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Batcheldors, Stroups National
Young Jersey Breeders
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio
Two Pennsylvania breeding oper
ations of Jersey dairy cattle have
recently been named winners of
the American Jersey Cattle Asso
ciation’s national 1995 Young
Jersey Breeder Award.
Starpoint Jerseys, owned by
John and Cindy Batcheldor, -t)f
Quairyville, and Topaz Jerseys,
owned by W. Todd and Patricia
Stroup, of Greencastle, were
named recipients of the award, out
of nine made nationally.
The Young Jersey Breeder
Award is annually bestowed upon
as many members of AJCA who,
in the opinion of the AJCA Board
of Directors, mail recognition.
According to the announcement
from AJCA, the awards will be
officially presented July 1, during
the several-day annual meetings of
the AJCA and the Jersey Market
ing Service, National All-Jersey
Inc., scheduled to be held in
Albany, N.Y.
The Batchelders have owned
registered Jerseys for 27 years, and
their current rolling herd average
on 48 head is 16,849 pounds of
milk, 770 pounds of fat, and 625
pounds of protein. The total herd
consists of 90 cows.
Star Point Jerseys have received
attention by producing four Hall of
Fame cows, four bull mothers, and
gamering national rankings for
milk and protein. Among herds of
similar size. Star Point Jerseys was
' ranked seventh nationally for milk
and 10th for protein.
I In addition, the Batchelders are
enrolled in the AJCA Total Perfor
mance Evaluation Program to help
keep track of production and
appraisal information. The mer
chandise program is enhanced
through appropriate advertising.
Both are also active in commun
ity organizations. Cindy has
I served on the Strategic Planning
Committee of the Solanco School
I Board, and has served as president
and vice president of the Pennsyl-
I vania District 111 Jersey Breeders,
as director and vice-director for the
Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Club,
and as director and Scholarship
Committee co-chair of the Virgini
a Tech Dairy Science Alumni
I Association.
John has served as chairman of
the Top of Harvest Sale, and as a
member of the AJCA All-
American Sale Committee. He has
also worked in the sale ring for
several state and regional sales.
After having both grown up on
farms with Jerseys, W. Todd and
Patricia Stroup now milk 108 head
of their own and had an end-
August 1994 rolling herd average
of 14,108 pounds of milk, 688
pounds of fat, and 529 pounds of
protein.
The Stroups breed 35 percent of
their herd to young sires, and have
set a goal of merchandising one
bull per year for A.I.
They currently have several
bulls in artificial insemination ser
vice and have sold embryos and
heifers outside the United States.
Marketing their milk through a
solids-not-fat premium order, they
land the Batchelders have invested
in the National All-Jersey Inc.
'Equity. Program, a program
offered through AJCA-NAJ,
according to a news release.
The Stroups are active political
ly, and have worked on several
campaigns through National Milk
Producers Federation and Eastern
Milk Producers Cooperative, as
well as being involved with many
'local, state and national
organizations.
They have held office on the
National Milk Producers Federa
tion YC Advisory Council, the
Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Asso
ciation. and the National Jersey
Jug Committee. They have also
been on various committees at St.
Mark the Evangelist Church.
North Carolina Farm Bureau,
North Carolina Young Jersey
Dairyman, and Eastern Milk Pro
ducers Young Cooperator Leader
Couple have honored the Stroups
naming them the Young Farmer
and Rancher Family of the Year.
Both Star Point Jerseys and
Topaz Jerseys consign animals to
various state, regional and national
sales.
Master Breeder
In other national awards pre
sented by AJCA-NAJ, Edward,
Harold and Donald Wright, of
Maplerow Farm, in White River
Junction, Vermont, are to jointly
receive the 1995 Master Breeder
Award cm June 30, during the
annual meetings.
The award is annually presented
to the living AJCA member, fami
ly, partnership or corporation who,
in the opinion of the board of direc
tors, has bred outstanding animals
for many years and thereby has
made a notable contribution to the
advancement of the Jersey breed in
the United States.
