All Breeds Dairy Journal. DECEMBER 2019 – FEBRUARY 2020

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ALL BREEDS DAIRY JOURNAL DECEMBER 2019 – FEBRUARY 2020

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Dairy farming Scandi-style F

or many people it will always be the home of Abba, or perhaps the origin of the Alfa Laval dairy company.

But Sweden is also a northern European country with a substantial dairy industry that prides itself on being humanely run and responsibly managed.

Dairy farmers Tina Dahl and Mats Larsson visited Australia in December, ostensibly to see cousin Carl, but also to visit a number of dairy farms to see what was happening here.

Their 250-cow herd, milked twice a day in a herringbone style ‘milking parlour’ is predominantly Reds, so while in Australia they visited several Victorian Illawarra studs and found they had some bloodline in common with Undera’s Glencliffe Illawarra stud, run by Sarah and Raymond Parker, in the choice of Danish bulls such as VR Fergus and VR Cigar.

"If you have a robot, you are on call, all the time."

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Undera Illawarra breeder Raymond Parker chats with visiting Swedish couple, Tina and Mats.

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Tina and Mat appreciate the fat and protein traits of the Red breed.

Tina has served on the Swedish Dairy board and is currently president of an artificial insemination and agricultural advisory company.

Fertility has been an ongoing issue in the use of US Holstein genetics and Tina believes the Nordic Reds have delivered excellent fertility results, which has benefits in herd returns.

They have used cross-breeding to capitalise on the fat and protein of the Reds and the volume of the Holsteins.

The Swedes use pro-crossing with Holsteins, the Reds and the French breed, Montbéliarde.

The herd averages 10 500 kg annually and they calve right through the year.

The Swedish farm has readily adopted new technologies, uses GPS tracking on all their cows and monitors their individual milk production, but has turned off the robots that were previously used for milking.

The robots have been replaced by a new herringbone dairy.

The dairy sector in Sweden Total number of dairy companies

26

Number of processing plants

38

Number of livestock co-operatives

3

Number of semen-producing companies

2

Number of breed societies

9

Number of dairy farmers

4 800

Number of dairy cows (Dec 2015, thousands)

337*

Average of cows per herd

81

-Swedish Board of Agriculture

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The cold weather means barns are a part of every Swedish dairy farm.

Government regulations strictly control the use and space.

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Tina Dahl and Mats Larsson on a Goulburn Valley farm property in December.

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The decision was made largely for lifestyle reasons.

When they decided to invest in a new barn (barns are a must in a climate that makes the farm snowbound in winter), and to increase the size of the herd, they made some tough decisions on what milking routine they were comfortable with.

"If you have a robot, you are on call, all the time," Tina said.

She said they found it hard to get away from farm duties when an alarm would call on the mobile phone requiring attention within half an hour.

The preferred farm model was one where they had a set routine for milking.

The Swedes farm in a country with a high level of regulation covering animal welfare, animal management and animal treatment.

The law requires animals to have access to outside roaming during summer months and even specifies the size of housing and stalls.

Chemical use, sprays and waste production are strictly controlled and they have largely removed antibiotic use from animal treatment. Salicylic acid is commonly used as an anti-bacterial.

A hoof trimming specialist visits the farm every six weeks and every cow gets attention twice a year, to help cope with the synthetic surfaces inside the barns.

Tina and Mats’ farm has about eight people working full time.

The average herd size in Sweden is about 90 cows.

Generally, farmers are paid a bonus for low cell counts.

Red cows dominate Tina and Mat’s farm, but there is a growing move towards Holsteins in the national herd.

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he Swedish farm includes a kelpie, the progeny T of a Kelpie bitch imported from Australia.

The Swedish farm has a mixture of arable and non-tilled land.

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Brad and Jessica Gavenlock love the fact they get the opportunity to work with so many great cattle through their business Cherrylock Cattle Company.

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rad and Jessica Gavenlock of Cherrylock Cattle Company are living their dream of not only breeding and showing quality cows for themselves, but also preparing and showing them for others.

While most of us start winding down for Christmas, the Tallygaroopna couple is in the thick of their busiest time of the year, as they prepare cows for International Dairy Week.

“From December 10 to IDW in January, cows are 100 per cent our focus,” Jess said.

“We do Christmas but it is just our little family as we stay home and focus on preparing cows.”

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Last year the couple took a team of about 35 animals to IDW and they are just as pleased by the success of cows owned by others as they are of their own.

“We make people’s dreams come true and that is such a great feeling – the look on the owner’s face after they can barely recognise their cow because she looks so good is just so rewarding,” Jess said.

The couple has got the skill of preparing its team down to a fine art.

It might have involved a bit of trial and error initially, but they have found starting six to seven weeks before an event is ideal.

“Any longer and we find the cows start to go stale and anything shorter is not enough,” Jess said.

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“We don’t do anything different to anyone else when it comes to diet and feeding, really, but it is the little one per cent that makes all the difference.”

The couple caps milking numbers of the IDW team at about 20; any more than that and it becomes too hard to give them the attention they need.

The couple started the boarding business when they moved to Tallygaroopna four years ago.

“We put it out there and started out small with a few cows,” Jess said.

“I always wanted a dairy farm to milk cows on and I guess this is the next best thing – we are always busy with cows coming and going and it is very rewarding.”

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he facilities will be full of cows come T December 10 as the couple prepares for IDW.

“There are many people in the industry who love the genetic and showing side — they don’t go on holidays or buy ski boats, they flush and breed good cows and that is what keeps them going.”

Brad and Jessica have always had an interest in showing cows and have been doing it together for many years; there have been quite a few highlights (and good cows) along the way.

Personally, they own a mixed herd of Jersey, Holstein and Illawarras that are milked at friends’ places, along with cows owned in partnership.

One of their most exciting partnership cows is Windyways Galaxies Dawn, a cow owned with Tongala’s Frank Walsh.

“Dawn is one of the most exciting cows we have been fortunate to own and I still

n on-property tag sale on Melbourne Cup Day hosted by Cherrylock saw 40 lots A sell to a $4633 average. The sale was a first for the couple and included a handler competition, races on the big screen and a jumping castle for the kids.

think the best is ahead for her yet – she just keeps getting better with age,” Brad said.

“I saw her a couple of days ago and she looks unbelievable – all going well, she will be at IDW 2020.”

Kathleigh Guns Grace has won Sydney three years in a row but has never been in IDW form until, fingers crossed, this year.

She will show as a seven-year-old and is owned in partnership with Andrew and Cassandra Kath from Rochester.

Illawarra Panorama Angeline was purchased by Brad as a birthday present

for Jess as a calf.

“I like the red ones. I grew up around them and they are very special to me,” Jess laughed.

Angeline has been three times champion at IDW as a junior and intermediate and has never been beaten in class.

“In 2017 she was supreme champion in Sydney, and she is a very special cow to Jess,” Brad said.

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he Cherrylock Cattle Company T International Dairy Week team.

“We make people’s dreams come true and that is such a great feeling.” >> The couple not only manages cows for customers in Australia, they also have customers in USA and Dubai, and flushing and embryo work form a large part of this side of the business.

“Customers buy heifers and cows and send them to us to flush,” Brad said.

“We export embryos and they don’t need to worry about a thing.”

Brad said their location and close proximity to some of the top sales and herds in the country works particularly well for them, and they both love what they do.

Both Brad and Jess believe there will always be a strong future in good cows, even during tough times.

“There are many people in the industry who love the genetic and showing side – they don’t go on holidays or buy ski boats, they flush and breed good cows and that is what keeps them going,” Brad said.

“Cows have always been our passion and the friendships we make fitting and showing cows have been second to none.”

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Back at home with her Illawarras, Zoe is looking forward to a future in the industry that continues to involve showing cattle.

Overseas trip trains leaders T

he chance to travel to Belgium and compete at the European Young Breeders School for the first time was an opportunity of a lifetime for five young Australians.

Brady Hore from Leitchville, Victoria, Julia Paulger from Kenilworth, Queensland, Ricky Nelson from Irrewillipe, Victoria, Sam Hall from Australind, Western Australia and Zoe Hayes from Girgarre, spent two weeks in Europe in September, sightseeing and participating at the school.

The European Young Breeders School is an annual five-day event run by the Association Wallonne de l’Elevage (AWE).

It involves hands-on workshops including bedding, showmanship and clipping, as well as classroom-based sessions such as marketing and herd promotion. After three days of workshops and practice, participants put their skills to the test in stock judging, showmanship and calf classes.

Zoe was the highest-placed Australian participant placing seventh out of 130 competitors.

“The school taught me so many things including the importance of attention to

detail and I really think I have improved.

“Here in Australia we are taught so much about preparing cattle for show day, so it was great to learn some new things. They were very strict about the specifications for bedding and even though we wash our cows every day, paying close attention to areas like washing ears can make a huge difference and really affect show results,” Zoe said.

Zoe said participating as part of the first ever Australian team was exciting and gave her a real sense of pride.

“The whole team wanted to ensure the program continues into the future for other people and the sponsors stay on board so we were all determined to do well.”

She said the trip has provided her with many connections and friendships for the future.

“To see leaders you have only ever heard about, and have the chance to listen and learn from them was just amazing. The trip has made me think of life outside Australia and how there are other opportunities out there if you want to grab them.

“I have also kept in touch with someone from the Canadian team and he is coming

I n action in Belgium, Zoe placed seventh out of 130 competitors at the European Young Breeders School in September.

out to help my family at IDW.” Zoe said she would encourage anyone interested to apply for the scholarship next year.

“If you are a bit nervous about travelling overseas the scholarship really helps you with all of that. We were all so well supported, and you don’t get chucked straight in the deep end.

“I feel like this trip can really broaden yourself as a person and in the industry and it is well worth applying.”

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Tassies on tour in USA I

n June, Josh Smith and Stuart Lehman set off a on journey that had been a distant dream for many years – to see what the other side of the world looked like, along with some high-quality Guernsey cattle.

The chance to meet some familiar faces and make new friendships was also a draw card for the Tasmanian mates, who toured 19 farms in 15 days, driving 4659 km along the way.

First stop was Lavon Farms in Emory, Texas.

Josh had already established a relationship with Todd and Deanna Moore a few years prior during his first trip to the USA and this is where the first embryos were purchased and imported to Triple J Genetics.

Next stop was Dix-Lee Guernsey and another great herd of Guernseys.

After a delayed flight to Minneapolis and terrible thunder storm the boys made their way to Up the Creek Guernsey and then Golden J, Jens Gold and Idle Gold Guernsey – the boys were grateful for the wonderful hospitality.

“We then headed off to Valley Gem Guernsey and Flambeau Manor where we were shown around some wonderful herds of cows,” Stuart said.

