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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.
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Jersey semen also has increased
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and improve on what got us to
where we are today,” he said.
Production and marketing of
Jerseys have to continue to grow in
order to keep the Jersey breed
increasingly attractive, as well as
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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.
According to Covington, evi
dence of the success of the Equity
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Program to influence United States
dairy policy was reflected during a
relatively recent western dairy
conference, a representative of the
National Milk Producers Federa
tion commented on the amount of
influence Jersey producers had in
developing the dairy title of the
current federal farm bill.
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
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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.