5
85 IMPULSE VETERAN OF SHAN-MAR 84 CHASIN-RAINBOWS ACT RILEY-ET 92 RALAINE PARAMOUNT PETER 91 FOREST GLEN ARTIST ALEXANDER 82 GABYS NATHAN PROTECTOR-ET 82 DUTCH HOLLOW IMPACT-ET 86 AHLEM ACTION ACCESS 87 STEINHAUERS IATOLA APPLEJACK 90 PR OOMSDALE GRATITUDE COUNTRY CARL-ET 85 SUNSET CANYON SCF MAGNIFICENT-ET
121 90 CALAMITYS ACTION CAMPBELL-ET 119 84 BUTTERCREST FORCE 118 79 LONGVIEW ROCKET BIG BOY 116 76 AHLEM JACE SENTRY-ET 114 84 MARGANDALE IATOLA FLASH
0.8 0.3 -0.5 -0.3 0.8 0.2 -0.3 -0.3 3.0 1.2
0.0 1.0 1.2 0.3 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.1 0.5 1.0
L0.1 0.0 H0.1 H1.3 L1.2 L0.6 L0.7 H1.0 H0.6 H0.3
1.2 L0.7 1.0 H0.2 1.2 H0.3 0.7 H0.9 1.1 L0.6
0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.7 0.0 -0.4 0.2 2.4 1.1
P0.1 S0.1 S0.2 0.0 P0.1 P0.1 S0.3 P0.5 S0.7 P0.6
0.5 S0.6 0.1 0.0 1.0 S0.1 0.1 P0.6 0.9 P0.5
1.7 2.5 1.9 0.8 S2.1 C1.3 L0.1 0.4 1.8 1.4 0.0 D0.7 C0.9 L0.3 0.8 1.4 1.1 0.5 S0.1 C0.8 L0.2 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.9 S0.1 W0.2 S0.2 0.8 2.0 1.6 1.5 S1.8 C0.8 L0.1 1.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 S1.7 C1.8 S0.3 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.0 S0.7 W0.1 L0.2 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.2 S0.2 C1.6 L0.4 1.2 1.5 1.1 0.7 S0.6 W0.4 L1.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 -0.6 S1.1 C0.2 S1.1
JUI
0.0 S1.9 S0.9 S1.4 S1.7 D1.0 D0.3 S3.0 D0.2 S1.0
W0.2 C2.0 C0.9 C0.1 C0.4 C0.4 C1.3 C1.5 C0.3 C0.1
S0.6 L0.5 S0.1 S0.6 S0.3 S0.5 L0.3 L0.3 L1.5 L1.0
5.45 0.99 2.01 1.49 5.07 3.81 1.46 2.40 2.71 1.53
3.43 4.92 2.93 3.95 4.42
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Active A.I. Bulls Ranked By GJPI, April 2012 NAME OF BULL
REG NUMBER G JHI
MILK, FAT AND PROTEIN NAAB NO. NO. % REL % % NM CODE HRDS DTRS RIP % MILK FAT FAT PRO PRO CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS PL DPR EFI %ile
FOREST GLEN VD JADES JIMMIE-ET........................USA 112894928 50K C 14JE408 221 874 18 98 407 -0.10 -1 0.08 29 305 238 187 3.05 2.6 -0.4 9.8 38 BW MIKE-ET..................................................................USA 111591402 505JE100 3 61 0 70 585 0.07 41 0.00 21 394 378 368 2.77 4.3 0.2 3.9 77 MAACKDAIRY REGION-ET..........................................USA 114011567 50K F 200JE944 52 131 36 93 463 0.18 55 0.02 21 322 291 265 2.95 2.3 -1.5 8.2 52 RIVERBEND MATINEE CECIL-P..................................USA 115988567 50K F 1JE750 7 23 61 75 679 0.09 48 -0.02 20 375 366 358 2.89 3.8 -0.3 6.7 74 GABYS IATOLA BRAHMS-ET.......................................USA 115226757 50K F 29JE3583 29 56 38 87 372 0.18 51 0.03 18 344 311 283 2.94 2.5 -0.9 8.5 58 FOREST GLEN JACE ADDISON..................................USA 067037421 50K C 506JE172 18 103 6 89 736 0.00 34 0.01 28 315 286 266 2.99 2.4 -0.6 11.0 51 WILL DO MOR RUSSELL.............................................USA 113678558 50K C 14JE437 54 141 34 93 588 0.12 49 0.03 26 339 295 255 2.83 2.2 -0.6 7.3 53 SUNSET CANYON RP MILITIA-ET..............................USA 111953541 50K F 200JE990 626 4,470 13 99 261 0.19 46 0.08 25 355 299 266 3.26 2.7 1.8 6.2 54 WF ACTION CUSTOM-ET............................................USA 114957106 50K F 200JE330 42 103 13 90 -11 0.23 42 0.05 9 302 264 233 3.03 1.9 1.3 9.0 44 SUNSET CANYON KYROS-ET....................................USA 114704155 50K F 7JE865 77 133 24 92 770 0.07 47 0.02 30 241 214 200 3.06 0.6 -1.7 7.3 30 BHF-SSF PARADE LOUIE-ET......................................USA 113486117 50K C 7JE738 362 2,255 52 99 1429 -0.17 30 -0.02 48 149 134 140 3.18 -1.0 -1.3 8.5 17 VANTAGE MONROE-ET...............................................USA 114899330 50K F 200JE337 31 51 20 86 451 0.13 46 0.02 20 344 304 264 2.79 2.7 -0.2 9.0 55 BW ARON-ET................................................................USA 114202925 50K C 11JE877 40 175 38 93 687 -0.04 23 -0.06 13 266 287 301 2.86 3.5 0.7 8.8 52 SUN VALLEY REBEL HESSTON-ET............................USA 114630573 50K F 203JE772 9 55 7 85 764 -0.02 31 -0.02 23 253 247 246 2.96 2.2 -1.2 8.7 39 O.F. MANNIX REBEL-ET...............................................USA 111080315 50K F 14JE365 1,017 7,012 5 99 632 0.09 45 0.03 27 264 226 196 2.95 1.1 -1.1 9.3 35 SUNSET CANYON BELVEDERE-ET............................USA 114495974 50K C 7JE840 38 98 15 91 410 0.03 24 0.00 14 247 238 233 2.98 2.8 -0.6 9.7 38 MAACK DAIRY ECLIPES-P-ET.....................................USA 114845461 50K F 7JE860 76 161 20 93 313 0.15 42 0.04 18 257 220 190 2.99 1.9 -1.4 8.5 32 MAINSTREAM IATOLA SHARP....................................USA 115472288 50K C 203JE848 12 79 95 84 150 0.12 29 0.05 15 334 288 250 2.98 2.8 0.0 9.5 52 NORSE STAR JACE TRIUMPH-ET..............................USA 114067607 50K C 14JE446 148 540 66 97 951 0.00 43 0.02 38 239 189 145 2.83 -0.2 -2.6 10.0 23 FAIRWAY MYGENT DALLAS-PP..................................USA 115181885 50K F 7JE953 49 74 59 88 956 -0.15 15 -0.03 29 202 210 235 3.25 3.3 -1.4 7.8 28 SR JACE CHIEF-P-ET...................................................USA 114000073 50K F 14JE470 89 236 28 96 1101 -0.07 37 -0.06 27 252 285 331 3.22 3.0 0.2 9.4 50 BW BLAISE-ET..............................................................USA 114203029 50K F 200JE988 83 579 60 96 572 -0.04 18 -0.01 18 269 257 244 2.86 2.8 1.2 8.5 41 DUTCH HOLLOW ABRAM-ET......................................USA 115348079 50K F 14JE503 44 86 21 89 151 0.13 31 0.09 22 333 258 192 2.92 2.9 -0.8 7.7 43 SUNBOW NUGGET-ET.................................................USA 113707397 44JE515 13 38 18 79 650 0.02 34 0.01 25 275 251 234 2.91 1.7 -0.6 9.1 40 LENCREST BLACKSTONE-ET.................................... CAN 102058939 50K C 200JE423 776 2,603 52 98 426 0.10 38 0.06 26 208 158 125 3.12 -0.5 -1.1 8.3 20 BUTTERCREST SUCCESS-ET....................................USA 115517525 50K F 7JE962 42 63 67 87 -74 0.19 33 0.07 9 280 235 199 3.04 1.4 -0.3 9.7 37 DUTCH HOLLOW IMAGINATION-P.............................USA 115724200 50K F 200JE349 1 18 39 72 442 0.03 25 0.02 19 233 206 184 2.95 1.5 -0.8 8.4 27 IRISHTOWNS B127 IATOLA JEBB-ET.........................USA 115415962 50K F 14JE517 53 112 71 90 332 0.03 21 -0.02 8 230 226 217 2.83 1.7 0.0 8.6 35 BW SUREFIRE..............................................................USA 114204404 50K F 200JE9826 8 119 24 85 66 0.01 5 0.01 5 211 204 205 3.12 2.9 1.7 6.7 26 BW MAGICIAN-ET.........................................................USA 114903433 50K F 11JE931 31 92 20 89 179 0.24 53 0.05 16 240 203 179 3.12 1.4 -0.8 5.5 26 D&E ECHO ADVANTAGE 6112-ET...............................USA 115196029 50K F 7JE926 45 74 27 88 180 0.14 35 0.02 10 238 224 217 3.08 3.2 -1.5 7.0 34 VALUE OF OBLONG VALLEY-ET.................................USA 114327745 50K F 151JE5 8 25 28 79 -286 0.24 30 0.06 1 228 197 174 3.11 1.4 1.4 7.9 25 BW LEGION...................................................................USA 110226426 50K F 505JE101 765 3,446 4 99 112 0.14 31 0.01 6 212 199 187 2.95 2.3 -0.3 9.9 25 BW LEGIONAIRE-ET....................................................USA 113459922 50K F 76JE145 40 164 9 90 211 0.11 30 0.02 11 142 133 134 3.18 0.9 -0.8 10.5 16 SCHULTZ DEACON RETREAT-P-ET............................USA 114656612 50K F 29JE3526 45 97 4 91 957 -0.16 13 -0.08 19 130 159 182 2.85 1.0 -0.6 7.7 21 MILLSTREAM BELLRINGER........................................USA 113757011 50K F 506JE171 60 2,085 35 97 216 0.18 43 0.02 12 171 160 164 3.24 1.8 -1.8 9.3 22 NOBLEDALE VICTORIAS SIMON-ET..........................USA 113514861 44JE516 15 116 6 84 637 -0.02 26 -0.02 19 146 145 147 3.01 1.4 -1.1 7.8 19 NORSE STAR LEGION BARRY-ET..............................USA 115783229 50K C 203JE765 11 78 88 84 611 -0.03 22 -0.05 12 107 133 158 3.00 0.6 0.2 9.4 16 ISDK Q ZIK................................................................... DNK 000301515 224JE9310 1,322 15,993 14 94 -1066 0.45 29 0.17 -9 370 280 197 2.78 4.4 -0.4 4.3 48 ISNZ NOAKES NEVVY SJ2.......................................... NZL 000301104 190JE29 5,716 54,343 46 78 -851 0.46 42 0.23 10 355 210 84 3.00 1.2 1.6 1.5 28 JENKS MUSIC MAN-ET................................................USA 113493830 50K F 147JE6070 28 315 12 92 141 0.04 13 0.04 12 160 134 119 3.11 0.8 -0.1 8.4 17 ISNZ HAWTHORN GROVE ZEUS-ET.......................... NZL 000304119 190JE38 868 3,043 75 75 -436 0.37 46 0.10 2 326 266 213 2.85 2.8 1.2 2.6 47 SV JADE HIRED GUN-ET.............................................USA 115093063 50K F 94JE3720 78 188 23 93 -901 0.26 4 0.11 -12 271 218 174 3.12 5.7 1.7 4.7 31 JENKS PARKER............................................................USA 114053642 147JE6082 9 23 13 72 867 -0.19 3 -0.09 13 60 110 158 3.12 0.9 0.5 8.0 14 BW CARRIER-ET..........................................................USA 113292756 50K C 11JE806 260 2,792 53 98 940 -0.23 -2 -0.10 14 -43 22 91 3.18 0.6 0.3 8.1 9 ISNZ MAGHERACANON DODDY GR.......................... NZL 000300047 190JE25 5,435 29,649 16 90 -511 0.36 41 0.18 14 249 131 29 2.96 0.1 1.4 1.9 15 VALOR OF OBLONG VALLEY-ET.................................USA 114327763 91JE4613 16 38 13 80 -716 0.31 23 0.08 -11 203 163 124 2.90 2.1 -0.2 7.5 23 DUTCH HOLLOW LT COLONEL-P-ET.........................USA 115006894 76JE159 11 17 29 70 53 0.04 10 0.04 10 73 39 10 3.25 0.5 -0.3 7.9 11 SUNSET CANYON MARINER-ET................................USA 111953569 50K F 76JE134 159 643 12 97 -454 0.30 33 0.14 9 140 63 12 3.32 0.3 0.8 6.5 12 FASTLANE ANDY..........................................................USA 113420409 50K C 506JE170 25 153 31 91 362 -0.05 8 0.00 12 19 19 25 3.08 -0.9 0.0 8.9 8 ELLIOTTS GOLDEN VOLTAGE-ET...............................USA 113948013 50K F 76JE147 39 51 6 88 -837 0.20 -3 0.08 -16 176 136 94 2.93 3.0 0.7 7.3 18 RAPID BAY RESSURECTION-ET............................... CAN 101735533 70JE9953 383 780 6 97 31 -0.02 -2 0.02 5 43 27 14 3.14 1.5 -0.4 5.5 10 JENKS SYMPHONY LARRY.........................................USA 113493791 147JE6069 22 71 7 85 226 -0.10 -8 -0.06 -4 21 64 102 2.97 1.2 0.9 8.5 13 WF BOMBER APOLLO.................................................USA 113623437 50K F 76JE151 25 47 19 85 -521 0.09 -7 0.03 -13 9 15 30 3.28 1.9 0.3 7.3 8 DUTCH HOLLOW MAGISTRATE-P-ET........................USA 112232108 50K C 76JE136 42 104 5 92 -60 0.17 28 0.03 4 0 -21 -37 3.04 -1.4 -1.5 8.3 6 FAIRWAY TOPKICK DEACON-P...................................USA 112643858 50K F 76JE140 117 440 26 96 510 -0.13 -3 -0.07 5 -79 -36 4 3.04 -0.3 -1.8 6.2 5 WF BROOK BOMBER...................................................USA 110021067 50K F 76JE119 750 3,523 4 99 575 -0.05 16 -0.08 5 -157 -91 -15 3.36 -2.6 0.1 8.7 3 GRIFFENS GOVERNOR-ET.........................................USA 115087248 50K F 7JE867 400 1,015 45 98 -382 0.16 10 0.01 -13 -23 -7 10 3.17 0.1 1.4 6.4 7 ISNZ WILLIAMS ACE OF HEARTS.............................. NZL 000099485 190JE21 4,576 19,568 9 93 -1139 0.51 36 0.19 -8 173 68 -25 2.97 0.1 0.6 2.4 14 ISNZ ROCKHAVEN FOREVER SAM........................... NZL 000300129 190JE26 2,341 7,139 17 86 -969 0.38 21 0.12 -14 104 43 -14 2.84 -0.6 1.0 1.4 11 DUTCH HOLLOW MISSILE-P-ET.................................USA 113916065 50K F 76JE150 39 73 1 91 622 -0.20 -9 -0.14 -4 -195 -85 27 3.35 0.0 0.2 9.4 4 TOWER VUE PRIME TEQUILA-ET...............................USA 114816452 50K F 76JE156 69 131 31 91 -1453 0.27 -21 0.10 -34 -171 -195 -213 3.23 0.6 -0.6 4.0 2 BRIDON REMAKE COMERICA-ET............................. CAN 008422994 50K F 200JE131 1,015 2,514 19 99 -1286 0.27 -13 0.05 -37 -241 -242 -249 3.04 -2.0 -1.1 5.0 2 ELLIOTTS RENAISSANCE DELUXE...........................USA 111177435 50K F 76JE135 485 948 6 98 -1681 0.26 -34 0.14 -37 -275 -310 -339 3.25 -1.7 1.4 3.7 0 WF AMADEO SHYSTER..............................................USA 114957478 70JE9949 25 45 31 79 -1590 0.04 -66 0.07 -45 -276 -282 -297 2.95 1.7 -0.2 3.6 0 YELLOW BRIAR HEATHS GUAPO............................. CAN 103443735 70JE9950
39
67 39 79 -2172 0.40 -35 0.12 -57 -231 -257 -293 3.15 1.2 1.3 3.6 1
Shenandoah Jerseys The Tracy Stiles Family Janet Stiles Fulton JR and Jessica Stiles Hess
18848 Printz Road, Boonsboro, MD 21713 301/582-2178 • shenjers@gmail.com
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JERSEY JOURNAL
Appraisal Traits for Active A.I. Bulls Ranked By GJPI JPI JPI REL NAME OF BULL
NO. HERDS
NO. TYPE DTRS REL
FS
ST
SR
DF
RA
RW
RL
FA
FU RH RW UC
UD
TP
TL
JUI
112 96 FOREST GLEN VD JADES JIMMIE-ET 112 68 BW MIKE-ET 112 87 MAACKDAIRY REGION-ET 111 69 RIVERBEND MATINEE CECIL-P 111 81 GABYS IATOLA BRAHMS-ET
152 2 34 3 20
492 54 62 6 40
97 86 86 63 80
1.3 -0.3 1.6 0.2 0.9
-1.2 -1.4 1.2 H0.2 -1.0 P0.8 S0.2 0.7 0.0 -0.8 H0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.3 1.1 H0.3 1.0 S0.7 S0.8 -0.9 -0.2 0.1 L0.1 -0.2 S0.4 L0.1 0.7 -0.1 0.5 H0.3 0.4 0.0 S0.6
0.8 2.0 1.5 0.2 S0.8 0.0 S0.3 -0.1 -0.6 -1.5 -1.5 S1.9 W1.2 L0.6 2.2 1.5 1.2 0.5 S1.5 C1.1 L0.3 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.0 D0.5 C0.1 L0.4 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.6 S1.6 C0.9 S0.3
2.83 -0.65 3.95 0.19 3.15
109 85 FOREST GLEN JACE ADDISON 107 87 WILL DO MOR RUSSELL 107 98 SUNSET CANYON RP MILITIA-ET 107 85 WF ACTION CUSTOM-ET 106 85 SUNSET CANYON KYROS-ET 104 97 BHF-SSF PARADE LOUIE-ET 102 81 VANTAGE MONROE-ET 102 89 BW ARON-ET 101 80 SUN VALLEY REBEL HESSTON-ET 99 99 O.F. MANNIX REBEL-ET
9 32 356 25 48 196 25 23 7 520
61 51 2,038 59 80 721 38 87 32 3,145
87 84 99 85 77 98 82 90 79 99
0.8 0.7 -0.2 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.2 1.4 0.5 0.1
0.0 -0.2 1.0 1.6 2.4 0.2 2.2 0.1 2.4 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.7 2.2 0.3 -0.6 -0.5 0.1 -0.3
0.3 0.7 0.5 0.7 D0.5 C1.9 L0.3 0.2 0.6 0.5 1.3 D0.8 C0.2 L0.7 -1.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.6 D0.2 W2.2 L1.1 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.6 S1.9 C1.8 L0.3 1.2 1.9 1.5 0.0 S1.5 W0.5 L1.1 -0.2 1.3 1.0 0.4 D1.9 C1.5 S1.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 D0.4 C0.1 L0.4 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.3 S1.3 C1.7 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.8 1.2 S0.5 0.0 S0.2 -0.5 0.4 0.3 1.6 D0.5 W0.3 S0.8
0.93 0.90 -0.40 5.15 3.39 -0.41 0.16 3.08 2.45 1.00
99 87 SUNSET CANYON BELVEDERE-ET 98 87 MAACK DAIRY ECLIPES-P-ET 98 75 MAINSTREAM IATOLA SHARP 97 93 NORSE STAR JACE TRIUMPH-ET 97 81 FAIRWAY MYGENT DALLAS-PP 97 92 SR JACE CHIEF-P-ET 95 92 BW BLAISE-ET 92 83 DUTCH HOLLOW ABRAM-ET 91 73 SUNBOW NUGGET-ET 90 96 LENCREST BLACKSTONE-ET
32 22 1 83 24 56 33 29 7 497
70 39 1 217 35 111 193 60 22 1,426
88 1.7 2.2 0.4 0.6 H0.9 0.9 0.0 S0.8 82 1.6 1.6 1.1 1.8 L0.7 0.9 S0.8 S0.4 63 1.3 0.5 -0.7 0.6 H0.7 0.1 P0.9 S1.0 94 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.8 L0.9 0.6 S0.4 S0.1 79 0.9 -0.5 -0.6 1.2 L0.1 -0.4 P0.1 S0.4 91 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 H0.7 -0.1 P0.8 S0.6 94 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 84 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 L2.2 0.1 S0.4 S0.2 73 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.0 -0.3 S0.1 S0.5 98 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.3 L0.8 0.1 P1.0 0.0
2.3 1.9 1.5 0.1 S3.3 0.0 L0.5 5.66 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.6 S1.0 C1.9 L0.6 4.42 0.7 1.4 1.1 0.6 S0.8 C0.3 L0.5 2.71 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 D1.6 C1.5 L0.5 -0.56 -0.2 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.0 C0.9 L0.6 1.84 -0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.2 D0.6 C0.3 L0.7 -0.67 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.0 S0.7 C1.1 S0.7 1.40 0.1 0.4 0.3 -0.1 D0.1 0.0 L1.4 0.17 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 D0.6 C0.4 L0.1 -0.34 1.2 1.6 1.2 -0.2 S1.0 C1.0 S0.2 2.58
90 80 BUTTERCREST SUCCESS-ET 87 70 DUTCH HOLLOW IMAGINATION-P 85 83 IRISHTOWNS B127 IATOLA JEBB-ET 81 82 BW SUREFIRE 79 83 BW MAGICIAN-ET 75 81 D&E ECHO ADVANTAGE 6112-ET 70 74 VALUE OF OBLONG VALLEY-ET 68 99 BW LEGION 66 87 BW LEGIONAIRE-ET 65 86 SCHULTZ DEACON RETREAT-P-ET
24 1 18 6 24 25 1 492 23 26
38 17 36 96 74 33 1 2,470 129 55
73 73 79 90 86 78 67 99 92 85
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1.6 2.4 1.8 0.8 S2.3 C1.2 L1.3 5.52 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.1 S1.0 C0.3 L0.2 2.38 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.8 S2.3 C1.3 L0.8 4.82 2.5 1.6 1.2 0.1 S2.5 C0.7 S0.2 4.70 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.6 S1.5 W1.1 L0.4 1.80 1.1 1.9 1.4 -0.4 S2.1 W0.5 L0.1 3.56 1.9 1.4 1.1 0.2 S1.4 C2.4 S1.6 3.54 3.2 1.3 1.0 -0.3 S1.7 C1.9 S0.6 3.66 2.5 1.8 1.4 0.1 S1.8 C1.8 S1.1 4.30 0.4 0.9 0.7 -0.2 D0.1 C1.4 S0.3 0.73
64 95 MILLSTREAM BELLRINGER 62 79 NOBLEDALE VICTORIAS SIMON-ET 61 77 NORSE STAR LEGION BARRY-ET 61 91 ISDK Q ZIK 59 64 ISNZ NOAKES NEVVY SJ2 56 88 JENKS MUSIC MAN-ET 56 63 ISNZ HAWTHORN GROVE ZEUS-ET 50 88 SV JADE HIRED GUN-ET 46 65 JENKS PARKER 44 96 BW CARRIER-ET
27 9 4 536 3 17 6 66 6 134
1,000 76 9 8,474 7 113 9 127 13 1,461
99 86 70 87 33 91 36 90 63 99
1.5 0.7 0.9 0.4 -1.9 0.1 -1.2 1.7 0.4 0.8
0.5 -0.9 1.6 H0.5 -0.5 S1.3 L0.2 2.1 0.6 0.7 H0.5 0.5 S0.3 S0.3 1.1 0.7 0.7 H0.7 0.9 S0.2 S0.2 -1.3 -0.3 -0.7 H1.3 -0.3 S0.4 L0.1 -1.1 0.2 -2.8 H0.1 0.2 P0.1 L0.7 -2.5 -1.0 0.2 H0.7 -1.0 S0.1 L0.3 -0.7 1.1 -2.0 H0.4 1.0 P0.1 0.0 1.7 1.3 0.1 H2.6 1.9 P0.9 S1.2 -1.7 -1.0 0.6 H0.8 -0.9 S0.3 L0.4 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.8 S0.5 L0.4
2.0 1.1 0.9 0.4 S1.1 C1.8 L0.2 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.3 S0.3 C0.7 L0.3 1.8 0.8 0.6 -0.6 S1.5 C0.2 S0.4 1.8 1.5 -0.5 0.8 S2.6 C0.4 S0.9 -0.7 -1.8 -1.8 -0.5 0.0 W0.5 S0.1 -0.2 1.8 1.4 0.3 D0.2 W1.0 S0.2 -0.1 -1.5 -1.0 -0.2 D0.5 0.0 0.0 3.2 1.0 0.8 0.4 S2.8 C1.6 S0.6 0.3 1.0 1.0 -0.6 D0.5 C0.2 L0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 S1.2 C1.0 L0.4
3.15 1.31 2.20 4.08 -2.41 1.38 -1.84 5.10 0.06 2.08
42 83 39 72 35 63 32 95 26 85 25 84 21 95 15 78 10 80 2 87
252 12 7 73 10 26 274 12 16 16
767 16 14 227 22 33 551 48 33 25
69 65 63 95 77 82 95 81 81 80
-1.7 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.5 0.1 1.4 0.0
1.0 2.9 -2.3 L0.1 1.8 S0.4 S0.4 0.7 0.0 0.7 H0.3 0.2 S0.1 S1.0 0.7 0.9 0.6 L0.1 0.6 S0.1 S0.6 2.1 1.3 -0.3 H0.1 1.3 S0.1 S0.4 1.0 -0.8 0.4 L0.7 -1.3 S0.4 L0.6 0.2 -0.2 0.3 H1.5 0.2 P0.3 S0.9 1.6 1.3 1.5 H0.7 1.5 P0.5 S1.0 -2.1 -0.8 -0.2 H1.4 -0.5 S0.5 L0.5 1.4 0.1 0.6 H1.2 0.4 P0.2 S0.8 1.4 0.6 -0.2 L0.3 0.5 S0.1 0.0
-1.1 -2.3 -1.3 0.2 D1.5 C0.6 S0.2 2.7 1.2 0.7 0.0 S3.0 C2.3 S1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.2 S0.9 C0.2 S0.5 -0.4 -0.8 -0.6 0.3 S0.6 W0.5 L1.4 -0.2 0.3 0.3 -0.5 S0.8 C0.4 S0.4 2.6 1.5 1.2 0.0 S3.0 C1.5 S0.2 1.1 0.2 1.2 0.8 0.0 C2.8 L1.6 -0.2 0.9 0.1 0.2 S0.5 W0.7 S0.3 2.3 2.1 1.6 0.8 S3.2 C1.4 L1.2 0.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 S1.3 C0.3 S0.8
-3.20 4.89 2.29 0.04 0.64 5.19 2.09 0.92 6.42 0.76
1 92 FAIRWAY TOPKICK DEACON-P -9 98 WF BROOK BOMBER -9 95 GRIFFENS GOVERNOR-ET -17 88 ISNZ WILLIAMS ACE OF HEARTS -18 76 ISNZ ROCKHAVEN FOREVER SAM -23 86 DUTCH HOLLOW MISSILE-P-ET -77 85 TOWER VUE PRIME TEQUILA-ET -92 97 BRIDON REMAKE COMERICA-ET -113 96 ELLIOTTS RENAISSANCE DELUXE -134 69 WF AMADEO SHYSTER
58 467 249 281 133 22 50 713 317 17
175 2,032 624 877 326 49 104 1,666 650 27
94 99 97 80 60 82 88 98 97 68
1.0 0.3 1.5 -1.5 -1.3 1.0 2.2 1.7 0.6 0.8
1.8 1.1 0.5 L0.4 0.8 P1.0 S1.5 0.2 -0.4 1.0 H0.2 -0.6 S1.2 L0.7 2.4 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.7 P0.3 S0.7 -2.9 0.9 -1.9 H1.5 -0.2 S0.4 L0.8 -2.3 0.1 -3.2 L0.3 -0.9 S0.3 L0.7 0.1 0.2 0.8 H0.6 0.1 S0.2 S0.1 4.1 1.9 1.1 H1.0 1.8 P1.4 S1.4 0.6 1.4 0.0 H1.9 2.0 P0.7 S0.9 2.9 0.9 -0.3 H1.7 1.7 P0.6 S0.9 2.6 1.4 -0.3 H1.2 1.7 P1.1 S1.1
1.4 0.9 0.7 -0.4 S1.3 C1.5 S0.2 2.27 -0.1 1.2 0.9 -0.1 D0.7 W0.1 L0.6 0.14 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 S1.0 C0.7 L1.1 2.65 -0.5 -1.6 -0.9 -0.3 D2.1 C0.7 S0.4 -3.54 0.9 -0.8 -1.6 -0.6 0.0 W0.9 S0.5 -1.59 1.1 0.9 0.7 -0.7 S0.5 W0.1 L0.1 0.97 2.6 1.6 1.3 1.1 S3.5 C2.0 L1.1 6.77 3.5 0.9 0.7 -0.1 S3.1 C2.0 S0.1 5.01 1.0 -1.0 -0.8 0.9 S2.2 C0.4 L1.4 2.47 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.1 S2.0 W0.1 L2.0 2.69
-136
17
66
0.9
3.2
2.0 -0.9 -1.0 -0.1 S3.6 C0.6
ISNZ MAGHERACANON DODDY GR VALOR OF OBLONG VALLEY-ET DUTCH HOLLOW LT COLONEL-P-ET SUNSET CANYON MARINER-ET FASTLANE ANDY ELLIOTTS GOLDEN VOLTAGE-ET RAPID BAY RESSURECTION-ET JENKS SYMPHONY LARRY WF BOMBER APOLLO DUTCH HOLLOW MAGISTRATE-P-ET
68 YELLOW BRIAR HEATHS GUAPO
may 2012
28
1.3
1.1 H0.2 -0.2 P0.2 1.2 L0.1 0.6 S0.1 0.3 L0.6 0.1 P0.7 1.8 L0.8 0.3 S1.0 2.0 L0.6 0.8 S0.3 1.7 L0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 L1.2 0.3 S0.8 1.2 L1.9 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.6 S0.2 0.2 H0.1 -0.4 S0.9
-0.3
H0.9
1.8
P0.9
S0.5 L0.1 S0.9 S0.2 S0.8 S0.1 L0.3 S0.2 L0.1 L0.9
S1.2
L0.9
3.25
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PERFORMANCE REPORT
Top 10 Bulls Ranked Within Categories To be listed among the Top 10 Bulls Ranked within Categories, a bull most be listed among Active A.I. sires (code A) and have a Reliability of at least 70%. PTA Protein Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter................................. 58 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Lexing Liam............... 55 All Lynns Maximum Vernon-ET........................ 53 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold................................. 51 Golden Meadows Abes Ganster....................... 50 D&E Paul-ET.................................................... 50 BHF-SSF Parade Louie-ET.............................. 48 SR Impuls Stone-ET......................................... 47 Tollenaars Impuls Louie 260-ET....................... 46 PR Oomsdale Rocket Goose-ET...................... 44
Cal-Mart Jace Strunk...................................... 489 ISDK JAS Bungy............................................ 487 Tollenaars Artist Lyndon-ET........................... 485 Fluid Merit Dollars (FM$) Tollenaars Impuls Louie 260-ET..................... 585 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold............................... 561 All Lynns Maximum Vernon-ET...................... 553 Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter............................... 516 Tollenaars Artist Lyndon-ET........................... 489 Cave Creek Kanoo-ET................................... 473 SF Impuls 8916.............................................. 473 Fairway Klassic Kilowatt-ET............................ 451 Tollenaars Impuls Legal 233-ET..................... 450 Cal-Mart Jace Strunk...................................... 445
