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4 Behind the Scenes7 Farmers make headway in the struggle with Johnes9 Jersey Sire Index gets the green light12 The ‘Finch’ influence at Shirlinn16 Jersey renaissance dominates 2012 Royal Shows23 Shows (Melbourne and Adelaide Royal)28 Poll Position31 World Dairy Expo Jersey show comes of age32 Global dairy expansion a major business opportunity

for Australian farmers

ABS 7

Agri-Gene 15

Araluen 10

Bushlea 30

Central Gippsland JBC 26

Colac JBC 5

CRV IBC

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Goulburn Murray JBC 14

Jugiong 18-19

Northern Districts JBC 11

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Windy Ways 22

Yandavale 27

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IN THIS ISSUE...

Vol. 65 No. 6 - November-December 2012

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Opinions expressed in The Australian Jersey Journal are not necessarily those of Jersey Australia Inc or its Board of Management or Compiling Editor, and no responsibility whatsoever is taken for their authenticity. While every effort will be made to publish advertisements as ordered, no responsibility is taken for the failure of an advertisement to appear as ordered.

Jersey AustraliaBoard Members

President:Trevor Saunders

495 Araluen Rd, Yarragon VIC 3823Telephone: (03) 5626 [email protected]

Vice President:Milton Johnston

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Secretary:Scott Joynson

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Hon. Treasurer:Peter Ness

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Andrew Younger50 Zeerust School Rd, Zeerust Vic 3634Ph: 03 5829 8352 Mob: 0409 572 484

Email: [email protected]

Geoff HeazlewoodPO Box 87 Latrobe TAS 7307

Telephone: (03) 6426 1169

Chris MacKenzie859 Cooriemungle Rd

Timboon VIC 3268Telephone: (03)559 [email protected]

Troy MaugerThe Willows Willawa Rd

Jerilderie NSW 2716Telephone: (03) 5885 [email protected]

Rohan Sprunt235 Kaarimba Hall RdKaarimba VIC 3635

Telephone: (03) 5826 [email protected]

Lisa Broad388 Johnson Rd

Lockington VIC 3563Telephone: (03) 5486 2624

[email protected]

Brian Wilson204 Wallamore Road, Tamworth NSW 2340

Telephone: (02) 6761 [email protected]

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COVER Gelbeado ParkSuperior genetics for Superior results PA & LM Mumford100 Greig’s Creek RoadWON WRON Victoria 3971 AUSTRALIA phone: 03 5189 1391Lisa 0429 891 391 | Paul 0438 890 222email: [email protected]

Much praise must be passed along to tour organiser Robyn Barber who is still working hard to secure more sponsors as well as making sure that everything is in its place prior to the big tour. To find out more information about the tour please check our website www.jersey.com.au as more information will be added there as the tour draws nearer. From the field I was very pleased to be invited to help out with some Genetic Recovery assessments around Colac & Districts which may have been just the excuse I needed to be in the area during the Cattle Clubs On Farm Challenge presentation.

Traditionally a very strong club that features regularly as a contender for the Great Southern Challenge Most Successful Club it was great to see all the video footage of all the entrants prior to the awards. Judges Bill Cochrane and youngster Aaron Thomas raved about the three days in the region and the amazing quality of Jerseys to be found there. Congratulations to all competitors on a wonderful Jersey showcase with Roger Heath taking the Mature Cow, David & Raylene Hallyburton winning the PT Heifer and Alan & Janine Carson taking Supreme Jersey plus two-year-old, three-year-old and four-year-old classes. A wonderful night that was capped off nicely with the surprise Life Membership presentation to Jim Parker who for once seemed lost for words and caught without a tie!

JJ JERSEY AUSTRALIA by Scott Joynson

Behind the ScenesFrom an office perspective our workload jumped

significantly in late October which coincided with a large export order being processed for Elders International. Members have been watching closely to see the ongoing demand from overseas buyers with many tipping that the orders may begin to go quiet. Interestingly Brendan Larkin Manager, Market Access and Competitiveness (Indonesia & Philippines) a department of the Victorian Government DPI confided with me during the past week that Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and China governments have all made recent commitments to implement Dairy Industries as a matter of priority and that there was a huge opportunity ahead for Australian dairy seed stock producers. Mr Larkin believes that Jersey exports will remain strong for the foreseeable future and from the Jersey Office perspective we hope he’s right. Registrations last year were the highest for at least the last 15 years on the back of the influence of live Jersey exports. At the end of October 2011 the office had processed 11,090 registrations compared to 13,661 (up 2571 or 19%) at the 31st October 2012. The Jersey Australia Board of Management set its forecast at 15,000 registrations for the year a figure that appears well within reach. The international interest is not only from those emerging dairying nations as Jersey Australia is well into preparations to host the World Jersey Cattle Bureau 2013 Annual General Meeting as part of the Gold Rush Down Under Tour.