The next three days were spent at Coulee Crest and included tours to Adams Creek and Lang Haven Guernsey.

“It was great to meet the Pettersen family: they made Deanna embryos available for purchase three years ago, which allowed us to establish the Deanna family,” he said.

“A massive thank you to the Pettersen family for putting up with us and showing

Mates Josh Smith (left) and Stuart Lehman spent 15 days touring Guernsey farms across the USA.

us around their piece of paradise and letting us let our inner child out on July 4th celebrations.”

Next visit was a stop at Hi Gruen View for Josh to meet his cow crush, Dancing Diva, the 2018 Reserve Senior Champion at World Dairy Expo, who has a son in AI called Drone.

The boys had a great visit to Hoards Dairy, touring the new state-of-the-art robot facility, along with a walk through the cows.

On the third leg of the trip the boys stopped at Marrodore Guernsey and Alden Farms, meeting Robin Alden, who had helped make the whole trip possible.

At Springhill Holsteins and Guernsey, the boys had the pleasure of witnessing Mentor Jazzy go EX 95 in front of a panel of judges.

After overindulging at the Amish buffet

The boys were able to witness Mentor Jazzy go EX 95 in front of a panel of judges.

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they headed to Sniders Homestead and were treated to $8000 pork and a $20 bottle of Australian wine.

“After a great night we drove our weary heads across to the final destination of the tour – Warwick Manor Guernsey where we got to indulge in their own Guernsey products, and we can highly recommend the ice-cream and chocolate milk,” Stuart said.

The trip was an experience of a lifetime for the boys and wouldn’t have happened without organisation from Robin Alden and former USA dairy farmer Brent Clements.

“We must say a massive thanks to all the people who allowed us to visit and welcomed us into their homes, especially considering some visits were only organised a couple of hours beforehand,” Stuart said.

Josh with his cow crush and the 2018 Reserve Senior Champion at World Dairy Expo, Hi Guern View Dancing Diva-ET.

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High hopes for a quality show at IDW I

t is heading toward that time of the year when all eyes turn to Tatura for International Dairy Week.

Another tough season in the dairy industry has done little to dampen enthusiasm for the event and organisers are expecting another great year.

Director Brian Leslie said numbers would be similar and it would be business as usual for the IDW team.

“We have entries coming from across the country,” Brian said. “Exhibitors come and go each year, but one thing is for sure – we will have the best quality cows in the country in our show ring and it will be darn hard to get a ribbon.”

The event will follow the same format although a highlight will be a visit by the World Ayrshire Conference.

Ayrshire president Scott Braendler said coinciding the conference with IDW would provide the 120 registered international visitors with a chance to see some of the highest quality cows in the country – not only across the Ayrshire breed but others as well.

Seminars will be run across three days and topics covered will include cow heat and health, probiotics, social media, pastures and calf rearing.

International Dairy Week will be held January 19-23, 2020.

Officiating judges ABS Australia/Ridley All Breeds National Youth Show – Waylon Barron

Hailing from the Darling Downs of Queensland, Waylon is involved in the family operation Ardylbar, currently milking about 180 predominately Holstein cows, with a growing number of Jersey and a handful of Illawarras owned in partnership.

The Barron family farms more than 526 ha (1300 acres) and aims to be self-sufficient.

Ardylbar has exhibited and won ribbons with Holsteins, Jerseys and more recently, Illawarras, across Queensland. Through partnerships Waylon has also co-owned and exhibited class winners and grand champions at previous IDWs. Waylon is the breed representative for Holstein and Jersey at the Toowoomba Royal Show and is actively involved with the Queensland Dairy Organisation. He has also had the pleasure of judging On-Farm competitions across Australia.

IDW Sheri Martin Youth Showmanship Classes – Ben Govett

Ben is from Dingee in Victoria and hasn’t missed an IDW since the event first

ob Woolmsley with Senior Red and White R Champion and Best best Udder Mitch Chipper Beauty-IMP-ET-RED, owned by Mitch Holsteins and TPM from Bamawm, VICVictoria.

began. He currently milks 250 cows and is co-owner of current and two-time IDW supreme champion Sunstorm. Cows from Bendara Dairies have won grand champion in Australia’s National Brown Swiss Show for the past five years whilst the stud has won premier exhibitor and breeder for the past nine years running. Ben has judged cows in all states of Australia and New Zealand, including judging state and national finals for handler competitions.

Ayrshire Show – Mr François Beaudry, Canada

François Beaudry has always had a deep passion for the Ayrshire breed. Based in Quebec, Franscois and his wife Hélène Tremblay own the award-winning Des Prairies herd, which has always thrived for great milk production. François’ farm is known around the world for the quality animals it produces. The family gets great satisfaction selling individuals that bring success to new owners, such as Des Prairies Toutou, who won six grand champion titles at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair of Toronto. The business sells embryos around the world and is always happy to welcome foreign visitors.

François is a member of the Canadian Ayrshire Association and has served as the Canadian delegate on the World Ayrshire Federation. François is experienced and has judged dairy shows in many countries, including Canada, the United States, Columbia, Finland, Sweden, South Africa and New Zealand.

Illawarra Show – Greg English, Malanda

Illawarra Grand Champion champion and Supreme All Breeds Champion Wallumlands Sunstorm 8th.

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Malanda has always been home for Greg English. His family were pioneers in the area and established Eachamvale Illawarra Stud in 1908. Greg and his wife Bronwyn purchased the family farm in 2001. He has always focused on breeding

News // quality, high-production Illawarra cows with good udders. A highlight for Eachamvale was taking out supreme intermediate with Eachamvale Erin 4 and supreme champion cow with Eachamvale Precious 7 at this year’s Royal Brisbane Show; a terrific achievement considering it was a 3600 kmround trip. Stud dairy cows and showing have always been a huge part of Greg’s life.

National Guernsey Show – Grant Liebelt

Grant Liebelt grew up in Echunga in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. He first became interested in showing cattle at 17, entering Guernsey cows in the Tanunda Feature Show and Royal Adelaide Show.

Transitioning to the Holstein breed in future years (under the Grantley prefix), Grant has maintained an interest in the breeding and development of the Guernsey breed. The ultimate success for the Liebelt family was winning supreme champion dairy cow with Grantley Marquis Flora EX4E at the Royal Adelaide Show in 1983. After receiving master breeder status in 2016, Grant retired from dairying but continues to breed top-quality progeny from cattle he retained with daughter Bridget’s help at the Altmann family’s Blackwood Park Illawarra and Holstein Stud in Murray Bridge, SA.

National Brown Swiss Show – Kevin Ziemba, United States of America

Kevin Ziemba is the Eastern USA Manager for STgenetics. He manages the Eastern USA sales team and specialises in

genetic and reproductive tools to aid dairy profitability. He is the coach of the Cornell University dairy judging team, which has finished top five at World Dairy Expo for the past seven years. Kevin, wife Barb and son Mason enjoy breeding and developing good cattle. They currently have more than 40 head under ZiemBarbWay (ZBW Genetics), predominantly Holstein, with more than 60 EX cows, numerous All-American, Jr All-American and All-NY award recipients.

They also work with a small group of Jerseys and Brown Swiss and have bred All-American nominees in all three breeds.

Kevin has had the privilege of judging cows throughout the US and Canada and has served as judge of the Hokkaido National Show in Japan.

National Jersey Show – Chris Hill, USA

Chris Hill resides in Thurmont, Maryland, USA, with wife Jennifer, and owns and operates MD-Hillbrook Sales and Service – a sales and auctioneering business.

With a passion for the show ring, the couple maintains a small inventory of elite show cattle. They have bred and owned more than 50 All American nominations in the past 10 years. Chris manages and assists with approximately 35 sales a year throughout the United States and Canada, including the popular March Madness Sale Series. Chris is an accomplished judge. His resume includes serving as the official for many county, district, state and national shows in the United States, Canada and South America. He has had the honour of

SUNDAY, January 19, 2020

9.30 am Non-Denominational Church Service and Morning Tea – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 12.00 pm Holstein Australia Victoria Youth Challenge Trials – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 3.00 pm VASA State Junior Judging Final – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 6.00 pm Welcome to IDW BBQ – Wilson Hall

MONDAY January 20, 2020

8.00 am ABS Australia/Ridley All Breeds National Youth Show – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 9.30 am IDW Seminars – The Ballantyne Complex 3.00 pm The IDW Youth Showmanship Classes – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 5.00 pm Power of Women in Dairying (POW) Function – Wilson Hall

TUESDAY January 21, 2020

8.00 am Australia’s National Ayrshire Show Feature Show 2020 – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 9.30 am IDW Seminars – The Ballantyne Complex 3.00 pm National Illawarra Show – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 3.00 pm National Brown Swiss Show – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 6.00 pm IDW World Conference Ayrshire Sale – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 6.30 pm IDW National Herd Improvement Association Dinner – Cellar 47, Shepparton 8.00 pm IDW Global Impact Supremacy Jersey Sale – Blackmore and Leslie Complex

judging six times at the All-American Dairy Show and four times at the North American International Livestock Show, including the Jersey judge. He has been a recipient of the coveted Klussendorf-MacKenzie award and more recently, along with his wife, was awarded the A.C. “Whitie” Thomson Award honouring sportsmanship and leadership at World Dairy Expo.

Holstein Show – Yan Jacobs, Canada

Yan Jacobs from Cap-Santé, Quebec, owns a farm with his father Jean and sister Ysabel milking 215 cows. The herd is a mixture of 60 EX, 145 VG and 42 GP cows who average 11 000 kg – 4.4 per cent fat and 3.24 protein. Jacobs Farm has been premier breeder at World Dairy Expo eight times and seven times at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto and has received 94 AllCanadian nominations and 60 All-American nominations. Yan has judged around the world.

Holsteins line up in the ring.

WEDNESDAY January 22, 2020

8.00 am National Guernsey Show – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 8.30 am National Jersey Show – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 9.30 am IDW Seminars – The Ballantyne Complex 11.30 am IDW Elite Guernsey Sale – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 1.00 pm National Jersey Show Continues – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 7.30 pm IDW World Wide Sires Evolution Sale – Blackmore and Leslie Complex

THURSDAY January 23, 2020

8.00 am National Holstein Show – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 8.00 am Dairy Industry Leaders Breakfast – The Ballantyne Complex 11.30 am IDW Interbreed Junior Champion Presentation – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 12.00 pm The MaxCare Challenge – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 1.00 pm National Holstein Show continues – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 2.00 pm Presentation of Lex Bunn Memorial Award – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 3.30 pm IDW Interbreed, Intermediate Champion Presentation – Blackmore and Leslie Complex 5.30 pm Presentation of Australia’s Grand Champion – Blackmore and Leslie Complex

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No matter the breed, WWS Australia is proud to deliver the type breeders love!