PTA Percent Protein ISNZ Noakes Nevvy SJ2............................... 0.23 ISNZ Williams Ace of Hearts......................... 0.19 ISNZ Magheracanon Doddy GR.................... 0.18 ISDK Q Zik..................................................... 0.17 Sunset Canyon Mariner-ET........................... 0.14 Elliotts Renaissance Deluxe.......................... 0.14 Sunset Canyon Anthems Allstar-ET.............. 0.13 ISDK Q Impuls............................................... 0.12 ISNZ Rockhaven Forever Sam...................... 0.12 Yellow Briar Heaths Guapo............................ 0.12
PTA Somatic Cell Score Ahlem Jace Sentry-ET.................................. 2.73 Cal-Mart Jace Strunk..................................... 2.76 Gabys Amorous-ET....................................... 2.76 ISDK JAS Bungy........................................... 2.77 BW Mike-ET.................................................. 2.77 ISDK Q Zik..................................................... 2.78 Vantage Monroe-ET...................................... 2.79 Ahlem Jace Epic-ET...................................... 2.81 SF Impuls 8916............................................. 2.81 Calamitys Action Campbell-ET...................... 2.82 Dutch Hollow Lexicon.................................... 2.82
PTA Fat Sunset Canyon Maximum-ET........................... 87 BW Venerable-ET............................................. 86 All Lynns Maximum Vernon-ET........................ 84 Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter................................. 84 Sunset Canyon Anthems Allstar-ET................. 83 Cave Creek Vermeer-ET.................................. 73 Tollenaars Impuls Louie 260-ET....................... 70 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold................................. 68 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Lexing Liam............... 66 SR Impuls Stone-ET......................................... 65
Daughter Pregnancy Rate (DPR) ISDK JAS Bungy............................................. 2.1 Chasin-Rainbows Act Riley-ET....................... 1.9 Sunset Canyon Rp Militia-ET.......................... 1.8 Fairway Klassic Kilowatt-ET............................. 1.8 Jenks TT Valero-ET......................................... 1.8 SV Jade Hired Gun-ET.................................... 1.7 BW Surefire..................................................... 1.7 Impulse Veteran of Shan-Mar.......................... 1.6 ISNZ Noakes Nevvy SJ2................................. 1.6 Cave Creek Kanoo-ET.................................... 1.6
PTA Percent Fat ISNZ Williams Ace of Hearts......................... 0.51 ISNZ Noakes Nevvy SJ2............................... 0.46 ISDK Q Zik..................................................... 0.45 Sunset Canyon Maximum-ET........................ 0.43 Sunset Canyon Anthems Allstar-ET.............. 0.43 Yellow Briar Heaths Guapo............................ 0.40 ISNZ Rockhaven Forever Sam...................... 0.38 ISNZ Hawthorn Grove Zeus-ET.................... 0.37 ISNZ Magheracanon Doddy GR.................... 0.36 Valor of Oblong Valley-ET.............................. 0.31
PTA Productive Life Dutch Hollow Abel-ET..................................... 5.8 ISDK JAS Bungy............................................. 5.7 SV Jade Hired Gun-ET.................................... 5.7 Schultz Rescue Headline................................ 5.5 Wilsonview Artistic Romeo.............................. 5.3 Fairway Klassic Kilowatt-ET............................. 5.3 Chasin-Rainbows Act Riley-ET....................... 5.1 Cave Creek Kanoo-ET.................................... 5.1 Forest Glen Artist Alexander........................... 5.0 Tollenaars Impuls Legal 233-ET...................... 4.9 Tollenaars Artist Lyndon-ET............................ 4.9
PTA Milk PR Oomsdale Jace Gratude Gannon-ET..... 1687 Tollenaars Impuls Louie 260-ET................... 1638 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold............................. 1544 Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter............................. 1530 D&E Paul-ET................................................ 1507 BHF-SSF Parade Louie-ET.......................... 1429 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Lexing Liam........... 1401 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Country Carl-ET.... 1372 All Lynns Maximum Vernon-ET.................... 1360 Dutch Hollow Impact-ET............................... 1354 Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$) All Lynns Maximum Vernon-ET...................... 628 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold............................... 601 Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter............................... 592 ISDK Q Impuls................................................ 579 Sf Impuls 8916.............................................. 568 Tollenaars Impuls Louie 260-ET..................... 563 Sunset Canyon Anthems Allstar-ET............... 562 Dutch Hollow Abel-ET.................................... 559 ISDK JAS Bungy............................................ 558 Fairway Klassic Kilowatt-ET............................ 550 Net Merit Dollars (NM$) All Lynns Maximum Vernon-ET...................... 579 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold............................... 575 Tollenaars Impuls Louie 260-ET..................... 570 Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter............................... 543 SF Impuls 8916.............................................. 518 Fairway Klassic Kilowatt-ET............................ 498 Tollenaars Impuls Legal 233-ET..................... 492
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PTA Type Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET............................ 2.2 Galaxies Celebrity-ET..................................... 2.2 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold................................ 2.1 Richies Jace Tbone A364............................... 2.1 Dutch Hollow Lexicon...................................... 2.0 Chasin-Rainbows Act Riley-ET....................... 1.9 BW Legion....................................................... 1.9 Buttercrest Success-ET................................... 1.9 BW Legionaire-ET........................................... 1.9 Steinhauers Iatola Applejack........................... 1.9 Jersey Udder IndexTM Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET.......................... 6.77 WF Bomber Apollo........................................ 6.42 Steinhauers Iatola Applejack......................... 6.20 BW Karbala-ET.............................................. 5.88 Sunset Canyon Belvedere-ET....................... 5.66 Buttercrest Success-ET................................. 5.52 Trinitys Iatola Pappy-ET................................. 5.52 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold.............................. 5.45 Chasin-Rainbows Act Riley-ET..................... 5.42 Galaxies Celebrity-ET................................... 5.33 PTA Stature Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET............................ 4.1 PR Oomsdale Jace Gratude Gannon-ET........ 3.9 PR Oomsdale Rocket Goose-ET..................... 3.4 Yellow Briar Heaths Guapo.............................. 3.2 Elliotts Renaissance Deluxe............................ 2.9 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Lexing Liam.............. 2.7
WF Amadeo Shyster....................................... 2.6 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Country Carl-ET....... 2.5 Sunset Canyon Kyros-ET................................ 2.4 Sunset Canyon RP Militia-ET.......................... 2.4 Griffens Governor-ET...................................... 2.4 Calamitys Action Campbell-ET........................ 2.4 BW Karbala-ET................................................ 2.4 PTA Strength PR Oomsdale Gratitude Country Carl-ET....... 3.0 ISNZ Magheracanon Doddy GR...................... 2.9 PR Oomsdale Rocket Goose-ET..................... 2.7 Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET............................ 1.9 PR Oomsdale Jace Gratude Gannon-ET........ 1.8 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Lexing Liam.............. 1.6 Will Do Mor Russell......................................... 1.6 WF Amadeo Shyster....................................... 1.4 Bridon Remake Comerica-ET......................... 1.4 Rapid Bay Ressurection-ET............................ 1.3 BW Legion....................................................... 1.3 Sunset Canyon Mariner-ET............................. 1.3 SV Jade Hired Gun-ET.................................... 1.3 Yellow Briar Heaths Guapo.............................. 1.3 Maackdairy Region-ET.................................... 1.3 PTA Dairy Form Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter................................ 2.3 Sunset Canyon Kyros-ET................................ 2.0 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold................................ 2.0 Maack Dairy Eclipes-P-ET.............................. 1.8 WF Action Custom-ET..................................... 1.8 Richies Jace Tbone A364............................... 1.8 BHF-SSF Parade Louie-ET............................. 1.7 Ahlem Action Access....................................... 1.7 BW Venerable-ET............................................ 1.6 BW Legionaire-ET........................................... 1.6 Galaxies Celebrity-ET..................................... 1.6 Millstream Bellringer........................................ 1.6 PTA Rump Width PR Oomsdale Rocket Goose-ET..................... 2.7 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Country Carl-ET....... 2.4 Bridon Remake Comerica-ET......................... 2.0 SV Jade Hired Gun-ET.................................... 1.9 PR Oomsdale Jace Gratude Gannon-ET........ 1.9 Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET............................ 1.8 ISNZ Magheracanon Doddy GR...................... 1.8 Yellow Briar Heaths Guapo.............................. 1.8 WF Amadeo Shyster....................................... 1.7 Elliotts Renaissance Deluxe............................ 1.7 PTA Foot Angle Margandale Iatola Flash................................S1.5 Fairway Topkick Deacon-P.............................S1.5 Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET..........................S1.4 BW Surefire...................................................S1.4 Ahlem Jace Sentry-ET..................................S1.3 Tollenaars Impuls Legal 233-ET....................S1.2 Maack Dairy Spectacular-ET.........................S1.2 SV Jade Hired Gun-ET..................................S1.2 Yellow Briar Heaths Guapo............................S1.2 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold..............................S1.2 Richies Jace Tbone A364.............................S1.2 PTA Fore Udder Attachment Bridon Remake Comerica-ET......................... 3.5 BW Legion....................................................... 3.2 SV Jade Hired Gun-ET.................................... 3.2 Valor of Oblong Valley-ET................................ 2.7 Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET............................ 2.6 Elliotts Golden Voltage-ET............................... 2.6 BW Legionaire-ET........................................... 2.5 BW Surefire..................................................... 2.5 Sunset Canyon Belvedere-ET......................... 2.3 WF Bomber Apollo.......................................... 2.3 BW Karbala-ET................................................ 2.3 PTA Rear Udder Height Ahlem Country Cyrus...................................... 2.7 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold................................ 2.5 Three Valleys Magnum-ET.............................. 2.4 Buttercrest Success-ET................................... 2.4 Steinhauers Iatola Applejack........................... 2.4 Galaxies Celebrity-ET..................................... 2.3 Three Valleys Country Miles-ET...................... 2.1
JERSEY JOURNAL
BW Seville....................................................... 2.1 WF Bomber Apollo.......................................... 2.1 Trinitys Iatola Pappy-ET................................... 2.1 Dutch Hollow Lexicon...................................... 2.1 BW Karbala-ET................................................ 2.1 PTA Rear Udder Width Ahlem Country Cyrus...................................... 2.1 Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold................................ 1.9 Steinhauers Iatola Applejack........................... 1.9 Three Valleys Magnum-ET.............................. 1.8 Buttercrest Success-ET................................... 1.8 Galaxies Celebrity-ET..................................... 1.8 Three Valleys Country Miles-ET...................... 1.7 BW Seville....................................................... 1.7 Jenks Mm Marshall.......................................... 1.6 WF Bomber Apollo.......................................... 1.6 D&E Paul-ET................................................... 1.6 Trinitys Iatola Pappy-ET................................... 1.6 Dutch Hollow Lexicon...................................... 1.6 BW Karbala-ET................................................ 1.6 PTA Udder Cleft Buttercrest Force............................................. 1.8 Galaxies Celebrity-ET..................................... 1.7 Chasin-Rainbows Act Riley-ET....................... 1.6 Maack Dairy Eclipes-P-ET.............................. 1.6 O.F. Mannix Rebel-ET...................................... 1.6 WF Action Custom-ET..................................... 1.6 Ralaine Paramount Peter................................ 1.5 D&E Paul-ET................................................... 1.5 Keystone Duke Braveheart.............................. 1.3 Jenks Mm Marshall.......................................... 1.3 Gabys Ballard-ET............................................ 1.3 Richies Jace Tbone A364............................... 1.3 Will Do Mor Russell......................................... 1.3 Ahlem Action Access....................................... 1.3 SR Honour Project-P-ET................................. 1.3 PTA Udder Depth Yellow Briar Heaths Guapo............................S3.6 Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET..........................S3.5 Sunset Canyon Belvedere-ET.......................S3.3 WF Bomber Apollo........................................S3.2 Bridon Remake Comerica-ET.......................S3.1 BW Karbala-ET..............................................S3.1 Valor of Oblong Valley-ET..............................S3.0 Elliotts Golden Voltage-ET.............................S3.0 Steinhauers Iatola Applejack.........................S3.0 SV Jade Hired Gun-ET..................................S2.8 PTA Teat Placement Richies Jace Tbone A364............................ C3.2 Rapid Bay Ressurection-ET......................... C2.8 Valor of Oblong Valley-ET............................. C2.3 Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET......................... C2.0 Chasin-Rainbows Act Riley-ET.................... C2.0 Bridon Remake Comerica-ET...................... C2.0 Margandale Iatola Flash............................... C2.0 Forest Glen Jace Addison............................ C1.9 Maack Dairy Eclipes-P-ET........................... C1.9 BW Legion.................................................... C1.9 Sil-Mist Blair Fath Lincoln-ET....................... C1.9 Expected Future Inbreeding PR Oomsdale Rocket Goose-ET....................-0.5 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Country Carl-ET....... 0.9 PR Oomsdale Gratitude Lexing Liam.............. 1.0 ISNZ Rockhaven Forever Sam........................ 1.4 ISNZ Noakes Nevvy SJ2................................. 1.5 ISNZ Magheracanon Doddy GR...................... 1.9 ISDK JAS Bungy............................................. 2.1 ISNZ Williams Ace of Hearts........................... 2.4 ISNZ Hawthorn Grove Zeus-ET...................... 2.6 Impulse Veteran of Shan-Mar.......................... 3.0 Jersey Performance Index™ Sweetie Plus Iatolas Bold............................... 241 Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter............................... 224 All Lynns Maximum Vernon-ET...................... 222 Tollenaars Impuls Louie 260-ET..................... 212 D&E Paul-ET.................................................. 197 Tollenaars Impuls Legal 233-ET..................... 193 ISDK Q Impuls................................................ 184 Cal-Mart Jace Strunk...................................... 180 PR Oomsdale Rocket Goose-ET.................... 179 Abbott of D&E................................................. 178
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Top 200 Females with Genomic Evaluations by GJPI, April 2012 The top 200 Jersey females—cows and heifers—with genomic evaluations are ranked by Jersey Performance Index™ (GJPI), below. Cows must (1) have registry status of HR (no prefix), GR or PR; (2) have a genomic evaluation; (3) have calved within the past 27 months; and (4) not have a termination code associated with the current lactation. Heifers must (1) have registry status of HR or GR, (2) be no older than three years of age on April 1, 2012, and (3) not have a GPTA based on lactation information. Name owner
Registration GENOMIC Predicted Transmitting Ability state Gt JH1 CN Rec Rel Milk %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS
GR FARIA BROTHERS VALENTINO JEMMYE 840003008537404 FARIA BROS DAIRIES TX DUTCH HOLLOW PLUS CHARMAINE-ET 067184472 CHITTENDEN, PAUL C NY JER-Z-BOYZ BOLD 36370 117647754 JER-Z-BOYZ CA WILSONVIEW Z SPRITE-ET 117835726 WILSONVIEW DAIRY OR GR FARIA BROTHERS LOTTO BARKSDALE 840003009425660 FARIA DAIRY AZ
116159979 CA 840003008536871 TX 840003009261823 CA 117798393 WI 117940138 CA
48 2,022 -0.14 64
-0.05 61 773
753
740
2.80
7.4
0.7
0
4.9 298
3K
0
55 1,944 -0.10 68 -0.01 67 663
616
586
2.90
4.1
0.4
0
7.5 268
6K
F
0
54 1,549
0.08 87
0.00 56 751
700
660
2.85
5.5
0.0
0
5.6 265
6K
F
0
50 1,004
0.13 72
0.07 50 813
716
630
2.75
7.2
0.2
0
3.4 261
6K
F
0
55 1,739 -0.01 77
-0.02 57 756
717
686
2.78
6.5
0.4
0
8.4 259
0 51 1,970 -0.12 66 -0.04 62 642 620 611 2.93 5.6 -0.5 0 6.4 257 2
55 1,641
622
608
2.92
4.8
0
55 1,602 -0.07 59
0.01 60 662
600
553
2.87
4.8 -0.2
0
7.1 254
0
55 1,435
0.04 73
0.02 56 674
610
562
2.90
4.1
0.3
0
8.1 254
0
54 1,744 -0.01 78
0.01 65 661
605
569
3.00
4.7 -1.2
0
6.3 253
50K F 1164 1
67 1,530
0.03 60 693
633
593
3.02
5.1
1
3K
0
49 1,546 -0.03 65
0.01 58 662
604
562
2.94
5.5 -0.6
0
5.7 250
6K
C
0
55 1,605 -0.09 56
-0.02 54 644
613
595
2.95
6.3 -0.1
0
7.0 250
8K
F
0
57 1,415
0.11 86
0.02 54 729
677
640
2.95
6.4 -0.8
0
6.9 249
6K
F
0
58 1,226
0.14 83
0.01 45 716
673
639
2.87
6.0
0
7.0 249
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0.00 76 -0.03 53 648
0.03 77
1.4
0.4
0.1
3
88 -2.2 257
84 5.6 253
0 54 2,133 -0.13 71 -0.05 66 571 551 545 2.94 3.6 -1.5 0 8.8 248 0
60 1,438
0.09 84
0.02 55 701
640
593
2.89
4.3
0.8
0
7.8 248
0
59 1,351
0.02 65
0.04 56 699
625
566
2.87
4.9
0.2
0
7.2 246
0
57 1,484
0.07 82
0.01 55 677
630
603
3.03
5.7 -0.2
0
5.9 245
0
54 1,782 -0.05 72
-0.05 53 645
637
638
2.92
5.5
0
5.4 245
1.0
840003009261919 6K F 0 59 1,361 0.01 64 0.01 51 680 627 587 2.89 5.0 1.0 0 8.1 245 CA 117925009 8K F 0 54 1,463 0.09 84 0.04 61 681 610 562 3.05 4.7 -0.8 0 6.7 244 OR 117655218 3K 0 60 2,212 -0.18 64 -0.10 58 569 590 616 2.89 5.2 -0.6 0 9.8 244 WI 840003009262099 3K 0 54 1,615 -0.06 62 -0.02 54 646 617 600 2.95 6.0 -0.4 0 8.3 244 CA 115555651 3K 52 2 71 1,034 0.09 64 0.06 48 706 624 556 2.85 5.6 -0.3 2 87 10.7 244 TX
BW RENEGADE SHERRY W624 117730638 6K F 0 BRENTWOOD FARMS CA DEBOER TBONE M6593 116364661 3K 6593 2 SEXING TECHNOLOGIES / ACCOUNTING DEPT TX SUNSET CANYON VALEN DIXIE 963-ET 117352496 50K F 0 SILVA, ERIC LEONARD OR TOLLENAAR LEGAL 6439 840003007398517 3K 6439 1 TOLLENAAR JERSEYS CA GR FARIA BROTHERS VALENTINO ZELLER 840003009473482 6K C 0 FARIA BROS DAIRIES TX ALL LYNNS IMPULS VIRTUE-ET D & E JERSEYS AHLEM LEGAL LEA 35686 AHLEM, WILLIAM JR GR OOMSDALE VALENTINO CC CALLIE-ET OOMS, MICHAEL AREND WAUNAKEE LEGAL PUFF-ET LAUFENBERG, GERALD ALL LYNNS VALENTINO ALISON ALLEN, DAVID
Type PR Rec FS gFI GJPI
0
WILL DO VALENTINO WANNABE 117454376 3K SEXING TECHNOLOGIES / ACCOUNTING DEPT TX DP JUPITER FIRECRACKER 1311-ET 067431311 6K F DESERT PARK JERSEYS OR SHAN-MAR LEGAL CHARISMA 067138634 6K F GARDNER MARK & SHANNON PA WILSONVIEW ABBOTT SHANNON-ET 117769263 6K F WILSONVIEW DAIRY OR ALL LYNNS VICTORY BRISTOL 117222795 3K ALLEN, DAVID WI YOSEMITE BOLD FOREST 25215 YOSEMITE JERSEY DAIRY SUNSET CANYON VALEN I MAID 118-ET SILVA, ERIC LEONARD ALL LYNNS CHERRY CHAMP VIVIAN-ET ALLEN, DAVID YOSEMITE VALENTINO TSDY P25035 YOSEMITE JERSEY DAIRY RICHIES TBONE M5235 WUBS, RICHARD
PL
3K
DUPAT VALENTINO 8707-ET 067148707 3K WICKSTROM JERSEY FARMS INC CA PR FARIA BROTHERS TBONE HANSBROUGH 840003001576516 3K 18571 FARIA BROS DAIRIES TX DP GOLDA TRIS 1355-ET 067431355 8K F DESERT PARK JERSEYS OR HER-MAN IMPRESS MANDALAY-ET 117925885 8K C LUTZ HERBY & AMANDA SC OOMSDALE GALEN VALETINO GLEAM-ET 067137630 6K C OOMS, MICHAEL AREND NY ALL LYNNS IMPULS VIRGINIA-ET TATE, BROCK FARIA BROTHERS VALENTINO CARRIE FARIA BROS DAIRIES YOSEMITE VALENTINO ARTIST P25311 YOSEMITE JERSEY DAIRY ALL LYNNS RENEGADE VIONA-ET ALLEN, DAVID BW RENEGADE PEGGY IF107-ET BRENTWOOD FARMS
Genomic evaluations are calculated from one of three sources of information. The source is identified in the column labeled GT as follows: GT, cow/heifer was genotyped; GI, genotype for cow was imputed from genotypes of progeny, but the cow is not genotyped; and GA, evaluation includes information from genotypes or imputed genotypes of ancestors, but cow/heifer is not genotyped. Jersey haplotype 1 tested carriers or non-carriers are designated in the third column with a C or F.