This issue contains a brochure of the itinerary for the expected 60 - 80 visitors who will experience a very wide variety of dairying regions, research facilities, farms in NSW and Victoria as well as the opportunity to end the tour with some well earned rest in Cairns the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. These tours don’t simply happen and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the following early sponsors; Alta Genetics, Genetics Australia, Semex Australia, Dairy Livestock Services, CRV Australia and the National Australia Bank. All have been quick to pledge financial support so as to ensure that the Gold Rush Down Under Tour is not only a success but a wonderful opportunity for international research exchanges and Dairy Agribusiness networking.

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Gold Rush Down Under World Jersey Cattle Bureau Meeting and Tour

to be held in Australia in May 2013.

May 2013 is Australia’s chance to showcase the Australian Jersey. We have planned visits and tours to show you some wonderful animals, allow you to hear some truly knowledgeable speakers such as Dr Jude

Capper (Washington State University Adjunct Professor of Animal Sciences), further your research and learning and of course participate in networking opportunities to

create irreplaceable friendships.

For further information visit the Jersey Australia website:

www.jersey.com.au

WARRION JERSEYSSteven & Roslyn Chant

245 Melrose Road, WARRION, 3249PH: 03 5234 8416

[email protected]

CAMO JERSEYSDavid & Raelene Hallyburton

355 Stoneyford Road, CObdEN, 3266

PH: 03 5595 [email protected]

David & Loretta Halliday539 Naroghid Road, NAROgHId, 3266PH: 03 5595 4466

Alan & Margaret Halliday100 Colac-ballarat Road,

IRREWARRA, 3249PH: 03 5231 4421

gLENbRAE JERSEYSJim & Glenda Carson

Oliver and Melanesia Carson30 blacks Road,

IRREWILLIPE, 3249PH: 03 5235 3279

[email protected]

Jake HarknessC/- Alta geneticsPH: 0448 634 533

[email protected]

SPRING GULLY JERSEYSdon & Jan Murray255 Larpent Road,

bARONgAROOk WESt, 3249PH: 03 5233 8265

[email protected]

WANSTEAD JERSEYSRoger Heath &

Amanda Reynolds 150 koort-koortnong Road,

CAMPERdOWN. 3260PH: 03 5593 9321

[email protected]

ROCkVALE JERSEYSDes & Wendy Parker

PO box 25, bEEAC, 3251


CAIRNbRAE JERSEYSAlan & Janine Carson

80 McNabbs Road, IRREWILLIPE EASt, 3249


www.cairnbraejerseys.com

tAUgHbOYNE JERSEYSKerry McGarvie & Laurie Finney

217 darlington Road, gNOtUk, 3260


JACkIAH & RIPPONLEA JERSEYS

Simon Reid & Belinda Egan165 Flannigans Road,

IRREWILLIPE EASt, 3249PH: 03 5235 3334

[email protected]

JIREH JERSEYSChris & Pam McKenzie859 Cooriemungle Road, COORIEMUNgLE, 3268


VENOMA JERSEYSJim & Norma Parker

550 tomahawk Creek Road, IRREWILLIPE, 3249


Bob GilmourgEELONg, 3216PH: 03 5241 2765

Page sponsored by NAB Agribusiness

COLAC JERSEY BREEDERS CLUBPresident: David Hallyburton – Secretary: Kerry McGarvie

Life members: Bob Mellross, Anne Mercer, Ted Codling and Jim Parker

New members always welcome

Member ProfileWARRION JERSEYSn Steven & Roslyn Chant 3 children

Historyn Milk off 410 acres and then have 2 outpaddocks

which add another 150 acresn Currently milk 240 Jerseys plus replacementsn Steven’s mum and dad started stud in 1973, Steven

left school in 1978 and the farm was purchased in 1979

n Steven and Roslyn married in 1983

Goalsn To continue improving all aspects of their farm and

herd. Their daughter Sara is returning to the farm in 2013 and will increase the milking herd to 250-260