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s a genomic young sire 7HO12198 KINGBOY rose to the top of the gTPI list. Two years later, he became a Top 10 TPI proven sire and today, at nearly seven years old, he is still the bull that breeder herds and commercial dairy farmers alike, are using for consistently good type. Because of his powerful transmitting ability, breeders rely on him to sire tall, long, deep-bodied cows, with sound legs and beautiful udders (+2.46 UDC).

His daughters have more strength and width than his sire MCUTCHEN with exceptional high, wide rear udders and snug fore udder attachments. Not only is KINGBOY influencing the breed by siring daughters that make amazing older cows, but also his sons DOC, KING ROYAL, KENYON and RAMBO are creating a name for themselves.

• 250HO12961 DOC (KINGBOY X MACK X SNOWMAN): From the heart of the Debutante Rae cow family, DOC is currently the No.1 KINGBOY son for Type at +3.93 PTAT. He also improves production (+1565 PTAM), transmits positive component percentages, and represents an excellent cross on Goldwyn bloodlines. His early milking daughters are causing a stir amongst breeders around the globe. DOC is also making his mark with some exciting sons, HOLLYWOOD and HANCOCK are the leaders amongst them.

• 7HO12787 KING ROYAL (KINGBOY X MOGUL X SOCRATES): KING ROYAL is bred to bring a great balance of production and high components and with over +3.00 PTAT, he is a type specialist.

KING ROYAL will sire udders that are snuggly attached and frames that combine the style of KINGBOY and the strength carried by the sires of his maternal line.

• 250HO12746 RAMBO (KINGBOY X NUMERO UNO X ROBUST): From the famous brood cow, Sandy-Valley Planet Sapphire (VG-87 GMD), RAMBO is an A2A2 sire who delivers extremefFat (+0.17% F) and excels in daughter fertility with

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+2.7 FI. RAMBO daughters will be tall and strong with good slope to the rump. As a KINGBOY son, he is expected to transmit solid feet and legs and beautiful udders that will work in robotic milking systems.

• 7HO12769 KENYON (KINGBOY X KRUNCH X DORCY): KENYON excels in type traits being +2.96 PTA Type and +3.17 in Udder Composite. A Wellness sire who excels in udder health (2.40 SCS), KENYON will create the next generation of value added pregnancies (+2.6 SCR).

From a great cow family with a proven track record, 7JE01344 MATT sires daughters with outstanding udders (+22.3 JUI) and the type breeders love (+1.6 PTAT). He is the No.1 BPI sire (+265) with Australian milking daughters in addition to being the No.1 HWI and TWI sire in the breed. With a +2.0 SCR, this IRWIN son

creates the next generation of value added pregnancies. His daughters are moderate size with shallow udders, strong fore udder attachments who excel in udder health.

From the time-tested Rosy family 7AY00111 REAGAN is a 7AY93 BERKELY son who is the complete package. His early milking daughters have the Ayrshire world talking and with their recent success at World Dairy Expo, we understand why!

REAGAN dominated the show ring siring the Intermediate/Honorable Mention Grand Champion, the Reserve Junior Champion of the Junior Show and went on to be awarded the Premier Sire of the Heifer Show. His proven performance, balanced frames, and incredible semen fertility (+2.9 SCR), make him an easy choice for Ayrshire enthusiasts.z

DOC daughter and HOLLYWOOD full sister S-S-I Doc Have Not.

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“Marvellous” Montana

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HG Montana (JSMONTANA) has been one of the more popular genomic young sires from the US in the past few years. Now with his first crop of daughters milking, it’s evident why. JSMONTANA is a Montross son from the Sully Planet Manitoba family.

His dam is an 87-point Uno daughter so it’s not surprising that JSMONTANA excels for health and fitness traits.

A member of the Jetstream lineup, JSMONTANA transmits a balanced production profile with a great milk rating complimented by positive fat and protein deviations.

Jetstream Genetics manager, Roger Turner, cannot speaking more highly of the JSMONTANA daughters he’s

seen: “The Montana daughters have excellent width and depth throughout.

They consistently produce above their contemporary herd mates while exemplifying their youthfulness.” Roger continues, “They have strong udder attachments which combined with their wide frames makes them very balanced and uniform in their conformation.

Rumps are correct and consistent while feet and legs show some variability when it comes to set and bone quality, but the strong heal depth and ideal mobility create very good feet legs overall”.

Leading Edge Genetics owner Brad Aiken has been a strong supporter of JSMONTANA from the outset: “IHG

Montana sires the modern type of dairy cow. Plenty of strength, average in stature, super udders with great health traits”. JSMONTANA is part of the Genetics Australia Premium bull offer, where you can purchase him for $20 a unit. You can blend JSMONTANA into your breeding program with Australian stars like MAEBULL and SUPERDAVE and take your herd to the next level.

“We used Montana as a highly ranked young genomic bull because of his medium frame, high type and udders to go with a high DPR. We have a high production herd that walks up to 2.5km.

Their medium frame, great udders and uniformity stand out.” – Brett Membrey, Naringal.

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Plum blossoms at Quality Ridge

urning sweet 16 is T no barrier for Ashbury Leader Plum who classified Ex94-7E just days after her birthday in June.

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ec and Jayke Fisher from Quality Ridge Holstein have seen a few good cows over the years but there will always be one who will hold a very special place in their hearts.

Ashbury Leader Plum Ex94-7E celebrated her 16th birthday in June along with the birth of her 13th calf.

Plum was bred by Jayke’s parents Alan and Ollie Fisher; Jayke and Bec have just had the pleasure of owning and managing her for the past decade.

Plum is the result of a dose of Comestar Leader put into a Raider cow who was sired from the herd bull, Pooley Bridge Klan.

The Raider cow was never classified, but always stood out amongst the herd as one of the best.

Pooley Bridge Klan was a Southwind out of Acme Warden Kay and left a legacy of many great cows.

Plum’s showing career began early when she was an eight-month old calf at the Western District sub-branch.

Jayke and his three sisters always took a calf each and there would always be a fight over who would lead which calf.

“My second-youngest sister Shanae got Plum that year,” Jayke said.

“I would normally clip the calves and we would all take care of our own, but a few days before the show I fell off my motorbike, breaking my leg and spending the next few days in hospital.

“It was left up to Dad to clip the calves (he would never have picked up a set of clippers in his life) but luckily Plum went on to win her class and become champion of the show.”

Many ribbons and years later, Plum remains a firm favourite for the whole family.

“For a cow that is 16 years old and had 13 calves, Plum is extremely youthful,” Jayke said.

“She still leads the herd home morning and night and even though she hasn’t had every lactation herd recorded, she would have produced well in excess of 100,000 litres for her lifetime production.”

Plum has won several shows and many on-farm competitions, including the following:

J ayke and Bec Fisher along with children Harry, Max, Ava and Cooper all love their favourite cow Ashbury Leader Plum. Plum has won a plethora of awards over her show career but it is her sweet nature that means the most to the family.

2004 Champion Calf, Western District Calf Show 2008 Grand Champion Holstein, Noorat Feature Show 2008 1st Mature Cow, Cobden AB Commercial Cow of the Year competition 2009 Supreme Dairy Cow and Best Udder, Ballarat Feature Show 2013 Northern Vic Semex On-Farm Comp, 1st Veteran Cow and Highest Pointed Cow 2013 Semex-On Farm Comp Finals, 1st Mature Cow 2015 Reserve Champion Cow, Kyabram Feature Show 2015 Northern Vic Semex On-Farm Competition, 1st Veteran Cow 2015 Semex On-Farm Comp Finals, 3rd Mature Cow

(L-R) Harry and Cooper with Plum..

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very decision on Bob and Jacqui Biddulph’s dairy farm is data driven.

There’s no stone unturned when it comes to measuring and monitoring performance for the self-confessed ‘number crunchers’.

“We keep a lot of records, but that’s only so we can look at them and make decisions,” Jacqui said.

“From paddock performance and the number of hay rolls coming out (of each paddock) to seed selection, we do a financial analysis of the business every year.

“With breeding, it is not much different.

We like to keep our herd genetically modern, using new bulls all the time rather than older bulls. We are completely commercially focused: our money comes from selling milk and we want cattle that last.”

It is no surprise that the couple has embraced Australian Breeding Values (ABVs) for females, based on genomic testing, pedigree estimates and their own performance records.

“We have a report on our herd, every cow from milking to non-milking,” Jacqui said.

“Some calves were born on 8 April and on April 17 we got their pedigree-only BPI.” The Balanced Performance Index (BPI) is an estimate of an animal’s genetic merit, based on the traits that contribute to farm business performance under Australian conditions.

The couple milks 420 registered Holsteins at Cowaramup near Margaret River in Western Australia on about 300ha with the support of a 125ha run-off block and 50ha of leased land.

The focus on data and its use for driving farm performance started with Bob’s parents, Eric and Maureen, who began registering the herd in 1975. Targeted, individual matings underpin the Biddulphs’ breeding program, a task that relies heavily on data.

Frustrated that data was not available on heifers until their first lactation, Jacqui developed her own formula to determine an animal’s genetic merit – half the sire and half the dam’s breeding value. Describing this calculation as a “dirty number”, she also used this to decide which homebred bulls would be retained to mop up after artificial insemination in their seasonal calving system.

“We’ve always focused on strong cow families, three generations of type and udders and now we use cow BPIs as well,”

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Bob, Jacqui and Hannah Biddulph have used ABVs to improve their dairy herd over many years.

Jacqui said.

“I’ve reared bulls from maiden heifers, now that we have got more information.

Before they hit the dairy, we know a fair bit about them.

“We genomically test our home-bred bulls to confirm they are good enough. This early information puts us in front compared to where we used to be.”

Constantly pushing for genetic gain, earlier information has helped the couple sharpen its focus for culling and export heifer selection. Inseminating all the heifers and running an extensive AI program with the main herd ensures the couple has plenty of replacements each year.

The Biddulphs’ herd calves from February to the end of May, to make best use of their 180-day pasture growing season. Jacqui said everything was hand fed until peak lactation, before they hit the home-grown pasture to complete most of their lactation on grass.

“It’s about matching grass growth to the lactation curve to manage costs,” she said.

Profitability is at the heart of all business decisions, including breeding. Thorough analysis of sires starts as soon as DataGene’s April ABV proofs are released, with bulls selected within 24 hours.

This tight timeframe is crucial to ensure semen arrives in Western Australia in time for joining. The DataGene Good Bulls Guide is a starting point for sire selection, with the BPI the primary source of information.

There’s always a focus on udders, rumps, feet and legs as well to ensure functionality.

In the end, a consistent team of bulls is chosen, including a mix of genomically tested, progeny test and proven bulls.