116159988 CA 069042892 CA 067138554 NY 070399231 WI 117483255 WI
54
930
0.16 73
0.05 42 747
70
802 0.16 67 0.07 42 701 616 542 2.82 5.4 0.0 2 88 9.3 244
638
2.95
7.1
0.3
0
6.4 244
605
601
2.79
6.3 -0.8
0
9.4 243
0.12 84
0.04 55 728
653
595
2.88
5.0
0.4
0
4.8 243
38 2,435 -0.16 78
-0.08 70 517
520
537
2.99
2.7 -1.6
0
-6.5 242
50K F 31165 2
70 1,449 -0.02 63
0.03 57 637
583
551
3.09
5.4
2
3K
0
57 1,092
0.12 73
0.07 52 705
614
541
2.89
4.8 -0.1
0
7.3 242
3K
0
52 1,690 -0.07 63
0.00 61 636
584
550
2.96
5.3
0.2
0
5.6 241
3K
0
57 1,445 -0.03 60 -0.01 50 684
640
604
2.80
6.2 -0.2
0
7.7 241
50K F
0
62 1,415 -0.05 54
-0.01 48 690
642
594
2.62
6.6
0.2
0
9.9 241
0
50 1,838 -0.09 66
-0.03 60 613
581
562
2.91
5.0 -0.6
0
4.4 240
840003009929163 8K TX
F
60 1,906 -0.18 50 -0.06 55 613 59 1,324
686
0.3
88 5.6 242
JERSEY JOURNAL
Name owner
Registration GENOMIC Predicted Transmitting Ability ADDRESS Gt JH1 CN Rec Rel Milk %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS
PL
Type PR Rec FS gFI GJPI
HEARTLAND VALENTINO DARCY 067232286 50K F HEARTLAND JERSEYS KS BERRYS GOLDA FLURRY-ET 117801730 6K F BERRY COLLEGE GA DP PLUS TRIS 987 067106987 3K DESERT PARK JERSEYS OR GR FARIA BROTHERS PLUS CUTLER 840003008535655 6K F FARIA DAIRY AZ
0 58 1,444 -0.07 53 0.01 54 675 618 569 2.79 6.2 -0.3 0 7.8 240
0
55 1,227
0.07 71
0.01 45 675
0
44 1,690
0.04 85
0.00 60 629
FOREST GLEN PLUS ANNABELL FOREST GLEN JERSEYS ALL LYNNS PLUS VANILLA ALLEN, DAVID OOMSDALE GLORY RENEG GEMS OOMS, MICHAEL AREND BRADYS VALINTINO B140 BRADY, JOHNNY D&E RENEGADE 4318 D & E JERSEYS
067354369 6K F OR 117332009 3K WI 067137622 6K F NY0 117802919 6K F TN 067334318 3K CA
0
54 1,321
0.13 86
0.06 59 670
0
53 1,336
0.11 84
0.02 51 670
0
55
0.19 78
0.08 47 715
BARHAMS VALENTINO PRINCESS BARHAM BROS CAL-MART SIXTYNINE BETH 3976-ET MARTIN DAIRY LLC D&E MERCHANT VIRTUE 22233-ET D & E JERSEYS WAUNAKEE PREMIER PIXIE 3334-ET LAUFENBERG, GERALD ALL LYNNS LOTTO VELVET-ET ALLEN, DAVID
117483871 3K TN 117634343 3K OR 067422233 3K CA 070925503 8K F WI 117332045 3K WI
0 56 1,802 -0.13 56 -0.04 56 608 583 564 2.79 5.4 -0.3 0 10.3 237
CAL-MART HUGO WINTER 3946 MARTIN DAIRY LLC CAL-MART PLUS SELMAH 3563 MARTIN DAIRY LLC BW RENEGADE SUZANNE W735 BRENTWOOD FARMS WILSONVIEW Z SHOSHONIE-ET WILSONVIEW DAIRY YOSEMITE PLUS QUE 25117 YOSEMITE JERSEY DAIRY
117514274 OR 117216420 OR 117796373 CA 117823240 OR 840003009262017 CA
0
54 1,038
909
0.10 68
0.07 50 674
588
518
2.90
4.7
0.2
0
6.9 240
634
604
2.93
5.5
1.6
0
6.6 240
574
529
2.80
2.7 -0.8
0
2.4 239
587
527
3.02
3.5 -0.1
0
5.3 239
612
564
2.84
4.0
0.3
0
6.5 239
626
553
2.90
4.9
0.5
0
7.5 239
0 53 1,411 0.02 68 0.01 52 671 629 605 3.03 6.6 -0.2 0 6.2 238 0
53 1,062
0.12 73
0
47 1,384
0.03 69
0.06 49 731
0.02 54 677
648
616
578
2.81
5.1
572
2.94
5.9
0.7
0.2
0
0
7.1 238
5.4 237
0
57 1,388
0.06 75
0.02 53 620
575
551
3.11
4.7 -0.5
0
7.2 237
0
54 1,018
0.08 62
0.03 43 731
674
629
2.92
7.5
1.0
0
7.1 237
0
56 1,263
0.05 68
0.00 45 736
689
648
2.78
7.6 -0.1
0
8.7 236
3K
0
52 1,705 -0.03 72
-0.01 58 624
598
593
3.12
5.8
0.0
0
6.4 235
3K
0
53 1,457 -0.01 64
0.01 54 646
591
548
2.85
4.8 -0.1
0
5.9 235
6K
F
0
53 1,241
0.08 72
0.03 50 667
611
574
3.03
5.8
0.5
0
6.3 235
6K
F
0
49 1,128
0.06 64
0.02 45 717
658
607
2.81
7.0
0.6
0
3.0 235
6K
F
0
58 1,266
0.07 72
0.00 45 678
639
608
2.87
5.4
0.6
0
6.6 234
MFW RENEGADE SANDY 067351698 3K MASON, KATIE C MD FARIA BROTHERS VALENTINO PEPPERS 840003009474670 6K F FARIA BROS DAIRIES TX GR FARIA BROTHERS RENEGADE WILFORK 840003008321949 6K F FARIA DAIRY AZ D&E VALENTINO 4012 067334012 3K D & E JERSEYS CA GR FARIA BROTHERS VALENTINO 203294 840003009928690 6K C FARIA BROS DAIRIES TX
0
49 1,039
0.20 87
0.09 54 706
606
527
2.94
4.4 -0.2
0
5.8 233
0
36 1,484
0.00 69
0.00 53 623
580
550
2.93
5.2 -0.9
0
0.4 233
0
39 1,160
0.22 96
0.05 51 701
631
581
3.00
5.1 -0.8
0
1.5 233
0
53 1,648
-0.02 71 -0.01 56 577
548
536
3.04
3.6 -0.2
0
6.8 232
SUNSET CANYON REN DAHLIA 939-ET 117270266 50K F SILVA, ERIC LEONARD OR CAL-MART RENEGADE HOLLIS 3515-ET 117195024 3K MARTIN DAIRY LLC OR MULTI-ROSE MAXIMUM ALLY 067173057 3K 3057 MULTI ROSE JERSEYS INC IA GR FARIA BROTHERS VALENTINO RHONDA 840003009457575 6K F FARIA BROS DAIRIES TX ERTL VALENTINO NOVA-ET 067362244 3K ERTL DAVID & BETH OH
0
56 1,534
0.01 73 -0.01 52 654
618
592
2.89
5.5 -0.2
0
6.6 232 6.5 232
GR FARIA BROTHERS RENEGADE RUSSELL 840003008322039 3K FARIA DAIRY AZ ALL LYNNS RENEGADE VARIETY 117423132 3K ALLEN, DAVID WI BAF TBONE OLATHE OF HLJ-ET 067342125 3K 2125 HEARTLAND JERSEYS KS HOMETOWN VAUGHN APPLESAUCE-ET 011294988 50K F WOLFORD JUDY, RYND DALLAS & SCHIRM WYATT JOSEPH OH DUPAT VERTEX 9139 067369139 6K F WICKSTROM JERSEY FARMS INC CA FOREST GLEN LOUIES TAMALE BANSEN, DAN K ALL LYNNS ARTISTS VENUS-ET ALLEN, DAVID JER BEL VANDYKE LIOLA KING HOWARD & FAMILY DP VALENTINO GWEN 1021 DESERT PARK JERSEYS SUN VALLEY JUPITER CINDY SEALS, JEFFREY JAMES
067354688 OR 116279619 WI 117389869 OH 067791021 OR 117018367 OR
6K
52 1,135
0.12 76
0.04 48 703
634
577
2.86
5.5
0.4
0
67 1,229
0.07 70
0.01 46 616
568
532
2.90
3.5
0.9
2
0
36 1,983 -0.09 73 -0.07 56 533
539
555
2.98
3.8 -0.9
90 6.5 232
0
-1.9 231
0 54 1,511 -0.02 65 -0.02 50 602 573 552 2.87 5.0 -0.6 0 8.6 231 0
40 1,294
0.11 82
0.02 50 675
616
570
2.88
4.4
0
42 1,194
0.08 71
0.04 50 673
611
566
2.97
5.7 -0.1
0.1
0 0
1
66 1,410
0.01 67
0.03 57 613
535
470
2.79
2.8 -1.0
0
2.9 231
80 3.2 231 8.2 230
0 55 1,384 0.02 68 0.00 50 652 616 595 3.02 5.5 1.4 0 6.4 230 0 55 1,812 -0.11 61 -0.02 61 566 530 510 2.94 4.2 -0.9 0 7.1 229 59 1,791 -0.08 65 -0.03 57 580
558
548
2.95
4.2
0.9
0
57 1,612 -0.05 63
-0.03 52 605
587
585
3.03
5.3
0.8
1
3K
0
54 1,387
0.00 64 -0.01 48 637
608
592
3.00
6.8
0.4
0
7.3 229
3K
0
54 1,376
-0.07 49 -0.02 45 649
617
588
2.76
6.7
0.4
0
8.2 229
F 2454 1
66 1,173
0.01 44 667
629
607
3.04
5.7
1.2
1
73 7.0 229
4
57 1,573 -0.07 59 -0.07 42 585
593
603
2.87
5.3
1.7
0
86 -0.4 229
0
48 1,054
0.13 74
0.02 41 719
672
637
2.94
7.1
1.2
0
4.0 229
1
65 1,476 -0.04 60
0.01 55 567
511
468
2.86
4.2 -0.8
0
4.7 228
PR FARIA BROTHERS ACTION DEAN SMITH 840003001860402 3K 5309 FARIA BROS DAIRIES TX WILSONVIEW REN SONIA-ET 117930421 8K F WILSONVIEW DAIRY OR GR OOMSDALE CASEY CELEBRITY CHEYANN-ET 067080517 50K C 30517 D & E JERSEYS CA MILLS THOR PAT 117389261 3K MILLS, NEWELL J NV PR FARIA BROTHERS MATINEE AUERBACH 840003001577180 3K 19235
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0 2
GI 1188 1
6K
F
0 55 1,875 -0.18 49 -0.04 59 562 544 541 3.00 4.8 0.1 0 8.6 232
0
0.12 78
6.8 229
83 3.7 229
0 54 1,614 0.00 74 -0.02 54 653 616 590 2.85 5.3 -0.2 0 6.4 228 2
55 1,821
0.06 96
-0.06 52 630
623
618
2.79
3.9
0.7
0
73 -5.1 228
JERSEY JOURNAL
Name owner
Registration GENOMIC Predicted Transmitting Ability ADDRESS Gt JH1 CN Rec Rel Milk %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS
PL
Type PR Rec FS gFI GJPI
FARIA DAIRY AZ
DUPAT PLUS 9272 WICKSTROM JERSEY FARMS INC FOREST GLEN PLUS JD BANSEN, DAN K STEINHAUERS RENEGADE CHERRYPIE-ET STEINHAUERS JERSEYS DP ARROW SUSIE 1337 DESERT PARK JERSEYS FOREST GLEN CHERRY CHAMP JASMINE BANSEN, DAN K
067369272 CA 067323554 OR 117255566 WI 067431337 OR 067354056 OR
8K
F
0
59 1,668 -0.12 52
-0.04 51 595
578
571
2.90
5.2
0.8
0
8.0 228
3K
0
55 1,109
3K
0
54
0.09 68
0.05 50 631
557
501
2.97
4.5 -0.2
0
7.8 228
0.17 78
0.05 45 651
591
553
3.10
5.1
0.1
0
7.6 228
8K
F
0
57 1,621 -0.06 63 -0.02 53 619
587
563
2.83
4.8
0.8
0
7.9 227
3K
0
59 1,436 -0.02 61
537
500
2.87
3.9 -0.2
0
8.8 227
999
0.00 52 585
DUTCH HOLLOW VALENTINO CHERYL-ET 067184313 3K 0 56 1,622 -0.16 43 -0.04 50 546 535 538 3.02 5.8 -0.2 0 9.8 227 CHITTENDEN, PAUL C NY GR FARIA BROTHERS ALLSTAR SUPAFREAK 840003009426117 6K F 0 46 1,396 0.16 96 0.00 50 687 640 604 2.87 4.5 -0.6 0 -7.1 227 FARIA DAIRY AZ GOFF VALENTINO 9595 067209595 8K F 0 57 1,566 -0.06 59 -0.05 46 605 592 580 2.79 5.2 0.2 0 8.9 227 GOFF, BUSTER NM HILMAR TBONE 19206 067219206 3K 19206 2 70 1,600 0.01 75 0.02 61 570 507 462 2.93 2.1 0.1 2 84 8.7 226 AHLEM, CHARLES CA RICHIES TBONE STAR M7220 116863900 3K 1139 2 69 1,212 0.03 62 0.06 55 561 486 434 3.06 2.6 -0.2 1 84 10.0 226 SEXING TECHNOLOGIES / ACCOUNTING DEPT TX JARS OF CLAY VALENTINO BRIDGET 067243298 QUIST, JIM CA CAL-MART UPPERCUT GERILYN 5213 067245213 MARTIN DAIRY LLC OR DEBOER IMPULS F9890 117685693 LEE, LYNN TN GR FARIA BROTHERS RENEGADE ED REED 840003008321513 FARIA DAIRY AZ AHLEM LEGAL GEM 37720 070049194 AHLEM, WILLIAM JR CA
50K F
0
59 1,714 -0.08 63
-0.04 53 574
556
549
2.93
4.8 -0.5
0
8.2 226
8K
F
0
56 1,011
0.10 66
0.06 47 629
559
508
3.00
4.5
0.9
0
8.7 226
3K
0
57
0.14 64
0.09 47 680
582
503
2.94
5.3
0.4
0
6.3 226
6K
F
0
28 1,317
0.09 79 -0.01 45 696
662
637
2.90
6.4
0.6
0
-0.9 226
6K
C
0
58
0.10 56
0.08 45 670
580
509
2.96
5.4
0.6
0
6.6 226
FARIA BROTHERS VALENTINO FELTON FARIA BROS DAIRIES OOMSDALE GALEN VALETINO GIZMO-ET OOMS, MICHAEL AREND D&E MERCHANT VIRTUE 22228-ET D & E JERSEYS TOLLENAAR RENEGADE 7069 TOLLENAAR JERSEYS BARHAMS PLUS ROYALE BARHAM, BILLY
6K
C
0
38 2,013 -0.06 80
-0.05 62 527
517
523
3.04
3.3 -1.1
0
0.2 225
6K
C
0
56 1,398 -0.06 53
0.00 50 577
542
526
3.08
5.7 -0.3
0
7.9 225
3K
0
58 1,246
0.06 69
0.03 50 607
555
522
3.05
4.8 -0.5
0
7.6 225
3K
0
50 1,161
0.09 70
0.02 45 700
648
608
2.90
6.4
1.0
0
6.0 225
3K
0
57 1,135
0.11 74
0.02 45 678
619
566
2.78
4.8 -0.4
0
8.1 225
3K 7763 1
63 1,669 -0.03 71
0.01 61 548
507
493
3.19
4.1 -0.8
0
3K
0
50 1,445 -0.02 62
0.01 54 586
535
501
2.97
3.8 -0.1
0
4.9 224
8K
C
0
53 1,509 -0.02 65
8K
C
0
56 1,242
GR ALL LYNNS DALE VICTORIA-ET ALLEN, DAVID ALL LYNNS PLUS VALUE-ET ALLEN, DAVID ALL LYNNS HENDRIX VALISE-ET ALLEN, DAVID DP PREMIER MANNOR 1374 MOSS, RYAN CAL-MART IMPULS JOELLE 9484 MARTIN DAIRY LLC
840003009474033 TX 067137631 NY 067422228 CA 840003007844089 CA 117476596 TN 116891954 WI 117332018 WI 117893285 WI 067431374 OR 115457485 OR
3K
OOMSDALE VALENTINO AUBURN ANIECE-ET 067138557 OOMSDALE FARM NY TOLLENAAR RENEGADE 6909-D085-ET 840003007843929 TOLLENAAR JERSEYS CA TOLLENAAR RENEGADE 6917-D176-ET 840003007843937 TOLLENAAR JERSEYS CA UNIQUE HP VAL BRIDGET-ET 117592595 HILLPOINT PARTNERS & UNIQUE STOCK FARMS WI GR WILSONVIEW GARDEN SOCHI-ET 067191494 WILSONVIEW DAIRY OR
may 2012
81 5.1 224
-0.02 50 625
595
575
2.92
5.1
0.5
0
6.6 224
0.03 50 649
593
556
3.01
5.9
0.0
0
8.4 224
70 1,208 -0.07 42
0.04 50 618
557
514
3.00
5.9
1.0
2
0
56 1,112
0.10 70
0.05 49 667
596
541
2.96
5.2
0.3
0
6.3 224
0
54
0.13 44
0.09 31 717
630
553
2.85
7.9
0.8
0
4.5 224
413
82 6.6 224
0 59 1,553 -0.12 48 -0.03 50 569 552 549 3.03 5.8 -0.6 0 8.6 223 0 53 1,550 -0.07 58 -0.03 50 614 593 584 2.96 6.1 -0.1 0 7.6 223 0
60 1,357
0.00 62
-0.01 47 610
575
552
2.92
5.2
0.3
0
9.2 223
3K
0
54 1,322 -0.02 57
0.00 47 599
557
524
2.87
4.9 -0.2
0
8.2 223
3K
0
51 1,095
0.17 84
0.04 46 686
628
589
3.03
5.4
0.4
0
6.3 223
3K
0
50
0.18 80
0.06 46 709
635
576
2.94
5.7
0.6
0
5.8 223
3K
0
49 1,930 -0.14 59
-0.04 61 487
464
455
2.94
2.8 -1.0
0
6.8 222
0.01 54 599
559
537
3.04
5.4 -0.3
1
3K 1494 1
VALSIGNA VALENTINO QUEEN 117781915 6K C WICKSTROM DAIRIES, LP CA ALL LYNNS LOTTO VADKA-ET 117332072 3K SEXING TECHNOLOGIES / ACCOUNTING DEPT TX ALL LYNNS VICTORY DALLAS 117272585 3K AVILA, SIDNEY J TX SUNSET CANYON VALENTINO DIXIE-ET 117335646 50K C SILVA, ERIC LEONARD OR DUTCH HOLLOW RENEGADE CHANTEL-ET 067184446 3K CHITTENDEN, PAUL C NY WILSONVIEW TBONE MONDAY-ET WILSONVIEW DAIRY RIVER VALLEY ALLSTAR SALINA I-ET RIVER VALLEY FARM YOSEMITE GOOSE JEVON 25237-ET
818
0.01 59
706 3
NORSE STAR RENEGADE MARLEY 067223223 50K F HEARTLAND JERSEYS KS CAL-MART ZUMA COLINDA 5273-ET 067245273 6K F MARTIN DAIRY LLC OR GABYS VIBRANT BRAZIL 117477289 50K F GABY JERSEY FARM TN TOLLENAAR VIBRANT 6915-D164-ET 840003007843935 3K TOLLENAAR JERSEYS CA HIGH LAWN HEADLINE QUARTZ-ET 117585395 3K HIGH LAWN FARM MA
823
976
61 1,482
0.02 71
86 2.8 222
0 57 1,599 -0.06 61 -0.02 52 540 519 513 3.02 4.5 -0.9 0 8.1 222 0
56 1,435
-0.01 63 -0.01 49 629
0
51 1,185
0.14 81
0
60 1,565 -0.18 35
0
53 1,171
0.07 67
592
565
2.88
5.9 -0.1
0
8.7 222
0.02 47 656
599
554
2.87
4.4 -0.1
0
4.5 222
-0.05 46 570
559
552
2.84
6.6 -0.2
0
9.0 222
0.02 46 632
576
530
2.85
4.5
0
7.5 222
0.8
116826240 3K 1593 1 66 756 0.19 71 0.09 44 670 577 505 2.98 4.7 0.9 0 77 7.5 222 OR 117770298 3K 0 57 944 0.15 73 0.04 42 666 604 556 2.93 5.3 0.4 0 6.9 222 IL 840003009261897 6K F 0 51 1,765 -0.10 60 -0.04 55 581 559 544 2.84 4.8 0.0 0 3.3 221
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Name owner
Registration GENOMIC Predicted Transmitting Ability ADDRESS Gt JH1 CN Rec Rel Milk %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS
RUSSELL, LARS WILLIAM D&E LEGAL KIRA 22022 D & E JERSEYS CAL-MART LOUIE WINDY 5321 MARTIN DAIRY LLC
CA 067422022 3K CA 067185321 6K C OR
SEACORD FARM RENEGADE GINA SEACORD, RICHARD T CAL-MART VALENTINO BERTHA 3607-ET MARTIN DAIRY LLC SUNSET CANYON VALEN I MAID 114-ET SILVA, ERIC LEONARD HI-KEL TBONE PFENNIG-ET RIVER VALLEY FARM PR JARS OF CLAY RENEGADE 318 QUIST, JIM
117950470 8K F NY 117357754 3K OR 117924969 8K F OR 067100742 3K IL 067422318 6K F CA
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56 1,528 -0.05 61
0.00 55 604
562
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51 1,381
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528
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6.7 221
0
55 1,066
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552
497
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7.1 221
0 60 1,026 0.10 67 0.04 45 602 536 484 2.94 4.0 0.0 0 9.0 221 0
38 1,041
0.12 72
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650
604
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0.5
0
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50 1,356
0.12 86
0.05 58 600
528
478
3.03
3.4 -0.5
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6.5 220
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71 1,102
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530
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62 1,327
0.06 73
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F
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53 1,288
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549
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55 1,436
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58 1,363 -0.04 55
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58 1,502 -0.02 64
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60 1,626 -0.14 46 -0.03 51 559
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56 1,282 -0.07 45
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490
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JERSEY JOURNAL
Name Registration GENOMIC Predicted Transmitting Ability Type owner ADDRESS Gt JH1 CN Rec Rel Milk %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS PL PR Rec FS gFI GJPI SUNSET CANYON & HALE KARA HILMAR TBONE 19025 AHLEM, CHARLES GR DEBOER TBONE M8247 DEBOER, NICO HEARTLAND SENECA JONI HEARTLAND JERSEYS VALSIGNA VIBRANT 17675 WICKSTROM DAIRIES, LP
OR 067219025 3K 19025 3 70 1,433 -0.02 61 -0.02 47 521 498 484 2.93 3.4 0.6 3 85 8.0 217 CA 117180705 3K 8247 1 66 775 0.14 62 0.10 47 602 504 430 3.06 3.5 0.6 0 9.5 217 TX 067232298 50K F 0 55 1,302 -0.04 52 0.00 46 645 599 559 2.78 6.4 -0.4 0 6.7 217 KS 117613423 3K 0 52 1,363 -0.14 34 -0.02 45 621 592 568 2.83 7.2 0.0 0 7.3 217 CA
GABYS RED HOT AFFECTION-ET 117928150 GABY, HENRY TN JARS OF CLAY ZUMA SALLY 22491 067422491 QUIST, JIM CA BIG STAR VALENTINO AIRA 070451594 TAUCHEN, ABBY WI GR WILSONVIEW GARDEN SUNDAY-ET 067191495 WILSONVIEW DAIRY OR DUTCH HOLLOW VALENTINO CHER-ET 067184309 SEXING TECHNOLOGIES / ACCOUNTING DEPT TX JER-Z-BOYZ MAXIMUM 25062 JER-Z-BOYZ HAWARDEN TBONE JODY HAWARDEN JERSEYS INC BLUE MIST JUPITER PAM GOMES, EDDIE D&E CHERRY CHAMP BLITZEN 22371-ET D & E JERSEYS DODAN DES VALENTINO DE-ZY-ET D & D JERSEYS CAL-MART LOUIE PENNA 3725 MARTIN DAIRY LLC AHLEM RENEGADE WYNOLA 38206 AHLEM, WILLIAM JR MULTI-ROSE VALENTINO 3873-ET MULTI ROSE JERSEYS INC SUN VALLEY RENEGADE HOLLY II-ET QUIST, JIM AHLEM LEGAL HAVS 35507 AHLEM, WILLIAM JR
0
56
881
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0.03 37 643
593
555
2.96
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1.2
0
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F
0
52
584
0.18 61
0.08 36 692
601
518
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0
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6K
F
0
55 2,131 -0.17 63
7.1 216
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477
484
3.05
3.2 -1.3
0
3K 1495 2
64 1,624
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510
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117102729 3K 25062 2 68 1,183 0.26 105 CA 067107523 3K 523 1 67 1,331 -0.05 51 ID 117057252 3K 1155 1 62 1,251 0.06 69 OR 067422371 3K 0 60 1,293 0.00 60 CA 117838822 8K F 0 56 1,373 -0.08 47 WI 117337161 3K OR 070950698 8K C CA 840003004599371 3K IA 117463411 50K F CA 069042713 3K CA
SUNSET CANYON RENEGADE BELLE 381-ET 117574342 ADAMS, JEFF WA BW RENEGADE KENSIE W541 117694671 BRENTWOOD FARMS CA SUNSET CANYON ZUMA NAVARA MAID-ET 117819502 SILVA, ERIC LEONARD OR PR FARIA BROTHERS IMPULS PERKINS 840003006315611 FARIA BROS DAIRIES TX FOREST GLEN LOUIES MARTHA 067354623 FOREST GLEN JERSEYS OR BELLWOOD RENEGADE TALLIE-ET CAMP, ROGER D JR FREEMANS RENEGADE SWEET PEA-ET FREEMAN DAVID & DIANA SUNSET CANYON ZUMA DAHLIA C80-ET SILVA, ERIC LEONARD DP PLUS SHAWNA 913 DESERT PARK JERSEYS OHIO LOTTO TBONE 66 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Nettle Creek Jerseys
Embryo Transfer Services Anthony Dalessandro, D.V.M. 4958 US 35 North Richmond, IN 47374-9712 765/935-2373 indianaetvet@aol.com
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85 6.3 216
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Rowzee Jersey Farm Registered Jerseys since 1935
James and Oneva Rowzee and Family 5043 Hwy. 15, Newton, MS 39345 601/683-2954 james.rowzee@att.net Page 85
Top 200 Cows for Jersey Performance Index (Traditional), April 2012 The top 200 cows ranked by traditionally calculated Jersey Premformance IndexTM (JPI) from the April 2012 USDA-AJCA genetic evaluations are listed below. These cows have not been genomically tested and do not have a genomic evaluation (GPTA). These cows must have calved within the past 27 months and have at least one lactation of 100 days or more. Cows lacking linear appraisal information are included in the JPI ranking by using a Parent Average estimate for FTI, provided the cow was under four years of age on April 1, 2012. Cows without their own Name owner RICHIES JACE STARDUST M2699 WUBS, RICHARD PR FARIA BROTHERS ALLSTAR 44751 FARIA BROS DAIRIES PR FARIA BROTHERS DO RIGHT 41892 FARIA BROS DAIRIES MM RENAME 9245 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY PR DEBOER HALLBROOK M5449 DEBOER, NICO GR HOCKETT DALE 82699-ET HOCKETT, KEITH S DEBOER HALLBROOK M4518 DEBOER, NICO PEARLMONT EMERY EDIE PEARL, DANIEL GR MM RENAME 9358 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY GR REFUGE IMPULS 9202 REFUGE DAIRY FOREST GLEN IMPULS MARIANNE FOREST GLEN JERSEYS PR MM RENAME 9154 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY VAN DE MATINEE ZELENA ZSA ZSA VAN DE JERSEYS NYMANS MOHAWK 13574 NYMAN BROS PR FARIA BROTHERS ROCKET 31599 FARIA BROS DAIRIES