Achievementsn Steven is very proud of their farm, they have turned a

run down farm into a profitable enterprise, renovated the dairy to a 15 aside double up, built a lovely home and improved shedding etc.

n Wining the club O.F.C. in 2007 and have had numerous placings since

n Bulls used this year are Action, VanAhlem,TBone, Alta Galaxies,Blackstone and Valentino

n Football Team - Steven Geelong, Roslyn Essendon Apart from family if you could invite 6 people for dinner who would they be?1. Max Walker2. Clint Eastwood3. Jane Bunn4. Tom Harley5. Pat Rafter6. Penny from the Big Bang Theory


Dairy Australia animal health and welfare manager Robin Condron says Australia now has less than a thousand dairy herds infected by BJD.

“But what’s more important is that we have reduced how much Johne’s disease occurs in those infected herds,” he says.

“Many of those infected herds now test negative, and have been testing negative for several years.

“So the likelihood of any continuing disease in them is very, very remote.”

Robin says there continues to be a problem for dairy farmers who have done

a lot of hard work to eliminate Johne’s to gain recognition that their herd is no longer affected.

He says there has been progress in testing, with the addition of a new technique of testing samples of dairy effluent. This herd environmental culture or HEC test gives fewer false-positive results than blood tests.

Robin says dairy farmers should discuss with their vets if they should consider using HEC tests.

He says work continues around the world to further improve BJD tests, and

Dairy Australia will inform farmers about any new techniques.

Robin declines to make any direct comment on whether BJD is more or less prevalent in any Australian dairy breed.

He says international research continues to look for evidence of genetic factors linked to susceptibility to mycobacterial infections.

“There have been from time to time various associations with different breed types,” he says.

Farmers make headway in the struggle with Johne’sThe latest review of Australia’s Bovine Johne’s Disease management strategy indicates that farmers

are making headway in their fight against the disease which affects about one in seven of the nation’s dairy herds.

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“But this was largely a matter of history, and was often associated with infection of some studs.

“I don’t think Jerseys are inherently more vulnerable to Johne’s disease than other breeds of cattle.”

International research continues to try to identify a genetic link to vulnerability which could allow dairy farmers to breed out BJD susceptibility.

“New gene technology may assist, but it hasn’t shown anything yet,” Robin says.

Australia’s current Johne’s management plan is an agreement between governments and farming industries which is due to operate until 2020.

It has annual reviews, and the review this year showed a falling rate of BJD in infected herds.

Robin says changes in the strategy in July following this year’s review are unlikely to have a great affect on most dairy farms.

He says the main changes are to prevent the spread of BJD to beef herds in New South Wales and South Australia, and allow dairy herds to trade more freely using the National Dairy BJD Assurance Score.

NSW Chief Veterinary Officer Ian Roth says NSW has agreed to become a Beef Protected Area in an approach endorsed at a BJD summit last November.

He says this reaffirms the NSW commitment to protect the beef sector from BJD, while allowing dairy producers greater control over how they manage their herds.

NSW no longer has BJD zones, and the entire state has become a Beef Protected Area or BPA. Ian says the onus is on NSW cattle producers to be informed about the BJD status of the animals they buy.

He says dairy producers are obliged to supply a declaration of their Dairy BJD Assurance Score with every consignment of cattle they sell.

“Beef producers in particular should be aware of the effect of buying in dairy or dairy-cross animals originating from dairy holdings, on their trading opportunities,” the NSW Chief Veterinary Officer says.

“All cattle buyers should ask about the BJD status of stock before purchase, and buy only low risk cattle.

“The Dairy BJD Assurance Score is a herd scoring system out of 10, based on the level of risk of BJD associated with the herd. The higher the BJD Assurance Score, the lower the risk.”

Ian advises that beef-only producers should avoid buying dairy cattle, or only buy dairy cattle with a BJD assurance score of eight or more from a Cattle MAP herd.

Robin says this year’s changes to the national BJD management strategy are focussed around the nature of the risk and the type of enterprise.

But he says the objective of the strategy is still exactly the same – to prevent the spread of BJD and minimise its impact.

He says Australia is in a fortunate position because it has worked on the

control and management of BJD for a long time.