The Wrights grandfather, Seth
B. Wright, brought the first Jersey
to Maplerow Farm in 1903. Har
old’s children and grandchildren
are the fourth and fifth generation
Jersey breeders on the farm.
The herd has been on test
through the Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association since 1928, and
has been enrolled in the DHIR test
plan since 1950. Maplerow Jerseys
have been classified and appraised
since 1948.
The Wrights were supporters of
the 5,000 Heifer Project, which
helped launch National All-Jersey
Inc., and its equity program,
according to a news release.
During the 19705, Maplerow
used the sire Milestones Generator
heavily and with good success
including the Hall of Fame cow,
Maplerow Generators Cherry,
which classified Excellent 92. The
Jersey sire Great Magic is a
descendant of Cherry, and at one
time, Great Magic was the top bull
in the United States, according to
rating for Predicted Difference
Protein Dollars (PDPS).
Currently two sires bred at
Maplerow are in A.I. sampling
programs. They are Great Brass,
currently on test at Jerseyland
Sites, and Reliant Soldier Boy,
available through Landmark
Genetics.
The farm is also home of the
1986 All-American Jersey Show
grand champion cow, Maplerow
Mercury Aron, appraised Excel
lent 96. She has had several tac
tions with milk production in
excess of 20,000 pounds of milk.
The Wrights have sold regis
tered Jerseys to buyers in 30 states
and at least five countries.
MUK.
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BODY GOOD.
The also have supported state,
regional and national breed sales,
having consigned to or purchased
consignments from almost every
Vermont Jersey Breeders sale, and
the New England Jersey Breeders
spring sale, as well as consign
ments to die national heifer sale
and the All-American Sale.
Distinguished Service
The winner of the Jersey breed
organization’s national distin
guished service award was auc
tioneer W.R. Lutz, of Newton,
North Carolina. Lutz is to receive
the award June 30.
This award is presented to the
member of AJCA who has
“rendered unselfish service for
many years, and in doing so made
a notable contribudon to the
advancement of the Jersey breed in
the United States,” according to a
news release.
Lutz started in Jersey sales man
agement and auction business in
19S0, since generating the transac
tion of millions of dollars in the
agricultural economy through the
sale of real estate, cattle, dairy
equipment, farm machinery and
related items.
At the time of the sales, he had
co-managed the five largest Jersey
dispersals and four of the five
highest grossing dispersals in
Jersey history.
In addition to managing sales.
Lutz has assisted at other promi
nent Jersey sales including the All
American Jersey Sale and the Pot
O’ Gold Sale. He is also credited
with helping to organize the Dixie
Classic Jersey Sale, noted as one of
the longest running regional sales
in the country.
Lutz has also help by assisting
people starting out by helping to
locate facilities, cattle, equipment,
and securing financing.
He is currently on the Agribusi
ness Committee of the National
Auctioneers Association, and has
held many offices in professional
organizations, such as serving as
president of the Auctioneers Asso
ciation of North Carolina, and
chairman of the North Carolina
Auctioneers Licensing Board.
In addition to those affiliations,
he is a member of the AJCA, the
North Carolina Jersey Breeders
Association, Farm Bureau Federa
tion, and the New Jerusalem
Lutheran Church.
Young Breeders
The seven other recipients of the
national Young Jersey Breeder
Award include Craig W. and
Michelle Aver, owners of Fort
Morrison Farm, in Colrain, Maine;
Duane and Christina Anderson, of
Salvation Jerseys, in Milan, Miss.;
Herby D. Lutz, of Sunny Day
Farm, in Chester, S.C.; Karl and
Candace Steinhauer, of Stein
hauer’s Jerseys, in Mattoon,
Wise.; Tim and Patti Everett, of
Stone House Farm, in Sharon
Springs, N.Y.; Eric Silva, Sunset
Canyon Jerseys, Turlock, Calif.;
and Paul Schirm, of Schirm Farms,
in Canal Winchester, Ohio.