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the BPI system, Jacqui said progeny test bulls were always a good option as they have high genetic merit. The most expensive semen is preferentially used over the youngest, most fertile cows.

“We tend to use a lot of Australian-bred bulls,” Jacqui said. “We believe absolutely in the science and believe both PT and proven bulls to work under our production system.

“We look at the BPI and ABV proof conversions rather than proofs from other countries to see where (these sires) sit in our system.”

Jacqui said the focus on BPI had delivered accurate results in the paddock and on paper.

“At the end of every year we separate all the first-calf heifers by bull and look at their average production,” she said.

“The poorer production ones always have the lowest BPIs.” Averaging about 550kg/cow/lactation, the 600kg Holsteins are fed a diet of pasture for the short growing season, supplemented by concentrates and silage. Bale feed is about 2.5 tonnes/cow/ lactation as there’s no pasture available after November.

“For us, it is all about bringing in consistent lines of heifers that perform for us in a variety of ways: they produce milk, are quiet, have decent udders, easy to milk on a rotary, get in calf, are able to walk to the back of the farm – 1.5km away – and back again and are as efficient as possible converting feed to milk.

“We get all this information out of ABVs and BPIs now, on the cow sides as well as bulls’ side. We used to only have cow pedigree information to rely on, now we have genomic information that tells us stuff that’s real.”

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showing what it takes

Kingsvale bows out on a high K

ingsvale Jerseys from Ripplebrook, Victoria, has taken out the top prize in the 2019 Royal Melbourne Show Dairy Cattle Competition, with its senior cow, Kingsvale Rosella 438.

Kingsvale’s David Anderson said the Rosellas were one of the oldest cow families in the herd and could be traced back to the 1890s.

David couldn’t speak more highly of the six-year old who is sired by Panoo Abe Vanahlem ET and produced 8000 litres in her fourth lactation.

“Brian Leslie said Rosella was one of the best framed cows he had ever seen and she is wide, with a clean brisket and front end — she is just a bloody good cow,” David said.

David and his wife Sharon decided to head to this year’s Royal Melbourne Show

as a farewell to the breed and the industry after recently selling the Kingsvale herd.

“Our family has a long association with Royal Melbourne and even though we hadn’t been there for 20-odd years we thought it would be a good show to go out on, and winning supreme champion of show was just great,” David said.

Kingsvale is one of the oldest established Jersey studs in Australia and the dispersal sale attracted a lot of interest.

Kingsvale Rosella 438 was the toppriced lot selling for $13 000 and the herd averaged $2 900.

“The past five years I had been concentrating on breeding A2 into the herd and I think that really helped when it came to selling because there was a lot of demand for those animals,” David said.

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SUPREME JUNIOR CHAMPION Riverside Grand Belle – Patrick Anderson RESERVE JUNIOR SUPREME CHAMPION Kearwa Latimer Koala 4th – TS & MR Shea

JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER Riverside Grand Belle – Patrick Anderson RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER Kings Veldt Grant Delicate 1 – Patrick Anderson

SUPREME INTERMEDIATE VESSEL Crookslea Absolute Lasco – N & M Wilkie SUPREME INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION Kings View Aileen 181 – Patrick Anderson RESERVE SUPREME INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION Crookslea Absolute Lasco – N & M Wilkie SUPREME SENIOR VESSEL Glomar McCutchen Annecy 5506 – Justin Johnston, Glomar SUPREME SENIOR CHAMPION Kingsvale Rosella 438 – Kingsvale Jersey RESERVE SUPREME SENIOR CHAMPION Glomar McCutchen Annecy 5506 – Justin Johnston, Glomar

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BEST INTERMEDIATE VESSEL Kings View Aileen 181 – Patrick Anderson INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION Kings View Aileen 181 – Patrick Anderson RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE Mayberry Crystal 3 – Deniliquin High School, A & F Michael BEST SENIOR VESSEL Kingsvale Rosella 438 – Kingsvale Jersey SENIOR CHAMPION COW Kingsvale Rosella 438 – Kingsvale Jersey RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR COW Kingsvale Icey Silvermine – Kingsvale Jersey

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GUERNSEY JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER Kearla Latimer Koala 4th – TS & MR Shea RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER Crookslea Kakadu Doreen – N & M Wilkie BEST SENIOR VESSEL Kearla Fame Serenity – TS & MR Shea and N & M Wilkie SENIOR CHAMPION COW Kearla Fame Serenity – TS & MR Shea and N & M Wilkie

HOLSTEIN JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER Crookslea C F Rose – N & M Wilkie, Crookslea RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER Glomar Contender Wendy 6100 – Justin Johnston, Glomar BEST INTERMEDIATE VESSEL Crookslea Absolute Lasco – N & M Wilkie, Crookslea INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION Crookslea Absolute Lasco – N & M Wilkie, Crookslea INTERMEDIATE RESERVE CHAMPION Glomar Exactly Lucky 6013 – Justin Johnson, Glomar BEST SENIOR VESSEL Glomar McCutchen Annecy 5506 – Justin Johnston, Glomar SENIOR CHAMPION COW Glomar McCutchen Annecy 5506 – Justin Johnston, Glomar RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION Glomar Commander Lucky 5585 – Justin Johnston, Glomar

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Emily Brown with her much loved Brown Swiss – Linderlan Surge Tess.

Honours a testament to success T

here aren’t too many Australian herds that come with the credentials of Linderlan and Sherbrooke Brown Swiss, having laid claim to every single broad ribbon at International Dairy Week over the past 22 years.

Linderlan is owned by Emily Brown and Stephen Fisicaro from Katunga, while Sherbrooke is owned by Emily and her mum Susan Brown (her dad passed away in 2010).

There have been many good cows over the years to grace the pedigrees of these two herds, including Linderlan Impact Sigrid EX92 who won IDW Grand Champion

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in 2008.

In recent times, Linderlan Surge Tess is another — the past 12 months have been phenomenal for her, placing first in the five-year-old On-Farm Challenge as well as honourable mention champion.

At International Dairy Week 2019 she won the six-year old class and went on to be crowned honourable mention and she also won champion Brown Swiss in the All Australian photo competition.

Emily purchased Tess’ grandmother Strathlea Polvin Tess for $2000 in 2011 and her mother Zerberus Tess a little later.

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heifers for us, so we went back and bought a heifer daughter sight unseen for $1500 — she was great and gave us four heifers and was reserve intermediate champion at Melbourne,” Emily said.

Surge Tess is the eldest of the daughters and won reserve junior champion at IDW. Linderlan Richards Tess is the next daughter in line, and she received an honourable mention at IDW this year and there are two younger sisters to follow.

“Surge Tess is a pretty friendly cow,” Emily said.

“She has been shown since she was a

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he picture that won Linderlan Surge Tess champion T Brown Swiss in the All Australian photo competition.

“I get a lot of pleasure from showing cows and that makes the hard slog of dairying more enjoyable. I wouldn’t be here if it was just to get milk out of the cows.”

Linderlan Surge Tess in her work clothes.

calf; my nephew showed her when she was little, and she has turned into a very quiet cow.

“She was at the Cobram show recently and there were two little boys laying all over her and making her wear a cowboy hat — although she doesn’t love wearing her halter.”

Tess is one of the top milkers in the Linderlan herd and is always in the first couple of runs in the dairy.

She calved September 8 and Emily is hoping she will make it to IDW 2020.

“We had several people wishing to buy Tess after IDW last year, but we weren’t ready to let her go,” she said. “It takes such a long time and so much hard work to breed a cow as good as she is.”

Emily has always loved showing cows and she has established some good cow families over the years, such as Olga,

Bianca, Sigrid and Ambracia, along with imported lines, including Sarajevo, Chloe and Shannon.

Sherbrooke El Bianca EX90 was bred by Emily’s parents and is the reigning lifetime production record holder along with other cows they have classified to EX92 5E, numerous STP and star brood cows.

Emily, along with her mum (and dad) are very proud of the quality of cattle they have been able to breed.

“I get a lot of pleasure from showing cows and that makes the hard slog of dairying more enjoyable. I wouldn’t be here if it was just to get milk out of the cows,” she laughed.

Brown Swiss are an easy-to-manage breed with great heat tolerance and strong production. They have served Emily and Stephen well and despite tough times in northern Victoria, the couple are hoping

they will still have a future in the dairy industry in a few years’ time.

As part of this season’s management the couple decided to reduce numbers and sell some of their top genetics under the hammer at Shepparton in November.

Freshly calved heifer and top-priced Linderlan Nirvana Toska sold for $3000 to T Smethurst of Athlone while unjoined heifer Linderlan Wizdom Sigrid sold for $2400 to Loxby Brown Swiss of Laceby.

Yearling Sherbrooke Siren Iris 2 sold for $2100 to T Smethurst of Athlone while the bull Linderlan Nirvana Ori sold for $2500 to K Osborne of Jamberoo, NSW. Sales averages included $1580 for seven milking heifers, while 17 winter 2020 calving heifers averaged $1200, 11 unjoined heifers $1495 and two bulls $1 800.

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Comeback Queen

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t was well worth Lara Premier Lassie finding her way out of retirement for a walk around the show ring at Shepparton during October, after she was crowned supreme dairy cow and best udder.

The mature seven-year old Jersey was retired from Toolamba’s Ferguson family show team a couple of years ago but was looking so good out in the paddock, they decided to pull her out and see how she would perform.

Erin Ferguson said Lassie certainly enjoyed her time in the ring.

“She is such a well put-together cow with a very nice udder and she is just so easy to work with, which makes my job so much easier,” Erin said.

Cows have always been a part of Erin’s life and the Ferguson family run a mixed herd of Jersey, Holstein, Ayrshire and Illawarra.

“I like to breed a good balanced cow – a cow that you want to milk every single day of the year,” she said.

Erin helps on the family at Toolamba and has her own place at Tatura, where she looks after the young stock and the show team while also working as a nurse.

Erin Ferguson with Lara Premier Lassie who found her way out of retirement for a trot around the showring at Shepparton. She was crowned supreme dairy cow and best udder.

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orthern Victorian Jersey Breeder club members Stephen and Brooke Brown can’t complain about the team they entered in this year’s On-Farm Challenge.

Of the 10 cows, nine placed in the top three and they took home four class wins.

Blairden Horatio Personality won the two-year-old class along with best vessel, Blairden Sherman Lisa 2 won four-year-old, Blairden Vanahlem Marlene five-yearold, and Blairden Surefire Petsy the six-year old class.

The couple didn’t enter either the senior two-year-old or mature class.

“We were very surprised to have another great year on the back of last year,” Brooke said.

Stephen said he was surprised twoyear-old heifer Horatio Personality took home best vessel.