“We are free of a lot of the very significant cattle diseases that are prevalent in other countries, and that’s enabled us to work on Johne’s disease,” he says.

“Our prevalence of Johne’s is much lower than you see in other countries, particularly countries in the northern hemisphere, or our near neighbours in New Zealand.

“We have advantages because our cattle are grazed on pasture rather than being housed intensively, and that helps us in protecting the calves, which are the critical and vulnerable animals in terms of the spread of infection in a herd.”

Dairy Australia has a three-step plan for hygienic calf rearing to help reduce the risk of BJD infection.

The plan stresses that management of the calf-rearing area should ensure that no effluent from animals of susceptible species comes into contact with calves.

“Calves up to 12 months old should not be reared on pastures that have had adult stock, or stock that are known to carry BJD on them during the past 12 months,” the plan says.

“Calves should be taken off the cow within 12 hours of birth.”

“Limiting contact that calves have with adult cattle and sources of manure minimises the risk of BJD transmission.”

Dairy Australia says all dairy companies have included this three-step calf plan in their on-farm quality assurance programs.

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“It is the herd manager’s responsibility to keep records that can demonstrate implementation of their calf-rearing program,” it says.

Other recommendations for best-practice calf rearing include taking steps to:- ensure cows calve in a clean

environment - separate calves from their mothers in

the calving area - avoid feeding calves milk from sick or

medicated cows - prevent manure splashing into

colostrum or calf-milk storage - avoid using pooled colostrum or milk

from high-risk cows - use elevated feed troughs, hay racks

and water troughs when feeding calves

- use tank or town water for calves where possible

- consider using a milk replacer - consider on-farm pasteurisation of

milk for calves

- use different equipment to handle faeces and feed

- fence off drains and boggy or swampy areas of calf paddocks

- encourage everyone to clean boots, vehicles and equipment when entering calf areas

- keep cattle, goats, deer, and alpacas or llamas out of calf-rearing areas

- never graze calves where dairy effluent has been spread

- select an elevated area for rearing calves to avoid exposure to effluent drainage.

Farmers should minimise risks associated with herd expansions by:- sourcing low-risk animals - protecting calves from any introduced

animals with unknown risk- considering using only processed

semen and embryos, and - considering agisting off-farm only

cattle that are aged over 12 months. Dairy Australia says farmers showing

cattle should find out in advance if movement into the show area requires

the herd of origin to have had a negative BJD test.

Dairy Australia also lists recommendations for the removal of test-positive animals from a herd.

It says farmers should understand the use of diagnostic tests for BJD, and use test results for culling decisions.

It recommends the culling of test-positive cattle as soon as possible and before they calve.

It says farmers should understand the different implications of test-positive cattle in different Australian states.

“Minimising new infections is a critical part of the whole process of managing BJD,” Dairy Australia says.

“Calves are the most susceptible to infection, and all efforts should be made to avoid calves coming into contact with potentially infected animals or their effluent.”

More information is available from dairyaustralia.com.au/bjd.

Phone 03 9694 3777 or email [email protected]

Jersey Select Index gets Green LightJersey Australia commenced

publishing a Jersey Select Index (JSI) in response to members wish to see an alternative to the APR Index created by ADHIS in the early 2000's. Whilst the resulting JSI Index was very popular with members and semen marketers the index did not have official Industry recognition. The Jersey Australia board has been quietly working with industry on how to obtain widespread industry recognition the Jersey Selection Index.

To help us achieve this, Dr Jennie Pryce, a Senior Research Scientist with the Victorian Department of Primary Industry, was contacted and thankfully agreed to help the Jersey Australia Board update the popular JSI Index and suggest ways that it may be better presented to industry.

A working group was formed to consider and focus on important traits for the future development of the Jersey cow within a commercial environment and aimed to produce a an ideal Jersey specific index that would move the breed closer to the association's goals for the breed. Variations of the original JSI index were adjusted with focus placed on stature and width, muzzle, chest and body width, but dropping the live

weight penalty. Each version of the JSI was then run in a simulation to see how it changed the Jersey cow out to the 2030.

After a review that lasted just over two years the Jersey Australia Board sought permission from ADHIS to approve the updated JSI so as to facilitate broader Industry acceptance of the JSI. The August 2012 ABV run saw the ADHIS Board give the green light to add the JSI to the Selectabull section of the ADHIS website. Members, AB Companies and the broader industry can now sort the top Jersey Bulls in the country on ABV and rank them in the Jersey Breed developed JSI Index order.