Registration state CN Rec Rel Milk 114291824 TX 840003004195571 TX 840003003959756 TX 117231317 OR 115722534 TX 055582699 NC 115276145 TX 067139455 VT 117235085 OR 116795212 TX 067261661 OR 117230811 OR 067040836 PA 117068081 CA 840003001854142 TX
EASTGLEN APPLEJACK RHONDA 055658159 EASTGLEN FARMS SC GR JER-Z-BOYZ DALE 31382 117957619 JER-Z-BOYZ CA JAZZY GINNY GROVER 2742 115811405 ENDRES JAZZY JERSEYS WI VALSIGNA SHAWNEE 14197 116964012 WICKSTROM DAIRIES, LP CA GR CAR-LEN DALE MELINDA 067078834 WAGNER LEONARD & FAMILY MN OSCEOLA IMPULS LILLY B082 BAKER ROBERT T OR JANET A JAZZY ABE 3480 ENDRES JAZZY JERSEYS JCJ SHAWNEE 19912 AHLEM, JAMES GR OSCEOLA GANNON ELLEN C245 BAKER ROBERT T OR JANET A HI-LAND IMPULS MYTH CHAMBERLAIN, DAVID R
116128650 WA 067193480 WI 840003005083265 CA 116834197 WA 067135921 NY
SUNWEST BOSS BLAIR J21810 840003003994290 SUNWEST JERSEY DAIRY CA MS VICTORY 5635 G351 117133918 MOUNTAIN SHADOW DAIRY AZ CAL-MART IMPULS VALMA 3181 116951021 MARTIN DAIRY LLC OR GR MM TBONE 8082 116922348 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY OR SPRING CREEK LOUIE LANETTE 067012267 SPRING CREEK FARMS WI PIEDMONT VERMEER LINDA LUTZ, COREY ALAN AHLEM IMAGE CHARM 33480 AHLEM, WILLIAM JR SF IMPULS 10882 STAAS FARM INC CDF SHAWNEE BLAIR M26644 C & S LIVESTOCK WELCOME VIEW JAZZ JUNIPER
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appraisal information used in the JPI calculation are distinguished by a “0” in the number of type records (REC) column. JPI combines production and type trait information into a single economic index, includes six factors with weighted averages of 42% PTA Protein, 15% PTA Fat, 15% FTI, 12% PTA PL, 10% PTA DPR, and 6% PTA SCS. The cows average +1,024M, +53F, +40P and JPI +164 with average Reliability of 53%. Lifetime Net Merit indexes are Cheese Merit +$449; Net Merit +$408, and Fluid Merit +$380. Predicted Transmitting Ability Type %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS PL PR Rec FS EFI JPI
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1,560
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0.05
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2.96
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518
514
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2,276
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423
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0
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3.02
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452
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59
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429
2.86
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75
8.3 190
14197 1
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1,287
0.00
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563
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515
2.82
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80
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60
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90
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117240957 1779 1 45 944 0.12 67 0.06 45 517 446 392 3.05 2.4 0.1 0 NC 066622913 33480 1 42 935 0.21 84 0.03 40 520 468 431 2.95 2.0 0.2 1 77 CA 117040650 10882 1 49 1,004 0.10 66 0.01 37 557 525 505 2.86 4.2 0.5 0 CA 840003005581834 26644 1 48 1,028 0.00 48 0.00 36 523 499 485 2.84 4.4 1.1 2 84 CA 067059226 226 4 60 1,058 -0.03 43 0.03 44 528 474 436 2.80 4.3 0.0 3 86
5.5 180 7.4 180 5.3 180 7.1 180 7.9 179
JERSEY JOURNAL
Name Registration owner ADDRESS CN Rec Rel Milk
NATURE VIEW FARMS LLC
OH
FOREST GLEN VICTORY MEG FOREST GLEN JERSEYS OSCEOLA IMPULS ELLEN D591 BAKER ROBERT T OR JANET A CLOVER FARMS TBONE TERESA CLOVER FARMS FOREST GLEN JEVON JENNY FOREST GLEN JERSEYS MERCHANT JACE SURPRISE BARHAM BROS
067282884 OR 114874685 WA 067371226 IL 067069734 OR 115680647 TN
CLARESHOE IMPULS ROSALIA SHOEMAKER, STEVEN R GR HILMAR BENEFACTOR 25565 AHLEM, CHARLES PR MM MAXIMUS 5557 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY HAJ LOUIE CARLOYN 2492 HYLAND ACRES JERSEYS LTD GRAMMER LEGAL JOSETTE GRAMMER, WILLIAM P
067015702 OH 067325565 CA 116550239 OR 067222492 OH 067232930 OH
GR MS LIAM 5645 G065 116885568 MOUNTAIN SHADOW DAIRY AZ GR NYMANS ABE 9830 115792494 NYMAN BROS CA JER BEL COBRA LINDY 115320198 KING HOWARD & FAMILY OH RICHIES HALLBROOK M6405 117693308 WUBS, RICHARD TX HI-LAND JEVON MORE 067135929 CHAMBERLAIN, DAVID R NY PR GURE BEHIA ADVICE 716 GREEN VALLEY DAIRY FOREST GLEN BOOMHOWER CARMEL FOREST GLEN JERSEYS HAJ JACINTO MONA 2056 HYLAND ACRES JERSEYS LTD AHLEM BROTHERS IMPULS 18652 AHLEM BROTHERS PR VANDERHAAK IATOLA 3881 VANDERHAAK, TIM
Predicted Transmitting Ability Type %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS PL PR Rec FS EFI JPI
067094716 CA 067129487 OR 115901630 OH 840003004373627 CA 065468131 WA
GR KUTZ IMPULS 6658 840003003997086 KUTZ DAIRY LLC WI FAIRWAY L LINDA-ET 067147204 FAIRWAY JERSEYS VA GR JO-KIRCH GANNON ELF 116814568 KIRCHDOERFER, TYLER C MO GR PEELERS GANNON MAYBE TROUBLE 116812436 NEALE, IRIS D AL FOREST GLEN VICTORY VIDA 067282885 BANSEN STANLEY K & DORA H OR
2884 1
46
1,052
0.04
56
0.01
40
494
456
431
2.89
3.4 -0.2
0
7.6 179
591 5
63
491
0.08
38
0.10
37
596
503
429
2.96
5.4
0
5.7 179
1.4
81
1226 1
48
765
0.15
63
0.10
46
475
378
302
2.98
0.8
0.1
1
79
8.7 178
9734 2
56
1,319
0.02
65
-0.01
45
525
498
485
2.85
3.9
0.4
2
85
6.4 178
503 2
53
641
0.16
59
0.08
39
528
444
379
2.92
3.2 -0.6
2
85
8.4 178
702 5
60
1,049
0.00
48
0.07
51
481
397
334
2.96
1.9
0.7
2
84
5.3 177
25565 1
49
1,247
-0.02
53
0.01
47
445
401
373
3.05
1.9
0.4
1
83
7.9 177
5557 3
53
812
0.25
86
0.09
47
519
424
349
2.95
1.1 -0.3
2
83
6.1 177
2492 1
51
1,554
-0.18
36
-0.01
53
387
356
340
3.14
2.1 -0.6
1
86
7.9 176
2930 1
44
1,474
-0.08
52
0.00
53
453
412
388
2.98
2.0 -0.3
0
72
7.3 176
7065 1
49
1,390
0.00
64
0.02
53
469
418
384
3.02
2.0 -0.2
1
78
7.7 176
9830 3
58
1,116
0.08
67
0.04
48
486
423
377
3.12
2.6 -0.2
2
86
7.2 176
507 4
58
784
0.12
59
0.04
36
506
453
413
2.93
3.5
0.9
2
91
7.1 176
118 2
56
1,254
-0.07
44
0.01
46
422
383
359
3.00
2.2
0.0
2
87
8.5 175
5929 2
55
1,022
0.14
74
0.04
44
534
476
434
2.94
3.0
0.5
1
80
7.1 175
716 1
47
1,300
0.04
67
-0.01
43
451
430
422
2.90
2.3 -0.6
1
80
8.2 175
9487 3
58
1,369
-0.05
52
0.01
50
414
373
348
3.02
1.6 -0.4
1
83
7.4 174
2056 3
59
1,382
-0.12
40
-0.01
47
426
399
385
3.10
2.8
2
81
7.8 174
18652 2
55
1,126
-0.03
46
0.04
47
480
422
381
3.05
3.1
0.4
2
79
4.9 174
3881 2
54
831
0.07
52
0.05
40
486
421
373
2.96
2.0
0.6
2
90
6.6 174
0.1
6658 2
56
531
0.09
41
0.10
38
521
428
355
2.97
3.4
1.0
2
83
5.4 174
7204 3
60
753
0.09
52
0.04
34
493
444
408
3.02
3.5
1.3
3
86
7.2 174
816 1
48
1,776
-0.17
47
-0.08
48
352
368
392
2.83
1.9
0.4
1
82
8.3 173
83
90 1
48
1,415
-0.02
60
-0.03
45
380
365
362
2.97
1.6 -0.8
1
2885 1
46
1,142
0.04
61
-0.01
39
494
471
459
2.74
3.4
0
0.1
8.2 173 7.6 173
JER-Z-BOYZ MAXIMUM 21169 JER-Z-BOYZ CAL-MART VICTORY MAISIE 3144 MARTIN DAIRY LLC FOREST GLEN IMPULS ADA BANSEN, DAN K CAL-MART IMPULS DARNEE 2299 MARTIN DAIRY LLC PR ORTHRIDGE ABE DYNA ORTHRIDGE FARMS
117496871 CA 116902465 OR 067069940 OR 116198622 OR 117202728 WI
21169 5
63
1,105
0.08
66
-0.01
37
520
501
492
2.88
3.9
0.6
0
7.0 173
3144 1
47
991
0.07
59
0.00
35
544
519
504
2.76
4.7
0.3
0
79
5.9 173
9940 3
59
379
0.19
53
0.11
34
521
427
351
3.11
3.6
1.6
2
85
5.2 173
PR RED TOP SHAWNEE 12606 RED TOP JERSEYS GR MM RENAME 8868 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY NYMANS HALLBROOK 10199 NYMAN BROS CLOVER FARMS BLAIR CHASE 758 CLOVER FARMS SF IMPULS 10964 STAAS FARM INC
067412606 CA 117228577 OR 115996665 CA 067049758 IL 117093537 CA
12606 1 8868 1 10199 2
53
SHENANDOAH IMPULS GLEE-ET 116092252 SHENANDOAH JERSEYS MD RICHIES TBONE ANNIE M8231 117178854 WUBS, RICHARD TX PR CAL-MART GANNON TABBY 3338 117065725 MARTIN DAIRY LLC OR FOREST GLEN TBONE CELESTIAL 067282680 FOREST GLEN JERSEYS OR GR VTF GANNON LIPS REEGAN 066090770 VA TECH FOUNDATION VA JCJ TBONE 17717 AHLEM, JAMES PR FARIA BROTHERS TBONE 44550 FARIA BROS DAIRIES
may 2012
963 2
57
606
0.23
71
0.13
46
556
439
347
3.09
2.3
0.6
2
81
5.9 172
483 1
50
1,525
-0.07
56
-0.05
45
447
445
453
2.80
2.9 -0.2
1
81
5.3 172
44
1,792
-0.14
54
-0.05
54
359
352
358
3.02
0.7
0.8
1
82
6.2 171
50
1,014
0.06
58
0.04
43
489
434
395
3.02
2.9
0.5
1
75
4.5 171
1,270
-0.02
54
-0.02
42
415
395
387
2.92
2.1 -0.2
2
90
8.6 171
88
758 2
55
1,241
0.00
57
-0.02
41
442
422
414
2.80
1.9
0.3
0
10964 1
49
1,006
0.00
47
0.01
38
450
414
391
2.96
3.1
0.6
0
6.9 171
534 2
56
782
0.17
68
0.05
38
517
454
408
3.02
3.0
0.9
2
5.2 171
83
7.9 171
146 1
50
804
0.09
55
0.04
37
438
382
342
2.98
2.1 -0.2
1
81
8.8 171
3338 1
49
1,170
0.07
67
0.03
48
439
383
343
2.98
1.7 -0.3
0
76
6.9 170
2680 1
51
1,105
-0.01
49
0.04
47
424
364
321
2.94
0.9
4639 1
52
1,489
-0.02
64
-0.04
46
392
382
383
2.89
1.6 -1.2
0.1
0
9.0 170
1
7.8 170
83
116231604 17717 2 56 1,267 -0.04 51 0.00 46 376 339 317 3.16 1.4 0.0 2 85 8.8 170 CA 840003004195370 44550 2 51 1,141 0.04 60 0.02 45 392 344 312 2.99 0.4 0.1 2 81 8.2 170 TX
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Name Registration owner ADDRESS CN Rec Rel Milk
Predicted Transmitting Ability Type %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS PL PR Rec FS EFI JPI
DEBOER TBONE M5909 DEBOER, NICO MM RENAME 9193 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY ALYBILL MERCHANT HAYDEN BILLMAN, ALICE J
116031204 5909 3 58 1,116 0.04 59 0.03 45 412 361 325 3.04 1.1 0.0 2 80 9.1 170 TX 117231045 9193 1 50 866 0.05 50 0.06 43 482 409 355 3.10 3.1 0.7 0 5.0 170 OR 067033497 497 2 51 1,107 0.04 59 0.00 40 435 403 384 3.10 2.6 -0.2 2 83 8.2 170 OH
GR MM IMPULS 7009 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY GR BOHNERTS GANNON ALTOID BOHNERT JERSEYS & SKI PAL FARM FOREST GLEN IMPULS MARTY FOREST GLEN JERSEYS JACE JANET KAUFFMAN, ROBERT D SUNWEST BLAIR HARM G5951 GREEN VALLEY DAIRY
116552268 OR 067721028 IL 067481215 OR 115791288 OH 067035951 CA
LYON PARAMOUNT BEST-ET LYON JERSEYS GR SF GANNON 10817 STAAS FARM INC FOREST GLEN JARRETTS BEAUTY FOREST GLEN JERSEYS PR STROTTMANN CHAMP 598 STROTTMANN RONALD J & SONS MM RENAME 9203 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY
114232131 IA 117003468 CA 067481439 OR 067096598 IA 117231102 OR
PINE HILL CELEBRITY CATHRINE LINDSAYS PINE HILL JERSEY FARM GR GOLDEN MEADOWS GANNON BUFFY DIAS FAMILY DAIRY MM RENAME 9118 HOGAN, DAVID L MM IMPULS 7000 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY JER-Z-BOYZ MONUMENT 21146 JER-Z-BOYZ
117170584 OH 117203260 CA 117234057 OR 116552204 OR 117820872 CA
SUGAR BUSH LINCOLN MILLIE CHITTENDEN, CRAIG A PINE HILL AVE TANNIE LINDSAYS PINE HILL JERSEY FARM PINE HILL IMPULS INEZ UNKEFER, WILLIAM OWEN DAR-RE ARTIST KAYA MILLER REGAN F & FAMILY GR DEBOER TBONE M8185 DEBOER, NICO
067231295 NY 116500074 OH 115865749 OH 067089127 OH 117182695 TX
RICHIES TBONE M5704 WUBS, RICHARD PR GURE BEHIA MILITIA 782 GREEN VALLEY DAIRY NYMAN MOHAWK 12574 NYMAN BROS DP BLAZER SYLVIA 657 DESERT PARK JERSEYS GR FARIA BROTHERS TBONE 45911 FARIA BROS DAIRIES GR VIDA BOA IMPULS 14091 VIDA BOA FARMS PETERSON IMPUS LEANN PETERSON ERIC & ROY GR SCOTCH VIEW GANNON TRUDY GRAMMER WILLIAM P & DEBRA DAR VIEW ABE DARBY DARLING, ROBERT A MM TBONE 7723 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY
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54
860
0.13
65
0.05
40
481
420
375
3.02
2.4
0.8
2
84
5.7 170
1028 1
50
1,105
0.07
65
-0.01
38
421
398
385
2.92
2.2
0.0
1
83
8.6 170
1215 2
56
778
0.12
59
0.05
38
542
479
432
2.99
3.5
1.2
3
83
5.6 170
429 3 53 898 0.10 60 0.01 34 475 443 422 3.10 4.3 -0.7 2 88 7.4 170 5951 4
62
803
0.03
42
0.02
33
494
455
428
2.86
4.0
1.3
0
78
7.3 170
3551 5
65
734
0.11
55
0.02
30
497
462
437
2.79
3.9
0.6
2
91
8.0 170
10817 1
50
1,666
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50
-0.05
49
378
376
386
2.88
1.8
0.0
0
0.4
2
86
7.8 169
1439 2
56
1,323
-0.09
43
0.00
47
405
370
350
3.02
1.6
598 1
47
1,512
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60
-0.04
46
402
394
397
2.93
1.5 -0.4
0
7.9 169
9203 1
48
1,084
0.07
64
0.04
46
497
438
396
2.94
2.7 -0.2
0
5.4 169
3365 1
50
1,255
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47
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41
388
370
364
2.92
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1
784 1
49
1,438
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45
-0.06
40
386
394
410
2.82
3.0 -0.2
0
81
9.0 169
8.3 169 8.9 169
9118 1
50
1,016
0.19
84
0.02
40
519
477
448
2.92
2.8 -0.4
0
6.1 169
7000 2
55
504
0.18
58
0.12
40
516
413
330
3.02
2.5
0.7
2
4.7 169
21146 5
62
937
0.20
82
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39
530
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2.86
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0
84
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1295 1
48
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497
437
392
2.93
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1
85
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3084 2
56
1,008
0.03
52
0.01
38
480
445
422
2.84
3.5 -0.2
2
85
6.9 169
2877 3
57
652
0.08
46
0.06
35
501
436
386
2.99
3.8
1.1
2
90
4.6 169
4.9
127 4
61
457
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38
0.06
27
541
485
441
2.79
1.2
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88
4.7 169
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48
1,224
0.03
62
0.05
54
398
323
268
2.90 -0.8 -0.4
1
71
8.4 168
115844557 101 3 60 1,064 0.01 50 0.05 48 432 362 311 3.02 1.4 -0.5 2 86 TX 067094782 782 1 50 968 0.07 58 0.06 46 462 389 335 3.14 2.0 1.2 1 71 CA 116944755 12574 1 48 1,150 0.04 60 0.02 44 444 401 373 2.93 2.0 -0.5 1 73 CA 067089657 657 1 42 1,264 0.01 60 -0.01 43 462 437 424 2.89 2.5 0.5 0 OR 840003005134840 45911 2 56 1,487 -0.06 57 -0.05 42 323 328 343 3.02 0.7 0.3 1 83 TX 067314091 14091 1 52 862 0.07 53 0.05 41 457 392 344 3.06 2.6 0.3 1 CA 116111302 499 2 53 758 0.05 45 0.07 41 497 420 360 2.94 3.3 0.1 2 OR 115063969 63969 4 60 1,609 -0.03 67 -0.09 40 369 398 432 2.96 2.1 -0.4 3 OH 067099366 366 1 50 897 0.11 62 0.04 40 524 467 425 3.00 3.8 0.3 1 NY 116745507 7723 2 53 574 0.25 74 0.10 40 521 425 349 2.99 1.6 0.7 1 OR
MS TBONE 5980 G357 117133972 MOUNTAIN SHADOW DAIRY AZ BW SEVILLE SILVER R909 116003410 BIGNAMI, LAURA CA FOREST GLEN IMPULS JEWEL 067282765 BANSEN STANLEY K & DORA H OR GR KUTZ APPARITION 6193 840003001826608 KUTZ DAIRY LLC WI DREAM VIEW CACTUS 782 116252775 BLOUNT KEVIN & RONDA CA JCJ TBONE 17542 AHLEM, JAMES RICHIES HALLBROOK ADRIAN WUBS, RICHARD MM ABE 8464 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY VAN DE IMPULS LINDA GLINDA VAN DE JERSEYS MM ABE 6796
7009 2
8.3 168 6.0 168 8.0 168 7.7 168 8.6 168
84
5.0 168
86
5.7 168
86
8.4 168
85
5.7 168
79 7.3 168
7357 1
49
971
0.18
79
0.02
39
501
457
427
2.95
2.0
0.2
0
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714 2
55
981
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26
0.02
38
409
371
345
2.89
3.2
0.4
2
90
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2765 1
51
585
0.16
57
0.08
37
535
453
389
2.89
3.4
0.4
1
81
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6193 3
59
978
0.01
46
0.00
35
472
445
430
2.78
3.6
0.6
2
90
7.0 168
782 3
56
1,052
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42
-0.02
33
445
435
434
2.84
3.5
1.6
1
86
7.2 168
116232379 11905 2 56 787 0.02 39 CA 115723889 26 2 56 1,163 -0.03 48 TX 116923518 8464 1 51 923 0.17 75 OR 067541031 1031 1 48 762 0.11 57 PA 116558170 6796 2 56 1,002 0.07 60
0.02 31 448 415 393 2.94 3.7 0.7 2 90 8.6 168 0.03
48
413
355
315
2.95
1.5 -0.9
2
85
8.6 167
0.07
46
505
426
367
2.89
1.8 -0.2
1
77
5.3 167
0.09
44
507
417
348
3.06
2.8 -0.1
1
83
4.9 167
0.04
43
480
423
383
2.92
2.5 -0.4
2
81
7.3 167
JERSEY JOURNAL
Name Registration owner ADDRESS CN Rec Rel Milk MISTY MEADOW DAIRY
Predicted Transmitting Ability Type %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS PL PR Rec FS EFI JPI
OR
GR WINDHAVENS LIAM HELENA GREENE, WAYNE JR FOREST GLEN IMPULS TIA FOREST GLEN JERSEYS PR HILMAR BENEFACTOR 25582 AHLEM, CHARLES AHLEM TBONE FINESSE 33268 AHLEM, WILLIAM JR DEBOER TBONE M5572 DEBOER, NICO
067036672 672 2 51 1,108 -0.02 47 0.01 41 451 416 394 3.02 3.5 0.3 1 WI 067481185 1185 3 56 991 0.08 61 0.02 39 492 450 422 2.96 3.1 0.9 2 OR 067325582 25582 1 50 855 0.10 58 0.04 38 448 394 355 2.92 2.0 0.2 1 CA 066622701 33268 1 51 848 0.01 41 0.04 37 426 376 340 2.94 2.5 0.3 1 CA 115723142 5572 2 57 626 0.12 51 0.06 33 475 414 368 2.96 2.9 0.2 2 TX
RICHIES HALLBROOK STAR M6866 WUBS, RICHARD GR NORMANDELL DALE DUTCHESS NORMANDELL FARMS DEBOER HALLBROOK M6444 DEBOER, NICO WOODSTOCK MATINEE RICKI-ET WOODSTOCK DAIRY PR WILLOW GROVE ASTRONAUT 8732 DIAS, STEVE
116619752 TX 067066965 PA 116361994 TX 115934429 OR 114040138 CA
RAY NELLIE 89 116506360 MEYER JEFF & JASON NE AHLEM BROTHERS IMPULS 19833 840003005083344 AHLEM BROTHERS CA SUNSET CANYON JEVON LVG MAID-ET 115988736 CEDARCREST FARMS AL SBF IMPULS HARLEQUIN 067078589 ST BRIGIDS FARM MD SCHIRM IMPULS LULA 067291241 SCHIRM PAUL & DAWN & FAMILY OH PINE HILL TBONE ARIA LINDSAYS PINE HILL JERSEY FARM POLY IATOLA HALLE FERNANDES, COLLIN RICHIES HALLBROOK CAMILLA M6251 WUBS, RICHARD SHELL-BE FANCIER FERN BROUGHER MICHAEL & FANNIE KIRCHER RANCH ABES ANDRIA KIRCHER, ROBERT
117171848 OH 067085315 CA 116360434 TX 116611866 PA 067048782 OR
067048705 OR 114538947 OH 067323087 OR 116032643 NY 067037399 OR
CHOC-O-LIT IMPULS NOVA 067024165 MARTIN, STEVEN PA SCHULTZ ABE HARMAE 067106153 HUFFARD DAIRY FARMS VA PAULO-BRO IATOLA LITA-1003 115893300 PAULO BROS CA SUNWEST CACTUSJACK PASSION H8922 840003001485185 TWIN STAR DAIRY CA AHLEM TBONE GYPSY 33327 066622760 AHLEM, WILLIAM JR CA DAR-RE JACINTO PAYA MILLER REGAN F & FAMILY MM IMPULS 6600 MISTY MEADOW DAIRY SF IMPULS 10885 STAAS FARM INC CAL-MART TBONE MIGUELA 3083 MARTIN DAIRY LLC CAL-MART IMPULS BRYNNA 2529 MARTIN DAIRY LLC
067107226 OH 116557021 OR 117100606 CA 116895855 OR 116471226 OR
WILSONVIEW IMPULS MELODIE WILSONVIEW DAIRY PR FARIA BROTHERS PLUS 58844 FARIA BROS DAIRIES
067191474 OR 840003006317394 TX
may 2012
7.2 167 5.9 167
83
8.3 167
81
8.9 167
85 8.5 167
41 2
55
1,576
-0.18
37
-0.04
49
395
382
382
2.94
2.5 -1.0
2
80
8.0 166
965 1
52
1,704
-0.12
55
-0.07
47
370
382
402
3.10
2.9 -0.8
2
84
8.4 166
6444 3
57
1,229
-0.09
38
0.01
45
438
400
377
2.92
2.9
2
86
8.0 166
86
0.6
1023 3
56
1,019