“She is a great cow and has a great udder, but we were still surprised to see her take home that award as well,” Stephen said.

Petsy is also a family favourite and her easy-going nature is well recognised.

“The AI technician doesn’t even AI her in the race anymore, she just stands for him in the yard. She is always up for a pat and is never in a hurry to go anywhere,” Brooke laughed.

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On Farm Challenge six-year-old Champion Blairden Surefire Petsy

The couple bought their farm and herd 13 years ago.

They attribute some of their success today back to the 220 strong Jersey herd they initially purchased from the Bawden family, along with additional cows they bought from Hec and Judy Brown’s

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Merindah bloodlines.

“We breed for health traits and type.

There is only the two of us here working the farm, so it is important things are kept as simple as possible to manage,” he said.

This year the couple will milk 180 spring calving cows.

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Far left: Horizon Bradnick Ambrosia 2, VG 86 2019 IDW Intermediate Best Udder Holstein & Honourable Mention Intermediate Holstein Left: SPH Yelena, VG 89 (Mogul)

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Loxleigh stands out on farm T

he Goulburn Murray Jersey Breeders Club awarded champion cow and three-year-old winner to Geoff and Natalie Akers’ Valentino Empress Loxleigh in the club’s recent on-farm challenge.

More than 80 cows were judged by Darryn and Ellie Hourigan from Millewa, with the judges visiting five farms and scoring each cow out of 880 points.

The highest pointed two-year-old was

awarded to John and Margaret Cockerell’s Valentino Empress Warrain.

Prizes were sponsored by Genetics Australia, with first prize receiving a $65 semen voucher.

Jersey breeders celebrated at a presentation dinner at the Shamrock Hotel in Numurkah at the end of the competition.

The competition’s winning cows from two to seven years old will go on to

compete in the Great Southern Challenge, which includes all the Jersey clubs of Victoria, southern NSW, South Australia and Tasmania.

The on-farm challenge was held on October 24, across the club’s area, which takes in Cobram, Nathalia, Numurkah, Strathmerton, Katunga and Tallygaroopna.

E ight-year-old winner Loxleigh Resurrection Peace, owned

by Geoff and Natalie Akers.

ix to seven-year-old winner, S Meldan Vanahlem Violet, owned by Ben Pedretti.

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F ive-year-old winner, Loxleigh Vanahlem Rowena, owned by Geoff and Natalie Akers.

Two-year-old winner, Warrain Valentino Empress, owned by John and Margaret Cockerell.

F our-year-old winner, Loxleigh Vanahlem Melanie, owned by Geoff and Natalie Akers.

Champion cow and three-year-old winner, Loxleigh Valentino Empress, owned by Geoff and Natalie Akers.

Junior owner winner Kaarmona Navarian Josi owned by Ruby and Jorja Sprunt.

Two-year-old progeny test winner Kaarmona Caspian Marie, owned by Graeme and Rohan Sprunt.

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showing what it takes

A new venue and a renewed focus on agriculture drew big crowds to the Burnie Show Photos: Hayden Williamson

Supreme Champion and Best Vessel, Benlargo Windbrook Ding owned by the Gear family from Green Glory Holstein, Hobart.

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Champion bull Heritage Grove Dorman Quadman with Hayden Williamson, Riana.

Line-up for best vessel.

I ntermediate Champion (left) Datumvale Absolute Kyle owned by M Young and family pictured with Jed Young and Reserve Champion Humevale Park First Class Lorraine owned by M and J Williamson, Hugh Williamson pictured.

Supreme Champion Jersey and Best Udder and Reserve Intermediate All breed Coleshill Gazza Noelene with Ryan Barker from Riana.

Holstein Supreme line-up, Burnie Show.

Champion Handler Jaxon Gilliam, 19, from Burnie.

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BREED SOCIETY NEWS:

GUERNSEY President’s message Guernsey Cattle Society of Australia Incorporated President: Laurie Dunne 572 Round Mountain Road, Josephville via Beaudesert QLD 4285 Phone: 07 5544 2193 Email: fernybank.dunne@gmail.com Senior Vice-President: Julie Moore 392 Fernbrook Loop Road, Dorrigo NSW 2453 Phone: 02 6657 3264 Email: julienmick@bigpond.com Junior Vice-President: Sean Tomkins PO Box 361, Gerringong NSW 2534 Phone: 0458 049 805 Email: alembry75@gmail.com Secretary: Joyce Cleggett Box 54 Glencoe SA 5291 Phone: (08) 8739 4368 Email: guernseyaus@activ8.net.au Society web: www.guernseyaus.com

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here is an old Chinese adage that if business is bad, then paint the front counter. In modern parlance the front counter is our website. Maybe business isn’t that bad but our website is in grave need of an update. This was recognised as a priority at the federal council meeting in Adelaide.

The new executive committee – senior vice president Julie Moore, junior vicepresident Sean Tomkins, treasurer Ollie Abblitt and Frances Hayden representing the youth committee, and, of course, myself as president – has endorsed the website upgrade as the number one job on the list of things to do.

We are looking at several options.

What we hope to achieve is a site that has a promotional aspect but, more importantly, will be an information hub for members and other interested parties seeking information on the Guernsey society/breed in Australia.

I met up with Darby Norris recently and he appears to have recovered from his recent illness. Darby’s enthusiasm for the Guernsey breed is still as strong as ever and I hope his

involvement with the breed will continue.

As the main show circuit for the year draws to a close, I would like to thank all who took the trouble to exhibit Guernsey cattle and congratulate all on your success.

The “On-Farm Challenge” format is still in progress and I will be heading to Victoria and Tasmania next week to judge the event.

I am delighted to be asked to judge and I am looking forward to my trip and a chance to catch up with members in those states.

By the time you receive this edition of All Breeds Dairy Journal we won’t have much of 2019 left.

Well, I for one, will not be sad to see the end of the year, which has been one of the hardest 12 months of drought we have experienced; we will keep an eye on the south-west corner for the first breaking storms.

Wishing you all a merry and wet Christmas and a prosperous 2020.

Laurie Dunne President

Opportunities galore at Guernsey sale I

nternational Dairy Week’s Elite Guernsey Sale is fast approaching and with another fantastic line up of animals, embryos and semen packages, this is one sale you don’t want to miss.

The elite sale includes 10 live animals from six states across Australia.

One lot is from a fully imported pedigree while several animals come from MN3/JDAS 8 herds and are prepared to go anywhere.

If you are looking for A2/A2 milk, high production, show calves or investing in a great cow family, there is something for everyone, including your Prince Charming, a Ladysman, that next strike of Lightning or you just want to say hello to a Bruce,

daughters from them all will be on offer.

The animals will be together as a sale string at IDW so head over to have a chat and check out what could be your best investment yet.

There are also embryo packages available sired by sexed Brogdon out of Royal Show champion cows.

Semex, Agri-Gene and Triple J Genetics have three lots of semen up for auction with sale proceeds going to the Guernsey youth.

The Elite Guernsey Sale is on Wednesday, January 22 at 11.30 am following the conclusion of the National Guernsey Show and offers a golden opportunity to pick up some quality Guernsey lines.

Catalogues will be available this month.

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he winners of the 2019 On Farm Challenge were recently announced at the Queensland Branch Annual Meeting at Dulong.

Judge Tim Beattie was impressed with the standard of cattle on show, commenting on the improvement of the breed in recent years.

Highest point cow, and winner of the Hopson Family and Farmers Breeding Supplies trophy, was Bruanna Mar Monte Reo, shown by BP and CA Hayden and family.

This cow has achieved a series of supreme wins in 2019 and was a worthy winner.

In total seven exhibitors entered 71 head in the challenge.

Guernsey Show results

CHAMPION COW Bruanna Mar Monte Reo, Hayden Family RESERVE CHAMPION COW Golden Ray Fancy 3, Glen and Judy McKewen HONOURABLE MENTION COW Shadow Valley Tiller Karbridgee, Jim and Janice O’Donohoe SENIOR BEST UDDER AND ATTACHMENTS Bruanna Mar Monte Reo, Hayden Family CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER Golden Ray Diva, Glen and Judy McKewen RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER Shadow Valley PV Abby, Jim and Janice O’Donohoe HONOURABLE MENTION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER Bruanna Aaron Levi Spice, Hayden Family JUNIOR BEST UDDER AND ATTACHMENTS Shadow Valley PV Abby, Jim and Janice O’Donohoe

Belinda and Bridget Owston and Sasha McWilliams front with Senior Champion, Grand Champion and All Breeds Supreme Champion and Best Udder Champion, Donny Brook Kinsman Asiago.

CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER Golden Ray Delma 3, Glen and Judy McKewen RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER Tamborine Pistolls Bunny Rabbit, Sid and Elaine Ludwig HONOURABLE MENTION JUNIOR HEIFER Fernybank Jimbo Delphi, Laurie and Denise Dunne

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ROYAL LAUNCESTON SHOW What an outstanding line up at the Tassie Show with 5 exhibitors and 26 entries Judge: Michael Gray from NSW JUNIOR CHAMPION Triple J Novak Deanna, Triple J Genetics RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION Triple J Latimer Deanna, Triple J Genetics SENIOR CHAMPION COW, BEST UDDER AND SUPREME ALL BREEDS SENIOR CHAMPION Joshlee Pav Blossom, Josh and Hannah Smith RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION COW Clearview Legend Hollie, Triple J Genetics MOST SUCCESSFUL BREEDER Josh and Hannah Smith MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR Triple J Genetics

// BREED SOCIETY NEWS: GUERNSEY ( Left) Mainvu Garrett Clarabelle with Wayne Owston, Joyce and Lyndon Cleggett and Donny Brook Kinsman Asiago with Sasha McWilliams.

ROYAL GEELONG SHOW Judge: Neil Goodfellow JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER Kerala Latimer Koala, Mark, Roxanne, Tyson and Simone Shea RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER Kalaso Queen Bea, Joyce Family

PERTH ROYAL SHOW

MELBOURNE ROYAL SHOW

Judge: Lyndon Cleggett from South Australia

Judge: Brian Leslie

JUNIOR CHAMPION GUERNSEY AND RESERVE ALL BREEDS CHAMPION Mainvu Garrett Clarabelle, Wayne and Belinda Owston RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION Mainvu Latimer Blossom, Wayne and Belinda Owston SENIOR CHAMPION AND GRAND CHAMPION GUERNSEY AND ALL BREEDS SUPREME CHAMPION AND BEST UDDER Donny Brook Kinsman Asiago, Wayne and Belinda Owston MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR Wayne and Belinda Owston

JUNIOR CHAMPION AND RESERVE ALL BREED Kearla Kerala Latimer Koala 4th, Mark, Roxanne Tyson and Simone Shea RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION: Crookslea Kakadu Doreen, Neville and Margaret Wilkie HONOURABLE MENTION JUNIOR CHAMPION: Rockmar Pilot Madison, Mark, Roxanne, Tyson and Simone Shea and Neville and Margaret Wilkie

INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION Rockmar Lexus Graceful, Mark and Roxanne Shea RESERVE INTERMEDIATE Rockmar Magicman Maygirl, Mark and Roxanne Shea CHAMPION COW Jason Park M Gracie, Joyce Family RESERVE CHAMPION COW Carinya Lee Bindi, Kelvin & Beth Rogers RESERVE ALL BREEDS JUNIOR CHAMPION Rockmar Pilot Madison, Mark, Roxanne, Tyson and Simone Shea and Neville and Margaret Wilkie

CHAMPION COW: Kearla Fame Serenity, Mark, Roxanne, Tyson and Simone Shea and Neville and Margaret Wilkie Donny Brook Kinsman Asiago with Sasha McWilliams.