What has been developed is not a replacement of the APR but an

Index that works alongside it. Jersey Australia hopes that in time ADHIS will agree to print the JSI rankings in the Good bull Guide published biannually and distributed to all dairy farmers.

The JSI has been officially recognized.

Chris MacKenzieResearch Committee, Jersey Australia

Table 1. Index weights in JSI2 Trait Index weight

Milk Yield -0.10Protein Yield 10.00Fat Yield 1.00Survival 5.14Fertility 2.64SCC 0.56Overall Type 1.45Mammary System 1.81Stature 1.18Body Depth 0.59Chest Width 0.35Udder Depth 1.04Rear Attachment Height 0.86Centre Ligament 0.68

Araluen Park Augustus Wendy 2 Ex92Sire: JEAUGUSTUS 6yr6m 7536lt 358f 274p PI109

Augustus x Goldglo x Centurion x Brook x Homestead x Hitech x LPO

THE Wendy FAMILY

The original Wendy was a Lincoln Park Observer daughter purchased in 1987 as one of a group of yearlings. She was the matriarch of a family that has emerged as one of the most significant families in the Araluen Park herd. 25 years later we have just registered Vanahlem Wendy.

This calf has a sire pathway that goes Vanahlem x Tnestorm x Rebel x Panache x Centurion x Brook x Homestead x Hitech x LPO. The Wendy’s have their share of heifers and consequently have figured prominently in our sales over the years.

During the 2011/12 year Brian Leslie put four Wendy’s under the hammer for an average price of $2600

2012 Calving finished With just over 60 Vanahlem heifer calves on the ground

Plus daughters of Valerian, Tbone, Simba, Region, Nekey & GainfulAnd ten young sires represented.

Top five F+P cows on Sept. herd test Top five Milk cows on Sept. herd testS Aus Rebel Kelsey 3 EX92 3.11kg F+P AP Premier Redwing EX92 41.6 lts AP Premier Redwing EX92 3.09kg F+P AP Larfalot Katie EX90 41.3 ltsS Aus Jacinto Cheryl 2 EX91 3.05 kg F+P S Aus Rebel Flower 5 EX90 40.1 ltsN Dairyking Sandra EX90 2.99kg F+P AP Jacinto Kasare EX91 38.5 lts AP Rebel Alma EX91 2.91kg F+P AP Clearcut Astor EX90 37 lts

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Augustus x Goldglo x Centurion x Brook x Homestead x Hitech x LPO

THE Wendy FAMILY

The original Wendy was a Lincoln Park Observer daughter purchased in 1987 as one of a group of yearlings. She was the matriarch of a family that has emerged as one of the most significant families in the Araluen Park herd. 25 years later we have just registered Vanahlem Wendy.

This calf has a sire pathway that goes Vanahlem x Tnestorm x Rebel x Panache x Centurion x Brook x Homestead x Hitech x LPO. The Wendy’s have their share of heifers and consequently have figured prominently in our sales over the years.

During the 2011/12 year Brian Leslie put four Wendy’s under the hammer for an average price of $2600

2012 Calving finished With just over 60 Vanahlem heifer calves on the ground

Plus daughters of Valerian, Tbone, Simba, Region, Nekey & GainfulAnd ten young sires represented.

Top five F+P cows on Sept. herd test Top five Milk cows on Sept. herd testS Aus Rebel Kelsey 3 EX92 3.11kg F+P AP Premier Redwing EX92 41.6 lts AP Premier Redwing EX92 3.09kg F+P AP Larfalot Katie EX90 41.3 ltsS Aus Jacinto Cheryl 2 EX91 3.05 kg F+P S Aus Rebel Flower 5 EX90 40.1 ltsN Dairyking Sandra EX90 2.99kg F+P AP Jacinto Kasare EX91 38.5 lts AP Rebel Alma EX91 2.91kg F+P AP Clearcut Astor EX90 37 lts

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Balingen Park Jerseys“Little Cows - Big Attitude”!