0.17
79
0.04
45
467
404
359
2.99
1.2
0.2
2
1645 5
57
1,713
-0.23
32
-0.10
41
349
386
428
2.95
3.1
0.9
0
6.6 166 7.3 166
889 2
54
1,023
-0.07
33
0.02
41
442
396
365
2.92
3.0
0.4
0
87
7.9 166
19833 1
50
800
0.11
57
0.07
41
474
402
347
3.03
2.2
1.1
1
87
5.3 166
673 2
58
683
0.25
80
0.08
39
542
463
403
3.00
3.3 -0.7
1
84
6.4 166
589 1
50
543
0.24
70
0.10
39
577
482
406
2.89
3.4
0.3
1
81
4.5 166
1241 1
52
590
0.16
58
0.07
35
534
460
404
3.00
3.5
1.1
1
83
5.5 166
3398 1
49
633
0.19
66
0.06
34
482
418
369
2.94
1.8
0.1
0
8.7 166
315 2
56
620
0.11
49
0.03
28
489
448
419
2.82
3.3
0.6
1
86
8.0 166
32 2
55
1,588
-0.18
36
-0.03
50
404
389
387
2.94
2.6 -0.8
3
71
8.0 165
282 2
50
1,572
-0.18
36
-0.04
48
356
348
351
3.08
2.0 -1.0
2
84
7.8 165
8782 2
56
1,363
-0.08
46
0.00
48
444
411
391
2.88
3.4 -1.0
2
73
6.0 165
83
7.0 165
PR FARIA BROTHERS VENERABLE 47346 840003005622159 47346 1 41 1,797 -0.09 64 -0.09 46 329 356 390 2.98 1.1 -0.3 1 FARIA BROS DAIRIES TX GR CINNAMON RIDGE GARDEN LYDIA 116515496 774 2 53 1,179 -0.07 41 0.00 42 456 425 407 2.92 4.3 0.1 2 MAXWELL AMY & KARA IA JCJ SHAWNEE 20497 840003005971239 20497 1 48 1,497 -0.07 54 -0.06 41 448 459 478 2.98 3.6 0.8 1 AHLEM BROTHERS CA MATINEE RAMIE 115937178 18303 2 55 1,330 0.06 73 -0.03 41 493 484 485 2.86 3.0 0.4 2 CEDARCREST FARMS AL VALLEY OAKS ARTIST OF VENICE 067037219 7219 5 66 1,224 -0.06 45 -0.02 40 392 375 368 3.08 3.5 0.3 2 ORISIO, RAYMOND CA FOREST GLEN ABES BILLIE BANSEN STANLEY K & DORA H PINE HILL PARAMOUNT DELLIA LINDSAYS PINE HILL JERSEY FARM FOREST GLEN LOUIES WIRE FOREST GLEN JERSEYS MOONSHADOW HILLS BELLA SMITH, AMANDA C KIRCHER RANCH ARTIST ANDRA KIRCHER, ROBERT
87 85
8705 4
59
749
0.11
55
0.07
40
517
442
385
3.00
3.6
0.0
82
7.0 165
73
6.9 165
76 6.7 165 91
4.7 165
1
87
6.7 165
82
2342 5
63
909
0.06
54
0.03
39
490
439
403
3.06
3.4
0.8
2
3087 1
47
1,250
-0.01
56
-0.03
38
416
409
412
3.04
2.7
0.9
0
7.1 165
8.3 165
689 3
56
945
0.02
47
0.07
47
476
396
336
3.02
2.5
1.0
1
85
4.6 164
7399 5
63
1,393
-0.18
28
-0.04
41
402
401
409
2.86
3.6
0.0
2
86
5.7 164
65 1
49
855
0.08
55
0.04
39
479
421
379
2.94
2.9
0.6
2
88
6.2 164
6153 4
59
1,072
-0.02
45
0.00
38
443
415
399
2.90
3.6
0.4
3
86
7.3 164
1003 3
57
984
0.00
45
0.02
38
404
366
341
3.04
2.0
0.3
2
85
8.6 164
8922 3
58
1,127
-0.07
38
-0.02
36
417
405
401
2.89
2.9
1.8
2
86
7.5 164
33327 1
49
813
0.09
55
0.03
34
413
371
341
2.88
1.4
0.6
1
82
8.6 164
226 2
56
598
0.03
34
0.06
33
519
455
406
3.00
5.3
0.4
3
86
6.7 164
6600 3
56
225
0.27
61
0.13
33
584
475
387
3.04
4.3
0.7
3
85
4.4 164
10885 1
49
948
-0.02
39
-0.02
30
447
437
435
2.91
4.0
0.9
1
76
6.7 164
3083 1
52
300
0.22
55
0.10
29
498
415
348
3.02
2.9
0.7
1
83
7.4 164
290 2
56
861
0.01
41
0.08
46
475
389
324
2.98
2.6
0.9
2
85
5.5 163
1474 2
54
896
0.06
53
0.07
45
499
421
363
2.94
2.6
0.5
1
78
5.6 163
58844 1
41
1,825
-0.11
61
-0.11
43
303
345
392
2.94
0.5 -0.3
1
85
6.8 163
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Name Registration owner ADDRESS CN Rec Rel Milk OSCEOLA ILSLEV PLUM B155 116257097 155 2 BAKER ROBERT T OR JANET A WA SHENANDOAH KINGSVILLE SEANA 116017224 500 3 SHENANDOAH JERSEYS & ANDERSON ROB & KERRI MD HI-LAND MATINEE SALIMANCA 067095548 5548 3 CHAMBERLAIN, LINDSAY NY
Predicted Transmitting Ability Type %F Fat %P Prot CM$ NM$ FM$ SCS PL PR Rec FS EFI JPI
54
803
0.21
77
0.07
43
512
432
370
3.11
2.1
0.4
2
85
5.4 163
54
990
-0.04
38
0.02
39
445
403
375
2.92
3.4
0.3
2
83
8.1 163
60
1,036
0.14
74
0.01
38
498
466
447
2.92
3.2
0.2
2
83
6.8 163
87
7.3 163
83
5.7 163
83
7.9 163
KCC PETER 69J KNOLLE CATTLE COMPANY ALL LYNNS ARTIST ROSABEL ALLEN, DAVID AHLEM IMAGE ROSANNA 32655 AHLEM, WILLIAM JR DEBOER TBONE M5859 DEBOER, NICO GR NYMANS MORT 7930 NYMAN BROS
114192666 69 5 62 1,384 -0.12 40 -0.06 37 376 390 410 3.06 3.9 0.1 2 TX 116686936 1244 1 48 1,052 0.03 55 -0.01 36 464 442 431 2.82 2.6 0.9 1 WI 066622088 32655 1 44 984 0.05 54 0.00 36 419 389 370 3.04 2.3 0.3 1 CA 116028295 5859 2 55 823 0.07 51 0.02 33 431 394 369 2.92 2.4 -0.1 2 TX 115168244 7930 3 61 1,144 0.00 53 0.04 49 391 327 281 3.08 1.1 -0.1 2 CA
RICHIES A433 BOX M7860 WUBS, RICHARD GR K&K DALE 2851 WAKKER DAIRY DE-LIN LEGAL BALLARD PEG 2062 SPAHR JERSEY FARM HI-LAND REFLECTION FARM CHAMBERLAIN GREG & DAVID GR GURE BEHIA ABE 928 GREEN VALLEY DAIRY
117013670 TX 067132851 WI 067352062 OH 067125232 NY 067094928 CA
JCJ IMPULS 15841 AHLEM BROTHERS GR CAL-MART GANNON PEYTON 3113 MARTIN DAIRY LLC GABYS ARMSTRONG SINGER GABY, HENRY LEE PAULO BRO PMT LITA-ET PAULO BROS NYMANS FANCIER 10718 NYMAN BROS
117367201 CA 116896182 OR 116743130 TN 113678213 CA 116443366 CA
84 8.2 163 86
7.6 162
124 1
43
1,015
-0.01
45
0.05
46
408
341
292
3.02
1.6 -0.5
1
80
7.8 162
2851 2
56
1,548
-0.09
53
-0.05
45
384
385
396
2.98
2.7 -0.3
1
76
7.7 162
2062 1
43
1,174
-0.08
38
0.01
44
402
362
337
3.07
2.7 -0.3
1
81
6.8 162
5232 3
58
993
0.01
47
0.04
43
418
361
319
3.10
1.7
2
82
6.8 162
928 1
49
1,139
0.00
53
0.01
42
419
383
361
2.88
1.9 -0.3
0.4
0
15841 1
51
887
-0.03
34
0.05
42
448
382
332
3.00
2.7
1.4
1
84
4.7 162
3113 1
51
1,229
0.06
69
-0.02
40
366
349
343
2.96
1.5 -0.6
1
81
7.5 162
1695 1
40
1,007
0.05
56
0.02
40
429
385
356
3.03
2.3 -0.1
1
83
6.0 162
687 5
64
970
-0.04
37
0.03
40
486
438
404
2.82
3.5
0.3
2
83
8.9 162
10718 2
54
1,168
-0.05
44
-0.01
39
381
361
352
2.88
2.3 -1.2
2
90
7.7 162
BACHELORS IMPULS BARBIE 067048469 469 1 50 736 0.14 60 0.06 38 489 421 370 2.96 2.5 0.4 1 83 BACHELOR CODY & BACHELOR FARMS IN D&E CELEBRITY FERN 2940 067302940 2940 1 51 1,077 -0.02 45 -0.01 37 428 405 393 2.88 3.1 0.3 0 D & E JERSEYS CA CLOVER FARMS CHAMP JILLIAN 1280 067371280 1280 1 46 1,201 -0.09 38 -0.03 36 426 422 427 2.88 4.0 -0.4 1 82 CLOVER FARMS IL GR MM MATINEE 5519 116750385 5519 3 59 1,118 0.17 85 -0.02 36 490 476 472 2.89 2.6 -0.2 2 85 HOGAN, DAVID L OR SEVILLE LACE 116405986 18859 2 54 1,105 -0.16 19 -0.02 36 383 367 362 2.96 3.8 0.1 2 86 CEDARCREST FARMS AL MOLLY BROOK IMPULS PRIME MOLLY BROOK FARMS OSCEOLA MATINEE ELLEN D654 BAKER ROBERT T OR JANET A SCHULTZ TBONE TONNA HUFFARD DAIRY FARMS SCHULTZ ROCKET HARMNEE-ET HUFFARD DAIRY FARMS OSCEOLA DANIEL MARION B099 BAKER ROBERT T OR JANET A
067070330 VT 115742408 WA 067269099 VA 067044095 VA 116128696 WA
PETERSON NATHAN BERNICE PETERSON ERIC & ROY PR STROTTMANN JUPITER 606 STROTTMANN RONALD J & SONS SUNWEST RUBEX 251 GREEN VALLEY DAIRY GR HILMAR NILE 25687 AHLEM, CHARLES MOO LOUIE BAMBI 1083 MOORE, BRIAN J
115691113 OR 067096606 IA 067149251 CA 067325687 CA 067501083 NC
6.9 162
6.0 162 8.8 162 8.6 162 5.9 162 7.8 162
330 2
56
528
0.15
52
0.07
33
531
459
403
2.92
3.9
0.6
3
85
5.7 162
654 2
54
551
0.17
58
0.07
32
576
510
460
2.92
4.8
1.0
2
84
5.7 162
9099 1
51
600
0.10
46
0.05
30
454
403
364
2.98
3.4
0.8
1
84
7.9 162
4095 5
65
894
-0.08
25
-0.01
29
412
400
396
2.82
3.6
1.8
2
90
8.2 162
99 2
52
1,034
0.01
50
0.08
53
409
315
244
2.98
0.3 -0.4
1
72
6.0 161
82
403 3
56
1,141
-0.06
41
0.05
51
404
331
278
3.20
1.8
0.5
2
606 1
45
1,082
0.05
60
0.03
45
401
346
307
3.17
1.4
0.3
0
6.2 161
251 1
51
1,285
-0.01
56
-0.01
43
391
369
358
3.00
1.8 -0.6
1
7.5 161
79
6.7 161
25687 1
50
993
0.07
59
0.02
39
390
349
322
2.94
0.8
0.1
2
76
8.9 161
1083 1
47
1,560
-0.10
51
-0.09
38
374
405
441
2.94
2.6
0.6
1
75
7.1 161
0.00
38
507
481
467
2.79
4.0
0.8
1
80
4.9 161
GR BLUE MIST ARTIST PRECIOUS 115458404 755 4 59 1,091 -0.02 46 STAUFFER, WILLIAM WA SEVILLE KAY 116406820 18804 2 53 1,002 -0.09 28 CEDARCREST FARMS AL BW T-BONE ALFREDA S536 116493204 1656 2 55 719 0.09 50 BRENTWOOD FARMS CA RO-MAC MILITIA POLLY 067039385 385 2 54 695 0.13 56 MURPHY, ROGER C KS BW COUNTRY BRENNA S97 116120698 765 2 57 914 0.02 46 BRENTWOOD FARMS CA
0.01 38 419 383 359 2.90 3.0 0.7 2 83 8.2 161 0.06
38
428
358
304
3.02
1.7
0.5
1
87
8.5 161
0.07
38
491
418
362
2.98
3.0
0.7
2
90
7.6 161
0.00
33
396
370
355
2.98
3.0
0.3
3
90
7.7 161
Queen-Acres Farm P.O. Box 88, Keymar, MD 21757 James & Sharon Osborn • 410/775-2420 Deborah C. Osborn • 410/775-0558 Email: littlebrowncows@hotmail.com
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July 1 is Deadline to Apply for 2012-13 Scholarships July 1 is the deadline to submit applications for six scholarships administered by the American Jersey Cattle Association, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. These awards will provide financial support to Jersey youth enrolled in colleges or universities or, in some cases, seeking hands-on experience in the development and management of Registered Jersey™ cattle. Applicants must be a junior or life member of the American Jersey Cattle Association upon submitting their application. A minimum grade point average of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale) is required to apply for these scholarships. A copy of the applicant’s high school or college transcript must be included with the application form. A Russell–Malnati Scholarship for Advanced Studies of $5,000 will be awarded. Undergraduate students who have completed at least one-half of coursework credit hours required for a degree in dairy science, animal science (dairy emphasis), large animal veterinary practice, dairy production or manufacturing, or dairy product marketing, and graduate students in those program areas are eligible to apply. The William A. Russell Memorial Scholarship of $1,000 will be presented to a student who will begin a program of study at an accredited college or university in the fall of 2012. The Cedarcrest Scholarship of $1,500 will be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student seeking a degree in large animal veterinary practice, dairy production, dairy manufacturing, or dairy product marketing. Also to be awarded is the $1,500 Bob Toole Jersey Youth Award, which can be used for either college expenses or a well-defined practical experience related to breeding, developing and showing Registered Jerseys™. The V. L. Peterson Scholarship and Paul Jackson Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to students who have completed at least one year of college or uni-
versity work. The award amount for each scholarship is $1,000. The Reuben R. Cowles Jersey Youth Award will be presented to a resident of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Applicants must be at least high school graduates, but not older than 36 years of age as of January 1. Applicants must state whether the award money will be used for to support their education or to fund a trip to the All American Jersey Show and Sale, the AJCA-NAJ Annual Meetings or other Jersey educational activities. The value of this award is variable; for 2010, it was $1,000. Applications are posted on the USJersey website at www.usjersey.com/YouthProgram/scholarshipinfo.html. For the 2012-13 academic year, $18,500 will be awarded across all AJCA scholarship programs. These awards will be presented Saturday, November 3 at the annual Junior Banquet held during The All American Jersey Shows and Sales in Louisville, Ky. For more information, contact the American Jersey Cattle Association by writing 6486 E. Main Street, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068-2362, or visit its web site at USJersey.com.
Calendar
(continued from page 10)
JULY 9-11—WISCONSIN FARM TECHNOLOGY DAYS, Breezy Hills Dairy, Dallas, Wis. JULY 15-19—ADSA-ASAS JOINT ANNUAL MEETING, Phoenix, Ariz. JULY 16-20—MICHIGAN DAIRY EXPO, Michigan State University Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, Michigan State, East Lansing, Mich. JULY 21—MARYLAND JERSEY FIELD DAY, Frederick County Fairgrounds, Frederick, Md. JULY 21—NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA FIELD DAY, Piedmont Jerseys, Lincolnton, N.C.; 10:00 a.m. MA R C H 2 , 2 0 1 3 — WIS C O N SI N J E R SEY BREEDERS STATE MEETING, Western Grand Seasons Hotel, Waupaca, Wis. JULY 8-12, 2013—ADSA-ASAS JOINT ANNUAL MEETING, Indianapolis, Ind.
Shows
JULY 17—MICHIGAN DAIRY DAYS JERSEY SHOW, Michigan State Livestock Pavilion, East Lansing, Mich. JULY 21—DELAWARE JUNIOR FUTURITY SHOW, 8:00 p.m.; Quillen Arena, Delaware State
MRcKee JFarm egistered erseys
P.O. Box 5, Faunsdale, Alabama 36738 George, Nancy, Robert
and
Amzi McKee
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Fairgrounds, Harrington, Del. J U LY 2 2 — DELAWA R E J U N IO R J E R SEY SHOW, 4:00 p.m.; Quillen Arena, Delaware State Fairgrounds, Harrington, Del. JULY 25—DELAWARE OPEN JERSEY SHOW, 6:00 p.m.; Quillen Arena, Delaware State Fairgrounds, Harrington, Del. JULY 31—MAINE STATE FAIR JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Bangor, Maine; 2:00 p.m. AUG. 1—MAINE STATE FAIR OPEN JERSEY SHOW, Bangor, Maine; 2:00 p.m. AUG. 2—OHIO STATE FAIR JUNIOR SHOW, 9:00 a.m.; Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio; Nathan Thomas, Cable, Ohio, judge. AUG. 3—OHIO STATE FAIR OPEN SHOW, heifers; 9:00 a.m.; Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio; Steve White, New Castle, Ind., judge. AUG. 3—WISCONSIN STATE JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Wisconsin State Fair Park, West Allis, Wis.; 12:30 p.m. AUG. 4—OHIO STATE FAIR OPEN SHOW, cows and futuriy; 9:00 a.m.; Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio; Steve White, New Castle, Ind., judge. 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—WISCONSIN STATE JERSEY SHOW, Wisconsin State Fair Park, West Allis, Wis.; 8:00 a.m. AUG. 14-15—WISCONSIN STATE SHOW, Marshfield, Wis. 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.; Steve White, New Castle, Ind., judge. AUG. 17—MISSOURI STATE FAIR JERSEY OPEN SHOW, 2:30 p.m.; Coliseum, Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Mo. 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. 31—COLORADO STATE FAIR OPEN AND JUNIOR SHOW, heifers; 11:00 a.m.; Colorado State Fairgrounds, Pueblo, Colo. SEPT. 1—COLORADO STATE FAIR JUNIOR AND OPEN SHOW, cows; 9:00 a.m.; Pueblo, Colo. SEPT. 15—NATIONAL CATTLE CONGRESS JUNIOR SHOW AND SUPREME SCHOLARSHIP SHOW, Waterloo, Iowa. OCT. 2—INTERNATIONAL JERSEY SHOW, Heifers, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis.; 1:00 p.m.; Mark Rueth, Oxford, Wis., judge. OCT. 3—INTERNATIONAL JERSEY SHOW, Cows, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wis.; 7:30 a.m.; Mark Rueth, Oxford, Wis., judge. OCT. 14—ARKANSAS STATE FAIR OPEN AND JUNIOR DAIRY SHOW; Little Rock. Ark.; 9:00 a.m. NOV. 3—THE ALL AMERICAN JUNIOR JERSEY SHOW, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 8:00 a.m. NOV. 4—NATIONAL JERSEY JUG FUTURITY, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 1:00 p.m. NOV. 5—THE ALL AMERICAN JERSEY SHOW, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; 7:30 a.m.
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More and more Jersey breeders are genotyping their animals as the technology proves its value as a merchandising and herd management tool. To date, nearly 16,000 Registered Jersey females have been genotyped. Genotyping provides genomic information for a variety of production, type, health and fitness traits, determines status for Jersey Haplotype 1 (JH1) and verifies parentage. The Jersey breed currently has two tests available for genotyping females—a lowdensity 8K chip and a high-density 50K chip. The tests differ by the number of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are analyzed and the reliability of the genomic evaluation that is obtained. In this month’s column, we’ll discuss the tests and see how resulting genomic evaluations are displayed on performance pedigrees, performance progeny reports and other genetic reports provided by the American Jersey Cattle Association. 8K versus 50K The low-density 8K genotyping test evaluates 8,653 SNPs. This test replaces two previous versions of the low-density chip used by the Jersey breed in recent years—the 3K chip and the 6K chip, which evaluated 2,600 and 6,909 SNPs, respectively. The high-density 50K genotyping test evaluates about 41,000 SNPs. Both the 8K and 50K tests capture the same kind of information and evaluate the same traits. Reliabilities for the 50K test are generally higher than those for the 8K test. For example, the reliabilities for heifers and cows tested with the 50K chip on the list of the Top 500 Females for GJPI (Aprile 2012) average 62% while the reliabilities of their peers tested with the 8K chip average 56%. Overall, genotyping increases the reliability of genomic evaluations about 20% over traditional evaluations. Jersey breeders should note that JH1 status based on 50K, 8K and 6K genotypes are considered to be official so will be included on AJCA reports. JH1C indicates the animal is a carrier; JH1F indicates the animal is tested free of JH1. 3K genotypes are considered to be unofficial. Notice of JH1 status is provided to the owner of an animal, but not published on pedigrees and progeny reports. Down the road, Jersey breeders will be able to include evaluations for additional may 2012
The test associated with the genomic evaluation (3K, 6K, 8K or 50K) is noted on pedigrees, progeny reports and other genetic reports from the AJCA, including the list of the Top 500 Females for GJPI shown above. Generally, reliabilities increase with the number of SNPs that are evaluated. If several relatives of an animal have also been genotyped, relabilities may increase as well.
traits in the 8K test, such as tests for betacasein A2 or bovine viral diarrhea-persistent infection. There will be additional costs associated with these options.
nomic evaluation that has been influenced by information of genotyped ancestors. These acronyms will also be published on pedigrees and progeny reports.
Genomic Evaluations on Pedigrees Evaluations that result from genotyping are identified with the acronym “GT” on Registered Jersey pedigrees and progeny reports. The genotyping test that is associated with the evaluation is included with the acronym. Jersey breeders will notice the following acronyms on pedigrees and progeny reports for females: GT3K, GT6K, GT8K and GT50K. For bulls, the acronym GT is used by itself. Genomic evaluations can also be the result of imputations from ancestors or close relatives. GI (genotype through imputation) is a genomic evaluation that has been imputed from genotyped progeny. GA (genotype through ancestry) is a ge-
More Information For REAP herds, the cost to genotype a Registered Jersey female is $30 per female. For non-REAP herds, the cost is $40. The cost to genotype a female with the 50K test is $100 for REAP herds and $115 for non-REAP herds. To learn more about genotyping, follow the monthly webinar, This Month in Jersey Genomics. To register for the program or view past webinars, visit http://www.usjersey.com/News/webinars.htm. For more information on genotyping or to order a genotyping kit, contact Cari Wolfe, Director of Genetic Research and Genetic Program Development, at 614/322-4453 or cwolfe@usjersey.com.
