Devondale 100 Years of Jersey Excellence Sale
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To the Future. Much has been achieved in the last 100 years. In 2012 the Jersey cow "is on a roll". Technology is moving quickly, opportunities are many. We encourage our youth to take up the challenge to continue to promote the Jersey cow and to contribute to making her a continued force in the dairy industry. If the level of hard work and enthusiasm can continue there SGJBC senior vice president, Brendan Scott, presents SGJBC Secretaries Ian & Joy Richards will always be a successful place for the with a token of the clubs appreciation for all their Jersey cow. work behind the scenes and over ten years of The club has always had a strong service on the committee. connection with the Red Cross, at the Luncheon $330 was raised for the local branch. The cutting of the cake at the 100 Year Development) and Russell Gammon Celebration luncheon featured daughter, The South Gippsland Jersey Breeders (Semex Canada, Jersey programme Mrs A Garratt, and granddaughter, Mrs Lee Club would like to take this opportunity Ewing, of our founding convenor Arthur Melsey manager), all quite taken with the and Mrs. E Scott (98 years), wife of past president to thank their sponsors - Devondale, scenery. Central Sires, Rabobank, Southern Frank Scott. Jersey Australia executive Scott Stockfeeds, Jersey Australia and C&L Joynson said the record breaking sales Stainless Steel Pty Ltd, without their during the week was a good indication of generous support this celebration would how happy all their members would be. not have been possible. us all, a strong common thread. We “It was only the first thing to come out Members and guests also enjoyed have been provided with financial gain, of the week. The international speakers a tour to Jersey studs around South personal satisfaction, special moments talking on the carbon footprint and also Gippsland, with international visitors and irreplaceable friendships all given to the future genomic technology. To be - Dr. Jude Kapper (Washington State us by "the common thread". The Jersey exposed to those speakers when these University Adjunct Professor of Animal cow we thank her for all that she has changes are right around the corner wasn Sciences), Cherie Bayer, PhD (American given us, may she prosper into the next a real bonus for our members,” he said. century. Jersey Cattle Association Director of Devondale 100 Years of Jersey Excellence Sale The members of the South Gippsland Jersey Breeders Club Lerida Park Larfalot Lucy 60 an outstanding in calf heifer also recently staged a special sale to celebrate 100 years of their at $9000 to the Cockerill Family of Numurkah. club. Held at the Stony Creek Racecourse, the sale surpassed Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services report the following the breed record for a Jersey average with an outstanding 37 averages - lots at $5,611 selling to buyers from all Australian states. 11 Cows Ave $6,505.00 The pace was set early when lot 1, Gelbeado Park Navara 14 Unjoined Heifers Ave $6,196.00 Bonita EX90 at 3 years, account of Paul & Lisa Mumford of 8 Joined Heifers Ave $4,131.00 Won Wron, and from an IDW winner sold for $16,000 to 4 Embryo Packages Ave $4,050.00 Trinity Investments of Leongatha South. Lot 2, Cairnbrae 37 Jerseys Gross $207,600.00 - - ave $5,611.00 Governors Althea a yearling grand daughter of the World famous Greenridge FW Chief Althea sold from A & J Carson of Irrewillipe at $14,000 to J & M Cockerell of Numurkah. Next in the ring was Royal Rendezvous an imported Canadian ET Rapid Bay Grand Prix grand daughter of Whistler Rumour EX95, she sold from Jennifer Hand of Larpent at $14,000 to First Choice Jerseys of Leongatha. Sale top of $16,500 came late in the sale when Prom View Jenny 170 a very stylish rising 3 year old with a PI of 112 by Blackstone from Ross and Jenni Richards of Foster sold to Matt Templeton. Other outstanding sales were Kaarmona Region Belle 7 a 9 month heifer backed by 8 generations of EX dams from the famous Duncan Belle family, she sold a/c G & R Sprunt of Kaarimba to Launder Farms at Middle Tarwin at $9000. Pictured with the top price lot, Prom View Jenny 170, are from left, Ross and Jenni Richards (vendors), Paul Mumford (sale committee member), Lerida Park Elton Lucy 70 a rising yearling with strong AI Keith Kuhne (club president) and Brian Leslie (auctioneer). interest a/c B & L Smethurst of Princetown sold for $9000 to P & L Mumford of Won Wron. The same vendors also sold Jersey Journal – July/August 2012 19 words: Michael Porteus Jerseys produce a fifth less carbon make up 86 percent of the US dairy herd. The research is supported by the American Jersey Cattle Association. “We wanted to look at the interactive effects of the smaller bodyweight