Kieron & Melissa Eddy685 Hooper Road, Tatura, 3616

Ph: 0427 061 [email protected]

BROADLIN JERSEYSLynton and Lisa, Toni, Gavin and Cassie Broad

388 Johnson Road, LOCKINGTON 356303 5486 2624 - 0427 862 624 [email protected]

Jimann JerseysTrevor & Julie Campbell

286 Lowe Rd Rochester 3561PH: (03) 5484 1624 [email protected]

EURARIE JERSEYSCharles & Carolyn Smith

80 Rathbone Road, St Germains 3620Ph: 03 5826 0325

[email protected]

Brookbora JerseysRobert and Sandra Bacon

Tennyson Vic 357203 5488 2323 - 0429 333 119

[email protected]

Bercar Jersey StudBernie and Carol McManus

252 Bamawm Rd Bamawm. 3561Ph: 03 5483 2245

e-mail [email protected]

SUNSHINE FARM JERSEYSN R & J M McDonald

715 Andrews Rd Kyabram 3620Ph: 03 5855 2516 - 0428 992 450

[email protected]

LincoLndeLL JerseysRon and Val Read & Family

167 Panoo RoadLockington 3563

Utopia JerseysJared & Courtney Ireland

53 Hewlett Lane, Lockington.Ph: 03 5486 2694

[email protected]

Silhouette JerseysRichard & Ann Worboys

Echuca Mitiamo Rd • KottaPh: 03 5483 7500

[email protected]

Sybilgrove & SummerSpirit Jerseys

Collins Family202 McColl Road, Ballendella 3561

Ph/Fax: 03 5486 5393

NortherN District Jersey BreeDers cluB

Presdient: Bill Cochrane 03 5486 5474 Secretary: Lisa Broad 03 5486 2624

Benlock Jersey Stud

Bryan & Lee Rushton79 Brooks Rd Rochester 3861


WINDY WAYS JERSEYS

Frank Walsh41 A Finlay Road, Tongala VIC 3621

Ph: 03 5859 0532 Mobile: 0418 576 856

Email: [email protected]

Dalbora GeneticsRobert & Sandra Bacon

Daryl & Maria Collins

Tennyson Vic 35720427 882 227 - 0429 333 [email protected]

JUGIONG JERSEYSNicholson Family

Curr Rd Girgarre 3624Ph/fax 03 5854 6393

Pat 03 5854 [email protected]

Rockleigh ParkJerseys

Stewart Mancer2/1 Moama Court, Moama


SHENSTONEJERSEY STUDGordon & Lyn Emmett12 Curr Road, Stanhope


.....breeding since 1930

Gailee JerseysNorm & Dawn Stone

489 Hill Rd StanhopePh: 03 5857 2399

[email protected]

Craigielea Jerseys Bill, Kaye and Andrew Cochrane836 Hansen Rd, Bamawm, 3561



A ribbon winner at Sydney Royal Silverfinch 17 was sired by Francliff Immeasurable from Silverfinch 10, 90pts. The day following the sale Silverfinch 17 was in season and through the generosity of Robert Brown she was mated to Francliff Interstar 2. The resulting calf was Shirlinn Starfinch 94pts. The Shirlinn Finch family was underway.

Three more daughters followed, Shirlinn Goldfinch 92pts sired by Tatara Designs Major, another Major daughter Shirlinn Silverfinch 88pts and Shirlinn Ideal Finch 90pts sired by Lilac Grove Rings Ideal.

These four daughters commenced the four branches of the Finch family at Shirlinn today. Three ET daughters sired by Rye Valley Jingos Duke and another daughter sired by Katandra Star Kingdom were also born and were sold at Shirlinn

sales in the 1980’s and were purchased by three prominent studs, Joanlea, Siesta and Tongarra.

There have been many great Starfinch cows over the years but probably none better than the original, Shirlinn Starfinch 94pts.

The ‘Finch’ influenceat Shirlinn

Great Aussie cow families

Starfinch won many supreme dairy cow awards at local shows and was champion cow once and reserve champion twice at Sydney Royal.

Her daughter, Shirlinn Major Starfinch 92pts, was intermediate champion at Sydney in 1983, reserve champion cow in 1984, was then sold to Wollingurry stud for a NSW record price of $9000 and went on to win champion cow Sydney 1986, with her mother standing in reserve, and also won Supreme Champion Dairy Cow.

Another daughter of Shirlinn Starfinch was Dukes Starfinch 2, 91pts, winner of supreme dairy cow awards locally and winning her class at Sydney and representing the Jerseys in the pen of 3 and pen of 5 interbreed.

