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Society News Archive

Number one Danish Jersey now available 07/07/2011
DJ Lix, the number one Jersey sire from Denmark, is now available from Cogent Breeding Ltd. [more]

PhD Studentship at University of Reading:
Inclusion of Jersey milk in supply for commercial cheese making 05/07/2011
Funded by: Dartington Cattle Breeding Trust, Pocock Memorial Trust, UK Jerseys and University of Reading, in association with two major manufacturers of Cheddar cheese. [more]

Government Announcement on Responsibility and Cost Sharing 27/04/2011
Julie Wootton from Defra writes about the latest development in Responsibility and Cost Sharing for Animal Health and Welfare. [more]

Cledales District Calf Show

Senior Calf Class
1st J. Pratt Potterswalls Glamours Pride (01/02/2010)

Potterswalls Glamours Pride

Champion Jersey: James Pratt and Stuart Clapham’s Potterswalls Glamours Pride

Supreme Champion Dairy Calf: James Pratt & Stuart Clapham’s Potterswalls Glamours Pride

Cogent Breeding Limited announces key acquisitions to create a major new force in UK AI
Cogent Breeding Limited, the UK market leader in sexed semen technology and supply, has announced a groundbreaking, long-term agreement with U.S. counterpart World Wide Sires (WWS), the leading genetics marketing business jointly owned by Select Sires & Accelerated Genetics, two of the US’s biggest cattle breeding companies. [more]

UK’s Jersey breeders welcome Defra decision
On 16th November Defra announced that it has rejected the application from the Jersey Milk Marketing Board to register Jersey Butter with a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). [more]

Protect Your Assets - Register Your Land
Your land is your livelihood and your most important financial asset. You can give it greater protection now by registering it at Land Registry. [more]

Bluegrass Jersey herd becomes first among all dairy cattle to breed ten Excellent second-calved daughters 10/09/2010
It is nineteen years since Barry and Jenny Daw set-up their own dairy farming business with the Bluegrass herd of pedigree Jerseys. The couple have become well-known and highly respected throughout the dairy farming industry for the quality of stock they breed, and this has been confirmed by Bluegrass becoming the first herd, in any breed, to have ten second-calving females Classified as Excellent. [more]

Enthusiasm of Youngest Generation Takes Staffordshire Family to Lily Hill Cup Triumph
10/09/2010
Three generations of the Wright family are involved in running the Fourcrosses pedigree Jersey herd, along with beef and sheep enterprises on 500 acres spread across two farms in Staffordshire. The family have been rewarded by winning the Lily Hill Cup at the 2010 Dairy Event & Livestock Show. [more]

New Jersey collaboration is a major step forward for the UK breed
A new collaboration was announced on 7th September 2010 at the Dairy Event that will improve the genetics available to breeders of Jersey cattle. [more]

Worlds Best Cheese 2010
102 cheeses were entered from ten countries [more]

Sky’s the limit for the UK Jersey with Cogent’s backing
In a ground breaking agreement, The Jersey Cattle Society of the UK (UK Jerseys) and Cogent Breeding Ltd are to embark on an alliance that will promote and market the UK Jersey worldwide and provide a unique, tailor-made testing programme suited to breeders’ needs. [more]

IGENITY profiling to help increase Jersey breed’s rate of genetic gain
Merial and the UK Jersey’s Society sign agreement at the South West Dairy Show. All young Jersey bulls in the UK will be genotyped using the IGENITY profile following an agreement between Merial and the Jersey Cattle Society of the United Kingdom. [more]

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Cogent collection, storage & distribution
The Society is pleased to inform breeders of a new collection and storage agreement with Cogent, and the change to Society distribution where all will be made by Cogent in future.

Collection services – Cogent offer breeders a comprehensive range of collection services including sexed semen, export qualified, GB centre qualified and on-farm. The company also has lay-off facilities for bulls.

Storage – breeders having semen marketed through the Society’s ‘Jersey Sires’ stud qualify to have all the semen owned in their business stored at Cogent, free of charge. This saving is available within the Society’s Group Storage arrangement.