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VanBuskirk and Palmertons Honored at Michigan Meeting The Michigan Jersey Cattle Club (MJCC) held its annual meeting on February 22, 2012, at the Soaring Eagle Conference Center in Mount Pleasant. Sixty members and guests attended the event held in conjunction with the Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference. Jim VanBuskirk, Carleton, received the organization’s Master Breeder Award. Jim and his wife, Jan, and son, David, operate JVB Red Hot Jerseys on a farm that has been in the family since 1835. Jim purchased his first Registered Jersey in 1952 as a 4-H project. Eight years later, he took over operation of the farm from his grandfather. Today, the Registered Jersey herd includes 120 milking cows and an equal number of replacement heifers and raises 400 acres of corn, alfalfa and soybeans. The herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 lactation average of 17,853 lbs. milk, 868 lbs. fat and 664 lbs. protein on 85 lactations. With the latest appraisal in January, the herd includes 13 Excellent and 91 Very Good cows and has an appraisal average of 83.7%. The VanBuskirks have been active on the tanbark trail on local, state and regional levels and exhibited at The All American Show since 1982. They bred the reserve winner of the National Jersey Jug Futurity three times—JVB Red Hot C Zsa in 2004, JVB Jims Sadie in 1991 and JVB Starsetter Lassie in 1988—and the Grand Champion at the Michigan State Fair numerous times. Among the prominent cow families developed by VanBuskirk is the “Belinda” family, which traces to Sunny Day Bold Belinda, Excellent-94%. She made 38,557 lbs. milk, 1,802 lbs. fat and 1,411 lbs. protein at 6-11 and sent five sons to A.I. Two of her four Excellent daughters, JVB Red Hot Mor Belinda-ET, Excellent-94%, and JVB Red Hot Gold Belinda-ET, Excellent-90%, each have records over 29,000 lbs. milk. “Mor Belinda” was the state’s high-producing aged cow in 2011.
MJCC President Greg Palen presents the Michigan Junior Achievement Award to Britney Lewis.
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Patricia and Francis Palmerton receive the Distinguished Service Award from MJCC President Greg Palen. All photos courtesy Renee McCauley.
Jim VanBuskirk, right, was honored with the Master Breeder Award. He receives his award from MJCC President Greg Palen.
Her 7-0 record of 29,840 lbs. milk, 1,609 lbs. fat and 1,030 lbs. protein has a dollar value of $6,770. Jim served two consecutive terms as director of the American Jersey Cattle Association beginning in 2005 and was also elected vice president of the organization. He served on the All American Show and Sale Committees and the All American Junior Show Committee and received the Max Gordon Recognition Award in 2010. He has also been president and director of the MJCC. Jan is a member of the National Jersey Jug Committee and David and his wife, Yvonne, received the AJCA Young Jersey Breeder Award in 2008. The Distinguished Service Award was given to Francis and Patricia Palmerton, Fowlerville. The couple operated Hapalson Jersey Farm with Francis’ brother, Claude, until the milking cows were dispersed in September 2008. The sale averaged $2,044.47 on 208 head. The family sold the heifers privately and now raises corn, soybeans and hay on the 600-acre farm in the central part of the state. Francis and Patricia have been longtime supporters of the Michigan Jersey Cattle Club. For more than two decades, Francis served the organization as a director, stepping down this year to allow other Jersey breeders to participate. He also chaired the production awards committee for many years. Patricia served on the production awards committee with her husband and also was on the junior committee for 20-plus years. In recent years, the couple helped to judge the junior achievement contest. Hapalson Jersey Farms was a strong advocate for the Michigan State Sale. The Palmertons could be counted on to send their best, often consigning the high seller or others near the top. Patricia would typically arrive at the event first thing in the morning, armed with homecooked food, and lend a hand wherever it was needed all day. The family also often donated hay.
With more free time on their hands, Francis and Patricia enjoy visiting family and friends, camping and traveling in their motor home. Britney Lewis, Jerome, earned the Junior Achievement Award. The daughter of John and Brenda Lewis is a high school senior and plans to attend Michigan State University (MSU) in the fall, majoring in agriculture business. She is president of the state junior Jersey club and the reigning Michigan Jersey Queen. Her herd of Registered Jerseys includes two milking cows, six heifers and a bull being raised as a herd service sire. Though she has been involved with dairy quiz bowl and judging, she especially enjoys being on the lead strap in the show ring. She won Supreme Champion at the MSU 4-H Dairy Days Youth Show in 2008 and at the Michigan State Fair in 2009. With her favorite cow, JBL Mentor Discos Be Bop, Excellent-92%, she topped the Michigan Jersey Futurity in 2007 and earned Supreme Champion of the open and 4-H shows at the state fair in 2009. Britney was named Hillsdale County Outstanding Dairy Youth and won the state’s Frank Proctor Memorial Award in 2011. She is president of the school’s Students Against Destructive Decisions, a member of the student council and played softball for four years. All-Michigan and Reserve AllMichigan Awards were given to Jersey breeders in 19 age categories based on placings at the All Michigan Jersey Show in July. Vitality Dairy Crew, Elsie, received three All-Michigan and three Reserve All-Michigan awards. Tim and Beth Place, Perry, earned three AllMichigan and two Reserve All-Michigan awards. Other Jersey breeders receiving awards were: Danielle Adams, Clinton; Thomas Atherton, Gaines; Amber Black, Howard City; Alexis Bowman, Addison; Joe Bowman, Addison; Nick Crabtree, Addison; Margie and Jennifer Crabtree, (continued to page 96)
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Addison; Taylor Fuhrman, Perry; Raymond E. Jacobs, New Lothrop; Paul and Sherry Meyer, Byron Center; Kylie Miller, Addison; Eric Moser, Dansville; Larry and Sandy Place, Perry; Pro-Hart Jerseys, Prescott; Beth Rupprecht, Vassar; Rustic Jerseys, Morley; Tumbleweed Jerseys, Lowell; and Denise Weston, Concord. Thirteen juniors earned Junior AllMichigan and Reserve All-Michigan Awards. Juniors Danielle Adams, Alexis Bowman, Jennifer Crabtree, Taylor Fuhrman and Kylie Miller, all mentioned previously, earned junior awards as well. Other juniors receiving recognition were: Luke Bowman, Addison, Courtney Butcher, Corunna; Nicolas Clark, Prescott; Nathan Crabtree, Addison; Evelyn Fuhrman, Perry; Eric Moser, Dansville; and Cody Place, Perry. Production awards were also given for herd averages and individual cow production based on the dollar value of the record. The state’s high herd for milk production is Vitality Dairy Crew, owned by Susie Green and her daughters, Emily
and Sadie. The herd average for 2011 is 18,623 lbs. milk, 793 lbs. fat and 651 lbs. protein, with a dollar value of $3,779. The top herd for fat is Breview Jerseys, Wayland, with a herd average of 16,689 lbs. milk, 835 lbs. fat and 602 lbs. protein and a dollar value of $3,714. The dairy earned certificates for high individual cow production in six of the seven categories, including lifetime production. Hapalson Keeper 1536-P, Very Good-84%, made 166,345 lbs. milk, 7,387 lbs. fat and 5,544 lbs. protein in eight lactations. The Very Good-84% daughter of Den-Kel Choice Keeper-P, GJPI -32, was purchased in the Hapalson dispersal in 2008. Other members of the Breview milking string that earned production certificates were: PR Breview Jevon 3515, the high junior two-year-old with 22,415 lbs. milk, 1,311 lbs. fat and 825 lbs. protein and a dollar value of $5,454; HAF Bre View Shalya, the top senior two-year-old with 23,723 lbs. milk, 1,032 lbs. fat and 869 lbs. protein and a dollar value of $4,971; Chicopee Parades Trudy, the high junior three-year-old with 19,807 lbs. milk, 1,170 lbs. fat and 765 lbs. protein and a dollar value of $4,944; HAF Lieutenant
Dawn, the top senior three-year-old with 22,354 lbs. milk, 1,205 lbs. fat and 861 lbs. protein and a dollar value of $5,317; and Hapalson Lieutenant 1870, the top four-year-old with 22,602 lbs. milk, 1,322 lbs. fat and 966 lbs. protein and a dollar value of $5,866. The high-producing aged cow was “Mor Belinda,” mentioned previously. In the business meeting, members heard reports from Greg Palen, Ovid, co-chair of the sale committee, Susie Green, chair of the show committee, Britney Lewis, president of the junior club and Renee McCauley, editor of the Michigan Jersey News. The organization approved funding the Michigan State University dairy judging team $300. AJCA-NAJ Area Representative Ron Mosser spoke about performance of the national Jersey organizations in 2011, noting new records for registrations, cows and herds enrolled on REAP, cows appraised and JerseyTags ordered. He told the group that Jerseys are getting their feet in the door of many Holstein herds, even when just one or two are initially purchased. The current slate of officers was reelected to serve the organization again in 2012. Greg Palen is president, Susan Green is vice president and Sandy Place is secretary. Directors elected for 2012 include: Joe Bowman; Craig Martin, Olivet; Tim Place; and Tim Shaver, Silverwood. John Lewis will serve as alternate.
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March 2012 Online Sale
The March 2012 JerseyBid Online Sale closed on March 27, 2012, with a sale average of $1,270.83 on six lots. The sale’s gross receipts on the live animals and embryos totalled $7,625. Number
Sale Analysis
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A pen of five bred heifers consigned by Philip H. Myers, Louisville, Ohio, were sold for $1,275 a piece. The group may 2012
consisted of four third trimester and one second trimester heifer were purchased by Jason and Leah James, Mineral Point, Wis. The high-pedigreed group of heifers ranged in P-Levels from 8 to 1 and were sired by some of the most used sires of the breed: ISDK Q Impuls, GJPI +184; MVF Kulp SJ Pmont Sulton-ET, GJPI +139; Forest Glen Avery Action-ET, GJPI +93; Richies Jace Tbone A364, GJPI +161; and Schultz Declo Rescue, GJPI +38. Also selling in the online auction was an embryo package and 138 units of semen. 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 614/322-4473 or log on to the website at www.JerseyBid.com. Page 97
Maryland Recognizes Achievements Maryland Jersey breeders gathered for the 91st meeting of their state Jersey organization on March 17, 2012, at the Frederick County 4-H Camp and Activities Center in Frederick. The highlight of the program was an awards ceremony that recognized achievements of juniors and adults. Abby Riggleman, Jefferson, was presented with the Herbert Hoopes Senior Award for her work with Maryland juniors. Macayla Wiles, Hagerstown, was crowned as the Maryland Jersey Queen. She will compete at the National Jersey Queen contest held during All American festivities this fall. Wiles also placed third in the senior girls division of the record book contest. Katie Grace Weant, Taneytown, was named Maryland Jersey Princess and topped the intermediate girls division of the record book contest. Jessica Sentelle, Jefferson, won the John Stiles Award for being the most active junior member of the club. Sentelle received a scholarship from the Maryland Jersey Cattle Club (MJCC) and was the overall winner of the record book contest. She also placed first in the senior division of the contest for girls. Three other juniors received scholarships as well. Brandon K. Kahler, Keymar, won the Warren Fender Scholarship. Amber M. Lippy, Union Bridge, received the Charlotte Stiles Scholarship. Hannah R. Hood, Union Bridge, received a second scholarship from the MJCC. Awards for winning record books were given to nine other juniors. In the junior girls division, Gabrielle Bowers, Frederick, placed first for the second consecutive year, Daisy Gardner placed second and Schuyler Bowers, Frederick, was third. In the intermediate girls division, Catherine Savage, Dickerson, placed second, Autumn Lippy, Union Bridge, was third and Kaitlyn M. Blank,
Abby Riggleman receives the Herbert Hoopes Senior Award from President Allen Stiles. All photos courtesy Laurie Savage.
Brandon Kayler, left, was named recipient of the Warren Fender Scholarship. Jean and Wayne Fender make the presentation.
Frederick, earned an honorable mention award. Amber Lippy placed second in the senior girls division of the contest. In the record book contest for boys, Noah C. Iager, Boonsboro, placed first among juniors and Jacob Noffsinger, Frederick, was first among seniors. In all, 42 juniors competed in the contest. Thirteen juniors received Junior AllMaryland, Reserve Junior All-Maryland and Honorable Mention All-Maryland awards in a dozen age categories. Jessica Sentelle took home three certificates for Junior All-Maryland winners. Katie Grace Weant earned certificates for two Junior All-Maryland winners and two Reserve Junior All-Maryland winners. Other juniors to earn awards were: Gabrielle Bowers; Schuyler Bowers; Amber Lippy; Union Bridge; Autumn Lippy; MacKenzie Poole, Westminster; Ryan Poole, Westminster; Catherine Savage; James H. Savage, Dickerson; Natalie J. Youse, Ridgely; and Patrick Youse, Ridgely.
of 20,618 lbs. milk, 1,232 lbs. fat and 716 lbs. protein and a value of $3,995 on 12 cows. Shenandoah Jerseys, Boonsboro, was first among herds with 40 or more cows with a herd average of 19,397 lbs. milk, 955 lbs. fat and 719 lbs. protein and a value of $3,514 on 122 cows. Four members of the milking string at OSC Dairy earned certificates for individual production based on age. OCS Dairy Pearly Rainey Rachel, owned by Daisy Gardner, was the high senior yearling in milk in the adult contest and also earned the top prize in the junior production contest—the J. Hansen Hoffman Junior Award . She produced a 1-9 record with a value of $5,309 and an m.e. of 28,374– 1,771–990. Two other cows owned by Gardner were top producers in the junior production contest as well. OCSDairy Pearley PS Rosie was the high three-yearold with 21,043–1,259–833 and a value of $4,278. Her dam, WD Pearly Shirley, was the high-producing aged cow. At 6-0, she produced a record with an m.e. of 21,512– 1,316–732 and a value of $4,189. OCS Dairy Beauty Daisy, owned by Chase Smith, produced the high junior three-year-old record in the adult contest with a value of $5,309 and an m.e. of 30,944–1,489–1,023 at 3-3. Shenandoah Jerseys took home three certificates for individual cow production in the adult contest. Shenandoah Kingsville Seanna, Very Good-83%, produced the
Outgoing Maryland Jersey Queen Autumn Lippy, right, congratulations the newlycrowned Maryland Jersey Queen, Macayla Wiles, left, and princess, Katie Grace Weant.
Kay Hoffman presents the J. Hansen Hoffman Junior Award to Daisy Gardner for the high-producing cow in the junior production contest, OCS Dairy Pearly Rainey Rachel.
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Production Awards Maryland Jersey breeders were also recognized for herd averages and individual cow production based on milkfat-protein dollars (MFP$) value. OSC Dairy, owned by Clayton and Shirley Smith, Jefferson, received the J. Hansen Hoffman Senior Award for being the high herd for dollar value at $3,995. The dairy was high among its peers with 10-39 cows as well, with a herd average
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Betty Heath, right, presents the Charlotte Stiles Scholarship to Amber Lippy. Amber also earned an award in the youth production contest.
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Donation Made to Jersey Youth Academy in Dr. H. Duane Norman’s Honor
Colleagues, friends and family of Dr. H. Duane Norman, Fulton, Md., contributed $1,000 in his honor to Jersey Youth Academy at a banquet March 14, 2012, to celebrate his retirement after 42 years with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. Norman joined the USDA as a Research Geneticist (Animal) at Beltsville, Md., in 1970 and served as Research Leader of the Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory (AIPL) for nearly 24 years. His retirement was effective December 31, 2011. Under Duane’s leadership, AIPL has expanded its role into producing genetic predictions for 28 yield and fitness traits that are integrated directly into industry management programs. The AIPL research program, which is carried out in cooperation with several industry organizations, has helped make the United States the world leader in dairy cattle genetics and has increased the production efficiency of dairy cattle worldwide through sales of semen, embryos, and cattle. The AIPL research team has been recognized with the ARS Technology Transfer Award and with USDA’s Distinguished Service Award. Duane has received personal recognition for his accomplishments by several industry groups and by the Polish Ministry of Agriculture. He also has received four awards from the American Dairy Science Association, including its highest research award (Land O’ Lakes) and its Distinguished Service Award. In 2007, he was named National Dairy Shrine’s Guest of Honor, and last fall he was honored by World Dairy Expo at the Industry Person of the Year. He has had a productive research career, (co)authoring 500 publications, including 150 peer reviewed manuscripts, and presenting over 300 talks to research and industry audiences.
Preserving and Advancing Jersey Cattle Genetics: Jersey Island Genetics Brought to U. S.
Jersey dairy cattle are found in at least 82 countries where they have made substantial contributions to animal agriculture. The progenitors of these cattle can still be found on Jersey Island. For over 219 years these cattle have been kept in genetic isolation from non-Jersey Island cattle—but this situation changed in 2008. The Royal Jersey Agriculture and Horticultural Society (RJA&HS) promoted, and after evaluation by the States of Jersey parliament concluded, Jersey genetics could be imported and used on island Jersey cattle, with a proviso that they have an enhanced pedigree status of seven generations of recorded ancestry and no known other breed in the pedigree. An important consideration in allowing the importation of Jersey genetics was the need to have semen safely cryopreserved and stored in a secure facility. By having such a reserve the RJA&HS could reintroduce the pre-importation genetic composition of Jersey cattle, if so desired. The RJA&HS found a secure facility and willing partner with the National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP) located at the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Ft. Collins, Colo., and part of USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. The NAGP has been developing germplasm collections for all livestock species for over 10 years and has amassed over 700,000 samples from more than 17,000 animals representing approximately 130 livestock breeds and over 100 commercial and research lines. Currently the collection has over 600 bulls from U. S. and Canadian Jersey populations. The program has also been used by researchers and industry alike to characterize and reestablish animal
populations. After acquiring the necessary permits, the shipment of Jersey Island samples was initiated and completed in January 2012. The shipments contained samples from approximately 400 Jersey bulls that ranged in birth years from the 1960s to the present. The shipments also contained samples for research purposes. It has already been determined, through postthaw semen evaluation that the samples are viable and if used should have typical conception rates. Samples have been sent to the USDA, ARS Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. Researchers there will determine how different the Jersey Island cattle are from non-Jersey Island populations using the latest SNP chip tools and next generation sequencing instruments. This data will genetically identify differences and similarities in population structure, diversity, and differentiation between Jersey populations. Some of this analysis will focus on finding the regions of the genome that have been changed through artificial selection for increased milk production in non-island Jerseys, while assessing if the overall diversity of Island Jersey cattle is greater than those populations under intense selection. These findings will assist in future utilization of the unique genetic background preserved in the Jersey Island cattle. The States of Jersey and RJA&HS decision to allow importation while ensuring pre-importation genetics was safely preserved provides a model for how genetic variability can be preserved while enabling the livestock sector to make necessary changes to meet existing and future production challenges. In addition it is an example of how countries can be mutually supportive in conserving animal genetic resources through gene banking. Editors Note: This research article was authored by the following: H. D. Blackburn 1, T. S. Sonstegard 2, C. P. Van Tassell 2, H. J. Huson 2, Cari Wolfe 3, and David Hambrook 4. Sources: 1. National Animal Germplasm Program ARS-USDA; 2. Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory ARS-USDA; 3. American Jersey Cattle Association; 4. Royal Jersey Agriculture and Horticultural Society.
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Juniors earning recognition in the record book contest included (front, left to right) Kaitlyn Blank, Gabrielle Bowers, Schuyler Bowers, Daisy Gardner, Noah Iager, (back) Catherine Savage, Autumn Lippy, Katie Grace Weant, Amber Lippy and Macayla Wiles.
high record among senior two-year-olds with a 2-10 record of 27,173–1,247–1,029 and a value of $4,817. Shenandoah Abe Glad II, Very Good-80%, produced the top senior three-year-old record. Her 3-9 record has a value of $4,860 and an m.e. of 25,863–1,373–965. Shenandoah Impuls Siri, Desirable-77%, was the leader among four-year-olds in the state with a 4-2 record of 25,473–1,304–924 and a value of $4,657. Queen Acres Jerseys, Keymar, was recognized for three cows that led their peers in the adult contest. QA/WF Matinee Disco-ET, Very Good-86%, was the high junior two-year-old with a 2-3 record of 28,669–1,374–1,006 and a value of $5,023. Queen-Acres Big Time Fizz, Excellent-92%, made the high record among cows 5-7 years-of-age. Her 7-3 record has an m.e. of 28,529–1,171–978 and a value of $4,633. Bar-None Furor Oops, Excellent-92%, led the division for aged cows. Her 8-4 record has an m.e. of 23,552– 1,332–979 and a value of $4,753. A cow Queen Acres Jerseys owns with Paul L. Stiles, Clear Brook, Va., topped the contest for lifetime production. Berrys Select Sapphire Sloane-ET produced 286,261 lbs. milk, 11,991 lbs. fat and 10,020 lbs. protein. The value of the production is $47,286. The Very Good-85% daughter of Altheas Select-ET, GJPI -36, has eight lactations and a best record of 6-5 365 36,986 4.1% 1,529 3.4% 1,248. She turned 14 years old last September. Other juniors to earn prizes in the junior production contest were Amber Lippy and Ryan Poole. Queen-Acres Comerica Cinnamon-Twin, Very Good-84%, owned by Lippy, was the high-producing senior two-year-old. Her 2-6 record has an m.e. of 17,308–873–734 and a value of $3,349. AF Vintage Ruby, Excellent-93%, owned by Poole, made a 4-7 record of 15,936– 815–573 and a value of $2,902 to top the four-year-old division. may 2012
Business Program In the business meeting, members of the Maryland Jersey Cattle Club heard from AJCA-NAJ Area Representative Sara Barlass. She reported that registrations were at an all-time high in 2011 and topped 90,000 for the fourth consecutive year. Milk marketing continues to be important to Jersey producers, so NAJ is working to ensure that producers with high-component milk are fairly represented in legislation. Barlass congratulated Jessica Sentelle for being selected for the Jersey Youth Academy and Duane Norman for being
named the most recent recipient of the AJCA-NAJ Award for Meritorious Service. The Maryland Jersey Field Day will be held on July 21 at the Frederick Fairgrounds. Officers elected to serve the organization in 2012 were: Allen Stiles, Westminster, president; Richard F. Kepler, Middletown, vice president; Marcia Molesworth, Middletown, secretary/treasurer. Directors elected to serve three-year terms were: Kathy Albaugh, Walkersville; Shirley Smith; Wayne Stiles, Westminster; and Scott A. Youse, Ridgely. The junior activities director is Abby Riggleman. Page 101
Wisconsin Honors Beyer with Jersey Breeder Award Members of Parish 6 in Wisconsin hosted the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association on March 3, 2012, at the Rolling Oaks Restaurant in Barron. Members gathered to tend to association business, honor peers and socialize with friends. The Wisconsin Jersey Breeder of the Year Award was given posthumously to Kenn Beyer, Manawa. Until his passing in January 2011, he operated Beyer Jerseys with his son, Clint, on a farm that has had Jerseys and been in the family since 1919. The herd is enrolled on REAP and has a 2011 lactation average of 16,590 lbs. milk, 753 lbs. fat and 584 lbs. protein on 56 cows. Distinguished Service Awards were given to ABS Global Inc. and Nicolle Wussow, Cecil. ABS Global was honored for their continuing support of the Jersey breed and the state Jersey association, which included generous gifts of time and finances for the most recent annual meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National AllJersey Inc. (NAJ) in Wisconsin in 2011. Nicole Wussow, Cecil, was recognized for her years of service as the organization’s treasurer and interim secretary-treasurer. In late 2007, Wussow stepped up to the plate to fill a vacant secretary-treasurer position and then was elected treasurer of the organization in 2008. She operates Milk-N-More Farms with her husband, Ron, and their children, Kaila and Colin. Their 69-cow REAP herd has a 2011 lactation average of 19,082 lbs. milk, 988 lbs. fat and 712 lbs. protein. Junior Awards Kaitlyn Riley, Gays Mills, was crowned the 2012 Wisconsin Jersey Queen and earned the Wisconsin Junior Jersey Breeder Award. Riley also earned a scholarship from the state Jersey association. She is a sophomore at the University of WisconsinMadison majoring in journalism. She is a
Nicole Wussow was honored for her years of service to the organization with the Distinguished Service Award.
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Mike Fremstad, Norse Star Jerseys, and Donna Phillips, D & D Jerseys, receive awards for a pair of cows that made new production records for the state. Norse Star Lonex N2221 produced the new protein record at 1,239 lbs. Dodan Wild Rebel Zip, owned by D & D Jerseys, made the new milk, fat and cheese yield records at 32,085 lbs. milk, 1,704 lbs. fat and 3,825 lbs. cheese. All photos courtesy Menn’s Jerseys.
Jersey breeders earning parish production awards were (front) Jon Schmidt, Marion Barlass, Mike Fremstad, Donna Phillips, (back) Bob Winter, Nicolle Wussow, Steve Tauchen and David Allen. Tauchen Jerseys, represented by Steve Tauchen, was the high producing herd for milk with a herd average of 21,363 lbs. Woodmohr Jerseys, represented by Jon Schmidt, was the high herd for fat with 1,097 lbs.
member of the Association for Women in Agriculture and the Badger Dairy Club and is currently serving as co-editor of the yearbook. Her herd of Registered Jerseys includes four cows and four heifer calves. Riley has been showing since she was nine years old and exhibits cattle at local, state and national shows. She has been president of the county’s state fair team for three years and served as its herdsman for two years. Riley placed second in division IV of the TalkJersey Contest in 2011. Sydney Endres, Lodi, was named 2012 Wisconsin Jersey Princess. The outgoing Wisconsin Jersey Queen, Abby Tauchen, Bonduel, was named winner of the senior division of the youth achievement contest. Tommy Allen, Reedsburg, placed second in the contest. Allen also received the Stargazer Jerseys Award for high protein production among Wisconsin cows owned by juniors. His entry, Rocha Impuls Whitney, produced a 305-day record of 30,680 lbs. milk, 1,271 lbs. fat and 1,034 lbs. protein at 4-4. Allen purchased the Very Good-89% daughter of ISKD Q Impuls, GJPI +184, at the Pot O’Gold Sale in 2007. Mikayla Maroszek, Cecil, won the
junior division of the youth achievement contest. She received a Registered Jersey calf donated by Owens Farms Inc., Frederick. Austin Nauman, Norwalk, earned the Louis Haeuser Memorial Award and a show halter for placing second in the competition. The inaugural Patty Endres Memorial Award was presented to Danielle Brown, Dodgeville. The award will be given annually to a Wisconsin junior who exhibits outstanding leadership qualities, in memory of the late Patty Endres, a long-time supporter of Wisconsin junior programs. Scholarships were presented to Kaitlin Riley and three other juniors: Kelly Wirkus, Athens, Cassy Krull, Lake Mills, and Morgan Randall, Soldiers Grove.
Kaitlyn Riley, left, was crowned as the 2012 Wisconsin Jersey Queen. Syndey Endres will serve on the court with her as Wisconsin Jersey Princess.
