REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio —
The Glenn Kenny family, of Enon
Valley, is to be one of six other
dairy families nationally to be hon
ored as recipients of the 1992
Young Jersey Dairyman Award
when the American Jersey Cattle
Club holds its awards breakfast
June 27 in Lansing, Mich.
The awards breakfast is part of
the AJCC/National All-Jersey
(NAJ) annual meetings. The
Young Jersey Dairyman Award is
presented annually to AJCC mem
bers and/or members’ families
who. in the opinion of the board of
directors, merit recognition.
The winners must be active
members in AJCC and have been
less than 36-years-old by Jan. 1.
1992. The seven selected from 28
nominees have excelled in dairy
farming and Jersey cattle breeding;
participated in AJCC and NAJ
programs; and have shown leader
ship in Jersey and other dairy and
agricultural organizations.
The only Pennsylvanian to be
honored, Glenn Kenny, said he
believes in the strength of the fami
ly, when it comes to getting things
done on the farm.
In partnership with brother Don
and father Bob on a 475-acre farm,
Glenn helps milk 280 cows and
keep 2SS heifers. He said it takes
everyone’s help to get the work
accomplished. Glenn is primarily
responsible for feeding and
breeding.
But also in the Glenn Kenny
family is wife Lisa and two sons.
Joshua and Nathan.
As president of Liberty Jersey
Sires Inc., Glenn spends time
studying young bulls that are can
didates for proving through this
group.
In addition to working with Lib
erty, he has been insturmental in
marketing a number of bulls with
the "Kenny” prefix to various arti
ficial insemination organizations.
Nine bulls from the farm arc cur
rently in A.I. use.
In 1991, the Kenny herd ranked
fifth for protein, sixth for milk and
fourth for fat, among national
herds with 200 or more records.
Their 1991 DHIR lactation
average, on a milk-equivalent
basis, on 234 records was 16,300
pounds of milk, 786 pounds of fat,
and 618 pounds of protein.
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within 75 miles of a dozen cheese
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Young Jersey Dairymen Honored
plants, Glenn said he is very con
scious of protein production when
making sire selections.
There have been at least a dozen
Hall of Fame lactation records set a
the Kenny Farm. Once cow the
Kennys are paritcularly proud of is
Brass Piano Song, a national class
leader.
In addition to being active with
the farm and the A.I. business;
Glenn said he also takes time to
participate in several other organi
zations. He was president of the
Diistrict S Jersey Breeders’ Asso
ciation in 1991. During 1990 and
1991, he was a member of the
county dairy extension advisory
committee. He has been a trustee
for Mid-East UDIA dairy promo
tion since 1988 and an alternate
committeeman for the local Far
mers Home Administration since
1990.
Others to receive the award
include Kirk and Julie Traver, of
Williamson. Mich., with Singlpine
Farms. Singlpine has been in the
Traver family line since the
mid-1800s.
Singlpine animals have been
named winners of pedigree indwx
and cheese yield awards at the All
American Jersey Show four times.
One of the bulls in is A.I. service.
The 1991 herd average on 57 lacta
tions was 16,346 pounds of milk,
769 pounds of fat, and 602 pounds
of protein. They ranked first in
Michigan for milk and milk com
ponent production by a Jersey
herd.
Kirk has been involved with
Michigan Milk Producers’ Associ
ation (MMPA), through which he
worked to help secure a higher pre
mium on solids-not-fat. Previous
ly, the premium was 10 cents per
point and is now 20 cents per point
He is president of the local MMPA
organization.
Kirk and his wife Julie were
honored in 1990 by MMPA as its
Outstanding Young Dairy Couple.
In addition to his other activi
ties, Kirk is active in DHIA, hav
ing served as president of the local
for three years and secretary for the
district for two years; and he is a
member of the Farm Bureau State
Dairy Advisory Committee. He
was also vice president of the
Michigan Jersey Cattle Club for
five years and served as state sale
committee chairman.
Jole and Gail Black, of Saluda,
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S.C.. also received the award.
They operate Jo—Ren Farm as a
team and have a 78-cow operation
which showed an average lactation
of 15,948 pounds of milk, 706
pounds of fat and 589 pounds of
protein.
The couple is also heavily
involved with the dairy industry in
their state and locality.
Joel is vice president and a
member of the sales and member
ship committees of the South Car
olina Jersey Cattle Club, while
Gail is involved in the S.CJCC
youth and arrangements commit
tees. In 1991, the couple chape
roned the junior club’s trip to the
All American Jersey Show and
Sale.