and the higher milk fat and protein - and therefore the higher cheese yield of the Jersey cow - but also the lower milk yield compared to the Holstein,” she says. “Jerseys have higher milk fat and protein - and therefore the higher cheese yield - but also the lower milk yield compared to the Holstein. “Our initial thought was that higher fat and protein content and lower bodyweight would compensate for the relatively lower milk yield. “Indeed it did. “For example, if we look at the carbon footprint of making cheddar cheese from Jersey milk versus Holstein milk, there’s Animal science researcher Dr Judith Capper says analysis of American dairy production shows Jerseys do a good job for the environment. a 20 percent decrease in the carbon footprint per unit of cheese. esearch on the American dairy herd indicates that Jerseys have a “In terms of water use when we make 20 percent lighter carbon footprint than Holsteins. cheddar cheese from Jersey milk versus R Holsteins, we save 32 percent of the water. “With land use, there’s an eleven The research by Washington State production of all dairy products. She percent decrease with the Jerseys versus University Adjunct Professor of Animal thinks her findings on data from the the Holsteins.” Sciences Judith L Capper was published US Dairy Records Management System Dr Capper says the economic impacts this year in the journal of the American should translate well to other advanced of this are yet to be studied, but “you Dairy Science Association. dairy countries, such as Australia. would expect it to have an economic Dr Capper discussed her findings Dr Capper – who introduces herself as impact similar to the environmental at the Jersey Australia Conference and Jude – grew up in Oxfordshire in Britain. impact”. Annual General Meeting in Gippsland in She became interested in farm animals She says US Jersey breeders have May. after she acquired a horse at the age of welcomed the research, but “it has not She says the research on dairy nine. had a lot of push back from Holstein production across the United States She studied in the UK and at Cornell farmers”. in 2009 shows that Jerseys generate University in New York before moving to However, Dr Capper says the 20 percent less greenhouse gas than Washington State University three years research has interested milk buyers and Holsteins to make a unit of cheddar ago where she began looking into the processors. They could highlight Jerseys’ cheese. environmental effects of improving dairy better outcomes with land, water and Dr Capper also says Jerseys use eleven productivity. carbon as they advertise products made percent less land and about a third She had no experience with Jerseys from Jersey milk. percent less water than Holsteins. until 2009, when she started the research Dr Capper says producers in countries She’d expect Jerseys to show similar comparing the carbon impacts of Jerseys committed to carbon reductions could with the impact of the Holsteins which consider switching from Holsteins to 20advantagesJersey Journal –over July/August Holsteins 2012 in the A Day To Remember Jerseys to produce smaller amounts of cropland use by 97,500 ha per 500,000t On Tuesday, 10 April 2012 Robert greenhouse gasses. of cheese yield. and Sandra Brown (below) of “Obviously, we’ve got to always suit “Nitrogen and phosphorus excretion Wollingurry Jersey Stud, Fitzroy the cow herself to the individual system,” were reduced by 17,234 and 1,492t Falls were recognised at the Royal she says, “but everything else being respectively through the use of Jersey Agricultural Society’s Day of equal, yeah, it makes absolute sense. milk to yield 500,000t of cheddar Excellence in Agriculture. cheese. “Jerseys have a positive environmental “The carbon footprint was reduced by impact over the Holstein. 1,662,000t of carbon-dioxide equivalents “And even in terms of milk, the Jersey per 500,000t of cheese in Jersey cows has advantages over the Holstein on an compared with Holsteins. energy-corrected basis.” “The interaction between milk Dr Capper’s paper ‘A comparison nutrient density and BW demonstrated of the environmental impact of Jersey by the Jersey population overcame the compared with Holstein milk for cheese reduced daily milk yield, thus reducing production’ was written with R.A. Cady of resource use and environmental impact. Elanco Animal Health from Greenfield in “This reduction was achieved Indiana. through two mechanisms: Diluting “The objective of this study was to population maintenance overhead compare the environmental impact through improved milk nutrient density, of Jersey or Holstein milk production and reducing maintenance overhead sufficient to yield 500,000t of cheese through a reduction in productive and (equivalent cheese yield),” the paper non-productive body mass within the says.