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Holsteins Australia 2019 Cow of the Year, Orchard Vale Informer Tiffany — ET(g) EX-91–1E.

Tiffany sparkles at award ceremony Jeanette Severs

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hair of the Breed Development and Conformation Committee of Holsteins Australia, Jenny Grey said the cows considered for this year’s Cow of the Year award caused robust discussion.

"This cow continues to develop more progeny that class well and show against the best in the country, with 25 daughters in milk, 33 direct daughters, 30 great-greatgranddaughters and one great-great-greatgranddaughter," she said.

“The judges agreed Orchard Vale Informer Tiffany ticked a lot of boxes and she impressed with fertility, milk, type and excellent daughter performance.”

The judges’ verdict: “This cow continues to develop with more progeny that classify extremely well, have heaps of milk, great

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components and impressive genetic merit.”

Tiffany is a past On-Farm Challenge state champion. She has 25 daughters in milk with the best of them averaging a PI of 120.4. Her 33 direct daughters includes two cows at EX91; five cows at VG88; 24 VG daughters and three GP daughters. Her biggest impact through her daughters is the ability they have to work and produce milk. Her daughters feature in the top of the Australian genomically tested females, including the current number three cow and the number five cow on BPI in June and she has six daughters over 300 for BPI. This envious record has been achieved with many daughters scattered throughout many different herds. Not only do her daughters have an incredible ability to milk, they also have the ability to show against the best show cows in the country.

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Glen Gordon said his interest in the Tiffany family began as a boy, but his ideas about breeding were consolidated on an exchange opportunity in Canada.

"In Canada, I leaned we needed to maximise our cows and make sacrifices to do that. I came back and said I wanted to dry this cow off and flush her," Mr Gordon said.

"She’s a once-in-a-lifetime cow and it’s an honour to receive this award for her."

Other finalists were Elmar Goldwyn Jessica 11-ET (g) EX-92–3E, owned and bred by Elmar Holsteins; Eclipse Damion G Princess-IMP-ET EX-90–1E, owned by Richard Hull and bred by Holland-NRS, Netherlands; Clydevale Mrsam Pisa (g) EX-91–3E, owned by Clydevale Holsteins P/L at Dee Family Trust and bred by AF and CM Dee.

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A special presentation was made to David Johnston, pictured with wife, Glenyce. The retiring Holsteins Australia board member 2007-2019 and past president 2014-2017, past Victorian branch president and member since 1976, said: “Holsteins have been the journey of our lives and I couldn’t have done it without Glenyce.”

Dave Weel and Bec Lucas from Simpson, Victoria; Brett Cirillo, Bungador; and Victoria and Martin Glennen, Warrnambool, Victoria.

Vaughan Johnston, Balhannah, SA, with David and Mason Pegler, Sleepy Hollow, SA, and Dianne and Allan Pegler, McLaren Vale, SA.

Daniel Abernethy, Zoetis; Glen Barrett, general manager, Jersey Australia; and Holsteins Australia board member, Phil Hall, Harvey, WA.

Holstein Australia federal president Patrick Glass, Kerrick Park Holsteins, Gundowring, Victoria, with Anthony Shelly, CEO, Genetics Australia, who presented the new Holsteins Australia Breed Legend Award to Brian and Bill Anderson, Bundalong Holsteins, South Gippsland, Victoria. The award recognises the significant contribution and impact of recently deceased bull, Medallion, and was chosen by the Breed Development Committee. Bill Anderson is holding the trophy and Patrick Glass and Brian Anderson are holding urns with the ashes of Medallion. remier breeder, Pam Malcolm, Paringa P Holsteins, and Premier Exhibitor, John Gardiner of JH and CJ Gardiner, Avonlea Holsteins, with Patrick Glass, HA National president.

rian Anderson said Medallion was bred from a Lucky family cow. The cow had a B short life and only gave birth to bulls – one of those bulls was Medallion.

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Recipient of the 2019 Holstein Australia Cow of the Year award was Orchard Vale Informer Tiffany (ET) EX-91-1E, owned by RK and JR Gordon, Gorbro Holsteins and bred by DJ and WM Orchard. Jenny Grey, The Pines, Kiama, NSW, HA board member and chair of the Breed Development and Conformation Committee, presented the award to Glen Gordon, Gorbro Holsteins, Cohuna.

Cherilyn Watson, Hamilton, New Zealand, with Ross and Jacqui Suares, Larpent, Victoria.

Gwen Swayn, Weerite, Victoria, with Rod, Thomas and Matthew Swayn, Nalangil, Victoria.

Mitchell Clark, Nerrena, Victoria, with Holsteins Australia South Gippsland sub branch executive members: Les White (secretary), Leongatha South and Lucas Licciardello (president), Mardan.

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Victorians: Libby Swayn, Nalangil; Pat Robertson, Camperdown; and Glenyce Johnston, Terang.

eather Schultz and Janelle Wenham, Singleton, NSW, with H Pam and Les Summerville, Nathalia, Victoria.

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BREED SOCIETY NEWS:

ILLAWARRA Illawarra Cattle Society of Australia President: Ian Mueller 0488 321 489 Secretary: Anne Ryan PO Box 189, Kiama NSW 2533 Phone: (02) 4232 3333 Email: anne@lbcentre.com.au Field Officer: Lloyd Peters PO Box 43, Wyalla Plaza Toowoomba QLD 4350 Phone: 0429 834 646 Email: lloyd_au@hotmail.com Web: www.illawarrasaust.com.au

President’s message

T

he challenges dairy farmers face as I look into my second year term as Illawarra federal president are quite daunting. As we watch items on the news we see how much of the country is suffering from bush fires and then the drought in Queensland and New South Wales and I can’t help but wonder how this will impact the stud dairy industry.

Our Federal Board decided to reduce registration fees from April 2019 until June 2020 to $7.70 Inc. G.S.T. to try to ease some financial pressure on our members and also to maintain animals recorded on our data base.

This year to enter into the Agrigene Real Australian Illawarra Photo Competition you can hand the photos to members of the committee before January 21 or email photos to photocomp@illawarrasaust. com.au no later than January 10. You must include the name of the animal, date of birth and exhibitor name.

The judge for I.D.W. 2020 in the Illawarra section is Greg English from Eachamvale Stud, at Malanda Queensland. This stud was founded more than 100 years ago and today is a prominent, active stud run by Greg and Bronwyn English and their seven children. In 2019 Eachamvale bred cattle won Supreme Champion Cow and Supreme Intermediate Champion at Brisbane show. Greg is the current senior vice-president of the Illawarra Cattle society of Australia.

A future important event to note on the Illawarra calendar is the Illawarra feature breed at the Royal Adelaide Show in September 2020. We welcome any interstate exhibitors and visitors who wish to attend.

The Federal AGM and Board meeting will be held in conjunction with the All Breeds Calf day and Education Dairy camp on September 30 to October 3, 2020 at Malanda, QLD .

President Ian Mueller

New sires sure to appeal

T

he newest Illawarra bulls destined for A.I. centres should have broad ranging appeal both domestically and for export markets with their deep maternal lines and high purity.

Ovensdale Jenny’s Tribute (76.44 per cent) is the newest addition to the Agri-Gene Illawarra bull team. The first son of the highly rated Myrtlehome Mitch (MITCHPRESS) to enter A.I., he is backed by two generations of EX dams and also has an EX classified maternal sister. His dam Ovensdale Jenny 62 EX90-5E STP has lifetime production over 100,000 litres, with five lactations

in excess of 10,000 L in 305 days. Mitch did a particularly good job on Ovensdale bloodlines with several tremendous daughters catalogued in their herd dispersal.

These included Scarlet 284 EX91 and Beauty 383, that has now classified EX92 and produced almost 950kg milk solids (305d) in the Glenbrook herd.

Breeders should also keep an eye out for Treeton Scarlet Zumba A2A2 (79.69 per cent). He is a son of the much admired Ovensdale Scarlet 255 EX92 4E (x Pimp) and is currently undergoing testing to enter the ST Genetics Sire lineup.

South Australian branch news

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llawarras will be feature breed at the Royal Adelaide Show in September 2020 along with an international judge, and to ensure an impressive display of cattle, we encourage and welcome entries from as many local and interstate exhibitors as possible.

To boost prize money the SA branch is running a raffle with heifer, Springvale Plum 63 born 15/2/19 (a St Andrews Alliance Grand Daughter of Springvale Plum 32, EX2E) as first prize. She is donated by

Springvale Enterprises, Murray Bridge.

Raffle proceeds (75 per cent) will go towards Illawarra prizemoney at 2020 RAS while the rest will go toward sponsorship of junior handler classes at RAS. The raffle will be drawn at Adelaide Show Illawarra judging day.

Tickets will be available at IDW and for more information contact Warren Doecke on 0417 804 663 or Marie Mueller on 0419 838 163.

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2019 Red cow on-farm challenge A

five-year-old Jetson cow, bred by noted Illawarra breeder Terry Tidcombe, has taken out the overall champion of the 2019 Red Cow Challenge.

Wallumlands Mary 4 was one of a group of five calves secured by Raymond and Sarah Parker for their emerging Glencliffe stud.

The Parkers entered her in the Red Cow Challenge in November and judge Patrick Glass loved her.

“There is very little I would change about her,” Mr Glass said after the announcement.

Terry Tidcombe was a mentor for the Parkers before they established their own property at Undera, and Mary 4 was part of a group of young stock that came from the Tidcombes before they moved to Queensland.

The five-year-old has never been shown in the ring.

Raymond said the beauty of the on-farm competitions was the opportunity to see cows like Mary that didn’t make it into the show ring.

The challenge awarded the Janette Falls Elders judge’s choice award to Rachael Barnes and Cody Trickey’s Ovensdale Beauty 458.