A daughter of Dukes Starfinch 2 was Lester Starfinch 2, 91pts. She also won supreme dairy cow awards locally and was also champion at NSW state show 1998. Lester Starfinch 2 had a daughter, Finale Starfinch 90pts, who won at local shows and was second aged in milk NSW state show 2007.

Miss Starfinch 91pts, sired by Aramis has been another good cow, breeding and producing well and representing the Jersey in interbreed at Sydney in 2004.

At the moment Caesar Starfinch 92pts is one of our shining lights. Producing 9000 litres and winning supreme champion dairy cow 2012 and 1st 6yrs in milk at IDW 2012. Her daughter was sold at the 2012 IDW sale.

Shirlinn Goldfinch 92 pts was a great cow at Shirlinn. A very good producer who was shown with great success. She won intermediate champion as a two year old at Sydney and was champion cow in 1984 in Sydney.

Goldfinch, Starfinch and Major Starfinch won interbreed pen of cows in 1984 and still regarded today very highly by many breeders.

In 1974 Wollingurry Silverfinch 17 was purchased at the Wollingurry reduction sale by Shirlinn. This cow commenced the Finch family at Shirlinn and has had a

huge influence on the Shirlinn herd as it is today.

Winning pen of three Sydney Royal 1984.

Shirlinn Starfinch 94pts.

words: Wilson Family, NSW


Goldfinch was awarded Australia’s premier Jersey cow in 1984-85. Shirlinn Silverfinch has left her mark with many good cows over the years.

Currently in the herd is Miss Silverfinch 4th 90pts, producing over 41000 litres over six lactations and breeding very well.

Shirlinn Ideal Finch bred two 90pt daughters, Imperial Finch and Jersey

Finch. Imperial Finch bred exceptionally well leaving Opportunity Finch 90 pts, Berretta Finch 90pts, Lester Finch 92 pts.

Two good young cows currently in the herd, Country Finch 91pts and Futurity Finch 90 pts are both grand-daughters of Opportunity Finch.

Lester Finch 92pts has two 90pt daughters currently in the herd.

There have been 41 descendents of Silverfinch 17 that have scored 90 pts or higher, just at Shirlinn.

Over the years many members of the family have been sold and successfully started cow families and classified highly for other breeders.

It was a great day for Shirlinn when Lindsay Wilson purchased Wollingurry Silverfinch 17. n

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Caesar Starfinch 92pts. Finale Starfinch 90pts.

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Jersey renaissance dominates 2012 Royal showsJerseys have confirmed their 21st century renaissance with a clean sweep of inter-breed supreme

champion ribbons at this year’s royal shows in Australia’s eastern states.

The Supreme Champion in Brisbane was Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor bred by A and W Barron at Ardylbar Jerseys on the Darling Downs. The Barrons had only bred Holsteins until son Waylon introduced a small number of Jerseys 12 years ago.

In New South Wales, Brian Wilson of Shirlinn Jerseys at Tamworth bred the Sydney Royal Supreme Interbreed Champion, Shirlinn Icy Eve. She was conceived naturally after the Wilsons let her dam run with a bull leased from Ken and Margaret Atkins’ Kendale stud.

In Victoria, Craigielea Avery Silky triumphed at her show-ring debut and brought the Melbourne Royal Show’s inter-breed Supreme Champion ribbon back to the Nicholsons’ Jugiong Stud at Girgarre. Pat Nicholson says he thought she could win a big prize as soon as he saw her in a sale ring 18 months ago.

The clean sweep of the eastern royal

shows follows the Jersey win at the 2012 International Dairy Week, where seven-year-old Jersey Willow Dell Fancy 512 took home the all-breeds ribbon for the Griffith family from Blighty near Deniliquin in the NSW Riverina. The Griffiths are Holstein breeders who acquired their champion Jersey from a neighbour.

The big year for Jerseys in Australian show rings reinforces the comments of international Jersey experts at this year’s Jersey Australia annual conference. They say increasing world-wide exchange of continuously-improving Jersey genes for higher production of high-component milk with better resource efficiency means that the future for the breed is brighter than bright. They expect the size of the world Jersey herd to double within a few years.

Former Australian Jersey chairman Lindsay Wilson – whose son Brian bred

the Sydney Supreme Champion – says it’s the first time in many years that Jerseys have won all the eastern state supreme champion ribbons.