Juniors who received recognition for achievement at the state annual meeting included Julia Owens, India Tauchen, Colin Wussow, Kaila Wussow and Tommy Allen.
Production Awards Production awards were given for herd averages and individual cow production. Tauchen Jerseys, Bonduel, led the Badger State for milk production in 2011 with a herd average of 21,363 lbs. milk, 1,022 lbs. fat and 720 lbs. protein on 81 cows. Woodmohr Jerseys, Bloomer, was the leader for fat production with a herd (continued to page 104)
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• February 17, 2012, Tampa, Fla. • Jim Burdette, Mercersburg, Pa., judge • 41 head shown • Sr. and Gr. Champ. female—IOF Goldenboy Kilo So Sweet, Lexi Marie Helton, Clermont • Res. Sr. and Res. Gr. Champ. female—WC Kilowatt Sweetie, Lexi Marie Helton • Jr. Champ. female—Off-The-Wall Governor Jazzy, Chas Waller, Plant City • Res. Jr. Champ. female—Irish Oaks Madman Otto Lina Opal, Corbin Otto Helton, Clermont Class Winners
Senior calf (5 shown) 1. Off-The-Wall Governor Jazzy (S: Griffens GovernorET, D: Turners Molly Lola), Chas Waller, Plant City, jr. champ. 2. MLF Pattys Fantom Patience, LeeAnna Shelton, Umatilla Summer calf (3 shown) 1. Irish Oaks Madman Otto Lina Opal (S: Avonlea Mischiefs Madman-ET, D: WC Otto Lena Opal), Corbin Otto Helton, Clermont, res. jr. champ. 2. H&N Buttercups Ginger Showtime, Nicholas Hammer, Lutz Junior calf (1 shown) 1. IOF Legionaire Ressurect Leala, Corbin Otto Helton,
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Clermont Intermediate yearling (5 shown) 1. IOF Country Elliot Leaffy, Dillan Jackson McGlothern, Brooksville 2. IOF Vindication Golden Gayle, Corbin Otto Helton Senior yearling (5 shown) 1. Wesselhoefts Sunset Jewel, Nathan Cox, Riverview 2. IOF Furor Ressurect Joanna, Lexi Marie Helton, Clermont Summer yearling (1 shown) 1. IOF Ottoe Renaissance Roe, Corbin Otto Helton Junior yearling (1 shown) 1. Vindication Freeman Angel Annie, Gracie Margaret Lee, Plant City Junior 2-yr.-old cow (5 shown) 1. IOF Vindication Elliot Leaf, Corbin Otto Helton, 1st best udder 2. IOF Ressurection Kilo Faithful-Twin, Dillan Jackson McGlothern, Brooksville 2nd best udder—IOF Vindication Big T Farah, Lexi Marie Helton, 3rd in class Senior 2-yr.-old cow (1 shown) 1. Turners Molly Lola, Chas Waller, Plant City, 1st best udder 3-yr.-old cow (4 shown) 1. IOF Duaiseoir Duke Luinda, Lexi Marie Helton, 2nd best udder 2. GR Sunshine State Winnies Girl, Mary Catherine McGehee, Okeechobee, 1st best udder 4-yr.-old cow (4 shown) 1. WC Otto Sue Autumn, LeeAnna Shelton, 1st best udder 2. WC Otto Patricia, LeeAnna Shelton, 2nd best udder 5-yr.-old cow (2 shown) 1. IOF Goldenboy Kilo So Sweet (S: Golden Boy of Ferreira, D: WC Kilowatt Sweetie), Lexi Marie Helton, 1st best udder, sr. and gr. champ. Aged cow (2 shown) 1. WC Kilowatt Sweetie (S: Avonlea First Kilowatt-ET, D: WC Thunder Franco Sweetheart), Lexi Marie Helton, 1st best udder, res. sr. and res. gr. champ. Dry cow (2 shown) 1. IOF Iatola Remake ASM Pam, Lexi Marie Helton Dairy herd (1 shown) 1. Lexi Marie Helton Best three females (1 shown)
1. Lexi Marie Helton Get of sire (1 shown) 1. Lexi Marie Helton Produce of dam (2 shown) 1. Lexi Marie Helton Daughter and dam (7 shown) 1. Lexi Marie Helton 2. Chas Waller Breeders herd (1 shown) 1. Lexi Marie Helton
Junior Awards Available
Throughout the year, awards for shows and production and judging contests are provided by the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) at events specifically for Jersey juniors. For junior shows at county, district, and state levels, the AJCA will provide ribbons for the first, second, and third place animals, plus a Grand Champion rosette. In addition to the rosette, a special award is provided for the Grand Champion at state fairs and AJCA-designated regional shows. Awards are also provided for showmanship contests exclusively for Jersey juniors. Awards must be requested annually. Contact the AJCA Director of Development at 614/322-4456, at least two weeks in advance of the event. Regretfully, requests made within two weeks of the show date cannot be filled. Page 103
Wisconsin Meeting (continued from page 102)
Newly crowned Wisconsin Jersey Queen, Kaitlyn Riley was also presented with the Wisconsin Junior Jersey Breeder Award.
average of 18,749 lbs. milk, 1,097 lbs. fat and 719 lbs. protein on 48 cows. Killian Jerseys, Blair, was the high producing herd for protein with a herd average of 20,959 lbs. milk, 1,075 lbs. fat and 835 lbs. protein on 43 cows. Nic-Nat and Buckshot Jerseys, owned by Nicole, Natalie and Wade Kessenich, De Forest, had the greatest improvement in milk production in 2011, with an increase of 2,583 lbs. milk over 2010. AM Acres, owned by Angie Hermsen, Fennimore, saw the greatest gains in protein production in 2011, with an additional 100 lbs. protein versus 2010. Two cows were recognized for setting new 305-day production records for the state in 2011. Dodan Wild Rebel Zip, Very Good-84%, owned by D & D Jerseys, Newton, produced the high milk, fat and cheese yield record of 32,085 lbs. milk, 1,704 lbs. fat, 1,107 lbs. protein and 3,825 lbs. cheese at 4-3. Norse Star Lonex N2221, Very Good-83%, owned by Hans Sherpe and Sons, Westby, produced the high protein record at 31,051 lbs. milk, 1,298 lbs. fat ant 1,239 lbs. protein at 4-6. A pair of cows named “Godiva” earned laurels in the state’s lifetime production contest. Barlass Lester Godiva, owned by Barlass Jerseys LLC, Janesville, won the milk and protein divisions of the
Jersey breeders elected to serve the association for 2012 included (front left to right) Lloyd Heinz, Mark Ashmore, Donna Phillips, Jacklyn Pettis, Natalie Kessenich, Dennis Post, secretary, (back) Brett Young, Brandon Owens, Bob Randall, Mike Fremstad, Ralph Uhe and David Allen.
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contest. The Very Good-88% daughter of Highland Duncan Lester, GJPI -58, produced 253,350 lbs. milk, 10,634 lbs. fat and 8,797 lbs. protein in 3,520 days. MJ Candy DC Godiva, owned by Woodmohr Jerseys, led the way for fat. The Excellent-95% daughter of Duncan Chief, GJPI +27, made 222,042 lbs. milk, 11,319 lbs. fat and 8,609 lbs. protein in 4,444 days. Nineteen Wisconsin herds were recognized for earning Hall of Fame records in 2011 for actual cheese yield production that is 150% of breed average for the previous year. Norse Star Jerseys, Westby, led the way with 108 certificates. Allen and Bonnie and Bonnie Kracht, Newton, earned 29 awards and Barlass Jerseys earned 21 certificates. Business Meeting In the business meeting, members heard from several national Jersey organization representatives, including AJCA Director Chris Sorenson, AJCA President Bob Bignami, NAJ President David Endres and Field Service Director Kristin Paul. Sorenson reported that 2011 was the best year yet for the national Jersey organizations, with record-setting performance in all key programs. He also noted that breed production continues to climb and that the Jersey continues to rank above all dairy breeds for days of Productive Life. Sorenson provided details on Jersey advantages (20% less total feedstuffs by weight and 32% less water to produce equal amounts of milkfat and protein as Holsteins) outlined in the recent carbon footprint study by Jude Capper and Roger Cady and said further studies will be done. Endres brought the group up-to-date on the status of the NAJ proposal that endorses increased minimums for solids in milk across the country. On a personal note, he mentioned that it has been 10 years since he had made the switch from milking Holsteins to Jerseys—a wise decision by his account and one he has never regretted. Paul encouraged Jersey breeders to consign to and buy from the Wisconsin State Jersey Sale which will be held on May 12 and hosted by David Allen and his family at All-Lynn Jerseys in Reedsburg. This year, the sale will be managed by Jersey Marketing Service (JMS) and auctioned by Wade Schoneck. The event will be a combination tie-up and volume sale and offer something for everyone—commercial cattle, open heifers, production-bred cattle and show animals. Those interested in consigning should contact JMS.
Paul said the trend of Jerseys being incorporated into Holstein herds is continuing and an increasing number of buyers are requesting registered cattle. She urged members to request buyers of their cattle become AJCA members so they can benefit from the use of AJCA programs and services. Paul also commented on the fact that several Wisconsin juniors have participated in the two Jersey Youth Academy classes. She encouraged adults to continue their support of the program and juniors to apply for upcoming classes. Karla Peterson, Viroqua, reported on the Wisconsin Spring Spectacular Show. For the next three years, the event will be held the last Friday and Saturday of April. She also noted that the Wisconsin Jersey Futurity will be held in conjunction with the Wisconsin State Show in Marshfield on August 14 and 15. Darryl Young, Hillsdale, encouraged Jersey breeders to attend the Wisconsin Farm Technology Days in Barron County on July 9-11 at Breezy Hill Dairy in Dallas. The three-day event is the largest agricultural show in the state and hosted by a different farm family each year. Jersey breeders elected to serve as officers for 2012 were: Donna Phillips, Newton, president; David Allen, vice president; Dennis Post, Clinton, secretary; and Derek Orth, Lancaster, treasurer. The following individuals will serve as directors: Mark Ashmore, Boscobel; Mike Fremstad, Westby; Lloyd Heinze, Shawano; Stephanie Hughes, Thorp; Natalie Kessenich, de Forest; Brandon Owens, Cumberland; Jacki Pettis, Oseo; and Donna Phillips. David Allen, Bob Randall, Soldiers Grove, Ralph Uhe, Janesville, and Brent Young, Hillsdale, will serve as directors-at-large. Juniors elected to serve in 2012 are Abby Tauchen, president; Mitchell Endres, Lodi, vice president; Kaila Wussow, treasurer. For the second year, a dessert auction was held to raise funds for juniors. This year, $977.50 was raised from the sale of the delicacies. Next year’s annual meeting will be hosted by Parish 7 on March 2, 2013, at the Best Western Grand Seasons Hotel and water park in Waupaca. Special room rates and water park passes will be included with the package deal.
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Iowa Breeders Gather for Spring Meeting The Iowa Jersey Cattle Club held its annual spring meeting on March 17, 2012, at the Best Western in Clear Lake. Members enjoyed a buffet lunch and fellowship with their peers and attended to club business. Brad Barham, business development consultant for the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA), reported on the stellar performance of the national Jersey organizations in 2011, which included 11 new records for key programs. Jersey production is on the rise, with new records for all measures of standardized production (18,633 lbs. milk, 889 lbs. fat, 676 lbs. protein and 2,294 lbs. cheese) in 2011. Jersey Marketing Service (JMS) posted its eighth best year in history in 2011 and has many sales booked for the spring. Interest in JerseyBid.com and JerseyAuctionLive.com, a real-time bidding option now available for many JMS-managed sales, is increasing. Members discussed the Iowa Spring Extravaganza Sale and the Hawkeye Pot O’Gold Sale. They talked about the pros and cons of genotyping all consignments in the youth sale, as had been done at the Pot O’Gold Sale held in Louisville, Ky.,
the past two years. Since the program is a learning experience for juniors, genotyping is encouraged, though left to the discretion of the consignor. Members discussed the option of hosting the sale with Illinois Jersey breeders rather than Iowa Ayrshire breeders as has been done in recent years and potentially holding the sale the same day or the week following the Midwest Spring Special Sale to bring more buyers to the sale. This year, the Iowa State Fair will be held on August 11 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. The junior show will be held on August 9. Robert Yeoman, Dover, Okla., will serve as the judge. The Iowa Jersey Cattle Club approved a one-time donation of $100 to the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association for sponsorship of trophies, halters and other awards. The club also approved donation of $150 for an awards and distinctions display at Northeast Iowa Community College in Calmar. The college will host a breakfast at the farm on June 23 and unveil a memorial artwork display for the late Duffy Lyon. Artwork and donations are requested. The Iowa Jersey breeder’s summer picnic will be held at Kunde Jersey Farm
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“Electra” Progeny High Selling Jerseys at Airosa Sale Airosa Dairy, Pixley, Calif., celebrated a century of dairying in the San Joaquin Valley by hosting the Airosa 100th Anniversary Sale during the Tulare Farm Show. Seventeen Registered Jerseys consigned by invitation sold with the high-visibility Holsteins on February 16, 2012. The Jersey lots—10 heifer calves, two open yearlings, two bred heifers, a single milking cow and two choices— sold for an average of $3,791.18.
Number
Sale Analysis
Avg. Price Total Value
1 Cow, two years and over 2 Bred heifers 2 Open yearlings 10 Heifer calves 2 Choice of calves
$2,000.00 2,925.00 2,375.00 4,095.00 5,450.00
$2,000 5,850 4,750 40,950 10,900
17 Lots edian price M
$3,791.18 $2,950.00
$64,450
Sale Management: Airosa Dairy, MD-Hillbrook, Ken Melvold Sales and Service and Matthew and Lauren Evangelo Auctioneer: Chris Hill
The Jerseys were led by a pair of heifer calves from the “Electra” cow family. The high seller, Electras Everlasting-ET, was purchased for $10,000 by Californians Amanda Moretti and Carly Olufs of Petaluma. The full-aged senior calf is sired by Arethusa Verbatim Response-ET, PA
JPI -4, and out of Extreme Electra, two-time All American and Reserve National Grand Champion in 2006. The Excellent-95% daughter of Piedmont Nadine Extreme-ET, GJPI -225, has numerous other show winnings on her resume. She was also Reserve Grand Champion of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in 2008 and Grand Champion of the New York Spring Carousel and the Wisconsin Spring Spectacular Show in 2009 and the Kentucky State Fair in 2010. She was All American as a senior three-year-old in 2006 and as an aged cow in 2010. “Electra’s” dam, Patrick Felecia, is Excellent-91%. “Everlasting” was consigned by Entourage Farm, Cybil Fisher and Triple T, Gaithersburg, Md. A first choice female out of “Everlasting’s” maternal sister, Electras Eternal Star, sold for $7,800 to Luke Iverson, Onalaska, Wash. Iverson purchased the right to choose first from 10 in-vitro transfers due September 2012 sired by the breed’s #1 sire for type at +2.2, Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET, GJPI -77. “Eternal Star,” an Excellent-91% daughter of Select–Scott MinisterET, GJPI -56, is the reigning Reserve Intermediate Champion of The All American Jersey Show and winner of the futurity held at World Dairy Expo. She also was named Intermediate Champion of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Jersey Show and Reserve All American Senior
Three-Year-Old in 2011. The choice was consigned by Cybil Fisher, Claire and Reese Burdette and Patricia Stiles, Mercersburg, Pa. The third high seller crossed the auction block at World Ag Expo for $6,000. Roger Fluegal and Aaron Lancaster, Tillamook, Ore., placed the final bid on Royalty Ridge AS Sultan Angel, a potential fifthgeneration Excellent entered in the 2014 National Jersey Jug Futurity. The March 2011 heifer calf is sired by SHF Centurion Sultan, GJPI +52, and out of Governor Angel of Family Hill, Excellent-91%. “Governor Angel” was named Reserve Grand Champion of the Western National Jersey Show in 2010 and All American Senior Two-Year-Old the same year. “Governor Angel’s” dam, Family Hill First Noel-ET, Excellent-91%, is sired by Bovi-Lact First Prize-ET, GJPI -58, and has two records over 19,000 lbs. milk, 750 lbs. fat and 670 lbs. protein. “Noel’s” full sister, Family Hill First NadiaET, Excellent-92%, was Intermediate Champion of the Western National Jersey Show in 2005 and has 18,690 lbs. milk, 816 lbs. fat and 696 lbs. protein at 2-11. Their dam, Family Hill Lester AllisonET, Excellent-92%, has six lactations— three of them over 20,000 lbs. milk—and a best record of 21,500 lbs. milk, 1,010 lbs. fat and 736 lbs. protein at 8-8. “Sultan Angel’s” fourth dam is appraised Excellent-95% and has eight lactations and a best record of 12-1 305 22,010 4.7% 1,035 3.6% 783 DHIR. “Sultan Angel” was consigned by Ryan and Freynie Lancaster and Annie Seaholm, Ferndale, Wash. The 101 Holstein lots sold for an average of $5,078. Sales $3,450 and Over
(Consignors in Parentheses) Amanda Moretti and Carly Olufs, Petaluma, Calif. Electras Everlasting-ET, heifer calf 5 mos................. $10,000 (Entourage Farm, Cybil Fisher and Triple T, Gaithersburg, Md.) Luke Iverson, Onalaska, Wash. First choice female sired by Tower Vue Prime Tequila-ET and out of Electras Eternal Star-ET....................................... 7,800 (Cybil Fisher, Claire and Reese Burdette and Patricia Stiles, Mercersburg, Pa.) Roger Fluegal and Aaron Lancaster, Tillamook, Ore. Royalty Ridge As Sultan Angel, heifer calf 10 mos........ 6,000 (Ryan and Freynie Lancaster and Annie Seaholm, Ferndale, Wash.) Kash-In Jerseys, Tulare, Calif. Hawarden Sloan Puff, heifer calf 11 mos....................... 5,100 (Hawarden Jerseys Inc., Weston, Idaho) Kendra Miranda, Ferndale, Calif. Exels Gold Action Jaymie 2358, heifer calf 11 mos. ... 4,600 (Hank and Carolyn Van Exel, Lodi, Calif.) Rylin Marie Lindahl, Visalia, Calif. Renner Farm Sultan Jelly Bean, heifer calf 7 mos. ..... 3,450 (Blake Renner, Fortuna, Calif.)
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New Online Bidding Service Unveiled at Third Heartland Production Sale Jerry and Sue Spielman, Heartland Jerseys, Seneca, Kan., have always been open to adapting new management tools to make their 500-cow Registered Jersey operation more profitable. They were among the first to begin using JerseyMate to help manage inbreeding and increase their genetic numbers. When genotyping became available, they again were among the first to genotype large groups of animals in their herd. So when Jerry heard about JerseyAuctionLive.com early in 2012, he knew that he wanted that technology available at his sale. Sale Analysis
Number
Avg. Price Total Value
60 Cows, two years and over 35 Bred heifers 13 1st Trimester 12 2nd Trimester 10 3rd Trimester 25 Heifer calves
$2,390.83 $143,450 3,751.43 131,300 4,676.92 60,800 2,395.83 28,750 4,175.00 41,750 2,190.00 54,750
120 Lots Median price
$2,745.83 $329,500 $2,300.00
Sale Management: Jersey Marketing Service Auctioneer: Lynn Lee
JerseyAuctionLive is the latest valueadded product of Jersey Marketing Service. The online sale service is a live video feed that allows potential buyers to buy online from home in real time, just like they were at the sale. The bids are controlled via computer from the clerks table and a replica computer is in the auction box for the auctioneer to stay with where the bid is. Audio for the sale is live and the internet bidders know when they are in and when they are out. This first sale saw outstanding results as
Diamond Valley Dairy, Salem, Ore., purchased the second high selling individual, Heartland Merchant Temple-ET, for $8,700. Pictured are owners, Jerry and Sue Spielman, Herby Lutz of the sale staff, JMS manager Jason Robinson, auctioneer Lynn Lee. To the right is AJCA Executive Secretary, Neal Smith, with Spielman’s daughters, BranDee Stuke and Misty Spielman and their families.
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Purchasing the high seller, Heartland Merchant Texhoma-ET, for $16,500 at the third Heartland Premier Production Sale was David Allen, Wis., represented by Kristin Paul, at left. Pictured with Paul are owners, Jerry and Sue Spielman, JMS Manager Jason Robinson, auctioneer Lynn Lee, contending bidder, Benny Rector for D&E Jerseys. To the right is AJCA Executive Secretary Neal Smith with Spielman’s daughters, BranDee and Travis Stuke, with their children, Coree, Trent and Zach, and Misty Spielman with her daughter, Erin.
18% of the purchases from the sale were made by online bidders, including two of the top five high sellers. Twenty-three lots sold online to buyers in eight states. The high-production, all-genomic tested sale featured 35 individuals (29% of the sale) either carrying contracts to A.I. companies, or with A.I. representatives wanting to work with the new owners. Forty buyers from 15 states purchased the 120 lots that crossed the auction block on March 24, 2012, at the farm in Seneca. The group averaged $2,745.83 and brought in gross receipts of $329,500. The 35 bred heifers that sold averaged $3,751.43. It was a pair of maternal sisters from the “T” family, carrying A.I. contracts that topped this year’s sale. Heartland Merchant Texhoma-ET, (JH1F) was the high selling individual at $16,300. The 16-month-old bred heifer was purchased by David Allen, Reedsburg, Wis. “Texhoma” sold due to Sun Valley Impuls Jupiter, GJPI +224, in October. She carried contracts to Select Sires and Jerseyland Sires for sons, and Allen will also have the opportunity to work with Accelerated Genetics, CRI, and Semex who have all expressed interest in working with the heifer. The P9 heifer ranks on the Top 500 GJPI heifer list and carries a GPTA of +1,184M, +59F, +46P, +$533CM and a GJPI of +201. Her maternal sister, Heartland Merchant Temple-ET, (JH1C), was purchased by online buyer, Diamond Valley Dairy, Salem, Ore., for $8,700. Also genotyped she carries GPTA numbers of +966M, +59F, +43P and a GJPI of +174. She
JerseyAuctionLive.com made its debut at the Heartland Premier Production Sale in March. The interactive online service allows viewers from anywhere in the world to watch sales from home. The service features live video feed, online bidding (18% of the purchases in the sale were made using the service) and allowed the buyer to feel as though they were at the sale.
carried a contract to Select Sires and has interest from Accelerated Genetics. She sold due in October to ISDK DJ Zuma, GJPI +223. Three more maternal sisters of the pair, also rank among the Top 1.5% of breed for GJPI. The two heifers were sired by Sunset Canyon Merchant-ET, GJPI +176, and out of Heartland Nathan Texas-ET, Excellent-93%. She ranked on the top 1.5% GJPI cow list in February and had a GJPI in her own right of +166. She produced a best record of 26,340 lbs. milk, 1,130 lbs. fat and 991 lbs. protein at 3-11. The next dam is Heartland Mor Tulsa, Excellent-90%. The daughter of Wilsonview Khan Morgan-ET, GJPI +53, has produced in excess of 20,000 lbs. milk and 1,100 lbs. fat. The next dam is an Excellent-92% daughter of Rock Maple Brook Mannix, GJPI -23, with 24,820 lbs. milk and 1,112 lbs. fat at 7-5. Sexing Technologies of Navasota, Texas, purchased the third high selling heifer of the day, Heartland Valentino Darcy for $8,600. The P9, 16-month-old heifer is due in early November to Heartland Merchant Topeka, GJPI +243, a full brother to the two high selling heifers. She too carries A.I. contracts to Select Sires and Jerseyland Sires as well as CRI, Semex and Accelerated expressing interest in working with her for a son. The heifer has two brothers in A.I., Dacron at Alta Genetics and Dalton at Select Sires. Since selling, “Darcy’s” genetic value has increased significantly for her new owner. She has an April GPTA of +1,444M, +53F, +54P, +$675CM, $618NM, +569FM and a GJPI of +240. She is sired by All Lynns Louie Valentino-ET, GJPI +239. Her dam is Heartland Abe Dakota, Very Good-87%, with a best record of 21,670 lbs. milk, 1,224 (continued to page 108)
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Excellent-93% “Tulsa.” In all, 12 individuals sold in excess of $5,000. Volume buyers of the sale were: River Valley Farm, Tremont, Ill., selecting 22 head for $51,250; D&E Jerseys, Hilmar, Calif., and Multi-Rose Jerseys, Rock Rapids, Iowa, each selected four head for $22,000 and $19,600 respectively.