The young cow was placed in the twoyear-old in-milk class.

The judging included a nine-years-andover in-milk class, which was a testament to the longevity of the breed. The class was won by Jason Smith’s Baromi H-Tulip Tessa.

Genetics Australia regional sales manager, Andrew Medhurst, presented the champion cow trophy to Raymond Parker.

Rachael Barnes, joint winner of the judge’s choice award, pictured with judge Patrick Glass at the presentation evening.

Overall champion Wallumlands Mary 4, R and S Parker.

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BREED SOCIETY NEWS: ILLAWARRA // CLASS 1: COMMERCIAL COW CLASS (Any Age) 1st

J & B Evans

599 Jonty

(ARBJonty)

2nd

B&R Warburton

Perfect

(Glen Meadow Fabian)

3rd

A&V Hibberson

Hibson Millman 3

(MILLMAN)

4th

A&V Hibberson

Hibson Meeson 5

(ARBMEESON)

5th

R & A Heath

Amor Sandman Cocktail 4

(KGSANDMAN)

6th

J Smith

Berry

(GMFRANCOIS)

CLASS 2: 2-YEAR-OLD IN MILK (born on or after 1/1/2017) lass 1: Commercial Cow (any age) C First: J and B Evans, 599 Jonty (ARB Jonty)

lass2: Two-year-old in milk C First: Tuhan family, riversleigh Jedi Daisy 24 (Glencliffe JP Jedi)

hree-year-old in milk T First: G and A Meyland, Ovensdale Trinket 191 (Mitchpress)

1st

Tuhan Family

Riversleigh Jedi Daisy 24

(Glencliffe JP Jedi)

2nd

J & B Evans

Three Creeks Millman Pearl

(MILLMAN)

3rd

R Barnes & C Trickey

Ovensdale Beauty 458

(O Pixie’s Scarlet)

4th

B&R Warburton

Glen Meadow Jean 496

(Glen Meadow Moses)

5th

J & B Evans

Three Creeks Redgum Milly

(Three Creeks Redgum)

6th

J & B Evans

Three Creeks Elmo Verbena

(Creighton Park Elmo)

7th

Hayes Family

Llandovery Quarnie Gloria

(Llandovery Quarnie)

8th

Tuhan Family

Riversleigh Hunt Flower 30

(HUNT)

9th

Rachel & Anna Dickson

Ovensdale Pearl 560

(Hunt)

10th

R&K Bailey & T Fleming

Rubyvale PB Duchess

(PRIDESBUTTER)

CLASS 3: 3-YEAR-OLD IN MILK (born 1/1/2016-31/12/2016) 1st

G & A Meyland

Ovensdale Trinket 191

(MITCHPRESS)

2nd

Tuhan Family

Riversleigh Pixie Belle 22

(ABSTREBLE)

3rd

R & S Parker

Glencliffe Plum 855

(Glencliffe Jayden)

4th

A&V Hibberson

Hibson Sunrise 1

(KGSUNRISE)

5th

Hayes Family

Llandovery Vipor Stella 1738

(ABSVIPOR)

6th

J Smith

Baromi Elliot Shirley

(Baromi Zumba Elliot)

7th

B&R Warburton

Glen Meadow Wallflower 652

(Glen Meadow Daggo)

8th

T & D Gaut

627 Big Red

(ARBJIM)

9th

J Smith

Baromi Francois Buttercup

(GMFRANCOIS)

10th

R & A Heath

Hazelmont Maxima April

(ALTAMAXIMA)

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CLASS 5: 5-YEAR-OLD IN MILK (born 1/1/2014-31/12/2014)

Class 5: Five year old in milk First: R and S Parker, Wallumlands Mary 4 (ABS Jetson)

Class 7: Nine years old and over in milk First J Smith, Baromi H-Tulip Tessa (H Tulip)

Class 6: 6 to 8 year old in milk First: J and B Evans, Three Creeks Honymoon 3 (ISPIMP)

Class4: Four year old in milk First: Tuhan family, riversleigh Tuck Dorris 5 (Riversleigh Tuck).

1st

R & S Parker

Wallumlands Mary 4

(ABSJETSON)

2nd

K & C Gass

Kearla Jetson Milly 6

(ABSJETSON)

3rd

Tuhan Family

Ovensdale Scarlet 334

(ISPIMP)

4th

A&V Hibberson

Ovensdale Pearl 536

(PRINCEOFPA)

5th

A&V Hibberson

Llandovery Blush’s Helen 1366

(WBLUSH)

6th

R & A Heath

Amor Sandman Cocktail

(KGSANDMAN)

7th

R & S Parker

Glencliffe Jackie 779

(ISPINGERLY)

8th

T & D Gaut

G76 Blossom

(ARB)

9th

A&V Hibberson

Llandovery Thorpe’s Jinny 1354

(THORPE)

10th

Tuhan Family

Riversleigh Belagio Flower 25

(LG Belagio)

CLASS 6: 6-8-YEAR-OLD IN MILK (born 1/1/2011-31/12/2013)

CLASS 4: 4-YEAR-OLD IN MILK (born 1/1/2015-31/12/2015)

1st

J & B Evans

Three Creeks Honeymoon 3

(ISPIMP)

2nd

B&R Warburton

Glen Meadow Bertha 162

(GlenMeadow Romeo)

3rd

B&R Warburton

Glen Meadow Glenda 130

(GlenMeadow Fabian)

4th

Hayes Family

Llandovery JR Joan 1008

(Fradon Jet-Red)

5th

J & B Evans

Three Creeks Rosarian 5

(Redliner)

1st

Tuhan Family

Riversleigh Tuck Dorris 5

(Riversleigh Tuck)

6th

Hayes Family

Llandovery Blush’s Joan 1313

(WBLUSH)

2nd

Shepherd & Peterson

Llandovery Adventures Sandy 1583

(Llandovery Adventure)

7th

Tuhan Family

Riversleigh Kitkat Jean 18

(KITKATBOY)

8th

T & D Gaut

G41 Rose

(VISCOUNT)

3rd

A & R Heath

Ovensdale Scarlet 356

(O Pixies Scarlet)

9th

K & C Gass

Kearla Empire Milly 3

(LANDOVER)

4th

P & S Daniel

Ovensdale Scarlet 351

(Artie)

10th

R & S Parker

Glencliffe Joyce 734

(Llandovery Jets Vigil)

5th

K & C Gass

Kearla Empire Milly 6

(LANDOVER)

6th

Hayes Family

Llandovery IK Stella 1515

(Ikar)

916

7th 8th

Jody Boyd

1st

J Smith

(HTULIP)

(Three Creeks Redgum)

Baromi H-Tulip Tessa

2nd

Hayes Family

Llandovery Pilot’s Verbena 746

(Llandovery Plums Pilot)

3rd

G & R Williams

Ovensdale Scarlet 255

(ISPIMP)

4th

J Smith

Clover View Countess 112

(KGSUNRISE)

5th

Tuhan Family

Riversleigh Queenie

(LANDOVER)

B&R Warburton

Glen Meadow Fancy 1550

(Wallumlands Visions Monarch)

9th

J Smith

Baromi Sandman Rosette

(KGSANDMAN)

10th

Hayes Family

Llandovery Adventure Marlene 1670

(Llandovery Adventure)

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Turning up the heat for cow management D

airy farmers are being encouraged to assess their heat stress management for cows this summer.

The occurrence of heat stress in dairy cows impacts not only animal productivity (e.g. milk yields, fertility rates, and changes in milk composition) but also animal welfare.

Agriculture Victoria dairy specialist Sarah Chaplin said dairy farmers should develop a heat stress management plan.

“The purpose of a plan is to reduce the impact of the thermal environment and slow heat gain,” Dr Chaplin said.

“This allows cows to maintain dry matter intake and consequently milk production.”

A simple and easy way to remember management techniques to assist farmers is SAW: Shade, Air, and Water.

The provision of shade can be a simple and cost-effective method to reduce the impact of solar radiation on an animal. Shade creates a more tolerable microclimate, which will potentially reduce thermal load.

Air movement is an important factor in the relief of heat stress in animals and can be improved by using fans in dairy sheds and yards.

The last simple management step is to ensure that during summer, animals have increased access to cool drinking water, particularly at the exit to the dairy.

During hot weather, cows can drink 200-

Water sprays can help cattle cool down.

250 litres per day of drinking water. This could equate to around 87,500 litres a day for an average herd of 350 cows.

The use of dairy yard sprinklers to encourage heat loss through evaporative cooling can also be an effective method of cooling cows quickly.

“By applying SAW, you can make simple management changes to minimise the impact of heat stress on your animals and

Helpful ideas for shade

• Trees can reduce the radiant heat load by 50 per cent or more.

• If you are considering planting trees, use north-south orientation. Try to plant on the western side of the dairy yard.

• Place shade over the dairy yard. The combination of shade, air movement and sprinklers enables faster milk let-down and more incentive for the herd to walk to the dairy.

Tips for air movement

• Remember air movement under a shade structure is affected by its height and width, the slope of the roof, and the ease with which air can move through the structure.

• Place fans above sprinklers and tilt them down 20-30 degrees so they blow air between and underneath cows to enhance whole body cooling.

improve cow well-being during summer,” Dr Chaplin said.

The On-Farm Drought Resilience Grant Program is also now available to assist eligible farm businesses to invest in onfarm drought preparedness and to seek business advice. The grant can be used for on-farm infrastructure work to provide areas of shade for dairy cattle.

Tips for water (yard sprinklers)

• Aim for a moderate to large water droplet.

• Use an on/off cycle to sprinkle cows for one to three minutes every 15 minutes.

• Pre-wet the dairy yard before cows arrive.

Further information can be found at Dairy Australia’s www.coolcows.com.au, while dairy farmers can also sign up for the Dairy Forecast Service alerting them to upcoming extreme heat events https://dairy.katestone.com.au/ For information about further Agriculture Victoria support to dairy farmers preparing for dry seasonal conditions go to agriculture. vic.gov.au/dryseasons or call the Customer Service Centre on 136 186.

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Records broken at Hillcrest Ayrshires A

big crowd of Ayrshire enthusiasts from all over Australia was at Borallon, Queensland, for the Complete Dispersal Sale of the Hillcrest Ayrshire Stud of Kevin and Sharon Smith on October 4.

The herd was established by the Smith family 106 years ago and has won countless Royal Show champions and bred a large number of cows classified Excellent.

Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services reported that a sale top of $21,000 was reached early in the sale when lot 4, Hillcrest Jumper Lorette 2, VG 88, broke the breed record price, selling to the famous Boldview Ayrshire herd of the Braendler family at Kalangadoo, South Australia.