Lindsay can remember decades ago when Jerseys were the most farmed dairy cow in Australia. They often dominated major shows with their well-formed and well-attached udders.

That dominance slipped in the decades when other breeds developed. But now Jerseys are back on top after years of work by Australia’s breeders to incorporate the best characteristics of world Jerseys into Australian herds.

Lindsay says today’s Jerseys give twice as much milk as the champions of the 1970s. He agrees with the many Jersey breeders who say that things have changed from the days when “show cows” were bred to just bring home the ribbons. Today’s champion Jerseys are also high producers.

Willow Dell Fancy 512. Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor.

Qld Holstein stud breeds Supreme Jersey

The breeder of Queensland’s Supreme Interbreed Champion Waylon Barron says he wanted to breed Jerseys when he joined his father Adrian 12 years ago on the family’s Ardylbar Holstein stud 20 minutes south of Toowoomba on Queensland’s Darling Downs.

“I got to see a few of the good Jersey herds around the place, and I could see that the breed was moving in a forward direction,” Waylon says.

Ardylbar still has only 30 Jerseys, who milk beside 170 Holsteins.

“When we started out with Jerseys, we selected some good cow families with a lot of depth to start off with,” says Waylon.

The 2012 champion Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor has ancestors including American bull Comerica, and cows from the Ferguson family from the Lara stud in Victoria. Eleanor’s grandmother was Lara Opp Elmana, the Brisbane supreme champion in 2003.

Waylon says Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor is not an over-big cow, “but she’s so balanced and correct”.

“She hasn’t really got a hole in her,” he says. “She’s just very balanced and correct right the way through.”

She has the renowned “very nice, very quiet” Jersey temperament which does not hamper her ability to win ribbons.

But Waylon says she won’t let the black-and-whites put anything over her when she gets back to the farm.

“She’s smaller than the Holsteins, but she’s a bossy little fella,” he says. “She gives as good as she gets, anyway.”

Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor is also giving it to the Queensland record books. She was the supreme intermediate champion at the Brisbane show in 2011.

This year, she won the three-to-four years in milk category before taking out the all-breeds supreme champion ribbon.

“I think it’s one of the first times in the history of the Brisbane show that the supreme intermediate has gone on to be the supreme cow the following year,” Waylon says.

He thinks the Jersey breed is going to keep moving forward with a lot of new bulls around the world that can be used in artificial insemination.

“The cows that everyone is showing

these days are the same ones that are giving lots of milk,” Waylon says. “They are just good right across the board. They are high type and high production - everything seems to be balanced right the way through.”

Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor has so far only had one daughter. But Waylon says the champion is still young. The Barrons are going to give her a year off showing to do embryo transfers.

Waylon naturally wants to get a few more daughters from Eleanor. Some of her embryos may be implanted in Holsteins.

He expects to use semen from the US. “Because we’ve only got such a small number of Jerseys, you are always sitting down thinking about what you should be breeding them to,” he says.

“If you had a couple of hundred, you could play around with a few more bulls. But when you’ve only got a handful, you have to be pretty precise about what you are using.”

He expects to use semen from Ultra, and probably Applejack, “a bull that everyone is talking about at the moment”.

He says the combination of US semen and Australian bloodlines “seems to be working out quite nicely”, leading to better feet, legs and rump angles in today’s Australian Jerseys.

Waylon is careful about feet and legs because even champions might have a long way to walk from creek-side pastures to the dairy on a farm on the Darling Downs.

He just wants to keep up the breeding strategies he’s used for 12 years, because they have bred a champion.

The stud will stay near its current ratio of breeds, although Jersey numbers may sneak up as he transfers Jersey embryos into Holstein cows.

The farm also breeds Jersey bulls. These have produced a few cross-breeds by sneaking in with the Holstein heifers, but Waylon says most of the herd will remain pure-bred.

Ardylbar Comerica Elanor VG88 was sired by Bridon Remake Comerica, who comes from a family including Jaspar Renaissance Evening and Duncan Belle A.

On her dam’s side, the 2012 Queensland champion has ancestors including Vindication and Bonnyburn Ali Whistler.

Sheryl Barron and son Waylon with Brisbane Royal Supreme Champion Ardylbar Comerica Eleanor. Photo: Laura Hunt / APN

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