Jo-Ren is a regular stop for 4-H
dairy judging teams in their state
and North Carolina, Georgia and
Florida. Joel also has judged sever
al county Bur dairy shows. The
couple also show at the Clemson
Spring Dairy Show, the North Car
olina State Fair and several county
fairs.
Joel also leads the Saluda 4-H
Dairy Club and has been a coach
and umpire for the local Little
League baseball team.
From Jefferson. N.Y., David
Betz is also to received the award.
Betz’s carreer started slowly,
growing up in a rural area, but not
on a farm. The family had enough
acreage so that he could raise a 4-H
Jersey calf. Eventually he started
buying additional animals and
working on local dairy farms.
He excelled in 4-H projects and
participated in a number of leader
ship acitivities and participated in
the All American Jersey Show.
After graduating from Cobels
kill SUN Y, he worked for a dairy
fanner before starting his own
dairy operation.
After renting and then buying a
farm, he eventually sold his farm
and moved his herd to Danforth
Jersey Rum, where he is currently
located. However, for a couple of
years he worked for the AJCC as a
northeast area representative.
He currently works with the
Danforth Jersey Farm hod and his
own Butter Brook Jerseys. His 24
registered Jerseys, IS milking, are
enrolled in the Total Performance
Evaluation and 25 percent of ser
vice sires are young sires, he
invests in the Equity Program and
actively promotes fair milk prices.
He is also an elder in the Stan
ford Presbyterian Church and is
active in local and state Jersey
organizations, currently serving as
president of the Delaware County
Jersey Cattle Club and as a director
for the N.Y. State Jersey Cattle
Club.
Roger and Kim Owens, of
Federic, Wis., are award recipients
and part owners of Owens Farm
Inc., an 880-acre operation which
includes Roger’s brothers Wilfred
and Walter and parents Harold and
Agnes. Roger is in charge of rais
ing replacement heifers for the
300-head milking herd.
While in college. Roger was
active in dairy judging and in
1981, he was the assistant coach
for the national championship
team.
He worked for the family farm
for five years before buying into it
As a genetic recovery agent he has
encouraged a number of Jersey
breeders to enroll animals into the
program. He is also a volunteer
fireman, a trustee of the Lorain
United Methodist Church, and a
member of the Farm Bureau, hi
1991, he was elected to the Freder
ick Board of Education. He is also
active in the Parish VI Jersey
events and the Wisconsin Jersey
Breeders’ Association.
In addition to taking care of their
home and two children, Kim
assists in raising calves and main
taining bod record books.
Stanley Weldy, from Middle
Point, Ohio, is also a recipient of
the award, who along with wife
Marcia, have worked together to
improve production and type in
their 31 Jerseys.
A Jersey owner for 17 years,
Stan had worked as a herdsman for
Jerseyland Farm In Parma. Mich.,
where he said he gained valuable
experience in feeding and
breeding.
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While working in Michigan, he
was president of the Jackson
County Farm Bureau and after
moving to Ohio, he continued
involvement in the Bureau.
The Weldy family has produced
Fortunes Baronet Loralei, a Hall of
Fame cow in their herd who is a
national leader for fat production.
From Alstead, New Hampshire,
Steven and Jeffrey Holmes, are to
receive the award. Together, they
are in partnership with their father.
Royal. The partnership formed
after both sons returned to the farm
after graduating college.
Steven returned in 1982 after
graduating from University of
New Hampshire; Jeff returned in
1985 after graduating from Cornell
University.
When Steven started, the family
herd averaged under 10,000
pounds of milk. In the next four
years it climbed to 13,000 pounds
and since Jeff returned to help, the
rolling herd average has increased
to 16,425 pounds of milk, 795
pounds of fat and 634 pounds of
protein on 67 lactation records.
Two bulls with the “Holmes
land” prefix are currently being
used for artificial insemination.
Both Steve and Jeff are active in
agricultural organizations.
Steve has been the New Hamp
shire representative to the board of
the New England Jersey Breeders’
Association since 1982 and has
held various offices in the Eastern
A.I. Cooperative as well as the
N.H. Jersey Cattle Club.
Jeff is active in Farm Bureau
and a member of its county board
of directors. He is on the state
Farm Bureau Young Farmers’
Committee and has been the coun
ty chairman of the Young Farmers’
Committee since 1986. He is also
vice president of the Sullivan
County DHI and a state delegate to
the Northeast DHI.
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