This magnificent second calf three-yearold was backed by many generations of highly scored noted cows. Her full sister, Hillcrest Jumper Lorette, VG 88, sold at $10,000 to A & A Crawford of Numbaa, NSW. Their dam Hillcrest Hammer Lorette, EX 92, 4E, who had won many On-Farm Challenge classes and is from an EX 91, 3E dam, sold as lot 1 for $9000 to Munden Farms of Nilma, Victoria.

Other noted members of this maternal line included Hillcrest Roses Lorette, an unjoined yearling at $7000, selling to Jake Mathews of Yarragon, Victoria, and Hillcrest Charleston Lorette, a joined heifer and directly from Hammer Lorette, selling at $6,000 to Boldview, SA. Second-highest seller at the sale at $18,000, who also passed the breed record price, was the recently classified EX cow, Hillcrest Jumper Spirit, EX. This five-year-old is bred down from the famous Canadian cow, Kellcrest Happy Spirit, EX 93, 8E; she was selected by Jake Mathews of Yarragon, Victoria.

Third high of the day was the threeyear-old recently calved, Hillcrest Freebeer Sheena, VG 86, bred down through several EX dams back to Dalemere Clax Sand, EX (Imp.NZ).

She sold at $14,000 to Munden Farms, Victoria.

Next high lot at $13,100 was the recently scored EX cow Hillcrest Ambush

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Top priced lot Hillcrest Jumper Lorette 2, VG 88, sold for $21,000. She has found a happy new home at Boldview Ayrshire owned by the Braendler family, Kalangadoo, South Australia.

Bangle, who sold to Oakhampton Dairies of Colac, Victoria.

Top-selling heifer calf at $6500 was the five-month-old Hillcrest Charleston Sand, bred from a VG dam and EX 91 grand dam.

She sold to James Dillon of Ruby, Victoria.

Keen young South Australian breeders Ben and Caitlyn Hentschke purchased the equal top-selling joined heifer at $6,000 for Hillcrest Poker Star from an EX 91, 3E dam.

The long-established Werombi herd of B and M Hayter, soon to be located at Wagga, NSW, selected several lots, including the Ex 91 cow Hillcrest Dreaming Disco at $6,000.

Other noted sales included the smart yearling Hillcrest Roses Trice Sand from the EX 94 Trice Sand cow at $5,250 selling to Saunders and Day of Yarragon, Victoria, and the 18-month-old unjoined heifer Hillcrest Gentleman Disco at $5,000 to P & V Timbs of Jaspers Brush, NSW, who also selected Hillcrest Jumper Magic, a fresh calved four-year-old at $4,750.

Hillcrest Dreamer Bangle, VG at $4,500,

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Hillcrest Vicking Spirit, VG 86 at two years $4,500, and Hillcrest Jumper Sand, VG 86 at $4,000 – each selling to J Dillon of Victoria. Hillcrest Dreaming Spirit, VG at $4,100 to Munden Farms, Victoria. Hillcrest Reality Polkie-Poll, VG 89 at $4,900 to J Schubert of NSW and Hillcrest Gentleman Sand at $4,000 to Col Fahey, NSW.

Sale results:

54 cows averaged $4063 3 joined heifers averaged $4,443 18 unjoined heifers averaged $3,122 11 2019 born calves averaged $2,314 1 bull at $2,000 87 Ayrshires grossed $316,350 and averaged $3,636 4 embryo packages averaged $1,075 This a new, breed record-high price at $21,000; the previous record stood at $17,000. A new record for an average with the previous best at $3,528 for 16 lots at IDW in 2015 and the high single vendor sale was $3,061 at Invergowrie in 1993.

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// News

New faces at Holstein board W

estern Australian dairy farmer Philip Hall from Hall’s Family Dairy has been appointed to the Holstein Australia board for a three-year term.

Mr Hall replaces past president and departing director David Johnston, who served as a Holstein Australia director for 12 years.

Patrick Glass of Kerrick Park Holsteins, Gundowring, Victoria, has returned as federal president, reappointed for a third 12-month term, while Toria Patten of Ryanna Holsteins, Maffra, Victoria, has taken up one of three non-regional representative positions on the association’s strategic directions committee.

Mr Glass said the board would benefit greatly from Phil’s experience and

(L-R) Holstein Australia president Patrick Glass and board members Jenny Grey, Garry Carpenter, Philip Hall and Gino Pacitti.

knowledge gained from years dairying.

“He believes passionately in the future of the association and the direction of the breed, and has made an invaluable contribution over the years at sub-branch and regional level,” Mr Glass said.

He also welcomed Toria.

“Toria is a great addition to our strategic directions committee,” he said. “She will be well known to our members throughout Gippsland and more recently supporting

our West Gippsland sub-branch.”

Mr Glass paid homage to David Johnston for his 12 years on the board and a lifetime of working passionately on behalf of Holstein Australia and its members.

“For over 40 years David has been a stalwart of the breed, beginning in the Manning district of NSW and then in Victoria’s west, and will be much missed around the board room table by myself and my fellow directors,” he said.

Conception predictor A

griculture Victoria research scientists have developed a model that can predict how likely a dairy cow is to conceive to first insemination with up to 77 per cent accuracy.

The world-first research combines mid-infrared spectroscopy — which shines an infrared light through cows’ milk — with other on-farm data for 3000 dairy cows from 19 herds across Australia.

Cow fertility is a key driver of profitability for Australia’s dairy industry but until now there has been little research towards enabling farmers to predict the outcome of insemination.

Agriculture Victoria research scientist and leader of this DairyBio initiative Professor Jennie Pryce said dairy farmers could use this research to optimise their breeding decisions — increasing farm productivity and profitability.

“The expected outcome of this research is a valuable prediction tool for farmers who choose to herd-test in early lactation, before the joining season starts,” she said.

“We are now collaborating with DataGene and the herd test centres, working towards implementing the research and providing the best advice for farmers.”

Agriculture Victoria research scientist Dr Phuong Ho said farmers could optimise breeding decisions using prior knowledge

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of how likely an individual cow is to become pregnant after insemination.

“Sexed or premium bull semen could be used for cows predicted to have a high likelihood of conception, whereas cows with predicted poor fertility could be mated using semen from beef bulls, multiple doses, or semen from bulls of known high genetic merit for fertility,” Dr Ho said.

“Additionally, farmers might adjust feeding or management strategies to help predicted poor cows improve their physiological condition and probability of conception.”

The model combines information from milk MIR samples, which farmers routinely collect, with information on fertility genomic breeding values, cow genotype, milk yield, age of cow at lactation and days in milk when the sample was taken and at insemination.

The model is currently undergoing extensive validation using data from NSW dairy farms before being made available to dairy farmers.

This research is part of the DairyBio initiative between Agriculture Victoria, Dairy Australia and the Gardiner Foundation, in collaboration with DataGene.

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Vala sale attracts overseas interest T

he inaugural Vala Holstein Spring Feature Sale created widespread interest from Holstein enthusiasts throughout Australia and overseas on October 31.

Sale top of $4900 was paid for Vala Crush Haley; this A2A2 heifer due next May to Mirand-PP was bred down from the dual World Dairy Expo champion RF Goldwyn Hailey, EX 97. She sold to R and H Perrett of Kongwak.

The same buyers also selected Vala Banderes Alsissa, A2A2 at $4500.

She is due in May to Andreas-P; she has a BPI of +276 and is bred down from the famed Durham Atlee family.

Second high of $4750 was Vala Doorman Shimmer (Imp.ET), bred from nine generations of EX & VG from the Blondin Supra maternal line, who sold to K & H Jones of Foster.

These same buyers purchased several lots, including Vala Atwood Bertha, A2A2 at $4,250. Many breeders were complimentary about Vala Splendid Taryn (Imp.ET). She sold with a net merit of $720 and is bred down from MS Welcome Uno Taryn, VG and sold to Hillco P/L of Cudgewa, Vic at $4,500.

Also at $4500 was Vala Jedi Snooky, A2A2, a May calving heifer bred down from the famed Gillete 2nd Wind family, who sold to View Fort Holsteins.

Other noted sales included Vala Crush Hailey at $4400 to Gorbro Holsteins of Cohuna.

A group of Finny daughters from the one flush at the Vala sale.

Vala Kingboy Lambada (Imp.ET) sold at $4,300 to Benevento Park Holsteins of Undera, and these buyers also selected Vala Doorman Shine at $4,200.

Vala Polar Altitude sold at $4,000 to J & C Ireland of Lockington and Vala Splendid Sunnyday (Imp.ET) at $4,000 to Calister Dairy of Calivil.

Buyers were from all dairying areas of

Victoria along with South Australia, and there was also a strong demand from international buyers in Malaysia and Pakistan for heifers with elite pedigrees.

Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services report 98 heifers averaging $2660, nine bulls averaging $1870, and 107 Holsteins grossing $277 275. Total average was $2 591.

Successful start to Portraits sale

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he inaugural Portraits of Success Sale hosted by Franchise and Sun Vale Holsteins on November 18 averaged $6 102.

The auction, conducted by Dairy Livestock Services, was held at the Pavilion Café and Bar by the ocean at Warrnambool, which provided a unique atmosphere for the large crowd in attendance.

All lots were presented on a large screen with video and still portraits and were entered to be shown at the 2020 International Dairy Week.

The first lot, the 2019-winning three year old from IDW, Bluechip TT Golddust Frosty, backed by many EX dams including the dual World Dairy Expo grand champion Roy Frosty, topped the sale at $31,000, selling

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to the Frosty & Franchise Syndicate from both Australia and USA. Second high of the night was the 2019 reserve intermediate champion Jersey, Salvation Black Ginger, EX 91. This huge four year old, also backed by several EX dams, sold at $14 300 to C Allen of Cobargo, NSW. Third top lot was the yearling Holstein Lightning Ridge Jacoby Lustre (Imp.ET).

She had a PTAT of +3.66 and sold a/c Angus Fraser to K Cash at $8,500.

The young Jersey cow Brookbora Love Lies 735 on a/c the Bacon Family, a very good uddered three-year-old with extra deep pedigree, sold at $7,700 to N Hart & Quality Ridge of Girgarre.

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Jerseys purchased the great young cow Jenbro Tequila Marmalade at $6,000. Other noted sales included the very capacious Holstein heifer Sun Vale Solomon Josie 2 at $5,800 to Brad Salmon. Lightning Ridge CMD Casino Karlie, a granddaughter of the EX 95 World Dairy Expo champion Excitation Karlie, sold at $5 100.

The yearling Red Holstein Sun Vale Unstoppabul Ronnie sold at $5,000 to C Pulham of Fish Creek.

Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services reported buyers were from all parts of Victoria along with SA, NSW and the USA. Six Jerseys averaged $6,750, 16 Holsteins averaged $5,859 and all 22 lots averaged $6 102.

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