Distribution – as well as taking on responsibility for the Society’s UK distribution, we are working with Cogent to maximise sales of UK Jersey semen in to export markets all round the world.

Jersey semen exports are a growing market where Cogent’s services and staff structure can help UK breeders exploit the opportunities.

Parkplace Escalades Gold and Potterswalls Lord Juno have both benefited from the exposure, the latter bull is now being widely used in Australia and New Zealand. Meanwhile, there are a number of other potential orders on the table.

Cluster culture invigorates South West breeders
The South West Club has come up with the concept of small clusters of breeders meeting and discussing their experiences in a social environment as a novel way involving new breeders. To date there are active clusters in North Devon and Somerset. [more]

Personal Journal of Karen Hunter age 14
I live at West Tarbrax Farm Shotts with my dad Robert, mum Lorraine, sister Alison (11) and brother Mark (9) We own Clydevalley Jerseys and Letterkenny Holsteins. [more]

Graham’s Taste Double Success at Prestigious Food and Drink Oscars
Graham’s The Family Dairy, Scotland’s largest independent dairy company and the seventh largest liquid milk producer in the UK, has won two major awards at the 2009 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards. [more]

Treating within twenty-four hours reduces lameness problems
Dairy herds have much less of a problem with lameness if problem cows are treated within twenty four hours of spotting the problem. [more]

international Dairy Week, Australia 2009
Ashley Fleming has returned from judging in Australia at the International Dairy Week, hailed as the largest dairy show in the Southern Hemisphere. It ranks close behind the World Dairy Expo and the Toronto Winter Fair. With 1200 dairy entries it was a busy week of judging.

For an event which started out twelve years ago under the shade of a gum tree, it has come along way to its present purpose built shed. A total of 283 Jersey entries were present before Ashley in an all day judging marathon in temperatures of between 35-42 degrees of heat.

“It was the invitation of a lifetime,” said Ashley. “I found the cattle to be most impressive. The top of all the classes were quality individuals, and I was impressed by the consistent calibre throughout the classes. This commanded full concentration for every class. The Champion and Reserve in the Jersey section went to the Boyd Family from the Brunchilli Herd, New South Wales with two daughters of the Lester Sambo”.

Dairy Farming in Australia is going through tough times also. The milk price has dropped by 30% in the last 12 months and each farm has water rights to pay for irrigation; these have quadrupled in the last few years. Despite this everyone who has moved out from the UK all said they would not want to come back here farming!

EDA News - The survival advantage of milk and dairy consumption
Due to a focus on blood cholesterol, the debate on drinking milk has never achieved a reasonable balance in the evaluation of risks and benefits. [more]

EDA News - Dairy foods are more than dairy fat
Studies of dietary effects on cardiovascular disease risk often look at the effects of different fatty acids, mainly saturated fatty acids, have on lowering "bad" LDL-cholesterol and/or increasing "good" HDL-cholesterol. However, looking at isolated effects of single fatty acids hardly gives the overall picture. This review shows that dairy foods are more than dairy fat and that dairy fat is not only saturated fat. [more]

EDA News - Dairy foods are good for heart health
Dairy foods have beneficial effects on health. High intake of dairy products could reduce several risk factors of cardiovascular disease: high blood pressure, inflammation, type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. Dairy products per se and some of their components show cardiovascular benefits beyond the effect of dairy fat on blood cholesterol. The beneficial impact of dairy on cardiovascular disease factors is promising. [more]

EDA News - Dairy foods in food patterns for old age
This review revealed that the nutrient contributions of dairy products are associated with the prevention of age-related functional losses. The evidence was reviewed from the perspective of the impact on disease, quality of life and mortality in selected elderly populations in Europe. [more]

EDA News - Symposium "Scientific update on dairy fats and cardiovascular diseases"
A scientific symposium organised in the UK investigated the link between health and diet with a special focus on fat. The findings are presented in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition Supplement. [more]

Graham’s New Jersey Cow Range Awarded Gold Star By Sainsbury’s
Graham’s Gold, the new range of Jersey cow products recently launched by Graham’s The Family Dairy, has been named ‘best in class for innovation’ at Sainsbury’s UK Dairy and Convenience Supplier Forum 2008. [more]

Commercial Opportunities for the Jersey Breed
By Prof Malcolm Stansfield
Having been a keen admirer of Jersey cattle over the years – infact, even a Society member as a school boy, the recent opportunity to be one of the judges for the National Jersey Herd Competition was not only a privilege, but a real eye-opener. [more]

Roger Derryman, (left) immediate past President, was made a Life Member at the AGM in recognition of the input he made during his Presidency.