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lbs. fat and 880 lbs. protein at 3-11. The next dam is an Excellent-91% daughter of ISDK Q Impuls, GJPI +184. She has three records in excess of 20,000 lbs. milk. The next dam is the herd matriarch, Heartland Declo Dana, Excellent-90%. “Dana” has a best record of 28,290 lbs. milk, 1,098 lbs. fat and 962 lbs. protein at 5-11. Another Wisconsin breeder that has done well with the technology of genotyping purchased the fourth high selling female. Lloyd Heinz, Shawano, Wis., placed the final bid through an internet bid on Heartland Valentino Arizona. Heinz bid $7,200 on the 13-month-old bred heifer. “Arizona” hails from the “A” family at Heartland. She was served in late February to the sought-after young sire, Hawarden Impuls Premier, GJPI +218. Like the other heifers, she carried A.I. contracts to Select Sires and Jerseyland Sires with Accelerated Genetics expressing interest in working with her new owner. She ranked on the February 2012 Top 500 GJPI heifer list. She is sired by “Valentino,” and out of a Very Good daughter of Forest Glen Avery Action-ET, GJPI +93. The dam has a 1-9 record of 25,470 lbs. milk, 932 lbs. fat and 840 lbs. protein. The grandam is also Very Good and has produced four records in excess of 20,000 lbs. of milk, with the best at 25,200 lbs. The third dam is the Excellent-91% Heartland Glenwood August with over 19,900 lbs. milk in 238
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Sexing Technologies, represented by Dan Carroll, purchased the third high selling female, Heartland Valentino Darcy. Pictured with Carroll are owners, Jerry and Sue Spielman with grandson Zach, BranDee Stuke and Misty Spielman and their families.
days at 5-4. The fifth high selling individual sold to Jim and Janet VanBuskirk and Family, Carleton, Mich., for $6,500. They selected Heartland Dandy Taylor-ET, a sevenmonth-old P9 heifer calf. “Taylor,” who ranks on the Top 500 GJPI heifer list in February, also sold with an A.I. contract to Select Sires and interest from Accelerated Genetics. She has an April GPTA of +992M, +48F, +44P, +$506CM and a GJPI of +196. She is sired by GR Pearlmont Dale Dandy-ET, GJPI +204, and out of a Very Good-88% daughter of Forest Glen VD Jades Jimmie-ET, GJPI +112. She ranks on the Top 1.5% GJPI list and has a projected m.e. of 20,342—858—780 at 2-11. She is a maternal sister to the two high selling heifers and to “Topeka.” The dam is the
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David Allen, Reedsburg, Wis. Heartland Merchant Texhoma-ET, bred heifer 16 mos. ........................................................................... $16,300 Diamond Valley Dairy, Salem, Ore. Heartland Merchant Temple-ET, bred heifer 14 mos... 8,700 Sexing Technologies / Sire Housing Facility, Navasota, Texas Heartland Valentino Darcy, bred heifer 16 mos............ 8,600 Lloyd Heinz, Shawano, Wis. Heartland Valentino Arizona, bred heifer 13 mos........ 7,200 Jim and Janet VanBuskirk and Family, Carleton, Mich. Heartland Dandy Taylor-ET, heifer calf 7 mos.............. 6,500 Multi Rose Jerseys Inc, Rock Rapids, Iowa Heartland Valentino Eva-ET, bred heifer 19 mos......... 6,200 Heartland Louie Toledo, bred heifer 20 mos................ 6,100 Heartland Valentino Harper, bred heifer 16 mos.......... 3,900 Heartland Abe Blythe, cow 4 yrs.................................. 3,400 D & E Jerseys, Hilmar, Calif. Heartland Vibrant Nevada, heifer calf 8 mos............... 6,000 Heartland Legal Glow, bred heifer 21 mos.................. 5,900 Heartland Plus Starburst-ET, bred heifer 19 mos........ 5,600 Heartland Kyros Lilly, heifer calf 7 mos........................ 4,500 Benjamin A. Blatchford, Owensville, Mo. Heartland Legal Jordan, bred heifer 18 mos............... 5,000 Heartland Vibrant Emmy-ET, bred heifer 20 mos........ 4,300 Kip and Robin Denniston-Keller, Byron, N.Y. Heartland Valentino Abigail, heifer calf 7 mos............. 5,000 D & D Jerseys, Newton, Wis. Heartland Valentino Diner, bred heifer 13 mos............ 4,200 Doug Fairbanks, Anamosa, Iowa Heartland Louie Loretta-ET, cow 2 yrs......................... 4,200 Heartland TBone Oreo, cow 2 yrs................................ 4,000 Heartland Eclipes Ginger-P, bred heifer 12 mos.......... 3,300 GR Heartland Gannon Sunny-ET, cow 2 yrs............... 3,200 Clayton Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Heartland Renegade Florida, heifer calf 11 mos......... 3,600 Justin Edwards, Seneca, Kan. Heartland Impuls Reason-Twin, cow 2 yrs................... 3,200 Tyler C. Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Heartland Legal Dutch, bred heifer 18 mos................. 3,200 Tony Meier, Palmer, Kan.
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Heartland Headline Venice, bred heifer 16 mos.......... 3,150 Heartland Andy Tulip, cow 2 yrs................................... 2,700 River Valley Farm, Tremont, Ill. Heartland Jevon Atlas, cow 4 yrs................................. 3,150 Heartland Action Vegas, cow 3 yrs.............................. 2,800 Heartland Spartacus Voltage, cow 3 yrs...................... 2,700 Heartland TBone Daron, cow 2 yrs.............................. 2,700 Anthony and Thomas Enneking, Centralia, Kan. Heartland Alexander Desmond-ET, cow 2 yrs............. 3,000 Heartland Headline Langdon, cow 2 yrs...................... 2,850 Linehan Jerseys, River Falls, Wis. Heartland Valentino Maranda, heifer calf 8 mos.......... 3,000 Jarret Martinez, Columbia, Ky. Heartland Que Ketchup, cow 3 yrs................................ 3,000 Norse Star Jerseys, Westby, Wis. Heartland Action Kava-ET, cow 2 yrs............................. 3,000 Heartland Geronimo Dee, cow 3 yrs.............................. 2,850 Alex Steer, Dalhart, Texas Heartland Headline Dell, bred heifer 12 mos................. 3,000 Heartland Louie Carina, bred heifer 21 mos.................. 2,900 Kevin Fritz, Oshkosh, Wis. Heartland Legal Shadow, bred heifer 19 mos................ 2,700
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Robert McGarry, Lyman Rudgers Receive Fred Stout Experience Awards Robert T. McGarry, Enosburg Falls, Vt., and Lyman Rudgers, Attica, N.Y., have been selected as the 2012 recipients of the Fred Stout Experience Awards. The fund supporting these awards was created in 2000 in memory of Fred J. Stout Sr., Mt. Carmel, Ill., a lifelong Jersey breeder and member of the Jersey Marketing Service staff from 1978 to 1997. Stout was instrumental in the growth of JMS marketing activities, and later added duties as a type evaluator and in customer field service for the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA). Stout believed that the best learning experiences happen in the everyday world. These awards honor that conviction by providing financial support for on-farm and JMS internship experiences. JMS Internship Recipient: Robert McGarry Robert McGarry begins his internship with Jersey Marketing Service on May 21. His experience will include working on the crews at the Cow Power Sale on June 23 in Byron, N.Y., and the 55th National Heifer Sale, June 30 in Fryeburg, Maine. McGarry combines strong practical experience in dairy herd management with a passion for working with and marketing registered cattle. Growing up on his family’s Holstein dairy near Enosburg Falls, Vt., Robert purchased his first Registered Jersey™ at age 14, and increased his herd to nine cows enrolled on the AJCA REAP program. He worked the summer of 2010 at St. Pierre Dairy in Enosburg Falls, taking care of 1,000 calves, making sure vet clinics ran smoothly, and working as a
replacements. Ten of them are owned by Lyman. In 4-H, Lyman has shown at the Wyoming County Fair for the past 10 years, and twice at the New York State Fair. He has competed in the county Dairy Quiz Bowl multiple times, as well as on the dairy judging team at county, district and state levels. He has also served as an officer of Attica FFA. Over the past five years, Lyman has developed his management skills working at a calf-raising operation and three dairies in the area. For more than two years, he was the wet calf feeder at Merle Heifers LLC, managing 90-plus calves on milk in individual stalls. He currently works at Boxler Dairy Farm at Varysburg, N.Y. Lyman is taking care of fresh cows and calves at this 2,000-cow operation, in addition to entering records in DairyCOMP 305. Rudgers’ plans are to complete the two-year program at Morrisville, then transfer to Cornell University. His longterm goal is to establish a new Jersey dairy operation with his family.
Farm Experience Recipient: Lyman Rudgers A lifelong breeder of Registered Jerseys™, Lyman Rudgers of Attica, N.Y., was selected for the on-farm experience this year. He is completing his first year of studies in dairy science at the State University of New York, Morrisville. Rudgers’ early work experience in the dairy business came growing up on his family’s 180-head Holstein and Jersey farm. The herd was dispersed in 2005, with eight Jerseys retained for the 4-H projects of Lyman and his three younger brothers. These cattle were housed at a nearby operation dairy and Rudgers Brothers Jerseys now has 16 cows and 18
About Jersey Youth Programs Previous recipients of the Fred Stout Experience Award are Tara Bohnert, Illinois (2003), Allison Waggoner, South Carolina (2004), Dan Bauer, Wisconsin (2005), Aaron Horst, Pennsylvania (2006), Jacob Pieper, Maryland (2007); Katie Albaugh, Maryland (2008); Brady Core, Kentucky (2009); Ivy Roberts, Florida, and Kim Wilson, Missouri (2010); and Amy Maxwell, Iowa, and Joseph Fjarlie, Wisconsin (2011). The Fred Stout Experience Fund is one of nine educational awards for Jersey youth managed by the American Jersey Cattle Association, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Contributions to these funds are recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) tax deductible charitable gifts and may be made at any time during the year. Applications for 2012-13 academic scholarships are posted online at USJersey.com and must be submitted no later than Monday, July 2, 2012. Deadline to apply for the 2013 Stout Experience Awards is February 1 of next year. For more information, visit USJersey. com, or contact Dr. Cherie L. Bayer, Director of Development, at (614) 3224456 or email cbayer@usjersey.com.
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relief milker. He has also prepared cattle for shows, sales and picture sessions at seven different operations in the Mid-Atlantic states, including Kingsmill Farms and Janney Holsteins. A junior at Virginia Tech majoring in dairy science with a minor in applied agricultural economics, Robert also works in the university’s Mastitis and Immunology Lab, taking blood samples from calves and cows in addition to regular lab work. He is a member of the Virginia Tech Dairy Club and worked with the Showcase Sales held in 2010 and 2011. McGarry was a member of the Vermont state 4-H dairy cattle judging team, and received the John Knapp Award in 2005 for the highest score in the Vermont State 4-H Quiz Bowl. In 2011, he was a member of the Virginia Tech dairy judging team that won at Eastern States Exposition and placed fifth in Jerseys at the NAILE Dairy Cattle Judging Contest in Lousiville, Ky. Robert’s long-term ambitions are to return to the family dairy farm and work as a type evaluator for a breed association.
Dale, Lisa, Wyatt & Austin Smith 18575 142nd St., Hamburg, MN 55339 Phone: 320/238-2218 Email: smithhaven.dl@gmail.com REGISTERED JERSEYS • Visitors welcome
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“Action” Daughter Tops IDW Sale in Australia for $13,000 The Jersey Showcase Sale held in conjunction with International Dairy Week (IDW) set a new breed record for sale average at AU$5,032.14 (Australian dollars) on January 17, 2012. The 28 lots of Jerseys that crossed the auction block at the Tatura Showgrounds in Victoria, Australia, were paced by a daughter of Forest Glen Avery Action-ET, GJPI +93, who sold for AU$13,000. In all, 11 lots consigned to the record-breaking sale were sired by U.S. Jersey bulls and many others have U.S. genetics further back in their pedigrees. The high seller, Adadale Action Passion, was purchased by David Weel of Timboon, Victoria. The March 2011 heifer calf is out of Brunchilli BRC Passion, EX90 (Australia), Reserve Grand Champion of the Brisbane Royal in 2011. Her grandam, Brunchilli Jetson Passion, EX92 (Australia), has numerous show winnings under her belt, including Grand Champion of the Sydney Royal in 2008 and Supreme Champion of the Sydney Royal and Reserve Grand Champion of the IDW in 2009. “Passion” was consigned by Adadale Jerseys, owned by the Paulger
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family of Queensland. The second high seller, Cairnbrae Valerian Estelle, sold for AU$10,000 to P. A. and L. M. Mumford of Won Wron, Victoria. The five-month-old daughter of Kaarmona Valerian, JPI +99, is a full sister to the #2 sire for Australian Selection Index (ASI). Their dam is EXC91 in Australia and sired by Windy Willow Montana Jace, GJPI +107. Her grandam is EXC93 and sired by Comfort Royal Alf, GJPI +5. “Estelle” was consigned by Alan and Janine Carson of Irriwillipe, Victoria. The Paulger family consigned the third high seller as well, a bred heifer sired by Griffens Governor-ET, GJPI -9. R. and G. and N. Akers of Tallygaroopna, Victoria, purchased Adadale Governor B Rowena 4 for AU$8,800. She is backed by five generations of Excellent dams with high production and show winning type. Her dam is a daughter of Mason Boomer Sooner Berretta, GJPI +27, who earned Grand Champion honors at the Gympie Show in 2010. Her grandam is sired by Highland Duncan Lester, GJPI -61, and was named Supreme Champion of the Queensland State Feature Show in 2000. Two lots sold for the fourth high price— AU$6,500. Wallacedale Acts D Melanie, EX92 (Australia) sold to W. Lace of
Yarram, Victoria. The “Action” daughter cataloged as Lot 1 was consigned by L. and M. Wallace of Poowong North, Victoria. The four-year-old has three lactations up to 116% of herd average. Also selling for AU$6,500 was a package of five embryos sired by Rapid Bay Request-ET, GJPI -154, and out of Brunchilli Sambo Tammy, EX93 (Australia). The Lester Sambo, GJPI +2, daughter was named Grand Champion of the IDW in 2009 and the Sydney Royal in 2011. Katandra Farming, Benger, Western Australia, purchased the package consigned by S. and H. Menzies, Rivendell Jerseys, Nowra, New South Wales. The sale was managed by Dairy Livestock Services. The previous breed record of AU$4,951 for sale average stood for 29 years. The second best average of AU$4,780 was set at the IDW sale in 2006. Currently, the Australian dollar is worth about 97% of the U.S. dollar.
Jim and Jan VanBuskirk Ph: 734/654-6544 Jim’s Cell: 734/771-2807 Dave and Yvonne VanBuskirk and Family Ph: 734/654-0402 Dave’s Cell: 734/915-7484 Drew and Deanne Buell and Family Ph: 734/269-3059 Drew’s Cell: 734/693-1408 1110 Sigler Road, Carleton, Michigan 48117
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Margandale Jersey Farm Dale W., Robert D., and Dennis Kauffman Jenny Shumaker 330/567-2816 6967 State Route 754 Shreve, OH 44676 We are a BST free herd!
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Florida State Fair Junior Jersey Show
WC Kilowatt Sweetie was named Grand Champion for Lexi Marie Helton, Clermont, at the Florida State Fair Junior Jersey Show on February 19-20, 2012. Lexi also exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion, IOF Goldenboy Kilo So Sweet. Chad Powers, Irvine, Ky., judged the 45 Registered Jerseys shown in Tampa, Fla. Class Winners
Senior heifer calf (5 shown) Off-The-Wall Governor Jazzy (S: Griffens Governor-ET, D: Turners Molly Lola), Chas Waller, Plant City, jr. champ. Summer heifer calf (3 shown) Irish Oaks Madman Otto Lina Opal, Corbin Otto Helton, Clermont
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Junior heifer calf (3 shown) IOF Legionaire Ressurect Leala, Corbin Otto Helton Intermediate yearling heifer (5 shown) IOF Vindication Golden Gayle, Corbin Otto Helton Senior yearling heifer (4 shown) IOF Furor Ressurect Joanna (S: Piedmont Nadine Furor, D: IOF Kilo Ressurection Joan), Lexi Marie Helton, Clermont, res. jr. champ. Summer yearling heifer (1 shown) IOF Ottoe Renaissance Roe, Corbin Otto Helton, Clermont Junior yearling heifer (1 shown) Vindication Freeman Angel Annie, Gracie Margaret Lee, Plant City Junior 2-yr.-old cow (4 shown) IOF Vindication Elliot Leaf, Corbin Otto Helton, Clermont Senior 2-yr.-old cow (1 shown) Turners Molly Lola, Chas Waller, Plant City 3-yr.-old cow (6 shown) GR Sunshine State Winnies Girl, Mary Catherine McGehee, Okeechobee 4-yr.-old cow (3 shown) WC Otto Sue Autumn, LeeAnna Shelton, Umatilla
5-yr.-old cow (4 shown) IOF Goldenboy Kilo So Sweet (S: Golden Boy of Ferreira, D: WC Kilowatt Sweetie), Lexi Marie Helton, res. sr. and res. gr. champ. Aged cow (3 shown) WC Kilowatt Sweetie (S: Avonlea First Kilowatt-ET, D: WC Thunder Franco Sweetheart), Lexi Marie Helton, sr. and gr. champ. Dry cow (2 shown) IOF Iatola Remake ASM Pam, Lexi Marie Helton
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Clemson Spring Dairy Expo
• March 3, 2012, T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena, Clemson, S.C. • Kevin Lutz, Lincolnton, N.C., judge • 54 head shown • Sr., Gr. and Sup. Champ. female— Tallys Centurion Tilly, Bush River/ Skip-A-Rilla and/or Tyler, Tabb and Trey French, Newberry, S.C. • Res. Sr. and Res. Gr. Champ. female—SAR Chairman Tiger Lily, Bush River/Skip-A-Rilla/Tyler French, Newberry, S.C. • Jr. Champ. female—WC Madman Ella, Allison Massey, Wartrace, Tenn. • Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor—Bush River/Skip-ARilla Jerseys, Newberry, S.C.
Class Winners
Senior heifer calf (6 shown) 1. WC Madman Ella (S: Avonlea Mischiefs MadmanET, D: WC Otto Ola Mae), Allison Massey, Wartrace, Tenn., jr. champ. 2. Cherub Pete, Major K. and Lucile A. Bond, Hickory, N.C. Summer yearling (5 shown) 1. WC Madman Natalie, Ryan Massey, Wartrace, Tenn. 2. SAR Gold Action Trish, Bush River/Skip-A-Rilla and/ or Tyler, Tabb and Trey French, Newberry, S.C. Junior yearling heifer (7 shown) 1. SAR Hired Gun Templeton, Trey Allen French, Newberry, S.C. 2. SAR Frisco Sugarland, Tabb Gaither French, Newberry, S.C. Intermediate yearling heifer (5 shown) 1. WC Madman Suzie, Allison Massey, Wartrace, Tenn. 2. SAR Gold Action Bianca, Tyler Stiles French, Newberry, S.C. Senior yearling heifer (12 shown) 1. WC Madman Christa, Patrick Marvin Gourley, Portland, Ore. 2. Aspen Grove Surefire Mirage, Dylan Ellenburg, Morristown, Tenn. Junior 2-yr.-old cow (2 shown) 1. GR Trinitys Gannon Maid, Benjamin S. Holmes, Johnston, S.C. Senior 2-yr.-old cow (3 shown) 1. SAR Apollo Wiggles, Bush River/Skip-A-Rilla and/or Tyler, Tabb and Trey French 2. Aspen Grove Celebrity Belle, Dylan Ellenburg 3-yr.-old cow (7 shown) 1. Crackerjack Tiger Echo Kyte H-59, Crackerjack Jerseys and/or R.J. Doran, Newberry, S.C. 2. BRJ Comerica Lazer Bessie G-8, Bush River Jerseys and/or R.J. Doran, Newberry, S.C. 4-yr.-old cow (2 shown) 1. Aspen Grove Militia Magnificent, Dylan Ellenburg 5-yr.-old cow (1 shown) 1. BJE Action Legion Clemson, Elizabeth M. Holmes, Johnston, S.C.
Tallys Centurion Tilly 1st Aged cow Senior, Grand and Supreme Champion
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Aged cow (4 shown) 1. Tallys Centurion Tilly (S: Sooner Centurion-ET, D: SAR Piedmont Tally-ET), Bush River/Skip-A-Rilla and/or Tyler, Tabb and Trey French, sr., gr. and sup. champ. 2. SAR Chairman Tiger Lily (S: Giprat Belles ChairmanET, D: SAR Sparkle Tanner), Bush River/Skip-A-Rilla/ Tyler French, Newberry, res. gr. and res. sr. champ. Best three females (4 shown) 1. Bush River/Skip-A-Rilla Jerseys, Newberry 2. Dylan Ellenburg Exhibitors Herd (3 shown) 1. Bush River/Skip-A-Rilla Jerseys 2. Dylan Ellenburg
Contestants will be scored on the basis of 50 points, as follows: topic selection and content, 15 points; organization of speech, 10 points; vocal presentation, 10 points; presentation and effectiveness, 10 points; and response to questions, 5 points. One (1) point will be subtracted from the total point score for each 30 seconds over or under the required speaking time.
Jersey Junior Public Presentation Contest Entries Due June 1
Recorded Presentation Division Entries may also be made in the category of narrated video or narrated PowerPoint presentations. This presentation must be the contestant’s own work and have been created between September 1, 2011 and June 1, 2012. The topic must be a subject directly related to Registered Jerseys™. Entries must be at least four (4) minutes in length, and feature the contestant as the only speaker. No costumes may be used, and no interviews with other persons are allowed. Musical tracks or background music cannot be used in these presentations. Entries will be judged in three groups by contestant age on January 1, 2012: Division I, ages 7 to 12 years; Division II, ages 13 to 16; and Division III, age 17 and older. The finished presentation must be saved in PC format and recorded for playback on either a CD/DVD or USB flashdrive/ thumbdrive. Entries must be received in the AJCA office on or before Friday, June 8.
June 1 is the deadline to enter the seventh national Jersey youth presentation competition, TalkJersey. All AJCA junior or lifetime members, ages 7 through 20 as of January 1, 2012, are eligible to enter one of two divisions: the live public speaking contest or the recorded presentation division. Cash awards sponsored by ABS Global Inc., DeForest, Wis., and prizes offered by the American Jersey Cattle Association will be presented in all divisions. Judging will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, June 27 during the Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc. at the North Conway Grand Hotel, North Conway, N.H. The top-ranked contestant in each category will present his/her winning speech in a showcase awards ceremony on June 30 at the Fryeburg (Maine) Fairgrounds, prior to the start of the 55th National Heifer Sale. Live Public Speaking Demonstrations or speeches are to focus on any phase of the Registered Jersey™ business, including current affairs and dairy industry trends. Judges will evaluate the speaker’s personal interest in the topic, as well as its appropriateness for a general dairy audience. Participants will be divided into groups by their age on January 1, 2012 as follows: Division I, 7 to 10 years; Division II, 11 to 13 years; Division III, 14 to 16; and Division IV, 17 to 20 years. Division I contestants present demonstrations between four (4) and six (6) minutes in length. Posters may be used in addition to demonstration materials. Participants in Divisions II, III and IV present speeches between five (5) and seven (7) minutes in length. Visual aids are not allowed. Speaker notes are permitted. No more than four (4) 4” x 6” notecards may be used. Judges will ask questions after each presentation is completed. Judging will be open for viewing by interested parties.
Enter Today Enter online at www.usjersey.com/ forms/talkjersey_entryform.htm. Applications may also be requested from the AJCA Development Department by calling 614/322-4456.
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In Memoriam Gray W. Bennett Gray W. Bennett, Eaton, Ohio, 51, passed away suddenly on March 4, 2012, as the result of a car accident. He was born on August 12, 1960, in Dayton, Ohio, to Louise F. (Stilwell) Bennett and the late Herd L. Bennett. Gray was a 1979 graduate of Eaton High School, a 1983 graduate of Duke University and a 1990 graduate of Akron Law School. He was the third generation to practice and operate Bennett Law offices in Eaton and had practiced since 1991. Gray also owned and operated Gray’s Inn Dairy Farm, a herd of Registered Jerseys, in Eaton. He was a member of the Eaton Church of the Brethren and a devoted and loving husband and father. He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Debbie Bennett of Eaton; children Alex, Natalie, Branson and Steven, all of Eaton; three sisters, Kathy Bennett of New York, N.Y., Sarah (John) Heuser of Manchester, Mich., and Ruth (Bob) Poirier of East Haven, Conn.; mother-in-law and father-inlaw Darlene and Robert Combs of West Alexandria, Ohio; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Preble County Bar Association, c/o Bobbie Frizzell, 1517 East Ave., Eaton, OH 45320 to assist with his children’s college funding.
Harry S. Mykrantz Harry S. Mykrantz, Wooster, Ohio, 85,
passed away on March 25, 2012, at the Cleveland Clinic. He was born November 10, 1926, in Wayne County, Ohio, the son of Benjamin Silver and Bertha Edna Sigrist Mykrantz. His first wife, Mary Annetta Stults, whom he married December 18, 1955, died March 22, 1997. He married Rachel M. Sper on September 26, 1998. Harry bred Registered Jerseys his entire life at Mykrantz Jerseys, just outside of Wooster. He was known internationally as a breeder and showman. He was the breeder of two National Grand Champions: Ettas Master Babe in 1971 and B Sleeper Valiant Babe in 1975. “Master Babe” also won the National Jersey Jug Futurity in 1970. Mykrantz Jerseys was named the Premier Breeder of The All American Jersey Show in 1975. Cattle bred by Harry and his family were known for their many winnings on the county, state, and national levels. Harry mentored many Jersey youth over the years through these levels. In 2011, he was part-owner of the Grand Champion of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Junior Show, MiRose Hi Class, owned with George Colpetzer, Greenville, Pa. He was a member of the Ohio Jersey Breeders Association and the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA). He served on the AJCA Board of Directors from 1968-1974. While on the board, he served on the five-person Special Review Committee that formed the policy to create the national Jersey Marketing Service in 1970. Harry served on the Wayne County
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Fairboard for over 50 years and was active in the Wayne County Jersey Breeders group. In addition, he was a member of the Oak Chapel United Methodist Church, a member of the West Salem Masonic Lodge #398 and the Tadmore Shrine. In addition to his wife, Rachel, he is survived by his children Stuart Mykrantz of Wooster; Rita Trivette of Bessemmer, Ala.; Jon Mykrantz of Wooster; and Rex Mykrantz of Hilliard; step-children Louise Henry of Chardon and Stefanie Wass of Hudson; nine grandchildren; a brother, Thomas S. Mykrantz, of Wooster; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his first wife, Mr. Mykrantz was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Scott. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the Oak Chapel United Methodist Church, 4203 West Old Lincoln Way, Wooster, OH 44691, in his memory.
Leona Shelton Barham Leona Shelton Barham, Calhoun, Tenn., 81, passed away on April 1, 2012, at her residence. The daughter of the late Roy and Opal McInturff Shelton was born in Bradley County and lived most of her life in McMinn County. She was a graduate of Calhoun High School and a member of Lower Spring Creek United Methodist Church. Barham and her late husband, Bobby Allen Barham, operated Barham Jersey Farm in Calhoun. The third-generation Registered Jersey farm is now operated by their sons, Walter, Bill and Rick, and their families. Her grandson, Brad Barham, recently became the business development consultant for the American Jersey Cattle Association. In addition to her sons and their families, Walter (Paula) Barham, Rick (Norma) Barham, and Bill (Karen) Barham, Leona is survived by a daughter, Betty Barham of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; three sisters, Myron Bowman of Birmingham, Ala., Jan (Wes) Green of Kerrville, Texas, and Phyllis Kellem of Duluth, Ga.; two brothers, Roy (Wilma) Shelton of Calhoun and Phillip (Cindy) Shelton of Charleston; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great nephews and cousins. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Tommy Barham, and a grandson, Cody Moats. Memorials may be made to the Spring Creek Cemetery Fund, c/o Betty Trotter, 108 CR 51, Riceville, TN 37370. JERSEY JOURNAL