AJCA, NAJ Hold PORTLAND, Oregon The greatly over the past decade. In American Jersey Cattle Assoda- 1985, according to Covington, tion and its affiliated marketing there were 45,161 units of Jersey association. National All-Jersey semen exported Last year there Inc., held their respective annual were 421,820 units exported, meetings during a joint annual Covington said that indicates convention held June 19-23 at the growth in demand for the Jersey Red Lion Hotel Columbia River, breed. in Portland, Oregon. He said that the number of The event merited the 128th jcneyi enrolled in offial Dairy meeting of the AJCA and the 38th Herd Improvement Association annual meeting of the marketing programs increased 5.46 percent, organization. while that of all other dairy breeds Most of the awards presented j n the united States decreased, have been previously reported. All of those increases in Jersey In his report to the membership activity have come when the of the AJCA, Calvin Covington, nation’s number of dairy cattle has executive secretary and chief been decreasing by up to 12 executive officer, told the group percent that the association has been He said that most of the growth experiencing increased and con- in Jerseys has come from dairy far tinued growth in manbership and mers switching breeds, or adding in registration activity, that the the Jersey to its operation, rather breed appears to be increasing in than from expanding existing number of animals and ownership, operations, and that the association must con- The AJCA also has experienced dnue to work to provide valuable a positive balance sheet for 15 of service for its members. the past 16 years, though to main- According to Covington, the tain that record requires continual number of registrations for 1995 attention to improving efficiencies . marked the second highest number business, in the past 29 years. He said that while the breed appears to be last year there were 63,399 ani- cn joying increased popularity and mals recorded by the AJCA. demand, Covington said that work Ownership transfers last year ‘to improve the breed and to public numbered 29,346, the greatest fa the services and benefits of number of transfers since 1960. membership in the organization Further, in die association’s per- can not s u p . fotmance programs, there were “IftheJireed and association are 69,457 cows enrolled, the greatest to keep their enviable positions ... number ever. we must continue to concentrate The breed also climbed in aver age production yield, breaking 14,000 pounds of milk,6sspound s of fat, and 525 pounds of protein. Ryporffaig of United States Jersey semen also has increased 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH . 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Production and marketing of Jerseys have to continue to grow in order to keep the Jersey breed increasingly attractive, as well as EAIHI Annual Meetings, Convention maintaining a strong breed organi zation through cattle breeder and owner program participation. As partof this effort, he said that AJCA objectives include expand ing the association’s on-line com puter services, and having a goal of getting classifiers to use hand held, computerized data collectors to speed efficiencies and reduce human judgement variability. Covington is also executive sec retary and CEO of the National All-Jersey Inc., the marketing organization of the breed association. hi his address to the 38th annual meeting of the NAJ Inc., Coving ton discussed the changes in milk marketing during the past 20 years, to where about 80 percent of the total United States’ dairy produc tion is eligible to receive pricing reflecting multiple component pricing (MCP). He said that, were it not for the implementation of the NAJ Inc. Equity Program, and the efforts to change the pricing to farmers for __milk based on the component val ue, then Jersey dairy farms would not be receiving the premiums for protein for cheese yield that many Jersey producers have been enjoying. He-said the funds raised through the Equity Program have helped greatly in influencing the market and governing policies to reflect the value of the protein component in milk. He said about 77.5 percent of the pricing plans used that are eligible to price based on compo nents use protein. 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And while he said the organiza tion has a commitment to continue that effort as the dairy title of the "farm bill is implemented and the 33 federal milk marketing orders are reduced to no more than 13, he said it was unfortunate that the California milk component stan dards were not adopted for nation al use ”... thanks to the grocery chain stores who have their own processing plants and CBS news anchor Dan Rather ... . “It is amazing to me how Con gress can say that higher standards are good for one state, but not the other 49.” Covington also praised the efforts of the Jersey Marketing Service, that part of the NAJ Inc. that works to market Jersey cattle. He said the organization mark eted a record number of cattle last year, handling 18 dispersal and herd reduction sales, and privately marketing cattle for more than 200 people. Convington said the group has been receiving increasing popular ity and a reputation for customer satisfaction. In other action, Richard Gauss, president of the AJCA, briefly addressed the membership at the convention, reviewing his person al history of involvement with the breed and how positive changes Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 6, 1996-A33 implemented by the AJCA former leadership attracted him to become involved in the association. He said that some of the advan tages to dairying with Jerseys are strong and need to be communi cated to more people in the dairy industry. The more the benefits of the breed are understood, the grea ter the demand for the breed, he said. Ted Luther, president of the NAJ Inc., reported that the past year has been successful for the organization in enhancing the val ue of Jersey milk and cattle. In a presentation that more or less mirrored the content of what Covington presented, Luther cited the marketing of 6,000 head of cattle by Jersey Marketing Service last year, and the improved mark eting environment that favors the benefits of producing with Jersey cattle. In other business, the AJCA pre sented its distinguished service award to Max Gordon, of Winchester, Indiana and its master breeders award to Elmer Larson, of Roy, Washington. Recipients of the Young Jersey Breeder award were Greg and Jodi Chamberlain, of Wyoming, New York; Jeff Cochran, of Coquille, Oregon; Edward Jr. and Taryn Cooper, of Middleburgh, New York; Garry Hansen and Christi Hendrickson-Hansen, of Canby, Oregon; Peter and Linda Hawkes, of Mendon, Mass.; Russell and Cheryl King, of Creston, Ohio; and Kevin Lutz, of Lincolnton, North Carolina. The president’s tro phy, representing the highest individual 305-day record for pro duction of milk was pre sented to George and Raycene Crews, of Star, Idaho, for their Lanis Lexi Of Star Jersey with 33,900 pounds of milk, 1,540 pounds of fat, and 1,465 pounds of protein on a mature equivalent basis. The Osgton Farm Trophy, recognizing lifetime milk production by a living animal, went to Peggy Bennett, of Albion, N.Y., for her Maplerow Mercury Aron, with 247,820 pounds of milk, 11,346 pounds fat, and 8,670 pounds of protein pro duced in 4,188 days. The High Lawn Farm trophy was also present to Bennett for the pro duction of her Aron cow. The Edyvean Farm trophy was presented to Glen Meadows Farm, in Fultonville, N.Y., for the protein production of their Glen Meadows Maple Sweetness, with 9,103 pounds protein, 232,010 pounds milk, and 10,474 pounds fat produced in 4,268 days. The Hilmar Cheese Yield trophy was pre sented to George and Ritycen Crews for the production of their Lanis Lexi of Star Jersey cow.
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