Andy Marshall (second left), share-farmer of the Loseley herd, receives the Lily Hill Trophy from Philip Kirkham, chairman of NMR, while Vernon Bartlett (herdsman) receives a certificate from Baroness Byford, RABDF President, as Alisdair Marshall looks on.

Bluegrass wins the Jersey National Herds’ Competition for third successive time
10th November 2008
Barry and Jenny Daw have achieved the quite remarkable feat of winning the UK Jerseys National Herds’ Competition with their renowned ‘Bluegrass’ herd for the third time in a row. [more]

Profile on Ashley Fleming - Northern Ireland
10th November 2008
The first Jersey was purchased to form the Potterswalls Herd in 1970. [more]

UK Jerseys National Performance title goes to Devonshire herd
27 October 2008
First time entrants, Bruce and Jenny Ravenhill took the Performance section of the UK Jerseys National Herds’ Competition with their Whitenhill herd. A mere two and one-half points out of a possible 500 separated them from the Bluegrass entry. [more]

Semex UK Jersey Exchange Report
by Jenny Butcher
As the winner of the 2008 UK Jersey Exchange, sponsored by Semex and Jersey Canada, I was treated to first class rural hospitality for 21 days as I travelled to Jersey farms throughout beautiful England and Wales. [read full report]

Bluegrass wins the Jersey National Herds’ Competition for third successive time
17/09/08
Barry and Jenny Daw have achieved the quite remarkable feat of winning the UK Jerseys National Herds’ Competition with their renowned ‘Bluegrass’ herd for the third time in a row. [more]

Society Member wins RABDF Princess Royal Award

Princess Anne David Handley, who runs the Govan Jersey herd near Raglan in Monmouthshire with his wife Marilyn, was presented with the prestigious Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers' Princess Royal Award at Buckingham Palace.

Better known as chairman of the lobbying group, Farmers’ For Action, David was presented with the award by The Princess Royal. The award is made to an individual in recognition of either a specific and significant contribution, or for exceptional service to the dairy sector over a long period.

The judges commented that David’s ‘persistent campaigning has raised the awareness of the plight of dairy farmers to the general public and personally inspired British dairy farmers to stand up for themselves; and David has played a significant role with regard to negotiation techniques between producers, processors and supermarkets which has earned him the respect of all sectors of the industry thus making him the ideal recipient of the Award.’

World Butterfat Production Record

Parkplace Flower Congratulations to Duncan and Felicity Dawes at the Parkplace herd where a World Butterfat Production Record has been set by Parkplace Flower-ET.

A daughter of Mason Boomer Sooner Berretta, Flower is Classified EX90 and yielded 16520 kgs milk at 7.5% butterfat (1239 kgs fat) and 4.1% milk protein.

Flower’s achievement follows hard on the heels of the Dawes’ setting the UK 305-day milk record with Parkplace Joshs Comedy in 2005.

Comedy set the current 305-day UK milk record, producing 14227 kgs milk at 4.95% butterfat and 3.84% protein.

Congratulations to Adrian and Gillian Harrison with their Hillside herd of 130 Jerseys which won the Yorkshire County Milk Recording herd competitions Championship and Inter-breed Supreme Challenge Cup. The herd also won the Best Inspection, Best Coloured Herd and Best Cow family; these were amongst the nine trophies won in 2006.

The Hillside herd makes its way to the parlour in the scenic Yorkshire Dales.

The herd was only founded in 2001 and saw off stiff competition from long established herds of all breeds throughout the county. Yielding 6236 litres per cow at 5.42 per cent butterfat and 3.69 per cent protein the herd has established a high reputation in a short period of time.